The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-06-14
MOVIES ON NAVIGATION.
Stage of Water mud Movements OF Boats
Tho RiYnr IntornstA.

Stage OF Water mud Movements of Boats,
The River Interests,
The Courier for Parkersburg and way
landings cleared at noon, with u pretty
fair trip to start with,
On account Of the present very low
water there will be no more boats
through from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh.
The II. +. Frisby turns back from
Wheeling, where she will leave her
empties, and take tow OF paving brick
from Middleport to Evansville.
The Kauawha packet Lizzie Bay will
depart for Charleston and way land
ings at 6 a. m. to-day, and the Ben Hur
will follow for Parkersburg at 1880 q.
IN.
The II. X. Bedford got away for Pitts
burgh at 0 u. m, yesterday with fair
start, The Keystone departed at the
same hour for Cincinnati with first
class trip, including big passenger list.
The work OF Missing the wickets at
Davis Island dam was commenced on
Friday and 1t is thought the dam will
DO up fully by this evening. Coal men
are getting anxious for the dam.-PHts'
burgh Commercial Gazette.
Capt. /. N. Bunton, OF Joseph Walton
4 Co., who is just back from New
Orleans says there is good demand
there from sugar plantations for Pitts
burgh coal, but that Alabama coal is a
strong competitor for the local trade.
Mate John Sweeney, OF the packet
Hudson, who for the past two months
has been an inmate OF Mercy hospital,
Pittsburgh, is slowly recovering, but it
is feared he will never be the same man
physically that he was.
The people at Evansville are very
much alarmed for fear they will lose
the Ohio river at that point. A short
distance above the city the river threat
ems to cut across on tho Kentucky
side, leaving tho city quite distance
away from the river.
On account of tho raising OF the
wickets at the dam at Davis Island, q
further fall in the river here is expected,
aggregating about 10 inches. River
men are loudly complaining at the mac
tlOLl Vi VllC III utbOhAlAB w
that very important improvement, Tho
work now going on there should have
been attended to when there was bet
ter stage Of water than at present.
The Pittsburgh and Cincinnati packet
line was reorganized at Pittsburgh as q
stock company. The officers are:
Capt. james A. Henderson, general
manager; Com. G. w, O. Johnson, sec
rotary and treasurer, and Captain Eli.
son, superintendent There will be no
changes made this season in the days OF
tho boats or running time. The COM
pany's headquarters will be at Pitts.
burgh, where all the officials except
Captain Ellison will remain. His head
quarters will be at Cincinnati, where
he will remove his family.
The Scotia departed for Cincinnati
yesterday morning with a good freight
and passenger list, considering the low
stage of water.-Yesterday's Register.
River men and people generally inter-
ested in boats and the river are at a
loss to understand how it was possible
for the Scotia to pass with a good
freight and passenger list" when in
fact Captain Agnew's good boat was
locked at Pittsburg being repaired.
Perhaps this was one OF tho Registers
Jokes. It can BIO stated for the inform
alton OF some people that the Scotia
will probably be out again next week,
but it is as yet uncertain as to the size
OF her freight and passenger list"
The river continues to fall and last
evening was down to 4 feet 3 inches, a
fall OF 8 inches in twenty.four hours.
The first OF the big packets to feel the
effects OF the low water is the big Hud-
son, which arrived here from below
early in the afternoon yesterday, aud
could not get above Sho remained
here until p. M, when she turned and
started for Cincinnati, where she. will
take up summer quarters unless there
is enough rain Immediately reproduce
q considerable rise in the river, but this
is hardly expected. tits very probable
that smaller boats will replace tho big
packets in the Clncinnati:Pi!tsburgh
trade now.
SIMMONS Liver Regulator Ia n most OK.