The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-17
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ing Items About the Boating Rnsiness.
One whose ssunterings do not take him
upon Water street often in the middle Of
the day has little idea Of the magnitude
OF the freight and passenger transporta.
ton done on the Ohio river boats, Yes.
terday was an unusually brisk day at the
river There were thirteen packets ar.
rived and departed during the day, hailing
from and bound To all points between St.
Louis and Pittsburgh. At the same time
the Annie Kelly was putting the finishing
touches to the loading Of her tow Tor New,
Orleans and the southern tributaries and
bayous.
The river has been gradually falling for
nearly week past, the marks last night
showing stage OF six feet one inch. This
is ample water for our largest boats to nav
igato in, and experienced and observing
river men predict that the river will not
again be too low for our local packets this
fall. i,
An ISTELLIGEHcRR explorer happened
around on the wharf yesterday, and no.
ticing several boats at the wharf, or APP
proaching or leaving, he boarded some
OF them 10 see what sort OF cargoes they
brought in and took out. OF the regular
local packets, the Pbaeton, Telegram,
Welcome, Mallie Ragou, Courier and
Ellison were in and out yesterday,
from below, and the 0'Neal Ar
rived and departed on time in the
steubenville trade. The Bachelor was
somewhst later than usual, having
been delayed by big business" as the
river men phrase it. She left Tor Pitts.
burgh about II o'clock. Early in the
morning the Salt Valley and stockdale|
independent Pittsburgh and Cincinnati
packets, passed down. On the stockdale,
Thomas s. Calhoun, who has been on her
ever since she came out, Is In commsndi
and Messrs. EArhart and Bond are ascot
, ated together in the office. Capt. Sam
DoWolf is master OF the Salt Valley, and
! John Kirker is Chief Clerk. The Valley
makes a specially OF wsy business.
The Welcome, for Marietta, the Ragon
for Matamoras, and the Parkersburg
packet Courier left together about 1880
The O'Neal, Phaeton and Telegram ar
rived about that time, and left atSp. N.
About 5 in the evening the Andes
which had been loading for Cincinnati a.
the wharf boat, loosed her cables and
dropped down to one OF the mills to COM
, plete her already large cargo.
About two o'clock the Emma Graham
arrived from Cincinnati, and after putting
of considerable freight, left about 8. She
had soap, candles, a few packages OF meats
large invoices OF furniture, tobaccos and
miscellaneous goods for our jobbing mer
chants, which are shipped this way IN
preference to rail, on account OF the
lower price for transportation.
The Montana, which expected to load
back for St. Louisf from Huntington, found
business somewhat dull at the latter point
and extended her trip TO Pittsburgh
, which point she will leave for st. Louis
on next Friday. She passed here just be-
hind the Graham, stopping to put on iV
bundles Of spokes for Bodley's wagon lac
tory.
, The local packets from below eau
always have good loads by taking on lun
Der, OF which large quantities await ship
ment to this city from way points. :.
River men state that they lear there Is
going to be another railroad bridge across
the Ohio. This time 1t is the Hooking
: Valley railroad, and the point proposed is
J at Pomeroy, where the curve OF the river
makes 1t bad place to be bridged. =,
The Annie Kelly, Capt. Hornbrook told
US, would get away for New Orleans sure
in the night. She bids long farewell ia
Wheeling this trip, and after unloading
her tow OF iron, nails and hardware, will
90 into the transportation OF cotton seed
from along the southern streams and bay:
GUS to the oil mills at New Orleans and
other cities.
The fast electric light steamer Scotia Ia
due up to-day.
While the reporter was watching the
busy movements ofahe men engaged In
loading and unloading, four horse team
was hauling large stones from the wharf 10
some point in the city where they are to be
used for building purposes. The driver
made too short q turn hall way
up the slope, the front wheels
were thrown over, pulling the wheel
horses about and throwing them to the
ground with considerable force. They were
badly hurt, though able 10 walk off as II
nothing hadhappened. The stone, hanging
to the axle OF q monster timber-wheel
flew toward, the river at speed which
caused apprehenstons that all the salt,
lumber and other freight on the wharf
would be demolished. 1t, however, barely
shaved some salt barrels, and when few
feet from the waters edge turned as II
guided by some mysterious power, and
stopped. The only damage done was to
the harness, which had to be cut into bits
to libera,e the fallen team.
A negro roustabout on the Courier, vino
had been discharged for laziness, also Gro.
ated little breeze by boarding the boat
and attempting TO persuade the other
hands to leave. They didn't leave, but
he did, followed by vollsy oil vigorous
language from the mate, who vowed he
would put sudden end to the fellows
career II he returned. The darkey did
not go back to SEQ II he meant it.