The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-30
AMENDED OFFER
Made by the Council Committee
on Health to the Gas Co.
TWELVE MILLION FEET OF GAS.
Per Year Free is Wanted by tho City
in the Event That the Glren Pro.
cess not Prove Satisfactory aud the
City has to go Back TO Its Present
Crematory Afcthods-Anothcr Meet.
ing to be Held Next Monday.


Last night special meeting Of the
council committee on health was held
for the purpose Of further considering
the matter of the city's status with the
Natural Gas Company of West vir-
ginin as to free gas In the event that
the Giffen process Of consuming the
garbage does not prove successful and
the city has to so bacl; to the present
crematory methods. Those present were
Chairman List. Councilman Water
house. Meyer. Beckett and Williams.
Mayor Sweeney, Mr.. r. X. Glffen. gen.
eral manager OF the United States Fer
tllizer company; City Solicitor Mes
bltt and Mr.. a. S. Hare, representing
the Natural Gas Company of West vir-
glnia.
The matter was discussed Informally
by the committee and the other gentle
men present. In the course OF the dis
cussion Mr.. Hare stated that only one
dividend had been received by the
stockholders OF his company in five
years. A councilman inquired IL the
stockholders who received no dividend
were Tin" on the oil development of the
company, and Mr.. Hare replied that
this was included In the one dividend
mentioned, and there had been no 9TH
ers for either oil or gas developments.
Chairman List said 1t was not assured
mat the Giffen process, shortly to be
put into use here, will DE success, and
until this assurance is had the city
must have something to fall back upon.
and he was not disposed to rellnquish
the present agreement with the Nat
urai Gas Company Of West Virginia
for free gas for the crematory. He
was surprised that the gas company
was not willing to aid the city in It's
experiment with the Giffen process, as
would give only 10000 feet OF gas free
daily, while In the past 1t has given
from 10000 to G0.0OO feet daily.
|. In the course of the discussion 1t was
stated that Mr.. Heard's offer of $4,000
feet free daily had been increased to
$4,000 feet daily, this offer applying in
the event that the Giffen process Is O
failure and the city has to go back to
present crematory methods. Mr.. Hare
said he believed his company would
change this agreement TO 10, $780, 900 feet
per year (Which Is at the rate OF 10000
feet per day.. so the city would not be
compelled 10 use stated amount each
day. For any additional gas the price
would be eight cents u thousand.
That's 4 high price," said Mayor
Sweeney, referring 10 the eight cent
proposition, and in the discussion that
followed 1t was said the Wheeling COM
pany furnishes gas to manufacturers
ut six cents. The committee felt that
1t could not agree to pay more than
six cents for gas over the amount spec
iiied In the agreement proposed to be
entered into With the West Virginia
company.
Mr.. Meyer moved to reject the COM
pany's proposition. There was no Sec
ond
Mr.. Warehouse proposed that the
amount Of gas to be furnished free each
year be Increased to 1s.0o0,0D feet and
that the rate for additional gas be six
cents per thousand. While this motion
was under discussion Mr.. Nesbltt read
the Heard offer, which In effect grants
10000 feet OF gas free daily to the GIfren
people. and that in the event OF the
failure OF that process $4,000 feet is to
De lurniSneu free 10 the city rs fuel
for the crematory. This agreement to
apply in the event that the city would
change the site of its crematory. 1t
was also provided that the city should
maintain the supply pipes and put in
new supply pipes in the event that n
new crematory site Is selected. The
Waterhouse motion. outlined above.
was seconded by Mr.. Williams and was
passed without opposition. Solicitor
Nesbltt is to lay the city's new offer
before President Heard. OF the gas
company. to-day, and ask for an an
swer before the meeting Of the commit
tee TO be held next Monday evening.
1t Is proposed to have special meet
Ing of council on the following evening,
at which to act on the new proposition,
II 1t Is accepted by the gas company,
which Is considered probable.