Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-24
COAL FLEET STARTED.
Ten Million Bushels will be Shipped
from PittSburg.
Pacific No. 3 the Flagship Of the
Fleet-No Accidents Reported.
Local River News and Notes.
Movements Of the Packets.

To-day the Pacific No. 2, the flagship
of the coal fleet which started South
from Pittsburg yesterday, will pass
Wheeling. 1t is light coal boat stage,
but it will enables the operators to
float about 100000 bushels of the
fuel, which amount, added to that ship
ped about two weeks ago, will leave a
big hole in the $4,000, 900 bushels re-
ported in the pools at that time. The
boats commenced to move soon after
daylight yesterday, when the marks at
the Davis Island dam showed about .
feet of water At Pittsburg the high
est point was within four-tenths OF a
foot of the last rise. There is an ex-
cellent stage of water in the Mississip-
pi, and the boats which departed yes
terday will nearly all continue to New
Orleans.
AS far as could be learned no acct
dents had occurred to the coal fleet, and
up until II o'clock the boats had passed
Deadman, the scene of so many recent
disasters, in safety. Many of the boats
which departed will double trip it.
The following boats had departed
with lows up until noon Pacific No.
2, light coal boats, Z barges, 3 flats;
Relief, 3 coal boats, barges; Ark, 10
barges, flats; Belle MCGOWAN, 10
barges, l fat Hornet No. 2, coal
boats, 6 barges; Little Dick, 4 barges. l
fiat; Ironsides, 4 model barges, l fiat;
Joseph Walton, Z barges, fats; Mark
Winnett. 4 barges; Jim Brown, 6
barges; Mariner. 10 barges, l fiat; John
o. Phillips, 3 barges; Boaz, coal boats,
flats; John F. Walton, 10 barges; sam
Brown. 10 barges, flats; Tom Lysle,
5 coal boats; Ed Davidson, 3 barges;
Advance, barges; John w. Allies, 4
coal boats, barges; Smoky City, II
barges, 2 flats; Chas. Brown, 10 barges,
4 flats, 2 model barges.
The Ohio River road took down at
least one hundred steamboatmen on
Saturday and Sunday, and they are
now on their way up with the boats,
ninety-four of which were forced by the
low water to tie up between Pittsburg
and Huntington. Deck hands were in
demand all day in Pittsburg, and sew
eral times it was thought that suffi-
Gent forces could not be secured.
The Cincinnati and Pittsburg Packet
Company will start al It's boats. The
keystone State will leave Pittsburg on
her regular time to-day, and will reach
Wheeling this morning. The HUDSON
is expected up to-day, and she Is
scheduled to depart from Pittsourg
Wednesday evening. The new packet
Virginia will leave Cincinnati on her
initial trip next Monday providing there
sufficient water above. Capt James A.
Henderson and Captain Calhoun LETT
Pittsburg yesterday and will take the
Virginia out for trial trip tomorrow.
The Ben Hur did not get away for
Pittsburg until o'clock owing 10 neavy
business. The only other packet yes
terday was the Jewel, for Darlington.
To-day's boats will be the keystone
State. for Cincinnati; the Lexington, at
II a. m. for Matamoras; the Liberty, at
liam. for Parkersburg, and the Jewel,
at $3.50, for Darlington.
The Enterprise and Della Fulton pass
ed up yesterday.
The stage of water last night was Z
feet g inches. Rising.
Reports from the Kanawha river in
dictate that the rain has extended over
that section of the State, and large
quantity of Kanawha coal will also be
Skinned south. The following cpecial
telegram was received last night:
Spec!al to the Register.
Parkersburg, w. Va. December %
Ohio. 7 feet 4 inches and rising. Wealth
er. fair and warm.
Charleston, w. Va, December %
There is a eight foot rise in the Kama
wha and large fleets of coal are going
ont About 100000 bushels OF coal
viii 90 to the market on this rise.
Pittsburg, Pa, December 23.-RlVer'
9 feet and stationary at Ihe udin'
weather cloudy and cool.
Warren. Pa, December 23.-RlVer "
feet inches and rising; weather rain
ing and mild.
Oil City. Pa, December 29,-Rlver
feet inches and stationary; weather
mild and raining.
Greensboro, Pa, December 23.-Rlver
g feet / inch and falling; weather cloudy
and cool. 1,
Steubenville. o., December 23.-River
10 feet / inch and rising; weather
cloudy and warm. Up-Bunton, Ben
mott Fred Wilson. w. w. O'Neil, Harry
Brown. Tom Dodsworth, Josh Cook.
Down-Ben Hur, keystone State, II. X.
Bedford, and Pacific.