The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-27
THE TIL: LATE: FLOODS.
Rivers Reeedins and Railroads Re.
Stunning After a Week OF
RAIN AND LANDsLIDES.


pakt OF excessive rains, high water and
landSlldes. ARE disappearing. II the
losses would only disappear MS readily
good many people would be happIer
than they are this morning. Though
there was comparatively little loss in
this immediate vicinity. outside OF the
damage TO crops. the loss In The Inter
Tor Of the state has been tremendous. In
q way Wheeling Will feel This. as all OF
the affected country Is tributary to
Wheeling jobbers.
Outside OF the Ohio Valley road.
which runs from Bella!rc 20 Powha,an,
traffic has been resumed on all the
railroads conyctgins at and near
Wheeling. Although the Wheeling sun
( day papers didn't rcatch on" through
passenger and freight traffic on the
fourth division OF the baltimore 4.
Ohio. from Wheeling 10 Grafton, was
q resumed "veral hours before tis.y
went TO press. the first train to leave
* wheeling DEPARTS at ls:25 i. III. Sun
Gay. Throughout the day yesterday
train serSrt on the FoEt,h division
was uninterrupted, 'Nlth paEscnger and
!reiSht trains rianins. The Pu.-
kersburs branch ParkcrYburr 10
Grafton. Is not ye: II shape l0r re-
sumption. however. and ti?InE from st.
LOUIS and Cincinnati. Including the
Royai Blue" trains 90 east via
y htennS and Grafton aud Wheeling
and Pittsburgh.
The rapidly with winch the Ohio
River and Baltimore e. Ohio roads rot
matters In shape for resumption after
INC late disastrous floods and land
SHOES. was remarkable. and the man
agen1cnt OF both lines are deserving OF
nigh praise and the keen appreciation
OF the travelling public.
The Bs!lairc. Zancsyuic & Cincinnati
road Is again running through trains
on us line. after hasty repairs 70 It's
lipe, on which several trcstles were
washed out last Fridsy.
The Ohio Valley road will not resume
traffic during the coming three weeks
on account Of the Immense amount Of
y work necessary before tn ,rack can he
restored at the point on its line opposite
= Mcund<Sillc. The hillsidcs came down
mere almnst In their entirety, and the
. appearance Is as though the hill had
! s!pped forty or fifty feet toward the
&rly<f, the track being entirely wiped
o". Of existence In addition the trey-
Ne work along the river has been wip-
= ed nat n places and will have 10 be re-
:. placed entire. This road is indeed hav-
ing a strehk Of bad luck. II had trouble
during the flood Of three weeks ego on
y account Of iandslides and washing
away " treS.Ics, and &, was not until
{ last Thursday that the line was in
K shape for the first train to go through.
Y But two trains had been sent out when
the disaster Of Friday overlook the
road and rendering necessary 4 three
y weeks. Abandonment OF traffic.
y Saturday morning the IntellIgencer
s predicted that the Ohio would moi
4reach more than Il thirty foot stage.
probably not more than tw nty-eIrht
EEfeet. Last night ct Q o'clock the top
notch OF the rise was reached and It
was. twenty-ninc feet. nn"-hall inch.
halfway between the fgur' predicted.
Z al day Saturday and during Sunday
i until the hour mentioned. the river con-
+ tinued TO swell. although II came up
very +lowiy yesterday. Hundreds OF
y people were at the river front during
y the day looking at the remarkable spec
& tacie OF q thirty-feet stage in July.
: something seldom seen in this valley.
Another remarkable thing about the
late rise IS the fact that not ton OF
!, coal mas Gon" out from Pittsburgh. The
4 runs OF two weeks ago and month be-
fore entirely cleaned the harbor in
, pittsburgh. so that there was nothing TO
4 ship BY water when the second July rise
came \ year ago there would not have
been river coal man In the upper
< valley but would have given thousands
I OF dollars for thlrty-fcet stage in July.
The stage reached here did little or
s no damage 10 property. excepting
\ in very low places and In the several
ehanty boat communities where people
4 were compelled to hustle to get out Of
: the waters way.
~ There has been some speculation az
;. 20 the fast time The Virginia Will make
& in her present tip from Pittsburgh to
II Cincinnati, having the advantage as
she does OF the very swift current and
plenty OF water. However. Il Is not
q likely that the Virginia VIII break any
i records, but " She does she Is indeed
4 a wonderful boat. The reason that she
I VIII probably not eclipse the previous
Z best time for the down trip. Pittsburgh
Il 10 Cincinnati, Is that she Is always de-
\ 1ayed several hours ut Wheeling on the
4 down trip. For instance. yesterday
4 morning the Virginia arrived from
above at ! o'cIocf. Had che been able
!. 10 proceed at once on her trip there IS
4 little doubt that she would have cut
down the previous best figures for the
4 trip. But the packet company has reg
s ular hour for departures OF boats for
4 Cincinnati. 3 n, m, and the Virginia laid
UP at the lover. end OF the wharf until
that hour yesterday morning. losing
gS seven hoUry