The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-17

Tho announcement by the Natural
r. Company Of vest Virginia OF its
;n,or.jgn to slu, oil the supply of nat
, ., ,,os from the boilers at the water
, n',. and the city crematory, has
,.r.c, 4 Great deal of talk, and Coun-
,a,,,n Dennis OLeary introduced a
,s,o,u,ion the other night in Council
,sirrring the question to joint COM
,ei,,co consisting OF the Board OF Water
Works Trustees and the Council COM
mite, on health and on water works
Tho ioip. committee met last night
;,a ,I'r Office of the Water Board,
~ u Pollock and Hall, OF the Board,
aaj Wr.srs, Farrell, Craig. Hadlich,
PoiIork and Dir. Campbell, OF the Conn
oil committees, being present, III aduI,
,i5r n CITY solicitor I. ;. Riley and
Wo"I,b officer Spragg. Mr.. Mortimer
Hn,iork, Of the Water Board, was elected
chairman.
,,. imv III Wo.Irr Of its intention to shut
oTthc gus. DR.. Campbell said that AIR.
Cr5rue Heard, secretary Of the com
NS r had told him, verbally, that his
r"In,ny would be unable 10 furnish
natural gus any longer TO the crematory
In, the water works, owing TO the
sunny from the wells having fallen oil
IN t.gch an extent that the entire output
wouI have to be used solely for the
lrpp6, OF private consumers. At the
Tapc.t OF Dir. Campbell Mr.. Heard had
ant.rd 10 send Il written notice to that
cifrrt but no such notice has been re-
ceiyei by eitherot thccity departments.
There being NO written notice, the
committee had really nothing tangible
mon which TO base action, but II was
Considered advisable to inform the gas
company Of the opinion held by the
members, II was stated that the Cen
trll rlass works and other manufactures
we're getting gas, and plenty OF it, TO run
their plants. The Central, it is under
stood Gets its gas from the high pres
sure main, the privilege OF doing which
the gas company formerly refused to
the crrmatory.
During the discussion it developed
that the water works are paying 500
per month for coal, the supply Of gas
being insufficient TO run the machinery.
A suspicion was limited ut that the gas
company has way Of shutting oil gas
from tie water works at will. Some
times the pressure is as low as one
ounce, ranging from that 70 oneand one
half and two ounces.
The crematory is not OF much avail
during the day time, and most OF the
garbage and night soil has to be con-
samcd during the night.
The ordinance granting the company
the privilege OF laying its pipes through
the streets OF the city was read. Ac-
corling to the ordinance the company
mus; furnish all the buildings and
works belonging to the city with natural
Gus free OF charge. The ordinance pre-
scriOes no available penalty in case the
company refuses or is unable to comply
with the requirements, but it is sup
posed the city will he able TO compel
Tie company to live up to its agree
men, or forfeit its franchise.
twas finally decided to report reso.
luton to Council. several members
TIED their hand at manufacturing reso.
lations, Mr. Farrell, in particular, want
ing very strong "Whereas" to the
resolution, this whereas" to embody
the ills the crcmatory and water works
are suffering by reason OF not getting
sufficient supply OF natural gas. Mr..
Reilly claimed that in the new style OF
resolution architecture, "whereases"
We're not known, being out OF date and
d Chestnutty flavor. Acting on this
theory Mr.. Reilly at last constructed
the following resolutions, which were
acccpted unanimously:
Resirdi, That the Natural Gas Com
yany Of West Virginia be required to
furnish the city with natural gas, as re-
quired by the ordinance granting the
company the privilege to lay its pipes
IN the streets OF the city, us long as it
furnishes gus 10 consumers.
Rc0i'ol, FURTHER. That said company
ss Eeaairei 10 iurnish a greater supply
OF gas to the water works and crcma-
tory.