Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-01
THAT BIG GAS COMPANY.
The Announcement of Its Forma-
ton Creates Surprise.
No Connection Between the New 0rgani-
cation and the Manufacturers
Company---TaIk on the
Subject.

Subject.
The publication in yesterday mornings
REGISTER of an Associated Press telegram
rom Pittsburg, detailing the formation Of
Natural Gas Company in the
Smoky City, created quite a stir among
hose of our citizens interested in bringing
The new fuel to our doors, and during the
day the air was full Of gossip concerning the
new venture, therelstions it probably bore to
the Manufacturers company of this city,
and the effect it would have on the Natu- |
raj Gas Company of West Virginia.
PITTsBURG OPINION.
Capt IT,. Vandergrift and Capt. C. W.
Bachelor, of the Natural Gas Company Of
West Virginia, came down from PIttsburg
Yesterday morning. They were seen By q
REGISTER reporter soon after their arrival
and asked about the effect the formation OF
a new company would have upon their
plans and prospects. Captain Bachelor
said:
"The formation Of the company you
mention can have no possible effect upon
rs, and the announcement of its formation
has nothing to do with our visit. We will
90 right ahead with our plans, regardless
of what others may do. One thing which
strikes me as being trihe odd, however,
is the announced intention of the Wheeling
Company to supply all this region through
SINGLE TEN.INCH PIPE.
We will return to Pittsburg tomorrow, and
will open our contracts for digging our
ditch and laying the pipe on Friday. |
see the new company claims to have leased
400, 90 acres of land. We have 10000
acres and think that pretty good slice of
the esrth's surface, but 400 900 acres is be-
you'd our comprehension"
Another representative Of the Natural
Gas Company of West Virginia said:
II don't know exactly what relationship
there is between the Wheeling Gas Com.
pany and the Manufacturers Company, but
there is evidently some connection, Judging
by the list of directors published this morn
ing. Probably the Wheeling Company
will undertake to deliver gas at
the city limits, and let the Manufacturers
pipe it through the streets. l hear some
talk of an application to be made to Coun-
Gil on behalf of the new company but it
will be of no avail Council is done grant
ing natural gas privileges 10 outside COM
paniee. We hold the exclusive control Of
the streets and alleys of the city"
The general opinion seemed to be that
the Wheeling company was making
BRAVE EXHIBIT ON PAPER,
when the real resources of the orgsnizs-
ton were rather limited, and this feeling
seems to be shared to some extent, at least,
in Pittsburgh, as the following from last
nights Leader will show:
I'VE notice that there is to be big
Natural Gas company down in West Yir-
ginis, to supply Wheeling, Martins Ferry,
Bridgeport, Bellsire, ETC., with the new
fuel, extensive contracts and valuable frar-
chises having been made. Among the Of,
6cers of the company are VIM. Finn, c
l. Msgee. r. C, Elliott John N. Neeb and
j. NJ. Gufy. We did not suppose we were
acquainted with the prominent business
men of Wheeling who are engineering this
grand scheme, but somehow or other the
names of the projectors have wonderfully
familiar sound. Then there's the firm
that's to do the digging and trenching for
the new eompauY-Booth y Finn. This
name also hos
STRANGELY FAMILIAR RING
about it. Can't think where we have heard
the name before. Our only advice to
Wheeling is the same We gave to Buffalo
that 1t should profit by Pittsburg's expert
ence and be careful about the privileges it
grants the new company"
Yesterdays Pittsburg Dispatch had the
following regarding the new company:
The capital stock of the new orgsniza.
ton is 100000 This was the limit yet
100000 had been subscribed, and there
was lYelJ time in cutting down the shares
of each one. Che yellknown fnancier.
ing firm wanted to take $2z5, 900 worth Of
..ooL m, "a 70 said, did not get any. The
company will have three omces, Wv -
Pittsburg and two in Wheeling.
ut is stated that the new company
made
sHREwD MOVE
relative to supplying Wheeling. The
West Virginia Natural Gas Company had
secured the right of exclusively supplying
gas to Wheeling. Other companies tried
to get in but were knocked out. Then
several manufacturers got permission from |
the Councils to supply gas to their own
mills. This did not seem very dangerous,
but as these manufacturers are supposed |
to be in this new company, it changes the
phase ofexclusiyeness which was formerly
to dwell over the gas business OF
Wheeling"
The telegram sent out from Pittsburg
Tuesday night named Mr.. c. W. Brock.
lnidr, of this city, as being a Director in
The Wheeling Company. Yesterday a
REGISTER reporter sought the gentleman
but, and asked:
DO you know anything about the COM
osny formed in Pittsburg on MoudayY
Nothing at all, !" answered Mr.. Brock
lnier, except what saw in yesterday
papers"
DO you know whether or not there is
my connection between the Manufacturers
Natural Gas Company and the Wheeling
Natural Gas Company
There is
40 CONNECTION WHATEVER"
Col j. d. DuBois, one Of the incorpor.
tors of the Manufacturers Company, was
'sked the same question, when be answer
d.:
II do not know much about either COM
apy eXcank that my mama was pnt dowp |