The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-07
SHARCHFORNA7URALGA GAS.
Committees Fruitful Meeting
Last Night,
A CORPORATION is STARTED
To Make Thorough Test or this
VicInlty.-.The County takes Forty
Shares, and Others Subscribe.
Tho City's Share.

Another meeting OF the special COM
mittees appointed by Council, the Board
OF County Commissioners aud the Cham
Der OF Commerce, to consider the advisa-
bility Of steps looking to the testing OF
the surrounding territory with view to
securing for Wheeling a better and
chearer supply OF natural gas, was held
at the Public Building last evening,
There were present, Messrs. n. B. Scott
j, Dallas Ewing, P, B, Dobbius, Charles
+. Brandfass, James Mckinley, Frank
Cruise, j. O. Brady, S. Warehouse, ir,
and p. +. Terrell. Mr., Scott presided.
Mr.. Ewing, to whom was referred, at
the last meeting, the matter OF looking
up authorities and reporting the best
piau by which q municipality or body
such as the Board OF Commissioners
might aid in financial way, reported
th0t lie still adhered 10 his first impress,
sion-that joint stock company should
be formed, He had prepared the neces'
sary paperto be sent on 10 the Secretary
OF State To secure charter, 10 this
was signed the names OF five gentlemen
who agreed to become charter members,
and who, after paying In ten per cent oil
the stock subscribed by them, were pro-
perry qualified by Committee Clerk
Aanke, The paper rs completed reads
as followsi
"The undersigned agree to become a
corporation by the name OF The Wheel
ing Development Company for the pur.
pose OF boring and exploring for natural
gas, oil or other substances Of like ma
ture, and for the purpose OF refining,
manufacturing and marketing the same
and to that end securing und laying
pine lines and other structures necessary
and proper for such business. Also for
the purpose OF mining forcIay, coal, stone
or other minerals, and manufacturing
tho same into marketable products, and
making sale thereof. Which corporation
shall keep It's principal office at the city
OF Wheeling, in the county OF Ohio, in
the State of West Virginia, aud Is to ex'
pire on tho fret day Of June, in tho year
1859. And for t4e purpose OF forming
the said corporation We have subscribed
the sum OF $l25 to the capital stock
thereof, and have paid in on said sub
s,ription the sum OF SD so, and desire
the privilege OF increasing the said capt
tai by the sale OF additional shares from
time to time to $500, 1000 in all. The cap
ital so subscribed is divided into shares
Of S9l eaEh, WHICH arb he'd by the un'
dersigned respectively as follows: n. Is
Scott, p. B. Dobbins, Charles +. Brand
fass, Joseph G. Brady and James Nc
Ginley, all of Wheeling one share
each"
Mr.. Dobbins was made treasurer and
Messrs. Joseph G. Brady, Frank Cruise,
Cecil A. Robinson and n. b. Scott a COM
mittAe1o bolicit stock subscriptions. A
list OF such subscriptions was ut once
started, beaded by Mr., Cruise, who us
chairman OF the committee appointed by
tho Board OF County Commissioners tC
act in this matter at the time 1t ap'
propriated $1,000 for this purpose
subscribed, on behalf OF the Coun'
ty, for forty shares. Mr.. Scott
on behalf OF tho Central Glass
Company, subscribed ior forty more
The Central Glass Company, in addition
has agreed to turn over to the new
company the well drilled near It's works
in East Wheeling, about four years ago
provided it shall DO decided to continue
Developments in that section. This wei!
was drilled about 1000 feet, and T.! =, 80" 49,,
cased. 1t Is full Of water at present, but
through that high COLUMN ot'Yater there
GENES enough gas to make quite blaze
whenever II Ia lighted,
The question was brought up as tC
what subscription the city would make
and was informally discussed, but nc
action taken by the joint committee
Afterwards, however, the members o.
the Council committee got together and
agreed 10 recommend 70 Council that
the city mai e subscription OF 81 900, o.
The Soliciting committee will get tc
work to-day, and hQIes TO find the bust
ness community, as one man, Eeady tc
assIGt In this Important move. II Is
thought that $4,000 should be secured
before any developing Is undertaken.
There are, OF course, several opinions
rs TO the direction this developing
should DO done in, but that is matter
tint will DO held in abeyGnce until the
company is regularly formed and ready
for business. While it is true that
money put in this company may never
again he seen, it is equally true that it
may result ii gaia 70 the slbsgribera
and to the community at large, the last
being the special object for which the
company Is formed.
There was considerable informal talk
at last evenings meeting about the yari'
Gus strata, and the development that has
been done in the several fields surround.
ing this small and thus far barren one.
1t was decided by tho committee TO ask
the Chanb yer Of COMMERCE to subscribe
for twenty shares-S5OQ'