The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-11-18

OEiO hITKR lNPS9TEHKST.-Ero1 TIE
forthcoming report Q! Gen. Humphreys,
Chic! 0, Engineers, which Is TO Ieeon-
pADy the Presidents message % CorEeS
We eIrse; The following statements ADD
rtoounendAiioas in rtlG;i9a 10 the in
p:oTtasni c! The Uhio rive! n this vicir.
i!y.
Aaoeg lie etatrLc.I o7.EtG-tinE 1-e
Cost:Ett No 2, % miles froa Pittsburgh,
rspAt; 0: Wheeling dan; No. 3, los miles
from PIabz:gh, repair Il dan s, hes3
q Marietta Island; No. /, ga miles from
Pilub5tsh, rpIi o! dam Got dixie 81
Bg5agtoa IlXct; G. n Co!e, contractor
Ris4,Is; p31-The repairs o. this
dan were finished IN August, iSTS. They
required L Al So csh:e yArtI Q! stone
.nd Us oo:3s o. b:ush- Il clsA the
right Q; oaio ehGrrtl ST v hss!irg Island
ihrs Increasing the low SGis: volume II
tie CHE; ehAans,.
H1-5E;j DEa.-The So:k Q! repair
ing Tia dan EXs completed II Sspkn-
bgir 1873. Il repaired 5 $14 e1hit yards
o. E:Coe Xo3 IL oc.3I Q. h.Gsh. Il
baked Up TIE E4:s' 50 noeh more thAn
I hL3 expected that tho9Sht il e1pa3isai
70 s:rsr Ethsn il By s hgrsh and Pile dan
5sl0E, Act has divide the tai, which
81 esrIAin Stages vas q great As 81 tss;,
and wGs no:e thai ! considered j, Pr.
dent 70 stisap: 70 szstGi. by : dan o.
lose s;oae- therefore had A. GaxiliS.
y dan b1l;, whose uPpe; lie ELs placed
. ieei below tie love: edge o! he nXr
dan, with is top s3rtscs s let lower thar
thGt c! The lGt!E:. This E1IiEEy Eosk
rt9ct-e5 :, expenditure Q! sis Piles
5, "a cords @: hush, G,d /. SIS c1b.c
yEts c: E:oos- TAece ku beea no
tro75.e Il using tie night chanel since
tie lsit ooe EEE closed, except occasion
sly 81 Tie tot sd opposite tie mouth o
The Acskiog-n, This riTe: sometime;
throws OFT nGss q sXs3 X-5 sediment
isSi uccGEi1oAlly t-u1hles coA 5aetS
This dt5e-l;y hEs !S:s,y bes1 removed
,? d-e5girs.
BgFsF;5s D1a--Thes. Eo.kS were
finished i SsP;sahEI, 1873, TIE totN
Auo-rf {! E;oos eIrsr3e3 o. both ~
25,gsS c7s.c yGttL
| Lrs+TiHs The work {: dredging has
6ssa Vigorously prosecuted duErS tie
yea, under the direction Of NJ. z J
CNpss;e:. assistant engineer. On the Isl
!JCly, 1873, the "0h!g' VAS s; CApiinA
The ca; Stihis p.Scs US finished By the
removal Q! go more yards, and the dce5Se
Wa EVTe1 10 b1-1stoc SIAnc. he
"0hio" continued work on the bar ST hi:
p.4cs, which l. ose o! the worst on The
river, Until compelled By cold weather Z
lie up, She dfedgeS $3.50 cubic yards II
July, 1925 in August, II ,901 in Sep
TENDER, 6,S52 in October, snd 2,760 il
November, making 8 total Of 20 ,596 cubic
yards. during the LIST month the new
t!edge Oswego Joined her, but neither
d!edze could 90 much on sccount Of higt
wafer. The work OF the "Oswego'
amounted 70 but little, IS sll o! her ms
chine!y vas new snd required 10 b
worked into smooth running. The littlt
dredging done By her has been credited
70 the Ohio
|, have already chosen the approximate
position for sufficient number Of dams e
make 8 foot navigation at all seasons be
tween Pittsburgh and Wheeling. do MOI
think it advisable TO make an estimate 8
present for extending the work below
Wheeling.
The length Of the dam 81 s;eubenYille
one mile above the bridge, will be ,00t
feet; St CoI's BX. l,2J0 feet; ST head o
Pike Island, 100 feet; ST Wheeling, 1000
800 feet Total sum between Pittsburgh
and Wheeling, 1880 feet in length
average length, .473 feet
For the construction oflocks aud dams
Gen Humphreys asks 81 appropriation
Of $3,000,0O0, and recommends that q
"As eslly 3 dsle IS poa:ible this woEl
should be simultaneously begun az &!
points between Pittsburgh and Wheeling
because ii will take all Of two seasons 4
build these [l3l locks, and their construc
ton mutt plecede that Of the dams"