Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-10-15
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News of the Boat. and Boatmsa AlOuE
tho Ohio

MOVIE VI tho bOAta anu nuAktuen Atouk
tho Ohio.
It is probable that either the Sun
shine or Courier, or both, will come
out within few days.
The C. II. Woods for New Matamorss
and the Liberty for Clarlngton were the
only packets yesterday. None are
scheduled for to-day.
The Ben Hur will leays Petersburg
Tuesday morning TO enter the regular
trade. aud will leave this city for
Parkersburg at 1880 q. N. Nednes-
day.
The Sunshine Is 90 so into the Wheel.
ing and Louisville trade, ALI reports 20
the contrary Notwithstanding. Capt.
Gamble owns her and he says she is go
ing there and we guess no ought TO
know what be is talking about
Waterways Journal
In the grand and ncver.ceaslng march
OF Improvement IL is really strange how
many OF the old-tlme appliances con-
tinue in use on steamboats, on the in
land rivers. Although tho ocean
steamers have for many years been
steered by steam apparatus, the
boats on the inland rivers continue 10
be guided By the taclturn and sphynx-
like fellow up In the pilot.house twist
ing q wheel by hand, just as his grand
father did sixty years ago. Az last,
however, the innovation has como. and
a few DAYS since steamer was sent
out from Pttsburg on trial trip OF
steam steering device, aud II attracted
great attention among steamboat mon.
The tller is so arranged that by turn
ing small lever In the pilot house tho
ruddors can be turned In an Instant TO
any angle. The lever Is connected with
a valve in the engine room where
machine is arranged for working the
tlllers. The steering apparatus practl-
cally does away with all labor on tho
part Of pilots.
The marks on the landing yesterday
morning indicated 4 feet Inches OF
water 10 the channel. Al six o'clock
last evening the marks showed feet
! Q inches, A rise Of one foot during tho
day. Owing TO the difficulty 10 secur,
ling telegraphic connection With several
points above, Wkarfmaster CrdchArd
was unable TO estimate the stage or
water which will boz reached here.
About midnight the WAGER passed tho
G.foot mark, aud was stu Aing slowly
The rain is thought to havA been sum
Gent 10 cause a swell OF S9yeral ioet
more, and II II was general atHlp-rlver
point, coal stage is 2robaolk BY to-
mo 2, ROW, .-owv W Va. oe,olAjA
River feet inches; hard raid1soAs-
wind has prevailed throughout last
night aud to-day.
WARRES, PA, October "a. -Rlvertwo-
ten,bs of foot above zero; weather
rainy and cool.
CIycrysATI, o., October 14.-Rlyer Q
feet inches, stationary since noon.
Weather windy, cool and clustering.
Preparations are active for rise In the
river which will occur about midnlghi.
PfTrsBURG, PA, october 1.-the
rain which began yesterday will give
the river coal operators a chance 70
send out some OF the coal that Is strung
along through tho various pools 70
Davis Island Dam. II Talned here All
night and continued most OF the day,
and by tomorrow there will probably
be a good boating stage OF water. IL Y
reliably stated that no port IN IN
world ever had so vast a tonnage avail
ing favorable conditions for transpofta-
ton az Pittsbury has today lnclud-
! inc ALI from the Davis Island pool con-
tainlug about two-thirds the aggregate
m the Monongahela pools there are
about 900, 900 tons Of coal, or from a.
coo. 600 20 25,000,000 bushels waiting
transuortatIon. There was about three
feet OF water Ia the channel this even
ing aud about FIVE feet more Is ex-
nected