The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-09
RIVER news.
Important Matters Before Counctl-
local Leyee Laeonlos.
Tha 1ore hsvsaA mn Sith'lumber.N

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Important Matters Before Council
Local Levee LaeonIcs.
The Hope pGssed'u SithElumber.
The Q. ". Anderson 70 due. down early
this morning.
Local inspectors Young and Wilson have
gone TO Marietta TO look over and test some
boats. s--
Ths Andes getaway about 8 ,. NJ. with 4
good trip and . cabin well filled with pas
senRers.
The Katie StockdAle passed down esterday
morning aud the Emma Graham passed up
Vt 1. N with her D.amstic Festival e1;nr'
~sionists. asa. 49,. @ ..l-
The new railroad steamer to connect
Gallipolis and toint Pleasant, four miles, will
make five trips daily. She Is expected 10 be
ont within = week.
The marks last evening showed the river
To be stiIl rect ding, The dip;h In the chan
mel was 0 feet Ii inches. Considerable busi-
ness was transacted along the levy.
The W.. N. Chancellor will pass up this
morning en- route FROM Charleston and the
Kauawha river 10 Pittsburgh. She will pass
She lisa good boat and deserves the patronage
OF the people.
The Pittsburgh Boat Yard Company, oil
sewickley, will this week launch " more
Government dump boats aud next week IL
pect 10 launch the new stern wheeler for the
Mississippi River Commission. James Rees q
Co. will furnish the machinery for this boat
The Percy Kelsey recsntly dropped a coal
barge opposite the OHIO landing, at Lefaft.
near the loot OF the island. II lies nrosswayl
L.. tkn at.na n al aud Ia q UABU Ia1uAf0flR n0s
struction. The Chesapeake struck 1t on her
trip up. There are also two barges sunk at
the head OF Letart Island aud one In tie
channel at Roberts Landing, above Mouse's
Bottom. Pilots must run on the Virginia
side.
Captain Billy List, President OF the
Wheeling and Cincinnati Company, petit.
toned Council last evening to make a reduc.
ton in the rates Of whariage, one which
would at least compare with the charges
made Mt Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. He en-.
enclosed receipts Issued at those two cities
and at this place. The Pittsburgh charges
are $3.50 for each trip. The Cincinnati
charges were 81 81 for Que day. The Wheel.
ing receipts, three In number, were as fol.
lows: One read, % landings 50 co." another,
zone and q half lans, 80 ISL another, "2 ball
lans, $3.50" The first was dated March 10,
the next April 0 and the last April IS. These
charges, 10 10 over 100 per cent higher than
those OF Cincipaati and Pittsburgh, carry
with them facilities that are not as good as
those in the other cities. The petition was
referred to the Wharf Committee. =.
@. NJ. Fisher. General Agent OF the CT. d
W. R. R. Co, petitioned Council last evening,
for the privilege Of keePinga whariboata at the
lower end OF the paved portion Of the main
wharf for the LiaxteT townsend to land at. The
road at present has no place for storage be.
sides the Booth wharfboat, where the road
feels the charges to BE too high. It repre-:
sented that It " s O common carrier oil large
amounts Of freight from aud to Wheeling It
asked that q reasonable charge be made against
them for keeping the boat, and that the pres
ent wharfage rate, 81 so per week be greatly
reduced. This paper was, referred 10 the
wharf committee.
The steadily receding river OF the past week
has served TO bling to light several important
distractions In the river. Pilot Win y. Sims;
OF the Diurnal, one OF the most careful and
experienced pilots on the upper Ohio, reports
the following between this pointand Psrksrs.
burg: There Is an obstruction just above
Wegee alittle TO the left OF channel; steamers
should take the Virginia side. The obstruc.
ton at Fish Greek still remains directly In the
channel; steamers should go to the outside:
The sunken' barge Is still a. Long Reach, and
the hull OF the Relief still remains about
200 yards above Union Landing. The break
at the head OF Marietta Island Is still there,
and there lisa break nearit the channel 10
Carpanter's Just above the Government
light. With a still lower river mole will
probably be found. Of
EVANSVILLE, May s.-River 81 feet2 inches
and falling. ~
PtTrsBuRoH. May s-Riyer 4 feet and fall.
ing; clear and very warm. = PIG q
GREEssBoRo. Pa, May s.-Riyer 4 feet
loinches and falling; clear. tf" IA
RIcr's LANDING, Pa, May z.-River5 feet
8 inches; thermometer S4'.
CINCINNATI, May s-River IS feet 9 inches
and falling; clear and warm.
CAIRO, May s -River SO feet 0 inches and
falling; cleai; Thermometer 74'.
onCrrY. Pa, May s.-River 2 feet s inches
and falling; weather cloudy aud raining.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Msy s,-Riyer 5 feet
and stationary; weather clear; Thermometer,
500.
LOUISVILLE, May s,-R,vcr falling with s
fee, 2 inches in the canal, and s feet on the
falls; clear and warm. '''A