Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02

By daylight this morning the rainfall
had increased TO nearly or quite an inch
and half, and as the rain is general
one throughout the region drained by
the headWaters Of the Ohio, twenty
foot stage OF water is confidently looked
for.
Last evening, as is always the case
after couple of days or so OF rain,
there was considerable flood talk"
about the city, mainly by Island citi-
zens, but unless the rain continues for
another twenty-four or thirty-six hours,
which is not probable, there will be
nothing in the nature OF flood"
Up at Pittsburg the most that Is
ooked for is ''coaI boat stage" as is
INDICATED by the following special tele-
gram to the REGISTER:
"Rivermen confidently believe that
ne long-expected barge stage will
% reached by tonight. All indications
Joint TO eight feet OF water here by day
light. Ats o'clock it was fodr feet six
uches below Davis Island Dam, and
the dam is TO be lowered to-day. 1t Is
hardly believed that there will be suf-
fclent water to send out the coal boats
that have been lying loaded In the har.
Dor since last April. All OF
the lighter barges, however, will
get out. The river men are busy
getting the lows in shape and are bring
ing everything that is loaded down
from the pools. II is estimated that
about IL, 600, 900 bushels will be started
for the Southern markets by this rise
AT the office of the Packet Lines 1t was
announced that all traffic would be re-
sumed. Beginning Monday they will
take freight for all points between here
and New Orleans. Captain John Phil
lips left yesterday for Cincinnati to
bring up the Iron Queen. She will make
regular trips from there on"
The Pittsburg CbrOntcle-TeIegraph OF
last evening said:
"From the latest reports obtaina6le
the indications are that there will be
coal boat water by Monday or Tuesday
There was over an inch otralnfall al OIL
City last night, and at last accounts 1t
was still raining at the headwaters OF
the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers.
The signal Office was crowded
ali dav with anxious river
men. but Observer Steward could
not give out any definite figures
on what the stage Of water would be,
as it all depended on the condition OF
the weather. He predicted that there
would be six or seven feet Of water be-
low the dam Monday morning, and II 1t
continued TO rain the balance Of the day
there would be considerable more wa
ter In this event the following boats
will get out: Ed. Roberts, William o..
Horner, Harry Brown, Charley Brown,
jim Brown, Cruiser, Volunteer, Mar
ner, PERCY Kelsey, Maggie, Valiant,
Joe Walton, Nellie, Walton, l. n. Bun
ton, Joe Williams, Onward, Ray
mond Horner, Twilight, Res
cue, w. w. ONeil, John Morton,
Stella Moren, Josh Cook, B. D. Wood,
John A. Wood, Jim Wood, Dave Wood,
Dick Fulton, Enterprise, Hornet No. 2,
Ironsides, Beaver, Pacific, Pacific No.
.. Ark, Mark Winnett, Crescent, John
w. Allies, Frank Gilmore, Robert Jen-
kins, Boaz, Lud Keefer and Cyclone.
There will be at least barge water,
and Capt. Martin, of the Davis Island
dam, announces that the dam will be
lowered Monday. The Keystone State
Is the only boat running between here
and Cincinnati, and Capt. Henderson, of
the Pittsburg and Cincinnati line, says
that if the conditions warrant it all the
boats of the lire will be started next
week"