The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-14
NOTES ON NAVIGATION.
stage OF Water and Movements Of Boats
The River InteTeAts.

YESTERDAYS DEPARTURES.
Jewel, ClarinEton, 4p. m.
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
Liberty. Parkersburg, II n. m. tproba'
Oi lexington. Ma,nmoras. II a. IN. tproba.
', Jewel. Darlington. $50 p. m. (probable),
BoATs LEAVING TOMORROW.
I.orcna. GAINESVILLE. n. m.
Ruth, Pittsburgh, q. m,
II. X. Bedford. Pittsburgh. q. m.
Keystone State. Pittsburgh, u. m.
The marks at y. m. showed feet
full and falling. This lie fall OF 6
inches in twcnty-tour hours. Weather
cloudy and cold.
The coal fiat left aground at Culiom's
during the late coal run IL causing the
packet pilots considerable trouble, as
II Is near the main channel
Al 8 O'Clock this morning neither the
Lexington or Liberty had arrived from
below and II Is probable that the at
tempt to break the Buckhill gorge
proved q failure.
The pilots OF the Hudson complain
Of sunken barge Mt the foot OF
Browns Island, whichjs directly In the
channel and nccesgltates great caution
in passing.
Tyenty-onc merchants have Joined
tho Ohio River Improvement ARsocia
ton from GallipolIs. Other river towns
win respond soon. The membership Is
open to all who are In favor OF an In
crease OF traffic OH the river, better
inont OF It's facilities and for It's I'M
prOvement. The annual dues are but
So.
The Ice and low water combine to
make navigation uncertain. To-day
there will DO thrGc departures providing
the gorge at BucShill IN broken. Other
wise the Jewel VIII be the only boat
departing. and the leo mny be too heavy
for her Sunday scheduled boats are
given above, hut not one Of the lot Ia
certain unless there II radical change
In weather conditions to-day.
The II. X Bedford was due from
Pittsburgh at 10 o'clock last night, but
had not arrived at an early hour this
morning Size was scheduled 10 go
through 10 Newport, but Captain Green
had not notified the wharfbout people
whether he would go through. In fact,
Il In probable he would turn back for
PittaburBh or await developments TO.
day.
Hon. John l.. Vance. president Of the
Ohio Valley Improvement hHHoCintlOn,
WIS I'm Cincinnati on business CGnncc-
tod with tie Improvement ~ the Ohla
river. "Thc association Ia growing III
very satisfactory way" said be-.
There WIN bo meeting Of the rXrcu.
tive council In Cincinnati, on Friday,
December "a. ana then we viii BE- on.
dbicd mort likely 10 shape ~ u plan NJ
action nud take our iirat BtUpH In regard
10 Rctllng properly before Congrcs1"
unrrctta Charlie Mcdonald VIII aoon
take nm Immense fleet ~ produce boats
To the southern markets. nom points
down the river between pnrkcrHhury
aud Huntington Thcy arc Willow
drove. W. W.llnymnn. two boats, $500
barrels ~ potatoes aud 500 barrels np-
plNn. a. 4 H. DDuRlnps lilpl0y lnudlng,
two bunir liOO bnrrclR potatoes, ! 2O0
barrels nppon. Peter icntz. l,otnrt,
ono boat, 1900 barrels p0lhtOcR, ~.
Alexander Lutart. one boat, 600 bar.
tols potatoes. H. lilhbc'. Apple Grove.
tWo boats, $500 barrels pointoen, John
Alexander LninH. ono boat nj crock
ufy. ThlH ~ raid ~ ~ one NJ the lntg.
Opt produce towa that ever went out NJ
the ohio Except the Lctntt produce
all W from West Vlrginln farms The
tow ~ made ~ ~ nine boats UnrfylnR
1900 bnrrola NJ apples aud potatoes. ct
nearly 1900 bushels. a,I32OO1 pounds
II would require n train Of 10 cars u