The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-25
srREETs, AI.LEXss AaD GRADES

anu GTaueB, was approacneu py u reporter
yesterday, he did not seem to be 10 q
mood to converse very. freely about the re-
cent newspaper comments on the exttaya-
CANT expenditures Ofthe Committee dur
ing the last year. tini7 al lsfst 4 n
~ think enough has been said already
he remarked. "Itisny opinion that the
question was first stirred up 10 be used
politically against Jimmie Nichol, who
will be candidate for reromlnati ion. The
people have heard enough about the mat
Ter, and those who are complaining Of ext
trayagance don't know what theyiare talk!
ing about They have never stopped TO
Investigate as to what work has been
done. More substantial improvements
have been made on the streets ofthls city
in the last two years than in the
eight preceding ones. Fifteenth, Six
tenth, Seventeenth and Jacob have been
made new ID the last two years. Prior to
that, for eight years, mo- permanent i'm
proyementg were made whatever; nothing
butsupeffcial work was done, and yet i
can show by the records, that nearly SO:
600 were expended by the committee OF
1875. Nothing was said about that"
l"Every year the committee makes o.
tour OF the streets and prepares estimates
for the annual appropristi n In 1879
the estimate Of 81, 900 was made for i'm
proving Jacob street, but when twas dis,
covered that Sixteenth and Seventeenth.
streets were in a worse condition, they
were given the priority and improved that
wear, while Jacobwas laid over, until this
wear. The Jacob street Improvement will
soon be done now, and II Is one OF the
best in the city. II was done economic
ally, and will cost, when finished, less than
the estimate" Ia s.,.ls,,.i -.igsgg
~ can not tell where all. the, work on
streets has been put this year, although q
great deal has been, done, and I,suppose
tho legitimate expend itures will run up,
as has been said, TO more than $40, 900 for
the eleven months past V You will have 10
90 TO the City Clerk for the monthly re-
ports OF the Street Commissioner. These
will show 1taccountBl OF every dollar
expended and what It was for, Let this
entire report be published and, then, the
people can see what has beer, done by tho
Street Oommissi Homer, on his own RESPONSE
billty. as well as what Council and the
Health Officer have ordered him to do. II
| is impossible for me 70 remember all and
| give It to you. 5sgt Jiaryeu oHj 6 aris5
Street Commissioner. Eichol cwass also
seen and furnished the following Informs
tons 81 have been thinking that this
queation OF extravaganza in expenditures
on the streets under my rule, has been
raised to be used agattst me gpplid Ideally.
The Jacob street job was rs cheap as could
be done in any city, or in the country. We
have now expended about Sl4 900 on il
and when completed the costswill come
within the estimate, which, / believe was
ST., 900. 1t Is hardly necessary to talk any.
more about this bnsinees. My work is
finished on that street. We are waiting
on some Of the contractors who have sick
horses, to 90 on and flush their, rolling.
They will 90 right ahead as quickly as pos
laible and finish the work" ~ .liit go
4 "As for accounting for all OF the forty
\ odd thousand dollars that have been laid
out on the streets this year, l cart do It
n from memory, but make an itemized 70.
4 port to the committee each month, and
u these are on record in the City Clerks
\ office. The whole business can be seen
there. Now, / am Under orders 70 do no
n work whatever on streets, except such as
in my Judgment requires immediate atten.
ton 10 protect the city, from liability for
damages. Whatever else ] do is either
ordered by, Council or the Health Officer
There was the Fifteenth street improve
ment this year. TWAS ordered by Coun-
Gil, and was very costly. The grading alone
cost: more than 81 800. Then the Csld-
wells Ron bridge, which cost $500. Zane
street was macadamized with four strings
Of limestone from bridge to bridge. Jacob
street will1cost lees than the estimate
SIT, GOO. New Cohble stone CUTTERS have
been made in many places. New croBs.
linps have been laid, Curbing reset aud
seSers repaired. The wssh.opt at the
| Fotty.fifth street sewer, took about 81 900;
and that one on T%enty-fourth street
about $500. At every heavy rain, we have
had much work TO do to, cart away the
mud which aGcumplstes OF such places as
those at the Court House, the upper end
OF the Second Ward Market House, corner
Thirty.third and McCulloch streets, etc.
Every large rain causes an expense, Of
probably $500. ThepeT street roller cost
US 500" H.. a. .as.a..o.. .as,rsi,
Gas 10 the men l employ-they work
as well and-honestly-as-a uy=Tnen ever
cav, there, Ia none 0hthis 'sold,eTing' that
is talked about. Tho mon arSwcGkedun-
der hpsseS and there is no chance, TO 'sol'
der ..IDF an Ih9LlJI r7gbcg' NuM
t"Eow ]. do not! think the OUTLAWS have
been exIravHgsnk in the last year. There
was nothing done except thatwhich was
actually necessary. NV monthly reports
which are on file with the City Clerk
will show. everything in an TENTED form.
The people ON sec for themselgeS end
judge ~ neither OF mol, the improvements
have been neediul and economically per.
formed" b saa aAS asEalI
1t was ascertained from tho books Of Mr..
UpdegrEtF, the City Dlerb, What the total
expenditures Of the Committee on s.rcsts,
Alleys and Grades from JPnuary lat, to
the present time have been $i2 4GG 80. It
wonld be interestingly sanblG could be
shown fns tbs year giving aaoh itcld Of
work performed and the cost Of tho came.
The tszpaycts could ten, With better
facilities, pass judgment upon the cAec.
s.als hERviCES.