Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-20

/ Morning and at PlCtSDurg 4nl9
Evening Members of the Local
Committee Went to Fairmont
Yesterday Afternoon, and Others
Will Go to Pittsburg To-day-The
Committee Will Reach Here To-
morrow Evening.
The members Of the Congressional
Committee on Rivers and Harbors left
Washington City yesterday and are due
to arrive at Fairmont this morning.
After being there entertained at break
fast at the Watson Hotel, the Commit
tee. accompanied by the Committees
from the Pittsburg Exchanges, repre-
sentatives of the Wheeling Chamber Of
! Commerce Committee, and a numerous
body Of reporters, will proceed to Nor
gantown by rail, and will there board
the steamer Mason for a ride to
Pittsburg, where the party is due at 8
o'clock this evening. AT Pittsburg the
Committee will be met by other repre-
sentatives Of the business interests Of
Wheeling, and the entire party will re-
main at the Monongahela House until
9 o'clock tomorrow morning. when
they Will embark on the steamer Vir-
ginia for a trip to this city arriving
here at o'clock Saturday evening.
| The entertainment at tie Mcclure House
viii follow, and the Committee will re-
main here until Sunday morning, when
they will proceed to Parkersburg by
rail. AT Pittsburg the Committee will
also be met by representatives Of the
river and business interests Of Cincin-
natl, and strong array of commercial
and manufacturing data has been pre-
pared for the information of the Con-
] greSsmen.
1t is a little unfortunate that we
| should have a little squirt of high water
just at the time the Congressman are
coming to look at The upper Ohio, but
that is one OF the certainties of this
]
The Ohio river down which the Virginia
Will steam 10 this city. tomorrow, will
present a very different aspect from
the river we had with us Tor eight or
nine straight months in 1895, when
there was less than a foot of water at
[ Wheeling, and a child could ford the
stream at some points. = COngression-
al glance at the stream as it then eX~
listed would be worth a good many visits
under the existing circumstances: but
still care viii be taken to- impress the
| Congressman with the fact that the Ohio
is not to be judged by present condi-
tons, resulting from a foot or more of
snow and thirty-siX hours OF steady
rain. and that what is wanted is such
permanent improvements as will make
it impossible to have eight months
drought out Of every year.
Yesterday Secretary Hazlett. of the
/ Chamber Of Commerce, practically con-
cluded the work Of sending out invita-
tons, etc, and by this morning the de-
tails OF the Wheeling reception TO the
visitors Will be i'm the hands of the
committees Of the Chamber. Yester-
day afternoon Messrs. G. B. Hart, Ran
dolph Stalnaker and B. Walker Peter
son, of the Chamber. Went via the b &
o. to Fairm0nt, where they Joined the
members Of the Pittsburg Committees.
and viii make the entire trip around
to this city. Other members of the
Chamber Of Commerce viii go to Pitts
burg this afternoon and there join the
party. TIC is expected that representa-
tives of the business interests Of Par
kersbug viii arrive in Wheeling to-
morrow to meet the Committee here
and arrange for the details Of the "trip
on down The river
The following special telegram from
FairmOnt tells of The gathering of Pitts
burg and Wheeling business men there
last evening
Special to The Register.
Fairmont W. Va, March 19.-Thir-
ty members of the pittsburg Coal Ex-
change and Chamber of Commerce.
headed by Col John bravo, OF the Coal
Exchange, arrived here this evening to
meet the Congressional Committee on
Rivers and Harbors Prominent cit
liens Of Brownsville and Fayette City
Pa, are also here. They are accom- 1anied
by representatives of the Pittsburg
Press. News, Commercial-Gazett
Chronicle-Telegraph. Post and Times,
and also 10y the following committees:
From Wheeling. Nessrs. c. b. Hart
/ Randolph Stalnaker and 3. W. Peter
son; from MOrslntOWn. President J. L.
Goodnight. Profs. John A. Myers and
l. c. White. of the State University:
Julian .. Fleming. Il. NJ. Grant and
JOS. Moreland.
No arrangements had been made to
entertain these gentlemen this even
ing, as their coming was unexpected.
Tomorrow morning, however he Fair
mont reception committee of lie Cham
J Der of Commerce. consis rg o eX-
Gov. ABB Fleming. Hon Jn0 ~. Mason.
o. S. Mckinney. e. l. sa %. u. L.
| Hu johnson and Toh- e Clark. will
I euter ain the Wash direction .nmi ee
and ether visitors a -rt5 as. at he
L. F.. Wa son hotel al er which hey
will be taken for L-s-y rip 10 insect
the famous MonOEg3h coal mines, on
the Mon0Hgahela River Road. The spe-
| cial viii then for leave for Morgan
town and take a beat there for Pitts
burg. It was the intention of the Fair