Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-04-22
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MEssRs EpIToas:-I am pleased to perceive
that, notwithstanding you have Joined in the
present popular movement to obtain, if possible,
reduction in the price of gas III oar city, yonr
columns are opened to both parties, 10 state
their views on the subject This is fair ana
consistent course for an independent paper 10
nnrsue We have 10 wish to impugne the char
/ acter of any gentleman connected with the Board
! of Directors of the Wheeling Gas Company, for
we agree with your correspondent Justice,
TINT tithese men have been instrumental in bull
ding up our city, and in rendering 1t second to
none in our State, for energy and enterprise. -
And we cordially hope this difficulty between
the citizens and the Gas Company, may be ar
ranged without engendering any worse i'll feel
ing between the parties.
Your correspondent, Messrs. Editors, has
signed the pledge not to use any more gas until
the price is reduced to 80 per thousand feet
pledge that will be strictly adhered to- even II he
stands alone; nevertheless, be disclaims having
the slightest i'll feeling against any stakeholder
in the Gas Company.
1t is to be hoped the editor of the Wheeling
Times will attend to the hint given him by his
correspondent Ridley" and not continue as he
has done heretofore, to indulge in harsh Ian
guage and personal abuse, which might, as his
correspondent intimates "tend to counterfeit
the influence of the efforts which have recently
been, and are now being made in our midst
abiding to the Union Prayer Meeting at Wash
ington Hall 1t is to be hoped that he will bear
in mind the admonition of the Apostle: LET
your moderation be known unto all men,"
Mr.. Sweeney, in the course of his remarks at
the Court House on Monday evening, stated
that the cost of manufacturing gas in this city
was 81 80 per thousand feet. Ifhe has not been
deceived in this matter, it shows that the bust
ness Mt the Wheeling Gas Works has been very
unskilfully managed Several weeks ago this
company stated that the reason they could not
manufacture gas so cheap here as at Pittsburgh
was in consequence of the consumption being
SO much less; but this argument is not borne
out by facts, as it has been proved in a variety
of instances that gas can be manufactured in
small quantities, the works, of course, being
proportionate to the amount required, equally
as cheap us it can in larger quantities. 1t is
made, we are told, at the Pittsburgh Amshouse,
at cost not exceeding % cents per thousand
feet, and we have been informed by gentle
man who resides in a town where there are no
public gas works, that he manufactures his own
gas at cost even less than the above. There
is no law we suppose, that could prevent any
one, ar any. number of our citizens, mauufac-
turing gas for private use.
We can also estimate the exceeding low cost
at which gas can be made, when we hear that
in the great city of London, in consequence of
the competition prevailing among number of
rival companies. gas is supplied 10 private con-
sumeTs at 81 per thousand feet, paying a good
per centage to the stockholders, notwithstand-
ing the price of coal in London is triple what it
is here. II.