Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-08
FORMALLY OPENED.
MARTINS FERRY WATER WORKS OPENED
WITH lNPRES,iYECEREMONiEN
Tho Proceedings Of the Day Tie Programme Bril-
lauay Carried O0t-iom.DCgt Guests
Present From a DStancs-A Cen
eral Coed Time.

There Vas enough water turned loose
in Martins Ferry yesterday to cause a rise
in the ri'or.
The cause OF all this torrents WAS the
formal opening Of the new water works
plant il that city.
Early in the morning Il steady drench-
ING rain set in, and up to 81 hour before
| the time announced By the Programme TIE
p~ru-ptcts Tor - successful celebration looked
| rather glim, aud there were many mISglN-
| Ings concerning the crowd expected. But
the Bel!urc department, consisting oi ten
men aud Chief George Muth, arrived III
good time, aud q little later Assistant Chlei
| Arkle and four men from tins city went
over, Ouite \ number of guests who had
been invited arrived before ten o'clock, aud
a very pleasant gathering OF strangers and
Grcmrn WAS on hands at tue water works
office to be received by Mayor Keller, and
Chairman Smylie, OF the City Council.
Alter formal intrCducti0us the party,
then consisting of about one hundred per,
sons, and excluding all but officers of the
works and invited guests who are inter
cstrd in water works. w"re &rivJu III ear,
rllgvs To the pumping station aud power
house about - mile above the town proper.
Here they all took q careful observation ol
that part Of the plant, being conducted
throughout the entire place by construct.
ing engineer HOruuug and engineer Willie
Of the pumping station. Tn" visitors wcrt
| taken down INTO the we'll, aud were al
lowed to examine each part Of the ms
| chineIy sud the various other points Of in,
ttrr,t about the plant Al expressed
| themselves much pleased with what they
saw, and gave it as their opinion that thu
work was Of the best quality and had
been constructed with a vie" to durtbiI'
iiy and substantial severity.
The members al the party then resumed
their respective places ia the vehicles and
were driven back to town. Dinner tickets
were issued 10 all the liremtn and visitors,
end thew were fed ot the Hanover Hotel,
| Sherman House and Btyless House.
After dinner the various fire O~rganiZa'
| tior4 got their apparatus into shape and
prepared for the grand test. by l o'clock
| The sidewalks on Hanover street were
packed with people, and still continuing,
made the street look like II vast SEA
of wet umbrellas Gum coats were every
where in demand and the experience at Tie
next hour proved To the people that tn.
wet day feature had been Il blessing IN
disguise. Had it been = pleasant, sun
/ shiny day, many Il fine suit wGuld have
| been spoiled entirely, and tie projections
pru. ijrILy the .pgrjGtCrs against the ialu
! servo thrEl vel whcu chen icpicu Irrl,-
l--sIy turned the EvlG.es Ee~avenwdrd, Oh
| Happpd Their streams about indisUimi.
| aairlv over the heads Of the cgowd.
About y O'Clock X. Y. Ankle, who acted
%, cher and was in command O! hGth the
Wheeling and Ecllajrc iorrc7, gat thrc,
streams to work. One from the plug at
Eylrv'4 planning mill, another at the cor
urr OF Third and Hanover streets, and the
third near the Presbyterian Church OF
Fourth street. The first stream Wis from
a plug on the lower fiat, and Of course was
The most effective ON account Of the in
creased head Of water given by its lesS,r
| elevation. The second wa located hall
way up the grade, and the third was on
the upper Hat. From tie plug At Iylcy's
! corner water was thrown from an inch aud
a uuarter uUzLlc over all the twO-story
buildings in the vicinity and was sent nj
into the uir to a height greater than any
/ building which will probably hc erected
for wears Ia come. From the plug at
/ Third street the Hess building, o'cupt,i
| by Peter Morgan, and lie OhiO IluH,g N,r,
| WIS dr,urhcd mona luumdlt,onito ROOT, and
! . solid stream sent cival over IN" building.
| The EclIairr boys hmi charge Of tt.1' plug,
| and did ,rrv good work. They wee, how
ever, much inclined 10 have fun, and
would insist on turning tine stream OF a.
| everything within reach. A. the HrU5by-
terrain church corner, . Siame$e twin
/ unllle With twu lines of hose from the
! niue was IN use, aud solid StItiid thrown
| inv feet over t..@ s~t"U.i". This nozzle Was
| afterwards taken eli ami q single llng nozzle
| pf tine same size substituted and found t"
dp about AZ effective work. While tins
y,, ell guing on Hon. John. s.. Cochran
climbed up the gravel bank near the Third
street plug and talked to the people = lew
I minutes, telling of the advancement the
city has made, and what 4 blessing the
new water supply will in time prove to be.
These tests MI proving satisfactory, the ire
men went down to the lower part Of town,
and rave another exhibition there.
one stream was opened from the plug ut
tine corner o. Fayette and Second streets,
another at the foot OF Washington amt au-
other on Jefferson street. While the fire
men had been making the change the con
ppction with the reservoir had been shut
( of, and the water that was furnished didn't
force the puInpa at the power house.
The Eeliaire hoys had charge OF tho
stream on Jefferson street, and the desire
for fun which they had eylnced before
cropped out again. They turned the hos,
on nil the young boys who were lettering
away from the main crowd, and succeed II
chasing one OF the lot to u supposed pluci
of safety behind q tree. The stream wa'
uourrd against the tee till II seemed il
would be uprOotcd, aud the small boy was
a. wet ~ water soaked in and forced il
could make him. The stream was turned
against an old rickety chimney in The
u~,ichhorhood, and nearly bait the brick.
Knocked OIL. The lire below was lloOdcC
and streams Of sulphur aud ashes can't
from the ilue. A. Washington street tn,
water was thrown clear to the river auC
over the old commission warehouse
The nozllcmen tried to drown Il ven
turesome dog which anne within
range and nearly lost control OF their pipe
the pressure being 50 great. ieiure thos,
streams were turned on, J. G. Gray, Esq
made 4 short speech from the steps a
Mrar's store, and announced that thu
coming streams would be direct pressure
The companys then went over into tn,
Garden Spot and hitChcd to two adjoining
plugs on broadway. William Lipphardt
President of the Board Of Trustees, made
the following address from a wagon:
LADIES ANp GENrLEMEN-We are nov
TO i]ruugurate our water WORKS. A Pres
ideut of the Beard it affords me pieasur,
TO turn over To- the citizens OF Martin
Ferry what may be considered rs complet,
a system of water works as can he iOun,
in this i]couutry for the money expended
The Trustees started to build thes
works with the sole intention OF maxim
them first class in every particular.
The Power House is amply large enOug.
TO accommodate additional machinery I
supply a population Of 60, 600 people, has
ing the daily consumption at 80 gallon
/ NOR p4pitg