The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-03
River News.

We have no improvement in business
On the landing to note Yesterday was q
fac stmae in that particular Of almost
every day for the last three months. The
only variation in the programme VIC heard
Of was the non.arrival Of the Forest City
from steubenvllle. We were told that she
has gone to Pittsburgh to be put on the
ways and thoroughly overhauled
The marks indicated last evening nine
feet Que inch and falling.
We take the following from yesterdays
Cincinnati papers:
The river rose 0 inches from Q o'clock
yesterday morning, up TO Q O'Clock last
evening, with IS feet II inches in the
channel at that hour by the marks ut the
Water Works. The rise in the Kanawha
is reported to have been oil ont Of Gauley
river, which stream rose q feet In three
hours; and, as the rise was unexpected,
considerable damage to property was
done.
The weather yesterday was clear and
hot. snr
Business was pretty active on the land.
ing yesterday, considering the circum-
stances. All the packets brought In big
trips.
The first installment Of coal arrived
here from Pittsburgh, yesterday morning
The total shipment Of coal on the present
rise from Pittsburgh, tOOtS up 3,42T 900
bushels. a.a
The Potomac, Shamrock, Altoona, Ca.
melia aud r. II. Hudson, arc all laying up
between Sycamore and Ludlow streets.
The Hudson has Just been Thoroughly re-
paired, and will resume her weekly trips
10 Wheeling onneXt Tuesday.
The amount Of wharfage collected At
St. Louis for the month Of July is 81 ,561 10.
Sixteen boats are now lying idle Ut
Sioux City. They will soon be employed
in transporting five million dollars worth
Of Indian stores lately voted Us stipend to
Ethe red men by the United States Con-
gress.
In view Of the fact that the Potomac
will be here in day or two, We have
thought the following general description
Of her might be interesting to our readers i:
Capt. John" Fink's new, large and ele.
CANT side-wheel passenger steamer Poto-
mac, lust completed for the Cincinnati
and Wheeling trade, departs for Wheeling
and Pittsburgh this evening on her maid
en- trip, taking excurstoniSts TO Wheeling
and return for $40 for the round trip. The
hull, by the Marine Ways, Is $50. feet
long, 81 feet beam, with 0 feet depth Of
hold The machinery, by T. C. Dumont,
comprises a battery Of five double.tlue
boilers, with concave heads, 3T4 inches
in diameter, and % feet long. The cylin-
ders are "a inches. in diameter, with z
feet inches stroke, working pair OF
water wheels 28 feet in diameter, with 10
feet length of buckets. The cabin, by
Thomas Glasscock, Of Wheeling, Is large
and snperbly furnished, with magnificent
accommodations for 175 passengers. She
has q cApaciOus Freedman's Bureau in the
after part Of the texas, for the accOmmO.
datiOn OfcOlored passengers. The guards
are wide and spacious, with splen.
did working and storing room forward OF
the boilers, very convenient for handling
freight in q hurry. She will carry 800
tons down stream, while she trims on 80
inches water. Tho cabin and panels
throughout arc knotless, and built from
the best selected Allegheny pine, the in.
side work being made in portable Sec
tions-a new and novel feature. The
Potomac was built under the personal SD.
pcrvisiOn of Captain Fink, who also built
the wcll-known steamers Louisville and
sternwhecl Potomac. Maj. Jas. Rice, N.
B. Scott and VIM Robinson are her
clerks; Capt. VIM. Morrison, chief en-
gineer; Capt. Amos C. Davis and Thos.
| Duff, pilots; Geo Peppers, chief mate;
las. Ruttcr, steward No pains or ex-
pense have been spared to make her CON-
plete in every particular. She cost $780,
900. The painting is by Murray, carpets
by Ringwalt, linen, &c, by Shillito, stoves
and bright ware by Van Duzen, and up
hOlstery by Knight. There is not par
ticlc Of coal oil used on the boat. all the
chandeliers and lamps being constructed
for lard oil exclusively. Judging from
the easy model, great power, and her ex-
perimental trial trip few days since, we
are Of the opinion she will prove fast
clipper. ,H e."