The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-06
ALONG THE LEYBE.
THE COAL FLEET GETS PAST HERE
In Good shapO-An UnfOundod RumOr that
Ten of the steamers Had Grounded.
Over Two Million Bushels of Coal
PAsS-GsnerAi River News

The Telegram will venture out again to-
day and arrive and depart in the Glazing
ton trade. She had been laid up below,
keeping out Of the way Of the ice.
Aaron Mclaughlin and Tony Mundahl
are the pilots OF the Fashion. The steRm-
er passed down yesterday morning before
dSybresk on her way to Cincinnati.
At Pittsburgh last night there was q
depth OF feet inches aud the river was
stationary. Below Davis Island dam there
was depth Of feet inches and the
river was falling.
The Courier got away for Petersburg
on time yesterday morning with fair
trip. The Ben Hur will make her ap-
pearance RRain this morning and leave in
this trade ct IL o'clock.
The river continued to fall at this point
all day yesterday. Last night the marks
showed o depth OF feet 10 inches in the
channel here and the waters were still 70.
ceding. But little business WAS done on
the leVee during the day.
The Andes will leave Cincinnati for this
point this evening OF o'clock, her reg.
ular time. She will leave on her return
trip next Tuesday afternoon. Shippers
desiring thor goods brought up by this
reliable pscke! can order by telegraph.
Tho reporla received LAST niRht from
points above Pittsburgh were as iollowa:
Morgantown, feet and stationary ;
Greensboro, 7 feet 10 inches snd falling;
BrownsYllle, feet 10 inches and falling /;
Rice's Landing, 8 feet inches and fall
ing; Oil City, 8 feet inches and rising.
The Louis A. Shirley will be here 10.
day from Cincinnati and will leave on her
return trip tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock. The Shirley is q good sLaunch
reliable packet, differed by an able corps
OF popular gentlemen and they by care
fully looking alter the interests Of their
patTons have made their boat fixture in
the trade. Charlie Reeves, OF this city,
is chief clerk, and aims 10 make itspeCial-
ly pleasant and agreeable for Wheeling
people in their dealings with the boat.
The river presented busy appearance
yesterday, especially In the afternoon
when there Was not q moment when one
or more boats Of the coal feet were not
in sight. As reported in yesterdays issue
the advance guard OF the feet passed here
Wednesday afternoon, when three toTB
passed. That night FIVE more passed in
the darkness and fog. Their names could
not be obtained. Yesterday the feet
passed in the following order: Onward,
$3.50 o'clock A. NJ; Hornet, $3.50 A, NJ;
Nellie speer, 5 A. N. Little Fred and Dis.
mond, . P. NJ; Ed, Roberts, Fl. L. Pier
pont and Beaver, 3 P. NJ; Sam Brown and
Charlie Brown, $3.50 P. NJ; Tom Rhess No.
2. 3:45 P. NJ; Belle MCGOWAN land Ray
moDd Horner, P. NJ; James Gilmore and
Pacific, $3.50 p. NJ; Samuel Clark, Venture,
Advance and Hunter, 5P.M
A report was sent out from Pittsburgh
late yesterday afternoon, to the effect
thst tie fleet was having rough lime OF
it on account Of receding waterg and
heavy ice 9ri that st least ten steamers
and tOS5 nEG been reported grounded
near thia city 40 consequence. Numer-
GUS inquiries mGdo both up and down the
river failed to learn anything about such
o disaster. The report caused considers
bic unessinees at the lower ports.
The coal that has passed here in the
past two days amounted to about 2, 100000
bushels, about one-half OF which was for
LuulbVUl6 anu kub DhlhuCo lOE SluCluuhl1s
There possibly never was run" Of coal
attended with greater excitement or with
Tower accidents to the fleets under the cir
Cums!ances, than the present one, In or.
der to got coal below the Davis Island dam
great risks had to be taken on account OF
the wickets refusing to work. For time
1t Eeemed 40 though not bushel Of coal
would get away on the present rise, but
by taking great chances tho operators sue
Ceeded in getting out about quarter Of
what they hsd loaded and ready to chip.
a dispatch received from Pittsburgh late
last night gave the following information
about mishaps to the feet; Among the
toW-bosts reported to have met disaster
with their coal toWs while en.route to Gin.
cinrsh and Louisville, we're the steamers
Goal City, Annie Roberts, Charlie Brown
aud ]. s. Neal. The steamer Robsrt0
stuck eight barges ct Montgomery Island,
aud tho Coal City grounded five bargeB at
the ssmo place; the Charlie Brown left
three barge5 on an island near Industry,
Pa, and the Neal is said to have grounded
her entire tow Of twelve hsrges at Merrl.
mans Riffs. The barges contained
1900 bushels each, and tho sggregate
amount Of coal in danger Ia about $4,000
bushels.