Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-13
NET SAND PROJECT.
70 FILL UP TIE ISLAND Low LANDS WITH
THE REFUSE.
vsstpg to Have Been HID Last Night but De-
isrred Through Sickness Of One Of tie
Mem6ers-What the New
Company Proposes.

last evening there was to have been
meeting Of those interested in a
scheme to ged rid of the refuse in the
~.,sr over the sand bars and to fill up
cha low land into new lots on the Island,
tr- the meeting was deferred through
,be sickness Of the secretary, +. P. Nc
[su tul tomorrow evening, when the
-restfug will be held at Mr.. McNell's
Far some time the West Virginia
c,rd Company, OF which John Shriver
g.. tba head aud front, has been handi-
,anDed i'm its operations through the
rsrge amount of refuse that forms in
lgr-e niles about the beat. The sand
b1at of late has been located on
he bar Just opposite the Water
Works station. A certain amount
NJ gravel, known as refuse
las 90 be passed through before reach
Ir, the sand, and the refuse is from 81
~ feet deep, and as fast as 10 is re-
moved 10 caves IN and forms in large
niles about the boat, greatly interfering
w.,b the operations. The boat Oper-
s-as an endless chain, with "a steel
mouth buckets. Considerable OF this
Gravel is gathered up and used for
street purposes, roofing and other ways.
Mr. SLriyer said ne dug and delivered
f a.1 bushels of gravel q day for Bel
l4fre for street purposes. He says he
will guarantee, with his facilities, 20 dig
and deliver 10000 bushels a day. And
vet Notwithstanding all the gravel that
is taken out Tor different purposes, not
ore-huudrcdth part gets out into the
market.
Tbe purpose OF the meeting to-mor-
VOW night will be 20 discuss the matter
OF extending the province Of the old
company by the issue Of sufficient new
stock 90 carry on the work OF removing
tfe refuse aud filing To the lOw-lands
ON the Island, making new lots, 10 sell
ara ready figure. Mr.. Shriver says he
has $50, 900 invested In the present sand
ouerauOns, and it is proposed TO get
ssfcfent number OF gentlemen inter-
e.ted 20 extend the stock $4,000 more.
The idea is TO place a cable down with
an automatic carrier, dumping the
refuse into boxes, which will be setting
on large float.
Mr.. Snriver estimates that to fill 30
bv l20 foot lot, - feet deep, will re-
cglre 600 cubic yards, and this at the
rate of thirty cents cubic yard,
making the entire cost OF filing the lot
e18rr $50. Mr.. Shriver claims that
there is not q teamster in town but that
would be glad TO haul that stuff for
thirty cents q cubic yard. A 3O-foOt
Iag when filled, ought 10 bring about
g. -0O All the land along the Island,
from the bridge up, could thus be
filed, aud some very desirable places to
live would then be afforded.
This scheme is not particularly new
as three or four years ago plan pre-
vailed for the filling up of the low
lands along the Island. IL was advanced
by Engineer Durham OF Cleveland OF
tie Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Co.
The idea then was 20 run an endless
cable from Wheeling hill 70 the low
lands along the Island, removing the
hill az the same time the lots were be-
ing filed. A meeting Of the citizens
aud members of Council was held at
that time. bat owing 10 the holding of
OF certain property owners on the Is
land, the plan never came 70 head.
The demand for sand is large here
nearly all the year, and with only the
one boat OF 62-ton capacity, Mr..
Shriyer has not always been able TO
keep up with the demand. They have
been hauling out on an average OF
1000 bushels O day, although record
OF 5000 bushels OF sand In eighteen
hours was made i'm the early spring.
It So happens that when the water is
40 the right stage for getting sand, the
facilities for obtaining the same are not
equal to- the demand. A new boat will
therefore be placed lin the service
shortly. as soon as Mr.. Shriyer can
make the proper arrangements. The
new company 10 be formed will prOba-
t.v be- known as the West Virginia
Sand aud Contract Company.