Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-29
THE RIVER IS FALLING
And There is No Ground for Fears of
Another Flood.

Failing Last Night at All Points
Above = Dropping Here at the
Rate Of Three Inches an Hour
Tho Local Packets Have Resumed
Their Trips, But Through Packets
Are Not Running-River News.
The rain of yesterday. following SO
soon upon the disastrous flood of last
week, caused some apprehension in the
minds of the more timid persons who
live in the lowlying districts of The
city. The rain of last night was of the
steady, persistent sort, which, under
certain conditions, does the worst
damage. There is nothing in the pres
ent situation, however, to cause any
alarm. The river is down to a mod
crate stage, and if a rise comes upon a
railing river it will reach Wheeling at
time when little damage will be done.
reports of a sensational nature were
IN circulation last night, the most
common form being a statement that
II was raining and the river rising in
PlttSburg, report which was not cor
roborated by the Associated Press tele-
grams from that city. The kilograms
from all points above, published be-
low, indicate that yesterdays rain was
general, but that the river is falling.
AT Wheeling the river receded last
night at rate Of about three inches an
hOur. The stage at six o'clock was
~ feet s inches, and at midnight it
had dropped to Is feet. At two o'clock
this morning there were IL feet 8
inches of water on the marks at the
landing. The river will fall more
gradually to-day. and if the rain con-
tlnuess during the morning the water
may be rising tonight
owing TO high water at Cincinnati,
the Virginia will not leave Wheeling
until Thursday morning at eight
o'clock.
Word was received here yesterday of
the appointment Of Charles Thomas to
the position of inspector of steam boil
ers in the Wheeling district, made va
cant by the recent resignation of his
father, Captain Reuben Thomas. The
new incumbent will assume the duties
of his position April /. He has been
for several years engineer on the Liz
Zie Townsend, the c., l.. & w, transfer
boat. He was the only candidate who
successfully stood the civil service ex-
animation, and his appointment was
recommended by Supervising Inspec-
tor Chancellor. The appointment will
meet with the approval of the local
river interests, as Mr.. Thomas is a
thoroughly competent engineer.
Parkersburg, w. Va, March 2S.-
Ohio river SO feet inches and falling.
Cincinnati, O., March 2S.-Until the
weather becomes settled there can be
no reliable prediction in regard to the
flood in the Ohio. cut for the rain,
which began about two O'Clock this
morning in the Ohio Valley, the river
here would have reached so feet. The
swell that brought the Ohio to 81 feet
here this morning came from the Big
Miami below, the Little Miami above,
and from the hillside torrents on the
both banks of che river further up
stream. From five to eight o'clock
this evening the river was stationary.
Since then it has risen one-tenth of a
foot hourly, and at 10 o'clock tonight
is 61.3 feet.
The Pacific No. 2 passed up yesterday
morning at o'clock with a tow of
empties; the Coal City at a. M; the
H. F. Frisbie at noon; the Josh Cook
and Tom Dodsworth at p m.
The Ben Hur was late last night in
arriving from Pittsburg. She did not
null in at the landing until after 10
o'clock
The coal shipments on the present
rise amounted to 112 boats and Z
barges.
The wharf was left with heavy coat
Of mud after the flood, and is in nasty
shape.
The Cincinnati packets have not yet
resumed their trips, but are expected
to do so within few days.
BOATS LEAVING YESTERDAY.
Steubenville, It. NJ. Bayne at 2:30 p. m.
Darlington, Leroy at $3.50 p M
SistersVille, Ruth at $50 p. m
Parkersburg, Ben Hur at 1890 p. m.
TO-DAY'S BOATS.
Cincinnati. Virginia. a. m.
Parkersburg Argand, a. m.
Steubenville, T. NJ. Bayne. 2.30 p. m.
Darlington, Leroy, $50 p, m
Sistersville, Ruth, $3.50 p. m,
MARKS FROM BELOW.
POINT PLEASANT-River 5o.2 feet and
falling Cloudy
~C-lIIlN,eCINNATI-River sos feet and ris-
Ing Rain
Cloudy and cold
= SVIILF-River rising. 80 feet 4
In canal: 81 feet ? ON fails; 50 feet below
io MskEEMPHIs-River 81 feet and rising.
Cloudy.
MARKS FROM ABOVE.
STEJTRENVILLE-R II feet inches
and falling Down, Tom Lysle
MORO A NTOWN-Riyer feet 6 inches
.n.l falling. Weather, rainy.
or. CITY-River 4 feet Z inches and
falling Mild and rainy.
aGt.IR3'EfsENSBORO-R River 9 feet inches
.nd falling. Raining and warm Rain
fall 80 inches: -
and falling. Rainy
pITTSRJTRG. Pa. March es.-Coal ship
r,ants nv river to-day for southern mar
Eots oggrepated nearly two million bush
els.