Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-03-01
DID NOT MEET.
The Conference Committee Of Council At
i,urns Till This MornIre.

The Conferences Committee Of Council Ad.
j'urns Till This Morning.
Toe Council Committee appointed at
Tuesday evenings session to confer upon
the general subject Of the proposed loan
ordinance and the Wilson resolution, was
called by Mr.. Seeley 10 meet at the City
Hall last evening. and Mr.. Ferris, Of the
Pittsburg firm Of Ferris x Kaufman, steel
bridge builders, who bad been brought
down, We are informed, at Mr.. Sseley's
instance, for the purpose Of appearing be-
fore the committee, in support Of the fg-
ures adduced Tuesday night in Council,
was to be present. Through some mad
vsrtance, the police failed to send out the
notices for the meeting, and although the
matter was mentioned in the papers yes
terdsy morning, committeeman mad no Of
fetal notice Of the meeting until last even
ing. At least one member Of the commit
tee demonstrated with Mr.. Seeley for call
ing the meeting for last night, but the call
stood, and at eight o'clock last evening
there were three Of the committee, Messrs
Haller, Pollock. and Seeley, q. the City
Hall. No others appeared, and the meet
ing was postponed until this morning at
ten o'clock.
List year, when Mr.. Hcgs, the City en-.
eineer, wss called upon by Council to
prepare estimates for stons bridge, he
made drawing, illustrating his idea, and
his drawings we're laid before Council.
They were afterwards put away, but
when Mr. Hoge came TO look for them
duTiug the present week, they could not
be found. This necessitated the pIepara.
tion of other plans, and these we're COM
pleted last evening. Quite number Of
gentlemen, including three or -four mem
bers Of Council, assembled IN the City
Engineers oflice last evening, while wait
ing for possible committee meeting, to
look al the drawings, but Messrs. Seeley
and Haller, Of the committee, remained
ln the police Office, where they arranged
the time Of meeting fer to-day. Word
that the meeting had been postponed until
this morning having been brough. into the
Engineers ofics, Mr.. Hoge went to Mr..
Seeley and asked him to change the time
of the session, es he had very important
prior engagement, and would like TO be
present at the session. In reply TO this,
Mr. Seeley said the time OF the meeting
had been fixed TO accommodate Mr. Ferris,
who had consented 10 remain over until
the afternoon in order to appear before the
committee, aud he could not, therefore,
accommodate the City Eogineer. The
hour remsios at ten O'Clock, and the En-
gneer of tue City, who i5 Councils guide
in such matters, who has prepared esti-
mates and taken all measurements, aud
who knows more about the subject OF
bridging the creek than any other man in
the city, will have to miss session held
to accommodate an out-of.town gentleman,
whose figures are 75 per cent. higher than
those prepared by Mr.. Hege. 1t is alto.
gether likely that the figures presented in
Council require explanation, snd that it
has been found necessary to Import Mr..
Ferris from PittsbuTg for that especial pur-
pose, but The sessions of the committee
ought to have been so timed as to give the
city an equal chance
BY the way, as illustrating the accuracy
Of Mr.. Hoge's figures, Mr.. Stobbs, lead
ing stone contractor, who has done most Of
the city work for yesrs past, examined Mr.
Hoge's figures oa the bridge, es published
in the REGIsTEE, and expressed his viii.
lingness to build bridge on the lines in.
dicated for the amounts named by the City
Engineer, some 500. 600 less than the See
ley figures.
The peT design fos bridge. prepared
by Mr.. Hoge, and which would have been
submitted to the committee last night, had
a session been held, has segmental arch
Of $50 feet span, with thirty feet rise, and
is handsome and graceful structure. The
two abutments are twenty.seven feet high
to the spring of the arch, and si1ty-four
feet TO the top Of the psrspet wall, and are
about 32x40 feet square at the bottom, by
27x40 a. the top. This mass OF solid ma
sonny is solid store-wOrk up to height
of SO feet, and possesses ample weight and
resistance TO sis1d the thrust of the arch.
The arch itself is formed of cut stone, four
feet nine inches deep, in massive blocks.
TIE grade from either end OF the bridge to
the centre lire OF the arch is at the rate Of
i've feet in one bundled, and sdj joining
property is not disturbed.
As to the feasibility of such a bridge,
there is q 150.foo stone bridge at Elyris,
Ohio, which has rise OF but "a feet in
the arch, six feet less than that proposed
by the City Eopinineer. There is single
arch bridge at Fort Wayne, Ind, with a
span OF over 200 feet. and the bridge over
Cabin Run, on the Washington branch OF
the B. & O., has span Of 220 feet, with
81 feet rise. The Elyria bridge is built Of
ordinary sandstone, and is fine structure.
The figures showing its cost are expected
in a few days.
1t ia likely that this mornings session Of
the Committee will be held in one Of the
Csuucil Chambers, and it is expected that
large number of Councilmep, 81 well as
citizens generally, will be present.
1t is the sonrce of a good deal Of COM
ment, in semi official aud other circles,
why the Pitlsburg frm has been so assid-
uousIy sought after for plans and speclica'
tions on both sorts OF bridges, and why
| they are not submitted 10 the CITY En-