The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-18
WHEELING To STEUBENNLLE
THROUGH TROLLEY SERVICE
IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION IN
PROvENENT BY WHEELING
TRACTION COMPANY.
LARGE COMPANY OF WHEELING
CITIZENS VISIT OUR
SISTER CITY,
MOST PLEASANT OCCASION EN-.
JOYED BY GUESTS OF MANA
CIR BILLINGS.

tn" formal opening Yesterday Of n"
through ScrTIr" over tho lin" OF ia"
Whrvi.uE Traction between Wheeling
md Si"uh.nvIll" was mad" most
INTEREST ing occasion. About sixty
Wheeling business mon responded l."
the invitation OF Manager G. L. Billings
hutrd"d Il car n, Tho corner Of sixteenth
and Market streets. leaving for Si"u-
hcnvillc about ln:l5 a. m Tn" party
WAS "ud"r III" direction and Personal
'horE" If Manager li'IIInS>. ably as
sisted hy ! number Of his efficient CO.
workers and thu entire trip to S'"uhcn-
; Vile and back WAS made an altogether
,It' resting and pleasant ocrnSiun
The New Power Plant.
tn" HrSt si"r was mad" at IN" nov
power plant 81 tn Wheeling Electric
Co.. located At E'a,h Eottom by Sp"-
riIl arrangement with the manager OF
IN" plant IN" rnt.r" party was given the
opportunity to inspect Tins mammoth
power unit. ut present ON" Of tn" largest
IN tho world. and with Cpmp,'t"u. sec
uHi t. none nov. or soon. 10 il" IN opcT-
alton. Th" inspection WAS under IN"
personal direction Of Central Manager
John N. Garden OF tho WHr'..nS, Ei r%;-
trio Co. assisted by 4 nUl"mr Of OIL
Gals Of tho power plant. Nearly IN
hour WIS spent by IN" visitors in exam
inning the various parts OF TINS mann
moth w"r.mikinE umt ana To ltnr,
= tiCally ali If them II was rrH"Iati"n
Of the size and iUpnrtanC" of the work
that has been gong on at Beach Bot
tom during the past two or tire" years
Tho plant hh~ now IN operation l"ur
steam turbine engines attached to 3h.NVO
klluwati GENERATORS, producing when
running fun. 10000 kIluWallS of power.
This power * now being transmitted as
far north and west as Akron. ONO
where i - being used by tn" great
GoodriCh rubber company. II - also
carrying power t. Z large number nt
manufacturing plants IN canton and TO
street car lines in that vicinity. Cur,
ront Of 20. QUO volts is being transmitted
as far CnSt aS cOnnclSVillc. and through
the other branches OF the power dlstrio-
uting system. tn" street car lines Of
Wheeling and power plants OF thiS VI
ciniry ard Il portion of the power plant
Of the West Penn Traction Co. of hittS-
burgh. are being served II Is UNDER
stood that this plant is only one Of two
units which its builders propose L"
erect. The company has made i2rse m
~ VcStm"nts in coal properties. and IN the
not distant future tho work on the hN'
pliCatc plant Will probably begin. When
completed the entire plant will repre-
sent the last word Of efficiency IN pow
or production IN this country. The fact
that this portion OF the Ohin Valley has
boon selected by the builders rs tho
ideal site for economical power produr-
ton is m evidence OF tho advantages "t
the Ohio Valley territory from a manu-
featuring standpoint The coal for the
plant is produced from mines almost az
its door. and from III" thousands "l
acres Of coal lands immediately adJa-
cent To tn" plant. which have h"rn
acquired BY tho company there is aOud-
ant assurance Of a continuous fuel sup
ply for an Indefinite time. The location
Immediately by tho side Of IN" ONO
river assures also an abundant water
supply. \ thing Of vital Importance IN
power development.
Having submitted 70 tho pleasant at
,cn,ion OF tho official photographer, the
party again boarded the special car and
proceeded to Stcubcnyille.
At SteubeuRtlle.
