The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-14
THREE MEMBERS Of PRESIDENTS
CABINET To VISIT CITY TODAY
OTHER PROMINENT OFFICIALS IN
THE PARTY ON NITRATE
PLANT TOUR
Board Will Receive Bids for MAN.
moth Factory and Visit Beech
Bottom This Afternoon.

Three inembtrS of President IL
sons cabinet will DE in Wheeling TO-
dav,-New;0n niehl Baker. secretary
Of war: Franklin Knight Lane, score
lary OF the interior. and David frank
lin Houston. secretary d agriculture. d.
The prominent rio will be accom-
panied hv Other h;sn federal officials.
including CT"ns;at .IO;a Black and Col.
Keller Of rho engineering departments
az the war department: Coz. " h"eier
vi the ordnance department. and the
chiefs ii the interior AHA agricultural
departments.
The part. whiCu cnnlpoSeS the IN
It,r-departtGeH;a board. VIII arrive III
Wheeling this Afternoon al l:ju
O'Clock over the Baltimore X OHIO and
convene iat"I in IA" afternoon I'll the
federal cU""t rnulu Gur the purpose OF
in written bids anu hearing
oral ?r%!;utrutS FROM. various sections
ii W.sj Nir"iai:, Tor $it"S fur. a 800
unn .uup n;trat" plan. The call FOR
bids issued rr"E thr local United
States .ng:naer'S QitiCr Il Jew weeks
40. Stai,.; tn%! only arguments and
bids would ht: received for consider
alton on New. river. This stale. bui /:
: rs.po:."t. t;l:,' ti.' board will accep;
bids 'ruiu Diner -"Ciiun OF WeS'
.'i"einia.
The pax; viii Visit Beech Bottom
while here 10 look over The sizes OIL
cred in that territory and inspect the
mammoth American Electric e. Gas
.umpaRy'S plant now bui!diA" in thai
.ic:nitE. They will he accompanied
ny officials ui tn" company and rep
reSentaii,eS OF ;hr Ohio Valley Cham.
Der nG Commerce. and Wheeling Com.
nerciat association. which organiZa-
lions arr working liz conjunction IN
n esfort "a land the plant in the Ohlo
vale% ntfir ais II the ORGANIZATIONS
will. >ubmi' bids ;oc!ay. Supplemented
with brit oral arguments. The dele
cation vii bp headed hy Ai;,ior + II.
Jackson OF IN" local engineers office
and other local officials in inspecting
:;;eS IN this section.
One Day Ahead.
II has h.-"n officially announced
thai IN, board would con"ene in this
city Thursday and all arrangement.
ware mad. Tor their reception. aud
ENTERTAINMENT on laat day. Major
Jackson rrCe;vI,i 4 message rarl: YES
terday afternoon announcing that lhe
party would arrive here today. that
they MAY reach Washington OH their
return tour By Thursday night. Major
Jackson immediately 90; in telephone
communication with Hinton. Charles
ton aud other commercial associations
VINO are bidding for The plant. notify
ing them al tbs change in the date.
L IS hardly poSSi5l: rha' any Of these
Representatives can reach he:e i'll i:nr
They are UptomiSci, and DECLARE that
;hev vii! have 10 forward their bid
70 Wasiinstou. The Ohio valley del
pcat;on will probably DO the only ones
20 appear before the board in person.
They ar. op,om:stic and declare tha'
when The members OF thu board shall
have seen IN" man. Unusual advantage
- offered IN his section for i Hi;rat"
piant fhai this community has all ex
Ieilert chance. Of landing the man
moth facio:i. despite 'hr fac ;hat
Wheeling district = within iha :Du
mile foreign bovIe: Znne. which elm
mated his section from having d
splendid fighting chance for rho armor
plant.
irhs, board started Oh It's trip from
Washington March 8. and has *ai in
tie following cities 70 receive. bids tor
,he nEan,: Birmingham. Ala: COlum
bus, :. G.: Tuscaloosa. Ala: Augusta
: e.: Sheffield. Ala: Nashville. Tenn.
and Louisville. ~.
Board Leaves Louisville.
LOUISVILLE. Ky March Il
Louisville CitiZ"a> urging the Stiec
lion of the Ohio Falls a. Il location
fo:. tho 2u.on1. niln government nj
rate pIanl presented IN" Cii"'S ctaiWS
RI, hearing held here ia;e today. by
The Entcr-Drpar;m"Gtal Nitrate Board
composed of Secretaries Baker. Lane
and Houston.
Secretary Baker aan0i:nced Al ne
hearing ;ha; bHcam-H Of the LINE which
would b. construed in making lnSpec
ZION of proposed sizes III the west and
northwest after finishing IN" east. ih'
boards report would be DELAYED.
The board left h"r" tonight. t"i