The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-18

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The unltcd States engineers 0pthOsl-
ii by the secrstary OF war to assemble
:, pittsburgh 70 hear testimony In re-
S.,eace 10 tho alterations of certain
S,,sre piers on tlie Ohio and atoaonga-
Ma rivers. met In the United Statea
srriucers office yesterday The beard
c,ssists OF Maj. II. L. Heuer, engineer
N charge OF the improvements OF the
ono river. etationed at CEncinnntl;
,,,l James L. Gregory and Lieut., Ma
on NJ, Patrick, OF Cincinnati, and Maj.
+. HoXie. Of Pittsburgh, y,
At,er hearing the river and f0ll in-
,sspsts regarding the bridges at and
Scar Pittsburgh, the Steubcnvfito ana
tiAI1lre bridges, which are OF interest
n wheeling, were taken IN.
MI. J., J. Brooks appeared for the
pan Handle company in the case OF
10 SteubenYille bridge. 1t Is the de-
sirs OF the river men TO have the chan
nj 'snan wldened. Mr. Brooks objected
n making any changes on she. ground
that the sScretArw OF war had approved
~, bridge plans the time Il vas 6ait.
trIdees on the river. Capt. James 4.
henderson, IN behalf Of the pittsburgh
AND Cincinnati packet Tine, filed obJec-
lions 10 tho location OF the piers and
snbmllted the statements In writing
~ changes that should be made, which
coOeur 4, the Recommendations made by
nj gtickncy at the time he Ind charge
N the Ohio river improvements. Tho
objections were written by six pilots
81 his line. The Coal Exchange hled
;sslr objection. =
When the RellAire bridge was called,
william r Manning. tho chief engins
81, appeared and stated that II the
clriaCeS were made the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad company would have 20
,Aause the grade Of the road leading TO
I'd tridga. This, with tho proposed
changes, would involve q cost. OF about
$50 ESQ. He said It would also make
a heavier grade to the bridge, causing
ire loss Of time IN t19ftlc. Capt VIII
lam u. Rodgers said that the expense
which would be involved upon the rall-
rad company would be little compared
10 the loss which the caol operators are
ssInpplled TO stand every year, The
coal Exchange then hled their Obtec~
ions to the bridge. and this finished
10 business before the meeting. The
Coal Exchange came we'll prepared
With tneis arguments. and submitted
written statements. The bridge people
only made verbal oneA
The Pittsburgh Coal Exchange rep~
t,,sentatlnv threo- 6nurChS Of the trade
of the NE0nongahelR and Ohio rivers,
slatc In their report that the right 20
construct bridges Is not doubted or con-
tested They declare. however, that the
bridge people are bound 10 respect and
consult the rights OF uAvigatotS ana
shippers using these rivers and contern
that bridge companies must not Inter-
fsre with the free l1R8 Of the rivers.
For the transportation OF lows Of 16 to
70 pieces the present spans at Steuben-
vile and Bellatre are not Vide enough
to permit tows TO pass IN safety: II IS
almost impossible to run the bridges At
night With coal lows. thus causing con-
porting coal.
About 400 lows OF coal. 6agrpgntinE
10000 900 bushels are sent south every
wear by river. Smaller boats are sent
with each tow below the Bellaire bridge
n q cost OF 500 each. making an extra
expense over losses by delays waiting
for daylight to run these bridges, ana
an other causes, OF SO. 900 per year. oc-
cIsIoned solely by the fnulty constr7lc-
ton OF the SteubenVille am Bellatrc
bridges.
Following are the losses tu-ronmerce
By eJllIsIonB with Ohio river bridge
piers 90 December q, 1881:
Beaver bridge .........,.........s...* 55JtO ~
S,elbenNitte bridge ..r.....ssss.Sf, SS,RN F"
Wheeling and Martins Ferry ca "a
pSi;St4S lridgs ....,.....,...s5.. 1855 "
PaTEersburE bridge ....s....,..,SsE 600 ~
Point Pleasant bridge. .........sT.s gS8 " ~
Eenova bridge ..",.......,.,..-..t; ZO'S'V W
Newport and CIiIelnnGtl railroad =, ,a- q,
bridge .s.,-.....,.s. 80. ;...;,.s..; 77tV' W
CoyinEton and Cincinnati Railroad q. M N
bridge ss-e...,S.y.' '..''',,,;;.StSaf. V''S'' "
Cincinnati: Southern rnilTeef .,s a.
bridge northumberland S'shs w
louisville and JefieTsonp4sH ,oo N
bridge ......S.s.s.s .s-'..''''fAN' $3.50 ~
Ohio Fails Observation-Disclosures ~. ~ y
Kentucky and indiana bridGo.s..i 2s'.G ~
Henderson bridge ........-.,...s',' sg'.5g ~
Cairo bridge ...s..."..s.s.'''.'ss. ="'ag' "
cr,r6 ts,sl ..,...................s7I5,Sc5 t5
Mai Hener, In speaking OF the pso-
r.sed changes, said that Cox Sticknesy
had recommended that they be made
before ne was transferred. lE the pres
ent board cOncurs in what he suggested
then the alterations will hive TO BE-
made by March II, 1893. While u IS
not known what action the board Will
lake II Is believed that they NIL rec
ommend to the secretary OF war that