The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-18

SOAgAlEl btANhANy N'tN'ANNa
corpa, U. S. A., the officer in charge OF
the government improvements on the
OHIO river, with headquarters al Gin
cinnati has sent the INrELMGENCER the
following complete description Of work
done under his supervision during the
season OF 1893. AS will be seen, work
has been vigorously pushed at various
points along the stream, and the i'm.
provements mada are oil actual value
to the river interests. Says Colonel
Stickuey:
At the foot OF Neville Island a dam
is being built to connect with the tow
head, aud stop the cross current ut that
point.
At LoCstown bar, eighteen miles be.
low Pittsburgh, spur dixie has been
built from the lett hand shore crossing
and extending 100 feet beyond the old
dixie. a second spur dixie about 1000
feet above the first one extends from
the same shore about 800 feet. 1t is
very low, the top being one loot below
low water.
The top OF Grassy bar has been skim
med off to extreme low water. Tho
highest points OF the bar are ut least
one loot lower than they were in 1891.
At Clusters, tifty.two miles below
Pittsburgh, four low spur dikes are to
be built at and above the head OF the
inner island; dam between the islands,
and low dam from the inner island to
the shore. The outer ends OF the dikes
are TO be about 500 feet from the Ohio
shore, leaving water way OF that width
at the eight-foot stage. The shoulder
of the bar on the channel side OF the
outer island will be dredged off if the
dixie above does not cause sufficient
sCour.
At French Island. n spur dixie Inns
been built from the Kentucky shore $50
ieet long, opposite the foot oil the island,
and another one farther down, extend
ing out from the shoulder OF the crib
dixie, angling up stream, but not extend
ing out as far as the end OF the crib
dixie, A dam has been built across the
chute behind the island. The tops OF
the dikes will be four feet above low
water, so that with twelve feet on the
Evansville gauge there will be eight
feet on the dikes. The dam is six feet
above low water.
At scufIletown, just below the very
old dixie extending from the Kentucky
shore, dixie is being built from he
Kentucky shore which will extend to
within 1000 feet OF the Indiana shore.
1t is opposite point 1000 feet below
the government light that stands on the
Indiana side. The top OF the dixie will
be four feet above low water.
Just below Caseyville. and directly
opposite the mouth OF the Tradewater
river, a dixie is being built from the
Illinois shore, the end OF whsch will be
about 1000 feet from the Kentucky
shore. This dixie partly crossed the old
low water channel, but the bar is rapid
" cutting out in front OF it, and the
channel moving to the Kentucky side.
The top Of the dixie will be four feet
above low water, so that at u feet on
the Evansville gauge there will be eight
ieet over it. From present indications
it is believed that tho Tradewater bar
will soon be cut out, and the channel
will be along the Kentucky side from
Caseyville down past the Tr0dewater
towhead.
At Mound City, SPUR dixie is being
built extending from the Kentucky
shore, directly oppo,ite the furniture
factory. When finished, the outer end
will be 1000 feet from the Illinois shore,
and the top OF the dixie four feet above
low water.
The dredging operations were as fol-
lows: Channel at the lower entrance to
the Davis Island lock; point below Sc
wickley creek at Deadman's; bar ut
mouth OF Mill creek below Sistersville;
piles removed from lower end OF old
dixie at Marietta; channel atupper dixie,
Rising Sun; channel at Gunpowder bar,