The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-22

Pittsburgh. BEN HUR, s a. m.
Claringt ton. JEWEL. $50 p. m.
BOATS LEAVING TOMORROW.
Parkersburg LIBERTY. II a. IN.
Matamoras LEXINGTON, II a. m.
Darlington. JEWEL, $50 p. m.
The Liberty took out very big trip
for Parkersburg and way landings yes
terday morning. She also had fair
passenger list.
The marks at 6 p. m. showed I feet I
inches and rising very slowly, "a rise OF
. inches in q hours.) Weather, clear
and warm. Mean temperature, Il above
zero.
II there was enough water to reach
| pittsburgh n number OF towboats har-
bored between Parkersburg and Wheel
ing could now move out, as there Is al
| most no ice running.
The Lexington Will come up from Bel
laire this morning and will receive
freight during the day for Matamoras
and way landings, leaving on Thurs
day morning at her usual hour.
The supervising inspectors are In an
nual session at Washington, with In
spector General Dumont presiding.
Captain E. p. Chancellor. OF the Pitts
burgh and Cincinnati district, is there.
Captain William Bay has gone to
Marietta TO look after the machinery
for his new boat that Is 70 2nter the
Pittsburgh and Charleston nade In
place OF the little Roth. which hos &C.
cupled II since the Lizzie Bay was sold
to the White Collar line.
Captain James A. Blackmore, the
veteran coal operator. who has head
IL mi H
trip on the river on the famous ]. n.
White. from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati,
in 1874. says the Chronicle-TeleEraph
He says THAT steamer left Pittsburgh
one day and arrived in Cincinnati the
next. making the run, $50 miles. in "a
hours.
Yesterday. three towbont crews pass
ed through the city from Pittsburgh TO
Join their boats and prepare them for
the start back to Pittsburgh with emp
ties so soon as there Is enough water 10
reach Pittsburgh. Captain Roberts.oi
the William G. Homer. and Captain
Joseph Robinson. OF the Joe Walton.
Joined bheir boats ut Bellairc. ind Cap
tain Robb. OF the Josh, Cook. went to
the Belmont coal works, below Bellaire,
where his boat Is harbored.
Two more boats are to resume this
week, Joining the Liberty and level,
which have been out for several days.
The Lexington, announces Captain
Fred Cline. will come up from Bellaire
to-day and depart for Matamoras and
way landings Thursday at her usual
hour. II a. m. The other boat to resume
is Captain Kimple's Ben Hur. which
left Marietta, where she has been har-
bored, yesterday morning, and will de-
49, II NaVf eli NJ
o'clock this morning. Freight for the
Ben Hur wus received at the wharf
boat yesterday afternoon.
The great Eclipse. the anest boat that
ever iioated on the western waters, was
said 70 have cost Sl3s,000. She was
very speedy. Her run from New Or
leans to Louisville has never been beat
en-four days, nine hours and thirty
minutes. She was built At New Alba
ny, Ind, In 1s52;englnes, 36-inch cylln-
der. 1l-foot stroke. The Eclipse was
also the longest boat that has ever
plowed the western rivers, being 800
feet ti20 yards) from stempost, to stern
post. The Great Republic was 345 feet
long after her lengtheninG. but only
800 feet long when first built 4
Captain Isaac II. Cline. now OF Mntn-
moraS, father OF Fred and Ed. Cline.
well known rivcrmen, was a steam
boatman back In the fittles. He was
principal owner OF the II. S. Jones. built
at Cincinnati late In the fortics. In the
spring OF 1850 he left Wheeling for New
Orleans with big trip, intending. after
arrival there. to put the boat In the
Red river trnde from New Orleans to
Shreveport. on arrival ut Orleans It
was found there was only one licensed
Red river pilot In the city. In those
days the pilot was the most important
| OF per8onaEe5. Tho one In question
wasn't at all modest when II came to
m estimation OF HIS wOrth-lie wanted
5000 month. There wnR.no recourse
but TO pay It. Tho Jones was iust
month in making the round trip and. by
the way, was the fret side wheeler 10
run on the He'd river. She remained In
the lower rivers for year and made
good money. freight and passage rates
then being eight or ten times what they
now are.
PIttsburgh-Rlvcr III foot and rising
at the dam. Weather. clear aud eeel.
| "a rise OF / feet In twenty-four hours.)
Standardization feet . Inches
aud rising. Clear and cold.
reensboFO-RIvcr feet inches and
rising. Ice gradually leaving. Fair and
pleasant.
oil Clty-Rivcr 2 feet inches and
stationary. Clear and cold.
MorEnntown-Rlvcr closed with rot
ten lee. Werner and clear.
Warren-Rlver 10 Inches and station
airy. Cloudy and mild.