Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-05
Tho Matter Of Gas Pressure.


To ne Editor Of ihs Register.
SIR:-"Msnufacturer," in Sunday Reg
IsrER, is in error when be asserts that the
request for called meeting Of Council TO
eonsider the amount Of pressure to be al
lowed 10 the natural gas mains IN our
streets, had for It's obj=cs the Cripping OF
company organized by the manufacturers
Of this city to supply gas for their use. !"
This subject has been much discussed oy
the people living along the proposed route
OF the gas mans and knowing how much
business is transacted by Council at its reg
ular meetiogs, it was thought
that special meeting, callsd
for the cole purpose OF obtaining
all the information possible and permitting
the representatives Of the COS company
and such citizens as chose to 20 so, to dis
cuss the matter in sll ils ossrlnss would
enable Council TO act with more justice 10
oil parties interested, than a regular meet
ing possibly could. II Pit,sburg and ALE
Qhsny, have from experience in the use OF
gss, found that fifteen pounds maximum
pressure is sufficient for the scores of miles
OF pipe and hundreds Of factories, what rel-
son can possibly be- gwen for asking forty
pounds pressure for not more than five
miles Of ten-inch Pipe2
Let us ask here why is it tbs; the lntellI-
geucer opposes q special session OF Coun.
cll and deprecates any discussion OF this
matter by our people? IL certainly cannot
bs that that paper is opposed TO special
sessions OF Council for any purpose. Il
has been but q few months that It's Joy
over the supposed benefits likely to result
to the Republican party by star chamber
performance of the Republican members OF
Council in the passage OF the Police and
Fire Board ordinance led it To rejoice over
that meeting as famous Republican as
sembly and lts work ss q famous Repuoh-
eau victory.
If"it is ssgscity for foreign capitalists
10 conduct their business 80 as to avoid
cost to themselves" would it not be equal
ly ssgsc.ous for our people TO sea that q
privilege granted 10 ldsse ssgscious men
toss not become an instrument OF dsatruc
ZION 10 life and property here.
Ii 1T is best TO avail ourselves OF what
aver safeguards experience and Intelligence
nav suggest" why does the IatelIigencer
onnose ,he prescribin- Of fifteen pou9ds
maximum pressure, the amount the expe,
rienee and intelligence Of PI;tsburg ana
Allegheny suggest,as the limit OF sateety Il;
If the discovery IS made, at some fu'uFe
dsy, by an explosion iu come ot our houses
wiIh loss of lite aud property, that forty
Mounds is an unsafe amount Of pressure
will NOT ,he mistake be beyond remedy IN
/ that instance, at least2
II the loss of pressure AZ ten inch pipes;
| from friction, be six pounds per miis, ana
forty pounds pressure be permitted at JON
athsns Gut, by the time the gas reaches
Hobbs. Brockuuier { Co . factory, which
ia the last one to be supplied in the sou'h b,
1 srn mart OF our cry. the pressure would
snll be nineteen pounds This estimate Is
/ bssed on three and one-hslt miles being the
distance Hobbs, Brockuuier Il 20. works
are below Jonathan's Gut. Taereis no lac
tory in Pittsburg where the pressure nece6'
ssry for its uses exceeds eight ounces
then why are nineteen pouCd5 necessary
here2
If "the enlightened ss,ishness Of the Rs'
company prompts it to protect Its Interests
from friction aud all other sources, Why
should not some sllO vance De made toF
the selGshness OF people who may be made
the sufferers not only IN property out proc
abIy in personal dauages2 Is not this Il
mounds pressure within two miles OF Ben
wood for the purpose Of carrying gas to the
factories down there aLj thence across th'
river to Belaire to be connected With th'
mains carried down the Ohio side sDC
thus make complete circuit2 ltls wei
known that the Msnuia tnrerS Co, |hic'
asks this pressure, is the Wheeling Gas 70,
which goes to Bellsire,
II the pipes are once laid and the ga
tnrned into them at this pressure can Cour
, oil intsrEaye with the matter? Will not to
| only remedy Be tor the citizen to quietl
visit until he is blosu, ~ Gra lat ths sur
viy,ng members of his f.mily ostsin Via
, ever remedy the Courts will award them
1.-THE gas companies we're about 10 moi
/ elections for Directors andtbe Law enforce
ri which requires the named OF all s'ockhoit
1 ar, TO be posted in conspicuous Place
+. the compsny's principal business othee, "
D might learn why some cI our people appos
Js9islstion on this matter by Council. v
could give each one his jest NEED OF p'ai'
ifhe were entitled to il and could ssce
tain If Oskes Ames' ghos, bad been wal
!, ed tbs ysy on waves Of natural gas.
>. The pas Aistcry of our Councils sno
that there has never Escq measure pas
ed by it granting privileges 10 iessigp co
, porStions, to she irjury OF our people, SniC
e aid not 70 through st a regular meet'n
= and il was knowledge o. this thsl pr0mE
t ed Us to request bis 3 'qsF. the Mayor
= call q special meeting of Counsti to col
y slider the subject. We n'e sorry that o.
b request Ess not received IN thu same spis
of kirduess in which it Vas ssnt, ous vi
branded by his Honor ss an effort TO el
him "tafy," As the goods were not pal
table. we will no. send any more but So
J NIT this matter TO theiuGsment OF our pc
> ole, whose representative in Council Ct
} act on this subject ss tbsF 20 their Ulsdo1
nav deem best. The ustter 10 So sstti
D. "a between our people aud foreign CT
no-Atiou which proposes to supply one
n tTo factories and no private houses, o.
n' the benefits to be:deriY.d from ITS eoml
u here are solely those which result tro
Competition with the other company. =,
"CAUTIOS." "
= HMy lova what nc pc spell is thrown