The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-09

ParkersburE LIBERTY. Il a. N.
BOATS LEAVING TOMORROW.
ParkcrsburS. BEN HuR, II a. m. (proba-
ble.)
Darlington. JEWEL. $50 p. m.
The Virginia arrived at Cincinnati
at 4 O'Clock Tuesday morning. having
made excellent time on the down trip.
The Raymond Homer Is coming UP
with barges strung out and Is now
somewhere between Wheeling and
Parkersburg.
The marks at 6 p. m. showed feet
10 inches Ia fall OF five inches In TWEEN
ty-four hours). Weather, cloudy and
cool. Thermometer 81 above zero.
The 3. D. Wood started UP the river
with her barges strung out astern. but
the ice was so heavy that she laid up
in the Bellnire harbor. where several
other towboats and packets are at the
bank.
A number OF towboat crews passed
through the city yesterday, en- route to
joIn their boats below and start them
up 70 Pittsburgh. The Ed Roberts Is
the only boat with loaded tow below
here. She Is at Hates Rock.
The Belle Princetis laid up at the
wharf, She will leave for Pittsburgh
Just as soon as the weather moderates.
She will pick up three barges OF the
Tornado's tow at Bellaire and three
more at Martins Ferry. Captain Prince
expects TO do harbor work at Pitts
burgh.
The Ben Hur will go out for Parkers-
burg tomorrow II the weather moder-
ates, as was predicted by the weather
bureau in the afternoon yesterday. The
Darlington packet, Jewel. VIII also
probably resume tomorrow. The Lex
ington Is likely to be here Friday night
and will 20 out for Matmoras Saturday
morning.
Captain John K. Booth OF the steamer
Liberty, deserves the title of the ice
King" which some steamboatmen have
applied to him. In his forty or nifty
years career on the western rivers no
has always been noted as being among
the first to resume when navigation
had been stopped by ice. water or any
other element that knocked out the
bontmen. Only n month ago he opened
up the river between Snrdis and Wheel
ing when Il was goTHed tn several
places, Now he comes to the front
with his Liberty, being the first boat
to attempt TO come up the river in the
face OF the heavy ice. He left Parkers-
burg early yesterday morning. and at 2
o'clock IN the afternoon had reached
SIstcrsYille. Late last night he reached
Wheeling. and thishmornlng will depart
for ParkersburS and way landings. He
will take out big trip, as there has
been no boat for ParkersburE since the
Virginia went down last Sunday morn
ing.
Colonel Davenport, city engineer OF
Pomeroy, Ohio, furnishes the following
record OF fast steamboats,:
In 1850, the Buckeye State, in COM
mnnd OF Captain BeltZhOover, ran from
Cincinnati to Pittsburgh. 500 miles. car
rIed 200 passengers. made So landings.
in / day and 10 hours, 4 miles per hour
adverse current. Speed 1853 miles and
Lea average landings per hour. The
average depth OF water In tho channel
was feet.
In 1858, the ShotweIl, OF Louisville, on
trip from New Orleans to Louisville.
1850 miles, made landings and made
the run in 4 days and hours, with AZ
TO 6h miles per hour adverse current, n
speed OF 1881 miles per hour.
In 1856 the New Princess. OF New Or
leans, ran from that place TO Eatchez.
$40 miles, In II hours and 20 minutes
with an adverse current of from 3h to
4 miles Der hour, which Is speed OF
20 .9S miles per hour, running time.
In 1870 the Il. +. Lee made the run
from New orleans TO NRtchez in 10
hours, 30 minutes and n seconds, n
speed OF over % miles per hour, run
ming time. She also made run against
the steamer NatcheZ In 1870 from New
orleans 10 81. Louis. 1,lS0 miles. ut nm
average speed OF 1874 miles per hour.
running time.
In May, 1892 the Telegraph ran from
Cincinnati to Syracuse ut an average
speed OF 2l.lt miles per hour, running
the 225 miles in 20 hours and II minutes,
She made but one landing. which was NJ
Huntington, where she did not tie n line
but barely touched the wharf and let n
man jump on. which caused n trilllng
loss OF time.
PIttsburgh--River as feet and rising
slowly Mt the dam. Weather cloudy
and cold.
and cold.
Warren-River 20 inches and station
| nry. Cloudy and moderate.
oil Clty-nivcr 2 feet inches and sta
tlonnry. Cloudy and cold.
steubenvllle-RIver4 feet md falling,
| Cloudy and cold.
THE hest regulator to regulate n
people, is Simmons Liver Regulator. It
regulates the liver and the liver rcgu-
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