Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-06
THE WATER QUESTION
As CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL LAST
~, MING
The Ihib-Inch Vain Decided on ard
toff Street the Houte-Remarks on
Ri, dle-6oard Of Control Again
..- Sensible Resolutions.
LICENSE IN THE FIRST BRANCH.

Last nights meeting Was special o. e
and although at first considerable noi--
sense WAS display ed, it WAS but ;empon-
~ and was replaced with solil sense,
making the meeting about the best ever
he d by this Council The report ot the
Committee went through all right. In
the First Branch the members concur
red and decided to grant the Fair Asso-
citation license.
Second Branch.
At7:45 Mr.. Kimberly moved that Mr.
Hildreth take the chair, which motion
having carried, the roll was called, and
il was found that no quorum was pres
ent. The Sergeant was sent out, and at
sP. NJ. the following answered to their
names: Messrs. Baker, Burdats, Clark,
Cummeriord, Davis, Dunning, Haber-
field, Haller, Hildreth, Hoffman, Kim
berly, McGranahan, Prince, Smith,
Steele, Walter and Wingerter. The
minutes OF the last meeting were read
and adopted.
Tne special order OF the evening, the
special report OF the Water Works com
mittee on the S0-inch main question,
was then taken up and read. The re-
port contained nothing more than was
published in yesterdays REGISTER. 1t
was read, and at the conclusion Mr..
Baker moved that the entire report be
adopted; the matter was OF vital lm-
portance and should be pushed through
at once without waiting to bubble over
the resolutions.
Mr.. Smith opposed. He could not
see great many things. One thing he
did saw he saw, but he did not very
clearly prove it, and that was that the
entire matter was, an unnecessary eX-
pense. At first the committee had recon-
mended and warmly too, % inch pipe
at a cost of about $4,000. 1t is now
said that 80 inch pipe was imperative,
and il allowed to 60 on would doubtless
nix the affair as bound to need Il 100
inch main. He had seen it stated that
the so inch pipe proposed would cost
81 eco while the Committee said only
50 per cent additional.
Mr.. Burdats attacked it next. The
Superintendent had not been consulted,
80 he had been told, and that was one
reason why he opposed it. The route
did not suit him, as North Wheeling
could not, as lar as he could see. be
benefited. He was in favor OF 30 inch
main.
Mr.walters family opposed and want
ell to hear from the comm ittee.
Mr.. Haberiield, i'll his own thrilling
style, jumped around on the measure
and tried to crush Mir. Halter, that gen.
tleman having expressed his doubts as
to whether the gentleman from the First
ward knew what he was talking about.
Messrs. Burdats. Smith and Haber'
field kept up their music for few mo-
ments, when being about exhausted, the
friends of the foe came up with rush
and carried the day gloriously.
Mr.. Baker showed the necessity.
Mr.. Dunning, in one of the most sem
sible talks ever heard in the chamber,
showed how every part OF the city was
benefited.
DR.. Wingerter denied the report that
Superintendent Riddle had not been al
lowed to participate with the commit.
tee when adopting the report on the
table.
Mr.. Kimberly made the big speech.
He showed that the original intention
was to run down Market street as far as
Sixteenth and then stop, the connec
tons leading from that end. Now the
distance was increased, aud the 3O-incll
pipe was to be connected with every
thing, thus making it a feeder TO the en-
tire network of the citypipes. This was
the cause OF the extra expense, which
he showed would be as follows: