The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-18
Sewer Pipe Ventilated.

In reading your paper Of Wednesday
morning find in the proceedings Of Coun.
Gil that quite discussion arose in regard
to the price of sewer pipe, sewer pipe con.
tracts, &c, all resulting in n bill for sewer
pipe ordered for Alley 10. The startling
announcement vas made that the Penl.
tenIiary had had the same pipe at G3 cents
foot, and laid down in the bargain, Tor
what the city is now charged 80 cents pcr
foot, and only delivered on the ground' Ii
was also asserted that by the combined
resistance 0i the Commissioners, the re.
duCti0n to G cents had taken place, and
the combination of sewer pipe gentlemen
broken up, and the lcnltentiary thereby
saved from great imposition.
The charge was also made that plumbers
and dealers were THAT il in Wheeling in
"cahSgts' and nothing could be done
without the concurrence Of Nil. N0w il
pCCurs To- the writer that the facts shonll
always be stated, especially when false
statement is made, that would cast n r..
iI"CtInn upon innocent parties, although
the statement may have been made in
| good faith, and believe il was. Neyrrthr.
csS II vas wrong and for that reason |
would ask tho privilege Of getting the mat.
ter Of Sever pipes and sGYer pipe con.
tracts sqnarely before the people and tina,
honorable body the, City, Council.
| In the iIrst place, the contract referred
to IN MOnndavlIIc vas done outside the
corporate limits Of that town, the peni.
! tcntiary now being within the city linfis
Tor had it boon, the same prI;c would
have been paid Us was Ly the rity oi
Wheeling, and il the gentleman had yonr
= little further in his explanation he
might have said that two bids were 10.
ccIycd Tor said sewer. one irOm man fl,
ninety cents n foot, and the one from III,
tirm that got the contract, and inr Iii,
same prlch, hN; linding the job to hc don,
outside the CbrpTGte limits, he cont,
charge what lac pleased iOr laying, an,
could also use scCnuI'ClGss pipe, which
pf course, would make quite lliFcrcnc,
in The cost Of pipO and labor, hcuuC, scC
pHd.CIa4S pipe was accepted and tbs con
tract mR 10 accordingly. lint Euci, con
tracts cannot he mNlu in this or any o,hr
city lr0W Pittsburgh to st. Louis.
| AHN Hlhbh'fbNlhtEIH iIhNF ipiUil Illf com
hinatipn aud nOi the punj.nra, 10 uuthin,
but liFs'.Class pipe il allowed tO COME in
TO Dur city, T !! il does it il not sold, hu
cast aside 81 yGrG ai1U! 10 pieces llp
test III that used in Alley 10, hy order u
the Street Commissioner, pine that Ya
no, considered iirs'.ClaSa hy him, an,
which Taa charged back to the manuiar
turrs, and lhIGh our Council will ~
that moi much "Cnliqpls' rSisls here II
all prices are iiEoI alike, and tha, hrin
the case 1t matters not where the city Il
any other party buyNthCir pip0 ir0m, the
uay the sainc, public 0r private.
it IL a great benefit TO tho purchaser,
he but GnGw it, that tho "CaIn"t' Sy-rru
docs exist, aH lIs Gan TGst assured thu
when he buys HE Pipe, IN ge!s nnthju
Int ilfEtcIa.s HriCIU and his work daI.
properly, aud nal what enormous profits
any Of tlIU plumbers will gladly iniou
him.
hope this article will accomplish liz il
tcRliOn, that il, 10 sot this matter Ol pip
J contracts, aud all parties who have dcA
inB In piPB, in their proper light,
"CuuNEIT ~