Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-17
Echoes From the Levee.

THE river is falling.
THE Venus is laid up at Reno's wharfboat.
TIE Charles Jutte is having new wheel put in.
THE stage of water below Davis Island Dam is
feet inch.
MATE Jo4N LETTERING is now standing watch
on the Scotia.
GEORGE MccoLLoueH, clerk on the Iron Queen,
Is in the city.
CAPTAIN A. L. sLAvIN has returned to his home
In Parkersburg.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM MCKINLEY returned from
Cincinnati yesterday. ~.
CAPTAIN ALEX. MONTGOMERY, Of Cincinnati, u
in the city on business.
THE little tug. John Dippel. is kept busy towing
light tows about the pool
THE James G.. Blaine. Captain Jacobs, arrived
from Morgantow late last night.
ALL packets below Louisville have stopped rum
ming. The water at Cases bar Is too low.
CAPTAIN W. W. O'NEIL. the veteran coal
dealer, arrived from Cincinnati yesterday.
THE R. N. Blackburn went up the Allegheny
river yesterday with a tow of coal barPes.
O'clock.
THE Young MEMS Catholic Club OF McKee's
Rocks will 60 up the river In the City Of Pittsburg
to-day.
THE Iron Queen has had a new wheel put in with
2s-inch buckets. which it is thought will increase
her speed.
THE Ollie Neville. ferry boat from East Liver
pool came up the river yesterday. She VIII 20 on
the docks for repairs.
locks $ yesieTdsy y were the ollie Neville. Two
THE crew OF the Joseph Nixon went 30 Wheeling
Monday where she has been laid up. She had not
arrived here last evening.
CAPrAIN A. ]. HENpERsoN and wife left for
Cincinnati and will go on to the Pacific coast
They will be gone four weeks.
THE Elizabeth went up the river Yesterday:
CaptaiD BOYD did not accompany her, but the pllOt
and his son mad her in charge.
THE Mink No has come off the docks: she mas las
heen cut down for work In the Allegheny river anu
"a at ha bridge.
THE Bennett came in from Wheeling Yesterday
with tow of coal barges for P. NJ. jenkins. She
went down the river soon after arriving.
THE snagboat Woodruff is now at work near
Blennerhasset Island. The bad state of the river
at that place will keep her there for some time
CITY OF pspug oen py IN 'ns tbe ud TyeT last
night. She returned to the city about midnight.
THE Joseph D. Lewis has left Cincinnati and Is
on her way to Pittsburg with tow OF model
barges She expects to get in on the present rise.
THE Little Bill came down from Homestead yes
terday. squad OF men from Company E. Tenth
during the afternoon with some supplies.
THE work on the new Sixth street bridge is prov;
ing great hindrance to the heats passing up ind IND
tween the scaffolding for them to pass through.
great care has to be taken that the barges In tow
are not sunk.
THE Tide was delayed more than an hour yester-
day afternoon. She continues to make two trips
daily A barge loaded with supplies Is Is ia taken mp
Captain siys is stili guard and keeps the wharf
clear OF loafers.
THE rise Of two and half feet is likely to he Of
short duration as the river was going down very
rapidlv YESTERDAY. As 1t now looks there will be
none of the down river packets running at present.
If there are more rains, the water will soon be
at the three foot mark.
CAPTAIN Cox, in discussing the possibility or
new packet being built for the Pittsburg and Nor.
gantpwn trade Yesterday said: s'The building OF
the railroad from Charleston TO Morgantown viii
take SO much trade away from the river that l
DON'T think another boat will be built. 1t would
not be q paying venture, as a boat such as we use
costs SIS OO0 and to put that amount into = new
packet when we already have three Is not likely
built, but II 1t ia the idea Of new packet would
not be entertained by the company"