The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-06
KTiIRERLY,s IDEAS.
He talks About GAINESVILLE. Pittsburgh
and wheeling, and Tells Very Plainly
Whnt He Thinks of Each.

He Talks About ZnnesHtlle, RtttBbufkn
and wheeling, and Tells Very Plainly
what He Thinks of Each.
Mr.. P. L. Kimberly has recently been
on two committee jaunts, one last week to
GAINESVILLE and the other the present week
to Pittsburgh, and In what follows one
will readily detect that what he saw while
on these jaunts were Of some benefit, at
least to him. Mi. Kimberly lives In that
classic suburb Known as Manchester, in
the Fourth ward, and is acquainted with
mud and bad streets, and what he terms
"Councilmanic neglect" and speaks with
vengeance. We give the substance OF q
conversation had with him last night in
the Council chamber:
"Mr. Kimberly what was your opinion
Of Zanesville's improvementsH
II was well pleased; Of course was.
saw much TO admire. ] think can
safely say for the town OF GAINESVILLE that
she has noble men who are enterprising
and alive to her best interest. They know
\ what iswanted and when and how to get
It, and that 1t pays to get 1t Is proven
BY the condition we found every thing in
when we got there"
| " uht w fVu Luluh VI LuC ChGGt Pl4aoA
"She is fully abreast Of the times and
the age we live in. think she will main
tain her position well. Her people have
no occasion to blush for those In authority,
the public institutions and improvements,
such as water works, fire department, fire
alarm system and streets, speak louder
than words can for them"
"Don,t you think we need something
similar"
"What we want here in Wheeling is
some Of the same sort OF public spirit and
enterprise. Give US little push in the
make up Of our public men. We want TO
retire all the barnacles that have fastened
on and are fostering the whole body poll
tic OF our city government.
Let us fill our Council chambers with
pushing and enterprising men who can
and will distinguish between the ruinous
patchwork and expensive policy Of the
former seven years, and more liberal
and better policy suitable to the times and
!. in keeping with what is done in our neigh
boring cities OF not only Zanesville, but oil
Pittsburgh and elsewhere"
"Well, what do you think OF our pros.
pects?"
, az don't despair. OF course don't; why
, should l. ! will neither leave the city
myself, nor advise anybody else to do it
What has been done in GAINESVILLE or any.
where else can be done here. ia small
city like GAINESVILLE can afford what we
have seen in her water works, her streets
} and her fire alarm, and her fire depart
ment, what may we not do Il we will 1t
With our population OF almost double
what hers is; with capital way beyond
what she ever thought OF, and manufac
, turing facilities such as she can never
hope to attain to, we surely ought to be
able To command all in the way Of public
Improvements and institutions that she
can, limo more"
swell, what do you decommend?"
"What do recommend? Just what
have foreshadowed above. Nothing more
!! nothing less. That Is one only balm II
Gilead. II we send a man to Council, ant
he fails to comprehend the situation o.
i apply the remedy needed, retire him al
r once. No matter who he Is, or what hi
: standing in society is, send better mar
!, in his place. We want dozen or two o
8 frst-class funerals POLITICALLY speaking
T and want them soon, II we can expect L
: come to the front with other cities OF oul
class. We are deserving better ant
{ wiser expenditure Of our revenues thar
has been vouchsaied to us up to thil
I date. Let's demand and have IL.