The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-04
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eu1xmAN AND HAB1G -El'L1GATAN
Sixth WARD vo1ERs.
, Eoooomy OF Adopting Issue ThufsoS7
Pointed Out

A, largely attended mass meeting
held last night IN the interest II Ihe
coming bond election at the Mn cara In
-ine house on Twenty fourth street at
taad.d nv a large number OF thu voters
~ the sixth ward. Former Ci'sN SOIL
citor NJ. J. Cullinan and Councilman
Ambrose F. Haoig. explained 20 tina resi-
dents Of that section the details ~ '"s
!. 81 900 oOo improvement bond issue anu
its application 70 IN" pe"p!" OK that
ward in particular. and that N" eaIlIe
city in general Michael GroGan. prem
,nrnt resident Of the Sixth ward. pre-
sided ct the meeting
In the course Of his address MT Sp'-
Imam explained to the voters that th'
highest levy for the payment or the TN
terest on the bonded indebtedness WILL
be III cents and the highest levy LOT
the payment 81 the principal a lracpon
over eight cents.
law FOR bonds be over 9ic cents. "a the ;
year the levy will be highest f"r prin-
.cipal Il will be lowest ror interest ana ,
vice versa"
= Mr.. Cullinan further pointed our the
aeploranle state OF repair or the sewer
are system OF the city and stated no
feared that II something IS not done
ymmediately to replace them that they
might collapse with the result that an
unsanitary condition would be brought
about. acting as a dangerous agent IN
spreading contagious diseases
He also told the gathering that
nothing Is more essential TO the weltare
Of the city than good streets. and from
the standpoint OF dollars and cents. II
would be cheaper for the city to pave
the street than 10 leave them IN their
present condition. One item OF IND
nortance to the owners OF AUTOMOBILES
trucks and other vehicles, he said II
that they arc subjected TO great dea1
of expense for repairs to their equip
peot which would b. eliminated oy re-
placing the bad tnorouEhtares with wei
constructed streets. on the other hama.
no said, THE streets aS they arc a.
present need constant repair ana patch>
ing, which has - h,. I.aid out OF the city
nnrss and Of course borne by the tax
payer. The proposed paving nc SAID,
wourd eliminate th.S source OF great
expense for "a ruIEhcr OF years thereby
causing enormous sums TO De saved
yearly for tl;.. iuNpaycrs.
COUNCILMAN nah:S. in presenting his
side Of IN" ,..:" go tn" rttzHns' GOT
bown 10 roc, h,.i..nl a:.d gaze facts and
figures 20 pro-. ,;.;lt IN" small owner or
property aS veil as the man having
large holdIag - real estate II IN" city
would be g-.a,,y hrn"ij;t"d. Taking
for examp'. q man having property IN
the city valued a; Sl""". S2."N ana
$4,000, he told tn" ;,udI"i,'" JuN. what
he is compelled 10 "a? at t." present
time for CITY. county. school and state
taxes and what u" iii h" "SNcd-t /" pay
~>Lr addition Il The hrul ISSUE carries.
which will bc on;y rn' oyer o.. cents
more than At tn" present zinc. The
portion of tho cost a. paving the
streets. ou"-thiyL = wh.C:s WI be
borne BY the pr"n.:i. "~M"r. FOR man
having 4 "5-fr"t fI"'tlE'. q" stated
would be about. $l""."r whi'" ~ nave
TO DO paid IN TN y'.,SS and III ,''9"aS"
in value of thu property would more
than justify III small oH'tIE required
by the saving program.
Another poi:.t n" brought out was
tina, cities like New YORK. Chicago.
Philadelphia. s.. Louis and others
often pay from $500 -" 10 4 million dol
rs for the purpose Of securing Tor
)their city laCE" I"nN"I.ton. ~h'cH
would probabl! SPEND Il half E'!!ion dol
lars.
The citizens "C Wh"ei:nE.' ne said.
are being asked a small additional tax
outlay yearly uu a.! .a,cSInrEt which
will mean n III" HE-rrsat" S2.4oO.0Po
spent for paViag Improvements. since
the city viii spout S>"A.NNh for paving.
the traction companies VIII II" C"WpeL-
Cd 70 nave wtth,u thor tracks and a
portion outNl"' '.!'' al" P''b'''' "" '''
on each sid" nt n" street pay oue-third
each. bringing 'i.' total am"vnt ot paw
ing we'll over rhr nv" mt!li"n mark.
Mr.. HabiE also called attention 20 the
fact that. the city tax rat" will be IN
creased thus var - c"i.'S "yrr iaSt
wear. due to tn" fac ,hI, II" 1920
budget will in.lVd" IN. !'Irr,sa>" p'lce
Of fire apparatus h"uEh. by private IN
tcrests and leased - III" CITY u0d"r con-
tract BY which tn" cay ago 10 ruT-
chase in 1870. tbs i,cm ai"r" y" sad.
swill take S65.0nO "ut OF &ll'.0"" PRO
posed 20 be raised by n" add ti"na!