The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-03-03
THE CREMATORY SAFE,
Tho City Building too, as for US FROG
Gus is Concerned.
ALL OTHER DEPlRTMENTSCU7O OFF.
Dr. Cnmpbcil's Resolution Adopted
By t%lIcJOint C0mmittce..-Tho COM
pany's Manager thinks tho City
ought to relieve him Of AL Free Chs,
but accepts the UItImatum as tho
best why Ont.

Inc diIlculty about tho FREQ delivery
OF natural gas, existing for somo time
between tho city and tho Natural GAS
Company OF West Virginia, has been
settled at last, On the lines laid down by
DR.. Campbell in II resolution present.
cd by him and passed by tho first
branch Of Council at its last meeting.
The company, through It's general
manager, Mr.. George Heard, has agreed
to accept the city's terms, and all that
romans Is for Council TO sanction tho
deal.
The joint committee, composed OF tho
board OF water works,-the gas trustees
and tho committee on Health has been
bothered about the mattor for n long
time; meeting after meeting has been
held, but no po0cGNbleS adjustment OF
tho difficulty seemed to present itself.
Tho company insisted on having every
thing, tho committee wanted q little for
the city, but not being able to get it re-
jected entirely ut one time the accompanies
request. 1t was then the Pittsburgh
corporation ''cNycd" and agreed to fur
nish Wheeling n small amount OF gas
free, compared with the amount tho
city had been drawing from tho mains
for five years. Where gag was 4
FUEL FURNISHED GuATUIrcusLY
to the water works, gas works, engine
houses, school houses, city building,
Wort; house and crematory, all but tho
crcmatory and tho city building will
now pay for this fuel in future, provid-
cd that the second branch Of council is
satisgcd with the arrangements made
last evening.
Yesterday evenings meeting OF the
joint committee was pretty well attend
cd by the members OF the w%atcrworks
and the health committee, none OF the
gas trustees being present. Tho follow
ing paper wGs read by Chairman Pol
lock:
WHEREAS. The Natural Gus Company OF West
Virginia has petitiOnGd the Council To be relieved
entirely from delivering natural gus Tree Of costs
10 the city o. Whce!tng. to tho wnter works, gas
works, AMI the c!ty's half OF the Public Building,
and after September |. iog1, iOthc crrmalory and,
after July !, lSJl, 10 the different engine houses.
school houses, and other plnccS heretofore sup
Piled with free gas under the provisions Of Sec
AA'l va Nv blNitlNliNt VI -NlEll liz loSis sIIllAAllk
to the said company the right TO use the streets
OF the city. the said company alleging It's irGbil-
ity 10 furnish sufficient gus for the works md
piRccs mentioned and to supply Ut the same
time It's patrons, and claiming further that 1t
wnS and is under 10 obligations to furnish gas TO
the CrcInnt0ry; now, therefore. in consideration
OF the waiver OF such clnim by the said company,
and with the View OF dealing generously, HS well
MS justly, with the company. be 1t resolved by
the Council o.. the city OF Wheeling is follows:
J. The S!id gas company is hereby relieved and
discharged from the obligation to furnish free
Ens 10 or In the city OF Wheeling except 10 the
crcmatOry, the cily'S hall Of the Public Build
Ing, and, until July !, 1ST!, the respective school
houses: and as TO the excepted places, the said
COnipuuy IS 10 furnish gas, free Of cost 10 the
city. 10 md for the use OF the crclnatory and the
City's half Of the Public Building; md the city
agrees 10 wnivc my claim II may have for any
iuilErc heretofore to supply gus TO any OF said
works or plAcCs.
.. In the cTent that the said company shall
hereafter hNyc sufficient rms to supply its patrons
within tho city and the several departments.
works and plnces heretofore supplied under the
SNld section of the ordnance referred To, II shall
again supply GnS 10 such departments. works and
PAGES. free OF cost to the city, ContOrmGbly 10
snld ordinance.
). In consideration Of the foregoing concession
by the city, the said company agrees TINT II will
not nj any time increase the price Of gus TO Citi-
zcns beyond the price mentioned IN said ordi.
gas consumed or taken.
4. The concessions OF the part OF the city are
TO become operative when an agreement In writ
lug, cmbOdyIng the foregoing provisions, Is
made and executed, such agreement 10 be signed
by the mayor, md by the president OF tho com
pnny, and 10 have affixed to It the seal OF the
city and OF the said company.
Mr.. Heard stated that he was there
to represent the company, and to say
that, while tho company ought to be re-
licyed oil the crematory, it would accept
tho city's ultimntum. Mr.. Heard
thought the city ought 10 mako certain
changes in the crematory and public
building natural gas pipes, the whole
cost OF which would not DO over 500;
Mr.. Riley had stated the necessity Of
these changes was patent, and that it
was no use overlooking the paper with
such small details.
Tho paper prepared by the gas ON
pany was compared with tho resolution
offered by DR.. Campbell in the first
branch OF Council at the last meeting,
and both were found to agree.
il was asked who was to decide when
the company had enough gas to resume
fu%rnish!ng it FREQ 10 those departments
OF the city which were to be cut of.
MIR. Farrell said when the company
began 10
DELIVER GAS TO FACTORIES,
then that would be mn evidence that it
could furnish free gas to the city.
Mr.. Uearnc, counsel for the company,
replied that il the city were to prevent
the company from selling gaa to facto-
RIGS during the summer months, then it
would have no revenue during that
time. DR.. Campbell didn't SEQ why the
city should object to the company sell
ing gas to factories in summer Mt which
timc tho city had no use for it, except
at the crcmatory. -
At Mr.. julius Poilock's suggestion the
following addition was tackled on to the
resolutions:
i. In the event OF any failure, Of the Natural
GGS Company Of West Virginia to comply with
any or all Of these provisions, then the original
S51tlisn nee E I1IaI.S !, s ,nd cfSmp9uE Tho use OF the
be III full force and elect
Tho addition proposed by Mr.. Pollock
was accepted by Mr.. Heard on behalf OF
tho company. The resolutions were
adopted by tho committee, and were
sent back to Council with the recon-
incubation that the company be grant
cd tho relief provided ipr in tho rosolu-.
lions.
While opinions may differ rs TO the
wisdom OF the city in giving up so.
much TO the natural gas company, all
seem TO agree
THAT THE CREMAToRy NEEDS
tho convenient fuel moro than any
other Of tho works. The cost OF coal
delivered to tho shanty on tho hill is
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