The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-22
THE CITY POWER HOUSE
Approaching Completion - Tho
Contractors on the Rack.
TELEPHONE WIRES N07IN THE Way
OF the Contractors 80 Tho Electric
Light Commission and Other Coun-
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The delays incident 10 all city works,
and from which tho electric power
house now being built ior the city has
suffered its share, are about over, ii the
testimony OF the different contractors is
worth anything, Mr.. Brooks, OF the
Wheeling Mining and Manufacturing
company, Mr.. McClintock, OF tho Oil
City boiler works, and Mr.. johnson, OF
the Vandorcn Structural Iron company,
MI attended the meeting OF the electric
light commission last night. There was
m attempt made to ascertain whose
fault it was that the smoke connections
OF the protruded seventeen inches
beyond the space allowed them by Ex-
pert John A. Secly Mr.. Seely was not
present. Mr.. McClntock said it was
not his company's fault that the connec-
tons extended beyond the stack founda-
tons. and as it would be cheaper to
build the extra seventeen inches to the
foundations than to make the necessary
changes in the iron work, Mr.. Brooks
WAS instructed to 20 ahead and build
the addition to the foundations.
A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
The Vndorcn company was allowed
$1,000 for work done on the roof, but
Mr.. Johnson, the company's represent
ativc, was in sweat before he sue.
cecded in answering all questions put
to him by members OF the commission
Mr.. Johnson had called Architect
Franzhcim's attention to the fact that
the blueprint drawings, according to
which he had calculated the necessary
amount and requisite varieties OF struc-
tural iron, failed to provide for "purlin"
to 60 on one side OF the roof. Mr.
Franzhcim showed that the spccifca-
tons made that provision, even If the
drawings omitted it, and that as the
drawings and specifications were to be
taken asa whole, where the omission OF
an item in one was neutraliZed bylits
insertion in another, therefore the Van
doren company was responsible for the
pUrlins and had to furnish them. MIR.
Johnson was not nmennble to the archi-
tect's logic, and the matter was finally
laid to rest by the architect being in
sructed to write to the Vandorcn COM
pany and ito tell them TO send on the
purlins.
Mr.. Blceo, the representative OF the
Fort Wayne Electrical company. was
called on for q report, He reported that
in general everything was lovely, but
that the telephone. company was dis
posed to claim that his wires ought not
to be placed too close to theirs. Tho
commission was unable to'see that the
city was under any
OBLIGATIONS TO THE TELEPHONE COMPANY,
and Mr.. Bleuo was instructed to 60
ahead with lis wire stretching on the
lines laid down by Nj. seely. 1t is not
supposed by tho commission that the
telephone wires will remain in close
proximitytothe city's arc wires after
the electric current has once been
turned on.
Mr.. Bleeo informed the commission
that the telegraph and telephone COM
panies had lot OF dead wires and poles
III the city, which were only cucumber
ing space in the atmosphere. On mo-
tlon of Mr.. Capps twas decided to ask,
Council to order tho Board OF Public
Works
TO REMOVE ALL DEAD WIRES AND POLES
NOT IN USE.
Tho attention Of the commission was
called to tho fact that Council had re-
:crrcd to it further action OH the at
tempt to ascertain what the incandes-
cent lighting plant OF the Wheeling
Electrical company; was worth. On
motion OF Mr.. Dunlcvy a subcommittee
was appointed to look into the matter.
The subcommittee, comprising Messrs.
Dunlevy, Capps and Pollock, is,author-
l2ed to employ an expert, who is to
take an inventory and set prices on all
machinery and other material belong
Ing to the company, which is used in
tho manufacture, distribution. and CON
troll OF incandescent electric lighting.
The expert will report 10 the sub-com-
mittee, the subcommittee Will inform
the commission, the commission will
curry the nows to Council, and Council
will say what is further to be done.
Al the electric light plant these days
things arc being pushed with all posi-
Bile speed. The roof OF the main build,
Ing, is rapidly taking shape, and the
gIrders Tor the floor are about half laid.
All tho six big boilers are in theirplaces
on tho foundations, and tho work on
the line is in an advanced stage. 1t is
surprising how many brick have been,
packed away in the basement OF tho
building, in the various foundations,
ana. they are not all done yet. The
placing OF the engines will be a big piece
Of work, and those who watch tho pro.
gress OF the contract: find it hard to be-.
licyo that the light will be shining BY
the first OF March. III Il. q, j5s,l d.
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