Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-22
HOME AGAIN.
~. usOrRIO LIGHT COMMISSIONS TOUR At
AN END.
.b0ut your Thousand Niles Covered, in ll'V'n
States, in Fifteen Days-1hs Members rir'o'
A Meeting Probable Friday.

much fatigued by their LUX OiiP
with their minds and NOTEBOOKS luii
~ valuable information respecting arc
lighting. Those who arrived on tnls
train were Peter Farrell, John Farrell
Albert Capps, DR.. ]. A. Campbell VIM
Schafer and C. w. Kreiter. The rest
Of the members took a different route
and will arrive later. The police per-
petrated a little pleasantly in having
the patrol wagon on hand to convey the
members home, but they preferred other
methods of conveyance, most OF enc
gentlemen taking cabs. Quite crowd
of friends were at the depot 10
receive the party. The Commission
during the fifteen days they were ao-
sent from the city, travelled about four
thousand miles, passed through eleven
States, crossing the full length OF sew
eral of them twice, the list embracing
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
Illinois, Missouri, New York, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, MASSACHUSETTS, ana
New Jersey, in addition to which there
was run of $50 miles through the Pro-
vince of Ontario, Canada. The cities
visited for the purpose of inspecting
plants and factories were Pittsourg,
Allegheny, Cleveland, Buffalo, Toledo,
Fort Wayne, Chicago, st. Louis, De-
troit, Albany, Boston, Providence, Fail
River, Lynn, and other minor points,
and about twenty-five separate estao-
lishments were examined, covering all
the leadins systems OF lighting.
At each Of these cities, and at all the
light stations, the engines, shafting, ar
rangement of machinery, location, num-
Der and size Of boilers, arrangement OF
dynamos, switch boards, etc. were all
fully endured into, and on the streets
the pole-line construction was always
carefully noted by day, and the lamps
inspected by night. At the factories
the details of the manufacture of dy-
namoS, lamps, etc. were fully enqulred
into, and the advantages and disad-
vantages of the various systems care
| fully compared and criticised. All these,
and many other details impossible of
enumeration here, occupied the time OF
the members very fully, and it is
matter for congratulation that upon no
occasion, in rain or heat, did a single
member of the Commission fail to keep
an engagement or show any desire to
shirk the labor inseperable from a
faithful and conscientious discharge OF
the duties incumbent upon him.
The trip has by no means been the
pleasure junket some may be inclined
to call it. There have been times OF
recreation, it is true, else the journey
would have been hard one indeed,
but by far the largest portion OF the
time has been spent in faithful and
conscientious discharge Of a not par
ticularly pleasant duty.
1t would, of course, be premature tc
indicate at this time the probable action
of the Commission. But 1t Is not going
too far to say that most Of the members
know about where they stand, and while
careful consideration of the bids, in
| the light OF the information gained
may make some changes in resolutions
existing at the moment, 1t is probable
that the members of the Commission
will be able to come to an early decision,
and that their recommendation will be
laid before Council at an early date.
The Commission are anxious to make
all due haste in the matter, to the end
that the building and outdoor work
generally may be fully COM
pleted before the advent of bad weather
The members will, in all probability
be called to meet Friday evening, at the
office of the Gas Trustees.
Among things definitely settled, is the
question of the style OF engine. High
speed engines will not be considered
and low speed engine, Of the CorliSs
type, will, beyond doubt, be the thing.
They are beyond question the most
economical and satisfactory, and with
the cheap fuel Wheeling has access TO-
the cost Of motive power will
be away down. The engine or
engines will be located In the
centre of the line Of shafting, and the
clutch-pully system of connecting the
dynamos will be adopted as the best.
All doubts, If any existed, as to there
being enough ground at the gas works
site, have been resolved in the aflirma-
! tive, and Engineer Seeley already has
his draughtsmen atwork. His amended
plans will soon be in the hands OF the
Commission, and as soon as the size oil
the engines has been fixed by the Com.
mission, the interior Of the building will
be mapped out, and be in readiness to
go to the architect to be selected.
Members OF the Commission show q
disposition to make some very consid-
cradle changes in the number of lights,
it being evident, from what they have
seen, that in nearly all the cities the
! lights, being purchased from CONNER
cial companies, often at exorbitant
prices, ranging as high as $50 per light
per year, are too far apart on the
streets to secure the best results. In
an attempt to compensate for this,
lights are swung too high above the
streets. 1t is the ambition to make
Wheeling the best illuminated city in
| the country, and all efforts will be d.
rected to that end.
1t is a matter for regret that every
member Of the commission could not
have taken the trip, but with nine oil
the twelve members present, reinforced
by the information previously obtained
by the absentees, it is reasonable to ex
pect a satisfactory and advantageous
contract.
Mr.. Dunn, Of the Thompson-Houstop
Company, returned with the Commits
sion, and other electrical men will be In
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