The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-12
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De,eribes the Register. Finorts 10 critisissj
the Gas Hoard The Hoard A cted for the
Renefit OF The Pubiie. w
Yesterdays Register came out with an
attaek on the city gas board Tor furnish-
ing lights to the Palm management for
tlsein the production OF ".Thc Last Days.
OF Pompell,. during It's run OF the
schmnlbaeh race track, and censired the;
members Of the board foe removing.
lights from various parts OF the city. SO
that the lights referred 10 might be fur-
Ilished. The Register's article stated
that Secretary, Godfrcyi Schul refused to
talk on the subject, when questioned as
70 the right OF the board to jneglect the
city and furnish light to q private cor
poratlon. M & NJ 4. K
An Intelllgenccr reporter raw, secreta-j
~ Schul yesterday a Afternoon and that
gentleman Informed him that no repre-
sentative OF the Register had ever inter-
Viewed him on the subject The only
person who had talked with him was a
representative Of the German paper, and
he had given the scribe nil the ;inforrna-
ton he could In regard to the matter.
The truth OF the whole transaction 10
that the board had been approached by
representatives. OF the state fair assocl-
alton some weeks ago, and asked to fur
nlsh lights for the productio which they.
hoped to secure and run In connection
withsthe fair, having the show on the
fall grounds at night They pointed out
the fact that the double attraction would
bring more people to the city. and conse.
Quentlys benefit the public at large. AZ
ter. taking the matter under adylsement,
and being petltloned strongly. by promi-
nent business men. the board decided to
grant the request and furnish lights at
q fixed cum pernlght. For some reason
the negotiations between the fair, assocl-.
ation and the Pain management were
dropped, and the Wheeling Railway
Company. through its manager, Mr.,
w. y. Wright, secured the show. and
rented Schmulbach's race track for the
production. Knowing that the fair, as
ISOLATION had been successful, In securing
the promise from the gas board to fur
nish lights, Mr.. Wright went 10 the,
board and stated the case to him and re-
Quested the same consideration. 2 The
board could not discriminate between
the two corporations and the request was
granted. a. \
Is The power at the city plant Is not suf-.
f1cient to furnish twenty-slx additional
lights and 1t became necessary to shut
a number OF lights off in portions OF the
city where they were closest together
and not needed SO badly. This was done
for four nights and the Register felt Inn
PEELED to stir up o tempest In q teapot.
6 BY furnishing the lights the city re-,
celved a considerable sum and extended
a helping hand In making a big attrac-'
tion success. The production of,"Pom-
peli" brought many q dollar to Wheeling
that would not have come had the show
not been given. Hundreds Of people who
attended the fair stayed In the city over
night to see the show. ( ssi s
All of these things go toward helping
anything to encourage them, their ac-i
gates. and IL the city authorities can do
any thing to encourage them, their ac-
tion will be heartily approved by the
general public ~