Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-10-06

The Department Of Labor Of the gem
eral government has just issued an in
teresting bulletin covering the statistics
of cities throughout the United States,
and a great amount Of valuable informa-
ton is contained within its covers.
the first table gives the year of in
corporation, population and area
Wheeling, incorporated 1886; popula-
ton, 3S,S7S; area, land, 2,69S acres, wa
ter ~ acres.
Table No. gives the dates OF the
ending or years covered in the inves.i-
acknowledging, schools and school
and library fund, July 81, 1900 library,
April 6, 1900; all other departments, De-
cemDer 81, 1900.
Table gives details of police retail
liquor saloons, and arrests by causes
Wheeling, police, "a; saloons, ll6; total
sa.oon license, $3.50; total arrests, LOO,
of which 735 were Tor drunkenness, Ill
for disturbing the peace, 81 for assault
and battery, 8 for homicide, 2l4 for va
granoy, Is for HOUSEKEEPING, o. for
larceny, and 500 for all other offenses.
table gives the figures for firemen,
fire department, and property loss from
rev ItGllH6, III tIlAtHs OVg oNtoiiNi %
a; chemicals, 3; hand IKE eXtinguishers,
II. ladder trucks, J.; feet OF ladders,
265; hose reels and wagons. aside from
combination chemicals, !; feet OF hose,
1880; fire hydrants, 1872; horses, 26; fire
alarms, 1888; fires, 1871; property .oss,
50 sos; this latter item being the small
est of a list of 1875 cities.
,aDle gives statistics of marriages
and brths-Wheeing 5S3 marriage Ii
censes issued and 553 marriages; births
are not reported.
Table gives deaths by causes
Wheeling, typhoid fever, 49, diphtherfa
and Group. 10; pulmonary tuberculosis,
4S; pneumonia, So.
Table gives uhe percentage of deaths
from each cause, table the death rate
per 600. by causes. ana table the to-
tai death rate per 1000, that of Wheel
ing being 1918, not including still
births.
The tenth table gives the area OF
public parks, miles of streets, sewers
and street ailways-Wheeling. are of
Parks, 30.51 acres; cobbed streets, 6
miles; brick paved streets, % miles;
macadam streets, 6 miles; graveled
streets. 8 miles: total of paved streets,
SO. 10 miles, total of unpaved streets,
81 20 miles; brick sewers. 800 miles;
tie sewers. 1880 miles; total sewers, "a
miles; miles of street railway 1893,
number Of employees on railways, 309.
,able II is devoted to care of streets,
food and sanitary inspection and dis
posal of garbage and other refuse, In
which Wheeling is set down as sweep
ing the streets both by hand and ma
chine, covering 10000 square yards per
week by an average OF men. Th9
tons of garbage, etc, burned is given 1t
1855. and of dead animals. ETC., 900
tons.
In table II Wheeling is credited with
sos arc electric lights.
Table 10 Is devoted co the public
schools and libraries, and is very eX-
haustive. Wheeling has IL public
schools with 145 rooms. 14S teachers,
average attendance 500 in the high
school and 4,170 in other schools The
library has 17,72S volumes.
Table IA relating to hospitals, cts
and No. Is to cost of water gas, e'ectrlc
plans. etc. The cost of the Wheeling
water plant is put at s757 SAY, Of the gas
works at S409 716, and of the light plant
at $135,221
I he remainder of the volume is de-
voted to statistics of debt taxation, leg
al borrowing power, the assessed valua-
ton of property receipts and eXpendi-
lures for all municipal purposes, assets,
etc. the latter item for Wheeling being
SS00,00