Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-08-11

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ing out the project which he advo-
Gated, that they at once appointed
him their accredited agent to sollclt
and receive subscriptions for Gas
stock. So efficiently did he per,
form his arduous and unenviable
duties that We have now, IN less
than a year after his appearance
amongst US, a Gas Works capable of
supplying the city should it in
crease to double its present size,
and by small additional expendi-
ture can be made still more exten-
sive. The contractor, Mr.. Cover
dale, should also receive his need of
praise, not alone for his thoroughly
obliging and gentlemanlike de-
meanor, but the celerity, efficiency
and zeal with which he planned
and carried out his work. We
trust both the gentlemen, where
ever they may next proceed, may
meet with that success which their
honorable and businesslike man
ners so fully entitle them to.
Now that the works are
complete and in operation, a brief
outline of the company, from its
organization to the present, may
not be uninteresting:
On the first Monday in April,
1868, the proposition of lighting
Gallipolis with gas was submitted
to the decision of the people, and
was carried by a vote of 455 to 20.
On the Sd of September, 1869,
the City Council issued an ordi-
nance authorizing the formation of
a Gas Company, and on the same
day the following gentl emen asso-
ciated themselves together, for
that purpose, under the name of
"The Gallipolis Coal and Gas
Company" with a capital of
$4,000 in 800 shares of $50 each:
r. Menager, VIM. Nash, VIM.
Shober and P. A. Sanns, ESQ rs,
and the official certificate of incor-
poration was obtained on the 18th
of the same month.
The first meeting was held on the
9th of October, 1869, when VIM.
Nash was appointed President and
E. S. Aleshire, Secretary, Temporal
ry, and S. Soloman, who had been
introduced to some of the promi.
nent citizens as an efficient, reliable
gentleman for the purpose, was
nominated Agent to solicit and re-
ceive subscriptions. The 18th of
December, 1869, was named as the
day on which the first meeting of
stockholders was to be held to elect
Directors, &c.,--and on that day,
accordingly, the following officers
were elected: VIM. Nash, Presi.
dent, E. S. Aleshire, Secretary,
P. A. Sanns, Treasurer, A. w. Ale
mong and VIM. Shober, Esq'rs. Di-
rectors.
The Directors held their first
meeting on the 18th of December,
and R. L. Coverdale, an eminent
Gas Engineer, being present, by in
vitatlon, and having been consulted,
another meeting was held on the
Goth, and advertisements issued in
viting tenders for the erection of
the Works, &C., and books were
opened for subscriptions.
On the 1st of January, 1870, the
City Council passed an ordinance
permitting the company to lay pipe
in the streets and to make certain
charges for the gas and other mat
ters connected with its regular sup
ply and management.
On February Sd, the proposal
of Mr.. Coverdale for the erection of
the Works, the supply and laying of
the pipe, &C., was accepted for the
sum of S32, ,658, and lot was pur-
chased ass site, from P. A. Sanns and
others, for 800. Work was forth
with commenced and carried on with
such energy and precision as has
eventuated in the completion of
this important enterprise, and its
various appurtenances, including
three miles and half of main pipe,
two benches of three retorts each, a
gas holder of $4,000 feet capacity,
80 public lamps and nearly 100 pri-
vate mains and fixtures, within the
space of six months.
GALLIPoLIs, O., Aug. 9Th, 1870.
WM. NASH, ESQ
PRESIDENT GALL1PoLIs
GAS AND CoEE Co.
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