The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-11
THE CREMAT0RY ON.
The Natural Gas Company Fur
nIshOd Fuel Last Night
A CONFERENCE TOBE HELD TO-DlY
Between tho Health Committee and
Manager Hoard, Of tho Natural Gas
Company of West VirgInIa-Tho
Matter th0 Subject oi Good Deal
of Comment Yesterday, but no Dc.
VelopmontS

The turning oil OF the natural gas at
tho city garbage cremutory by tho
Natural Gas Company OF WOt Virginia
was tho theme Of a great deal Of talk
about town yesterday. Nearly every.
body who was heard to express an opin,
ion WAS in favor OF enforcing the con.
tract with the company, but the exact
situation did not seem to DO understood.
The natural gas company agreed with
City Solicitor DoycO that tho gas should
no turned on last evening, pending n
conference between General Manager
Heard, OF tho company, aud the board
OF health, which has control OF tho
furnace. such n C0niuTOnca was expect
oil to ba hold yesterday afternoon, and
Chairman SiNlhers, Ol tho health COM
miltco, caleI meeting OF tina. body for
/ y, M, but when II WAS learned that
iIr, Heart had exprrsspd his desire to
ba present At any meeting that might
be held to consider tho gas luOl matter,
and that he could not DO present before
this afternoon, the order for meeting
wa, royokSl aud another call issued Tor
meeting at =. m, TO-DAY,
Several members OF tho C0millt'oO
aud several other Counclman and city
officials met informally At tho building
aud talked the matter over Some Ol
them thought thu city should prevent
thb turning oil oil tho gas again, ami II
"a 81 AZ mis-
'ulora was Considerable talk OF rusorting
to OxtrOmI mcE,urGB before II was
kupWn lhat the company had agreed to
lurrisa ius! AGAIN Temporarily aud tho
abrupt was In which tho gas had been
turned of seemed to stick in the craw'
OF many Cilzens. Finally, however, 1t
seemed to DO tho general opinion that.
1t would DO wiser to walt Developments
at tho proposed conferences this alter
noon, It's possible inata special meet
ing Of council will DO called TO take
aCiipn on the subject.
Ohe OF tho projects which have boon
br6Hcitt'i as means oil ysmeIyiHg The
increasingly bad situation III regard TO
tina gas iuel supply is TO force tho COM
paBy 10 iuliill its contract or throw mp
its franchise, and II tho latter alturna'
tive was adopted, make arrangements
with a new company 10 furnish natural
gas or artificial gos. The Harvey peo'
pie, who are putting in tho now llIumt.
mating gas plant at the city works, also
| build plant. to make fuel gas, and ono
prominent councilman yesterday sug'
gosled tue idea OF having representa-.
i've Of that mpany submit proposi'
ton to council for tho erection OF fuel
gas plant, to furnish manufacturer aud
private consumers.
OF course at this stage Of tho game all
such proposal, are merely speculative.
The city has a contract with the gas
company, aud it ia held by those bss.
posted in ino matter that tho modlG.
cations made in it in favor OF tho com.
panv last spring are all aHHHilsd By the
Cnmpauy's present action, and that the
original contract again assumes full
force, The situation Is complicated, to
say tho least, aud it is hard to say what
may bN accomplished by the proposed
conference to-day