Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-25

party member OF the Board. and we
are treated. to the spectacle Of the Re-
/. publicans choosing the minority party
representative. No such thing is con-
templated in the law. The City Hall
ring runs this thing, and makes
botch of the job, just as it does with
almost everything else it undertakes
There is another thing that atten-
ton should be called to. The Board
has exceeded it's authority, and the
! members have violated their obliga-
lions in borrowing money upon time
loans. They have no right to do 1T,
but they have done this thing repeated
ly.
why did the Board abandon the old
pumping station, and neglect the ma
chinery until at became junk? II the
old station was there this situation
would not have existed. The Maxwell
pump had capacity of 100000 gal
Ions every "a hours"
James Kreuger, of the Park Hotel,
said:
I'VE have been put to great incon-
venience, and we feel that the Water
Board did not do the proper thing In
not giving notice to the hotels. The
accidents could have been prevented
with proper people at the head of the
department, and the Board cannot be
too severely censured.'
Other hotel proprietors make similar
complaints all alleging that with the
proper notice at the proper time, they
could have effected temporary arrange
ments which would have reduced the
| annoyance to themselves and their
guests to a minimum.
Mr.. |. G.. Dillon said:
Il don't know who is directly respon-
sible for the water famine, but | think
1t is a shameful situation in a city like
Wheeling, and | am Informed that
with intelligent precautionary meas
ures the accidents could have been
prevented.
Mr.. John Klari said:
Somebody is certainly to blame for
| the condition of affairs which has ex-
listed for several days, and it looks
| like that somebody is the Water
| Board"
Ex-Sheriff Louis Steenrod said:
Il am not sufficiently familiar with
the details of the accident to say where
| the blame attaches, but | think the
situation emphasizes the necessity for
a duplicate force main and duplicate
| reservoir. There is splendid loca-
ton for another basin on Nichols hill,
and it is higher than the present basin.
A new reservoir should be located
there"
! Mr.. VIM. Kirbach said:
1T is evident that there is a fault
| somewhere. | am not a hydraulic en-
gineer and l cannot say whether any
| foolish chances were taken. / can
speak more intelligently about the re-
suits. Everybody along Main street
suffered great inconvenience
Mr.. VIM. Ellingham said:
Il have been too busy figuring on
effect to make any investigation of
cause. We have been shipping incom-
plete orders for two days, because we
can't get goods out of the cellar or the
| top floors. We found it necessary to
ship goods in one or two instances
direct from the depot"
Prof. Shelf said:
Whatever may have been the cause
of the water famine, it would appear
that the Board should be sufficiently
impressed with the gravity of the Sit
uation to take every precaution in ad-
vance to prevent such a deplorable
condition of affairs as this city has
witnessed for three days"
John Waterhouse-There is certainly
somebody to blame for the deplorable
condition of affairs. There has been a
great amount of inconvenience to ship
pers all along Main street on account
of having no water to run the eleva-
| tors. Our men have carried heavy
| goods until they are about exhausted.
l certainly object to the method of
choosing a minority member of the
Water Board. l have always contended
| that the choice should be made by the
| minority party. The present method is
contrary to the spirit-if not the very
letter of the law.
F. J. Wingerter-It is a bad state of
affairs, and DIT seems to me that it is
certainly inexcusable.