Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-05-26

Tgr FORWARDING BUSINESS.
The Pittsburgh papers complain very
asy. on behalf Of the citizens of
prs5urgb. hat the Baltimore papers,
rs they regularly copy the Wheeling
indications of the state ofthe river, ne-
-st TO give the height of the water at
.5arg6. This Is deemed so injurious
pittsburgh. that some of the 'citIzens"
aa-eaid have gayely suggested that the
! Bfumue editors were in the pay OF the
Wheeling Commission Merchants.
The constituencies manifested by the
Pittsburgh editors on this subject, may
b,e-9me apo. ogy DO the fact, that many
s'ls western merchants, contrary 20 the
ADVICE Of their friends n Philadelphia,
blys had the temeuty to adopt the route
though Baltimore and TINS place, as the
quickest. most certain, end on the whole,
De cheapest, for getting their goods home.
Atths season Of the year, 1t cannot be
presumed that q merchant, arranging his
BUSINESS at Baltimore, would be governed
10 the selection Of the point to which ne
should send hls loading for embarkauon on
a Ohio BY paragraph which stated the
ght of the river at a date tleast twenty
bs prior 90 tho time when ms goods
could reach auy place on the river. The
publication shews what had been the state
oftbs river when the report was made ;
bgt cannot aid no ascertalning what would
Be the depth of water, when a wagon, a-
bout .eavug Baltimore, shouldreacb Pitts
bl.gi OF Wheeling.
That the merchants from below, at this
time ofthe year, have good reasons for
sending their goods TO Wheeling. 10 pref
nee TO P,ltsourgh, need not be asserted.
Ils certainty and the frequency of depar-
lures from Wheeling, at times when the
ssa0ft the river wall not admit of steam
bats carrying freight from Pittsburgh,
have become so well known, that prudent
men do not hesitate in making the choice.
. l.sa occasional swell, late 90 the sprug.
. or during The summer, enables boats TO as-
cali 10 Pittsburgh. and return without de-
lays still he merchant cannot entertain the
confidence Of meeting rhls swell up the n-
vera the hour when be- may deed o. He
a5gs tha,uf tbe depth of water Is sufficient
To- convey ms freight from Pittsburgh, u
500 certainly be sufficient Tor bls purpose
q, Wheeling Aadhe knows too, that the
baiof tle river, and tde difference of water
above the Beaver tributaries, frequently
render the passage implacUcab.e from
Pittsburgh, when there Is no obstruction
from Wheeling. Ia former days, when
poe Hfas1p of Wheeling was less felt
la1 az present, this state of the navigation
vas honestly admitted even at Pittsburgh.
The Navigator" published ~ many edi-
ions, at Pittsburgh, by the Cramer Firm,
Tor the use Of persons descending the nv
T certainly was not designed to favor
Wheeling at the expense of 1.-THE citizens
o. F'ns5u-gs' To- tle twelfth edition of
That work, on page %, the following pas
age IS found.-"In low water, the navi.
CATION Of The OHIO is difficult to the old
Ango-tom, about 20 miles below Pitts.
'-'sai from thence 70 tie Mississippi. It isl
e''l Tor keel boats or barges carving
Tom 100 to 200 tons burden. Up from
A''co it may be nauga,ed with smaller
,'1l's.' The scne of the ola Mngo.tovn
8 ~ miss above Wheeling. Again. on
se 50, of the same edition we rad as
"~"Boats can go from Pittsburgh