At SteubcnVille the party were met by
. n delegation Of the Steuhervillc Cham
her Of Commerce and escorted 10 the
dining room in tho Imperial Hotel,
where Mt about on" o'clock they Sat
down to luncheon as the guests Of tn"
Steuhcnville business men. on account
Of tho necessary brief stay Of tho
Wheeling visitors in Stcuhenvillc. for
malty was waived and secretary II. -.
West fall OF the I.aBclle Co. acted As
unofficial POSTMASTER. made short ad-
dress Of welcome. expressing the appr"-
citation OF the Stcub"nVIllc business men
and thanking the Wheeling visitors and
Manager billings for III" pleasure OF
, Wcstfall introduced Judge u. G. Frs
kline. of Steubruville. who made 4 Yer!
witty and Interesting address. ~"lcom-
ing the Wheeling delegation as coming
: fCSn, onc OF the suburbs Of tho growing
city Of Stcuhenrille. and expressing me
, hone that Steubcnvillc would 50" moro
Wheeling people within its limits mere
after Judge c. P. Smith. Of Stcubrn-
, Vile and Mr.. c. n. Simrral. Of the St"u-
bcnvillc Herald star, also spoke briefly
and in tho same vein. COngratulatInE
the visitors and citizens Of StcmoenfiLi.
I upon the ncighborly and friendly Spir''
: prevailing between the two sister cities
, and expressing the hopc that there
would be intimate cooperation b"tw"ci.
their citizens in the future. In bchaIf
) OF tho Wheeling delegation. responses
were made by Mr., II. c. Ogden. and
Secretary II. ?. Corcoran of the Wheel
= ine Chanher Of Commerce. As the time
: was limited. all the addresses were very
; brief. and all strictly impromntu.
In conclusion. Mr.. W"stfall called
upon Mr.. Billings. tie host of the occa-
sion and MIR. Rillinrs responded with 4
brief address dealing with som" OF the
pl,ns and purposes Of tho traction conf
pany. TO decide to gly" improves SesN
ice and 70 cultivate the friendli"St ana
all the towns which Il served. TINS CON
} cluded the mcctin:. and shortly after
two o'clock. tho Wheeling delegation
boarded tho special ar arriving again
| nj Wheeling about ":iI.
Traction improvements.
The new special through service
which tho traction ""mpany IS ,nangu-
rating between Wheeling and St"up"h-
| Nillp gives = l'ThOsn car lTblil w =
10 Stcubenv,l'r every half hour THIS
car will I"ryc Fourteenth and MARKET
streets yruvimately twenty minutes
after the hour and ten minutes before
the hour. It Is the hope Of Mana ger
Billings that this snrviC" can or reduced
. from one hour and thirty minutes 20
one hour and five minutes. II is Thought
that this can be done as soon az n mum
; be-. Of important sdingS are construct
ed Tho most Of the road between war
, wood and St"ub"nvill" is single track
, and in order 70 give fast through S"rr-
. ice, these additional eidiuEs must We
provided to allow proper transit OF IN"
through car service without Int"r'cF'
ance with local traffic.
A Package warehouse.
| In this connection Manager R!!lincS
also states that the traction COMPANY IS
now planning for the erection III Nh''.'
| Ing 1T some central point Of a package
warehouse which will facIlitatc IN
handling Of light freight and Will ay"id
tn" stoppage OF traffic which 50 "i''h
occurs on Main and Market streets wh!t'
merchandise OF ono kind or another Is
being placed on cars going 10 IN" SUI
ihurbs This stoppaSe has become =
iSerious annoyance. both 10 the pup!i'
and to the traction company. as tn" de-
laws OF traffic interfere with tn" S"h"d'
lulcs OF the regular cars and ut the same
time. Of course stops all other Vchcula'
Traffic on tho street. Some ann6unC"
= mont in this direction is expected ~"1i
and If the plans of the company maiur"
IAN important p."cc Of property VIII 10
ACQUIRED, which will be used for tn" re-
ceipt and distribution Of freight pack
ages sent by shippers from Wh@c'nE Il
suburban towns. \ part "f th.S plan
also coutCmplates tho putting "u Of reg
lular baggage cars to Uc used At certain
hours Of the day and thus will clint
nate a great deal Of freight carrying mp
on regular passenger cars. Mr.. Billings