The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-02

TO the Editor OF The Intclligeucer:
Sir:-for ages tn" name Of Job has
oee1 $EEonimouS with patience. We
speak or TIM patience Of Job as patience
carried 10 the limit; but tho patience Of
| tn" citizens OF Wheeling towards the
| Condition Of It's streets between car
! tracks bids fair to mako Of the patience
OF JOB thing OF no moment and to
brand him az a mere tyro in compari-
son with their own endurance.
Year by year. they go cheerfully along
Paving one street after another and at
crCrmous expense. while tho Wheeling
Traction Co. and the City and Elm
Grove Railway Co. calmly neglect their
part OF The program and the highway
user continues to hump. bounce and bat
tor his way around the endless string of
automobiles parked along the curbs. to
the utter ruination Of whatever vehicles
happen 70 he subjected to such out
rarcous usage. The query arises: Why
arc these corporations not compelled to
do their part OF tho paving" Under
what plea or arrangement do they es-
cape their obligation FOR years? All
other concerns must toe tho mark and
tho plea Of inability avails not. II
they cannot pay. thew arc sold out
Why. therefore. should they eScape2
And especially so IN View Of their neg
lect 10 make the trifling repairs which
would 50 greatly improve the traffic
situation. Lower McColloch street Is a
shining example. To pave between the
tracks below tho last turn would entail
but small outlay and remove the worst
obstacle 10 the use OF the PENN sula
route: hut thus Il remains and appar-
entity Will remain until dooms day; a
narrow street. double tracks. cars ever
lastinSly parked alongside ard m un-
s1eakahly nhom!nable condition OF be-
tween track improvement TO rack you
when YOU so around them. Another fine
example Is Chapline street from Six
teenth TO Tenth: a lovely pavement at
the sides and lovely and continuous
double row Of parkers occupying It.
while the vehicular traveller bumps tho
corruEations between all tho way. Then.
here Is a heaut Of an example on Mar
EHt. south Of the Crack. especially where
~" tracks cut close 70 the curb in front
~ the library. Nor are Fifteenth and
sixteenth streets far behind. IN spots
tn rect!fy these ine1cusahlv bad condi-
tons would not cost much and would
eliminate tho Worst trouble On the city
streets This ween-tracks-psving mat
ter IS serious one. sufficiently so 70
Justify rs being made an Issue in the
next municipal election. FOR y must he
done 10 permit Of the fair use OF what
the city had done upon It's part and It
means the saving OF many times It's
cost 10 owners Of vehicles.
II ~ all very well. for example. to de-
nrard the extension OF Chapline street.
but isn't Il the logical thing 10 avail
ourselves Of what We already have in
the way Of exits from town? McColloch
street Ia good route II put In order,
and the city should do It's part Two
slips should DO brought 10 grade and
repaved and Eome decent patching
should be done. in addition to what tho
civ and Elm Grove TO. needs TO do.
and the holes on Fourth street in Full
;ou should be filled. and traffic Will
use Il 70 the relief o. tho Hill route.
Also. - parking can legally be forbid
den. Il should he in the narrow part OF
Fourteenth atrNet beyond Wood. One
car parked there prevents Tho passage
OF Two vehicles when meeting. a dan
Ecrous condition on such grade and
especially SO IN vet or freezing weather.