The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-06-05
NOTES ON NAVIGATION.
Stage orwator and Movements of Boats.
Tho River Internsts.

Tile River Interests.
The Courier passed. down from Pitts
burgh for Parkersbdrg, mt 3 p. M, with
u good share OF freight aud passengers,
The @. W. Bachelor is still in the
ring, but "a hours behind time, and
passed down from Pittsburgh for
Cincinnati at q p. M.
The Andes excursion on Saturday
night had about 400 passengers aboard,
going down tho river for twenty miles
and returning at midnight
The steamer Scotia, which should
pass up at s o'clock this morning, is
lying disabled ut Huntington with q
broken shaft, but will resume her regu-
lar trips noxt week. All freight and
passengers were transferred and will
be brought up by the steamer Hudson.
Yesterday the river reached the low
est point with but II exception ofthis
year. tho marks on the wharf showing
i feet 6 inches in the channel aud
stationary. The lowest stage OF water
occurred in the carly part of January,
when the river was closed by ice, there
being but 6 feet inch in the channel
at the time.
Things about tho wharfboat during
Tho carly hours Of yesterday morning
lat an exceedingly lively aspect and II
decided business air, caused by five
packets trying to get away at the same
hour and for tho same port. The boats
were all for Pittsburgh and departed rs
follows: keystone State and II. X.
Bedford, at Q a. IN. Lizzie Bay, Mt G:3Oa.
H., and Ben Hur, at 1880 d. M. Annie
Laurie, for Za%nesvills, at 1880 a. m.
In speaking of the recent newspaper
notice, in regard to Captain George W.
Conaut taking charge Of the steamer
Andes and running her in the Pitts
burgh.C Cincinnati trade, the captain
says he would not have the Andes for n
gilt, and US regards the running oil an
independent" boat, tho captain says
tho Ohio river is free for all. There
will be an independent packet in the
Pittsburgh-C Cincinnati trade that will
compare with any boat in the liue.
People OF Evansville are protesting
against the proposed channel being cut
north OF that city. This would take
from them the biggest part OF their
trade, us tho city lies at the southern
extremity OF the loop in the river. The
Gate City passed down yesterday with
Il big tow Of timber for Jacksonville,
to be. used in the construction Of the
new Louisville steamer. This boat,
when completed, will eclipse any on
the Ohio, and compare with those OF
the Mississippi, Her estimated cost
ls SS0,000.- Cincinnati Tribune.
WAsnlNGroN, D. g., Juno 2.-The at
tempt OF the Pittsburgh Coal Exchange
and other commercial interests along
tho Ohio river to have Secretary
Elkins's decision regarding the Louis
vile & Nashville railroad bridge at Gin
cinnati reversed has ended in a failure.
So far as the war department Is con-
cerned il will not interfere in the ro-
construction Of the bridge, and the
basis of TINT decision is likely to be
more far reaching than this particular
case. The railroad company secured tho
consent Of Secretary Elklns to widun
the piers and rebuild the bridge. The
river interests applied for a modi6ca-
ton OF the order, requiring the COM
pany to elevate the bridge and widen
the main span, asserting that ut present
it Ia i'm obstruction to navigation, und
they woro endorsed by the engineer oill-
cors. To-day tho department decided to
adhere to tho original action Of secre.
tary Elkins, taking the ground that II
cannot undertake to reopen cases which
have been decided by u preceding sec
rotary. Further eason for this action
was found in the belief that II the
bridge is really an obstruction to navl-
cation The rivor interests can find their
remedy in n legal prosecution OF the
railroad company.-PasburOh CONNER
Ciai Gazette.