Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-02-28
PRETTY MUCH AT SEA
STREET PAVING AND REPAIRS POR THE
CURRENT YEAR.
Up for Discussion at the City Hall, Last Night-A
Lot Of Requests on Hand Sectional
Rivalry Again.

The members of the Council Committee
on Streets, Alleys snd Grades, end on
Wha1yes, met in Joint session, last night,
with the Beard OF Public Works, in obedi-
ence to call 10 discuss the probable
amount OF street repairs and improve
ments deemed necessary for the present
year, this being a preliminary TO submit
ting an estimate to Council, for reference
to the Committee ON Finance. The seq
sion was not especially valuable for the
amount Of business transacted, but 1t
was lively for most of its duration,
aud interesting all the time. Two
things were pretty well demonstrated first,
that the members, being new at he bust
ness, hardly knew how 20 proceed to the
best advantage; and second, that the old
rivalry between certain sections Of The city
is ready to show its head, and that the
skeletons which danced attendancs upon
former occasions Of 2 similar nature, can
be expected to make their appearance from
their dusty closets at any time in response
to summons from one OF two gentlemen.
Ia fact, these dry bones were produced be-
fore the evening YES over, and sort Of
DanEe Macabre vas gotten up for the
edifica tinn of the gentlemen present.
There was a good deal Of iadecision at
the outset as to the curse to be taken by
the Joint meeting, and two OF three gen
tlemen didn' see much use In proceeding
until the commi tee kne something ab0u,
how much money would be at their dis
posal. A reading of section three Of the
restraining ordinance showed that the
committee must make report before the
fourth Tuesday in March, aud once this
was understood, the situation was greatly
simplified.
In answer TO a question, President
Schmulbach, OF the Board OF Public Works,
said the Board had no idea as yet regard
ing the work OF improvement 20 the
streete and no estimates had beea pre-
pared by the City Engineer Last year
the session similar to the one he addressed
was held nearly or quite month later,
thus giving the Board an opportunity to
look around and see what should be done,
and how much it would cost.
A long end very general discussion OF
the needs Of the city in the matter of pub
lie improvements followed, at the end OF
which it was determined 10 go over the
petitions, resolutions, etc, referred TO the
Board from time TO tine By Council, re-
lating to improve ment', in order that sn
idea of the situation to date, in the way
of requests, might be formed. The papers
were accordingly read by the clerk, as fol-
lows:
McCulloch st.est, batwetn Twenty ninth
and Thirtieth, coDb es ard sidew ks re-
paired; Kentucky street, curbing; McCul-
loch street, crossings raised north from Six
teenth street to Eleventh street; Alley B,
between Fifth and Sixth street, ffe-b,ick
paving; South Huron street, fre-brick
paving and curbine; sewer in alley south
- OAso et-sst, Alloy O, ro'airisF wall IA
front of Nos. 935 90 GAL; South Huron
street. curbinp 90 ems. side, south OF Vir-
ginia; North YOlk street, curling on east
side; Ohio street, curbiDg from Penn to
Huron; North Huron street, curbing on
east side; South York street, cutbipg; Mar
ke. street, Tenth to Seventh friedrich
paving; Alley 7, sewer; Jacob street, curb
ing on est side necr Twen'y-eecond,
and north side of TWeu ty-sec01d;
Alley Is, Eoff street TO Alley +, re.
p4irs Alley O, Twenty-second to Twenty
third street. cobble pavement; South street,
Market TO Main, fire brick pavement; Mar
ket street, sewer west side of Market
house; Main and Tenth streets, crossing
raised; Twelfth and High streets, crossing;
Seventh street, Main to Market, cObble
pavement; Sixteenth street, require b. q
0. TO plank between rails; Twenty-seventh
street, Main to Chapline, friedrich pave
ment; South Penn street, petition from
citizens for grading and grsveling from
Ohio to Fair grounds. alley east Of McOul-
loch street, Caldwell's run, grading; Ba
ker'a addition, general improvement OF
streets; Fifteenth street, EOff to McOul-
lOch, friedrich paving; wharf, new addi-
ton, 200x75 feet at south end.
After the big bundle Of papers had been
gone through, proposition was made to
have the matters referred to the Board,
with instructions to have estimates pre-
pared, bat on ia being ascertaiEed that
the Eugineer's bill would be pretty steep,
with 10 probability of his being able to
complete the job in time, this WAS with
drawn.
1t was at about this slsge of the game
that the old sectional ealousies showed
their heads, the meter coming forward
upon an enquiry by Mr.. Harrell as TO
where the Board proposed to spend it's
contingent fund; he thought it would be
an unfair thing for the committee
to make an equitable and
fair division of the appropriation
fund of possibly 5000 between the sew
eral wards, and then have the Board dump
its big contingent fund south Of the creek,
as it would do. Mr. Hsrrell jumped on
the South Side pretty roughly. although he
was willing TO have South MoCulloch street
paved, and at The same time held that the
First ward had received little or nothing
during the year just passed. He was antag-
onized by Messrs. Handlen and Gavin, and
the war OF words continued for the space Of
half On hour.
Finally, without accomplishing anything
of note, the committee adjourned to meet at
the call Of Chairman Brandlass, which will
give the Board of Public Works time to
make some statement Of what it's own ideas
are.
Tho Water Works