The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-09
THE DAY IN WHEELING,

The River Came Up Slower During tho Day.
Only Two Inches an Hour Last Evening.
a Sudden Increase Before Midnight.
Yesterday, the second day OF the food
scare in Wheeling, was comparatively an
uneventful one. Daring the morning,
up to o'clock the river continued to
climb up the marks at an average rate
of one foot per hour. From o'clock
on the rate decreased steadily, from ten
inches to eight, eight to six and from
six down to two inches an hour, the
rate recorded, commencing at 5 p. m.
Throughout the day the business men
on Water street and several on Main
street were very busy people. gangs of
mon being engaged in removing goods
from the cellars. Several OF the big
tobacco establishments on Water street
cleared out their cellars, Seamon 4 Son
being the only firm that did not take
this precaution during the day. Neill
& Ellingham, on Fourteenth street,
commenced this work early in the day.
and considerable portion OF the iner-
chandise was piled up on the pavement,
where it remained last night.
In the evening when the rate Of the
hourly rise had decreased to two inches
the business people who had not
removed stocks from low.lying cellars,
began to congratulate themselves on
their superior sagacity, but the very
PECULIAR ACTION
Of the river as observed at $3.50 p. NJ,
was tho cause OF much CONSERVATION
among these people. At o'clock the
marks had shown 81 feet inches in the
channel, and the hourly rate was but
TWO inches. Half an hour later when
the marks were examined everybody
was surprised to see that the marks re-
corded IS feet inch. The cause OF this
was, Of course, not known. but river
judges united in saying that it must
have been caused by the putting out OF
some stream or streams below here.
Tho decreased rate OF the current at
that time gave color to this supposition.
At 10 p. m, however, when the marks
were again examined. it was seen that
that the old rate OF two inches mad been
resumed, tho marks registering 80 feet2
inches.
Tho sudden increase in the rate of
swell at 0:30 caused those business men
who had not already removed goods
from collars to get what is appropriately
known as "move on" A force OF men
was at onco put to work NJ II. Seamon Il
Sons place and about a score OF im-
mense hogsheads OF tobacco were first
taken out.
Early in the evening the big river in
terfered with tho street railway traffic.
tho water covering the tracks in the low
spot Mt tho corner OF Twenty-seventh
and Main streets, on the South Side,
having como up through the sewers.
Superintendent Lotus sent the last
Benwood car ovor tho Main street line
at 5 o'clock, and alter that hour the
South Side cars wero sont down OIL the
Chaplino street line Of the system. The
street railway otiici ais were very anx.
ious regarding what the river would do.
as thirty-oght foot stage would enter
their barns at Forty.eighth street IN
upper Benwood. besides covering their
tracks at several places whore reserve
line was not at disposal. The Terminal
track was also under water at several
points Inst night, the worst spot being
near Caldwell's run, on the South Side.
THE RIVER Full OF ICE.
The ice in tho river Yesterday morn
ing was worse than had before been OK.
pcricnced, though tho cakes wcro not