The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-27
HALF THE POLES UP
On tho Electric Light Lino-Tho
Power House Half Completed.
FOUR MILES OF WIRE EVERY DAY
Can be Strctchcd...Tho Commission
Differs with the Contractor Mater.
inlly..-Tho Architects Estimate Or
dcrcd Paid...An Added Expense
may be Necessary.

The electric light commission had an
experience meeting last night and dis.
cnssed the progress OF tho work on tho
electric light plant, Mr. Blceo, OF the
Fort Wayne company, reported that hc
had put up $50 poles, almost half the
number to be erected, and that no OK
pected to begin stretching tho wire in
about two weeks. In reply to a qucs-
ton by Mr.. Scclcy, Mr.. Bleco said that
he could stretch about four miles OF
wire day.
Mr.. D. X. Brooks, tho contractor, an
nouncod that he had already completed
onc.fourth OF tho superstructuro of
the power house above the floor
limo. The frames for tho concrete
TO 20 under the boiler foundations
were put i'll yesterday, and the
concrete laying will begin to-day. Mr..
Brooks said that his firm, the Wheeling
Mining and Manufacturing Company,
had already lost week and three days
III waiting on tho machinery men, who
were expected to come on and indicate
the places where the boiler foundations
were 10 como. Tho machinery men
sent blue print and Mr.. Brooks did
not want to 20 ahead, rs very slight
mistake in locating the foundations
might mean loss OF hundreds OF dol
lars to him.
Atthis juncture Mr.. Sccloy came for
ward, voluntarily measured of the dis
tances, though he is said not TO be COM
PEELED to do SO by the terms OF his con.
tract with the city, and Mr.. Brooks i'm
mediately put eight men to work on the
foundations. Scairolling will be built
and tho cntiro superstructure carried
up.
Mr.. SeGlcy showed plans OF CRATE bar
in use at the La Belle mill. The crate
is an Improvement OH the old style, and
is particularly useful where Wheeling
coal is used. 1t has been in use at the
La Belle for two months. Tho commits
sion decided OH its adoption at cost OF
$50.
The question of requiring bond
from the Wheeling Mining & Manuiac-
turing Company was then taken up.
Mr.. Brooks thought it was scarcely fair
to require 4 bond from his company,
now that the work WAS hall done, in adj
diti0n to holding back % per cent OF the
estimate. He expressed himself will
ing, however, to furnish the bond, il
the commission required it. lie also
asked for 4 payment oil $500, being less
than % per cent OF the value OF the
work already constructed. The money
was granted, as was also 81 900 on ac-
count to Mr.. Scelcy
During the discussion on the progress
OF the work, Mr.. Secley said that he had
noticed, in inspecting the power house,
that no provision had been made for
shnttlng and dynamo foundations. 0Ir.
Pollock asked how that could happen
when the city was paying an expert to
prevent such mistakes. Mr.. Seeley
answered that he had nothing to do
with the making OF the contract Tor the
construction OF the electric light power
house, and that he only called the COM
missions attention to the detect.
Mr.. Brooks strcnuously insisted that
neither the plans nor the specifications
contained aught in reference to the
shafting and dynamo foundations, and
intmated that he did not intend to
construct them without additional re-
muncration. The specifications were
gone over, but there seemed to be
nothing in specifications to disprove
Mr.. Brooks's assertion. Should the
city be obliged to pay for the additional
work the extra cost will be about $500.