Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-03
THE aAs WORKS.
Awarding the Improvement and
Exten.len Contraois--irhe Pro
posesi Railroad Connection.

Extensien Contracts The Pro-
posed railroad Connection,
Last evening thsre was v special Joint
meeting oi the speolal Gas Works Com
mi,lee and The Gas Trustees at the
Oihcp III the Gas Works. There were
present Hon, All. Caldwell, chairman,
MesYs. llorkheimer, Hall aud VOL
vingion, on the part 81 The committees,
aud Messre. Wheat and Ellinsham Tor
tue rruHleeA The frat business trans.
acted Was the reading oi q contract pre-
pared by Secretary Caldwell, whereby
belly n Fowler, ol Philadelphia, agree
10 provide y telescoplc holder, OF q pat
tern heretofore explained In these col'
umns, together with all pipes castings,
etc, necessary, Tor $4,000, aud the city,
or party Of the second part agrees 10
provide a tank Tor the same. Ol
the purchase money, tlity per cent
in to he paid on the delivery oi the
goods, Rheen per cent during the pro-
vrrss al erection, fifteen per cent When
huishod and tho remaining twvnty per
cent before the expiration oi thirty
DAYS after tho erection, Deity u fuw'
let arn ~ lao responsible Tor all damages
resulting to the uity, provided the hold
90 IL moi la position hy the time Hpect.
a,,l, Nov. |, 1850. tbs CONTRACT was n
vefy exhaustive ono aud cnvoted al MT
nor "details, and there being no ohleo'
ton II WAS ordered ~ bo signed. ffesi'
dent hNiri, on tho part oI the trustees,
aud Hon, Alt Caldwell, chairman oi
the committee, will sign,
Secretary Caldwell then read u letter
from Robert pIuttyman, at Philadelphia,
Offering To- come in Wheeling aud super.
inlpnd the work of building the tank,
lnt twenty i've dollars week and his
actual en- penaca To aud from rhiladel-
phia. Nj. Caldwell also read letter IN
reply, which he had prepared acCepIins
Mr. prctlyman's Ollor with tho cOndi'
ton or pru,iao, that II nj ANY ilme, IN
| the opinion at tho Trustees, the work IN
not being properly done, hts services
shall hn aiappnsed with, Thia action
at Mr. Caldwpll's WAS heartily approved
at lW the gentlemen prescott
4 plan of The hcnChIs oi rp,orts that
must bo used MAS then submitted, The
| plan Was dawn hy the ~. louls Nnm'
| pany, aud together MIN their bh Tor re-
/ lutis Was aduptot. The hid isn very
lung ono and CauUot he publlshcd,
| However, n was the luwosl, aud IN.
| ,ludca lrViyht aud all other eSpenHoH IN.
uldant tu the transportation. THIS bid
alto Includes the necessary brick, tile,
timber, Ulu.
"a W. stacy Il Co, III Cincinnati, were
then awarded the contract lor the ncccs
anry hunCh castings, thor hid being
! $3.50,
Tho minor details In relation io homo
work wuIe satisfactorily diEposed al. and
the committee adjourned
DuTlug the meeting tho action at tho
Eirsl UranCh IN tahling The resolution
,rla,iuu n the creek mitHo waH cour
urnlul on quite heely, aud the Hope
oppressed that ihia llraurh would cnu.
slider tls action aud pass more mynrahly
en- tho report aud resolution,
rng RAILROAD CnNSKutios.
At the time the proposed railroad
connection with tho u, 4, n ~, L.. an,l
~ 40 roads ut Twentieth street. Was
H,pI preached, the REuISrsW Vcnturcd
tho prediction That there would In
strenuous objection ou the part Ut prop
erly hnldc,H on the route THIS predic'
lion has been verified. There waH
hearty aud unanimous protest
entered 10y gentlemen owning prop,
cIty along Iwculirlh street, aud
hy ulhara Capt, Sau. Mason, William
Iintp. I. l.. llnliday aud somo others
who own musi al the property hWlWcon
Main aud Chapliuo streets, mado de
rtlcd "Lick" and will Brr that the action
uI the Fast Branch ol Council will hc
maintained.
Tho road, they claim, will nceesSitate
an cntiro change NJ the Hrade at the
HtrroI. IA iIs rrcsuut ono would he en
tirply tnn steep, The necessary grading
viii ruin tho street and cause u vroat
depreciation al property u wax sun
uuEted, aunc iiWp aye, Ia gtadn nuly
hall the street. hut this Ia regarded IN
tho ahrorcst FOLLY Tho regarded sidc
will ho ou,lroly cot oll aud shut out
| TIA not only the property holders
Who protest against this TOAD, Several
Cnunrilmon aud others were engaged
Yesterday, the matter, Said ono: "Why,
| 10 was lot that very purpueo that the
| IIvmphcld extension was allowed, II
Mas uapd as an argument that II would
directly benefit tho gas works and yet
nov they want another road, Why
don't thuy connect with tho llcmptiuld
and run ~ switch cut therr4 II eau lac
lnnc inr a, 900. THIS now road IN u dc'
r,lcl qhsurd,iy, aud Il will never no
built"
| And tho cnl Ia not vet.