Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-30
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.


has declined with the regularity Of clock
work, at the rate Of one inch per day as
indicated upon the gauge.
Weather clear and pleasant.
The Tempest and Ed. Pope, for Clar-
ington and Matamoras, respectively,
we're Yesterdays only packets.
The Welcome will arrive and depart
to-day. II she does not get out on time
freight can be left at Seaman's wharf
boat.
The steamer Telegram is going in the
Martinsville and Wheeling trade, max
ing the round trip daily. Business
along the river must be booming at a
fearful rate, when it demands daily
packet from every town to Wheeling
Tyler Independent.
THE RIVER IMPROVEMENT CONVENTION.
The 18th day Of October is the day
fixed for the above Convention, to be
held at Quincy, Illinois. 1t is the man
ifest duty of the officials of the various
States and Territories the Mayors and
Boards of Trade Of the various cities
situated on the Mississippi, Missouri
and Ohio rivers, and their navigable
tributaries, to do all in their power to
make the Convention a success. Many
prominent members of each House OF
Congress have pledged themselves 10
attend the Convention, 10 hear from the
delegates OF the various States, Terri
tories, Cities and Boards OF Trade them
selves. the interests to be benefited
thereby, and an epitome OF the improve
ments such interests have right TO de-
mand. 1t is OF the utmost importance
that each State, Territory, City and
Board of Trade should be represented by
able gentlemen who not only under
stand the interests involved, but who
have the faculty to make known the ma
ture of the needed river Improvements
to meet the requirements oil commerce
TO the members of Congress present,
and TO press on them its urgent import
ance. so that they will feel ii both 4
pleasure and duty to work and vote
Tor such improvements in Congress. The
areas OF these great valleys aggregates two
millions of square miles OF the most pro-
ductiye land in the world. The annual
produce of this land at the present time
is of the value OF hundreds OF millions OF
dollars. and in the future will increase
intellectually. The navlgable length oil
said rivers and their tributaries IS at
least $4,000 miles. The shores OF eight
cen States and three territories are laved
bv their waters. To further epltomize
the production of this area it may not
be out OF place to state that about ~
per cent. of the cereals-9O per cent. OF
the cotton, tobacco and meat OF the
United States are produced IN these val
leys. 1t therefore behOOves all interest
eli to lend their hearty cooperation to
improve these great natural arteries OF
commerce. so as to hold the Railroad
mOnopolies in check and give TO the
hardy sons of the soil the full fruit OF
their labor, by providing Tor them the
cheapest of all-Water Transportation.
The supreme question OF the hour
pressing for satisfactory solution upon
the people of this country Is that OF
TRANSPORTATION. The tremendous strug-
gle for commercial supremacy now being
waged by leading nations, Is a question
which must be dealt with promptly ami
honestly. Whatever plan will secure
permanent competition and cheaper the
cost of carriage should engage the atteE-
ton OF Congress, more than any other
one question now before them. The
producers of the great staples OF export
in these valleys are dependent upon
transportation lines for the economical
facilities which alone will enable them
to become successful producers. They
obtain a fair and assured remuneration
for labor and investment whenever
they are able TO secure the benefit
of rivalry between rail and water
freights, and only then. The hopes OF
our manufacturing and agricultural IN
tereSts depend upon fostering and I'M
proving, by all means within reach, the
water routes of all these great valleys,
and being further supplemented 10y deep
and permanent outlets from the river TO
the gulf, either by jetties or canals, or
bo:h, will enable barge lines and river
steamers to connect with ocean vessels
of the largest tonnage, and MAINTAIN
throughout the year successful comPetl-
ton with the great trunk lines centerlng
on the Atlantic seaboard, and forever
insure cheap transportation.
II any of our local steamboatmen or
other parties interested are DESTROYS OF
attending the Convention, Mayor Swee-
new will take pleasure in furnishing Gre
dentials for that purpose.
CrvCINSATI, September 29.-River 3
feet : inches and falling. Weather
hazv and mild. Arrlved-Parker, st.
Louis.
CAIRO, September 29.-Arriyed-Nor-
ton, New Orleans; Baker, below; Colo
RADIO. st. Louis; Deseret, Paducah. De-
parted-Deseret, st. Louis. River feet
10 inches and falling. Weather clear;
thermometer 76.
New ORLEANS, September 29.-Ar-
rived-Henry Frank, Memphis; New
Natchez, Cairo. Weather clear; Their
mOmeter So.
VIcKsBURG, September 29.-Arrived-
Ed. Richardson. Up-Golden Rule.
Weather far; thermometer 50. The
river has fallen IL inches.
EVANSVILLE, September 2S.-Weather
clear since noon and warm; mercury 81
TO rs. River falling with > feet inches
on theguage. Down-Evansville, Rhea,
Arkansas Belle. Up-C. y. Davis Buck
hams and Cons, Millar.
ST.. LOUIS, September 29.-Arrived-
Belle of st. Louis, Nicksburg; st. Gene
We've, Cairo; Robert Ross, Rock Island.
Departed-Red Cloud and Cougar, st.
Paul; Grand Tower, Nicksburg; st. Gen
evieve, Cairo. River fallen 2inches with
s feet inch by the gauge. Weather
clear and warm.
LOUISVILLE, September 29.-The river
is falling, with feet OF water in the
canal.
The Low Water
Ifthere ever was a time in the COM
mercial history of Wheeling when the
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