Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-08
TIE PRoRABLE TOTAL HEIGHT.

THE PROBABLE TOTAL HEIGHT.
10 February, 1881, the river at Pitts
burg reached a height OF % feet
inches. and the extreme flood height re-
sulting in Wheeling was IS feet s inches.
Last night at nine o'clock there was %
feet inches at Pittsburg, and if like
causes are to produce like results in
floods, as they do in other things. we
ought to have from IS to 80 feet OF water
here some time tomorrow.
Looking at the matter from all posi-
Die points Of view, and carefully weigh
ing all the possibilities and probabilities,
40 feet is believed to represent the ex-
IRENE height the water will reach on
the present rise, and it is more likely TO
fall little short or that figure than to
exceed IT,
This estimate, as a matter of course,
takes no account OF the sensational pre-
dictions Of 30 feet sent out FROM Pitts
burg yesterday, or of the wild guesSes
Of 80 or 40 feet circulated about the
streets of this city yesterday afternoon
aud evening, but is a careful estimate
based upon long experience in river
matters. and upon the facts obtainable
at late hour last night, from upstream
points.
As a matter OF course, anything over
IS feet OF water here will produce con-
siderable Inconvenience, and some slight
"a fdrtnl la fr,F
but no very considerable damage Is TO
be apprebended in this vicinity, espec-
tally as those having property in ex-
posed situations have taken advantage
OF the ample warning given and taken
all the precautions warranted by the
facts.
Advices from Plttsburg late last
night indicated that the river would
become stationary about daylight this
morning, and that the high, water mark
would be in the neighborhood Of % or
26 feet The first named figure will
probably more nearly represent the
height of the water tnan the last, as
the Pittsburg river authorities have a
trick of placing their estimates and
predictions at too high notch. This
ought 70 bring the crest Of the rise TO
Wheeling some time early Wednesday
morning perhaps about six or seven
o'clock.
ANXIETY IN THE CITY.
There was more public anxiety in the
city, yesterday and last evening, over
the threatened flood, than for three
years past, or since February, 1891.
u o. nf -
streets 10 the business portion of the
town, and it was 3 popularity of the
day that there was very much alarm
aud interest in the city proper than was
manifested on the Island. over in that
locality no alarm whatever was appar-
ent'on the surface, at any time during
the day, and where the subject OF the
river was introduced in conversation it
aroused but q languid concern, the pre-
valling sentiment seemingly being that
il wasn't going TO be much of a shower
after all, and that II the water was 60
ing 20 come up, there would be plenty
Of time TO consider the matter to-day.
In town, however. there was every
manifestation Of lively interest in the
river, and early In tee morning, when
on the marks. there were crowds OF
people along Water street and down
about the mouth OF the creek, along the
railroad tracks, watching the scattered
cakes OF ice floating past, and excitedly
discussing the threatened inundation.
The morning was foggy on the water,
aud but little could be seen, but not
withstanding this, the spectators brayed
the mud aud falling rain, and hung
about the water front pretty much all
dav. there being a noticeable increase
in the number OF sight-seers from
noon on until evening. About the river
marks Sc the wharf-boats there was a
knot OF people all day and far into the
evening, and WhsVfmaster Crocksrd
and Clerk Huseman were piled with
Questions until their respective brains
were in a whirl. The newspaper and
telegraph Offices came in for large
share OF attention from the curious
public. The REGISTER began bullet
lining the news early in the day, as it ar
rived from Pittsburgh and other head
water points, and there was always
from haf-a-dozen 10 twenty people
about the placards, The REGISTERS
telephone wires were also kept hot with
questions about the river, aud the
stream OF inquiries were well main
tanned until midnight.
There were 20 persons, perhaps, swho
sought reliable Information from points
above more persistsntly aud anxiously,
than the merchants along Main, Water
and South streetA Past experiences