Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-18
GAS FOR WHEELING.
Natures Fuel to be at Our Doors
Very Shortly.
Meeting of Directors of the ". Va, Natural
Gas Company at Which Con-
tracts Are Ordered to
Be Made.

gas IN this city within ressonsDIe lilhe
seems bright, and the qualification OF our
and manufacturers will be
correspondingly great. The Dlrectora OF
the Natural Gas Company OF West VIZ
ginia held q meeting in Pittsburg yesteF'
dsy at which action OF the utmost import
ance to our tity was taken, the gentlemen
present exhibiting determination to push
their enterprise through to q successful
contamination, bringing to their aid all
the vast resources which abundant capital
and large experience afford.
After a general discussion Of the plans
of the company, and the prospects held
out tor its ultimate success, which latter
were OF
THE MOST FLATTERISG DESCRIPTION,
an Executive Committee, consisting OF
Captain Bachelor, Joseph Craig and /.
J. VandeFgrif, was appointed, with instrue'
tons 10 do the following things
To sink third well near the great Nc
Guigan we'll, in Mt. Pleasant district,
Washington county, workto be commenced
a. soon as possible, and pushed with the
utnnost rNpiditY.
To have survey for a pipe line made
from Mt. Pleasant district to this city.
As soon as said survey shall be compile
ted to purcha-e the right OF way.
To contract for and purchase thirty
miles of gas pipe for the pipe line. and
distribute it along the right Of way.
This looks like business" Captain
Bachelor says if the pipe can be had soon
enough the work Of laying the mains will
be commenced at this end OF the line with
in four or five weeks, and will be
PUSHED RIGHT ALONG
40 "a 10 reach the neighborhood Of the
Michigan we'll by the time the new hole
reaches the Michigan gas sand.
which lies at a depth OF
about two thousand feet. The
pipe through which gas is TO be brought to
this city will be ten inches ia diameter or
larger, aud the cost Of pipe and putting 1t
in the ground will average about $4,000
per mile, or $500, 900 for the whole dis
lance
The new we'll will require from sixty 10
seyenty.fve days to5 sinking The COM
pany has leased about - 900 acres OF land
10 Washington county, giving 1t abundant
territory for even the most extensive opera
tons.
Meanwhile operations az the Tsglors-
towa and West Alexander wells will be
continued. One OF these holes is Gown 500
feet aud the other 900, and the outlook
for gas is thought to be very favorable, yet,
UNWILLING TO RISS ANYTHING
BY waiting, the company has gone to the
heart of the Washington county gas held
and will run their pipe line to a point
where gas exists in abundance.
The West Virginia Gas Company has
been offered q twothird interest IN the
Robins-Foster well. Just east OF this city.
the offer being made by Il. b Ford, one OF
the parties interested, the condition being
that the company drill the vel! six hun
bred feet deeper. An examination OF the
record showed that the we'll was already
tour hundred feet below the McGUlgan
sand the lowest gas besrinf strata struck
10 v Washington county and the offer vas
declined on that account.
The Board OF Directors Will hold an.
other meeting 10 this city gu the third OF
March.
The work OF laying the pipe line will
give employment to large number OF men
aud thus leave teus OF Thousands Of dollars
in this city at time when it will be most
welcome. This, however, is a small item
compared with the great oeneGtSo be de-
rived By the cheap fuel OF the future,
and it's advent in sufficient quantities to
sFord lirht and heat will be hailed By ali
az an omen OF bette. times and renewed
prosperity.