The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-01
THE RIVER INTERESTS
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Hope for BETTER Times l. Expressed.
! know OF no other subject about
which moro can be said than the river.
1t Is food barometer. Indicating the
condition OF commerce. and this especially
applies ID the Ohio valley ami the Ohio
river. When business Is good through
out the land, the river business Is in a
healthy and nourishlng condition, and
when dull season sets in the steamers
come and go with very light cargoes.
They are experiencing the same condl-
ton as q manufacturing plant-there Is
a lack OF orders. The year Just ending
has been q very unsatisfactory one. no
doubt because we were disappointed in
our expectations. We all looked forward
for prosperity TO reign in the year 1891.
and reasonably SO. for after passing
through SO long dull period, We pre-
pared to do an increased business, and
SO confident were We that this line at a
very large expense built 4 new, larger
and finer steamer than any OF our pre-
v!ous ones. With the addition Of the
steamer Queen City to our fleet we were
then In line to meet the coming boom.
but, like the bridegroom. "He cometh
not"
While the past years trade has been
only fair, ] look for much better times
In the YEAR 1898. This will especially ap-
ply to the coming spring. We greatly
miss the lost nail trade Of Wheeling, as
all our steamers carried from your city
large quantities of nails for the markets
OF the south and west. If the nail trade
could bt. revived, II would add largely to
the revenue of all our steamers doing
business with your city. Another large
commodity has disappeared from your
midst, thereby reducing the river ton
mage. refer to the glass industry. In
former times our steamers scarcely ever
passed Wheeling without a large con-
signmeht Of glass for some port in the
west OF south, but to-day we scarcely
ever have shipment Of this product
from Wheeling.
( ], HOPE to see your merchants and man.
ufachiiers cooperate to bring back to
Wheeling all the last business in the nall
ald glass trades. For. possessing. as
Wheeling does, the very best shipping
facilities. know OF no location on the
Ohio river that has better advantages
for manufacturing purposes of any
kind. Your press. merchants and manu-
tacturers should stand together and do
ey9cHthing In their power 70 further I'M
prove the river with system OF dams
similar TO those now being built by the
government from Davis Island dam
down. II. with your aid, we can secure
from Congress sufficient appropriations
70 continue the river Improvement this
Improvement will be OF inestimable
value TO your citizens and property own
ers, as, by furnishing you W.: the
means Of using the cheapes: known
method of transporta. lion, II would place
your merchants and manufacturers in
bettsr position TO reach the markets OF
the whst and south with all their pro-
ducts Ia. all seasons OF the year. Look
to your river interests. Do not let your
intera$ In them wanc. but be ever ready
to do ali'you can to further improve their
condition. JAS. a. HENDERSON.
Pittsburgh & Cincinnati! Packe: Line