The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-24
GAS QUESTION
is UP AGAIN
ON PROPOSITION FROM PREsI
DENT HEARD OF GAS
COMPANY.
Matter Referred to Joint Committee
Of Council and Board to Take
Up With Company.

Natural gas as an illuminant again
occupied the centre of the stage at the
special session Of council last evening.
but the meeting was in marked con
trast with the one OF WI weeks ago.
At that meeting several hundred
thousand cubic feet OF gas was vast
ed in IN unsuccessful effort To pass
an ordinance giving the gas IDS
the right TO sell natural gas as an IL.
luminant. Last evening the matter
came up in the form of a message
from the board OF control submitting
It's correspondence carried on with
the gas company relative to securing
a proposition of a satisfactory nature
that would permit citizens TO use the
gas for this purpose without loss TO
the city.
The 'etter from the board Of control
was TO the effect that the proposition
OF the company submitted could not
be considered inasmuch as il carried
with IL the abrogation OF the decision
OF Judge Hervey in the suit OF the
city against the company. That this
decision held the gas works to be a
valuable property OF the citizens and
must be protected and that they
would be willing to consider the pro-
position IL the company would elimin.
ate the court feature.
Ihls letter was in reply to one re-
ceived from the company expressing
It's willingness to take the matter up.
and 1t stated that in view of the
board being unable to act definitely
on the matter. hat the members
windy refer II to council.
Mr.. Kirk then moved that a COM
mittee OF three from each branch OF
council be appointed to confer with
the company u report as o o as
possible The motion prevailed. and
Messrs. Sands, Seabright and Vaas
we're named in the Second ranch
The First branch amended by inclu-
ding the Board of Control on the com
mittee. and named Messrs. Pettlcord,
~Noellinger and Grogan. The Second
branch %conCIrred.
Councilman Blum offered a resolu-
ton TO the effect that owing 10 the
large number OF business and other
public buildings being erected over
the creek. that the council appoint a
committee to ask the Wheeling Trac.
ton Company to run its cars that are
now going around the Fourteenth
street loop around the Twenty-second
street loop. and Messrs. Blum and
Sands were appointed from the Sec
ond branch.
The board Of control reported esti-
mates for work done under the bond
issue OF 1908 amounting TO S4.551O2.
and the payment was approved.
The application OF Abercromble
Bros. 70 erect an electric sign extend
ing twelve feet over the pavement
was referred TO the ordinance com
mittee.
The bonds OF James Maxwell and
George Hook as bond commissioners
for street Improvement ordinances
Nos. ], 2 and 3 In the sum Of $1,000
each. were approved.
The street Improvement ordinance
for the paving OF Main street from
the creek to Twenty-seventh street
came up In the first branch and there
was some question az Z % the desirable
ity OF a concrete base. Engineer
Cooke explained the situation and Il
was decided 10 have the ordinance
amended by inserting a hve-lnch con.
crete base and tho matter was re-
TERED TO the ordinance committee.
The approval Of a cemetery transfer
and the consideration Of a resolution
OF Mr.. Nolte completed the session.