The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-30
this bill or any other measure involving its
principles, itspolicy or It's practice.
| hope you are getting on well, and with
kind regards ! remain
Truly your FREUD,
JoHN L. KINNA.
ECONOMY n weaIth.o


EdtOs Intelllgoncer
Aswehavelately been an e.bound con
munity, short Of some supplies, 1t ough
to give another proof Of tho adage, tha
necessity Is the mother Of invention; or a
least prove that We are capable Of maxim
the most Of our opportunities. Our mai
eoal.seam is regarded as containing to
much sulphurfor an economical gas pro
ducer, and hcnce for years reliance ha
been placed upon Goals brought from th
Monongahelariyer; but theshortness fth,
late supply Of that foreign coal has neces
STATED the use Of gatherings made frou
our own hills. lift be expensive to puriiy
the present yield, and as no one knows
how long and how often these disad
yantagcs may continue or occur, why
should we neglect to profit by the ex
perience Of others, and why not imme,
diately pave the way for a more economical
production OF the required amount OF gas
by boring for the natural supply which
underlies the gas works lot a failure "a
get good supply can hardly occur, be.
cause the evidence Is overwhelming that
gus does exist or accumulate In strata oi
rock which be less than six hundred feet
below the gas holders at the city works. Il
is hardly possible that failure should oc.
cur. because the rocky strata are exposed
at 18th and McColloCh streets and also In
the creek ut the foot Of Eotf street North,
and the gas works is on a comparatively
high and clayey subsoil. Mr.. Rey-
mann's late boring proves conclus.
lively that gus reservoirs do exist In
this section, even II the long known indi.
cation at the Duty salt we'll, near the
Top Mill; ut the boring on the creek shore
below the McCortney or tunnel railroad
bridge; at Bridgeport, Ohio; or at Bridge
water S. bridge, or Fays, as either term
may be most easily grasped by the read
ers mind, has not long since demonstrated
the fact. The tanks arc already In place
at the gas works. The purifying apparatus
can be very readily adjusted to the new
production, and at barely the price re.
quired TO puncturo Mother Earth to the
ascertained depth, and possibly case part
Of the hole, an inexhaustable supply Of
light, II not fuel, may be furnished to all
who shall desire to be lighted or warmed
thereby.
Would it not be economy to begin the
work at once, and at a triatng outlay, Sc.
cure an inestimable gain.
An objection might be raised against
the comparatively low ground, and posi-
Bile seapage ut the gas works during the
highest river freshets. II so, let the late
Capitol Committee with their wanted
carefulness, lead the successful innovation
and show our assembled statesmen, what
constitutes party of their dominion, and
that there are more wondrous things
beneath us than our night
Thoughts or day dreams have ever pictur-
ed.
But the immediate locality, If not within
the bed of,some pre-existent stream, will
hardly defeat the proposed aim, and the
reasonable proximity to the present gas
holders and contents would secure an al
most instantaneous benefit. G.