The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-10-25

coma, spent sunday mere with Ms
family
The Winifrede left Saturday for
Cincinnati with tow and the j
T. Hatfield left Monday.
About ESQ 600 bueheIs of coal
left the Kanawha river for Cincin-
nati on this rise.
The Neva was taken out on the
Gardner Docks for repairs Mon
day. The Cricket is her her trade.
The Greenland came out from
Charleston yesterday afternoon and
left for Pittsburg on her regular
time.
The Henry M. Stanley will be
as good as new boat when she
comes off of the docks. She has
been repaired Eli over.
The docks at this place and the
Heslop Machine Works are kept
busy most of the time with boat
work
Pilot Henry Holloway of the
Tacoma, stopped off on her down
trip Monday morning for one trip
to visit his mother.
The following boats left here
Sunday with lows of coal for Gin.
oinnati: r. P. Gillham, Val P
OolIins, Florence Marmet, Otto
Marmet and Catherine Davis.
The Harry Brown stopped in
Kanawha yesterday morning and
left several empties which were ia
ken to Raymond City by the Vivi-
an. The Brown proceeded on up
the Ohio
The Kanawha Dock Co., will in
the near future, erect an up, to-date
saw-mill on their property near the
docks. The mill will do all kinds
of job saving aside from the saw
ing for the docks
The increasing of business de.
handed Mr. Heslop to enlarge his
machine works. which is being
done by building quite large ad-
dition to the foundry and the adj
dition of new and improved ma
chinery.such as a steam hammer {
the most modern improvement.
While DR.. Williamson, Judge c.
81 Nixon and Will Selby, of Mar
ietta, were returning from Beverly
to their home in motor boat on
the Muskingum Sunday morning
about one O'Clock. they lost their
bearing, owing to a heavy fog
which overspread the river and val
ley. The fog caused the party to
miss the canal and the boat with
all three aboard went over the dam
at Dowell. Williamson was drown
ed The others had a narrow es-
cape.
Capt. 81. j. Brinker, of Apple
Grove, Ohio, who has been in poor
health for some time, died Friday
evening. Got. Is He was n years
old and leaves a wife, one son,
Captain II. j. Brinker, Jr., and
one granddaughter. Capt Brinker
was we'll known riverman and at
one time conducted large bust
ness in the south where his son
is now engaged in the steamboat
business He was a man of con-
siderable prominence and wealth
and an excellent citizsn. The
funeral was held at the residence
Sunday afternoon. The remains
were inferred in the Letart GENE
terry
There is plenty of water now
along the river from Pittsburg to
Cincinnati and large coal fleets
have left Pittsburg for Cincinnati
More than 100000 bushels of
coal will come out on this rise. The
bulk of this will stop at Cincinnati.
The rise is of the pop" variety in
which the water does not last very
long.
The rise not only Affects the
Pittsburg district, bat it has also
rained on the tributaries and es-
peoially on the Great Kanawha.
A substantial rise has occurred on
this stream and all of the boats on
hand have left for Cincinnati with
all the coal they can handle.
The river this year has behaved
in a manner never before knc wn in
history. 1t began last winter with
heavy and destructive gorges of
ice. which destroyed about $780,
000 worth of properly in the Gin
cinnati ha1bor alone Then in the