The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-19
MIR. BROWNS CHANCES
FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT PRIZE
Are Said to As Remarkably eood-aI, Election
Considered pos,Ibls-rhs Republican Horizon
B,anIhE with HOps-SarlEation Schemes.
Tho IaehAntnsns Of the Capital.


i IUTIttpVHutlEGy HS N%eu'yS"Ads
WASHINGTON. April IVA day or two
since l happened in the Office oilawyel
Theophilus Gaines, now the pension agent
in this city, and saw letter from Mr.. 7. j.
Rogers, Secretary Of the Republican Execu'
tive Committee Of Raleigh county,
which contained some informa'
ton Of interest relative to- the coming
election for representative in place oi
senator.elect Kenna. Mr.. Rogers says
that the Republicans intend to, elect their
candidate, Judge Brown, and will during
the campaign canvass the district,and have
speeches and meetings to rouse the voters
to activity. He also says that 1t is the in.
tention ito get all the disahected voters
on our side, and to see that conyeyances
are prepared to bring all distant voters to
the far scattered polls"
An invitation is extended TO Major
Gaines to make some speeches in the dis.
trict and Mr.. Rogers expresses the opinion
that "if this district goes for Brown West
Virginia will be Republican in 1884"
As, the people in the neighborhood ol
Wheeling, both in your State and Penn.
sylyania are directly interested give the
following from special report made to the
Chief OF Engineers in the "Dubois system
Of navigation" This information the Chief
Of Engineers was directed to prepare at the
last session Of Congress:
THE DUBOIS SYSTEM OF NAVIGATION.
Bear trap gates can be usefully employ.
ed in numbering operations, and they are
80 used in Pennsylvania, Maryland and
France, and probably elsewhere. Large
volumes OF water are stored up and after.
wards let out through openings provided
with these gates. Rats, logs, and occa.
sionally short fiat boats are passed down
stream in the descending current, but 1t is
not safe TO pass down craft OF any size
until the fall is nearly exhausted; and
nothing whatever can goupstream through
the opening.
Mr.. Dubois has recently built. a large
bear trap gate, after his own designs, In
Dam No. ! OF the Monongahela River.
The object OF this construction is to have
an opening in the dam through which coal
boats during rises, can be passed into the
Ohio river without the delays necessary for
passing through the locks. Rivers, es.
pecially in summer, run of 30 rapidly that
| it is often impossible to pass through the
locks OF MOL all the coal boats that are
ready for market, and the great draughts Of
these boats prevent their being locked
through until the rise Is actually ut Pitts.
burgh. =,
"The openingin Dam No. l Is not intended
for use by ascending craft; nor is it expected
that It can be used by ascending boats, ex.
cept when the Allegheny river backs up
the Monongahela below this dam Bufti.
ciently to reduce the fall 10 about two feet.
1t was thought by the directors Of the Nav.
igation Company that, at this exceptional
locality the chute could be used often
enough to justify the cost Of Its construc.
tion; but they have no idea OF attempting
anything similar in any Of the other dams
belonging to the company.
~ was consulted on this matter by the
President OF the Navigation Company, and
| l advised the trial Of bear trap in Dam
No. /. The opening in this dam Is 120
feet wide, and the gate was put in last au.
tumn; but the work Is not fully completed.
The gate operates very well In most partic.
ulars, but II shows deficiency in longi.
tudinal rigidity that will have to be RENE.
died II the gate is to last for any length Of
time. I'.. IA
The fatal objection to bear trapgates Is
that they are adapted only to descending
navigation, and are useless on river that
REQUIRES constant navigation in both direc.
tions. In some cases, as at dam No. !, on
the Monongahela, they may be useful as
auxilliaries, but in the great majority Of
cases their usefulness Is limited to the pas.
sage OF RATS and logs ~ (
An effort has been made to have the so.
called Dubois system applied to the Alle'
gheny River. In my judgment, the only
admissible way ofimproving this river Is by
locks and dams, such as those now in use
on the Monongahela. II might be advan.
tageous to add to each dam bear.trap
gate in order to facilitate the downward
passage Of RATS, but they could be OF no
other use, as locks would be necessary in
any event" I'm Is.,'
FAscISArloSs or WASHINGTON LIFE.
It is a hard matter for Representatives
who have served for any length Of time in
Congress to give up society and life in the
Capital. Almost every one, even when
retired to private life, comes back again at
frequent intervals. There is something
attractive to them Ia our society, indeed it
becomes part Of their existence. At the
present time at least thirty members have
yet to shake the dust OF the city from their
feet. But am led to this reflection more
particularly because ex.member Ben VIII
son Is again with us.. His home, and It
seems really home, Is at the National Hotel,
where our West Virginia people usually put
up, and this is not an advertisement for the
house either. Everybody expects to see Col.
Ben in tue lobbies or about the house, q
genial representative, easily approached
and not a bit seltopinionated. II is not
for me to say whether he has business or
not, but all the same Washington has at.
fractions for them all. II there happened
TO be democratic administration It might
be supposed that the Colonel was after an
office but such Is evidently not the case.
Perhaps It Is only second nature to haunt
the capital, for certainly 1t cannot be said
that the place which knew him once knows
him no more. But our people are always
glad to see the Colonel, either as repre-.
sentative in Congress or as private citizen
resting upon the honors already gathered.
General Jim Ewing, another West Wiz.
ginia boy, at present the disbursing clerk
OF the Department OF Justice, has been
acting as chief clerk OF the Office for several
days. "Jim" is popular here, and why
should be not be, and has o host Of friends
both In and ont Of official lie. w.
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DAMAGES AGAINST GOVERNMENT.
Convict Mason's Crazy Claim for Alleged
False imprisonment. 5l'
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