The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-02


The board Of waterworks met yester-
day afternoon to consider the location
OF the proposed new waterworks. 1t
will be remembered that there has
been some talk of moving the intake Of
the waterworks farther up the river
outside the city limits, as there Is a
general belief that4the wGser up there
is much purer.
The location was, however. not dc.
cided upon yestsEdaY as the board
could not agree. One Of the members
was in favor Of putting the new ma
chinery at the present intake, at the
foot of Eighth street, while two others.
were in favor of drawing the city's
water supply from farther Up the river.
The last two finally agreed that, upon.
an analysis being taken, they would
agree to retain the location of the pres
emit pumping station, II the water taken
from above the city limits is not purcr
than a sample drawn from the existing
source OF supply, Iii is not they will
agree to put the new machinery at the
foot OF Eighth street.
II will take about 5000 feet Of pipe to.
run from the new basin to the aug-
gested station above the Top mill. The
board has decided not to go ahead with
the new station, wherever it be lo-
Gated, until accurate surveys and
measurements have shown what the
exact cost Willie Council has granted
$4,000, but tbs board will not pro-
coed on that basis. The cost may be
more, or 1t may be less.
AN INCREASE IN THE crTY's REVENUES.
ave could increase the revenues Of
the water works materially" said a
member of the board to an ISrELr-
eEScER reporter, "if. we had our new
basin running. The people Of Fulton
want our water. We turned it loose
the othe. day in the four-inch main
running to Schenk's butcher shop, and
the people down there delighted.
Upper Benwood is building up fast,
and everybody there would rent water
from the city, if We had it TO spare"
1t seems that some trouble is antici-
pated regarding the right Of way for
the Waterman, il the city should de-
eide to move the intake up the river.
The pipe will have to cross the Pewiky
tracks, and as the city has refused to
give that railroad company a free grant
to a large portion OF the wharf for depot
purposes, it is feared that the company
may become obstreperous, and refuse
the right OF way. As the city
has no power to condemn prop
erty, outside OF the city limits, and
as 1t would require an enabling act OF
the legislature TO allow it to do so, the
action thus suggested would seriously
Inconvenience the new intake proposal.
"0h," said q member OF the City
Council, when this was mentioned to
him, 81 don't think the Pewiky COM
pany will interfere with us. 1t is true,
we didn't donate them a slice of the
wharf, but we have given them prlvi-
leges more than sufficient for the right
to lay a water main under few feet OF
track. But If the company should be
disposed TO besmall and mean about it,
we will have no difficulty in getting the
legislature to FIX it for us. The COM
pany will want more privileges, and
consequently will not care to incur the
enmity OF the city. The idea of a rail
road company being permitted to stand
in the way Of an admitted necessary
public improvement, that does not in
terfere with the company, is too abb
surd to tax about"