Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-09

$4,000 Bushels Of Coal, at the
Bellaire BridRe-Other Notes from
Along the River
The river late last night was rising
slowly. The marks at the wharf regis
tered 20 feet. There is no prospect of
high river as predicted by the even
ing paper last night. Instead of 80
feet, a riyerman stated last night to
Register reporter that the river would
not go much beyond q feet as the Mon
ongahela was falling and the rise in the
Allegheny would be over by this even
ing. The river at Pittsburg last night
was 121 and falling. This hardly in
dicates a stage of 80 feet at Wheeling,
Notwithstanding the sanguine predic-
tiOnS of the evening marine editor. lt
was the opinion at the wharf-boat that
the river would commence to fall to-
night. The ice from the Allegheny
river is expected 10 reach Wheeling
about 10 or II o'clock this morning.
The Allegheny ice is very heavy. but
that running out of the MonOngahela is
badly broken by reason of the cakes
falling over the various dams before
reaching Pittsburg. The Allegheny is
broken its entire length.
The Ben Hur was expected to arrive
at the wharf-boat at II o'clock last
night, but did not leave Pittsburg on
account of the heavy ice running out
of the Allegheny. To-day's packets
will arrive as scheduled. The Key
stone State Will leave at a. m, for
Cincinnati; the Hudson will leave at
p. m, for Plttsburg. The Kanawha will
be down from Pittsburg tomorrow
morning and will leave at $50 for
Charleston. Capt Thos. Calhoun, OF
the Virginia, is in Cincinnati, looking
after the boat and getting her in readi-
ness to leave there next Saturday for
Pittsburg.
Word received from Parkersburg
states that the Ohio and Little Kan
awha rivers are still rising at that
point. The Kanawha is clear Of ice.
but coed amount of timber is running
out.
The old ferry boat. Maggie Paden,
which ran between Parkersburg and
Belpre, but which was placed in har-
Dor in the Little Kanawha, after the
Nina Paden was built, was sunk by the
rush of timber and ice against her
Sunday night. The boat may be raised
to the sdrface, but it is thought TO be
badly wrecked.
The following tow-boats passed
down yesterday with coal: John A.
Wood. 10 boats: James Woods. u boats;
ReSolute. y beats, and the Bob Jenk-
ms, boats and floats The Resolute
struck one OF the piers at the Bellaire
bridge yesterday morning at o'clock,
and sank two barges. The Jenkins and
the other boats passed down about the
same time with the ReSOlute. About
$4,000 bushels Of coal were sunk. About
100000 or 100000 bushels of coal
Will be shipped south on this rise. SO
little cal NaS shiEptd during The las;
rises that the operators are all prepared
to take advantage of this one. No coal
has gone out. until yesterday, for sixty
days and this has created some de-
mand in the southern markets. Most
Of the present shipment will go to New
Orleans All further tow-boats will
wait until the ice is all out Of the rivers
above
W. II. Kirchner, an engineer Of st.
Louis No. is agitating plan whereby
the Mississippi river is to be improved
by means Of concrete levees from New
Orleans to ST. Louis, whereby ocean yes
sells can sail directly TO the wharves at
St. Louis The cost of the improve
ments Mr. Kirchuer says, will not be
more than one billion dollars.
Capt. r. s. Oaks, Of Wellsburg, was
amcng the throng of rivermen who ar
rived in the city 10 get ready for a trip
down the river. Cant. Duff Swaney al
so came up from New Cumberland.
Capt. Joseph Mcdonald was also Wis
itOr on the wharf from ShOusetown.-
Observation-Disclosures
In the harbor at Louisville the Coal
City. Transit, Josh Cook. and the ferry
boats. City of Jacksonville and Hite,
have been hard at work keeping the
ice moving. They have made a narrow
channel through which the ice floats
down. The shore ice has been loosen
ed
GCrges are breaking all along the line
and the damage is comparatively light.
Barges and timber RATS have been
swept away along the Licking. Sandy,
Miami and Kanawha, but no steamboats,
have been in serious danger.
Pittsburg. Pa. February S.-River y
feet one-tenth and falling at the dam.
Cloudy and cold.
Greensboro. Pa. February S.-River
II feet inches and falling. Snow fall
1 inch, which turned to rain. Rainfall
80. Weather dark and threatening.
Warren. Pa. February S.-River >
feet 9 inches. Cloudy and cold.
OIL City. Pa, February S.-River
feet : inches and falling. Cloudy and
cool.
MorgrutOwn. w. Va, February s.
River IA feet inches and falling
Raining lightly throughout the day.
Mercury 81
WILL, OF MRS. DAWSON.