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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-07-15

flct with the ordinances passed and
franchise contracts mutually entered
into by the city and gas companies.
which latter gained valuable rights
and privileges thereby. and whose du-
ties and obligations. ms well as the
rights Of the city and of its citizens, are
therein specified, reserved and pre-
scribed.
CAN RAISE THE PRICE. The IN.
FAMOUS GAS CONSOLIDATION"
ACT provides that after one year the
GAS TRUST may charge any rate
charged by any company with which
merger or consolidation Is made. as.
for instance, with the PEOPLES GAS
LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY,
which has perpetual franchise from
the state and may charge as much as
1915 per 1000 cubic feet to the city
and SO per 1000 feet to general con-
sumers. thenceforth and forever.
SU PRE- NJ COURT AGAINST
THEM. The Illinois Supreme Court
has held and decided that an ordinance
granting franchise privileges Is a con-
tract by mutual consent, and the rights
and privileges so granted are consider
atoms In the same, and evasion or re-
pudiatiOn Of the spirit and letter Of the
contract or any change therefrom I'M
less by consent constitutes forfeiture
of rights, and, as II has always been
held a proposition in both English and
American law that "ACTS comforting
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-07-15

bond Of 100000 ms surety that all the
provisions Of the ordinance shall be
faithfully carried out, under unlimited
liability for damages, and that mt the
expiration Of the life Of the ordinance
the city shall have the right Of fran.
chise Mt an agreed appraised value.
CHICAGO ECONOMIC FUEL GAS
COMPANY.-An ordinance passed
July 81, 1891, conveying franchise for
flfty years for the supply Of both man
ufactured and natural gas, upon the
same general provisions and require
ments governing the other companies
especially the provision OF Section IL,
which provides that In case the sa'd
company should at any time In any
manner enter into combination d.
rectly or indirectly with any other gas
company, Its ordinance and privileges
should become null and void and all
rights revert to the city without refer'
cnce to any court or legal appeal. The
company agreed to charge for illumi'
mating gas $40 per 1000 cubic feet,
with 10 cents reduction per 1000 feet
for prompt payment, ana 60 cents per
1000 for natural and fuel gas, with
10 cents reduction for prompt payment;
agreeing and contracting also to pay
the city 3 per cent. on gross rece'p's
from illuminating gas and per cent.
on gross receipts from sale or natura'
or manufactured fuel gas. ana to fur'
nish gas to the city for $3.50 per street
lamp post per year.
ON THE 20TH DAY OF FEBRC'
AIRY, 1892, a preamble and resolution
was passed by the City Council, re-
pealing the above Chicago Economic
Fuel Gas Company ordinance, ana
declaring all pipes and connections III
the streets of the city to be city proper
ty. I'm accordance with the provisions
Of the ordinance regarding forfeiture
and upon the ground that a majority or
the stock of said company had passed
into the hands of the Gas Trust
THE OGDEN. 1t is now currently
reported, and there are grounds for be-
lief, that the Ogden Gas Company mas
entered upon contract Win the rhs
Trust agreeing not to extend Its plant
or pipes any further for period OF
three years.
ALL EVADE THE LAW. All of the
above companies and corporations
have evaded the plain letter and legal
requirements of their franchises and
by the terms of said franchises have
forfeited every right and privilege con-
tracted for with the city and conveyed
Professionally by ordinance.
VIOLATE FRANCHISES. 1t Is pro
| vlded in an ACT regulating the condl'
lions for the granting Of rights ana
privileges for lighting and heating PIT
! poses by cities, also passed by the late
10TH ASSEMBLY, that no gas com
pany In future shall be granted prlvi
leges OF building or extension OF mains
and pipes, except they secure petitions
| signed by owners of more than one
half the frontage Of each mile and frac
ton of q mile OF any street C: alley
which requirement Is designed to pro
tect the merge companies In their lie
gal evasion of contract obligations
and prevents any competition, through
the organization and operation OF new
companies. now and forever In the fu
| ture, and said ACT IL directly In con
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-07-15

