Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-16

IA SOhAANAl tOilAn1ltCC I'll ACdiLl met
last night and again took up matters
pertaining to the disposition OF the
U. S. Fertilizing Company plant and
the city gas contract.
City Solicitor Boyce made his report.
lie read his letter of notification to the
Fertilizing Company and then read an
answer from Mr.. Russell, the com
pany's attorney. The letter stated
that the Fertilizing Company did not
epect to be able to renew its attempt
to complete its plant or to carry on
any further operations upon the pres
ent site of the plant. They also stated
that they had closed down the plant
within 4S hours after receiving the no.
tice and at present were looking for
property outside of the city limits.
Mr.. Russell was called upon by
phone by the chairman of the COM
mittee for the purpose of a~scertaining
what the company intended to do with
the plant. He replied that the COM
pany was awaiting a notification from
council as to whether they should be
required to move it or not. Chairman
Caldwell asked the city solicitor what
effect it would have on the bond to
give them such a notification?
The city solicitor replied that he did
not think the order should be served
on them. He said that Mr.. Russell
indicated to him that the company
would take the plant away without
an order. The chairman was of the
opinion that the people of North
Wheeling would not object SO long
as the plant was not in operation and
no garbage collected there to create an
offensive odor. a motion was made
that the question be left in statu quo
so long as the plant was not in opera-
ton or until the city solicitor advised
otherwise. The motion was adopted.
DR.. Jepson advised the committee
that paper for two rooms in the city
hospital be bought. The committee
decided to buy the paper and fixed the
price at not more than S..
Mr.. Heard, representing the West
Virginia Gas Company. was before the
committee. He desired to get a state
ment fixing the time that the city was
to commence using the IL million feet
of gas after the fertilizing plant had
ceased running. He claimed that the
city was using more gas than was al
lowed in the contract, and thought a
limit ought to be made and that all
over the specified amount should be
paid for by the city. When asked the
average amount of gas used in a day
he said they used as high as 200, 900
feet, but that it would not average
that amount daily. He said that all
the garbage was not consumed and
claimed that the old furnace was bet
ter than the new one, not using as
much gas, and at the same time con-
Stunning more garbage. A motion was
made by Mr.. Meyer that the matter
be referred to the City Solicitor and
that he present in writing the exact
legal situation existing in the contract
between the Gas Company and the city.
This motion was adopted by the COM
mittee.
Mr.. Carl Hamilton, the contractor,
was before the committee and request
ed the committee to appoint a time for
inspecting the recent work he did on
the furnace at the crematory plant. He
stated that he built the new furnace
according to the specifications adopted
by the committee. He wa authorized
by the committee to tear down the di-
vision wall between the checker work
and the draft lue. Mr.. Serig was au-
thorized to haul and burn garbage on
Sunday in order to get away with the
excess that has collected on the hill.
The committee then adjourned.