Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-06

10 been puzzled to determine
$500 tntatives Of our City Com
~ Lex information about street
j. I<<reet improvements Of any
5ror .he city OF Pittsburgh, I'M
t.rs,cth, they did not want to look
<nu1a >oss . glaring contrast with our
Geeps As wOald he embarrassing
theu computations OF con-
49, y ere is perhaps no other city
49, 
1l< saye been selected where the
,nne6pn OF les streets with those OF
>1l1n1 you'd let committee Of oh
: <<6n down easier than at Pitts
11t/k But the sight Of country cor
dor1T nj might prove an inspiring
1ri&> ei,h some OF the canals OF
4 lur>lIrr and We are therefore not sur
49, " ieArn that the committee did
a. >ofne inspiration aud had their
1IE'(a some what stimulated BY their
mBpAtious in Pittsburgh.
ytre At two points, we think, that
Ia 11Aonental in securing good
Isstr e. with one OF these the com
1rsr<es ssusp to have been impressed BY
<nkr sisit to Pittsburgh. These are,
Ana. <esyhg a good Ioardstiou Tor the
f@rsnent, and second. having the iOnn-
rt4R n proper and unborn shape to
>rn1< fcrsct drainage.
80 u1vssneni is lasting on satisfactory
~ - aid on such foundation.
~ 6|&Htlo has observed the care and
r1nIisn|.rty with which contracts are
><4 > supervised with reference to
: n No. tion, in our large cities, can
11k<8 doubt that experience has
XIo<1l t1n the prime secret Of success
- <e<exsent is in the foundation. The
- "a axerial ever devised has failed
|>oaln Washington City was al
Ie>r< hsnkrupted by bad foundations
~ an extensive contract Of paving
'fers vare no nicer streets to be seen
- ne coantry than were made under
+ fne confrsct in question, 50 lar as the
sSTfacs appearance was concerned. But
: ~ xers not much better or smoother
\ than. . nOuntain ruad after year s
ma lnzin point to be secured and the
>riI >xpense that Is incurred in laying
~ - elent is in the preparation OF
A. \ ~ dation, and none but skillet
~ sr&rrienced contractors even sue
&1o<I. ~ they 10 not except when
!, Inl1rd ~ contract 50 specific as admits
10 Frking.
~ ~ >nndatiOn, too, may be constr
- Lie right kind Of material, and
1I1<<IE " be ~ irregular AMI faulty in
NJ. h the water will soon produce
! here and there and virtually
y pavement in very short
y here il one fault OF our street
I. bore conspicuous than another
- There is absolutely no drain
~ ~ aspy Of opr streets. There was
- intended. The builders
ID have thought il scarcely
Liz. II was Just as convenient
- have the water settle down
hi up in the center II the
\ \, run OIL at the sides. They
a. arsntly built on the plan Of a
.u1| "a. serve much the same pur-
~ tit that more instruction OF
~ be obtained By our City
~ Totn a close study Of one OF the
49, 1.ntracts under which paw
~ tone in the large cities
han tcA inspecting the surface
10 80 - street. They will find,
~ - 4, the matter OF drainage, the
y 1hs viii not admit d one inch
<1a[or< II the arch OF street between
~ ~ D1nts; that the measurements
- - 1nCnrately specified that any
80 arturo would yitiate the eOu-
II arch, OF swell OF the street
~ |rprbs TO the centre is kept uni
building by a gauge made
impose which is constantly APP
u1|/ fhe work when done is tested
I/f<1 &me instrument before a.
4 ~ city Council determine At
oncs apoo the Belgian block pavement
1890 Is none better-and then de-
specific ordinance which
ut in detail how all streets
tier be built, and il this is
sively done 50 as to guide all
= - <||6hcils amid the changes that
N - circumstance brings about in
We win then have laid the
i51' for a uniform system Of
slp>e| hing, that will give US suhstan-
- Fm and economical streets.