The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-12-20

The j. T HatfeId viii be put
into service this week, after receiv-
ing come extensive repairs at Gin
cinnAti
Captain Dor DeWolf, Of the
ferryboat Champion, between Ma
son and Pomeroy. is now resi-
dent of Mason, having moved his
family there from his farm back, of
Racine.
Captain John Rust, pilot on the
towboat Otto Marnet, has bought
the ST. Adams. w Va, ferry the
oldest on the Great Kanawha. The
St Adams ferry was established in
the year 1911.
TIE amount of money that thus
far has been expended on the i'm
provement of the Big KanaWha
River mas reached the four million
dollar mark. Navigation on this
river is now almost perfect.
In severe wind storm at Hawes
vile. KY. last Saturday, the Harry
Brown lost 81 baTges of coal and
the Raymond Horner Z barges.
Each barge contained %. 600 BUSH
els; total, $4,000 bushels.
A man off the big towboat Oak
land was ground to pieces by a
street car at Syracuse Wednesday
evening. The Oakland laid up at
Racine for the water to fall enough
to let her under the bridge at this
place. The unfortunate msu had
been to Pomerey and was intoxi-
Gated at the time. being on his way
beck to the boat. He was put off
the car and later wandered on to
the track.
/ One of the best known and best
liked crews in the O. P. & @. Line
is on the Greenwood. Captain
Thomas w. Bennett is master
Messrs O. Henry Holloway and
Jim Holloway are the clerks,
Pilots Ike" Argo and Charles Hall
are in charge of the wheel, Henry
White is steward and Hughey
Hicks and Frank Souverain are the
engineers. They are all clever
set of men and make it exceeding
" pleasant for travellers. Pursel
Henry Holloway is one of the few
clerks that has been on a b at that
was 80 heavily loaded that the clerkt
could not shut the safe door-Galli
polls Tribune.
Lovers of the beautiful and pic
tureeque will be panied to Learn
that the far famed Gauley river il
this State has been sacrificed tc
the greed for gain. A pulp mil
has been put into operation or
Cherry river, a tributary of the
| Gsuley, eighty miles from It'll
mouth. and not living thing hat
been left in that stream The wa
| ter is now 80 changed with acids
that it will take the hair off {
horses legs in wading across it
This has always been conceded tc
be the prettiest stream east of the
Rocky mountains, and filled with
game fish from source to mouth
This will greatly impair the value
| of the summer resorts along this
stream.
! The combine towboat Twilight
and her tow of 8 GOAL boats took 6
frightful plunge over the 80 fool
dam at Port Perry on the Mononga.
hela river near Pittsburg Sunday
night. December 8. The Twilight
attempted to land the tow above
the look but Captain Lewellyn
found the boat did not have power
enough to do 80. Several small
boats went to the Twilight's assis-
tanoe but could not save her from
the fearful plunge The Grew oil
of 10 men were fshed out uninjur.
ed below the dam. a Miss Peters
ohsmbermaid, jumped from the
steamboat into coal boat which
she rode over the dam Aside from
a bad fright she was uniDjured and
was rescued before the coal boat
went under The Twilight and hel
tow of 5000 bushels of coal were
wrecked and lost with no insur-
anoe.
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