Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-04
IT Will Be FIXED.
A VERY ANIMATED SESSION or THE COM
MITTEH ON HEALTH, LAST NIGHT,
At Which Several Gentlemen Expressed Their
Views in Italics, and New System Of
Burners Was Ordered for the
CrematOry.

Chairman Campoell nad some uim-
Guilty in getting his Committee together,
and only rallied four Of them, after a
very liberal use of the telephone.
The object of the meeting was to
hear from General Manager George
Heard, OF the Natural Gas Company Of
West Virginia, regarding the sugges-
ton of that Company to make certain
changes in the system of pipes at the
crematory, whereby better results in
the way of combustion might be obtain
ed with smaller quantity Of gas.
/ When the meeting had been called to
order, Mr.. Heard stated that while he
thought there was enough gas at the
furnace, and that there would continue
to be good supply, still the system OF
burning it was wasteful, and il the
change suggested - putting in a
three-inch supply pipe from the
! regulator, instead of two inches,
with ten half-inch burners at each end
of the furnace instead of five one-inch
burners-was adopted, there would be
| better combustion and less liability to
annoyance. Mr.. Heard went on to say
that be had urged better appliances for
saving gas on the School Board, which
was paying for the gas it consumed,
and also upon other consumers. There
was no use in burning gas which pro-
duced no results. The large pipe sug-
gested was upon the same principle
which had actuated the Company in
digging up mile of twelve-inch pipe
out in the country and putting IL down
on Chapline street, in place Of small
pipe, and they were now removing an
other mile OF pipe from the country to
be used on the Island. 1t made sort
of gas reservoir. The furnace had run
for six years, and needed retiring.
Mr.. OLeary-I would like TO have
the report OF the Superintendent of the
crematory for September read, before l
say anything.
The Clerk read the report, which
! showed that during the month Of Sep
TENDER All cart-oads and two wagon
loads o. garbage, 1863 barrels and boxes
OF garbage, seven dogs. three horses and
900 barrels Of night-soil had been con-
sumed.
Mr.. O'Leary then denied that the
furnace was in poor condition, or that it
| had run for six years without atten-
ton. A furnace, he said, would run
| for one hundred years, if it was kept in
order, and not one year had elapsed
since this furnace was rebuilt. There
| ~ In uph a
run for twenty and thirty years, but
they are kept in repair" Mr.. O'Leary
said be would like to know how the sub
stitution Of a three-inch pipe for two
| inch, Immediately at the furnace, and
the replacing of five inch burners with
ten half-inch, would improve the sup
ply of gas or make any difference. He
did not believe it would do any good.
Mr.. Heard-Well, it's of no use for
me to explain anything to you!
Mr.. O'Leary-I have worked with
gas in furnaces ever since it has been in
the valley, and worked with 1t before
| came here. l know something about
it.
Mr.. Heard-You have discredited
every statement l have ever made here.
I don't believe I'll explain anything to
you, but will leave it TO the calm intel
ligence OF these gentlemen.
Mr.. O'Leary-Mr. Deiters came here
] and said there was shortage of gas be-
cause they were putting in the blowers.
Now you say they are not in yet.
Mr. Heard-Oh, Mr.. Deiters said just
what tell you-that we were changing
our pipes to put in the pumps when
they were ready to go in. You have
uniformly discredited every statement
l ever made here. I'll say nothing more
more to you. | came here, in response
| TO q telegram, with valuable suggeS-
ton, made entirely in your behalf.
don't propose to be discredited by you.
My word is as good as yours, any day.
Mr.. O'Leary-I don't dispute it.
was only asking for an explanation Of
the gentleman.
The Chair rapping]-Gentlemen will
come TO order.
DIR. Campbell then went on to explain
that there had been a great waste of gas
in the Fifth ward school house, with
little benefit in the way of heat, in times
past, but with change in the burners,
the trouble had been recti6ed.
DR.. Campbell went on to explain that
with equal volumes of gas good burner
would make more heat than poor
one.
Mr.. O'Leary-Your idea is mine ex-
actly. If thought we could get more
| heat from the change on the same
amount of gas, all right. didn't want
to burn surplus gas; 1 am not an adj
voeate OF that. But this is just the
same old system, with the change of a
three inch pipe for q two inch pipe,
aud ten half-inch burners for five inch
ones. That's all the difference there is.
Mr. Heard Well, give man credit
for good intentions.
Mr.. O'Leary-I gave you credit, and
only asked you for information when
you cut me off.
Matters then simmered down little,
and the discussion was proceeding,
when Mr.. O'Leary happened to sag he
had submitted the plan of the pro-
posed change to one of three experts
chosen by the Committee himself, Mr..
G. A. Robinson and N. Reister, Sr.
and he had laughed at it. In reply to
this Mr.. Heard said the thing had been
tried at several places, and said the new
CITY Bank building was conspicuous
example. when there was plenty of heat
with decreased gas bills. Things
brlstled up again, and it came out that
the gentleman whom Mr.. O'Leary said
had smiled was Mr.. Robinson.
Mr.. Heard-Well, he didn't laugh at
US. He said IL was good arrange
ment.
Mr.. Irwin asked how much the new
arrangem ent would cost, and the Chair
said about fifty dollars.
Mr.. Farrell-Or three hundred?