Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-14
rmE VOTE TOMORROW.
\ Brief and Convincing Argument la
Favor Of "a stone Bridge.

BrtcI ana convincing AIEh ih
Favor Of "a stone Bridge.
10 me- F,itor of N, R,Gi.ilr'
Sm.-The vote tomorrow will determine
a matter of great local Importance which
has been presented in almost all possible
aspects
This short communication rs intended q"
place before the voters "A few Of the reasons
which should guide our choice Of th" struc.
turc we will leave 10 our successors.
The wrecked bridge was built in 1854.
when the city was a struggling town oi
about 800 inhabitants. u cost som"thlne
over II. 900. and, 10 be frank it was won
derfully good little bridge, 10 cost so little,
and last for ~ years: and this. too. when
the stone came from the quarres which
girlle our city. The learned and aged inau
who writes for the Mt,Higenc,r says there
is nothing near MS suitable for bridge build
ing. and that the piers which support thc
suspension bridge came from distant
point up the river. II is true they did come
from a foreign State, called Ohio The
stone for the old Jail foundation ol the
Court House and piers Of the suspension
bridge were quarried al Burlington. about
one and a half miles above Martin Ferry.
and sent down on Fat boat So the effort
10 make II appear that there is no suitable
stone within easy reach Of the city, falls
aat before the truth Leaving the question
Of where good. reliable stone may be- had
cheapest. and there is no lack 0i good ma
terial and ample shipping facilities both
nm tho b 4 O. K. r. and the c., J.. & ".
M Tippecanoel, turn now Ia the
great uncertainty attached 10 no
use Of steel n is SAID by the
advocates Of iron and steel that THIS is an
..Trou town" and wc should vote Tor
r..F.rfrrs.nfaHr metals
take the shape OF nails. sheet irph
and pipe In erecting bridge we
are not showing disregard 10 any
home interest We are free, then,
to make the best possible use of our money
steel is too recent a structural material u
base safe calculation on. II is peculiarly
sensitive 10 the action Of sulphur ana an
acids. il begins al once t0 rust over every
square inch Of exposed metallic surface
ovidation goes on day aud night, eating ln
deeper and deeper until only mass oi
honey-cOmbcd rust meets the eye alt'r
fev, 6rief wears There is. tO be- SURE an
expensive way to fight this tendency 20 u'
-uaiuti paiut. scrlpe and pant Ac'p
4, c,,-..red from the air and by this cosby
nrocess alone. your steel aud iron bridges
Iual,es any good show OF security anu
,,-oar There Is one ludicerous thlus ABOUT
th. vote tomorrow. have 10 laukh "N'h
tl,fnlr If il For instance. there is a man
r. ,be seventh ward. who feels ike beng
contrary. g. or in North Wheeling, say who
fns, votes for no bridge" or no loan,
;;vbich is iust the same. That unbought
r,,riof has the privilege of saying what
lind of a bridge / must take, although he
doc not want one Of either sort. Now,
-i,i1sns Il, h not wise 20 bury little griev-
arcl. in the face Of a greatly needed i'm
nrovement. Some dag you may need
friends IS il not the part OF wisdom 10 act
wisely. As for me, ! am Tor good, Old
fashioned stone bridge, well put up, the
cost should not be a dollar over 5000
Then the winds may blow. rains descend
the floods come and beat on that BRIDE, and
there ii will stand. solid as the everlasting
hills for it was built Of stone and founded
on a rock. "PETKos.