Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-12-09


The marks on the wharf last evening
indicated stage of II feet inches and
falling
The towbats that passed down with coal
yesterday were the George Shiras, De-
fender and John w. Allies at s a. M; the
B. D. Wood at 10 a. M; the Coal City at
noon, and the Volunteer and Tom Doos-
worth at p. m. Those up with empties
were the Tornado at l p. m. and the
Adele at 4 p. m.
The George Shiras let a loaded coal fiat
go over dam No. Tuesday, but the Shiras
locked through and caught the fiat unin-
jured below.
The Coal City and Sam Clarke had ex-
actly the same tows on their last up trip
from Louisville. twenty-eight empty
barges and two fiat boats each. 1t is
claimed that the Coal iCty passed the
ficulty in doing so. Both boats belong to
the Walton Coal Company.
The Joe Williams has not turned her
wheel over for several months; and she
will probably leave Pittsburg for New Or
leans on the next rise. The Williams still
carries the honor of taking into New Or
leans the largest tow of coal.
River coal operators are rot anxious to
hurry shipments south just yet, owing TO
scant wafer in the Mississippi river. and
then New Orleans still has a very good
stock CT coal. 1t is also worthy of mem
ton that buyers there give fresh receipts
the preference and 1t is difficult to sell old
stock when new is to be obtained. This
being the situation 1t is not strange that
operators are in no hurry about making
shipments south of Louisville for the pres
ent; they are anxious 10 have the old
stock at New Orleans disposed of before
they make any shipments to that point.
A committee of the Pittsburg coal ex-
change, consisting of Ceptain Addison
Lysle, Capt. John F. Dravo capt Geo. w.
Thesis, and Mr.. M. Wood, and Pilots w.
r. Reno and R. S. Oakes had a conference
Tuesday with Maj. Powell in regard to
the proposed new bridge at Marietta.
There will be a meeting at Marietta to-
morrow in regard to the locating of the
bridge. Maj. Powell and Maj. Bixby will
be there. as well as a number of the mem
bers of the coal exchange, and the bridge
company viii be represented.
Capt. Lee Anshutz is in the hospital at
Moundsvil,e, having his eyes, which have
been troubling him for several months,
treated.
The Secretary of War has appointed
Maj Charles F. Powell, Maj. William II.
Bixby and Capt. James G.. Warren, Of
the corps of engineers, board to pass on
the plans for new bridge highway across
the Ohio river at Marietta. An informal
IT..
els Office at Pittsburg, and Capts. John
F. bravo. Addison Lysie, w. j. Wood. !.
n. Bunton and others suggested changes
which would make the bridge acceptable
to the river interests. The incorporators
of the bridge company are nearly all river
men The board will meet at Marietta
tomorrow morning at Saturday evening.
A committee from the Pittsburg coal ex-
change will meet with the officers.
All the coal loaded in the Kanawha val
ley will be gotten to Cincinnati on the
present rise.
Pilots are warned to keep close to the
point, at the Homestead bridge, on ac-
count Of a sunken coal boat at that place.
A sand fat is also reported sunk near the
mouth of Turtle creek.
a supervising inspector of steam vessels
of the Pittsburg and Cincinnati district
may go to a man who has not heretofore
figured among the list Of applicants for
the place There is a very spirited fight
on for the place and there may yet be a
compromise candidate put forward who
will be acceptable TO all.
In speaking Of the "cut-off" above
Evansville, W. Fl. Bixby, major of the en-
gineers corps, L. S. A., says: Il think
the sloughs back of the bank protection
should be filed in with brush and rock to
prevent washing in the event that the
river overfiows the bank protection. as it
is liable to do any season. The bank pro-
lection should also be extended to the dixie
opposite Evansville to insure the city's
safety. and the Congress men and Sena-
tors of Indiana ought TO see the import
ance of urging appropriations for this
work. Tn work above the city will be
completed in about 90 days. weather per-
hitting. The contract price was 81. 0oo. =
The cost of continuing a bank protection
from the cutoff to the dixie opposite Ev-
ansvilie. a distance of FIVE miles, is esti-
mated at $4,000