Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-28
A PEER.
GAS GIVES PTTSBURG AND WHEELING
MANUFACTURING SUPREMACY.
The Enterprise Of the Smoky City
Should be Inflated BY
WhasEng--ThO Nail
Situation.

Writing to the Age Of Steel, Mr. Philip
Henry Moore says:
Truly the vagTies Of municipal legisla-
tors are contemplate. The Pittsburg
actuated by motives of pure selfish
ueSs, arc trying to starve the goose that Is
LAYING golden eggs for them. They are
fighting ? court decision that effectually
placed n quictus on monopoly in the natu-
raj gus supply. In this section, IN tact
throughout the whole country, the growth
of monopolies with their ~arrOgantly exer-
Ssed power IS 4 vital question, The
shameless cOrruptions, cNtortionS and an-
t~ocratic operations OF some Of those devil
fish are exposed every few days,
making it q question Of selfPreservation
to the great minority. Natural gas is a
possession which has placed Iittsburg II
will place Wheeling without a peer IN
manufacturing supremacy, and it should
be treated. not as an ordinary auxiliary or
facility, but with The eminent appreciation
it merits. lest the day comes when ITS loss
will be 10 be regretted. n pipe line
romranies are discussing the policy OF a
combination of rights and issues, to pre-
vent waste, unjust determinations, etc.
The great congener Of this glS-Oil-ls
piying indications of weakening IN the sup
nIy There is no guarantee that gas VIII
moi Io the same. In the meantime Pitts
burg enterprise does not Slumber. More
alive than Whee!iugto thegrelt advantages
and natural riches or NcSt Virginia, llttS-
bury capital il reaching out for them.
1 r,ilrnld is to bc built from the
terminus OF the Southwest FennsyiHanE:
road to Ncwburg on the Is. &C. railroad.
The new road will bc nincty-hvc miles
LONG. and it will pass through 4 portion oil
West Virginia unusually rich in iron ore,
n cokins coal superior to the famed Con
n.lIsyiIlc vein, limestone Of superior quail
ity and yiFgip forests Of magnificent TIM
her. Thus Pittsb4fS endowed with Splen-
nd antprprise. leyieS tributI ~ = region
naturally tributary To Wheeling. However,
Wheeling, while having no actual control
will reap extraordinary benefits from tins
rnad. She will share all the advantages
i'm the way OF minerals developed, but
none OF the first pFoiita. Inc company
that are buildiHg this road have secured
about II. 900 acres OF land III this region,
all of which is undcrlaid with the coklng
coal alluded to above. In Il recent letter
ulye an ANALYSIS Of this coal. They viii
have direct rail connection by the Il. X o.
with 1T. Lofts and CINCINNATI, 100 miles
shorter thaa any present route from Pitts
burg.
Last week Il party Of Journalistic, some
twelve i'm number, representing prominent
Eastern and Western papers, visited rus
burg with the purpose of investigating the
wonders of the natural gas and It's great
advantages. They were Hospitality taken
in hand and given opportunities for carry
ing out their purpose. They were pro
foundry impressed and Thought that II
gave the manufacturers in the upper ONO
Valley a practical monopoly ia The IRON,
steel and glass trade. When they realize
that within a radius of twenty-five to fifty
miles of Pittsburg and Wheeling his gas
is stored, only awaiting the drlll, to ID de-
welcomed fDF utilization ~ needed, they VIII
auprepiate the wonderful future IN pros
pect lDr these cities, il they properly devel-
Old and utilize the unTivaied ~qqNan!a&GS
without hamperinS them by unnecessary
municipal restrictions or clap-trap ie8iSia-
ton. The Economic community, II re-
~ligious organization. which ownSa very
large and valuable tract OF
land on the Ohio river between
Pittsbury and Wheeling, and whose teach
inos heretofore haze been decidedly avcrse
To modern progress, have qHakcned to the
vast possibilities Or natural gas, Slq they
are inviting manufacturers to take long
leases of sites ON their lands. 30 the idea
| advanced some weeks ago that the upper
Ohio valley mont Wheeling 10 PittSburg
would by the exercise of enllghten-
ed progressive enterprise. become
n great continuous inahI.-
featuring center is undertaking.
Wheeling has the bit bet wecn her teeth,
too; she is not going to be left in this race.
She has plenty OF superb sites, a surplus OF
the best and cheapest coal la this country,
three energetic, wide-awuke pipe lines.
with more 10 comes Systems OF tranSporta-
ton the peers ct any 10 the land, and an
abundance Of freshly aroused, vigorous,
self-reliant enterprise and progressive
spirit. Give her but a little time; she has
the chance, and her place, in the
near future, will be up among the fore
most, acknowledging no equal but her more
mature, stronger equipped sister, Pitts
buEz. The YeXed questions which the
Amal9anafrd Association was supposed To
have settled doR'I se@m TO settle. The
PittSburg puddlcrS are modilaijGg q Sc
ceSsion on account of the adoption OF the
IS scale, and the striking trouble has been
transferred to the EaSt-thc iron workers
there have determined that they will no
longer work nc prices 80 much lower than
those paid in the NeSt. And hence
there is trouble. The labor a~gitalion
is like Banquo's ghost. The remarks |
yentured on in my last letter regarding
municipal policy towards manufacturers in
the matter OF water and gas taxes has eX-
cited favorable comment in both PittSbur@
and Wheeling, will further remark, in
the way Of aq gddcndum, that
the gIS tax OF Charge aIs gS much
of a burden us the water tax. Ii costs
the city of Wheeling 81 centst to make 600
cubic feet of gas, clear of all expenses; the
charge to is practically 9O cents
per 1909 feet. Why cannot ! diScrimina-
ton be made IN inyOr oil the large u
such rs the RAIL works which,
during the season OF short days, aEs ue"US-
STATED to Use large quantities Of gas or
very materially cut short their product,
and this enhances the cost of production.
THE NEW SCALE.
4 Bettep Feeling GRADUALLY Obtain
Ing ApIDpS Sa!Irrs.
Although there is vet a great deal Of