Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-18
THE OLD CEMETERY.
The Proposed Street Improvement Ex-
amined Into by the Committee.

amtned Into BY the committee
Last evening the Council Com
mittee on Streets, Alleys and
Grades went out to the east end
Of Sixteenth street, and made
a careful examination into the merits
of the proposed street improvement at
the corner Of Sixteenth and McCulloch
streets, proposed by DR.. Caddle, OF the
First Branch. The Committee Is agreed
as to the practicability and value OF the
Improvement, and the only matters
coming up for discussion were just
what amount of the southeast corner OF
the old cemetery ought to be taken,
and the best way TO go about making
the improvement. City Solicitor Riley
was on the ground with the Committee,
and aided them in their discussion OF
the matter.
The survey made by Engineer Hoge
contemplated cutting off a piece OF the
cemetery, commencing at the south side
of the alley on McCulloch street, run
ming around In semi-circle to the south
until the line was ffty-six feet back
from the corner OF the street, and then
gradually running out to nothing at the
Sixteenth street side, about one hundred
feet west OF McCulloch street. This
would give street ifty-six feet wide,
measuring from the north rail OF the
Elm Grove motor track at the corner,
and would allow Of an abundance OF
room after taking off wide sidewalk.
Last evening the Committee thought
there was no necessity Of cutting of
fifty-six feet at the corner, and were
under the impression that thlrty-eight
feet would be enough. This would
make an eight foot sidewalk and
thirty foot street, all north Of the rail-
road track, and would only take up
about half as much ground, as the cut
would not have to be carried as far as
the alley on the McCulloch street side,
ane but about sixty-fve feet west on the
Sixteenth street side.
Nothing definite was decided upon,
the Com mlttee preferring to examine
the ground again wnen the City Sur
veyor was present, but the matter will
probably be pushed TO consummation
in some shape or other.
From the examination last evening,
and talks with gentlemen familiar with
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than two graves In the corner OF the
cemetery proposed to be taken for pub
lie purposes, as a large number Of bodies
were removed from that locality three
years ago.
Many Councilmen and not few cti-
zcns are in favor of taking the entire
cemetery and turning it into public
park, reserving a small section as a
place Of interment for the remains of
several prominent people who lie there,
and putting up an appropriate and
handsome monument over these re-
mains.
The cemetery Is In a terrible condi-
ton at present, but it is not the fault OF
the city. There is popular idea, which
has found expression in print, that the
city has something to do with the ceme-
terry, and ought to put fence around 1t
and take charge of 1t, whereas as mat
ter OF fact there is no legal reason why
the city ought to spend dollar upon it,
and in addition it would start bad
precedent in that all that cemetery
trustees or Companies would have to do
would be TO neglect their property suffi-
GENTLY when the city would step In and
spend public money upon them.