Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-11

battle ground for sharp skirmishes In
Council, and for the purpose OF enlIght-
ening thegeneral public upon the matter
the REGISTER man obtained all the IN
formation possible.
FOURTEENTH STREET.
"a wear and half ago" said one Of
the gentlemen OF the party, "the Balti-
more aud Ohio and Pittsburgh, Wheel
ing and Kentucky railroad companies
and the city, agreed upon plan for the
improvement of the intersection OF
Water and Fourteenth streets. The L.
W. d Nv. company was 10 pave their
side Of the track, the Il. x D. theirs, and
the city was TO raise the intersection oil
the streets and alter Water street
for sixty feet north oil the
north line OF Fourteenth. 1t was
also 10 relay Fourteenth to Main.
Now look at the result. The T., W. x
X. Company promptly performed their
share OF the agreement and did their
work inside of sixty DAYS. The Ii. 4 q.
said il had not time then To do its part,
but would do it in the spring. The
spring came but the work was not done
The Mayor has several times written To
headquarters on the matter, but they
have not even dcigned reply. The
city Appropriated $500 to carry out It's
part 81 the agreement, but could dOnoth-
ing So long rs the L. X o. refused to
move"
THE POLICY OF THE b. 80.
UpOn reaching Seventeenth street, the
first thin. that struck the eye was the
4 III II
next thing was the b. x q. track, stand
iny mp boldly some six or eight inches
above the level of the street. Ii caught
our tourists attention.
"Why does the city not orderthe i. x
q. to lower their track as well as the
Elm Grove road?" he asked.
at has been ordered, and that was
the end Of it" said one of the gentle
men. at seems "a me that the policy
of the Baltimore road toward this city
| has been defiant 20 the last degree.
They do Just as they please and don't
| care a cent Tor what the city may do.
They haven't the pOliteness even to ac-
| knowledge the receipt accommodations
| from the MAYOR. Here is this track
standing up six inches above the street
grade. i'm absolute defiance OF city or
ainances. The track is great NUS
ance anyhow. Time and again horses
and other animals have fallen over and
laid there, compelling the trains to stop
and wait for their removal. Then, an
other thing They cut our drains in
two at every opportunity. Oh course
they have the right, but there is no ne
cessitv. We have drained under the
/ Il L.. Ian NhnN
are torn up and fillel in again
SEWERAGE QUESTION.
Along the north side of Seventeenth
street. between Jacob and Wood, the
gutter is a mass Of reeking filth, green,
Shiny and contagion breedingto the last
| degree. Some one called up the mat
| ter of sewerage, and in the discussion
which followed the inconsistency of the
cry for sewers was plainly shown up.
| Along the street in the locality named
is good sewer, capable of carrying oil
all the waste water. But why does il lie
there in that fostering condition? Along
that sewer between Jacob and Wood
streets Only trO persons hare tapped.
| The rest drain over the pavement into
the gutter and there it lies To decOm-
pose under the hot rays OF the sun,
grow green as emerald, and give of the
/ foul etlluvia that makes East Wheeling
/ the "scourge stricken district Why
nut i'm more sewers when the residents
| fail tO use those they have? On the
north side Of Seventeenth street it is
/ only rs feet from the lots 10 the sewer,
/ and vet but two persons have tapped.
| And these are the ones that suiier. For
/ their drainage is carried off and that OF
their neighbors flows to their front doors
10 lie and perform its terrible work.
The party OF yesterday saw this and
the above was what was said. The
| sewer referred To was placed there at
the expense of $500, and dees not 500
/ cents worth of good. On Sixteenth
/ street is a sewer running from Jacob Ia
Wood and up Wood to Fifteenth,
/ placed at a cost of about 800, but only
eight persons have tapped it along the
| line. All Of the balance drain ON the
/ surface. These facts are nuts Tor our
Health Committee to crack.
Before leaving Seventeenth street, the
party paid deserved compliment to the
condition OF that thoroughfarc. Ii APP
pears i'm excellent condition and reflects
| credit upOn the Street Commissioner for
| the execution. IL is but fair, however,
10 state that the street has scarcely had
| A fair test, rs the weather of the past two
months has been little less than miracu-
! lous. Seventeenth street is the sole
outlet of Manchester, the city Of coal
and beer, and an immense amount OF
hauling is done upon it. II the work
L.. 4 La
we'll spent.
N'CULLOUGH STREET.
Few persons beyond those whose pur-
suits call them in that direction are
aware of the opening Of Mccullough
street from Sixteenth to Seventeenth.
In this there was q killing Of two birds
with one stone. Most of the road was
cut through bed of sandstone, and the
rock thus removed has been used on
Seventeenth street, avoiding the necCs-
sity of an expensive purchase. The
opening of the street was Of great
utility i'm aiIording a channel Of
communication to Manchester with
ont the necessity OF a d,iO'r
OF several blocks. Though scarcely lin
ished, the street lis in good condition
and much used. In this connection
might bc mentioned a dangerous spot
which should he fenced in. II lies Just
south Of Sixteenth street, between Me
Cullough and the creek, and is off the
line oi the street From the sidewalk is
an abrupt prccipice, with a sheer fall OF
twenty feet. An injury and 4 possible
suit for damages might result il this spot
remains in its present condition.
SIXTEENTH STREET THE BATTLEFIELD.