Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-01
THE INNoCENTs ABROAD.
The Excursion to zanesyille-
What Was Seen and Done-The
Water Works and Fire Depart


Water Works and Fire Depart
ment.
The Committee on Water Works, at
its last meeting, decided to ask Council
10 place In the water works Worthing-
ton duplex pumping engine, at cos!
not 10 exceed $4,000 The selection oil
a Worthington was made only alter the
most mature elaboration and examlna'
ton, Letters were received IRON va
rious points where this engine is used,
and all spoke Of it in the warmest terms
OF praise. Among them came one from
GAINESVILLE, and Superintendent Riddle
and Engineer Peterson went out 10
thar city TO examine their water
works. They were very favorably
impressed, and by their advice the CON-
mittee concluded to 20 also, the bettef
70 Law their recommendation before
Council. Capt. X. T, Devries kindly
furnished passes and the excursion came
off on Friday. Six members lett on the
4 o'clock train on that day. There were:
Chairman John Waterhouse, supt.
James Riddle, City Engineer Peterson,
and Councilmen j. L. Reeves, James
McAdams and Edward I4arkin. Beyond
the fact that one OF this party was
MISTAKEN FOR SECRETARY EyARTs,
and serenaded at GAINESVILLE, thereby
covered with confusion, no incident OF
note occurred during their trip. They
arrived at GAINESVILLE and quartered at
the Clarendon Hotel.
The second party was composed OF
Messrs. John ii. Hall, John Buttertield,
Philo Kimberly and A. @. Fisher, oil the
committee, and w. Handlan, OF the Fire
Committee, with representatives OF the
daily press. 1t took its departure at
Ills A. NJ. on Friday, under the guar
dianship of Mr.. Hall, who watched over
the excursionists with fatherly eye.
The trip was dull to monotonous. One
OF the party awakened a temporary in
terest by
ATTEMPTING q FILTRATION
with harelipped girl, but it was a sig
nal failure, and the dizziness was re-
sumed. Presently the reporters
stirred slight breeze by smil-
ing audibly at the cooling
and billing OF bridal pair, but
n dark frown from the fierce-eyed
groom scared them into silence. There
was no collision. no boiler explosion,
not even hot box to enliven things,
and when the party at last arrived at
GAINESVILLE every face was as long as one
OF Kimberly's oratorical flights, or re-
port from the street and alley commit
tee.
Ii was three O'Clock when this second
edition OF "a bible class stretched it's legs
on the GAINESVILLE station, but three OF
the early arrivals were there in waiting
To escort it to the hotel. Jimmy Riddle
had suggested that at was no more
than common courtesy to sit up for those
fellows and had ended by falling asleep
in his chair ut the hotel lie
was tired out, poor fellow. However,
well, ut s O'Clock on Saturday morning,
an hour at which reporters are usually
living in oblivion under the lOtus-kiss Of
sleep, the party
STARTED OUT To INSPECT
the method by which the waters Of the
Muskingum are distributed to the good
people OF GAINESVILLE. Col X. u. Schultz,
Major Harkins and Supt. Gilbert, of the
Board Of Control, kindly accompanied
the information seekers and were will
ing and able to tel anything desired. A
walk OF over mile through DRILLING
rain brought the party to neat, Gothic
structure, OF brick and stone labelled
"Power House No. 3, aud all eyes were
instantly turned to the
woRTHISGToN PUMPING ENGINES,
which were busily shooting water at tho
rate of five million gallons per day, to u
reservoir on a neighboring hill. There
were two Oi them, these great, powerful,
tireless engines, one three, the other
a two million pump, and the hearts OF
the Wheelingites went out To them at
once. Their action was fully explained
to those who were not familiar with
pumps. The conversation was Greek
TO the reporter, who amused himself by
inqulring OF the fireman whether there
were any pretty girls in GAINESVILLE. The
committeeman talked yolubly, and
finally decided To change their original
plan and ask Council Tor three in place
OF "a two million pump. The cost Of
placing the larger is bus little greater than
the smaller, and the additional ex-
pense is only in the first cost OF the
engine; while the results to be obtained
are one-halI greater.
THE ASCENT oF.yEsUvIUs.
This being settled, the party turned its
steps toward another Gothic house, sit.
uated on the summit OF small hill,
about half mile away. 1t may not
have been hall mile, but taking into
consideration the rain and the slippery
clay Of the path, We will not come down
a single inch. 1t was like climbing We
suvius, but instead OF crater was found
reservoir Of the capacity OF two and q
hall million gallons. When Mr.. Schultz
said there was another one, making a
total Of nearly four million gallonEs,
the committee blushed. Here
was GAINESVILLE, city oil about 2l,-
900 people, with as fine a water
works system as could be desired, while
Wheeling, with over 10000 more people
and her boosted manufacturing and
commercial Importance, has-well she
has basin that will hold at least TO-
O0O gallons. But this was not all. Here
at the reservoir was another engine,
pumping water into standpipe, which
led the second reservoir and which car
ried the water to level that supplied
houses on the surrounding hills and gave
q pressure below OF
so LBS TO THE SQUARE ISCnl
This stand pipe was an object OF curl
osity, the more 50 that it is only mat
ter Of time until one must be erected
here, to supply the high ground OF East
Wheeling and "Dillontown." 1t is a
cylinder OF iron, about feet in
diameter and 20 feet high, en-
closed in a casing OF brick. The
water being forced into ii, gives an add.
tional pressure OF that height. The ex-
animation being concluded, the party
slowly descended the hill. Matters
might have been facilitated by sliding
down, but the dignity that doth hedge
the average Councilman, prevented this
and they slid only when gravitation got
away with friction.
Now, gentlemen" said Mr.. Schultz,
as the centre OF the city was reached, IL
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