The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-06-08
River NSrwnl.

Theriver Is fast dwindling down TO 9
creek. Four feet ten inches was all thai
could .bel found in the channel last even
The Courier departed for Parkersburg
at Tho usual hour Saturday. y . a-lsS
The Granite State, en- routS for Ports
mouth, passed down about a. N satur.
day.
The Hudson, with q very good trip, de,
parted for Cincinnati Saturday afternoon
The Monitor No. 2 came up Saturday
with a small tow Of barges.
The Mallie Ragan departed for Pitts
burgh Saturday morning ,at7 o'clock. Z !,
Capt james Bell, the wharf mastera
Charleston, this State, was at Cincinnati
last week looking at the hull OF the dis.
rnantled Emperor. He wants hull for
wharfboat purposes at Charleston, and is
also after packet TO take the place oil
the Ianthe in the Charleston and Browns.
town trade. M sgias
The Goal Valley stuck on q sand bar
st the point Of the Island Saturday with
a heavy tow oil barrels.
Tine NEW Tow Boar CoA1, Him
This powerful towboat is Just of Isaac
Reeds docks, Manchester, where she has
been rebuilt. The following dimensions
may be OF interest To the general reader :
Length 40 feet, beam 2S Ieet hold 8 ieet.
The material used In the construction Of
the hull was selected with great care,
The hull Is extra timbered and fastened
in fact no expense has been spared. The
engines are % inches In diameter, with
feet stroke, containing all the latest and
best improvements. The boilers are five
In number, 50 inches In diameter, 2S feet
long. They were built by Messrs. D. W.
Q. Carroll & Co, whose name Is a sufIi-
clent guarantee that they arc first.class.
She Is also furnished with "Perkin's
Patent Surface Blow" for the purpose Of
keeping her boiler clean. This is said to
be one Of the best inventions Of the age,
and has beea highly recommended by
leading manufacturers Of this city who
have given It fair trial. In q word, no ex.
pense has been spared, and the new Coal
Hill to-day Is one Of the best and com
pletest boats afoat. She is intended for
the Pittsburgh and St. Louis towing
trade, and will leave on the first rise. The
Coal Hill Is owned by Messrs. Mahan and
Porter, OF New Cumberland, West Viz
ginia. EsiG2. %l5s5f sgS
The old Coal Hill made the run from
Cincinnati TO Pittsburgh, with ten barges
In tow, in three days and eighteen. hours,
said to be the fastest TIME on record. II
the old boat made the run In that time
with four boilers, we may look for q large
increase IN speed from the additional
boiler.
In building toWboata Pittsburgh can
beat theiworld. The new Coal Hill will
now be added to our fleet OF 1873 towbos.s
and will rank as A No. ! in all respects.
The owners have our best wishes for suc=
cess. Messrs. Phillips Nimick & Co.
made the iron for the Coal Hills boilers;
It Is branded Sligo Special, sixty thousand
pounds stencil strength IttSbIrgh Com.
nsrctak, June 14Lb, 1874. 81 a ~
sse,' by TeeHaphl ~. % -
PrTTsDURoH, June 7.-River 8 feet 4
inches. Il has been hot and sultry during
The day; raining this evening. "a, q =
CAIRO, June7-ArriVed d@Grand Lake,
New Orleans; Belle Of Memphis, 81.
Louis Ctyot Helena, Vicksburg; Jaeger,
st Louis; Capital City, 81. Louis. De!
parted-Chas. Brown and Grand Tower,
Ohio; Belle Of Memphis, Memphis; City oi
81 Louis and Yeager, New Orleans; Gap.
ital City. .vicksburg. River II feet, 2
inches, 7! Ss and falling Weatherclea Met.
6RcINNATr, June 7.-Rtver 8 feet and
stationary. ArriyedSNashyllle Nash.
LoUnv1IIs, juno 7.ARlyer falling, A
feet 8 inehealin canal, o feet 0,iRches In
chute. Weather very hot.
: EyANsv1InE,S June 7.-Weather clear
and hot, Mercury 80 to 90. River fallen
ST. Loup, June 7s-River about, sta-
tionary. Weather clear and red hot.
Mercury ranged from 95 to 100 in the mid.
die Of the day. 40 nt{Ty