The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-12
LIBERTY TRANSIT
PURCHASES.
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLAR pA
CoNSUMATED BY LOCAL 1n
FOR VAST T&PROVEmkNIS'
Steamer Ruben Dunbar, Ana
OF Large Wharf ooats Af1
Secured Through Deal.

Ono of the largest deals in steamboat
and river craft was consumateo !cs'G,
day when Capt. John i. hlcin' tne wei
,,a,,.,, chin broker Of Pittsburgh. closed
nro,;o,inns with the Liberty Transit
,.c,nn,ny Of this city whereby they ac
ouirc n steamboat and three WHAT
hoa1s from John w. Hubbard OF lI'ts
burrh tho deal involving three thousa''o
dollars.
fbc steamboat r. Dunbar, the Kan
,o,bo and Pittsburgh wharfDoat at
pi,tsburrh, the Wheeling whartboat ana
rho wharfboat Mississippi now IN inc
lower end Of the Ohio river VIII DC aoa-
cd TO the Liberty Transit company
nrct, consisting Of the S. l.. Liam ana
the Omaha.
Tho Dunbar is laid up at Point Pleas
AM UNDERGOING repairs after three sea
SONS Of big trips i'll the littSouF6H "t'u
Charleston trade: she is TO DC thoFouSh-
" nvcrhauled and put IN nrSt CLASS
shane to rc-cntcr the trace KS SOUL d.
these rcrairs arc made. An application
is already on itS way to the WAT uCpat'
mont 1T Washington asking peFil'sSi '
n change the name Of the boat to Cen
or,I crowder, and as the boat is free
r-o,, doh, his request will be granted
Ia. tho authorities ut the national capl-
tai.
Not only the name or the DUNBAR Will
be changed, but the S. l.. Elah mere
after will be known as me Hchcia d.
Wood and the Omaha VIII DC chdH6cu "
tho General TrrshnE.
The local wharfboat will be wfcckeo
for salvage and be replaced by the mod
cru moo ton wharfboat MISSISSIPPI, uh-
I'll = new terminal can BE- built Tor
Wheeling. when the MISSISSIPPI Will pc
taken To- either larkcTSburg or Charles
ton.
Tho wharfboat at Pittsburgh is
slaunch craft and is in good shape 70
handle all of the heavy freight BY river
out Of the Smoky City.
These additions TO the Liberty Trans
il company makes it one of the largest
concerns operating on inland waters ana
covering Il territory extending from
l,i1tshurEh To Cincinnati on the ONO
and to Charleston on the kanawha-
The company has also taken options
from Capt Klein for two STEAMBOATS,
now operating on the upper Mississippi.
and if the deal goes through one OF the
boats will be put in The Monopgahelia
river trade from Pittsburgh To Morgan
Town. thus making another ramitication
into a we'll populated and great indus
trial district. 1t is not decided yet
where the other boat will run but she
would probable be placed in the Wheel
ing and Pittsburgh trade. thus releasing
the Omaha or General rcrshing 10 be,
to the Pittsburgh and Farkcrsburg trade
exclusively.
The Liberty Transit company Is To-
cal concern and arc making good their
intention To revive navigation on the
Ohio river and its tributaries. Whcn
they first started 10 operate in June last,
they met with the combined opposition
Of the fast dwndling old time river
operators who were using tn" foEy no.
tons Of ages gone by and. using the
ANXIOUS "lct we'll enough alone"
The advent Of the Liberty Transit
Company marked tho beginning OF tie
long neglected use Of the Ohio river as
a highway for freight and passengers
and their enterprise VIII do great dc'ti
in bringing it hack IN It's old glory uh-
der up-tn-datc methods
Capt. John t. Klein said yesterday
"'Th, substantial business men ri
Wheeling arc back Of the Liberty Trans
it Company and ii is one Of the greatest
patriotic. moves in the WY OF tranSpnr-
tatinn in the country and r:.nnot help
meeting with success as they har': in
jcclrd now life into tn" river business
and deserve all III" consideration and
trade Of not only Wheeling. but every
city and town on the Ohio and Kan
nwha rivers.