Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-29
PINAN CIAL.

Volunteer, each with II bardges and
three fats, making in all 60 barges
aud Is flats, containing in all about
1904 bushels. If there should be wa
ter enough to-day for heavy bardges, a
number of additional tows will be sent.
Work on the new hull for the tow
boat George Shiras is being pushed for
ward rapidly by the builders at Par
kershurg. 1t was claimed by the build
ers that they could complete the hull
in three weeks from the time work
was first commenced. Work on the
new Wheeling and Darlington packet,
City of Wheeling, is being pushed for
ward rapidly.
Capt Thomas Calhoun. of the Gin
cinnati packet Virginia arrived yester-
day from Cincinnati, where he left his
boat laid up.
The Raymond Horner, on her way
north from New Orleans, stopped at
Memphis u clean boilers.
The Sweeneys. of Jeffersonvells, will
launch new dredgeboat at Columbus,
Ca, within a few days.
The Cumberland and Tennessee riv-
ers are both reported getting down
low.
The Bay Bros, are having a new boat
built at Ironton.
The steamer Adele, with coal tow
| of 20 barges, arrived safely at New
| Orleans few days ago. She is the
only steamer that has taken a tow OF
Kanawha coal to the Crescent City
| this season. Most of the West Vir-
| ginia fuel is marketed this side of New
| Orleans, Pittsburg coal being most
popular there. Considerable Alabama
| coal is used for domestic purposes
around the mouth of the Mississippi
river, but for steam making Mononga-
hela has the call. Many of the tran
satlantic steamships, leaving New
Orleans are now using Pittsburg coal
| for their round trip, although il is sell
| ing at SO cents barrel. But il is said
| that many contracts were made at a
much lower rate before the river COM
bination became operative. and that
some of these contracts have not yet
expired. The demand for Pittsburg
coal for ocean steamers has developed
| mainly since coal began TO get scarce
| In Germany. Italy and some other for
eign countries.
Mai. Charles F. Powell, United
town since Sunday, bur Is expected
home tonight. Mai Powell's trip has
resulted in the government getting IT,
tie to the land needed as sites for locks
and dams Nos. 10 to - The titles TO
some of the lands were defective, but
| the flaws have been Strengthened out
| and the purchase money paid. This
means that active work on the i'm
provements can now be safely started
at any time.
The talk Of the Pittsburg. Cincinnati
and louisville Packet Company build
ing two fine steamers for the Pittsburg
and Cincinnati trade Is again being re-
vived. The idea is 10 place the City
of Pittsburg In the Cincinnati and
Cairo trade and with the proposed boat
which win run TO Cincinnati. the new
line would be enabled TO ship freight
to New Orleans, via the ST. Louis line
ncf steamers, connecting with them at
Cairo. II Is reported that a contract
for two such steamers has been let,
but Capt. John VI. Phillips. the general
manager of the company, is not in
Pittsburg and the report could not be
verified II the report IS correct there
is bound 10 be lively times along the
Ohio river between Pittsburg and
Cairo. as the new line would be a com
petitor Of several others. Capt Phil
lips has claimed for some time that the
White Collar line Of Cincinnati has
been harassing him and II Is said that
II the reported deal is a go. Commodore
r. A Laidley, OF Cincinnati, Will have
hard time fighting them, as the Pitts
burg and Louisville men. besides being
popular, have good backing and are
known a. fighters.