The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-12-10
SOUTH PARK SHIYERS.
Scarcity of Gas Makes People
in the Suburb Very Hot.


SqnabbIe Between Land Company and
Gas Company said to be at the Bot
tom Of the Trenbie-Kick REGISTER
ed by number of People from Over
There.
South Park has been shivering
| People over there have been resort
ing to many ways to keep warm and
despite what they have been about
To do they have been cold. Several
of them have been in this office or
have used the phone All of them
are hopping mad.
One man said his wife was sick by
reason of the cold. He has no way
to keep his house warn except by
gas and has no gas. He states that
the land company and the gas COM
pany have been quarreling about
laying mains aud the people have
to suffer. He with several others
handed in this protest which they
ask the New DOMINION to publish:
To the Editor of the NRw DoMISIoS;
Tue supply of gas and water in
South Park has been outrageously
inadequate for several months.
Even in the cold fall weather many
families have suffered and some sick
ness has resulted from lack of gas.
No effort has been made, so far as
dilllgent inquiry on the part of resi-
dents can find out. to increase the
| facilities or ensure sufficient supply
of gas. If any effort has been made
it has certainly not produced any
results. This is the condition OF af-
fairs at the beginning of what prom
Uses 10 be an unusually severe win
ter. Several families, despalring of
any relief, have supplied themselves
with coal. Others are unable to do
even this, since they relied on the
promise of plenty of gas and put
only gas CRATES in their houses. One
college professor got up this morn
ing an hour before breakfast and
sawed wood to keep his family warm
while he was at college.
The shortage of gas is SO great
that in some houses not even a
Pickering fame can be obtained in
the cook stove throughout the day
and in many houses the small flame
that burns in CRATES and furnaces is
only mockery. If these conditions
continue there is sure to be great
suffering, especially where there are
small children. Some children are
already sick with colds from this
cause. At present the only escape
is to burn coal, which some cannot
do. or move away. More than one
property owner talk OF leaving their
property and moving into town.
As means of arousing the res
ponsible parties to action and term
mating a condition which can no
longer be endured, ten residents Of
South Park have notified the Nor
gantown Bridge and Improvement
Company that they will make no
more payments until plenty of both
gas and water have been supplied.
Others who do not owe the Company
would liked to have Joined in this
action. 1t is suggested that those
who have not been asked to join in
this send similar notice to the Com
pany at once. Some renters propose
to support the movement by sus-
pending payment OF rent.
South Park residents have been
asked to have patience while the
gas and land companies quarrel over
the laying of pipes. Unless they
come to an agreement and give
quick relief, some one should be
held responsible not only for civil
damages but for criminal neglect =
il not in the courts, then in the high
er and mightier tribunal, public
opinion.
SOUTH PARK RESIDENT.
Dec. 6. 1902.