Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-24

logged. waiting her turn to 60 on for
repairs.
Wharfage Question at Wheelini
Indignant and Ungrammstical Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
The steamboats, that do business at
Wheeling are destined TO pay pretty
literally for wharfage privileges, whilst
railroads and bridges or any other cor
porations can occupy as many streets as
they please without paying red cent,
and make the city keep the same streets
in repair for their use. II any one
doubts this, read the late decision OF the
City Solicitor, as follows:
There is no law to compel the Bridge
Company to keep the street in repair,
but there is ample law TO increase
wharfage on steamboats, to any amount" !"
When this decision was made, in def
ance OF all law and common sense, We
expected at least that the Wheeling pa
pers would say word about the impo.
sition and injustice to steamboats,. But
no! The papers, without exception,
endorsed the decision, thereby showing
they also were joined TO their idols in
leaving the steamboats, out in the cold
without single one to say word in
their favor.
II the parties down there think that
the steamboats-at least some OF them
have no remedy, they may as well
give that idea up. We could name a
boat that had lot OF freight for Wheel
ing, and at the same time wanted 10 lay
in some stores. With the big wharfage
staring him in the face, the Captain con-
cluded that it would he cheaper 10 go to
Steubenvile and reship back to Wheel
ing, which he did, and made money by
the operation. How does the business
men of Wheeling like the movement that
is destined to drive business TO other
points, that is theirs by right, in order
TO feed set of land sharks who are
prowling about seeking what they can
destroy?
Will the Pittsburgh Dispatch name
the boat which carried Wheeling freight
to Steubenville and reshipped back to
this point? And how much freight did
she have Tor Wheeling?
PlrTsBURGH, February 23.-River 7
feet inches and stationary. Weather
clear and cool. Departed-Salt Valley,
Stockdale.
LOUISVILLE, February 23.-River fall
ing, with l3 feet in the canal and II feet
on the falls. Weather clear and pleas
ant. Arrived-Fearless and tow, from
1T. Louis; Simpson Horner and tow,
from New Orleans; Charles Mcdonald
and tow, from Pittsburgh. Lioness No.
and tow leaves tonight for st. Louis.
tINEw ORLEANS, February 23.-Arrived
Belle Shreveport, ~. Louis. No de-
partures. Weather clear and warm !;
thermometer 20.
CAIRO, February 23.-Arriyed-
Memphis, Annie L. Silver and Iron
Mountain, New Orleans, viii Kyle,
New Orleans. Departed-Colorado and
Dacatah, ST. Louis; Annie Silver, St.
Louis; Will Kyle, Cincinnati. River i3
feet inch and rising. Weather clear /;
thermometer Of.
VIcRsBuRG, February 23.-Weather
fair; thermometer II. River risen III
inches. Up-Kehlor, Chateau. Down
City OF Alton, Chas. Morgan.
MEMPHIS, February 23.-Arrived-
None. Departed-J. W. Gaii, Cincin-
natl Belle Memphis, st. Louis. Wealth
er clear and pleasant.
CNcINNATI, February S.-River 30
feet and falling. Weather ciesr Ind
mild. Arriyed-St. Lawrence, Wheel
ing; Fashion, Evansville, Clifton, 81.
Louis. Departed-Clilton, St Louis;
Buckeye State, Pittsburgh.
ST. LOUIS, February 23.-Arriyed-
City Of Vicksburg, Nickshurg; Pitts
burgh, Pomeroy; Champion, Paducah.
Departed-Alps, Cairo; st. Genevieve,
Memphis. River falling.slowly, ii fee,
by gauge. Weather clear and cooler.
EvASsvILLE, February 23.-Weather
clear; mercury 81. River 40l feet and
falling. up. ). Neel, Bowling Green,
Down-Idlewild. Business light.