Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
A Lively Day Along the wharves.

The marks on the wharf show II feet and rising,
making a good coalbOat stage of water.
THE NJ. F. Allen left at noon yesterday for
Wheeling.
THE Sam Clark is due to-day from Cincinnati
with empttes.
A BoATLoAD of pit posts was sunk at Woods
landing last night.
THE Jim Wood reached Louisville last night on
her way up with empties.
NOTHING out on the Cincinnati line Yesterday.
The Andes will leave to-day at r. NJ. for that
port.
Two Government dredge boats are at the Davis
Island dam for the purpose of removing bar that
has appeared near the gate of the locks.
THE YOughiogheny River Coal Company yester-
day entered suit against the West Newton Mines to
recover S. $50 for s. 800 tons of coal alleged to have
been mined by the defendants in 1890 from land
owned by the plaintiffs in Rostraver township,
Westmoreland county.
THE idea Of using moIasses for fuel in the South
in place of coal is going the rounds Several
prominent rivermen were seen yesterday and asked
how it would affect them They laughed and said
they could always find a market for the black da-
monds. mOlasses or no molasses; they were not
afraid of 1t superseding coal.
THERE will be meeting of the Coal Exchange
Tomorrow morning. the Object of which is to pre-
tostimor'~ against the Ohio river bridges.
espe:i; lly tn Sc at B,aver and Steu9enyille. The
rVermen claim that these cost them in the neigh
borhood of $50, 900 year, owing to the channel
spans not being wide enough. 1t is DANGEROUS to
pass them at night, causing tie up, and then
there is frequently heavy fog in the morning, de-
laving them from Is to 20 hours. and after causing
ait the next rise
QUINCY A. PARR, one of the crew of the Smoky
CITY, arrived In the city yesterday. He said the
storm struck them at 5:31 A. NJ. when about nine
miles below Baton ROuRn. The entire upper cabin
and pilot house blown of, and If 1t had not
beenfor the stout log chains which held the wreck
from being blown into the river, almost the entire
crew would have been drowned. The tow of emp
ties was blown to pieees. The boat was under full
head at the time, and not tied up. reported.
A small passenger boat that had passed going down
some little time before, just got out of the path
of the storm. ''She returned to our assistance" "
says Mr. Parr ''but we were already made fast to
the Shore with the assistance of the people. The
total damage the boat is estimated at SIS 0O0."
AS was stated in THE DISPATCH yesterday. very
little coal will he shipped this rise. The total
amount sent out will reach between g. COO. 900 and
1000 900 bushels. All the boats did not get away
Yesterday. some having to wait for the balance Of
their tOws to be brought from the upper pools The
following boats left during the day and last night:
Joseph Nixon, Is barges and fuels; Joseph Wal
ton, boats, barges and fuels; Frank Gilmore. IL
barges: Jim Brown and James Gilmore, IA barges
each: Enterprise. boats and IL barges; Little
Fred IL barges and fuels: B. ID. Wood, IA barges;
Dave Wood, boats, barges and fuels: Tom
Lysle. boats and barges; Tom Dodsworth, "A
barges, boats and fuels; Acorn IL barges and
boat. The Nellie Walton will get away this morn
ing. She will have Il barges. The Cruiser will
also leave sometime tO-dav,