The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-17
CAPITAL NEWS


CHARLESTON. w. Va, April 10
Permission was granted b. the pub
lie service commission today for an
increase in rate Of i've cents thous-
and cubic feet Of gas supplied to do
nestle consumers in Wheeling by me
Natural Gas Company Of West Vir-
GINA, OF Wheeling. The present rate
is 81 cents thousand. The company
supplies gas it produces in the states
Of Ohio and Pennsylvania. II produces
nc4la in West Virginia.
! Complaint was filed with the cdm-
mission by w. II. Roberts, Il merchant
of Huntington, charging that the Ches-
apcake e. Potomac Telephone com.
pany is discriminating in It's rates and
will not furnish him with service. 4
petition was received from Prentice
" CriSlip asking that the Baltimore d
Ohio Railroad company be required
/ to make Beker's Run, BraXton county,
either a regular or flag stop for all
passenger trains. At present one train
each way each day is allowed TO stop
there.
Tile Imperial Ice Cream company Of
Clarksburg, complains that the Ball.
more d Ohio passenger trains are hot
allowed to stop at Clarksburg loIs
enough to receive all the express fur
nishcd for lransportntions by the com.
pany.
) Scventy-lwu claims were allowed 70.
day by Lee OFT. wOrkmen's compensa-
ton commissioner. Those on per
crntage basis are as follows:
Lewis Hewis. OF Edgewood. Wheel
Ing. SG.62 weekly for So weeks; Russell
Hciscr, Of Wheeling 81 weekly for 30
weeks: John Mills OF Eckman. Save
weekly for 10 weeks: {. G. Thurstor,
OF Harvey. IS weekly fer 90 weeks; Joe
Lessic. of Barrackyillc. IS weekly Tor
! 80 weeks: Mrs. Paris Rclchcr. widow.
and one Child, Of Algoma, IS monlh-
ly.
! New subscribers In tho rNmpen$:'-
ton fund accepted today are rs fol-
lows: !
lGas: Charles II. Kyger, OF Mounds
Vile and Fsirmont, general contract
ing: Elliott Coal company. OF Ciarks-
burg: Dola Coal company. OF Dola; 5.
I VI. fHudSOn. Of WrirtOn, coal: 81. Clair
! Winifred Coal company, OF AlSoma;
Standard Tie and Timber company, Of
Charles Town: John Hunter. of Stall
Inns. goal; keystone Lumber COM
pahy. If l'ayarG: Rock Crock Coal
company. OF Daniel: MaryIand-N""
River Coal Mining company. OF VIM
Ona: Maryland Coal Mining company.
of Bachman.
! Certificates Of. Incorporation have
been issued by the secretary OF state
10 tho following new concerns which
will operate under the laws Of West
virginia.:
, Louise Coal company. of Pittsburgh,
Pa. 10 operate in Cross Creek dis
iriCt. Brooke county; authorized CAPT
Ii,I tr,rr n,.itn
Thompson Of BluirSyille. Pa; j. +.
Stewart OF Juhncttc. Pa: d. p. Tomb
Of Indiana. Pa: John II. Jones and j.
{. Eaton nf Pittsburgh.
Marfryilir Coal company. Of Elk
Garden: 10 operate nj Dakmont. Min
cral county: authorized capital So
0UU: inCorpnra1 O. u. Harris. ".
w. Harris. ". T.. Harris. i. 4. Norman
and Maudc q. Norman. of Elk Garden,
and 4 VI. Norman. Of Shaw.
Mccoy Machine Glass company. Of
market window glass and various giasS
products; authorized capital. $iO.O0";
.incorporators, n. T.. Camp. u. l.. Cana.
+. +. Rigall. p. p. Gibson and ].
Mcarns. all of Huntingdon.
Beckley Mercantile company, Of
Rccklcy: 10 deal in general mcrcilal-
disc; authorized capital $1,000: incor-
operators. DR.. II. c. iargrovc of Sylvia:
Brown W Payne. Thornton Lawson.
Ed. Washington. John {. Wright, II.
~. Payne, W. II. Clayton. J. 5. Butts
and ". l.. .I"iTrics. all Of Becklcy.
]. II. Williamson Coal company, Of
IClarksburs: 10 operate in Barbour
county: authorized capita! $4,000: II,
corpora orS. ]. II. Williams. Cora VIII
linms. l.. e. Grille. T.. {. Peep of ClarkS-
burg. and Sidney T"nnant Of fairricw,
Thinkers and McI.anH OF Charleston:
10 deal in coal. timber and other lands:
authorized capital $iH,nD": inCoTnoT-
atorS. Reuben +. TimbrrS. Joseph =.
McLGne. ThOS. &. Townsend, Jas. II.
Stewart and \. j, lIoIi. all Of
Charleston.