The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-19
TnEsrEAnn0AT wAP.
The Approaching Crisis-A settEc,nei
10 be Entl or Nnr TO the Knife.

The Approaching CriSis-A settlement
to be Had or War TO the Knife.
For the past three months numerous stear.
boat men between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati
but more esf ecially these 10 the lower short
trades, have been putin & forth every fort Ia
arrange for some, anicab!o agreement
whereby the rates both freight and passenger
might be uniform en- the river between Pits
burgn and Cincinnati and intermediate
pointe, and the steamers at the sSme time
make enough money to live on. Everyone
knows something personally or reu,euibe's
about tho big fight Of last summer, the cheap
rates, etc. The Big Sandy line objecting tc
the rates thsSL Lawrence IVES giving between
Pomeroy and Cincinnati, finally sTitchtd
the Ohio off, HgsiLst the st. Lawrence and
they both went through 10 Pittsburgh. There
is but iittls doubt bat that the Ohio lotl
money In that venture The st. Lawrence
did smashing bnsinsss and bae, ever since
sho went into the Pittsburgh trade, mskins
enough at this end 10 enable her to give very
low rates belcN Pomeroy. Atthe same time
II at tie Ohio went into tie Pittsburgh trade
tho Big Sandy Line hsd It's three large and
handiome sidewheelers proloug their trips "a
ParEelsburg. During this fgat Commodore
Stockdale, OF the st0ckdale Line, was Big
Sandy sympatbizsr.
During the low-water season the il!.feeling
continued, But did not to any psrceptib,e
extent irjare the st. Lawrence's big trade.
The latest information, however, Is received
from Cincinnati ard Is II the effect that this
trouble Is 10 be- settled or else there will be
the biggest ki.d OF fight. It is reported,
tia. un!esI Capt. List REress TO comprcmise
by tomorrow, tho Big sasdy Line will place
three OF its big side.wheelers in the pitti.
burgh trade against the ST. La6rence, prob.
ably running one Of them on the same day
aud time OF the St. Lawrence. All steam.
boa. owners, especially the short line mel. iu
the lower river. are reported TO be much ex.
citsd over this, IS it will seiiously affect
them. Especially Is this the case ia the
CinCinra iand Kanawha, Portsmouth and
pomeroy, and Gall!polis aad ParkeisbufG
trades, though they have had no hand in the
fight heretofore.
While the Big Sandy b,atI and tie
St. Lawrence are the mtss inte 'estso,
the stockdala Line is reported
as not being adverse 10 taking d
shy at The L'sls. Commodore Williamson,
OF the Sandy Line was SO ected on TO coz
duct the d sht against the 81. Lawrence,
should that becoms necessary, but he hiss r, .
fus ID on account Of bis bad health, therefore
Capt, Honshell and supt. Holloway, Of the
candy Line, and Commodore Stockdals, o!
the steckdsle steamers, will be the leading
spirits. They control soms ten or twelve
steamers, nong them the Bonarzl Bos.onia,
Telegraph, Fleetwood, Morning Mail, Ohio,
New Buckeye Stale, Scotia, Emma Graham,
ard Katie sIockda.e.
All the steamers In short trades ara doing
everything they can TO have the matter fixed
I'D to fhak
factory 10 oil may be mads. Should the lghL
come on look out for olG-!ashiontd llmts-
plenty Of big boats and low rates.
LLvzE LlcJSIcA
The Little Anna got away for The eouth
Saturday afternoon, Capt. Henry seRmon Ia
command.
Surveyor Beech reLurseH home on the
Scotia yesterday from weeks cruise In the
lower part ot his district
The Scotia pIsel up at II A. NJ. yesterday,
with moderate tip. The Katie Ssotkdale
passed down Saturday evening.
The river Is still falling here Last cven-
ing the depth In the channel, according 10
the gauge marks, was o feet inches. Bust,
ness wGs lively on the landing saturday.
The W. N. Chancellor 3ns'ed up late last
evening several houIs behind time. She will
pSss down Wednesday morning for the
KanaWh1, Tae Chancellor Ia coed boat.
The 1t. Lawrence did not get away from
this vicinity until after II O'Clock Yesterday
As usual she had big trip from
aboys and was loaded down pretty deep at
this p9int
The @. W. Anderson is laid up at Pits
burgh for heprtssnt, waiting for a low water
Nwha ON l.
money. Her crew has been sent back to
Cincinnati.
The Resolute passed up Saturday with
bArges OF iron ore. The Advance, another
Of Gpy's Iron Line beats, brought down Two
the Iron Dukes tow.
Yesterday Cincinnati Enquirer ssys: Capt.
CHARTS Muhleman, OF the Andes, was quite
III during the down trip OF that stesmer from
Wheeling, and has gone 10 the Good samari.
tan for medical treatment
Petitions a,e being numerous'y signtd all
along the river tsking Congress 10 make lib.
eral appropriations for the improvement nf
the Mississippi aud other Western rivers. I;
Is to be hoped that the Light House and
also. These arc Of the greatestImpo mporlance.
The Andes 10 que to:oAy from CINCINNATI
for which point she will take her departure
1c-morTow afternoon. Thu. popular stern'
wheeler 10 q big iayorite and II ls not 10 bC
wondered at, commanded q 5 . is by pop
ular let otSeutlemen, fle10ut with nuhel
ous conyenieucssaud witha-Eplendld repu
taton. a.. -
MoEaASTowx, W. Va, Noyembfris Rive
2 feet and siationar!; weatherctoudy; theI
mometef 3ss.
Eu1sylLLE, Ky, Mover bar Is-Rlys
falling sloRiy, viii ieet 0 inches in ID
canal, and feet 4 inches Oh the falls