The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-02


CINCINNATI, February 1.-The au-
thorities for the Cincinnati Southern
Railroad, to-day opened II bids for 25,O0O
tons of iron rails, and bids for
22.000 tons of Bessmer steel rails for that
road. The prices named are unusually
low and are as follows: For iron rails
Marietta Coal and Iron Company S4S
to $50 per ton; Cleveland Rolling Mil
Company, S52.75 to $50; james q. Kyle
4 Bro, Cincinnati, $j4 to $50; North
Chicago Rolling Mill Company, S54 to
$7j; Milwaukee Iron Com
pany; $50 to SO; Roam Iron
Company, Chattanooga, $50; Cambria
Iron Company, Johnstown, Pa, S4S5Oi
Springfield Iron Company, Springfield,
Illinois, $66.75 to 1915; j. Braydon "
Co., New Albany, Indiana, Sjj; Wick,
Ridgway Il Co. youngstown, Ohio, $50;
Columbus Rolling Mill Company, Column
bus, Ohio, SCI to SG2G0; Cleveland Iron
Company, $50 to $50.
Bids for steel rails were as follows. L.
w. Yordlv, agent, Cincinnati, $50; Cleve-
land Rolling Mill Company, $7675;
Mceker u Co, Chicago, 81; Cambria
Iron Company, So to STA; Edgar Thom-
son Steel Company, S19. Engineers are
now examining the bids, and will report
in few days.
Public Debt Statement.
WAsHIEGTOE. Febrary six per
cent bonds. Sl.l57,Osj 100; five per cent
bonds. $j9L L02j 200. Total coin bonds,
$I,7l9,ll0,30O
Lawful money debt, :4,G7S,OOO; ma
turcd debt. Sll,&4O, 26O; legal tenders,
$272. .O92. IA; certificates Of deposit,
so, ,4O5, 600; fractional currency, S4j, ,O@7,-
O74; coin certificates, S2i, 655. 800. To-
tai without interest, : 49,, 1882.
Total debt, S2,2i2,3Ol ,OS2. Total IN
terest S2690S, 22j.
Cash in treasury: coin, S69, ,4G5 S64
cash in treasury, currency, $lG,343,OjO;
special deposits held for redemption and
certificates OF deposit, So, 100000. Total
in treasury, SIPS 2l3,l3j
Debt less cash in the treasury, 81, 49,
99j,172
Increase Of debt during January, ST.
$3.50
Bonds issued to Pacific railway COM
panics with interest payable in lawful
money, principal outstanding, ;Gl,G23,-
5l2; interest accrued and not yet paid
S323,1l7; interest paid by the United
States. $2G, G,2G4, l02; interest repaid by
transportation Of mails, &c, Sj6O2, l66.
Balance interest paid by the United /
States, $2O,G6l, ,g56.
Laying the Pipes of the Columbia
COuduii Go.
PIrTsBuKGH, February About five F..
o'clock this morning large band of em- .
ployes of Columbia Conduit Company, .
assembled al Powers run on West Penn F.
Branch Of the Pennsylvania railroad and .
proceeded to relay the pipe line under
the railroad bridge and by six o'clock it !
was flowing through the pipes. The /
band numbered about -, and there being !
but six of the railroad companys men on /.
the ground, but slight show Of re- .
sistence was made. 1t is not yet known .
what action will be taken by the railroad, .
and further developments are awaited /
with interest.
New Mayor Of Pittsburgh Installed
William G. Mccarthy who was elected .
Mayor of this city at the February clec-
tion last year, took possession of the I
municipal buildings to-day and assumed
the full duties of his office, notwithstsnd- /
ing the fact that number of citizens .
acting under the belief that the election .
held last February was under the prOvl-
sions of the new constitution an Illegal .
one, and the general belief that ex-Mayor
Blackmors the late incumbent, would /
contest Mr.. McCarthyS entrance, yet on
that gentleman appearance at the Cen
trail Station house this morning, acting
Mayor McMasters at once surrendered .
possession of the office to him, stating .
that he did so on the advice of the city
attorney. Ex-Mayor Blackmore is con-
fined to the house by severe illness and .
has been an invalid for some time
Improvement of the Ohio River I'm
the House.
RWAsHINGToS. February THE
House Committee on Commerce to-day
considered the proposition recommended
by the State Commissioners and Colonel
Merrill. United States Engineer, for i'm
proving the navigation of the Ohio river,
by the system of adjustable chutes and
dams. They want $4,000 for the con-
struction of one of these at some point
to be selected between Louisville and
Pittsburgh, and representative NegIcy
a member Of the Committee advocated
inserting an item Of Sl5O,OOO in river
and harbour appropriation bill 10 com
mcnce the work. Other members OBJ
jected, however, on reasons that to i'm
prov. the river By this plan between
Pittsburgh and Wheeling would alone
cost over $6,OOO,0O0 and that as the Ohio
is sometimes frozen these structures
might be carried away in the breaking
up of the ice. The Committee finally
agreed that the experiment should first be
tried on q smaller scale, and it was sug-