Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-03-01
ANrI.GAs -MEErING-

a large meeting of citizens, gas consumers
and others, assembled the Court House, Satur-
day night, in pursuance of q former adjourn-
ment Mr.. John Hamilton was called to the chair,
and Mr.. Vim. NJ. Berryhill appointed Secretary.
The Chairman announced the order of the meet
ing to be the hearing of the report of the COM
mite appointed by the former meeting. Mr..
Bcrryhill then read the correspondence which
had past (and been pdblished) between the Gas
| Company and the committee The report was
on motion, unanimously adopted. Mr. Berry
hill then read the following document from the
Gas Company:
WHEELING, Feb. 18th, 1858.
Nesps. S. Greer and others:
GENTs:-This being the first meeting of this
direction since your appointment as a commit
tee, we hasten to respond to your letters address,
ed to us. This Board has had under considera-
ton the resolutions of the meeting of Feb. Sth,
1888, requiring Il reduction in the price of gas,
from 50, 90 per thousand to $780, to private
consumers. In response thereto the Board has
unanimously adopted the following resolution:
ReSotCet, That under existing circumstances,
the Board declines reducing the price of gas to
private consumers to $500 per thousand cubic
feet, and that copy of this resolution be en-
closed to the committee, in reply to their letter
communicating their resolutions to this Board.
The Board deems in not improper, in addi-
ton to the statement published yesterday,
and which is fully approved by this Board to
state that the actual receipts and expenditures
are MS stated in the communication of Col.
Wheat. While the amount ofgas produced at
the works last year between IL and l2,-
900 cubic feet, yet it is well known fact
that the loss after production by leakage anu
condemnation Is never less here than 25pcr cent.
The Ttct$ of the case accord with this estimate.
For the year, ending January LIST, 1858, the
amount of gas furnished to private consumers
was about u, $50, 900 cubic feet, and TO the City
of Wheeling, for all purposes, other than street
lamps, about 10000 cubic feet, leaving the
lamps to be estimated for, as they arc not meas
ured. These are sole CONSUMERS Of gas IN the
city, and it was shown that the city lamps have
used all the gas produced by this company, eX-
cept the amounts above stated and the loss In
addition, it must not be overlooked that the
larger portion of the present owners paid the
old propretors Cincluding the city of Wheellng)
for the surplus since turned into stock, so that
their dividends are in fact less than stated on
the cost of the stock to them. In addition to
this the consumption of gas has been materi-
ally affected by the hard times, while the ''com-
promise contract" with the city diminishcs our
future receipts from that source. For these
and other reasons the Board most respectfully
declines to make the reduction called Tor i'll the
resolutions of Feb. Sth, 1858.
BY order of the Board,
JACOB HoRSBRooK, Pres't
&. r. TINGLE Sec'y.
Next. in the absence of the Chairman of the
the committee, Mr. b. read the resolutions which
the committee had agreed to submit to the meet
ing. They were as follows:
WHEREAS: The Wheeling Gas Company
having refused to confer satisfactorily with the
committee appointed by the citizens Of Wheel
ing at meeting held on the 18th inst, and such
refusal on their part Gn connection with the IN
timation thrown out in their card published in
yesterday s InteHjgence')c fixed determine
alton to continue the present cXhorbItant rates.
Therefore,
Rcsolrc,i, That the signers of the notice fur
nished to the Gas Company, will from the first
day of March next, discontinue the use of the
Gas furnished by said company until the same
shall be reduced to 81 per thousand cubic feet.
Resolced, That all Gas consumers not present
who have not signed said notice, be requested
! to do so now.
Rssoice}, That the Gas Co., is hereby notified
to shut off the gas from the premises of all who
have signed the said notice, unless the Gas Com
pany reduce the price to So.
These resolves We're, on motion, unanimously
adopted.