The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-28


With fifteen-foot stage OF water. q
four-mlle current and the stream filled
from bank to bank with ice. the river
presented a stirring marine picture yes
terday afternoon. The Ice came out, OF
the Allegheny. always heavier than
that which comes from the other head
water stream. Had the same amount OF
fee come down the river on n seven-foot
stage OF water, there would have been
another disastrous experience along
the upper river. As II was. however.
no damage by the running ice had been
reported up TO late hour last night.
AT midnight this ice was thinning out
considerably and should have passed
this port before this evening, Right in
the wake OF the ice will come the first
Pittsburgh coal feet Of '96.
The heavy fee that was passing
Wheeling yesterday caused several tow
boats with tows OF empties TO go 70 the
bank In this vicinity. The Dick Full
ton and empties tied up at Benson's
Ferry, In the lower harbor; the Enter
prise and Wash Hounshel went 70 the
bank at the Belmont coal works below
Bellalre and the Crescent tied up at
the Pittsburgh coal works at Wegee.
They. were all reported in good shape
last night and will be able TO start up
again this evening.
The packets that left Wheeling on
Sunday mosnig for Pittsburgh had a
sorry experience in battling against the
ice UP the river. The frat boat 10 get
through was the Ben Hur, which got in
port AT II o'clock Sunday night. She
was unfortunate enough TO have small
hole knocked in her hull ut the bows,
lust above the water fine. The damage
was repaired, after which Captain KIM
pie put on n steel ice protector. The
Hudson and H. X. Bedford got through
ingood shape. but the little Ruth would
have been in hard lines but for the fact
that she was able to go through the
worst OF the ice in the wake OF an up
bound towboat.
OF the local packets, the Jewel tied up
at Darlington. the Ice being entirely too
heavy for her The Lexington and Lib.
erty got In port early this morning and
will So out for below at the usual hour
this morning.
Tie Pittsburgh coal fleet which COM
meneed leaving the Smoky City ut
daybrcak yesterday Is passing this
port this morning The Hornet No. 2
was the flagship OF the fleet when the
boats left Pittsburgh, but between
Pittsburgh and Wheeling she lost her
lead. The first boat TO pass this port
was the Resclute with fourteen pieces
at o'clock this morning, followed by
tho Raymond Homer with fifteen piec-
es. The balance OF the fleet will pass
Wheeling to-day.
Up to noon yesterday the ship
! ments aggregated 50 barges, % coal
boats. q flats, a total OF 3,Si1, 900 bush
els. Most OF this coal goes 10 Cincin-
natl and Louisville. though some Will
be made into big tows at Louisville for
New Orleans. The departures were as
follows:
s. C. Fisher. 5 barges: Hornet No. 2
6 barges, coal boats. fiat; Twilight.
; coal boats; Pacific No. 2, I harRes, s
coal boats. 4 flats; Resolute, barges, 5
coal boats. fats: Advance. 5 barges:
onward. barges; Belle MCGOWAN. 2
barges, coal boats. 8 flats: Raymond
Hcrner, barge, Il coal boats. flats:
Sam Brown, barge, 6 coal boats. 3
fats; Fred Wilson, 6 barges, Z coal
boats. . flats; Cruiser. coal boats:
Mariner. barge, 6 coal boats, tiats;
Little Dick, barge. coal uoats; John
Moren. coal boats. nat; Percy KEEL
sey coal boats: Josh Cook, 4 barges.
4 coal boats 1 fiat; Tom Dodsworth. z
barEcs. coal boats. 3 flats: George
Shlrns, coal boats; Stella Moren, 4
coal boats; B. d. Wood. coal boat. 5
barges; Robert Jenkins, 3 blrges, fiat