Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-05
WATER WAITS.
Stray and Regular Matters Along the
River and Wharf

The Bachelor is the Parkersburg packet
to-day.
The river was stationary at dark last
night, with feet of water in the channel.
The Little Anna has received new whis.
tie, which is termed the knocking bird,
and it is vast improvement on the for
mer one, which was lost in the river short
time ago.
The Chancellor, from Pittsburgh en-
route for Charleston, passed down about !
o'clock yesterday morning, having made a
remarkably fast trip considering the stage
of water.
The ST. Lawrence is due here this morn
ing, and will leave in the afternoon for
Cincinnati. Should the river remain low
she will be placed on the docks, and the
Sidney take her next trip.
The hull of the new transfer boat, Lizzie
Townsend, was brought here by the
steamer John T. Fisher, yesterday. Swee-
ncy & Sons have the contract for putting
the machinery on her, and will commence
work Immediately.
The Dean Adams, built at Pittsburg two
years ago by James Reese & Sons, is the
fastest three boiler boat afloat. The Mem
phis Ledger furnishes the following: This
elegant boat, built two years ago for the
trade in which it runs, between here and
Arksnsaw City, is doing splendid service
for the commerce OF Memphis and the
planters in the bottoms. The cost of the
boat, as has been stated before, was over
$4,000. 1t is a complete and elegant side.
wheel steamer, built for swiftneSs, comfort
and safety. All these qualities were Sc
cured, together with rare elegance and I'M
surpassed management. This boat entered
the trade on the 5th OF last September, and
49, o., 10 ri trsfb mia inn O
single one or being off time. Two round
trips TO Arkansas City are made a week, a
distance of 1,0l6 miles, leaving Memphis at
5 o'clock P NJ. Mondays and Wednesdays.
The time down is "a hours, and the return
is made in 26 hours, including
stoppageS at the principal land
ings. No boat on the river has as much
time TO lay over in port, in proportion to
distance run. as the Dean Adams. Time
is made with about as much rapidity as
railroad train. This is easy enough for a
steamer that sits so gracefully on the water,
has such powerful engines and is differed
from pilot house to engine room by the
most skillful and trustworthy river men in
the service. When the Dean Adams car
ried the Macaronians to Helena, a distance
Of ninety miles. the trip was made
in three hours and forty minutes, or
quicker than an ordinary passenger train
would make the same distance on most
Southern roads. Taken all in all, no boat
has such a record-over $1,000 miles in
eleven months-without an accident or
material deviation from schedule time. II
is no wonder that boat and officers and
owner are popular with business men,
planters, commercial travellers and the
travelling public generally. 1t is creditable
TO Memphis and the river trade that such
an elegant steamer can be sustained"
The Lioness gathered her scattered tow
at Louisville and is on her way to Pitts
burgh.
Avenerable boatman said when the Lick
ing Ohio hill of Licking"
Capt Capstau sent outa growl from some
where about his heavy gray beard, which
dent occurs and half hundred people are
smashed up or killed. as is happening
every day almost, misplaced switch" or
''cow on the track is alt that is said; next
day you hear nothing of il. But let an &C
cident happen on the river about once q
year and there is-hades to pay and the
talk is never over. When there is river
accident some of the newspapers have to
go back TO Noah's time for "reminiscences,
and claim that so many people were
drowned because the old fellow didn't build
his boat big enough to take 'em all on
board. Just shows what they know bout
boatin' Pitts. Dispatch.
OIL CRY, August 4.-River 4 feet and
stationary. Weather cloudy and warm.
PITTSBURGH. August 4-Riyer II inches
and falling. Raining and warm.