special privileges upon or granting pub.
lie property to private individuals or
corporations are construed strictly
against the grantees and in favor Of
the State" or the municipality.
MENACE TO ALL. Section 0 OF
the GAS CONSOLIDATION ACT
Is retroactive, and provides that
'any corporation purchasing or leas.
Ing the property Of any other com.
pany shall be subject to and perform
for each of the companies SO entering
into said agreement the legal OBLlGA.
TIONs now resting upon each Of them
respectively under their charters and
ordinances" "ln the same man
ner and to the same extent as II the
companies had remained individual and
distinct" and, providing. however.
"that nothing In this act shall be con.
strued as eXtingulshing said companies
entering into the agreement or agree
ments mentioned, or annulling or i'm
pairing any OF their respective fran.
chises, licenses or privileges, but that
they shall severally be regarded as still
subsisting. SO far as their continuance
for the purpose of uphOlding any right,
title or interest, power, privilege or I'm
munity ever exercised or enjoyed by
any of them, may be necessary for the
protection Of their respective creditors
or mortgages, or any of them'-and
SECTION 10, of the ACT, which Is q
violation OF the letter of the COnstitu'
ton, In that Is attempts to supersede
the rights expressly vested In the City
Council by the Constitution, In relation
to grant privileges In the streets of the
city, and would destroy the vested
rights and property interests of the
city and liabilities and obligations 10
the city and its citizens assumed by
the gas companies. under their ordl'
nances and franchise contracts, by pro-
vidlng that "the purchase ana sale or
lease. or consolidation and merger,
shall not be held or construed as vio-
lation Of the provision Of any ordinance
or bond given Hereunder" thereby en-
deavoring to protect the evaslve and
dishonest gas companies at the en-
pense Of the legal and equitable rights
of the city and its citizens.
READ AND PONDER. This same
CONSOLIDATION ACT, In SECTION
10. provides that "iI lase the property
sold, or leased, or acquired through
consolidation or merger, Is subject to
mortgage OR OTHER LIEN, such
mortgage or other lien shall be ana re-
main lien upon ALL PROPERTY
so sold, purchased, leased or &C.
QUlRED, so that the same shall be
liable for and respond Ito the payment
of such mortgage or other lien exist
, Ing at the time Of such sale or lease y
and "Any corporation purchasing OF
leasing the real estate and personal
property Of any other company or COM
panles shall PAY AND DIS
CHARGE all debts and LIABILITIES
of each Of the companies, and
actions may be brought and maintains
| ed and recovery had therefore against
the company so purchasing or leasing
or against such consolidated corpora
tion." andin SECTION II 1t Is provided
that the consolidated corporation. OF
GAS TRUST. "shall furnish gas to con
sumers as good in quality 40 It fur
] nished previous to such purchase o.
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VALUABLE Information.
Location Of Chicago 0epots and the
Various Roads which lesvr
Each Station.

DEARBORN srAII0N-Dsasasss Polk sts.
AtchisOn, Topeka aud Santa Fe.
Chicago and Eastern Illinois.
Chicago and Grand Trunk.
Chicago and Erie.
MOnon Route.
Wabash.
GRAND CENrRAL--hsrslses 81. Z n ID Ave
Chicago and Northern Pacific.
Chicago and Great Western.
Wisconsin Central.
Baltimore aud Ohio.
UNION DeP0r-csasl 1 Adams Streets.
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy.
Pennsylvania Lines.
Chicago and Alton.
Pan Handle.
CENTRAL SrATI0N-ilth Pssk Rev.
O., O., G. and st. Louis (Big Routs).
Chicago and West Michigan.
Michigan Central.
Illinois Central.
Rock ISLAND DepoI-vss Bssss q. pssihs Ave-
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific.
N. T., O. : 81. 4. (Nlcksl Plato.
GnleAeo . WooJoW19Jll)l-Slssls W. ~
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Bumps" Billings cares nothing
Chicago. II his eXorbltant bills
not paid all the people in Chicago
break their necks In the dark, for
will turn out the gas on them.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-07-15

Corporation money buys bailiffs and
bribes juries. Corporation money buys
legislation. Is this sort Of freedom
guaranteed by the constitution?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
M'MECHEN.

