The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-05

Joint meeting of the Council com
..i,,cc on water works and the board
ai,ya,er works trustees was held in the
o,fce Of the board last night for the
vn,no.e oil discussing mqtters OF inn
,,or,,rce in connection with the city's
water supply, and to make recommen-
J.,ions to Council as to the best means
oiottaining the degree of perfection de-
.jred in the water works.
,Ie..rs. Pollock, Jones and Hall, OF
Nh. hoard OF trustees, were present, and
We..r.. Farrell, uorstman and weitzell,
si,I. committee. Six OF them consti-
tn,cl = quorum OF the Joint committee
oiGeyen. and on motion Of Mr., Farrell
n, Pollock was made chairman and
Clart George Baird secretary. The
S"orI presented the following commu-
nicsti5n, which was read by MIR. Far
rel:
r,r, gyroraCk NGgpr and Council Of the Ciiy n
U1@mg;
GENTLEMEN: After several weeks Of
rrsrgrclI and inquiry, your Water Board
La. come TO the following conclusions
rrgorling tho water supply OF our city:
NJ have, as you well know, reser-
vor with capacity Of about four mil.
Ian Gallons on the hill top, that is Of
-, y,Iue unless new and stronger
machinery is provided at once for
'nmnipg water into it. This Board
recognizes the fact that a better and
more wholesome supply OF water would
he al great benefit 10 the citizens Of
Wheeling and that there are several
method. Of procuringthesame tits also
an established fact that the Board in
h present financial shape is only able
10 COPE with the first mentioned condi-
II has been suggested through our
press by gentlemen OF undoubted ability
HINT tue water works should be moved
above the city so us to avoid the sewer
ogc Of the First ward, that we could get
our water supply from driven wells on
The island shore; also that We could 90
M the creek to a point above any posi-
BE contamination, pipe the water to
The foot OF the hill opposite our pump
iny station and directly under our new
reservoir and erect pumping station
at that point, and in this way get a
pure supply OF water. Without ques-
iionng any one or all OF these schemes,
We have only this to say, that you, as a
body, must provide funds for carrying
ont any OF said schemes.
AZ, no doubt you know, our revenues
amount to not over $4,000 per year, our
running expenses to some $4,000, al
lowing us only about $4,000 for extern
siOns, repairs and improvements, and
ont Of this We have been assuming $l5,-
50 OF interest on city bonds.
Any one OF the suggestions spoken Of
above for the improvement OF the pres
ent water supply will cost from 100000
10 100000. You can readily see that
We, therefore, as a Board are in no con-
di;ion 10 enter into any such expendi-
taFe We state as a positive fact that
in any event new machinery must be
had, and that ii We have your permits
sion We will provide the same for our
city and in no way involve Council or
the Board. The only condition asked
is that Tor the next six years we be re-
Reved from paying any interest on city
bonds. And il you will take into con-
sideration the fact that the Water De-
partment has derived no benefit from
these bonds, you will readily see the
Justice OF our request.
We propose to set aside ont OF the
revenues Of the Board so much per year
Sr the machinery We require until it is
paid for. We find that there will be no
trouble in having the best OF firms put
what machinery we want in place at
once, allowing US the use of same until
tits paid for, requiring no interest
bearing paper and in no way involving
the city.
This is the only way we can see out
oithc present strained position. What
ever machinery We may purchase will
beot such character that it can be
moved to any point or position which
may be decided upon in the future.
Machinery We are obliged to have;
good water We should have. The for
Mer We can provide, the latter is in
your hands. Respectfully,
The CRY WATER BOARD.
By NJ. PoLLocK,
II. F. JONES,
JoIrN II. HALL.
Mr.. Farrell then said, 1.-THE first thing
l"ant to know is, whether this new
reservoir will hold water" The mem
GcFs OF the Board replied in turn that
'Ae reservoir had been tested in the
most thorough manner and had been
!oand thoroughly tight and ready to
receive water II the machinery were OF
sufficient power to throw the water
into it.
TWAS suggested that the recommen.
cations OF the board he taken up one at
time and disposed of. The first cues.
Ion was the cost OF moving the power
rouse TO q point further up the river,
resident Pollock stated that Mr.. Dun.
nam had made an estimate of the cost
@l thought it would be at least 500, 900
lot taking the pumping machinery into
Consideration. The pumps now in use
Vcai4 be OF no value and new ones
AolLd have to be bought. These pumps
" barely able to keep supply in the
VA reservoir. Yesterday the Worthing.
,oa pump was of from I u. m. till Ii Il,
u, and the water in the basin fell -four
~ Iyei' with all the other pumps in use.
ine statement was made that the con.
sumption OF water was increasing SO
sp!G!v that the present facilities
y would not supply it more than another
NO one Of the committee nor the
S.ala deemed the creek water scheme
t.Aetlcaole and 1t was not discussed al
C iSasih, Mr. George Hornung, the
SaS expert and engineer, had
;S,4ae an estimate of the cost of adopt.
lAe the plnn and tbovc,l,t "a ..s..S.it