Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-30

TEE, AND A COMMITTEE OF
THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs
PRESENT-THE DETAILS OF
THE SCHEME OF ILLUMINA-
TON.
Last evening the Council Committee
on Lights met at the office OF the City
Clerk to consider the details and per-
feet arrangements for the decoration
of the principal streets next Wednes-
day-Merchant' Day-under the res
o,ution passed by Council at the last
session, introduced by Mr.. Scally, au-
thorizing the Gas Board to prepare a
scheme of arches over Market and
Main streets, from Sixteenth street to
Tenth
There were present Messrs. Scally
Schockey, Fitzsimmons and Megrail
of the Committee, His Honor, the May
or, Superintendent Frank Thompson, OF
the Gas Board, Clerk Worls, Mr.. F. c.
H. Schwertfeger, of the Finance Com
mittee of Merchants Day. Messrs. Med
lex and Hartong, of the Knights OF
Pythias, and several others.
Mr. Thompson submitted to the CON-
mittee an estimate for arches and IL
Elimination, each arch to be construct
ed of two inch pipe, forty feet span by
twenty-six feet in height, each pierced
for one hundred and twelve gas jets
fifty-six on side, six inches apart
and with two designs for the tops, one
star, 36x36 inches, and the other the
word Welcome" in illuminated let
tiers. This estimate was from prom
inent firm of plumbers, and gave de-
tails of the cost, but in view of the fact
that Mr.. Thompson and the Mayor
were subsequently empowered to OBJ
tain other bids this morning, it would
scarcely be proper or fair to print the
figures submitted by this firm. They
appeared to be very reasonable, how
ever.
The number of arches originally es-
timated for was eighteen, but this num-
Der, after long discussion was cut
down to eleven, distributed as follows:
On Market street-One at Sixteenth
one at Fourteenth, three at Twelfth
two of these spanning Market street al
each side of Twelfth, surmounted by
an illuminated star, and one spanning
Twelfth street, on the east side af Mar
ket, from the German bank corner tc
the Mcclure corner, surmounted by the
word Welcome" and facing the west;
one at Eleventh.
On Main-One at Tenth street, one al
the top of Main street hill" one al
Twelfth, and one at Fourteenth.
This makes up ten arches, each bear
ing about one hundred and fifty gas
jets, facing both ways in equal num-
Der, with the center of the scheme al
Twelfth and Market as being the cen
tire of the business portion Of the city
and the. centre of the crowd at night
The three arches at the intersection OF
the two streets named will have the
lights facing all four points of the
compass, and the stars can be seen both
up and down Market street, while the
word Welcome" will stand out prom.
inently to persons on both Market and
Twelfth streets. The three arches al
the intersection of the two streets
named will contain something like five
or six hundred lights, and will pro-
duce very hadsome effect, viewed
from any direction, while the vista w
and down both Market and Mair
streets will be very good. 1t was the
original scheme to erect three arches
on each square on these two streets
but from a desire to save as much mon
ey as possible the number was restrict.
ed as above given, and this plan wa;
adopted by the committee.
The question of how to meet the cost
was eXhaustively discussed, and fin
ally, in the light of the resolution
adopted by the Council, the Gas Bare
was authorized to do the work. the cost
thereof, which will not exceed six hun.
dred dollars, to be reimbursed to the
Board by subsequent action of Council
which the members of the Light Com.
mittee and others are pledged to Sc.
cure.
Bids from different plumbing firms
will be secured this morning, and the
Mayor and Superintendent Thompson
will let the work to the lowest bidder
The members of the Board will also
be consulted to-day. There only re-
mains one week from to-day to perfect
this feature of the reception to out-of.
town merchants, so the greatest expe-
dition and diligence will have to be OBJ
served.
Both Mr.. Schwertfeger and the rep
resentatives of the X. Of P. present last
evening expressed their entire satisfac-
ton with the plan adopted by the Com