Rev. B. D. Eden arrived home yes
terday from Charleston, where he has
been for some time past
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. McMechen and
daughter have arrived home from a
two months trip to Florida.
W. P. Mcdonald and wife, OF Par
kersburg, are visiting friends in the
city.
Mrs. S. R Hanen, who has been at
the Haskins Hospital at Wheeling for
some time past, is recovering very
slowly. An operation had to be per-
formed in order to benefit her health
John Hauck and wife have returned
from a visit to relatives at Mounds
vile.
The B. & o. have decided to build a
new sidetrack where the grain is trans
ferred here. 1t will hold 40 cars, and
will be a big saving in the expense
line when it is completed
Luther Steele has returned from a
visit to friends at Morgantown.
Mrs. w. S. Cordell is home from a
visit to friends at New Matamoras, o.
Marshal Criswell. who was injured
by falling in his cellar some time ago,
is now able to be about with the aid
Of q pair Of clutches.
The shirt factory continues 20 do =
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
Special to the Register.

Scio, Ohio, March 1.-THE various
turns to the kaleidoscope of life which
the people of Scio have been witnessing
have been interesting to study. Scio peo-
pie never dreamed of seeing the female
form in tights parading the street
to advertise a theatre, but they were
treated to this and have survived the
shock. The check given to gambling
and other notorious violations of law
has had a good effect, and the moral
tone is much purer. There is no tell
ing how far this violation would have
been carried had not ouside newspapers
exposed it and shown the authorities
and citizens the need of instant and
vigorous action before it got beyond
control. The citizens still have hopes
that the college will not be moved, but
that the faculty and trustees will wait
till the rush incident to the oil biom
is over, as an oil boom is only tenn
porary at the longest. The cheap
UOdlu ihS anu iCdoOldDIO IuiIlOh tldt
made Scio college cannot be offered in
any of the cities seeking tt secure the
college.
Developments in this field have been
retarded by muddy roads, which made
1t impossible to haul coal and other
supplies to drilling wells; also nitro
glycerine to shoot wells can hardly be
gotten here. The limits of the field are
being rapidly defined by late develop
ments outside of the town. From a
point two and a half miles southeast
and extending two miles northwest, dry
holes show conclusively that the pool
does not extend in those directions.
There are nine dry holes in this field.
The Columbia Drilling Company, ON
the Hagy farm, two miles northwest,
is dry. The Ohio Oil Company's well
on the E. H. Kennedy farm, n and a
half miles west, is a buster. The Ven
ice Oil Company's we'll on the Waters
farm made such a poor showing after
being shot that it is as good as a buster.
The busters are two to the east and
southeast and seven to the north, west
and northwest. The production OF this
field is increasing very little. Some
wells have been held back until the
pipe line people can get their line in
shape to handle the product. The
limit Of possible wells in the town
proper Is about reached. In most Of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12

standing the vast amount of available ter
ritory awaiting development. The very
bad weather, coupled with the enormous
amount of hauling which has been done
over the roads during the past six months
has rendered them nigh impossible, and
from this source the slump in the work
will come. Those who were fortunate
enough to have material at hand are forg-
ing ahead, developing leases as rapidly as
possible, otherwise they are taking a va
cation. The absence of gas in this field
makes the operator dependent upon coal
or wood for uel-the latter being very
undesirable and the former cannot be TAX
en- to the field at a price that will justify
the expense. In speaking to a wellinform-
ed operator yesterday as to the relative
cost of a completed we'll as compared with
last all, he said: There can scercely be
any comparison. Wells that would ordi-
narily have cost $500 are costing from
81. 400 to s.. $500" This will aid the reader
in forming an idea of the true condition
of our ~thoroughfares. The heavy rains
of last week caused many slips n in
many places the roads are completely
blocked. People familiar with the local.
ty claim that very little improvement will
be noticeable before May, and a general
resumption of field work is not expected
earlier.
But so long as a wagon can be drawn
over the roads at all some little work will
be executed. +ibf6i sIt-t'
Many people are imbued with the idea
that it is folly "to play" the shallow
sands Operators here ave records that
should convince the most skeptical.
The National Oil Company has. since
last September, completed % wells, and
out of his number only two wells were
failures. The largest made 40 barrels,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12

good business and a large force of peo-
ple are employed. The past week
many large orders were shipped ana
many were received. The company
will very likely enlarge their plant thls
spring.
A number Of our young people Will
attend the masked carnival to be given
at the Armory hall, Bellaire, tomorrow
evening.
Guy Mcmahon is home from a vlslt
to Moundsville friends.
Ingle Malone, B. & o. road supervisor,
of Cameron, was in town yesterday.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
CAMERON

