Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-03-05
BIG SHIPMENTS OF RAILS.

Eleven Train Loads or steel Rails Taken
out OF Pittsburg Yesterday, By the iron
Gray Line
a big shipment Of rails left PitJsburg
yesterday by the Grays Iron Line for
the South. While very little coal Will
be shipped on the present rise, the
water came in time 10 permit Gray
Iron Line TO take an immense tow
Of rails out of Pittsburg. The Iron
Age departed yesterday at II O'Clock
with John Reno and James Morris at
the wheel, and Captain VIM. c. Gray
on the roof, with fourteen model bargcs
of rails. containing in all 5000 tons.
This is an enormous tow. Captain w.
b. Rodgers has not as Yet decided
whether the boat Will double trip with
the tow 90 a point down the river or
III she viii have q boat TO take part OF
he~ tow out To would take $50 trains
of cars TO transport the Iron Age S
Carso of rails if they had been shipped
by rail- He figured twenty-five tons
TO the car. which is q fair estimate.
IL would require eleven trains OF cars
with thirty cars 10 the train To- haul
this shipment ont of PiusbuIs. The
rails go % various points i'm the South.
They were loaded about two weeks ago
when the market i'm the steel rail pool
drcnped. This is one of the largest
SHIPMENTS that has been made by river
fer many years A number of barges
of steel RATS were sent down the river
several weeks ago. II is estimated
81 r
ned by the river since the pool dropped.
The Iron age has also among her car
go 600 tons OF splash boards.
Very few tOwbCats are in port at
Piusburg. and for this reason little if
any coal will be shipped. There is not
much coal loaded and the miners
strike is mainly responsible for this
feature. The Southern markets. how
ever. are we'll stocked.
YESTERDAYS BOATS-Pittsburs,
Bedford. a. m. Lorena, s a. m; Park
crsburg. Argand. II q. M; Sistersville,
Ruth. $3.50 p. M: ClariugJon. Leroy,
$3.50 p. m; New Aa-amoras, LeNing-
ton. n a. m.
TO-DAY'S BOATS Pittsburg, Nir-
ginia, 3 M; Parkers1urg, Ben Hur,
N q. M. SisIersville, Ruth. $3.50 p. M;
Darlington. Leroy. $3.50 p. IN.
TO-MOEROW'S BOATS-Charles-
ton. Bedford, $50 a. M; Parkersburg,
Argand. II a. M; New MatamOras,
Lexington n q. No.; SistersvilIe. Ruth,
1880 p. m, Darlington, Leroy, $3.50
2. m.
The Ohio has risen and is expected to
come mp sufficiently high 20 afford q
good boating stage. The marks last
night at six o'clock were N feet
inches. Seventeen or eighteen feet are
expected
The Keystone State left Cincinnati
YESTERDAY with an immense cargo. The
trcight had accumulated at the Gin
cuuati wharf TO such an extent that
the packets win have TO make several
trips 10 clear the wharlboats at that
point The Hudson viii lay over at
Cincinnati lo get In on her regular trip.
She will De mp next Tuesday morning,
as usual for PiJsburg. The keystone
State viii also arrive about schedule
time Sunday morning for P.ttshurg
an boats axe warned TO keen on the
outside nj BlennerhaSsett Island 10
steer clear of q sunken barge.
The towing of railroad ties is to he
am important industry with the tow
haatmen about ST. Louis this spring.
The Louis H1UcE and Josie both left
for the Tennessee river Wednesday to
bring mp tows Of ties, and the JowbCat
Wash H0nsheil is engaged on a con-
tract of $4,000 ties i'm the Tennessee
river to so TO Burlington, Iowa.
Piusburg, Pa. March 4-River IL
feet and rising at the DAM Weather
clear and cool
on City. Pa, March 4.-River feet
. inches and falling. Clear and cool
Warren. Pa. March 4.-Riyer 4 feet
S inches. Clear and cold.