The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24

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Forseveral days past the city has bee
full Of people who represent electrica
companies and the manufacturers Q
machinery for electdcal plants. Th
number was augmented largely by tn
presence Of number OF boiler an,
engine builders and manufacturers o
wire and lamps.
The vicinity Of the City Gas Office
where the Electrical Commission make
its headquarters, has been throuseG
with these people, busy, part OF Ii,
time, examining the specifications ant
plans and making Measurements and
calculations oil the amounts Of rnateria
needed in the building OF such plan
J as the city wants. A large part OF the
time has been put in, however, in tryinl
TO get o pull on something thai
would assist in holding the good
will Of the members OF the
Commission In case there was a close
contest in the prices presented, The re.
porters and hRngers.on about the Pub.
ltc Building have been smoking two for
q quarter cigars for week, and some ol
the boys have cotton some things more
In keeping with their desires than even
that. II must be said for the members oi
the Commission that they have all been
smoking plain Wheeling stopies iust
as they did before.
These fellows who represent the con.
Germs that want 10 build a plant for the
city are for the most part a Jolly lot.
They are, though, as eager q lot Of
seekers alter business as Il would be
easy To ind. They resort 10 all kinds Of
subtettuges to create @ favorable impres.
sion OF their own systems and an un.
favorable opinion OF the plants Of the
others. One OF them last night tele.
graphed 70 station that he knew had
burned ont an aramture the dav before
and asked the manager 10 send a reply
at his expense, stating The nature ofihe
damage done, The reply wac received
and 1t was not exactly complimentary to
the company that put in the plant. The
telegram was shown to every one whom
it could in any way influence.
The life Of armatufes in the yarious
systems has been asouECe Of much arpn.
ment among the drummers. Some OF
them have sworn statements that their
machines never burned out an armsture
in all the time they have been on the
mar ket. Others have almost as good
stories TO tell, but there are only a isw
that are sworn to. One Of the Representa-.
tiyes was telling q member OF the Com.
mission last evening how easy it was to
remove the armatures from his machines
when the Commissioner called him
down and almost broke his heart Inv
saying that the Commission had decided
to buy a system that never had 10 have
the armatures changed, and therefore
his arguments could avail him nothinc
before the Commission.
There has been no end oi iokea nlavsa
among the fellows since they struck the
town, and though some OF them have
peen lttie rough, the victims have all
stood the laugh good naturedly.
The time for receiving bids passed
yesterday at noon, and there were al
that time twenty-five proposals In the
hands OF Secretary Franzheim. The
Commission was called to meet last
night at T:30, and at that time the bid.
ders were nearly all at the Public Build.
ing TO see what the result yonld he
The Commission called in the bidders
one at a'time, to tell why their systems
were the best.
The gentlemen all agreed in stating
that there was quite a discrepancy be-.
tween tho number OF miles OF wire men.
TONED in the specifications, and the
number Of miles laid down on the map.
By following the lines on the mar. no
more than iorty.fve miles OF wire can
be used, while the specifications speak
Of $40 miles.
There can, however, be no possible
reason for a Misrepresentation on the
part OF any Of the biddeIa in regard 10
the amount OF wire To be used. The
page Of the specifications, on which the
item SlQ miles Of wire Is used, il q iis.
OF approximate amounts and distances,
and any person bidding on the amount
OF wire found 10 be necessary, by follow.
ing the various lines laid down on the
map, would bo perfectly safe, the map
being a part OF the specifications,
Alter the representatives had sung
their little songs to the Commission, that
body decided to go into executive
session, and the reporters and Others
who had no business, according TO the
Commissions views, In the room, were
requested TO move out into the cold and
dTeary hallway, no consideration being
had for the possibilities oi these people
taking pneumonia.
Although there was no possible show
Of the bidders finding ont last night who
would get the contract, they fingered
near as II there was some great attrac.
ton behind the closed doors OF the Office
Of the Gas Trustees, and at midnight
when the Commission adjourned they
were most, OF them still there.
The Commission worked till midnight
and In that time barely got all the bids
read and the totals computed, This
leaves almost as much mora to be done
before any definite information can be
had as TO the cost Of the plant. The
Commission will meet again tonight at
the same hour to continue the work OF
calculating the proposals in detail, and
1t Ia possible that even at that meeting
there will be left some more work to do.
After the meeting adjourned the
members were very reticent about the
bids that were received, but enough was
said TO show that the electrical plant
will cost more money than was at frat
contemplated. Thia ia largely due
TO the plans being prepared
for q plant that duplicates all the
necessary parts 80 that there can be no
hindrance TO the light circuit FROM any
minor accident. TIE figures that Wee
named by some Of those who Wa.s asked
10 furnish az approximate estimate when
the plant was first talked Of are very
much lower than the amount that
will be required 10 induce the same
people to build a plant.
Miss Groeley'S Marriage.
PLEAsASTyLLE, N. Y, April 2S.-Miss