The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-22
REPORTERS REACH CONCLUSION
AFTER DAYS TRIP, NEsTER-
DAY.
Press Representatives PiIoted Over
County by President Lou y
Haiier, Of Board OF County
Commissioners.

AAaN @ACAt ItA4aAus IN OuAQ County
80 miles OF clay road. out Of 240 OF
public highways. was the statement
made yesterday to newspapermen By
County Road Engineer George w..
~Steenrod. following a tom of inspec-
tion OF the roads. This does not In
clude roads that are under construo-
ton. or that have been taken care Of by
appropriation o the merit six months.
For the Improvement and maintain
ance or roads in the county since M
first OF January, $4,000 has been
spent. and for the improvement or
roads until next July improvements
aggregating s1oo.0 900 are contem-
plated.
The annual inspection by epre-
sentatives OF the press was made yes
terday by Walter Hilton. Of the Ma
jority; Robert T. Beans. OF the Tele-
graph: Silas Steinhauser, OF Inc
News; Peter Boyd. Of the Register.
and Harry Bloomfield OF the Inteln-
gencer. President of the Board or
County Commissioners Lou f. Hailer
plotted the "scribes- n the trip was
made IN b county's automobile. A
total or 81 miles was covered on the
trip. covering roads improved this
year. as well as some OF the roads i'm
PAONtd Al AOIuAtT ytdLb-
II was the consensus OF opinion
that Ohio county's roads are the
finest IN the state; and that when
the state road engineer made the
statement that improved roads in
Ohio county will equal practically all
OF he improved roads in the other 81
counties he told the truth.
The bulk OF hard surface work this
II wear has haan dnnA a., TrS.A,NrRF.
district, and the contemplated work
for next year will be principally IN
Liberty district At present the
county is working about rs men.
aside from work contracted, this In
Guiding quarrymen. crushers, and
general labor. II Is roughly estimated
that 5000 vehicles Ass over the Ma
tionad o per day. and that over
the Bethany pike. the next important
600 to 1000 vehicles pass.
They're on.
Shortly before 10 O'Clock. the 'In-
spectors" left the court house on their
days trip. The route led through
North Wheeling to the River road. TO
Warwood. where they left this high
way by way of the Glenn's Run road.
This road has been improved with
penetration macadam" and for a dis
lance OF probably two miles has an al
most perfectly smooth surface.
At the upper end OF the Glenn's Run
road. the screenings taken from the
crusher are piled, and will be used TO
patch any break in the surface. AT
the North Fork of Short Creek the
road Is being widened. and the lime
stone taken from the bank is being
utilized TO improve the surface. Sew
eral retaining walls have been con.
structed on this road this year.
On this same stretch OF road what
Is known as the little crusher" with
a capacity OF % to 30 tons per day Is
at work on the George Smith farm. Il
IL so constructed that with the use
OF a team Of horses II can be moved
TO any part of the county. set up. and
ready to work almost as quickly as
one could unhitch from a road wagon.
There are 20 or 80 piles OF stone.
roughly estimated TO contain 300 yards
OF stone scattered about the county
FOR patching work alone.
At the junction of the Bethany nike
and Short Greek. the inspectors turned
South, going by way of the Jesse A.
Bloch farm TO Clinton. where they
turned onto the G.. c. e. p. road, and
thence TO Greggsville. Mr.. Halter ex-
planned that I'm Liberty district there
were nine quarries working, prepare
tory TO the York for next year. On
the road leading from Short Creek to
Clinton II is estimated that Il cost IS
cents TO 81 per yard for the stone al
these ~quarries.
twenty-five Dams Built.
On the G.. G. q p. road over one
mile out OF Clinton a Bermuda asphalt
road has been constructed. Near
Deans shop On this road, a new wall
has been built. and on a small run
running parallel with the G. c. & 2.
hill. a dam has bee built. This Is
done 10 catch the dirt and waste
forming a permanent guard against
slips. The county has constructed
these dams on a large number OF It's
hill roads. and have found them 10 be
more than satisfactory. About 25 Of
these have been built in the past two
years.
From Greggsville the tour led over
the Country Club hill. through the
Waddington Farm. and onto the Dix
on's Run road. and thence to the Ma
ttonal Roard. Starting 40 this point.
the Atlantic Bithulithic company has
recently finished the construction OF
n mile OF Warrenite road. at a cost
OF about $4,000 per mile. This Is one
OF the prettiest stretches OF road In
the county.
One feature Of the work being done
is the preservation Of the old g"
Bridge az he junction Of Peters Run
road. n the National Pike. a short
distance east Of Elm Grove. Work
men we're engaged yesterday In point.
ing MP the bridge and making improve.
ments 10 the walls on the Peters
Run road. I'M new bridge has recently
been constructed. but has not yet been
opened 20 the public.
County Farm Inspected.
From Peters Run the inspectors
went 10 The county mnrmary where
they inspected tho stables. rranaues.
houses in general. and the dining room
in particular AZ usual the farm shows
that ~ is doing well towards being
self supporting Tho row stable has
been coucrofed since last year. and
thc other stables Improved The work
of harvesting the corn crop is well nm.
der way ln the main part of tho In.
Urinary r. nov Kcllastoue floor has
been placed This o. something new
in this vicinity and has attracted con
siderable attention from architects.
After dinner Mr. Halter took his