The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-17
AGREEMENT REACHED
AS TO GAS SITUATION
Whereby There Will Not Be An
other Gas Famine in City
of CIarksburg.

An agreement was arrived at Fri
day between the Public Service Com
mission of West Virginia and the
Clarksbur Light and Heat Company
whereby another gas famine In the
Clarksburg district in the future is
made improbable.
The C!arKsnurg Light and Heat
Company promised the public serv-
ice commission Immediately to lay,
or cause TO ne laid, extra supply lines
from the Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate
Company's big plant east of the city
and from the Hazel-Atlas glass plant
In the West End directly 10 big sup
ply mains of the Hope Natural Gas
Company, so that, In the case of
another cold snap or gas shortage
from any other cause. these plants
would obtain sufficient supply of
gas from the Hope company. indie
pendently of the Clarksburg Light
and Heat Company.
This would give an additional five
million cubic feet of gas daily for
domestic consumption apd for use in
smaller factories that 90 not use a
great quantity of gas. The quantity
would be sufficient, 1t is thought, to
avert any repetition of the famine
that caused distress and loss here
during the last week.
To Buy from Hope.
The arrangements OF the tin plate
plant and the Hazel-Atlas plant
agreed with the Clarksburg Light and
heat company and with the public
service commission to use gas from
the Hope lines. paying the Hope com
pahy therefor. whenever it is neces-
sary to divert gas supplied by the
light and heat company into lines for
domestic uses. This prevents the
Standard Oil crowd from compelling
the light and heat company to sell at
-FOUR cents gas ii buys from the other
standard Oil concern, the Hone, nj
eight cents, SO far as the two biggest
industrial plans of the district is con-
cerned. In case of shortage.
Faithful promise was made by the
Ciarksburg Light and Heat Company
10 the public service commission that
II would do everything In its mower
IN the future to prevent any NOR,
gas tamines and that in any event !,
would first supply domestic consum-
ers. eo"7uil-
Agreement Ratified.
AFTER the situation was fuI,v
tnreshed out between the renresen,.,
ives OF the public service commits
sion VINO are In the city. the light
ana neat company and the manurac-
turers concerned. ratification or tho
agreement was made Friday with E1-
iiott Northcott, chairman of the NH
nc service commission, over long dis.
lance telephone.
me agreement with the public SER
wee commission Friday practically
ended the work here of A. n. Shen-
para, OF Charleston, its chief inspector
and Charles b. Ebert, OF Parkersbure.
and w. +. Hill. OF Petersburg. district
inspectors, who came here al The in
stance Of the commission to investigate
the situation.
These representatives OF the COM
mission took a great volume of evil
dence during their stay in the city. find
ing TO their complete satisfaction and
that OF the commission that there was
serious shortage OF gas in the CITY
ana that many persons suffered and
great financial loss was caused.
Much Suffering Caused.
1t was shown to the inspectors that
little babies had to be placed in he'd
or wrapped in bed clothing in order
10 Keep warm; that gas burners were
actually extinguished because OF low
pressure; that persons who were i'll
had suffered from the lack of gas: that
women could not prepare meals: that
hospital patients suffered from cold
and that there were MANY other in
stances of distress. st. Mary's hos
pital was an instance where suffer-
ing was caused. sixty-fve patients
were receiving treatment there. ac-
cording to the sisters In charge, and
all those on the west side of the insti-
tuition had to be wrapped in extra bed
clothing and even then they COM
planned of being cold, while other nat
tents also were Inconvenience. Other
interesting evidence was given the IN
spectors and this will be considered
by the public service commission later
The inspectors declared that the
present awakening of the light and
heat company would serve as a good
lesson in respect to It's future methods
OF operation. They say they are glad
to have been of service to the people
here as representatives OF the public
service commission and point ont that
the present work is exactly for what a
public service commission was created.