The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-11
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Our Cumberland Letter.
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1879 CUMBERLAND, Nd, July.9.
RdItors Of the Intelligeneer: -....
In my letter Of the 7th published In this
mornings INTE1LIaENcER find neg
lected TO mention one very important
item In relation TO the rate Of taxes In this
city, or rather county. When writing the
paragraph In relation to taxes turned TO
ono whom / supposed was posted, and he
informed me that the State and county
taxes were about 90c. i did not think
that possible, and concluded to pass II for
the time and make further inquiry. This
failed TO do In time for the mail. Sub
sequently, however, ] went to the Clerk
OF tho Circuit Court Of Allegheny county,
and he informed me that the taxes for
State and county purposes were
H97oENN ON THR $780, e.I.
I then concluded that tho valustlon'Inust
be lower than IN Ohio county, but upon
inquiry ! found this also an error, for the
valuation Is nearer the actual value OF the
property than in Ohio county.R 10, 49,
To return again to- the rate Of taxes Ii
the city Of Cumberland, I now refer 10
municipal taxes, Ishould have mentioned
that one great source OF revenue OF the
city Is this year cut of, the market house
revenue. That Of course makes taxes
somewhat higher than formerly. ''
CUMBERLAND WATER WORKS.
Since here have had an opportunity
Of observing the efficiency, OF the water
works. Perhaps some OF your readers
may not know that they here have what
is called the Holly water works. It dit.
ters from ours in this, that they have no
reservoir, the water being forced by pow.
erful engines directly into the pipes. The
average Cumberlandite Is very proud Of
their water works, and is fond OF telling
what q powerful stream can DO thrown
direct from the pipes. So efficient Is the
system considered that the fire depart
ment has no engines, simply having hose
reels. As ageneral thing the pressure Is
not kept on very strong, but In case Of fire
the engines are started alta veryrapid mo.
ton and q heavy pressure is soon on. All
this Is all right and works well as a gon-
eIaI Inlng' buI
CUMBERLAND, LIKE WHEELING,
is q billy city, and day or two since a
fire broke out In stable up on one of the
high streets. Thewater works were mott.
fed and the fire companies were promptly
on hand and the attachments made, but
the hose could not throw stream over
three or four feet, and the fire burned and
went out for lack Of fuel, for 1t was nearly
half an hour before stream could be
thrown on the fire. A half hour Is not
long, but even in Wheeling, where our
FIRE department is not considered the best
under the sun, we have no such delays as
that, In most cases Of fire delays Of even
five minutes are dangerous, but In the case
we mention the stable was an Isolated
building, and no other caught Had
there been others closely surrounding 1t,
you would have ere this published to the
world great fire In Cumberland. And
90 1t seems that for such city as this the
Holly system Is not the best. 1tworks
well In the lower parts of the city, the
pipes on the upper streets then acting as
reservoir, but on the higher streets the
pressure ID very uRlI.
PoL1oEArEN IN CUMBERLAND. Nj
found Cumberland kept in order by
twelve policemen, and in pretty good or.
der loo. Much better, I think, than In
Wheeling. As an instance I will state
that on the Fourth I did not hear twenty
reports inclusive Of fire arms and shooting
crackers. Probably l retired too early
ten o'clock, to hear the din, but remem-
bering the previous Fourth in Wheeling
think the ordinance Is much more rigid.
" enforced here than there.
A PARTY OF ExcURsIoN1sTs.
Yesterday party, consisting Of Coils
Henry j. johnson, Of the NeisS, and Will
Il. Lowdermilk, Of the: CiUilidn, Messrs.
Samuel Human, DR.. Fundenberg, 8. F.
Mcbride, and probably one or two others
besides several ladies, left for Pittsburgh,
where another party joins them. From
thence they go to Cleveland and thence
to Duluth. From that point they branch
out In several directions. Some OF the
gentlemen will go 10 the great fishing
country near and camp out for several
days. At the head Of this party is thai
lndeiatigable disciple Of Izaak Walton
"Uncle" Sam Human. He Is personally
acquainted with every bass in the Uppei
Potomac, and 1t Is no further sport fol
him 10 fish there, consequently he SEEK
new fields and waters fresh. 800.
fsAs TO POLITICS, "a Ia,
can not write Of length. l am no
posted in Maryland politics; / only know
that there are some splits" here In the
Democratic party, and its nominees are
no longer certain Of election. This dis
trict sent that sterling young native Yves
Virginian, Hon.. Lloyd LoWndes, to Con
greSs, and will probably return him. TIT
district could do much worse, but moi
easily better. As Q new member of, TIL
Forty:third Congress he mAdela recort
OF which he need not DO ashamed, and hi
can afford to stand square upon hi
record for reelection. It's probably SAT-
to say that his return to the Forly-fourtl
Congress Ia almost certain, 10 =. ll
We're II not that this letter Il alread,
too long, ! might 60 on to show nov
greatly the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad i
damaging Wheeling by her policy. Blu
let 1t suffice to state that goods can b
bought OF Cincinnati, and even iarthe
west, and delivered here Of less freiRh
than from Wheeling, }yi Gil& li3Ti
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