The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-10

EAEEhHlUN VI Vas NlAlhh Az lhE CEN-
ENTH AND EIGHTH WARDs-0wing to
the late hour at which Council adjourned
on Tuesday night, we were unable to pub.
lish the reporto Of Superintendent Browne
TO the Gas Trustees in relation to the
cost OF extending the gas mains to the
Seventh and Eighth Wards, and accord.
ingly present 1t below:
Gas WORKS, WHEELING, |
February 4, 1876. I
Trustees City Gas Works:
GENTLEMEN IT beg leave TO submit an
estimate OF the cost OF the extension OF
street mains, and the erection Of gas
holders as proposed by you, for the sup
ply Of gas TO the Seventh and Eighth
Wards, as follows:
For the Eighth Ward-An eight.iRch
main, commencing at the intersection OF
18th and Market streets; over Market
street bridge to Goth street, and up goth
street to Chapline street, down Chaplinc
10 CaldwellS Run. Thence, reducing
from s in. TO @ in. pipe, down to SD
street, and up SD street to Jacob street,
from this point, reducing from @ in. to
A in., four in, pipe to Wood street, aud
down Wood street In. line OF pipe
TO 39th street. From the intersection Of
Jacob and 33d, a 6 inch pipe down ia
cob to 3Sth street, and from this point,
continuing with 4 in. pipe down Jacob
to 4Sth street. From the intersection OF
SD and Eoir streets, down EoF,, street to
30th street, a 4 in. pipe, and from the in.
tersection Of SD and Chapline, down
Chapline 10 3Sth street, a a in. pipe,
Also line Of inch pipe, running east
and west, on 3Sth street, to connect the
four lines OF A 10. pipe above specified, to
equalize the pressure.
TO convey gas TO the Seventh Ward
A line Of in. pipe on Madison street,
from the end Of the s in. pipe on Market
street, TO the east end Of the Belmont
Bridge. From this point line OF 4 in.e
pipe over the bridge TO the west end, and
thence G inch pipe to the gas holder.
A Ain. line OF main pipe on Zane street
to Huron. A 4 in. line Of main pipe on
South Front street 10 Morgan's property.
A A in. line Of main pipe on South Penn
street to Wilkinsons property. A 4 in.
line Of main pipe on South Broadway 10
Ohio street. "A in. line OF main pipe on
North Front to New Jersey street. A 4
in. line Of main pipe on North Broadway
to North Front street. A 4 in. line OF
main pipe on New York TO Kentucky
street. Also Pthree inch main on Mary
land street from North Front to New
York street.
The cost OF these extensions, &C., !
have estimated ut about forty thousand
dollars ($40,OO0).
The erection Of gas holder in each OF
these two Wards is necessary, from the
fact that owing 10 friction in the tubing
the il 'r' pressure Mt the gas works is
re- ... very small amount at the
e. I ug line OF street mains, and
even 5hould there remain at the distant
districts proposed to be lighted. sufficient
pressure 10 supply the demands-which is
doubtful-the loss of gas resulting from
leakage and condensation, and. the
high pressure that should necessa.
rily be kept up in such case,
would be ruinous. There is a case re-
corded OF n loss to gas company OF Is
per cent Of all the gas made, principally
due to a pressuc OF two inches, or 20.lO
head Of water being kept on the street
mains, and as soon as this pressure was
diminished the leakage was very consid.
erably reduced. And rs regards loss Of
pressure by friction, may mention an
instance in which the pressure ut gas
works being 1910 on SO inch main dur.
ing the heavy hours of consumption,
there were only 7.l0 to $40 at the ex-
IRENE end, two and a half miles distant.
4Sth street, in the Eighth Ward Of this
city, is over two miles from our works.
With additional gas holders, rs pro-
posed, there need be no more pressure
than NAV be necessary for the consumers
OF gas, either at the works or nj the ex.
trCme ends OF the city.
Respectfully,
ARTHUR BROWNE, Supt.
cor two 3-InchldpC,, Us may hc agreed upon by
parties interested.
As announced in our Council report,
the gas trustees recommended the carry
ing out Of the recommendations Ofthe Su.
pcrintendcnt, ~ contained in the above
report.
The report Of the trustees was amended
in the Second Branch By striking ont that
portion Of the upcrintcndents report
which recommends the city lot in the
Eighth Ward AZ a suitable place for the
gas holder; also by striking out in the
first resolution the words, "ani 10 build
gas holder on the city lot on ia
cob street." and inserting instead the
following: "That the Gas Trustees be
authorized to purchase a suitable lot and
build gas holder thereon The First
Branch, however, referred the whole mat
ter to the Committee on Lights for re-
port, and MS the committee will probably
not submit n report until the next rcgu-
lar meeting Of Council, a month hence,
some time will elupsc before any definite
action is taken in the premises