The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-19
NO RECOMMENDATION
From tho Natural Gas Sub-com-
mitteo-The Company
WON'T ACCEPT THE PROPOSITION
NIntlc by tho Citv's Representatives.
sir. Heard Makes n Speech and asks
for Everything In Sight, While the
city Wants Little Herself

The natural gas subcommittee met
again last night in the room OF tho
water board. Chairman Farrell and
Messrs. Hall, Caddlc and Campbell were
prcsen. on behalf OF tho committee,
md Nessrs. Heard, Ilcarne and Hare,
the last the local secretary Of the com.
pany, were there representing tho nat
ural gas company. Chairman Farrell
read from Yesterdays lSrELLloEScER
the proposition made to tho company
by tho subcommittee. Tho chairman
then stated that he had called tho SUBJ
committee at tho reQucsto OF Mr.. Heard,
who wished to confer with tho SUBJ
committee again. Mr.. Heard arose and
said: II
Nh. CHAIEMAN:-ln reference 10 the
proposition made by the committee. |
would only be too glad 10 meet you on
that basis, but our situation has be-
come so desperate that We can't see Our
way clear to do it. The whole thing
turns OH the failure OF gus. Tho failure
Of gas is greater than supposed. lam
convinced oil the physical and financial
impossibility to supply free gas to the
city or anybody, and it seems to me
that il you realized and understood the
position we are in you would release us
from the load We are carrying.
IN 40 HURRY WITH TIE cREMAroRY.
| don't want 10 talk on the legal u.s.
poets OF the case. Whatever they are,
our company would like to be relieved
OF the load We are carrying, SO that We
can devote our energies TO obtaining q
further supply Of gas by boring more
wells and looking out in general for the
keeping up oil the gas business.
Themes difficult thing for you to ham
die is, believe, the crematory. Under
no obligations, legal or otherwise, to fur
nish this institution with gas, We have
yet told you that we will continue to
give it to you free until the month OF
May, and perhaps, il you cannot make
other arrangements, hcl p you out
longer. With tho water and gas works
it is, ! understand, u question only of
o oO" ~ th ,,' In v vmio. ou c".t st'
Sorr irs;S,anno nn .ho frnn .IoI;So., u.s.;
gas will cripple this company in such
manner that we won't have the heart
TO 20 ahead and increase our producing
power"
Mr.. Heard read from statement
which Secretary Hare had prepared, an
account OF the rcyenun the CoInDnny had
rocoiroJ ;ro,o ~ I ,'a' sno SontH"I! iiau
Lo'non,t 81 6 NJ Ia S'''2 MY n uuiinS
i"o S " ,nn ~, nUCo'ipes 81 -! D ,SC
in ,ha corrosonmJ; "o,o S'"i- ,s,o m'.iie
roranroS ,ror" 500 3. i''oti ~ aoSV 'iie
rocc;ntS ~ g oS0, n"J ~ i.'; ou M
,Lo f,ot ,hnt ~ ~ a." t..ts IA i"eo VI
'irr;r" ,ho e 'non '.T 49, , MoahI were ou
''"a '''' "'0''" J'S' '''i'SF5o'
THE MILL BUSINESS CUT OFF.
DR.. Campbcll-"Didn't you have any
mills on then?"
Mr. Neard-"ies. We furnished
Sligo mill business last month, against
Sj,iOO in December OF the year before.
Last year We did over $4,000 worth of
business in each OF the months of Janu.
ary, February, March and April This
year, Judging from the statement just
esr o ~ tb" " W. ti'UVT iess business IN
that our proJucinT nower I h Soh hongs
lcssencd inst that mncb oven ibom,h
We have the ras which othery;so woriJ
have zone TO the water works IN dor;vn
revenue from. Now ocntlcmnn',wo
want TO bn relieved from thic fow no, ~
pass dividends Int 60 ,.tb9t W.
may be enabled r. bottnr Wv, %o
producing nowar Of on ,,lon, ao
Tor VIC certainly will mot feel dis
posed to 20 ON borinr VOLS 70 got eur.
Div OF eas to give tothc citv frcs Tb be
has been an Immense ialiinn off in tho
product, and corrcsnondinS rodnct;nn
in revenue and IN continue tbn.froo 10
livery OF cas- will he nm imnosSih;I;,r
III our nosition worn mnt !" Jornoyy..
one, would not bore vo,, and p worr,,
myself, in pcrsistinr in onIoauor; %o'. ~
be relieved OF his crinnIing wo;"h, T,
would seem childish md s;IIv on orr
part, But tbr stot"ment Of inst , va ~
revenue whirh I ha"o ;nst rasd i' ~ ,I
il to me tho most d;Sco ", rot ai.,u " you;
the whole business s'''
vow 49,
=. wv LII rANALfAE Us
you insist on your demand for free
gas. We will help YOU out ON tho
CrematOry. We have furnished il ans
Tor five years, and we were not obljrnI
10 do it either, and no law could have
compelled US. We come with clean
hands and strong position. Your cS.
pert is IN understanding man. We
gave him all the facilities for the OK.
animation OF our books. We did no
lOs-rOlling, ior no loe-rollinc was nocns.
sary. Our books have been in cnarce
OIL one man, and were not prcnaroI os