The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-12
Hmm MIN COMPARES WITH OTHER
C0|INT|ES IN GOOD ROAD WORK

, count, highway. These roads VIII aN-
rraEc about Slr,nn1 /" tn" mile in build
ing. TIL" National pix has been pay ca
through Fulton L. Fourth street. ana
from Wheeling park /" trcii place. Inc
latter piece: III work only took IN one
half OF the road. AS the other half was
paved.
The National road Was ais" widcned
ut Greenwood cemetery, thus "limii'n' :
! ing Il bad feature. and the road is now
If even width from tn" foot of Chicken
Neck hill IL the : bridge. Litigation
with the WcS, Virginia Traction com
pany holds UP the paving through Elm
Grove After this is settled til" QucS-
ton of getting brick will arise. rs there
has been II curlallmcal of brick prod
urtS on government orders.
Tho old iron Hills bridge. between
Point Mills and Valley troy" has been
replaced with Il concrete arch and Il
big hump has been taken off the road.
The National ruId has been reinforced
from M"rgau'$ hotel to Ronrys Point
with asphalt oil treatment. and pea
! gravel. which caused n cut N the con-
tlnuanrr maintenance in this strHtrh
where the hiG coal trucks tor" II up
badly. Til" RIVER road has h"cn re-
surfaced with tar from Warw"od l"
Short Creek and this Improvement has
been greatly appreciated by all users
of the road.
The county has under construction
one and u half miles If reinforced con
crete roads. "n"-half alloy" the top mill
on the river road and the other half
AT Mt. de Chant;ll. This is Il new kind
Of road for tins section. hut has m"t
M ,.r
!, has been put down. The Mt. de Can
tai road is the beginning Of an I'M
proved highway from Mt. dc Ehantai "a
Elm tiruN" On tn" lower SIDE Of the
rrrrk; tn" county Will also probably
/ build and improved III" road To extend
! from the present road at Mt. lie thantnl
continuing west To thc city by way OF
! th, did Peninsula road. The grading
| If three miles Of road up Middle Wheel
: ing creek II about completed and ''lls
, new road has IN easy grad" towards
Dallas. anil Will eliminate tho Honey
town pike.
'rhrs" big improvements. together
! with III" repairs and improvements OF
smaller nature on all county ROADS
! that tn" work of improved beginnings is
' being carried nm with great rapidity
and it seems that nothing short Of per-
lection ~ tho paramount idea with tho
present board Of county commissioners
and the county engineer.
Last year n total If S244.669.nS was
tho >rnst of the road department. anu
s1$7.79l.j5 was for now construction
tn" remaining $I3 .nhn WAS for malntcn-
ancr. repairs. rrsurfacinE and other
necessary things in the up-kccp Of the
county roads. Just ono item is 5.nu.
yards If crushed stone on various
county roads for general maintenance,
The percentages of total cost for on
EinrcrinE superintendent" and office
work in tn" road department tor the
year was @.45 per cent Of this "Xprnd
turc. This is exceedingly low when
you compare it with tn" cost in states
like New York. Massachusetts. Penn
sylvana and other states with tho bet
ter grade If tnad$. where tho percent
age will run as high rs IN per cent
al tn" total expenditure. This speaks
we'll for Ohio county rrad building and
the county road department.