The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-28
CITY TO SOON HAVE
MORE FIRE EQUIPMENT
COMMITTEE or THREE PHoGAHS
sIVE MEN SECURE 100000
Endorsements.
Excellent Work by Them ana Noble
Response by Citizens-off to
Visit Many Cities.

Local trustees Of tho fire equipment
fund left yesterday on tour OF in
spcrtinn Of the different fire equipment
companies 10 select the fire equipment
for tho city. Tho committee in charge
Of the campaign is .cnmposrc nf George
w. l.utz. &. 4. Robinson, Samuel Len
kard.
fund Of s75.n0n was asked for at
h" beginning of last week and before
tho week ended tho committc" had AT
their disposal s%0n.n0N and MS so many
companies offered bids. tho committc"
suggested that an inspection If their
factories and tho engines made by them
would he tho best way Ia decide the
question. This suggestion met with th"
apnrovnl nf city Manager q. q. Nagl".
and thr trip was ordered in haste az
tho city is in nc"d Of III" quipment now.
Factories in several cities will b" Wis
iicd and the outcome Of the inspections
will be reported upon III" arrival "i IN"
committee in Wheeling $"mcirm" thus
week when the contracts will hc award
cd.
\ vote ri thanks WIS extended the
trustees for their cfTicint work.
The names nf the contributors visited
bv the trustees. and from whom larg"
sums were Sol'ii"d are civ"n below.
charles .IrffcrS. president "t III" hc"'-
ing CLEARING House. stated /" Mr.. lsGbih-
son. that if h" had names on all OF Inc
nonrrs i'm his bank. aS good rs those ap-
raring below. II" would feel greatly
rirascd. rh. list Of thu mon and con-
Germs guaranteeing sums arc: W. T..
Stone. u. ". Peterson. II. ". M"Lur"'
\. =. List. 4. J p"nahuc. Edward "aE-
nrr, StrnrhmannS Vienna Bakery. j.
G. Hoffman Sons Company. II. {. ogden.
Locke Hhn" To-. Wheeling Steel x Iron
Goa ~ S.'nn"horn i. l.. St!!rl Sons, W.
II. Abbott. Alex Glass. Wheeling Tile
TO-. .Ireryh SpeIdnl. j. J. holloway. leo.
T. S:ifrI 60, t. Srh"nli & Sons I'arKinC
60. riitsburgh- Wheeling Coal co.. j. y.
Blum, e. - Robinson. George w. LNiZ
J. =. Erady. Glenn f.. Peters. Geo. w.
Erihnrt. I2r"r irnrcry CO.. &. :. F""ny
TO. Isaac. NJ Scott W. \. Wilson II Sons
John = Nay!Hr Co.. Hicks & lioGc {. X.
Hubbard. go. T.. House. w. II. Hare.
Wheeling Warehouse & St"raE" CO.. w.
!, I.uk"ns CO.. Thomas W. Ncsh!tt.
Browne Bros. F.'C i'richors;. Nay shoe
TO- thas. y. IIamrhnr. Geo. L. Taylor.
Howard llazlrtt K Son. t. y. House. Geo.
81. Snrok co., Wheeling building Mate
rial CO.. L. +. Iiali"r. T. \. Little. Alex
andrr "a. ScaInn Alexander. VIII H. Col
Wig centre Foundry CO.. john Coleman.
y Nrrthwnod CO.. t"""S B"ntZ TO-. Chas.
4. bowers Bloch Bros. Tohacc" CO.. {.
kaiaitz,r Packing Tn.. IT. +. BrhrrnS. w.
T.. Weiss. F:naucr Co.. Warwick China
CO.. utt-HriskcGl Hardware 60: Trimble
& luiZ Supply TO, lilZcl-Atlas Glass
,r0. H. W. lowr. kli"vcS Lumber 90.
w. II. Elcivrs. &. Strinm"tz & Sons. \.
T. uirirh. II. +. Hrhr"n" Co. Sam L.
Mckee e.. Frank l.. ScroEgins. ". w.
Irwin. Iuhn Il. Garden. {. Hess Sons.
Edward Hazlrtt. W. II. Elliott. r. NJ.
C;il!rIand. \. l.anghans. e. h. Carney,
r-u. ". Stlmm. J. W. Brltz & Sons CO..
II. :. Sands. Engineering & Equipment
to. Fen. = KoScnhl""m. J. T.. Morgan
Majority co. Tee Electric CO.. West
Virginia Printing Co. Louis Bert schy.
John II. Clarke. tir"cr & I.ainE l.aBc!Ic
iron Works Il. \. Burt. Norton & Co.
j. =. Mckiuicy. \. t. Whitaker q. O.
Magic r. +. t'nriS and X. L. Kitchen.