The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-28
ROAT RUILDING.
An Unusual Activity In the Industry
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In the recent season OF extreme low water
several boats, the hulls OF which were con-
structed at points down tho river, were made
ready for the upper works, but prevented
from coming up to be finished As conse.
quencC, rs Soonas there was enough water to
let them up the river there arose sort OF
boom IN boat finishing. Recently the new
tow boat Of the Ifeatherngtons' was finished
up by the Sweenies They arc now putting
IN the machinery OF u new packet for G. NJ.
Barry who intends her for the Parkersburg
and Marietta trade. She Is called the M. G.
Knox, No, 3" In honor OF one Of the firm Of
Knox 4 Sons, OF Harmar, who built the hull.
This Is the second boat built this season for
Mr.. Barry. Last season he finished the NJ. J.
Stricken for the same trade, but only ran
her for few weeks when he Ind chance to
sell her at handsome profit, and did so,
Early this summer he finished small pas.
senger boat called the Knox-resembiin
In size and plan the La Belle. This he sold
almost Immediately.
His present boat Is 100 feet In length and q
foot beam. She will draw about Is inches OF
water. She has two boilers, 81 inches In di.
amet0r and twenty feet long, each with two
tlues. The cylinders are 10 inch, and have u
stroke OF four feet The wheel Is fifteen feet
In diameter and has seventeen.foot bucket,
Mr.. Barry has already had nm offer for tho
boat from parties who contemplate using her
IN the Bellaire trade. She will cost him, when
finished, ghout$S,60O, 1.-The concludes to sell,
no viii at once go TO work on another boat
for the same trade.
work on the machinery Of o small tug boat
now lying at 1iellaire, and undergoing the
finishing touches there. She Is called the
Good Intent. ]. D. IIarnhill, OF the I]ellaire
boiler Works, made her boilers, and Sweeney
4 Son her other machinery. She Is 80 feet
long. and has a 10 foot beam, one double
led boiler, q q Inch cylinder with three
foot stroke, and belongs to Captain Padeu, Of
pader's Island
Just under the suspension bridge Is lying
the hull and partially finished cabin OF
small tow boat bulltafter singularly graceful
model. Sheis the property OF W. D. Rodgers,
OF Allegheny City, who drew the plans and Is
experimenting the work and doing q large
sllaFepf II himself Mr.. Rolgcrs Il an ex.
peFiepGed river engineer, and formerly ran a
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her for Job towing around Pittsburgh. For
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