The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-05
: RIVER INTELLIGESCE.
lspec,ai River Dispatches tn the ss.,.i

HINTON, W. VA. Dec. O-o.oV hs NJ
River foot 8 incnes and failing. Weather
cloudy. l.a .rUr ..... la..+ tD
CHARLESTON, Dec. SEA- A. M
Kanawha River feet 10 inches and falling
slowly. Weather cloudy. Wind from the
east. .r 5..I
On CRY. Pa. Dec. 5-11:o8 A. M.-River
feet and stationary. Wind south.
PIrrsBuRe, Dec. 5-1l:0O A. M.-Eiver 4
feet and rising slowly. Weather clear
and mild.
Boat Hands Gossip.
Business fair.
The new Win X KYLE cleared for New
Orleans last night with fine trip.
The Wildwood came down last night
with good trip, and returned to Maysville
to-day at noon. ...
Captain Eugene L. shinkle's large and
elegant new excursion steamer Golden
Crown commenced loading this morn
ing, and will depart Tomorrow for
New Orleans Chant Shinkle is her
gentemanly clerk. d. i
The Telegraph, with Captain z. 8. Nor
gan in command, leaves from the foot of
Broadway at 5 p. NJ. for Pomeroy. John
Hamilton goes ont IN charge CT her Office.
The Potomac will be down and return to
PomerOy tomorrow evening.
The popular and reliable James d.
Parker leaves tomorrow evening for
the Lower Ohio River and Memphis di-
rect.
The City of Portsmouth leaves at p. nj.
for Chilo and all way landings.
Captain T. Armstrong; punctual Dora
Caber will be found in port to-day loading
to leave tomorrow evening for Evansville.
Dancing every night and music by the
calliope. ...
Business lively. .....
The Golden Grown leaves tomorrow for
New Orleans. Captain Eugene Shinkle
commands, and Chant Shinkle is in the o.
fSe. .ilv I
The Wildwood brought down 127 hogs
and a lot of other freight. t
The Ohio No. 2 brought down so tons Of
pig irn.
Capt. VIM. Hunter. of the Granite State,
arrived from Parkersbnrg yesterday to
| await t arrival Of his steamer from Hunt
inetOn. . --.
The Sallie Carney was to start South yes
terdav afternoon with empty barges. which
will be loaded with Green River coal and
produce on the way for coasting trir. The
Carney is Capt. John Watts recent pur-
chase. ... -...
The new Bostona made short trial trip
yesterday forenoon, and experienced OBJ
servers on shore said that after she passed
the foot OF Mtin street, going up stream,
slie exhibited burst OF speed which indi-
| Gated she would I've very fast boat We
| will be disappointed if she does not prove
ff,h ha fast tl.u.. %l,s, -,
Size is certainly the largest boat on the
river, and any boat that attempts to pass
| her under way will think her ten times as
long as she really is. Her Custom House
measurement is as follows Registered
length, 302 10 feet; registered breadth. 434
feet registered depth, 6 feet; length of
deck-room, l40 feet; height of deck, ll8
feet; hull tonnage, 585 05: deck tonnage,
407 AT; total t image, 9)3.52
| There is always m re or less discrepan cy
between the Gust m House measurement
of a steamer and that of the underwriters
inspector. because of the difference in the
manner of measurement, and both NAV be
correct. We therefore give the measure
ment of the underwriters inspe ctor as fol-
lows: Length, 302H feet; breadth of beam,
43h feet; breadth Of floor. AZ feet; depth
of hold. 6 feet. Tonnage, 759, with carry
ing capacity of 1000 TONS
She has four new boilers, Al inches in di-
ameter, 80 feet long 9 flues in each The
United States Local Inspectors submitted
them to hydrostatic test of 231 pounds
and allow them l54 pounds steam. Her en-
gnes are 25-lnch cylinders, s feet stroke.
! These engines drive wheels that are 81 feet
in diameter, with buckets 1917 feet long
| On deck, OF both sides, are bull poles
that NAV be removed tor convenience in
case the boat should find it necessary to
land head ON to save time, and on the star
board side Is a stairway that leads from the
lower to the upper deck.
There are tifty-four rooms in the main
cabin, four in the nursery, and eighteen in
the texas besides the captains room and
two halls.
She has all the modern appliances for
safety and comfort and her performance is
looked forward to with more interest
among steamboatmen here than has been
manifest in any steamer built here for
years. Her cost culd not have been less
than $4,000, with her furniture on board
and everything in readiness for business
s @ is owned bv the Cincinnati, Ports
mouth, Big Sandy 6 Pomeroy Packet Com
panv, and will ply on alternate days with
| the Fleetw0 ID in the Cincinnati and Hunt
ington trade as railroad packet.
The Pittsburgh left for Huntington with
good cargo. s.
The steamer Andes leaves for Pittsburg
at 8 pm.
Steamers in port to-day are the Tele-
craph, Wildwood, Andes, Golden Crown,
| w. P. Thomson. ,
Fhe Robert PEBBLES went up the river
this morning.
The Ohio No. 4 came down during the
pigt with 157 hogs, and a big trip OF mis-
cellaneous stuff. She will be the regular
racket leaving at s p. m. to-day for
pomeroy and al intermediate points.
The Wildwood brought down 592 hogs
last night.
The river was rising this morning with 7
feet inches in the chanuel.s t@8
| Weather clear, calm and pleasant this
morning, and more like spring than win.
ter. ,.
Cant. Carter telegraphs that the U. P.
Schenck arrived at New Orleans at Q CLOCK
last night, and would leave there for Gin
cinuati Tomorrow evening. Gtt. NJ
MIR. r. NJ. Sulger, If Madison, Ind, was
a visitor on Change to-day, and leaves to-
morrow for Washington.
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