Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-07
mARrINs FERRY.
The water Works Question Again-A -"
ply to Fridays Communicateh'
Editor Of the Regfster.


Tho water works Question Again. nt'
ply to Fridays Communicatien'
Editor Of the Regisser.
An article appeared in Jour paper IN the
9Th inst, written, we should 1auge, oys
gentleman of this place but formerly OF OF
Louis, Mo. Nov. in the first place, the AZ
tack made on Captain Lash was not 10
good taste, the writer knowing ana TAXING
advantage Of his absence from home. we
would in Q this wsiter to tel Us why he
so persislently opposes the water wofks
when his name does not appear on the TAX
duplicate. And not being 9 tax payer we
suppose be is acting for some n benind
the sceDes.
In regard to the first water WORKS pfoPo.
sition. They were to be erected at . cost
of sos. OcO and owned by the Western
Construction Company for eight years. a
the end of that time the tow could Duy.
them at a price to be determined BY arbi-
tra,ion, one disinterested person to be CHOSEN
by the town, one By the company ana tne
two 10 choose the third-as fair q PROPOSE
lion as could be asked, the objection beng
the high price of the fire hydrants. AS to
ps1lpeine 81, 800 more for the new cemetery
Than # could have been bought for, that Is
without foundation in fact, and as to paying
Mr.. Lash $500 for laying out the cemetery,
that is also untrue and w defy the proof.
We do not believe for a moment tina. any
respopslble engineer would have done the
work for 500, as stated. As to the street
lights. they were contracted for at $3.50 per
post, Sc. up and lighted by the contractor
mill he could learn a man to
attend to them. Mr.. Long did not
Give us a bid of that kind;
bis bid was for the lamp alone. Int records
will prove this, and they are open to all
citizens, even those that are not tax payers.
Now he wants to know how it was that
Captain Lash was employed to get up the
plans and specifications for the water works.
! Simply because his bid was cheaper than
| giving it to q foreign engineer. We had
an offer at p per cent. of the actual cost,
which would have been, estimating the cost
at $4,000, Sl,S75; by giving it to- Mr..
| Lash we saved the town 1875, and did not
| give it to a fcr&ign company. Mr.. Peterson
will in due time answer the charge OF max
ing the same old plans, which | know to be
! false; but let him answer that, as | know he
| will. As to the Williams tract of land, there
is no option on it that we know OF, and as
to the site for the works, that will be decided
BY the trustees when elected. And lastly
the Council we're never inveigled into sup
| porting the $500 900 water works, nor the
| same company did not offer to build them
for $75, 900, and no person in
| our town has shown one tenth
| the interest and anxiety against the
! water works as has this great fnancier
whose name does not appear on the tax du-
plicate.
Citizens Of Martins Ferry vote, / say too.
your honest sentiments. Do not be deceived
with the cry of Niger in the wood pile.
| This is but a catch for your vote to please
the ring that sells bonds for the school
board, get their one per cent commission,
and keep bond and money both, and let the
treasury be overdrawn at another bank. l.,
| too, want water works, and will never con-
sent to any proposition that will illegally and
wrongfully put money out of my pocket into
| the hands of another.
ENERA LOCAL NOTES.
A man named Michael Whelsh, who lived
with w. Aurelins near the blast furnace,
died yesterday about 2 o'clock. Mr.. Welsh
was able to be at his work Thursday and
did not complain Of anything being wrong
! until yesterday morning.
Mr.. VIM. Shannon. OF Flushing, o., is in
town visiting Mr.. l. X. McCue.
! The police have four young men IN jail
tor stealing chickens. Three of them are
the same ones who were found some time
ago loaded down with chickens about which
they could give no satisfactory explanation,
aud are nc doubt the gang who have BEEN
devastating so mary chicken coops lately,
Ad. Frazier has commenced the founda-
| ton of a new house in the Orchard.
Mr.. A. p. Smith will begin the erection
of a residence near the new school house
shortly.
Mr.. Geo. Chambers, of Mt. Pleasant, was
in town Yesterday.
Mr.. Fred. Hall, of Kent, O., is in town
visiting his brother, DR.. W. II. Hall, Of
Fourth street.
Mr.. NJ. Levi has gone to Brilliant on bus
mess.
Miss Louisa Strobe is visiting friends in
Bellaire.
It's rumored that the Elson glass works
will resume operations shortly. We hope
sincerely as does almost everyone else that
satisfactory arrangements have been made
and the runor will prove to be a fact.