Miss Bessie Marling left yesterday to
spend a few days with M~oundsville
friends.
]. w. Yoho and w. J. Booker were
at Cameron on business yesterday.
Miss Elizabeth Corcoran has returned
from a visit t o Wheeling friends.
Mrs. Wiley Hinerman Is confined to
her home on account of sickness.
Miss Fannie Heedy, of Moundsville,
is the guest Of friends in the city.
A temperance entertainment will be
given next Thursday evening in the
lecture room at the NJ. f. Church. A
splendid programme has been prepared
and all are invited to attend.
CAed Malone was a visitor to Wheel
ing yesterday.
The graduating exercises Of the SEN
Tor class of the public schools were
held last Friday evening at the NJ. E.
Church. Quite a large crowd was pres
ent and the affair was quite a social
event. Rev. D. w. Ruble, of Mounds
Vile, presented the class with their
diplomas.
The Epworth League will hold their
| regular meeting this evening at the NJ.
E. Church. The topic selected Is Eel
lowship in Christian Service" Leader
B. Crow.
A. l.. Francis has returned from a
business trip 70 the Eastern cities.
Mrs. w. G. Nesbitt, whose Illness has
been mentioned, is much better at this
| writing.
II is very likely that there will be
further developments in the recent town
| election held in this city. At the ses-
| sion OF the grand jury held at Mounds
| Vile last week no indictments were
| found, but it is understood that the
matter was referred back, and that pos
! sibly there will be some arrests made
later.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
FINANCIAL.

Eluss DETECTIVE lGtErI h 1Issss sar s ytas.
in Wall street district. Can furnish valu-
able Information TO spectators relative 20
movements in certain stocks Address r.
o. Fox l3A, New York. mhizda
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12

bush settlement in Carroll county.
The r. E. Lawrence Oil and Gas Com
pany will sink test wells on a block
of leases in Lee township, Carroll coun-
ty. The Carrollton Oil Company we'll
on the GantZ farm was started this
week. Work is progressing IN the AL
len farm, in Carroll county. Minerva
and Carrollton citizens will sink sew
eral wells on leases in Harrison town
ship. G. J. Green, Of F%reeport, will
drill the Cummins we'll in Fox town
ship, Carroll county, to a greater depth.
The Washington, Pa. Oil Company Will
drill a well on the Seaman farm at Skel-
ley's Station. The location is the same as
was made by Millionaire Mckeown be-
fore his death.
The Pan Handle helped out the pump
Ing station yesterday by running a car
near the pump house and unloading it.
Five teamsters tried to haul coal for the
pump house, but were forced to give up.
The mud is waist deep in places and oper-
ations are now at a complete ~standstill.
Coal Is accommodating on the side tracks.
FROM ST. MARY'S~
Special to the Register.
ST. MARY'S, W. Va, March Icon
sidering all conditions. the oil business
may be said to be yet brisk in Peasants
county. Despite the unprecedented cold
weather of February, there were q wells
completed, IS wells drilling and 80 rigs up
and starting at the close of the month.
The completed wells furnished $40 barrels
new production daily. The foregoing is
against "a completed wells in January,
with a daily production of about LOCO bar
rels.
The current moth with show a notice.
able decline in completed wells, notwith-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
MINING STOCKS.
WAS A FANATIC.

