The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-01-24
OH IOUBOl OF 70
YOU'RE GEL TING ALATE
START, PULLING OFF
THIS "SCENERY" STUFF

The rrprr g.. - Valley has h""n sui
f,rinf- for Scy,,,u days from a r"lapS"
into the glacial acr. Everything ihN
stands ont in the open has a h"au'ilui
,,,i If 49,, TINT * covered 10y n shallow
muddy scum e water. Just as last ~
thc lee thnwS under the SunI!Eh' ].
. freezes undcr tn" cooling ntlu"nc" 81
tho winter blasts. Crc"p"rS nave Pee"
, ,rurh APPRECIATED artiCl" Of wearing
apparel fer the drni2cns If the down.
town walks for some days,
The mos; uncomfortable" feature T..
This VISITATION Of tee has been that II
q incnuvrricuccd every one who has hAu
IA leave MS or her home for any reason.
Motorists are forced To- jack up the old
boot IN tho garage because il has been
humaurly impossible for anyon" 10 nav
, ,rste IN streets in an ordinary motor
car and keep within the rules ana rcGh-
lntionS Of the city and religion. On"
rather peculiar happening occurred yes
, tcrdav afternoon whrn m0toriSt DEW
ing large car attempted To pull S.N-
,rruth street hill without chains. HIS
bus started to skid near the city on'iH-
ing and VIXEN ne had pulled her up she
was headed for tn" police station Will
all SAIL SGT. when he got ms car
headed the right direction again Sh" re-
fused 10 pull under any circumSlan''s'
lie settled tho matter by drifting back
To Market street and taking tr"Sh
start by way Of Eighteenth street where
the grade is not so great. IL" just man
aged To got by on the second attempt.
All during the hours Of the early
morning the street cars were badly
crippled and could not in most cases
keep UP 70 schedule ny half hour or
more. All kinds Of dorlcusch q Dosu'
bv the passengers t. get out onto tho
street to catch tho cars only 10 shde
and fail ~ the slush and IT," and break
the ten commandments and pair OF
twenty buck spCCtacl"s.
Ore Of our esteemed city "lti'iaiS
tells Of seeing man OF som" seventy
wears standing at the Hub corner when
a prcIty girl came tripping daintly. ana
sliding awkardly down Fourteenth
street. Just as the little lady came TO
the corner she stepped on smoother
than usual piece of L." and ~ she was
not wearing chains Sh" skidd"d. AT thus
point OF the story tho Scpt"gcnarian Is
heard 10 remark. isn't the scenery get.
tin 10 be rrend"' Tho young lady arose
10 her feet unassisted. She hurt nor
self on--the corner OF Fourteenth ana
Market streets
Industriauy the condition Of streets
and car lines IS anything nut q JOKE
Traffic was held up for hours and nuch
valuable time lost because of the ina
ability OF the street cars to run over the
lev tracks. In many cases II was I'M
possible To get current because OF tho
icn on the trolley wires which took some
time to break of. 1t was Impossible
for the West Virginia Traction and FL
cctric company cars TO get up to the top
az Mozart hill 20 tho prospective pas
srngers vcrc forced TO slide to the bot
tom # the hill AS far as automobiles
were concerned yesterday one might
have supposed himself in country
town in 1905. There was hardly
motor car in evidence on the streets.
Those that were out could hardly NOV"
with safety. There were no serious ac-
cidcnts resulting from the condition OF
he streets,