Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-25

The City Council, last evening, o.
the natural gas ordinance submitted b,
n Citizens Committee after one of the
II LEST fights on record.
= The matter first came MP in the ,
u Branch, where the memorial accom-, &c
the ordinance was read, and the q ~As
Immediately thereafter taksy ~i'noa |,
:. read three times and a5ue oeconu
amendment or debate fouble. That
Branch there was ne memorial and
body, after listeni<e ordinance, was in
the first resdinydlison with motion to
terrup,sd bv Iaittse on Ordinances, on
rsf.r - ~ hat the Company ought to
The go.ee to reply and make their side
Of !, Cruise thought the Company
July informed of the situation, but
lev had chose TO ignore whatever action
night be taken.
Mr.. Caldwell said the Comany wished to
,e heard before q committee. The Com
,apy had not expected the ordinance
would be rushed through both branches in
,ue evening. The city had gone into fair
contract, and now wanted to repudiate 1T.
Whether the position the city was sought
% be placed in WAS legally tenable or not,
vas an open question, but he thought 1t
vas far from fair.
MIR. Davis thought the Gas Company
would not appear before the committee II
invited.
Mr.. KIaft was in favor of fair play.
Mr.. Cruise wanted to know why we were
% eousiderate of the Gas Company. 1t had
never been considerate to the city, and
went on to give instances. He thought 1t
lnwise to refer the matter. Mr.. Allison's
notion to refer was lost, ayes 8, noes IL.
The debate then ran on, when Mr..
Mitchell made motion to postpone, claim
ng that the members did not have enough
ista to 20 on, and that he for one could
not vote intelligently.
The talk was kept up at great length,
the Company being alternately assailed
and defended, and finally the motion to
POSTPONE was lest, ayes 8, noes II. After
some more talk an attempt was made TO
postpone until special meeting, but this
was lost, and the ord nance came up on It's
final passage, Mr.. Allison exhorting those
who were opposed to rushing the pa
Der through to stand hrm and IL
would fail to receive two-thirds of the
members present, and would thus be forced
10 Law over under the rules. The minority
did not stand firm, however, and the vote
stood ayes IA, noes 6. Mr.. Allison rose
TO change his vote to the affirmative,
but some one told him the ordinance had
failed TO receive twothirds, and he hest
lated and sat down and figured little.
Then he rose again to change, and again
became lost in indecision, and kept this up
till the Chamber caught on" and ap'
him to the echo, the incident
making lots of fun. Other members came
over to the majority, and finally the vote
was announced as - ayes, l no-the latter
Mr.. Mitchell.
The prices of gas, fixed by the ordinance,
are as follows:
SEC. 3. The price of natural gas to do
nestle consumers within the city o!
Wheeling, for the months OF October, No
yember, December, January, February,
March and April, shall not exceed for each
cooking stove, one dollar and seventy five
cents per month; for each laundry stove,
sixty cents per month; for one heating
stove or CRATE, one dollar and fifty cents
per month; for each heating stove or CRATE
after the first, one dollar aud forty-hve
cents per month; for each Baltimore heater
with registers connected, one dollar and
fifty cents per month; for each
heating furnace with registers connected
three dollars and fifteen cents per month,
and for the months of May, June, July,
August and September, shall not exceed:
For each cooking stove, sixty-hve cents
per month; each laundry stove, ffty-siS
cents per. month; one heating stove OF
crate, thirty cents per month; each heat
ing stove or CRATE, after the first, twenty
eight cents per month, each Baltimore
heater with registers connected, thirty
cents per month; each heating furnace
with registers connected, one dollar and
ten cents per month.
The full text of the memorial is as fol-
lows: