The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-29
CITY IS
At WHARF HERE
MARD1-GRAS EXCURSION BOAT
WILL LEAVE THIS EVE
MING.
More Pittsburgh People Will Come To-
day to Board Packet

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Tho Queen city. which will make the
! Nardi-CraS trip to New Orleans. ar
rived AZ the local wharf yesterday after
noon Al 4 O'Clock. She will be dockrd
her" until th!s evening when she expects
I" lcaN" for tho southern waters. Eut
Il few stops will be made on her wa!
down.
The boat left the Water street wharf
in Pittsburgh Thursday afternoon at
{ O'Clock. two days ahead OF schedule.
This WAS done on account OF getting
most Of tn. passengers on board ahead
of time. 81" intended to Ert to this city
early Friday morning but the heavy
log which hung over the Ohio river
around Rochester, Pa, caused her Z"
ti"-up far the night. Sh" left early
p Friday morning and lcisurCly arrived al
Wheeling yesterday afternoon.
No reason is given by Captain "RNIlc
Roc. ar any Of the crew on the packet
! hut she is to lay here until this evening.
\ number Of pittsburgh people who
were unable II leave when the boat
pulled out Thursday viii arrive IN
I Wheeling sometime today, and Will
hoard tho packet here.
CAPTAIN Roc stated last evening that
he expects 20 arrive a. New Oorlcnas
= on very HtbN NIIll' ana tN"' '' '''
make the trip in less than 10 days so
that the people will h cdown there be
fore the Mardi-Gras begins OIL Febru-
AIRY Il.
Most of the passengers already on the
the packet are from Cincinnati, Chicago,
land Pittsburgh. This is tho first time
that thn Queen City has made the trip
that not Il person from Wheeling has
been aboard her. This was due to IN"
; fact that several who wer" planning 10
go didn't ct their reservations IN On
time so that they could max" the triN.
CAPTAIN J. W. Brown. general mana
ger Of the Liberty Transit company
who had charge Of reservations Tor the
trip said that he turned down nearly as
many people who wanted reservations as
he issued them to, and that If n" had
! been able to get another large hoat u"
: would have taken care of about lOV
more passengers.
Tho captain Of tho Queen City mas
ARRANGED for 4 very interesting pro-
gram for each day Ter tn" passengers
while they are making the trip. At night
after supper has been served. Vry'h'ne
viii b clcard out Of the large cabin so
, that those Hiking u dane" can ENJOY
, themselves for several hours before re-
itrrinE for the night.
CAPTAIN RO" stated last evening that
in All probability he Will not get up
,aruund this part Of the Ohio until inc
~%latter part Of February as II Will take
. longer to come back up the streams
than going down.
In addition 10 carrying 1@5 passengers.
the boat is carrying a large amount
or freight shipments for various lag"
cities down the stream. She Will also
! pick-ur freight at every point Where
she stops and take IT further down s."
, that the crew will be kept busy nearly
all the time when she is on her way.
After returning. To P~ittshurSh Sh'
will go back to cincinnati from which
city she will operate. This is the first
tim that :hc has made IN" trip since
il9lS, at which time sh" had a m'S"aP
while on her return trip and all IN" pas
s,nrcrs had 10 be transferred To another
steamer SO that they could be returned
TO their homes.