The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-23
CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTS OFFER To
SETTLE TELEPHONE COMPANY SUIT
CASH CONSIDERATION Or S-o'-
500 is OFFERED BY
C.. G. P. &C.
Busy Session Of Council Held Last
Evening-Many Routine
Matters.

Matters.
| The CITY council held a busy SEES
; sion in the council chambers at the
city building last evening. altlous"
it WAS somewhat intcrtered with OIL
account Of the powe: gong Oil al"
the lights going out.
The proposition oil the Chesapeake
n Potomac Telephone company was
taken up and accepted. Nan! lhlct-
rsting phases to the proposed 'c!e,
,noue merger WAS discussed. ana
many benefits which would be rem
drred the city We're pointed out. He
telephone company offers The CIT!
/ cash consideration OF SSA,ou"' il '"'!
withdraw their suit Of chanCery. an"
in addition to this many other induce
mrnts are offered the city. Fhe CT!
* allowed TO string their fire alarms
signal police wires. etc. on me oV''
Telephone company poles and In Az
LlliunEO this, The company VIII XIV
rhc city an additional twcnt! tele.
uhonrS which will make MY III an
the city il; getting free Of charge.
Tho city is also allowed 10 HeSiS'
nate what poles should be eliminated
and what ones shall be left standing.
II is estimated thai Il the CITY Hou'u
AXE over the National company. tn"t
rcpairS would cost mint OF MONEY
AS the switchboard in the Schihu'-
bach building has been allowed 10
depreciate since rlc time OF the pro-
nosrd merger. and that the lines are
on, of condition and operating Oh
Bell telephone company power.
II was also pointed out by JuuSe
Nesbilt and Judge Ewing. that If the
icitv lost their suit Of chancery In the
supreme court, they would be llaole
for damages incurred by the Ben
kTelephone company for the time tue
Injunction restraining mem 'o'u
merging with the National compah!
has been in force: II was estimated
that the real value of the proposl'loh
10 the city if adopted would be over
lslaO,00 If the city had taken the
lime over il would have cost At least
$50 QUO or $50, 300 10 install new pores
and taken from every angl" II seems
To be one of the best moves TAKEN
bv the councilmen for some time. lie
Hrll Telephone franchise il active l"1
thirty-thrcc years yet. and docs not
hermit the strlnginS Of the CIT!
wires on their. poles. as did the Ma
1ional franchise, which has been ae"o
for some time. The telephone co'u
pany officials will be present at TIE
next meeting and will have an. dc
iceptancc with them ready 10 be drawn
up, which the Councilmen VIII sign
In the matter of the sale Of the city
gas anparatuS to the United Gas I'm
provemenlS company OF Phliadelpnla
Pa, council instructed City Manager
Nagle to institute an instrument OF
conveyance 10 the company. The gas
works apparatus was sold To this com
pany for $4,000 or $4,000 less inar
liz cost the city wnen new. Sever"
nropositions we're received on INC
purchase Of the gas apparatus. ou,
the United Gas improvements cor
, poratlon out bid the Others. Nine
, thousand dollars of the purchase price
, was PAYABLE vest erday Vile the otnct
half OF the purchase price Is payahIc
, when the apparatus is removed from
,he clry property, or not later IMAM
June %. 1918. The work Of moving
The apparatus will begin at once. ow
ing 10 the high cost OF manufacturing
gas the city considered it advisable
10 discontinue il, and Tho clty's EaS
lines are also rustcd out and need
renewing.
The Piggery proposition. Palmer
petition were recommitted until the
next meeting, and committees in each
instance reported progress IN theit
work
: The police ordinance was re-read
i and amendments proposed by the
J, council. prepared by Il committee o.
I three. were also read. About ten soc
l. lions of the ordinance, which contains
fifty sections, were amended and rt
| amendments were approved by INC
d councilmen.
: The complaint Of local coal dealers
: was also brought up for discussion
r The coal dealers object to in ordl
5 nance which requires them TO cover
n loads of coal with tarpaulnS, and
g committee was present al a recent
g meeting TO present figures a. 10 lht
Il cost of the tarpauinS TO equip lh'
G wagons. During The past week ScE
eral councilmen have Dccn observing
n the coal wagons and find thai many
s of them have complied with the or
J. dinance without kick. and are q
q nc opinion that the ordinance snoul'
n be obcyed. While no action WAS TAX
o en- on the matter last evening !; WA
8 passed over until the next meeting
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