The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-02

Tie North End sSks toF'th Next HFiek
Pavement ass Matter Of RAirnssS.
10 The Editor Of he NLelEtoageer
sIE:-Haying seen several communica'
tlons in your paper presenting the claims
Of East Wheeling to further brick pave
msnts, when that section has already
been attended to, / ask your indulgence
in calling attention to the following facts
which, TO my mind, go to show that
other sections Of the town are entitled to
the next investment Of money 90 ex'
pended.
Tue intention in the beginning, as evil
deucsd by the method thus far ADDICTED,
was to pave first the main avenues Of APP
pToach TO the city, aud to connect them
with each other, thus furnishing means Of
entrance to market suppliesandscoal from
the surrounding country, and for convey
log city products from town, lnpursuNnce
Of this Idea, brick roadways have been
CONSTRUCTED radiaLing from near the center
OF the city to the south, west and east,
the north still remaining unimpToved,
though the records show that the inteu'
tion Of the preceding council was TO pave
this section also. Meanwhile, no com:
plant has been made since each has had
to await its turn, and tho natural infer
enCe and expectation has been that
though last on the list. ours would come
in next;
But now we are met by the argument OF
a few ingenious indIviduals-if argument
it'can be Called-thRt u further expendi-
ture should next be made In East Wheel.
ing along an equally ingenious route, be-
cause, forBOoth, there ara u stated number
Of factories with a specified tonnage-per-
hans grossly exaEgerated-.situalsd on
their proposed route. The ingenious sug.
gestlon has lost sight Of several points
first, that Justice to all should be meted
out 10 turn; and second, that the logical
conclusion Of his argument would exclude
MN until all sections OF greater tonnage
ure provided for. He Is careful n TO
mention that bis whole list Of workshops
is within couple Of blocks OF the best
payements in the city, and some, only one
block from Market street. Moreover, II
there is any relationship between mere
"tonnage" and claims 10 prior right Of
attention over another quarter where
fairness and Justice would next bestOw II,
the writer CdnnOt see 1t.
1t 10 q solemn fact that:an attempt, by
sheer weight Of demand and Importantly,
To force through purposes not really msr'
tied, while generally falling Of results, yet
engsnders y spirit Of retaliation on the
part Of those whose claims are thus sought
10 be thrust aside which will make itself
felt when the object ought justly to be
granted.
Now, how Is 1t with the North End?
Here We have but one avenue oil up.
proach, and that the Main HLrtet-not q
aide street over which come all the sup.
plies for North Wheeling and the large
influx OF purchasers and visitors from
Maruu's Ferry and other river towns as
well as the farmers from the river bot
tom. Moreover, there Is the Top mill,
whose tonnage will outweigh that OF all
the East Wheeling list, the North Wheel.
ing Glass company, the Arlington Stove
Company, Hanes 4 Wilson and Wilson
q Dunlevy and these not contiguous TO
good roads but all the way from half
mile TO mile. This lB notably 30 with
the Top mill, whose large revenues 10 the
city have returned to tia Bo-Called road
which would disgraCs back county. This
is notorious fact. Even were jusrCe left
out Of account, the claims Of the
North End are stronger than those Of the
eastern section, which apart from ton.
mage" cannot now claim further con.
alteration. They are no thoroughiAre,
but merely an outlying district, which
embraces d number Of concerns whose
aggregate Is by no means large.
North Main street Is thoroughiare IN
its strongest sense, and the only ono lead.
ing north from the city, and possesses,
besides its tonnage" q class Of residences
which pay large taxes. Let us hear no
more Of tonnage" Tonnsge would pave
from the Riverside Steel Works up, would
pave clear around the Riverside, and Bel.
mont works, and HoiTman's tannery,
would brick from Hobbs, Brookunier &
Co.'s glass house, on the hillside, aud
from each individual brewery and coal
bank.
What the North End wants Is fair treat.
ment. First pave the naIn approaches
and connect them according to the orig
inal intention, and then attend 10 districts
Of secondary Importance. South and East
Wheeling and tie Island have had their
turn. Would there were enough to give
to each all they cotld desire, but failing
in this, without grulging what has been
given, the North End now asks that II be
given It's greatly needed share, and this II
asks, not because Of any arguments we
may have presented, nor on account OF
subscriptions, or any irrelatlve reason,
but solely because II Is her due.
Wheeling, March /, 1885.