The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-20
CHApU|NE STREET
EXTENSION ASKED
OF OHIO COUNTY
PErrr1oN ron PROJECT T1LED Fh1-
DAY WITH THE CoAA1s-
SIONERS
Details Of Proposed Work Outlined OnlS
q Beginning Of Zig Improve
rnent Programs.

n.ti,ton signed by far more than
Tho required number OF voters. setting
forth plans and recommendation l"'
tho extension Of Chapllne street 10 tns
National pike, was filed yesterday WY"
The board OF county commissioners w
Albert Snedcker, president Of tho Wheel
Ing Improvement association w.
council last Tuesday evening Hr""'-u
tho right OF way over the CITY com'h""'
on west Chapline street for this propos-
ed extension.
.,ons with the request md VIII take
w. r,,,tsr under ndyisement at later
date.
The text OF the associations 'e'0''
mendatlons IS rs follows:
We, the undersigned members or lne
Wheeling IMPROVEMENT Association anu
citizens Of Ohio county who have I"Hu'
n careful study OF the possibiIlies ~,
material Improvement IN the cry u
Wheeling. having employed FOR 'hat pun
pose the services OF a firm or eng me-
OF national standing. after care'u' |''
sldera don endorse most heartily mo y"
iect and plans for the extensions o.
Chaplne street on the west side OF
Wheeling IIIll 70 lntersect with the ;\"-
t!onal road al Il point near HrauN'e"
street.
The plans for this improvements III"
specifications and detailed estimate VI
the cost have been submitted by the
engineers and have been laid before '"o
Board OF County Commissioners. mat
BODY has indicated It's willingness 10 lay
the necessary levy for this Improvement
and 10 20 ahead with the work on the
condition that the number or s'Shers
required by law TO petition |" t""'
effect has been secured. The peUt'onS
have been circulated among our r''l"e"
ship: they have been fully ln'orWcu
as to the plans; and sigma lures 10 me
petitions OF upwards OF eight th"ua no
have been taken. very conssueraO'!
exceeding the number which the law
contemplates in this case.
We. therefore. respectfully urge upon
the County Commissioners the dcs!rao'l,
ity and the advisability OF going aheau
with this work: and petition them 10
take the steps both to secure the tunos
TO undertake the preliminary work ana
10 lay tho levies necessary 10 carry the
work 10 completion.
In this connection. We desire 10 point
! out 70 tho citizenship that the studies
! carried on by the Wheeling Improve
ment Association have outlined num-
| Der OF important projects. all or which
we hope o sec carried through WITHIN
| the next CIV years.
Only q Beginning.
The pl I for the improvement or
/ Chapiine rect Is only 4 beginning. We
! believe that much other work should be
! done for the Improvement and beaut!-
| hcation OF the city. II Is the oelier
Of the members or this association that
IN the very near future. we will be
| able TO secure free bridge 10 the
! Island that the plan FOR the develop
ment OF tho Wheeling Creek Valley by
| means OF vIaduct across the creek at
! Fourteenth street may be carried out.
That large building areas may be
added TO this community by the extern
sion Of roadways into tho Reymann
| Hi territory.
! That protection against flood for a
I considerable portion OF our low-ly!ng
areas may be Secured at n reasona bic
cost.
All OF these things we consider deslr-