The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-12
TRADES ASSEMBLY,.
An Interesting Meeting Held Yes.
tcrday Afternoon. VA
THE REPORT OF MR.. BERIsFORD.

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III Regard 10 the Coal Test at the Water
Works Head and Piled eLiaysr,
Send I'M Communication In Regard to
the Bo,iiey Matter-.Iohn j. conifr Tell.
Why the Assembly. Request wa. Not
Needed by the Democratic Convention.
The regular seml-monthly meeting OF
the Ohio Valley Trades and Labor As
sembly was held yesterday afternoon
at the assembly hall, and was attended
by a large number OF delegates. 1t was
q breezy session, and tho oratorlcal
abilities OF several members were dis
played to good advantage.
The reports of varlolscommlttces were
received and adopted. none OF them be-
Ing OF annhusuall character 81
A communication was read from the
Brlcklayers Union In regard to the as
sembly's action at the last meeting,
and upon motion II was decided TO APP
point committee Of five 10 inyestl-
gate the, matter.
! Mr.. Michael Grogan read paper
OF un interesting character which tend
ed TO show that union labor should
stand close together In affairs that
would in the end benefit them. He made
a plea for the support OF the new labor
paper, and urged the lnboring element
casting their ballots Mt the coming cleo
ton to vote for those on the ticket
known to be friends TO labor. His APP
peal was n strong one. and was listened
10 attcntively by all present. At the
conclusion OF the reading the assembly
extended vote OF thanks to Mr. Gro
gan,
Another matter OF Importance that
came before the meeting was the re-
suit OF the coal test made at the city
water works. In connection With this,
Mr.. S. Bersford, OF the coal miners
union, submitted the following report:
MIR. Berisford's Report.
"By report of engineers employed TO
superintepd the twenty-rour hours test
made with coal at tho Wheeling water
works on September Il and Is, 1896. we
are convinced that the test was a very
unfair one. In the first place, the coal
was OF "a very inferior quality. In fact,
everything was done that could be done
for the. purpose of consuming all the
coal possible. As an Instance. the water
In the boiler was blown down one-half
gauge every half hour, which was uu-
called for and very injudicicus; also.
the almost constant running OF a syphon
to discharge the leakage water from
the pump well: also the electric light
engine was operated eighteen out OF
twenty-four hours: the exhaust OF same
should or could haze been utilized to
| heat the feed wafer, but was exhausted
to the atmosphere and live steam used
instead. The damper OF one boiler was
closed and not discovered for eight
hours after starting test.
THE number OF gallons of water
pumped during test was $3.50. $50: num-
her of bushels OF coal consumed was GA,
showing an engine duty of 1878, 200 foot
pounds: guaranteed duty 100. 900 foot
| pounds. deficit OF 5l.2Ie,30O foot
pounds. We find by calculation that
the consumption of coal was more than
double the amount II should have been.
according to builders guarantee. Had
the engine been doing its guaranteed
| duty the consumption Of coal should
| have been 26S bushels instead OF GA.
| We find by calculation that there was
1852 gallons of water pumped for each
bushel Of coal consumed. We also find
by records kept by the water board
that the daily average consumption OF
water is 100000 gallons. According
to consumption OF coal during test, II
would require a daily consumption OF
| ElT h,NghHtc nf ~, Snn t1,s, daily
consumption Of water. Five hundred
and forty-seven bushels OF coal at three
cents per, Sbushel. or 75 cents per ton,
would amount TO SIG Al per day, or
S492 30 per month.
I'VE also find by the annual statement
of receipts and expenditures OF the city
of Wheeling for the year 1896 that the
cost of fuel at the water works was
$S,0o5 o. per year. or 1868 70 per month,
making a difference in favor of coal per
month of SIG 10. This Is estimating
the consumption OF coal as per test
made, which we are convinced was en-
tirely too large. II the machinery at
the Wheeling water works Is In good
condition and properly and economic
ally operated, there Is no reason why
900 bushels Of coal per day should not
run the plant. Three hundred bushels
!
amount TO SO per day. or $40 per month.
| making difference in favor OF coal OF
1898 7s per month. The Holly Aianufac-
| turing Company states that pumping
| engines that show 100, 100000 and more
duty are classified as high duty pump
| Ing engines, and pumping engines that
show from 50,O00,0O0 to 75,O00, 900 duty are
classified as low duty pumping engines.
As the Wheeling pumping engines arc
| classified and sold by the Holly COM
pany as high duty pumping engines. II
Is reasonable torinfcr therefore that
with proper management they should
show l0000O,000 or more duty.
| From all the above facts II would
seem reasonable to assume that X the
plant at the Wheeling water works Is
in good condition and carefully. and
economically operatcd.Sit should dcvcl-
op an average duty OF at least 10000. 900
or 100000 If the plant Is not In good
order and IL reaching less than its
standard duty, then money Or its equiv
alent Is being wasted. and onctO two
| facts Ia OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the city OF
Wheeling has been imposed upon By the
| Holly company In accepting machinery
that does not come up to the guaran-
tecd duty, or otherwise the men who are
operating 1t arc incompetent"
The communication was received and
| filed. ~
The Master IIorscshoers' Protective
Association was represented and pre-
sented' credentials. naming their dele
gates M William Dixon and George L.
Green, vice Joseph Wilson and w. II.
| Coss. rj5
Local No. 81. r. and b. OF a.. pre-
scented G. u. Gontcr as their, representa-
tive.
The committee appointed 10 select the
two labor papers for THO public library
reported as having selected ,he Ohio
Valley Workman and the National
| Tribune a cDmmtinlcn tlon will IN ennt