The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-15

submitted the report Of tho Chief MAJ
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The bills were ordered paid.
LIGHT IN THE SEVENTH AND EIGHT
WARDS,
The committee on Lights, having bee
authorized to employ a competent ga
engineer to examine the proposed plan
for extending gas mains TO the SevGnt
and Eighth wards, reported that Morris
Tasker 4 Co., Of Philadelphia, had sen
but the engineer in their employ, who
having made an examination Of the route
and plans, gave 1t as his opinion that
would not be necessary to have an ex
hauster in either ward, and after his re
turn home sent out specifications for
holder and house for the same and also
plan for carrying the pipes across tn
suspension bridge.
The committee had conference witt
the directors OF the Wheeling aud Bel
mont bridge company as to the terms oil
which the city cuuld carry a gas mail
across the bridge. The directors re
fused to let q four.inch main be laid oil
one side Of the bridge, as suggested b,
the gas engineer, but submitted propo
sitiou to allow two three.inCh mains Il
b. placed on the bridge.
The committee proposed that six
inch main be laid on 10Th street iron
Main to the east end OF the suspension
bridge, there u connect with two three
inch wrought iroa=mains, which are to b.
carried over the bridge in the manner
suggested by the directors OF the bridgt
company in their proposals, and to con
meet at the west end Of the bridge will
six.inCh main, which Is to run to
holder to be placed south Of the suspen
sion bridge on the ground owned b.
Thomas HornbroOk, Esq.
From the holder let six.inch mail
be laid along Virginia street to SoutI
Huron, fOur.inCh main from Viz
ginia on South Front and Zane I,
Huron, u three.inch main from Vir
ginia on South EfOnt to Ohio an
on Ohio to South York; three
inch mains on South Front to Fink, OF
South Penn and South Broadway iron
Ebenezer ZLne's north line 10 Zane stree
and on South York from Virginia l.
Zane street; three.inch mains on Soutl
Huron from Virginia TO Zane, from Ian
on North Front 10 Kentucky, on Mort
Broadway to Front, on North Penn T.
Front, on North York to Kentucky an
on North Huron to Kentucky.
Lay an S.inCh main from the corner q
10Th and Market across the iron bridg
on Market to 10Th, up goth to ChaplinC
down Chnplinc to SD to holder to b
erected on a lot to he purchased on 80
street.
From tho holder let G.inch main ex
tend along 33d to Jacob and extend a
inch mains on Chapline 10 Water, o
Eof to Water, on Jacob to 18th and o
Woods to 45th street.
The committee thought that the cit
could supply these wards with gas thi
year II The work Is prosecuted with M,
fair degree Of energy. The whole shout
be done by December !, lS76,and the CON
mlttee asked Tor authority to employ an
number Of men necessary to have th
work completed by that time II shout
be apparent that the trustees were likel.
to fail to finish II by that date.
The resolution in reference to increa:
ing the price forgas for public lamps wa
recommended to be rejected.
The committee reported bills amount
ing to 81 ,063, which we're ordered pait
A resolution was presented by the com
mittee ordering the gas trustees TO pur
chase the mains above mentioned MS nee
essary 10 carry the gas to and through III
Seventh and Eighth wards along th
streets laid down In the body Of the re
port; purchase grounds below the suspen
sion bridge and also on 33d stree
and erect on each piece Of groun
n tank, holder and house, accord
ing to the plans and specification
submitted, and have the entire wOrI
completed on or before December | 1877
uHu u the CuulWltlte VII l1lSntH W uII'
time Ia satisfied that from any cause thl
gas trustees are likely to fail In com
plotting said work by the above date, au
thority is hereby given to said cOmmitte
to employ n sufficient number Of men Il
10 complete the work. And that th
proposition Of the directors Of the W.
b. bridge company be accepted.
The report Of the Lights cOmmitte
was adOpied, with the exception Of the re
solution referring to the to proposal Of th
Wheeling & Belmont bridge company
which was re.COmmited.
The committee on Accounts reported
balance In the hands Of the Receiver o.
the lat day Of August aggregating $40
09l go Bills amounting 10 SG36 10 wer
reported by the committee and orderet
paid.
NEW WATER WORKS NEEDED.
The Superintendent Of the watei
works notified Council that the waite
works were too small to supply the de
maud that ia necessary for manufacturing
purposes, ne both pumps run all day an
night and lose. lie also requested tina
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