Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-05-30
A Little Boom that Failed to Come
Strike Troubles and
Other Matters.
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PlrrsBUaG MAY q, 'S6.-ths wh'Iom
Smoky Cdy," once so dirty, 60 gloomy
and 90 overcast, is fast becoming a rev.
clean and shining place, TIE painter, the
kalsomiuer, and the dusSy knight OF the
long brush aud pail of liquid line are grad
uslIy encroachiDg on the domain, OF iuil
ehimneys aud ever falling SCOT. Even IN
Allegheny the grass in the parks which
was once so sickly in hue aud so weakly
IN Growth has put on q new color, the very
livery in fact of the meadows and lawns
away out in the,coun,ry where the wander
ing air comes in CONTACT with nothing siIe
and the bright sun looks down upon pleas
Ing Landscapes. The fne old city is much
in need Of a neg title, crisp and showing,
whereby the present order Of things can De
nropsrly expressed, and under which the
familiar old tsce OF this Knight OF Labor,
this toiiug old aisni Of l:oa snd steel can
be still recOgnjz j. Al6ei; his features
have been crushed and his once uHkemPt
locks combed out. Smoke has given away
N flames which cast OF nothing but heat
the mack diamond hath been superseded
by Jas, and new order OF things hath
beeu Instituted 1.-THE progression towards
cleanliness keeps up Ito present pace, oy
and by the municipality will place mig
and scrapsr at each gate and CT every
street ,cOrner. aud woe beuds
the uuiucky pilgrim who leaves
his f5otprin; on the shining cobb g stones,
or origh, hass Of tha neat neat place.
White hats are nov IN style among the
men. Gni fair ladies' dressed IN pure lawn
are plentiful a. b,ackbarCies in June or
srv other month. Wonderful, wonderful
change From old to nes, trom black tc
white from dirs 10 cleanliness. The once
smoke hidden rugged hills, that turn the
courses Of two different rivers into one, can
now Re seen at ali tines; snd on their
scared aud dinged sides the blessed suu Is
pursing and sucking oaoy growth5 OF
grass, which after a hItla while will wax
strong, and in turn mill nurure dalsieS,
and blue bsi'5. and shame, many a green
hill tar swav SDho Will become clean
and Birmingham sQnOurut aud ragged
old Pilrs5urg ;hs homo OF so many great
and good mep-whN alas. are now dead
will De very dspdy-the glass, the mirror,
wherein the noble youths 90 dress them
selves
II was gas. and is gas and viii be gss,
which hiss. snd Il, and will accomplish sli
this. Smoke did much, but gas will do
more. The only question which can b.
asked about The latter article n, viii II
lss,Y' There is no doubt about it being
the most valuable fuel sver touud-it is q
sscred 6,e But will it burn forever
in the Temple OF Prosperity?
The wise men cannot answer.
They are in the dark. They know not.
To Pittgourg 1t has already been an Allad
in'a lamp Il has displayed great wealth
and untold possibilities, but-snd here
comes in the rub-boR long sill its virtues
last? Suppose it shoaldgo out tomorrow
That would be . state Of things, wouldn't
n2 And yet wh7 no.? Gas it found 10
various sections hersabou's, namely, in
Butler, Allegheny, Westuorland, Ara
strong and Washington counties. Ii Is
contained in an Theoretically sealed rock,
which, in odd place., contains another
fluid called petroleum. This rock is not
of indefinite extent nor general sres. One
MACE IL viii De 8 mile vide and twenty
feet thick and perhaps ten miles long. 10
other places il will bs more extensive, or
less. "a me case happens to be Some
places IN Butler county it is only foot
thicS while in other localities It is sixty
lis storage capacity IS, therefore, irregular,
but certainly limited. Unless there is n
constant replsuishing OF the empty rock
from natures laboratory il stands TO reason
that the supply must be exhausted. Is
there sach q repleui5hing2 10 the old
districts there sre numerous wells which
have ceased to yield Ii is certain
that he oil supply can De drained
and il ia 3 fat that existing gas wells are
short lived, bat whether from clogging up
of the cores Of the rock or exhaustion pure
and simple, is the question. The average
life of the Batter county wells is four years.
The Murravsvilte and Washington Gelds
Gre Supposed to be more lasting; but Just
WHY and how much IS matter of specula-
ton.
Whether OF not gas is lasting matters
little at present. however important as E
future issue Pittshury is going TO uss i
while II lasts. and when It plays out will re-
turn 20 the use Of coal With clean con
science and clean hands The city is not
neglecting its opportunity and does not
propose to. Il is not, however, enjoying
the great boom one would suppose from
readipg the papsrs and from hearing the
noisy man on the cars, who as q rule is full
of many words and much downright misin.
formation. Times are just "a hard and
close IN Pittsburgi notwithstanding the in-
PRODUCTION 81 gas, as they are az Wheeling
Strikes have been 90 numerous and as dis.
ast,ous in result, aud the merchants sre
singing that old snd worn and dsspsiring
song, times be dull, with all the vshe
meueeot the little store keeper on tia IA
nswha and Big Sandy.
As nov used throughout homes, business
houses and stores generally, gas is SUD-
piled by the great Philadelphia company
and It's many local branches at 8 r0te be,
low the cost Of coal, thus rendering II |
decidedly economical article, Ruriysled by
any known fuel as IL is frss from smoke,
dirt. ashes ard labor Il il the house.
keepers royal luxCrY, the business mans
QeIiE0T ana the poor LusAN tA'0n@. 4IAl !
miserable creature, THE plumber" is tks
one object alone which stands between it
and universal use. After IL is once in |
your house or mill, everythinsis as smooth /
as glass; and as neat as g pin Here is
what il cost resident of Allegheny, who 1
lives in an ordinary brick residence fronting
on the Park, and had gas Introduced into
his house last November. sis used in a
heater, which warns g hall, upstairs and
down; in the front Psrlor, in the sitting
room, in the dining room, and in the range
N the kiteheu-fonr fires in all His bills
were IS follows: Jsnusry, Sl4; February,
$3.50; March, Sll50; April, $3.50;
By patent Continuance after the nature
of a register these tour fires heated the up.
stairs also. The price previous to April
was at the rate of lOc net per 1000 cubic
feet, the measurement being taken from
the ordinary gas meter, 50 vel and so IN
fayorsbly known. A reduction was made
in April to Sc. per 1000 cubic feet net.