Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-17
"LABORER -
Takes Another WhIrl at High Pressure and
Our Contemporaries.

Takes Another "hlrl AT hlSh iFesSuTe anu
Our Contemporaries.
To The Editor Of the Register:
NV little squib in last Tuesdays REG
IsTER seems to have been unpalatable to
Mr.. Films two organs-One daily and the
other weakly" Both Of them claim that
"LabOrer" never did days laborlng
work in his life, and that assertion seems
to give them great satisfaction. 1t is a
matter of no interest to the public whether
this is true or not, but 10 show that even
those great intellects may promulgate an
error will here state that the first wages
ever earned was Us 4 farm labOrcr, ana
that have done many hard days work
since then. The alacrity with which the
daily organ published Il lecture IN ref
ercnce To any one hSlhuatlhS
that Wheeling editor was offered
stock for his influence, had show OF cN-
IRENE virtue which would be creditablc to
an innocent party. Why you did not cry
out that YOU were not guilty, Mr. Editor,
is passing strange. Some persons have Such
strong faith in their own good name that
denials of such rumOrS are not necessary.
Others, knowing their natural weakness,
cry out, Lord, is it I?' before anyone has
time to accuse them. IfTcpcatlnga rumOr
which gave q plausible explanation for the
zeal exhibited on the part of our press in
advocating the interests fatOrei%n cOrpOr-
alton to an extent which was honestly sup
posed to be dangerous to our own citizens,
shows Il lack OF local pride, Us claimed by
the daily, then there is fearful dcarth Ol
pride in this city.
Has anyone in Council or outside of that
body said OF done anything to injure our
manufacturers?
They have the right secured to them
10 lay mains to their ora lrOrkS-have
been given by the First Branch fire poaRdS
more pressure for five miles of mains than
the other company has asked for for
twenty-five miles of mains, and many Of
those mains Of very small size, and cOnSe-
uuently great friction and sluggish flow of
9as. They have stipulated that q reliable
regulator shall be placed outside OF their
establishment which shall prevent more
than eight or ten ounces pressure Of gas III
side of their works, as more pressure than
this is dangerous, and also prevents the gas
being burned prOfitably. In this demand
they are backed by the Board of Insurance
men.
The weakly organ says that fifteen
pounds ut the Top mill will give four
poundsat Hobbs, BrOckunier Il Co.'S works;
of course twenty pounds Is allowed by
the First Branch will give nine pounds ut
Hobbs Brockunier & Co.'S, eight and one
half pounds more than the works will
need four manufacturers mean fairness
and good treatment for our private citizens
living along the line Oftheir mains, should
they not be willing to commence with
twenty pounds and have the pressure i'll
creased il found insufficient? Council will
cheerfully grant their request if con-
WINGED Of It's being proper one. The
First Branch voted as it did in fixing
twenty pounds pressure, on the report OF
Messrs. DObbins, McGrcgOr and Motlat,
three men of more than average intel
ligcncc and who have always
shown themselves firm friends
of our manufacturers. Their zeal for
Wheeling and her interests cannot he
doubted, and, at the same time, their
sense of Justice to all our citizens must he
credited with, in part, influencing them i'll
advocating twenty pounds pressure.
The ordinance giving the manufacturers
the right to lay mains on our streets pro-
vides that they shall lay mains to their
own establishments. Hobbs, Br0CEunicr
x Co.'S works are the fartheSt south, and,
of course, the mains can be laid no farther
than there BY no construction of the or
dinance can Finn 4 Co. extend their
mains farther south. Any attempt to do
so would be prevented by injunction.
If this be true will not re-
fuSal to accept twenty pounds pressure
he looked on rs being not based on 4 sin
cere desire to advance the interests of their
own establishments. Would it not be con-
strued into giving color to the rumOr that
the anxiety for unlimited pressure until
the proper amount is asCertained means
not the proper amount to reach our fac
tories, but the amount TO reach Benwood
and Bellaire and make the stock said TO
be held by our manufacturers and their
friends pay larger dividends?
In conclusion, let me say to my esteemed
friend, the weakly" that | am not 4 paid
Scribbler, that have no acquaintance with
any officer of either Gas Co., that have
no desire to do or say anything to in any
way iRjure our manufacturers, but being
on the line of the main, and Judging by
occurrences which have happened in other
places, and fearing from the manner in
which the safeguards ~ against leaks were
being made that damage would result in
time from leakage and high pressure in the
mains, Vcntured to write my former
squib for the REGISTER. If time proves
me wrong no harm will be lone and if, I'M
fortunately, l am proven to be right can
at least say, ~ told you So"
LABORER.