Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-18

A WITTY Writer Has something Ia say
About II.

A WHY NflttA NAV
About IL.
n ar Editor Of no EsgtF,r:
remember when q boy that heard the
question OF the removal Of Wheeling Hill
discussed. did not think much about 1t
then. neither dill a good many other pvo
pIs. aud none Of rs knew exactly why II
was not moved. The Water Board argued
that it was placed there for some specific
purposa hy omripotenCe, and 40 the hill
was not removed. but they would not tell
Us what the speclh, purpose was. no"
after all these years, q score and a halt at
least, they spring it, on an u%nsusPect'
ing. howe r coniding public. No one
else would ever have guessed the ohJrCt
for which the hill made famous By McCuI-
lcch was created. Well, here 1t Is:
To sfrord the Water Board the opportu'
nity 10 demonstrate the impractlcahllty
Of supplying water from such a height
without bursting ail the old pipes and
tearing up the streets, alleys and pnbAc
places in the city, or r~ivalIug the grandeur
Of Niagara. The latter seems 10 be ihtlT
intention now. All they have to do now
IL 10 construct a broad basin on top OF the
hill 90 that the water would pour evenly
over the present wall down into the pres
ent basin. A boulevard could be con
etruc'ed on three siiee, and connected
ON the west side by q mInla-
ture suspension bridge. 1t would require
no great expansion {; the imagination to
make the crematory represent the cave
| AT the windl - and from below the illusion
would be perfect. The grandeur
of the scene would make Wheeling
famous thrc, giout the world, and
for all time A a method Tor
water sanitation, EiIsOn's scheme
Of sterilization by eloctr'lysis and Hyatt
combined cnasulati0n, filtration and aeTa'
ton are o~utriyalled ~ far rs the gentle
~moonbeams out rival in brlllihncy the
binding rays Of the MONDAY sun. From
the Island the falls could be seen in thelI
most glorious aspect. To the south the
cave OF the winds standing ont IN bold re-
lief against the eastern horizon. HeIe tht
Tremendous proportions Of the scenery VII
fOrcihly impress the MUD. The huge wal
of masonry built against the face oil the MI
in the form of an immense broad stairway
at an angle Of 80 will excite the hVeiie7
feelings Of admiration in the hsholder
The dirty waters from the basin On top o
the hill will pour in one uubrOken, contln
nous charge downtown into tn
dspths of the basin below, wher'
ali is foam and noise ant
more dirty water. They viii rebound anC
beat against the walls of that basin aIC
hurl themselves boldly into the air hkt
30 many Curtii plurging into the guilt
There will not be 80 much mist as IN som'
less grand cataracts, but there will b'
enough 70 hide the fortunes Of the talIeI
microbes and bacili typhcsi aud the con
fusion Of their lines, as they are bea.eI
against the rocks aud the atmosphere
through -uCcessions Of heroic charging
A hOaTse, COngratulaiOry muTmur
miugling with the roar OF the combat vii
be heard, and will lull into q sense Of Sc
cuuty and sleep the people who dwell he
low IN the path OF the avalanche OF water
that some day will beat down the barrier
and sweep them and their children an,
their childrcu's children into the river.
The eyes of the people, in all this, ma.
behold only pig-headed stupidity, usrlss
and lavish expenditure OF money and dan
yer. Poets will discern, in the midst c
the stealuiug vapOr, forms of fair Na'at
snd gro;esque Nixiesa and Pixies, whilst tn
Water Board will experience the Icaliz.,
tiOur p OF their widest dreams. J.