Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-11-23
NEW STREET GRADES
TALKED OYER AT LAST kYRNING's
SESSION
OF he Council Committee on Streets, Alleys and
Graies-Tbrse Ordinances Recon-
mandtd br Adoption.

The Council Committee on Streets, Al
leys and Grades met at the City Hall, last
evening, and held an interesting and i'm
porlsnt meeting, in conjunction with City
Surveyor Hcge, at which the improvement
Of certain South Side streets, about Cald-
Wells run, was the topic up for discus
sion.
Ever since the auction sale of the OAld-
well estate, there has been great pressure
brought by owners Of the lots Thus dis
posed OF, to have the city grade aud inn
prove the new streets, lying along the base
Of the bill, where Caldwell's run de-
bouches into the fats, and several Ieti-
tons TO this effect have been sent in to
Couroil. LAST spfinR, when the Commit
Tee on Streets, Alleys and Grades went
over the ground, they we're met by num-
Der of property owners personally, who
represented that they were DESTROYS OF
improving their holdings and wanted the
streets improved, to some extent at least,
and the grades fixed. Little was done by
Council during the year, but there has
been some discussion Of plans, and at latt
evenings session it was announced that
surveys Of two or three streets had been
made By Engineer Hoge, and plans for
grading roughly blocked out.
M Hoge submitted several Of these
plans to the Committee. One contemp-
lated the establishing Of grade on T"en-
,y-eishth street, from Wood street east
The surface Of the street at present in a
succession Of bills and holloTs, rising
generally at rapid rate TO the eastward.
The profile submitted to the Committee by
the City Surveyor contemplated a big MI
Of absut A 900 cubic yards Of earth, from
Wood east to Moyston street, the grade be
ing A. ~, OF rise of about ? feet IN
100. From MOystsn street east there
would be cut, sggrCgating 5000 cubic
yards. the cut in some places being thirty
feet deep. Ii was announced that the
property.Owners along the street were will
log 10 do a great deal of this cutting them
SCI YES in order to get the improvement as
speedily as possible, as they wanted to
build. Ii was slsO stated the Water
Board had it's pipe al ready to put down
on the street.
Another improvement Of the same sort,
gss contemplated on Merritt street, run
ming east and weei, between Twenty
eighth and Twenty ninth streets. From
Moysten street east for 800 feet there
would be a grade OF II 3 feet in 100, and
f,Om that on to the end of the street, a de-
scending grade OF , feet in 100
II was sgreed TO recommend these grades
to Council and ordinances will be drawn
accordingly.
Councilmen are beginning to see thu i'm
pOrtance of improving outlying streets.
and there is probability that at the next
session a measure will be Introduced look
ing to o systematic and thorough iuvesti-
CATION of this matter, for report 10 time to
have the work, if deemed proper, started
on during the season Of 1890.
Another matter coming up last evening
was the grade OF Eff street, between For
ty.fith and Forty-eiebth streets. There
has been a good deal Of kicking about the
street, from various parties, and partly for
this reason, and partly because of the sd
vanced season, the contemplated improve
ment has been laid over until next year.
Toe Surveyor submitted grade profile last
evening, on which there ia q fill in the
street, at Forly-seventh, Of about two feet,
and a gradual slope from this point to
Forthwith street ON the north and to For
ty-eighth street on the south. The fall Is
bat about . inches to the 100 feet. Al
present the street Is practically hit, and
drainage is impossible. The distance from
Forty nth 20 Foriy-eighth street is 97S
feet. This ordinance will also be recon-
mended for adoption.
1t was announced in the committee that
the improvement of McCulloch street has
been fnished, aud that the property own
srs we're satisfied il was a good job.