The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-29

RIVER NEws.-0ne OF the boilers Of
the Science on her last trip sprung a
leak, and she was compelled TO remain
here yesterday TO have II repaired. She
Will be all right by tomorrow morn.
Ing, and resume her place In the Mata~
moraS trade.
No arrivals yesterday, at this point,
outside the regular packets.
AT dark last evening, the marks
showed six feet three inches In the
channel, and stationary.
The salado, with a full trip, arrived
ct New Orleans last Saturday.
The Cincinnati papers Of yesterday,
have the following.
The river fell 3 Inches yesterday. AT
9 O'Clock last evening there were 0 feet
y Inches OF water In the channel by the
metal marks Of the Water Works, Late
arrivals report 8 feet inches on Guyan,
the worst place between here and Pome.
roy.
The ST. Marys had a big trip OF
irei ght and people for Maysville, The
MAJOR Anderson, for PomeToy, and the
Mountain Belle, for Evansville, had
fair trips Of freight and people.
The 81. James had Il tlmbers broken
when she sunk last week, The cost OF
repairing her will not be far from g. 900.
She Will be In the water again Satur.
day, and resume her trips Monday.
Capt. StOckdRle has received infor.
nation that the steamer Australia that
be built at Pittsburgh last spring, for
South America, had reached Barran.
quilla, her destination, In safety. She
bad very rough time OF Il, and at one
time was condemned by the authorities
al Kingston, Jamaica, az unseaWorthy.
She reached Barranquilla on the 1st OF
September.
Tho La Belle and Robert Moore were
aground at French Island, Sunday
morning, and the ]. W. Garrett and
barges above the bar, preparing 10 20
over. There are 81 feet OF water over
the bar.
The salvage claimed by the Bismarck
and Olive Branch on the Arhur's
freight has been satisfactorily settled
by the Insurance companies paying the
former u 900, and the latter $1,000, We
received the above information from re-
liable authority.
The first run Of coal 10 the lower ports
from Pittsburgh was In lS4l. XachRrIah
Reno was the pioneer. He moved to
Pittsburgh In In 1914, and has lived In
the Vicinity ever since. In the year
mentioned Mr.. Reno built and loaded
with coal two flAtboats, sixty feet long
and twelve feet wide, for Messrs, Prem.
tice & Bakewell, OF Louisville, who es.
tabllshed foundry In that CITY In the
year 1878. The boats left Pittsburgh In
April, 1914, In charge of Mr., Reuo's
son, Lewis H., and made the trIp TO
Louisville In thirteen DAYS, The
amount OF coal In both boats was 2, 400
bushels.
tThe Louisville Courier Of yesterday
says:
Yesterday afternoon a puff OF wind
caught the cabin OF the new steamer
Mary Miller, which boat had just been
placed on the canal docks to be caulk.
ed, and threw her into the river. II
vii! prove total loss, and greatly re-
tard her completion.
We saw yesterday o new valve which
we are assured by the best practical
engineers ls a great improvement on all
kinds OF valves now I'm use for steam
engines. II Is q perfect balance, or
more correctly speaking, 1t does away
with all pressure on the top OF the
valve. Il is very simple, and Is now
being placed on the engines OF the
steamer 81. John, Captain W. r. Great
house, by Kirk, Dennis & Co. 1t is the
invention Of Captain Il. s. Kirk, Of the
above firm. He claims a saving OF
1914 cubic inches OF steam In twenty
revolutions OF the engines Of the 81.
John, her cylinders being eighteen
inches in diameter. Engineers and
steamboatmen should examine for
themselves.