The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-05
AS TO NATURAL Gas.
Tho Sub-Commlttoo will go to
Pittsburgh this Morning.
SOME INTERESTING DISCUSSION
OF tho Situation by the Committee
last Evcning..-Thc Genesis OF tho
Present Contract with tho City.
What II Is Desired to Learn aud tho
City'8 Position.

the City Council gave tho investigation
Of the situation with regard TO tho sup
ply Of natural gas was called for last
evening ut the office OF tho water board.
Chairman Farrell and DR.. C0ddlc, Mr..
Hall and Mr. Jefferson, OF tho sub-com.
mitteC, were on hand, and Solicitor
Riley and Mr.. !. Il. Noise, who had
been summoned rs an expert account
ant, were also present.
Mr., Farrell called the meeting to
order, and asked what was the uso Of
going to Pittsburgh. DR.. Caddlc
thought it WAS only IN act Of courtesy
TO accept tho invitation the company
had rendered MIR. Hall took the same
Wow, especially ~ the committee had
already accepted the company's invita-
ton. lie said lIo understood that the
company invited the commttC to
bring al expert TO 80 over its books,
and was willing topNy his eXpcnscsund
salary to tie extent OF 500 Mr.. Hall
did not know how exhaustive or salts
factory an examination m expert could
make fer so, but he thought i Compro-
mise might possibly be agreed upon ii
Il conference WIS held.
MI. Farrell suggested that the COM
pauy had ALREADY presented its ultima
tum, and the report OF the expert would
not affect the ultimUtum
Solicitor Riley INDUCED in some very
sensible and busipCssliGG remarks. lie
did not think tho city was concerned
with tho question us to whether the
gas company had made money OFF the
Wheeling gas consumers or not. The
city had not given guarantee that it
should make money. 1t had entered
into n contract, and the question was
whether tho company could fulfill that
contract. Ii it could not, that would
settle it. 1t would be wise to inquire
whether it could US things now stood,
md ii it had not sufficient gas, what
Efforts it had made 10 secure enough.
What revenue had the company here?
Ii the company could not furnish gas as
1t had contracted to, ii might be wise
for tho city to agree not to enforce tho
contract for Il part OF tho year, bu: the
solicitor wanted 1t distinctly under
stood that the contract would not be
nhrogatcd by tho action oil the city OK
ccpt against his protest He thought
that ii the city would annul tho con-
tract the company would soon be charg-
ing twenty-five cents or any price it
chose per thousand feet OF gas. Ii
the contract WAS abrogated the COM
pany would have no restrictions what
ever rs to price or anything else.
In response to the suggestion that the
city suspend the operation OF tho con
tract for part OF the year, member
thought that would as entirely abrogatc
the contract rs TO gi2e up all claim
under it, but Mr. Riley said he would
guarantee that the action he suggested
could be legally taken without mpairing
the contract
DR.. Cuddlo asked what recourse the
city would have il the company refused
to make any compromise. Tho doctor
thought the company's ultimQtun
was intended to ultimat. Mr.. Riley
said IL would be time to discuss the
question OF recourse when it arose. DR..
Caddl9 thought that very question faced
the committee ut this time, but Mr..
Riley did not agree with him.
Mr. Farrell! asked: 'Do you gentle
men know how the Natural Gas Com
pany OF West Virginia came to agree to
furnish tho city with free GASP"
The gentlemen admitted that they
did not.
"po you want to know asked Mr..
Farrell.
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