The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-07-29
IMPROVING THR OBIO,
The Quantity Of WAtsr-MeARs OF
- Increasing IL.

noIu 10 store Inc surplus Walet9 OF thl
rainy season to be used as required
during the dry aeasonb OF low HtaRea o
water, In such quantities. as may b.
from time 10 time required 10 keep thl
river In a nRvIgable condition the yea
round. -. f- q
By a series OF careful tclenllac OBJ
BerYRtions, extending through HIl
years, from 1913 10 1913 inclusive, thl
volume Of water discharged by lhl
Ohio ut Wheeling was ascertained fol
every day OF each year. Also thl
amount OF water necessary 10 keep thl
river In u navigable condition during
the whole year.
These reservoirs were to be 30 con,
structed rs not only to supply the def
cheney OF water In the Ohio, but also L
make The tributaries themselves nayl.
gable, and thus subserve 4 double pur
poae.
The correctness ofMr. Elliot's Views
founded upon his long and patient In
yestigation and experiments, as de,
tailed In his learned paper read before
the Smithsonian Institute In lSI0, en-
titled contributions to knowledge,
can scarcely be doubted by any intel.
llgent mind; nor 10 II doubtful, II hG
had not fallen in this country's service
during the late war, that he would Ions
before this time have secured at leasl
a faithful experiment Of his great plan
ltsRreat Importance deserves the most
candid examination.
Mature has prepared the Ohio river
and excavated for Il a channel capa.
clous enough for the largest steamers
It's bed has been 60 admirably adjusted
that no locks are needed TO overcome
It's fall except at Louisville. It IL abun.
dainty supplied with water from the
clouds 10 keep II OF sufficient depth the
year round for all the purposes OF com.
merce. The only thing reqpired Is tc
equal!zs this supply, and keep In store
the surplus 10 make up the deficiencies
OF the volume Of water In the dry sea-
sons. II Is truly wonderful, on u care.
Iul analysis OF the tables accurately
furnished by Mr.. Ellet, 10 notice The
fact that. though the river falls
below the naVIgable point many
times during the yeaFt, yet that scarce
ly for a single mOntH during six years
from 1913 10 1913 inclusive, was the
volume Of water insufficient, had ~
been distributed equally during The
month, 10 have kept up good naviga
BILE condition Of the river and 10 learn
also that the aggregate volume OF water
necessary to supply the deficit and keen
the river upto the nRvigable stage, may
be stored up by few dams, construct.
ed Of an uncomfortable expense, In the
mountainous regions of the upper trI.
butarles, without damage to private In.
terests; and that, 30 far as the Allegha,
ny River Is concerned, the dams con-
struOled for this purpose would make
this noble stream navlgRble from Pitts,
burgh to olean, for steamboats, and
barges throughout the year. The sur,
plus waters OF this great tributary, be-
yond what would be required tor it,
own slaCk.wRter navigation, would
suffice to furnish the complement ne.
cessary for the uninterrupted naviga-
ton OF the Upper Ohio. The Cheal
River seems to have been designed for
this very object Of furnishing vasi
reservoirs for storing up It's surplus
waters. Above lts confluence with the
MonongaheIa tits a wild, rapid stream
having high precipitous banks, between
which, by the construction of a few
dams, an immense quantity Of water
would be accumulated, 10 be drained
of, as required, into the Ohio. In the
first AZ miles, above the Monongahela,
the Cheat River has fall OF GOO feel.
Reservoirs could be construct
ed In the Little Kanawha, above
Bulllown; In the Sciotis and Muskiug-
um, and other tributaries, for the same
purpose, which could be filled and
emptied as the exlRencies OF the Ohio
might from time to time require. 7giaP
The Great Kanawha alone would suf
nce, with Its surplus waters, .forthe
uninterrupted navigation OF The Ohio
below Point Pleasant. This noble
steam pours out sometimes volume
Of water nearly, equal to that OF the
Obio itself. Above the mouth OF Gau.
lay River, where 1t takes the name oil
the new River, lt'ls, for many miles, al
1t breaks through the mountains, one
continued series OF falls and rapids
with high precipitous bankV, ranging
from 100 10 700. feet I'm. hight / Along
this portion OF the river a lew locks
and dams could be oonstructed at q
moderate expense, which would store
up vast qu quSnlltiea OF water for the use, o
the Ohio, and which would also form a
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