Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-11

The STAGE of the river the wharf
last evening was three feet and rising,
showing a swell of one inch since
Tuesday morning. The effects Of the
general rains of the past several days
throughout the Allegheny and Monon-
gahela valleys reached Pittsburg yes
terday, and it is thought by reliable
rivermen that a five-foot stage may be
reached there to-day. This will
cause the river at this point to reach
something in the neighborhood OF four
and a half feet under the present con-
ditions of the soil due to the recent
draught. Navigation has already been
resumed, and it is likely to be kept
up during the rest of the season. Capt.
Thomas Calhoun, of the steamer Vir-
ginia, tied up near Sweeneys foundry
in the North End, communicated yes
terday afternoon with Capt. ]. A. Hen
derson, general manager of the Pitts
burg and Cincinnati packet line, at
Pittsburg, and was assured that he
could cut loose for business by Satur-
day, as the river below the Davis ISL
and dam had reached the four and
half stage and was still rising. This,
he calculated, would effect the river at
this point by tomorrow. AS to the
extent of this coming swell Capt
Booth stated that in addition to what
is already in the channel stage of
four and half feet might be. expected
by Saturday. This will enable gen
eral resumption of business among the
packets along the entire river.
Capt. Crockard has gone to the Par
kersburg docks, and will have the
wharfbOat brought up some time to-
day, and once more the wharf will
appear at home in an Industrious way
The following schedule shows the
packets which have resumed after the
long tie-up:
YESTERDAYS BOATS.
Ruth, Sistersville
Leroy, Darlington.
TO-DAY'S BOATS.
Sistersville, Ruth, $3.50 p. m.
Darlington, Leroy, $3.50 p. m.
New Matamoras, Lexington, II a. m
The Argand and Bedford are now on
their way from Cincinnati to Wheel
ing. The Argand will leave here for
Parkersburg tomorrow at II a. m, and
the Bedford goes from here to Charles
ton at $50 a. m. Saturday.
Pilot Claud Robinson and his broth
er, Rclla, left Pittsburg yesterday for
Halls Landing, five miles below Sand
Greek, to take the Nellie Bly, to Pitts
burg. The boat has been tied up be-
low Parkersburg for some time.
Capt. William Troy, the well known
steamboatman, made several trips up
the Missouri to Fit. Benton in the early
sixties. One Of his trips was made on
the Big Horn, owned by Commodore
Kountz. Capt. Troy says he did not
fancy steambOating on the Missouri,
as the crews were compelled to cut
their own timber, wood being the only
fuel used in those days. The Indians
has possession of that country then,
and it was a common sight to see
stack of fire arms in the cabin of the
steamers.
The government engineers are at
work making ae>survey of the Cincin-
natl harbor. A large number of prac-
teal surveyors are engaged in the work
that owing to the floods and normal
stage of the river was postponed last
year. The entire harbor will be care
fully and infinitely gone over, and the
surveying party during the present low
stage of the river is enabled to secure
accurately defined harbor lines. At
present the force is at work at Ludlow,
KY, having completed that part of the
harbor from the mouth of the Licking
down to Ludlow on the Kentucky side.
Pittsburg-2.S feet; rising.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of a foot.
Oil City, inches; stationary.
Morgantown-5 feet 9; stationary.
Greensboro-S feet 10; falling.
Brownsville-S feet; stationary.