Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-22
COAL FLEETS MOVING.
THERE WILL BE FIFTEEN FEET OF wATRl
HERE.
Twenty Million Bushels Of Coal to Go South from
Piltsburg-MOvements Of the Local
Packe.s-Noies.

There was an air of activity and bus
tie about the wharf yesterday, which
was an unusual scene to the loungers
about the landing. The water began TO
crawl no on the marks rapidly early In
the morning, and throughout the day
forces of men were at work adjusting
the floats for the steam and napths
yacht ferries, to the new order of things.
For the first time in many months
wagons loaded with merchandise kept
up procession TO and from the wharf
boat, and Wharfmaster Crockard and
his force OF men were kept busy ans
wering inquiries aud attending TO the
shipment Snd receipt OF freight.
At midnight the water had almost
touched the fifteen foot mark, and Mr..
Crockard's prediction regarding the
stage was realized. 1t was rising very
slowly last night, and will be stationary
this morning. There will not be more
than>tifteen feet Of water, but the swell
Is sufficient TO make the average river
man happy. All the towboat pilots liV-
ing here, have departed for various
points 10 bring out boats, or TO Pitts
burg TO aid in steering the coal fleets TO
the Southern markets. A force OF
twenty employees OF Gray's Iron Line
left yesterday morning for down river
points TO bring boats up TO Pittsourg.
The Cincinnati and Plttsourg Packet
Company will have several OF its pack
cts running in the regular trade within
a week or ten days The Hudson will
leave Cincinnati at five o'clock this eve
ming for Pittsburg. The Keystone
State is scheduled TO depart from
Wheeling for Cincinnati and intermedi-
ate points, some time after midnight
Tuesday morning. The Scotia is rails
ing steam and will depart for down
river points this morning. The Iron
Queen is still on the ways, and will
come out a handsomer craft than when
she came off the docks.
The smaller packets are all running
or making preparations to resume their
trips. The Bedford is still in the Louis
vile trade, but will come up within
few days. The Liberty is doing q good
business in the Darlington trade. The
Courier will bs in on time Monday night,
and will depart Tuesday morning for
Parkersburg. The Ben Hur will pass
up to Pittsburg tonight, returning
Monday afternoon. The John X. Lowrie
cleared for Marietta yesterday morning
with a big lot of freight. The Philips
is scheduled to depart for Matamoras
this morning.
The coal fleet is now on its way
down. The first boat to pass this city
was the Enterprise, which went down
Yesterday afternoon with seventeen
barges Of coal. In the pools at Pitts
burg are 10000, 900 bushels OF coal,
which have been accommodating since
last June, and as the river Is now fall
Ing at all points above, the riVermen
are getting the lows started on their
long journey as rapidly as possible.
The continued rains are expected to
give permanency to the rise, but so
many boats will go out together that 1t
is not improbable that the disastrous ex-
perience of last Thanksgiving Day will
be repeated. At that time more than
1000, 900 bushels of coal were lost
within few miles OF Pittsburg.
The wickets at Davis Island dam
were lowered Thursday Afternoon, and
yesterday and to-day the following
named towboats will have started south:
Pacific No. 2, Tom Reese, Advance,
RAYMOND Horner, Volunteer, Sam
Brown, Cruiser, Onward, Tom Dods-
worth, Voyager, Hornet No. 2, Jim
Wood, Ark, John Moren, w. w. O'Neill,
Percy Kelsey, Jim Brown, Dave Wood,
j. G. FISHER, Robert jenkins, Coal City,
Smoky City, Joseph Walton, |. \. Bun
ton, Pacific, Mariner, Charles Brown,
Boaz, Stella Moren.