London, March LA grayestone ma
son, living at Twickenham, has caused
a sensation by cutting the threats OF
his wife and two children and then cut
ting his own throat. All four persons
are dead. The only motive for thu
crimes was that he man was a fanati-
cal vegetarian and had been ordered BY
his physicians to eat meat.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
Great Northern preferred

Great Northern preferred ..........Ky
Illinois Central ................. ......lV
Lake Erie and Neutrality-suspicious.. M'
DO preferred ............. ............. 81
Lake Shore
Louisville and Nashville ............... 63s
mammalian l. ..s..-.
Metropolitan Street Railway
Michigan Central .......................li3
Missouri Taclfic ....... .............s+- ~
New Jersey Central III
Northern Pacific 5ia
DO preferred ...-...... .-........"..''. ts'
Pittsburg ..........
DO first preferred ........ ...,.,...... 50.
ROCK Island ~
St. Paul ............. ......-........-...l2f
Do preferred ........ 1885,
Southern Pacific ........ .............. 81
Texas and Pacific ...... ....."...-.s. ~.
Union Pacific ~
DO preferred ....ss.s.......... .ss.s..- ~.
Wheeling and Lake Erie ...,....."..... ~
DO preferred ~
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
A \ ADVANCE.

PITTSBURG, Pa. March 1.-THE A.
Garrison Foundry Company. Of the South
Side, has voluntarily advanced the wages
OF all skilled employees ten per cent. b
advance affects several hundred men.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
FEMALE FORM IN Tights
On the Streets of SCio Shocked the
Good People of That Community

THE LOW STATE OF MORALS
BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE IN
FLUX OF POPULATION IS STILL
A SUBJECT OF ATTENTION AND
LEGISLATION - RECENT DE-
VELOPMENTS IN OIL-GENERAL
NEWS OF DEVELOPMENTS
AND PRODUCTION FROM ALL
SOURCES.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
INSTANTANEOUS.

American Cotton Oil ........a 30
Do preferred .......... ................ ~
American Spirits Il
DO preferred 40
American Steel and Wire ..........,.. 81
DO preferred ........... ...............104
American Tobacco ISL
Do preferred 1T
Federal Steel ....... .....u......,... 81
DO preferred ......... .........u...... 81
General Electric .f18
Sugar ....... .............. .a.......a.Ai
DO preferred .......... .........a..a.fi5
Tennessee Coal and iron ................ AZ
Western Union %
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
Special to the Register

Parkersburg, w. ", March Ill
Wyndham, Sparkling & Co., Of Pitts
burg, have leased 10000 acres in Lewis
and Upshur counties and will proceed
TO develop it. They have two wells
drilled. one of which is making Is bar
rels a day. These wells are in the
vicinity of the Kanawha river. Four
other firms are leasing land in the same
section for oil purposes, and it is proba-
BILE that there may be some lively de-
yelOpmentS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12

the smallest 20 barrels a day. The over
age depth was 7C0 feet.
Mallory Bros. & Stewart, during the
same period, have completed 16. and have
as many producers.
Zahniser e. Company are equally fortu-
nate, having scored one buster out of II
completed wells. All other operators have
Jared comparatively well, and in some
cases, all things considered, smaller OPP
orators have done better.
The salt sand we'll on the J.. e. Smith
farm is still an unknown quantity, al
though it demonstrates thoroughly the
presence of deep oil in this locality, The
well, so l am informed, has never been
shot or cleaned out. AS given several
days ago, an attempt is being made to
rid out some of the smaller interest hold
ers. This is known to be a fact, but an
other theory is being advanced to the eff
feet that there is some nearby territory
that Is wanted.
If nothing further is done. n more deep
well will be drilled only a location away.
by Boeshar & Company, of Washington,
Pa. The rig has been completed already,
and spudd!ng should begin next week at
the farthest.
At the present time the South Penn Oh
Company's agents are very numerous in
this community, and are picking up all
available territory that looks in the least
favorable.
1t is now generally believed that the
Middle Island Creek pool will eventually
connect with Friendly developments. Al
ready much leasing has been done on
that theory, and much speculation is
heard concerning the probable results.
G.. B. Slemaker, of S~istersville. who has
been exceptionally fortunate in past ven
lures. has secured a block of leases IA
miles ahead of the Middle Island Creek
pools. and will drill at least three tests
as early as possible.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
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made: full particulars as 20 this inside adj
ar~a furnished upon apptf-
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