The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-30
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THEsTREETPAv1NG QUESTION
How Zane Street Can be Made a
Cheap and Permanent Thorough"

fare.
Editors or he Iutelge2ce-:
While the street paving question Is BE-
ing discussed with SO much diversity OF
opinion, would II not be wise tor OK Gl'y
Council to consider, SO lar IS Zane street.
on the Islsnd i concerned, the pTopTIety
OF putting down s double track OF Jour
inch tram rails between the two brldges
Such 3 track should be lsld On locust
cross ties. IS beng the chesPssf because
the most dursbIe, And when properly laid
il would become permanent rosd ~sy
t1- al the hesyy hs1ling between the
ci+- the Island, and the Stste OF Ohio
No osT1nF thaf can be put down, mean
E7cb IS Is used in this part OF the cour-
rrr csa be made servicsSble against
the wear snd tesr O.. narrow tires and
hezvy drzuRhts over il All cIties now
depend more upon their iron rails on
their msin tho-o1gtfares than UPON sny
sort OF paving. Take, Tor instance, Penn
street, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore street,
in the city OF Baltimore. Whist could
those cities do without their rails The
same thing is 70 Be seen in PhEIGdelphis
and Cincinnati Were It not for their
tram railways their thorouEhfsres would
be cut TO pieces and be s source OF great
annoyance and expense. Whist then Is
ourselves jest IS those cities have Renewed
themselves
Ny suggestion would be 10 lay down s.
wide tram -zil, double track, between the
two bridges on Zane street, making the
gusge ssy i've feet three inches,
which would adapt il TO the use
Of nearly sIL wagons, while light And Ds-
VOW gusge vehicles c1uLd -un anywhere
outside Of the tracks !! this Is cone there
VIII be d necessity 70 otherwise IN prove
the street Just lei it alune IS i now is,
except TO level up and smooth CT the SUI
tace Tor Light travel Pot down good
double track Of four inch tram ran and let
the street railway take up their present
rail snd put ii wherGTsr /; Will do the
most good. Lst the city, The Bridge
Connsp sli the Street Railway Com
p4-y, II equitable proportion, unite II
putting down the new track and when
II Is dJ@u the people will have something
tbst ~. endure znL give satisfaction.
TaIs vii 10: 0e TIE case Il the CITY N
de-t=kss 70 boulder he street LFtry
year i viii hive 10 ba built
Over again sd he expense and trouble
viii 5e endless Nothing but granite
block vii! make z permanent street II the
tran rail IDEA IL rejected. But why
should il be rejected, when We hzve the
evidence in the cities named OF is bS1e-
ifs, and ~hsn the rails 81 present lsi5
down q the Suspension bridge show
what 81 amount OF wear AMI tear they
Will stan1 without renewal Those TsiIs
were Il Use * years before they we're
laid doVn on the bridge hoor, snd not
wi:ls;ao6i1E they have been down six OF
s=v=n years since, We: they are worn bCt
little BY al the heavy hauling thEt hzs
b==1 done on them 4 i 10; p!sin t1sn
rs: the economical thing to do Is 10
s54o5on alI 1o.ion Of paving Zane
street EoE 20 70 work sod put down s
double tEzca Of tram rails Iron can now
- procured t5- Aho1t 500 pr ton The
cls; oE 81 the material Necessary, Il
cl11-1E locust Cross ties and string pieces,
would 70. exceed g 900 fo- the entire
road, 8 i shown by the following est
nate Assuming the distance between
the a-i5se= 70 be :, So ieet, fou- tracks
wo1It require 3 z56 yards Of .-on, which,
Counting = pounds i Ire yz-5, would
require ssy 20 tons allowing , 20
pounds n ire tom IZaIcf, IT $50 ~ tsar
would amount 70 3 2J5-