The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-01
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
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BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Sept 1910 A. NJ
Monongahela River feet and falling.
Weather clear. Wind northeast.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 1853 A. M.-Ka-
nawha River feet 4 inches and fall
ing. Wind west.
OH CRY, Pa, Sept. 1--S:0s A. M.-Al-
legheny River inches and standing
Weather clear. Wind south.
PIrTsBuRG, Pa, Sept Ill A. NJ
River feet s inches and falling. Weather
fair.
Steamboat Movements.
The superb new passenger and freight
steamer James W. Gaff is loading for st.
Lons and will depart on Wednesday. Capt.
r. w. Wise commands, and Mr.. q. W.
Thompson is her competent clerk.
The Lucy E. Gastrell is loading and an
nounced to leave Wednesday for New Or
leans.
The steamer Plow Boy, with Capt. Dar
ragh in command. is advertised to leave
here Saturday next for the Arkansas River.
The Wildwood left to-day at noon for
Maysville.
The Bostona was in and out on time yes
terday.
The Golden Crown left Saturday evening
for New Orleans with 500 tons freight.
The Hattie Nowland leaves this evening
for Pittsburg. Capt. John ]. Darrage COM
mands and the only" Alexander McCon-
nell is her gentlemanly clerk.
| The City of Portsmouth leaves at 4 p. m.
| from the foot of Walnut street for Chilo
and all way landings.
Captain John Levisay's popular and reli-
able Ohio No. came down last night and
will leave this evening from the foot of
Broadway for Pomeroy and all intermedi-
ate points.
| The new and elegant steamer Clifton will
be the regular packet leaving this safternoon
promptly at p. m. for Huntingdon, where
she connects with the c. & O. r. r. for all
Eastern cities and sells through tickets.
She will be followed tomorrow by the
Fleetwood, fine large side-wheeler.
The Cons. Millar got away for Memphis
Saturday with moderate trip.
The Eldorado came down during the
night and is receiving at the foot of Mair
street to leave this evening for the Lower
Ohio river and st. Louis direct. Captain
w. w. Little commands, and Mr.. Little
presides in the office.
Boat Hands Gossip.
Business moderate with the Southern
boats, but the upper river packets are do
ing well.
Our shippers ought to give Captain w
w. Little big send off. He's clever gen
tleman. and deserves it, and the Eldorad(
is fine steamer.
The following Memphis gentlemen an(
stesmboatmen are at Angels Hotel No
266 Vine street, receiving their mail and liv
ing happily: James Dunf and wife ant
son. w. M. Mclean, W. R. Bennett, Mrs
Longet, William Byers, Daniel Kurtz
Joseph Smith, Frank Pyne, J. e. Higgins
John Van Winkle, Mr.. Price, of Memphi
Avalanche, William Elliott, Mr.. De May, o
Evening Herald.
; The w. N. Chancellor, commanded b.
Captain E. P. Chancellor came down yes
terday from Pittsburg with 300 tons freigh
She reshipped IS tons on the mail boat,
small lot for the Lower Ohio river, an
about Is tons for New Orleans.
New Orleans Democrat: "The receipt
of new cotton by river up to last evenin
, amounted to 63S bales against 1,029 bale
the same time last year; 6,959 sacks roug
against 18, 765 sacks for the same week las
, year"
Pittsburg Telegraph: "The boilers G
| the Old Phil. Allin are being erected at tn
Davis Island works to supply steam fo
the cranes and pumps. Down at the BIZ
Government dam, Davis Island, all
| activity, car load after car load of oa
sheet-piling has come in from the West
This piIing is composed of timbers deepl
grooyed lougitudinally, and these wi
| be driven side by side, around the space i
the river bed where the river wall of tn
l great lock is to be built, also around tn
: site of the dam sill. The grooved sides c
A the piles, being placed contiguous, leaves
F.; long opening between each pile. A piec
of wood is driven into this space making a
: approximately water-tight job of the whole
1 Ordinary minds will wonder how these pile
!, are going to keep their perpendicular,
/ while penetrating the variable bed of rive
/. sufficient to permit this nicely of keel
/; ing the grooves just opposite eac
4 other. But Mahan and Harlowe know
!; Within short time bids will be advertise
/ for. for an iron hull to receive the ms
+; chinery of the United States dredge Ohi'
The new hull is to be 90 feet long by 81
beam and foot inch hold. The plate
: will run from 3-16 to 5-8. The objection
to the wooden hull tor dredge lies mainl
in the fact that each year in age adds to i
e draught about an inch. The new dredg
+ it is claimed, will draw about 26 inches an
stay at that, while the old Ohio has bee
a sinking about an inch per year.
IL Weather warm yesterday and last nigh
cloudy and cool this morning.
!. The river was falling this morning wi,
% II feet in the channel.
The Cobb Cecil and tow are here.
The Southern Transportation Compar
+ hold meeting this morning at their room,
u !, No. 10 Public Landing. Private business.
IL The Onward came in yesterday and
turned to Pittsburg with two empty fut
n boats and fourteen barges.
t. The coal dealers advanced the price {
er coal this morning to 8 cents in the bar
1t and II and - cents in the yard.
Captains J. B. Sneathen and ]. 0. Philli
Il leave by rail tonight for Pittsburg.
h Captain Oscar B. Jolly, commander
~ the Lucy 4. Gastrell, will be here fro
m Natchez to-day or tomorrow.