The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-21
:RR|GH7 PROSPECTS OUTLINED
F0R OHIO RIVER BY COL. BEACH

time saver when your shipment is in n
hurry.
Your local company. the Liberty
Transit, deserves q great deal OF creoll
! for thu way they hav" gone about Things
| 10 It!liz" tn, river and revive naFlsa-
ton on il and they have my best wishes
| tor SUCCESS and hope they will get the
| proper benefits 1T water transpofta-
| ton"
There is some discussion as to the
best typ. of boat fur the ONO river
whether it should be stern-whcel. side
wheel or tunnelcd boat.
practically all thc>boats on tho river
At the present time are Stern-wheelS Win
Il side-whcel boat here and there, and
some screw propeller boats. 1 find that
the Ohio river boatman is very conScrfa-
| tvs. almost rcactionhrE when II comes
| to changing tho type of beat on this
| river: they insist on the stern-wheel
! boat. which is very good boat, az II
! can get over shallow places and can
combat ice and driftwood. rs thc wheel
! is not exposed to the knocking and Jar
ring of 4 cake of ice or the driftwood
! which comes with every high water
, stage. The tunnclled boat is q boat with
) the wheel set in Il recess in the hull.
sometimes about midShips and in other
| cases father toward the stern and Is
protected Oh three sides. the side toward
| the stern being open and the wash or
! the wheel reaches the open river through
! the tunnel which is formed by dividing
! the hull in two parts back from where
I the wheel is set. The side-wheel boat
! is the popular conception Of steam boat
which has been used in the past on the
| Ohio river. and has been IN general use
! and is to-day in certain streams and
| bodies of water in this country and is
used almost altogether on European
| rivers. But the use of sidc-wheel boats
| on the Ohio has its drawbacks. as said
before, on account of ice and driftwood.
| The depth Of the Ohio initiates greatly
against the use of screw propeller boats,
! but tho day may come when n new form
! OF propulsion may be devised by the
! screw method.
However. the river improvements are
! here and arc still going on and not stop
pad until the Ohio is completely canal
lied and i: is ready now for tho traffic
{ which awaits it.
! AS I said. tho improvements will 20
! on as in tho Rivers and Harhors bill
| which is expected To pass in a day OF
two the Ohio river appropriation Isl S3.-
| 500 oUO for this year. This is not as
large AS last year when the Ohio 60,
$4,000. 900. but tho war stopped IN" WORK
! by taking a great many or tho engineers
/ who are army officers. to other fields OF
action and the money was not all spent
but what was left with III" addition Of
s3.0n0.0o0 in tho present hill and tho
officers coming back. VIC expect to do 8
| great deal Of work this year"
We are starting different plan th'.
year in leaving out contracts and VIZ
will let bids for the concrete and abnt'
ncnt and tho dam will be- Il separate
contract: heretofore lock. rt'utmcnt anC
dam has been let ;Ls one contract.
II might mention that We hope &c
| have dam No. 81. below Racine. o.. n
operntion this summer and will firsr
! Nos. 81, 80 and IS befor" next fall
Bids will be received at III" L. : En-
r;rrnrs offices in Cincinnati. room Az lr
/ the Custom House for dam No. 80, which
!! will be located thrrr miles b"ln"
\ Crcrnup. Ky. and m addition buds VII
/ be- asked for very soon on dam No. ~
| six miles below Nancrburs. hy' anu