Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-17
OBJECT TO GAS.
OppositiOn Manifsstiog Itself Over
at Martins Ferry,
A Few of the Benefits Which Would Accrue
From the Introduction Of the
Fuel of the Future.

Strange as it may seem we hear OF
few who are opposed to allowing the Phila'
3elphia Natural Gas Company thepriVilege
Of laying their pipes through Martins
Ferry. 1t will De pretty state OF things
if VIC force the Gas Company to cross BE-
low and furnish Bridgeport and Beliaire
with gas and leave us out IN the cold
What will the town amount to it Wheel
ing, Bridgeport and Ballsire have the ad-
vantage of this cheap fuel and at the same
time the natural advantages in location
which Providence has accorded US? We
are particularly blessed with good sites
for manufacturing establishments, and we
must not allow this opportunity to pass
whereby we may place ourselves in con-
dition TO invite all the capital which
is looking for place OF investment
N come unto us. Not only these
things are to be considered, but the fact
that the work OF putting in the necessary
pipes ard accoutrements will give employ
ment to many men who need 1t, AMI cause
thousands of dollars to circulate among
ma 1t will also be source OF permanent
employment to many men, for the pipes
must be repaired and attachments made
continually. Our town, in the absence OF
this great factor to prosperity, might 60
begging, while the other towns IN this
ueishborhood would flourish and contnu
ally prosper. Why does Pitts5urg flourish
WHY did Wellsburg grow into eminence so
ouickP Why is every working man IN
East Liverpool contented and happy?
Why might Martins Ferry not enjoy
share of this abundance when
q company comes here and
offers 10 give US lite if We will
but accept The company asks no ezcIu-
sive privileges -no privileges that any any
other company might not come 10 to-mof'
row and ask for and receive. The COM
PAW does not ask Us to protect US from
com petition. they ask to be allowed 10 lay
the pipe and leave US the right to allow as
many others to come as may be. They
offer to asaume the responsibility O. all
damage that may arise from the laying Ct
the pipes. They offer to furnish without
expense al public buildings, and on the
whois make more obligations with fewer
requests for return than almost any other
corporation which hs5 ever presented It
self at our door for Abundance. About TWO
weeks ago g recently burned out iron and
novelty works employing 400 men wrote
here asking what the prospects
were fer natural gas. With
discoursgiug reply all hope of obtaining
the location Of this plant in Martins
Ferry is lost. Towns all over the country
are making every effort to obtain this
cheap, clean fuel. and manufacturing es
Establishments, such as mills, glass works
and all others wherein fuel Is large fac
tor to cost of production, are being re-
moved to places in the gas belt or where
gas is accessible. Recently large glass
factory was removed from Philadelphia to
East Liverpool, O., simply because gas was
to be had. Council meets tonight to give
the ordinance allowing the company the
right of way a second reading, ard they
can not help but see the proprlety OF TAX
ing the goods the gods provide and
allowing this enterprise, which most towns
would only be too glad to accept on more
expensive terms, an opportunity Of enrich
ing US and Gus town.
THE GLASS SITUATION.
There we're no new developments in the
glass situation yesterday. And there
probably will be none till to-day, when q
meeting and perhaps q conference will be
held. President Smith, of the American
Flint Glass Workers Union, has been sent
for and will probably be here for to days
nesting. All seem anxious for a settle
ment, and it is probable that one will be
effected
Charles E. Denison, representing W. J.
Hayes & Sons, bankers, of Cleveland, who
purchased our water works bonds, is in
town aud was present at meeting OF
Council last night when the final settlement
of the sale was to be made
Russell Medill returned from Cleveland
last night where he had been sent to notify
Mr.. A. R. Ong of the serious illness OF
Mrs. A. r Ong. Mrs. Ong is still hang.
ing on the very edge Of existence, but her
friends retain hopes of her recovery.
A representative OF the New York Graph
ic vas in town yesterday.
Mrs Msrgare Stuart is in Pittshurg Wis
iitug friends and relatives.
Rqssel Medill received q handsome Col
umbia bicycle yesterday.
Mss Kate Stuart q in Midd!eport, o visit
ing relations.
The Republican township convention
will be held in the City Hall Saturday
afternoon between two and five o'clock.
The California Mtnstrels will appear in
Lafayette Hall Friday night, March 20.
MrO. John Quinn, of Mingo, is the guest
OF Mrs Theodore Snodgras3.
Capt VIM, Porter, who died on Monday
morning, was buried in Weeks cemetery
west Of Bridgeport yesterday aiteErooa at
two o'clock.
J. q. WAGNER is again able to be out,
making his first appearance yesterday.
George Venum smiles over the arrival
of fine boy baby.
It will be Of interest to those intending
to build, or improve their buildings, 10 call
on or address John DoSling, Carpenter
and Builder, Union Street, Paurs Add.
ton.
A three nights mission will be held in
St. Paul Episcopal Church Of this place
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday even
ipgs Of this week. Services will be COZ
Quoted by Revs Swope, Of Wheeling;
Gsutt, of the Island; Hammond, of
MoundsvilIe, and the pastor, Rev. W. W. |
Walker.
Ohio Valley Lodge No. 456, A. F. & Il.
NJ, will meet tonight for work in the third
degree.
She Wacdered Away.
Yesterday morning about 2 o'clock |
saversl young men came across an old |
lady, on South Cbsphne street, below
TSenty-fourtb, who was wandering around
and staggering like drunken person. She
went on down the street until she reached |
Colemsn's drug store, where she fell upor
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