The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-18

with Compressed Air or Electricity.
other Ordinances Considered.
Al a meeting of the council commit
tee on ordinances. held last evening.
the ordinance granting an electrical
and compressed air vehicle franchise
to the Ohio Valley Electrical, Motor
Power and Refrigerator Supply Com
pany, was considered at length. The
result was the reference Of the ordin-
ance to the city solicitor and city en-
gineer, who are instructed to Incorpor-
ate certain suggestions made last even
ing by the solicitor before the commit
tee. one Of the changes places the life
of the franchise at thirty years; as
originally drawn 1t was perpetual. This
company, it was stated by one Of the
spromoters, intends to enter the auto
mobile held, and will run vehicles that
WIN be operated by either compressed
air or electricity. Its plans In this d.
teection. however, are now in crude
state and remain to be worked out in
detail. The ordinance also gives the
company a straight-out electrical fran
chise similar TO that of the Consumers
Company.
The committee was called to order
at $40 p. M, after the petitions and
circumstances committee had adj
journed. Chairman Mccormick pre-
sided and members present were Coun-
cilmen Schmidt, Watson. Williams,
Bradbury and Chew. Several other
councilmen were present, including
Messrs. Beckett, Caldwell, Fox,
Marschner, Baird, City Solicitor Nes-
bitt. Mr.. John ]. Conf, Mr.. Norris
Horkheimer. Mr.. H. w. Mcclure and
others were also present.
The ordinance Of the Ohio Valley
Electrical. Motor Power and Refriger-
ator Supply Company was brought up,
but its reading was preceded by a re-
port from City Solicitor Nesbitt, in
which he stated the charter OF the COM
pany is not yet on record and the In
corporators are not known. The sollc-
itor added that the grant is perpetual.
Both the Consumers and the Ohio VAL
ley companies agree to furnish light to
the public building, and both cannot do
IT. The ordinance also contains a IL
cense to operate vehicles by compressed
air, which. says the solicitor, is not
necessary. The solicitor also asked
these questions:
When is the work Of construction to
begin?
When is the system to be COM
pleted?
What is to be the maximum rate of
charge?
Are the poles OF this or any other
companv 10 be allowed on Market or
Main streets IN the business section?
Concluding, the solicitor recommends
that the ordinance contain a provision
nrohibitinR any pooling. and that this
and all other ordinances of this charac-
ter be referred 10 the city engineer be-
fore passage.
The ordinance was read by Clerk
WORKS. II ia on the lines OF the Sub
urban company's. with the exception
Of the provisions for producing COM
pressed air and running automobile We
hlcles, and it grants a perpetual fran
chise, while the Suburban franchise is
for thirty years.
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cormick Mr.. coniff representing the
Ohio Valley Company, spoke. The
charter he said. had arrived and was
now In his office. The incorporators
are John ]. ConIff. c. NJ. FrisselI, H.
w. Mcclure, F. H. LANCE, Norris Hork-
heimer. AS to the life Of the fran.
chise. he said the company would ac-
cept a limited life franchise II consid-
cred desirable by the committee or
council. AS to the compressed air sta
tons and vehicles he said they will be
run in connection. and he believed there
should be a grant of this privilege by
council. AS to other INQUIRIES by the
solicitor. he said his company did not
wan, to be hampered by provisions not
in the Wheeling and Consumers or
d,nances He could not see any obiec-
ton to the ordinance being referred to
the city engineer for recommendations.
He would not object to a provision
against pooling. "our company has no
desire TO pool with any company in
the city OF Wheeling"
Mr.. Horkheimer addressed the com
mittee and said the company did not