The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
LIBERTY TRANSIT
CO, IMPROVEMENT
MANY IMPROVEMENT TO De MAD
TO FLOATING PROPERTIES
OF THE COMPANY.
Ohio River to Be Eusy Stream WIFI
its Floating Palaces.

Extensive IMPROVEMENTS al! ah''iii'.''7
=, their floating property ana l'F'ii-
.,,rl> are. - hr carried out l.? t'"' i'!'".i'H
Tar,sl, Company. which Will JUSTIFY
thor tu., deal III $lctmh";,iS and WHARF:
Il few days ago.
They haze. chartered tho big wharf,
boa, a, t:aS, l.ivcrpn"l. and that rrh'
will H.. brought TO Wheeling 1T III" h''-
ginning ct next week. - replace inc 81"
wharfboat which WAS sunk some t'ii'
ago. Thu old whlrfhoat will Il" wreck
I'd for salvage. rs some Of N" tHh"'
in her is us good as the day she WIS
built.
4 paved roadway Will he built on the
wharf commencing at the foot 81
Twelfth street extending along tn" re-
Thinning wall "f the Pennsylvania sta
zion. IN above tho wharf mnrkS ;tnd Il
then make Il circle down the wharf ana
Tnin the brick roadway already con-
1s,rurtcd. NJ The wharf G;LuSc.
Immediately in front Of tn" wharf
.h,ar. for n stretch OF 100 feet long and
,35 feet wide Il strip ot the wharf Will
hc ravcd. which will make the landing
of freight easier 10 tho wharf STAGE
ways.
The East Liverpool wharfboat VIII
he stationed here temporarily AMI Will
'hc replaced in about SiA weeks h% lir
modern steel whartbnat MISSISSIPPI
which is now at St Louis. The dis
rsissippi is 200 feet long and 81 Io"t
beam. and is steel throughout; 1t has
TWO stages. one near each end. electric
!. ally lighted and up to date IN every
respect.
= Captain Jeff Frame will hc III charge
of the Wheeling wharfboat and the
; clerk will be William TruaN. city
wharfmuStrr. These two gentlemen
have srrnt thirty years Off and on on
/ Wheeling whLrfboats. and the business
will be handled in an efficient manner.
| One OF the Innovations 10 be made hy
the Liberty Transit Company will be the
i'abolishinG Of wharfage fees on the
i.wharfboat and this idea will be carried
Tout q, all III their terminals.
Besides having options OH two upper
Mississippi river steamboats, the com
z pany has an option and will probably
pur, haSr Il lower Ohio river boat about
the same size us tho S. l.. Elan: if the
deal goes through she will be put in tho
:; pittsburgh and Wheeling trade. and the
Omaha will bc placed III tn" Whcrln;
and ParkersburE trade. the boats max
ing connections at this city three times
each week
The steamer Dunbar is now 1T Point
Pleasant and will go on the docks next
week fer Il complete ovcrhauling. and
will be placed i'll the Pittsburgh and
Charleston trade III November.
The S. l.. i;lan is being rebuilt at
ClarnEton. Ohio. and will be finished
some time III November. when she Will
: enter the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati
trade.
/ The fleet Of Steamboats, and wharf
boats Of the Liberty Transit Company
, is the best transportation organization
on inland rivers, and il is expected 10
! be Increased in the near future as the
company has been assured OF very lib
/ cral patronage by the river cities and
towns and the stockholders Of the L!.
company represent four states border
ing on the Ohio. These stockholders arc
all men Of affairs and great many are
tho heads OF manufacturing firms in
tho river cities