The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-09
Natural Gas Company Steps in With
Bills for Excess Crema-
tory Gas.
FfRTlLIzING PLANTS FIzzLE
Brings About Distressing complca-
tions-An Experiment That
Was a Failure.

AHN HlEEAlAB wan NssAANA Az NAAN keh FNss
OF hearing complaints regarding the Of
fanslye odors Issuing from the United
States Fertilizer Company's plant, on
Wheeling hill, the complnlnants being
North Wheeling citizens, OF whom .
dozen waited on the committee. Their
complaint faded into lnslgnincanco az
ter the Natural Gas Company Of West
Virginia was heard from, through Pres
ldent George Heard, who informed the
committee that in the course Of events
his company's contract with the city
now has assumed more definite phase
and he unfolded what DR.. Jepson, the
health officer, termed painful facts IL
true"
The city entered into contract with
the United States Fertilizer Company,
which Is composel OF Wheeling capital
lists, on April 10. 1880. and this contract
disarranged the contract previously ex-
lBting between the city and thc natural
gas company whereby the city got free
gas for the city crematory in unlimited
quantities. The fertilizer company was
to get 10000 cubic feet of gas daily, and
when the plant and the city crematory
were both IN operation 0oth wste 10 DC
supplied With 10000 feet, but II The fer
tillzer company's plant should prove
fallure--for 1t was generally considered
to be an experimentation, the gas
company was 70 81 supply '"e Guy ese.E'~-
tory with H'VVV'VVV CUBIC lset Oh gus
year ana Tor all EXCESS gas o." cents
per l'VOO ieet was 10 &c cnaFseu'
so much for those conditions
Proved Failure.
The fertilizer comnauy's plant has
proved to be n failure. and so ac-
knowledged by the company's repre-
sentatlves to members OF the committee
on health last December. The commit
tee at u December meeting heard from
the company to this effect, ami after n
conference between city Solicitor Nas-
bltt and Mr.. Henry NJ. Russell. attorney
for the United States Fertilizer Com
pany, It was understood that the COM
many threw up the sponge and aban-
doned their garbagc-cremlting expert
ment, and, likewise, threw up their con-
t1ct But through an oversight this
fact was not reported to council, hence
there are no records to show tho trans
action. and this deficiency cuts quite
figure in the new controversy with tha
gas company.
The fertillzing plant has resumed
operatlons and the odors arising there
from preclpltated last nights complaint
from citizens of the North End. Some
members OF the committee were sur
prised to learn that the plant was again
in operation, and 1t was said that for
nal notice to vacate the premises had
been SERVED on the company, while
other members were of the opinion that
this notice, while drafted several
months ago, had not been served.
But to add to the complications,
there came the intimatIon from Presl-
dent Heard, OF the gas company, that
the city was responsible for payment of
ras used in excess Of the contract en-
tered into when the fertilizer company
formed It's agreement with the city. Not
only was an excess OF gas used, argued
Mr., Heard but II the fertllzIns people
had withdrawn from the field the gas
company wanted its contract with tins
city 10 date from the time OF said aban-
donment. and with the 100000 feet
Der annum proviso.
A Severe Shock.
rb,s announcement was Il severe
,hocE A new state Of affairs was pre-.
,nnted where formerly the city got
unlimited Gas for Its crematory without
tba ou,,av Of n cent il was now face to
,nco win the prospect Of big gns bills,
arJ MI bec,us, Of the lamentpd agree
mont /. entered into with an expert
ncnt,ng concern. Mr.. Heard said he
mao Jlsnospd to b, lenIpnt but his com.
Sann hss Cause for rejoicing.
SIN another blow was Mr.. Heard's
statement that the new crematcry fur
n,ce or rather the old one rebuilt, con-
,umas rar more rus than is necessary,
ana bc failed to see in 1t nm improve
ment over the old, which also consumed
"a. nlenty." And after adjournment,
DR. Jepson said that the new furnace
"a a failure. Mr.. Heard said tho price
Of tho excess gas could be fixed by
ncror,nda which he did not have with
him ana he was prepared to Rettle with