The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-14

has had one experiment In barge trans
portation. Last summer. the Deere 8.
Weber company. distributors of agri-
| cultural implements. brought five oarges
| loaded with implements up the river
| from Moline, III. Using antique harEes
and failing to find efficient landing ia
, c;nties combined to make the expert
mcut expensive. 1t did demonstrate.
/ however, the feasibility Of using the
! river for such inbound traffic. once
! modern harGcs and modern terminals
are provided.
st. Paul. during years past the head
! Of river packet traffic. has contagious
; tn its principal business district an old
tyne dock designed To Accommodates Old
type river packets. 1t is 4 dock opNSoo
ii wooden wall structure-eQuIpped
with q frame warehouse and no modern
devices At 4 site six blocks up the
river from shat dock. however. st. raul
: is engaged in providing facilities 10 &C
commudatc modern river equipment. IL
is being guilt on scale less conpre-
hersive than the Minneapolis plan. but
will scrr. To euub!e effective rail- and
river interchange.
Tho worn now half completed. con-
siS,s oc building along the waters edge
q u;linS treStic. 500 feet in length. This
will enable barge landing AZ any stage
of water. The trestle will carry a
Gran. track. \ crane and other mod
cru conveying machinery. plans Tor
which have oeeen completed. are to De
installed. This terminal is 10 serve
principally for interchange between
boats and railroad cars. II Will be
equipped tn handle. according 70 esti-
- nP daily Nh
house facilities are contemplated at this
point The structure and equipment
will represent all investment Of Sl00.-
900.
Railroad switching facilities arc at
hand, at this site. The terminal. also.
is easily approachablc from the business
center OF the city.
For tho shipment OF iron ore by river
a promising item as soon rs modern
bargcS are availablr-St Paul has
more or less nrakcshift arrangement
with which the city proposes to contest
Itself until traffic has actually developed
10 Il point demanding more adequate
! facilities That arrangement consists
of orc chutcs provided by holes cut
/ through the floor OF n terminal railroad
bridge across the river about three miles
below the terminal just described.
tertativc arrangement exists with the
railroad whereby ore cars may he taken
by the bridge. over tho chutes. for trans
; terring the ore to barges below.
side track IS provided at one end OF
the bridge. where the cars may be held
until use of the bridge for crossing
! trains is not needed. 'y this device.
it is possible TO unload q car of ore into
a barge in - minutes.
This facility was used last year when
IL M
experiment OF taking six bargcs loaded
with coal to st. Paul and returning with
tho harses loaded with iron ore. That
experiment.. like the instance OF the
trial trip with agricultural implements
, 10 MINNEAPOLIS was InaIe with anti
uuated equipment and was not star
fling success with respect To time In
transit. hut It did demonstrate thu
feasibility OF using tho Mississippi river
for bringing coal to the Twin Cities ana
for taking iron orc to points further
south.
The only river freight traffic At st.
Paul heretofore has been small packaG"
business. handled by old-time river
PACKETS and has been Of no real c"ns"-
.,,.ncs as = river traffic factor. The
rrnspect for this year is only one packet
With an uncertain schedule.
TIL. grain and milling activity ~
.nr ,nrnrrant fnctnr i'll seeking ~
.,,I.n,Ifv ~" Twin cities with possible
river ,racfc AZ Mnnea polls. last Etar'1
rrcr!p,s -: all grain. by railroad. shInled
ISL nnh rGh bushels. -! that total lol.-
nan nhG bushels wrS in wheat TIL" city
r.r.Ivrd SIS Goa. barrels oc flour and
e'.;Ducd almost ! : nnn. "nh barrels. show
,uc n" cS'rri - ih' Lmn"n$e milling
t,d,.S,ry or th" whoa: receipts :nhi-