The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-09
BRICK PAVING
THE SUBJECT OF ANIMATED TALKS


|. Ia Csaseii last Niyht-SiIttsnth Street Order.
It Pa1sd-fhs Regular Monthly Hspor:s Dis.
5 N posed Of and Other nAttsra Of aunIcI.
pA! Importance Attended 10.
: The City Building might well have bcol
;. dubbed tho 'cavs OF tho winds" last nigh,
i Tho regular semi.monthly meeting o
!. Council that WIS held. wa productive o
discussions which It seemed would neve
end. In ne Second Btancl personalities
wero INDUCED In freely and the chair had
to rap for order several times. The cause
Of so much talk was principally the ques.
tlon Of brick paving. Propositions were
made to expend over $40 900 in this pave.
nent. OF this amount Sc, GOO was ordered
and the other $50, 600 has been partially
paesed. Over two nOura were consumed
BY this topic alone, aud the result IL, that
important papers arc left untouched on The
Second Branch table. 'I037 !
THE EFFORTS OF THE noAgD.
The Board Of Public Works reported
that in compliance with reQues! OF Coun.
Gil in a resolution adopted March oS, It had
made the following estimate Of the cost OF
paving, with brick: blocks, Sixteenth street
from the west line Of Eoif TO the We st line
Of McColloch street: Total number Of
square yards contained in this distance,
8.B4l. Estimated cost Of paving at 81 90
per square yard. SIS S25 co. Total number
OF square yards contained in that part of
the street occupied, and 10 be paved by the
Elm Grove Railway Co., 1850, which at
81 w per.yard, would require The company
to pay $S.lS4 10. Amount subscribed by
the citiz 'ns $1,000, thus making th: mel
cost Of the paving TO the city only 50 COL 20,
The Board further reported TINT as in.
strncted by Council, an estimate had been
made Of the cost OF laying a fire or red
brick pavement on all The macadam ID |
part Of Maiu street from Ninth street to |
Jonathan's Ravine.a The estimsts4 sub. |
mi,ted was based OIL fire. brick, it being the |
less expensive and more easily obtained,
and the measurement was made from tho
north side Of Eighth s,roet, az from there
t. Ninth was already paved with cobbla
The total number OF square yards is 10. .557;
at 81 so per square yard the cost would be
s3l ,29l 20. The number Of square yards |
the CltizsEs Railway Company would have
to pay for would be ]. 7733; at 81 GO per yard
this would coat $5,072 SO; net COS. to the
city $25 3lS40.
The Board also reported that petition
had been received asking that Eolf street, |
from Tbirty.6rst to Thirty.ninth be paved
with brick. The estimated cos. was re-.
ported to be as follows: Grading, 3 203
cubic yards at 45c, Sl,lSl S., Paving
:. $50 square yaros at 81 GO, ST.. sos. Total
cost, $l7,2S9 S..
THE FUN coMurxcrs
Tho rono,, - 20, ,t;on ), c;x,o,,
'efo's ~ '0,'..on ~ 'iAteenln street.
was hrst read, and Mr.. Butts offered the |
proper resolution providing that i. be |
psvpd. Dr. Winyerter ,nada a ar;,;.od oh
;.,,;ar, o,,,oa r.. a., ~
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come from, and also protested very vehe.
mentlly against tearing up streets that had
,bs su han ss oI uo.lsfs Already spent
city that had never lad dollar on than
Other members favored it; the Fourth ward
deleEatlon spoke OF the wrong done. them
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wiling for thsi insvemen. .ssad Sn ,ha. piu,
from E;ah,h IN % sF'i,b utras+ tnau .1ans Ma II os
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saan on,;st ,o tha c;tn G ~ ~ ,",u Ianon s.iees
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c'ala ana "oulu DC sottaen out against such
expenditures ul' he warned them that tho
people Wonla see 70 II tast those who voted
money away 80 last woaia no. be returned.
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