Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-17
SOMB PUBLIC WORK
WHICH MIGHTBE UNDERTAKEN As AMEASURE
OF RELIEF.
Various Projects Of a Beneficial Nature Which
Could Employ Men, Even During the
Ssvsrsss Winter Wsathsr-fhs
COMMITTEES Meeting To-Day.

the County Commissioners and City
Council will meet this afternoon at two
o'clock at w. w. Twins drug store,
Chapline and Twenty-fourth streets, for
the purpose of considering the question
Of permanent relief to the needy by
some form of public work, and to de-
wise, if possible, a c~ommendable plan
which can be submitted to the parent
bodies for approval.
1t is hoped that every member Of tie
Committee will be present, and that
some feasible plan will be speedily
formulated, so that Council may be
called at once to discuss and authorize
whatever may be agreed upon, and q
prompt start made.
There has been quite a number OF
both public and private suggestions OF
work which might be undertaken-lm-
provements OF the class which would
ultimately be beneficial, and which the
city will some daV undertake, but
which may be delayed, in the natu-
raj course of events, for a goodly number
of years to come. Some OF these Sug-
gestlons are here gathered together, in
the way Of data for the Com
mittee, and as informotion for the gen.
eral public:
The tunnel project has been often re-
ferred 10. There are two localities for
work of this sort proposed. One, ia
vored by the Trades Assembly and
many citizens Of North Wheeling and
Fulton, is for a tunnel at or near the
line of Tenth street, running In a gem
orally northeastern direction and COM
ing out ct Baker street, east Of the hill.
The second tunnel project, more
favored by East Wheeling people
and residents Of Pleasant Valley,
is for a tunnel starting at
about the line Of Sixteenth street and
emerging near Mt. De Chantal. Surveys
have been completed for this work, and
If undertaken, a force Of men could
likely be put to work without the loss
of much time. AS has been stated In
the REGISTER, If this work is COM
menced, eX-Sheriff Steenrod will give
the City ten acres of land at the east
end Of the tunnel for a public park.
Another suggestion of much merit is
the extension OF the city water system
to Fulton. Fulton people are repre-
sented as being very anxious for this,
and the taking Of water out there
would give the Water Board a consider
ably larger income from water rents.
Ext enSiOns of water mains are also
needed, on both sides of the creek, but
particularly north Of Fourteenth street,
to accommodate people who have had
no water from the old reservoir, be-
cause they were above It's level, but who
can be supplied from the new basin,
now about to be put In operation.
The extension OF Ghapline street,
from Tenth street north past the old
reservoir, to Seventh street, or farther,
to the National road, would be q good
improvement and one which should
have been made long ago. The survey
for this work has been made.
Another street extension is that of
Market street to the Ravine, the sur
vey for which, we believe, has also
been made, and still another would be
the grading of Eof street, from Tenth
along the hillside to the new reservoir.
That would give a short cut from East
Wheeling and the South Side to the
crematory. Twelfth street could also
be graded from its present ending in a
mud road across the end Of Wheeling
hill to a connection with alley Ii,
and thence that alley or some new
street could be graded into Belvedre
oIAftfn, Tho pfraafu napnRallr In Raj
vedere addition colud be graded and
covered with limestone, aud those in
Henderson's addition, On the south side
of Jonathan's ravine, could also have
attention to advantage. In the vicinity
of Caldwell's run there are a number of
streets and alleys which could be grad
ed and covered with limestone, Twenty
eighth street being a case In poiEt.
Still another suggestion has been the
widening Of the Ridge road, from the
head of Twenty-second street to the
top Of the hill above Coal run. This
would be q good piece Of work for Ohio
county, and that it is needed q petition
on file among the papers of the Board
of Commissioners attssts.
A few thousand cart loads Of lime
stone might also be broken at some
point ON the hill aide and carted over to
the muddy streets on the Island, or on
the South Side, and another lot might
be broken ''around the HILL" TO be
spread on the streets In that part of the
city known as "Goosetown." There
could be a good deal of filing of streets
in that portion of the city, too, to ad-
vantage, and doubtless some sewers
could be put in, both IN the Island, on
the South Side, and "around the hill"
Another matter which has been point
ed out. and which would give employ
meut to a good many men, would be
the continuation Of the cut on top OF
the hill, made for the new reservoir.
The grade for the level Of the top of
the reservoir walls could be continued
TO the south as far as the crematory,
il necessary, furnishing thousands Of
tons Of stone which might be broken
for the back streets, and thousands OF
cubic yards OF earth, which could
be used for filing 10 various places.
and this, done in connection with
the grading Of Eoff street to the
reservoir, would make a very handsome
plateau for a public park at some future
day, or for the extension OF the reser-
vOir, should such a thing become neces-
Sary. AT any rate, these two things
would go far towards solving the an
cieut and honorable problem OF cutting
away the top of the hill. Once a start
was thus made at it. it would in all
probability be continued until that par
ticular barrier TO Wheeling's extension
to the eastward was pretty well
knocked out.
These are q few OF the suggestions
which have been made, and their con-
sideration will, perhaps, suggest other
things which might be done. 1t will
be seen there is no lack Of public work
for the unemployed, II the funds can