Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-01
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Editor of the Register.

Sir:-Abolish all the boards in the man
agement of the city of Wheeling and let
US return to the good old town meeting
system, is my earnest wish, and for why?
left in the dark until their boards are
ready to disclose or consumate their ne
farious. plans, which are never in favor of
the citizens and taxpayers.
Mr. Editor, everyone in the city of
Wheeling can remember that the city
once owned her own water works and the
machinery contained therein, but they
don't any more, but have in lieu of same
a pumping station north of and outside OF
the city limits, bought on the installment
plan. See last report of clerk of water
board, 1000 rental for pumps in pumping
station north of city" The water works
are now making large additions to said
pumping station and machinery for same
without authority from the citizens and
Taxpayers or their representatives in
council, and therefore as taxpayer and
a citizen of the city of Wheeling, l make
the following. request of the water board
of the city of Wheeling, If not ihcompat-
ible with the interest of all concerned:
That they, the aforesaid board, give to
the citizens and taxpayers through your
can in reference to the moving of the
water works from Eighth street, and how
they came to dismantle the said water
works and sell it for old scrap, after spend
ing the amount of the taxpayers money
they did to put it in flrSt-cIasS condition,
as they reported 1t was in several OF their
yearly reports.
Did the railroad company have anything
to do with the removal of the water works,
and If not what DO they want with the
ground now. and who has the authority
to sell to said railroad company! is the
water board afraid to go on with the deal
and want to unload the responsibility on
the council? Let us know if the additions
you are now making to the pumping sta
machinery are on the installment plan
or not The citizens would like to know,
L am sure, because they can't tell under
that plan how long they will have a sup
ply of water, since government by m
junction Is in force AS Judge John j.
jackson may be called upon TO interfere
at any time, as the parties who the water
board have bought the machinery III me
pumping station north of the city from
are now residents of the. State, which
gives them the right to go into the United
States Court for redress. "a, Pe cope VINO
plan and fail to make their pay lneilSs
promptly know how quick the constable
comes in and loads up their gooos ana
takes them away and sells them, put this
might be a help to the water podro Oh
Wheeling. 1t might save them the trouble
of dismanteling the pumping station lol u
OF the city and selling 1t for old scrap, II
the railroad company should take notion
they wanted the ground the pumplils STA
ton stands on.
That was a great bluff they made When
they threatened Gen. Caldwell with put-
ting the workhouse under his nose a. .ae
foot of Eighth street. yhey did not mean
II. 1t was only done for blind 10 atIdG'
the peoples attention while they denlol-
ished the city's water works, when we,
as citizens, were proud to pom! 10 1s ~.
say, We own our own water WORKS, lna'
day Is gone by l am sorry to say the cies
OF Wheeling does not own her WaSSl
works, but mas let 1t slip out OF her ndllus
through the water board, and has lnsteae
a pumping station north of the city ol
the lnstallment plan, which plan IS sei
ba& as everyone who has ever trleu 4
WI. say. Ii is bound to cost you doupiss
In The long run, as everybody knows, any any
| insist if 1t lie not incompatible with tns
interest of the citizens and taxpayer
that the water board give to the. papers
! for publication, land hope it will be dole
gratis" all the information they can u
the shape of papers, letters, contracts
verbal or written, that they have mace y
entered into from the incipiency OF the r.
moval OF the water works from the 100
OF Eighth street up to the present ums
and how they came to change from pupll'
ownership to private ownership withou
the consent of the citizens and Taxpayers
or their personal representatives the 81,
council Let the Register and InteligenEl
print them for. the benefit of the cxtlzens
and taxpayers, so they can judge waetn9
they want to continue the board 9ystsH
IN the city of Wheeling, or return 70 tn1
good old town meetings which We Pas
been used to before we adopted the n25zS
system. Al TAX-PA4Ek~