Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-25
Yesterdays REPORTS
Received at the WharfSoat and the Condi-
tions at the Landing.

lions at the Landing.
Scenes on Water street along the
wharf yesterday were still more in
teresting than the day before, but very
little space was left upon which the
sightseers could group. Early yester-
day morning Water street from the
creek TO the alley at the Hotel Wind
sor had been submerged with the wa
ter extending up Twelfth street to
point distance below Main and up
Fourteenth street a considerable dis
lance above Main. Therefore the only
part CT this thoroughfare left open TO
travel was between Twelfth and the
Hotel Windsor, and it was trayersed
more all during yesterday by crowds
of men, women and children than il
has been for many day.
At the wharfboat the telephone was
kept buzzing during the day and in
quiries were as plentiful as on We'd
nesday. Most Of these inquiries came
from people living in the water and
many were very pertinent in learning
the exact stage the river would reach
even TO the half inch that they might
judge If it was necessary or not to
vacate their premises.
The morning reports from upper
points received at the wharfboat show
ed the water to be receding at Pitts
burg from a stage of % feet 4 inches;
the Allegheny was shown TO be fall
ing at Oil City at 10 feet inches:
falling at Parker's at II feet. and ris-
ing at Rice's Landing at Is feet s
inches. The Monongahela was rising
at Fairmont at S feet inches; rising
at Greensboro at IA feet Ill inches;
stationary at Brownsville at IS feet;
stationary at Morgantown at II feet.
The rises at Rice's Landing, Fairmont
and Greensboro are due TO the effect
Of Wednesday nights rains, but will
not effect the Ohio river in the least
for when such stage of water as az
present begins to recede it require an
enormous amount of water TO check it.
A later reporte from Pittsburg said
the river had fallen s inches from
p. m. to 10 p. m. at that point and was
going down at a lively rate Another
report from Pittsburg yesterday af-
ternoon stated that the water there
had receded to q feet.
As will be seen by the hourly record
the water at this paoint from four
o'clock yesterday morning until noon
rose two inches an hour. From noon
to . p. N. it rose an inch and a half
an hour, and after p. n. came up an
inch per hour
At three o'clock yesterday afternoon
a report from Pittsburg received at
the wharfboat showed the water to
have fallen two feet from p. m. TO
10 D. nj.
When the water had reached its
highest point last evening the tracks
at the P, c., c. & ST. L. station at the
upper end Of Water street We're under
water which stood even with the tall
platform along the wharf. Fairly yes
terday morning the wharfboat was
forced to pull in close TO the submerg-
ed railroad wall and rest its plank on
the Panhandle platform. The p c..
c. & st. L. freight offices at the foot
of Fourteenth street were flooded in
the first story to the depth Of three
or four feet All the buildings along
Water street between the Hotel Wind
sor and the creek received the water on
their first floors.
AT ) p. N. by the perpendicular
gauge established at the corner of
Twelfth and Water streets the river
was about stationary at a feet
inches. having risen only three-auar-
tiers OF an inch in the last hour.