The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-30
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o,tso Electric Light Plant Install
lation for the City.
reg COMMISSION TO TAKE A TOUR.
proposcd sltO for the Plant Near
'so civ Gas Works Inspccted---SIr
s. s..lcy,s Judgment to be Askcd---AIl
,bc systems TO be Inspected.

Tho Electric Light Commission helda
,ea,ing last night to consider some
.,.,,ars in connection with the estab-
r.bment OF a plant. Chairman Farrell
..nod the commission to order a few
..;nntes before 8 o'clock with all the
,,,nbers present but Mr.. Kcnney. Mr..
T,r,ell opened the proceedings by stat
;.r tlot the first thing to be done is to
, g.. q sight for tho power house and
.scmploy IN architect to make the
,l,rs for the building. lie asked ii
snrope had any place to offer as a site,
snJ Nj. Danlevey said that he and sew
cr,l others had looked over the ground
orpcl by the city and that they had
iapnd 4 place on the gas works property
IN the south side OF Eighteenth street
~bich seemed TO suit the purposes very
rGI This space he said would be suf-
sriant for plant double the size OF the
'ne urnposed and would in no way in
,ari.rc With the gas works or the opera
sna n ony part OF it. The city engi-
, rgg bad been asked to take the level OF
Is niece oi ground and he had found it
,nbr two and one.half feet higher than
he flood OF ST at the lowest point. Mr..
F,rreII asked US to the condition Of the
t1f,L and Mr.. Franzhcim replied that
i was yellow clay and all natural earth.
Mr. Farrell-"Will you put the dyna.
mos and engines down on the ground
y" NJ. Franzheim-"We won't put them
On the ground at all; they'll be on the
foundations"
Mr. Farrcll-"We've had some eSpe-
renee with vibrating engines and foun-
Lc,ions in this town"
Nh. Dunlevey-"We won't put up
vibrating machinery. There'l be no
Westinghouse churns in this"
After some further inconsequcntial
talk, DR.. Campbell moved that the COM
Hittce adjourn to the proposed site, it
Ic;ng moi vet dark, and view the prem.
j.,, so that better understanding OF
locations might be had. The motion
yss adopted and the members walked
over to he Gus works yard. a tape line
va. procured and measurements taken
showing that the city owns a piece OF
ground 225 feet in length, seventy-eight
icet wide part OF the way and sixty feet
viI. Tho remainder This piece of
ground Is not in use at all, and with
eltit there is room for four or five new
sa.ometers as large as any now in use
IN the city. 1t will be possible to put
rp the engine aud dynamo room with
out any part OF it being nearer than
twenty-five feet to the gasometers and
,he boiler house can be built SO US to
have space OF twenty-four feet be-
tween the front doors OF the furnaces
and the nearest gasometer. There will
also he room, after all the room needed
ior tie present plant is taken, to put
iHthe machinery necessary to furnish
la0 lights, or three times the number
Low proposed. While the committee
asiR the neighborhood it was decided
totake 4 look at the gas works and a
s,ort trip through the plant was made.
While there the possibilities of getting
ooa into the gas works and the cleo
tical plant we're discussed and plan
formulated whereby the fuel can be de-
irercd on the cars in the coal sheds.
Upon Resembling at the office OF the
gls trustees, DR., Campbell moved that
The piece OF ground just viewed be
accepted as the site OF the electrical
power house. Mr.. Farrell asked if
there was to be no other site taken into
consideration. Mr.. Robinson said that
he did not know OF any other property
owned by the city that was available
and the other members had nothing to
oter Mr.. Kenney, who had come in
alter the inspection was made said he
hoped tue commissioners would not be
100 hasty in selecting a site and would
Gesnre to get one that would admit OF
IIhe works being enlarged indefinitely.
lie thought there would be demand
ior at least three times the number Of
lights proposed within very few years,
iaS idea bcipg that the streets of Wheel
ing would need more light and that the
tSNR oil Fulton and people out along
The National road would soon be want
ing them. Mr.. Robinson made state
iaeni Illustrating it by the map, show
works.
Alter some further discussion, DIR.
Samg0ell's motion was put and it pre-
d. Campbell then moved that Mr..
SGhn \. Seelcy, the electrical engineer
Nho made the plans, be telegraphed to
tome on at once ind indicate to the
wihlhiSslon his views OF the location
selected. That motion also prevailed
aiil II was decided that the chairman
all meeting Of the commission as
ion as Mr.. Seeley should arrive, and
slat M Seclcy should give instruc-
, SOas TO a local architect. concerning
%e s'y!e oi building he will want, so
=" pans and specifications could be
repaired at once and the work begun.
AZ thls point there was a long in
s eI. lalE rs to the best system to
%Iop, and all the members asserted
va, ui4' shey were in the dark as to the
is3. merits OF any system. Mr.. Franz
; Ggln' stated that he had an invitation
=, ,0'i 'he TT Wayne Electrical Company
, w 'ne commission, to make a trip
e ~ the cities lighted BY the differ
yn' systems, that they might select the
s Sy,. one Tor themselves. The repre-
S S,,' OF the Fl. Wayne and Brush
9Mpanies were present and very short.
Y arranged between themselves Tint
DIV commission should be taken to
ctHG!sOnrgh, Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit
TI ,i; and st. Louis, and possibly
ttiI;s.'a.aapolis and Canton, Ohio. On
Ss S WnlPal! the different systems that
sSi s aus IN for tho work could be seen,
s I'll, NE y. Wayne and Brush men
ss'eed that in each city'the comm i o,,
, ,aol'l be given over to the representa-.
w. w. OF any other companies tint MIGHT