The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-06-14

were reconnoiSances by Council commit.
tees, standing and special. and, II We
mistake not, by Council as body, and
after thorough investigation, in
view Of the growing debt Of the city
aud The inevitable cost Of Strengthening
the Run and providing against contingen.
cies incident! thereto, II was finally deter.
mined to build two stone arch bridges
over the present location Of the Run.
Bids were accordingly advertised for, re-
ceived and accepted, and contract ac!u.
ally made. The members from the lower
Wards were satisfied, and their constitu.
enh we're happy. Owing, however, 10
the lateness Of the season, and perhaps
some informAlity in the contract, the mat.
ter was abandoned for The time. In the
meantime new Council came into being
and, presto change the Strengthening Of
Caldwell's Run loOmed up in proportions
larger than ever, Notwithstanding the
impoverished condition Of the city inan.
ceE, and the law that forbids any expend-
lturcs except by direct appropriation.
Now there is portion OF the Council de.
termincd 10 carry the strengthening Of the
Run at any hazard, even TO the abandon.
ment Of the bridging Of the Ron anywhere,
or even the repairing Of the present
bridge at ChApIine street.
This movement throws some light, as
We think, on the animus OF the opposition
to the payment Of the bill for The pile
driving in CAllwelrs Run at EofI' street.
0stensibly, as We lave said, it is because
itS work was done without an order OF
Council, but the progress Of discussion
over the matter has developed that the
supporters of the Strengthening scheme
have discovered something not thought
Of by the Committee on Streets and Al.
leys, the City Surveyor or the Street Com.
missioner, and which they deem fatal to
their attempt to bulldoze the Council
into an endorsement OF their proposed
scheme what ID it' lhey have DIS
covered that the work Of piliug has been
SO we'll done, and at coat 80 reasonable,
that ior an additional hundred, or
|
hundreu anu MY dollara at most
an excellent wooden bridge, sufficient
with the present Ch"pline street bridge,
when repairedJ to accommodate all
travel anu raae between the Two sections
oil the city ior years to come, can be built
They nave seen Ihls, we say, and have be-
lleVed that the bottom was knocked out
oil their scheme oil Strengthening the Kun,
AT least this Is the way 1T looks from our
standpoint. Their allegation now is that
the very possibility which they them
Selves discovered before any one else, the
very idea which they themselves de-
VeIoped,-was the toundation,-the cor
ner s1one-ol tho action oil the committee
IN having the work done.
NOW let useSam'ne inc opposition 10
tue payment oil 'HiS PIE Dill In tact-
eel point ot View' anu see how iiimSy 1t
Is Inc advocates oI Inc s'ta'gh'eninS
project a''eSe .has they DO not want The
WORK o! S'r"'Sn!e"'"s or oF'us'"g lhe
i'"n UNDERTAKE" '"'S year. or next or tne
year "''e' 'o' '"a' "'at'e' u"'ess 'ne''9
""S 'ne means q" nA"u 20 10 IT, iney
are "i','"S " "1''' Pet"nP' Ike JACOB
.. o'u' 'Oi Se't" years. upo" Tue ',Fe"s"
u" P'ou,'Se '""s at sumo iu.ufe uSy Tue
"oiA WIZ O0 put 'uFU"s"' Aue pr0p0,
'.''o" pfe'u'"tT Nefaan'y on 1ne part
'"e 'en'0f meinue'S o' Hounc'' 'na' Is no.
complimentary 70 '"eiF ions mun'c'p"
eNpet'e"oe' ~ A' 7"Ppo'eu 'ney are u
Oe I4uSn' WIN a"y 'us" Iuau' lne prop
v'1''O" @ uUe' W. contemplate ""''i"S ANY
.O"s'l '"A" '"e present season Oe'',e
'"A'"S '''P' =" initiate 'ne "0FA,
:" '"N' ~ .H' eAP'rs''0n- 0i
'ue p'e'e"s oouN''. II may nave pro, -,
s'es'eu 80 iAi 'ua' 'aO neA. oouIeil win
O' e''Ae' sUDIrel'eu ~ vOH'i"uc '"c "o'A
VI ASSUME 'H' 0nu' 0' SOS"aoh'nS II At = !.
""','H'e ~ tue e'y' NOW iOF 'ne p.00'
INA ,nA' We are correct IN 'nA assumption
NO OOu' A"0"' Uet'eF 'nAa 'no'e VINO
advocate '"c 'omn'''i"s Oh tue present
CourC'l 70 'n's SGnems 'na' anO'neF sue
Ceea,ns COUNCIL II II sees proper can re-
Scima tue AeUon OF In'S Council' anu .neS
we" Know Suen ac'ioh mas occurred De-
lore a"a' '"F,neF, as matter ol law, tnal
all WORK oFueFea Oy Council, but mol
ei'heF y! contracted ior or actually begun
dies with the Council in which it origi'
Mates
ono more point completes what We
have 10 say at THIS time IL the adVo'
willing 10 wait for this Improvement nm.