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— -About 1820 a corn 1x1113-, of which Martin Phillips, Adam Wise. and others were members, built a steamboat which they called the Bnzeieel Wells, that would be regarded .1-curiosity now. Her size, I do not remember, probably 200 tons. She was built like a ship, deep for her capacity, with her eDgine and cabin in the hold and the paddle wheel at the stern. She was so built that openings were left on each side of the keel where the stern raked upward, of a sufficient width for the wheels to work, and as the wheels of that day were very small, it did not require much room. The engine and boiler were forward nearly at midships, and a pitman passed backward to a crank and fly-wheel which worked in the afterparts of the hull between the paddle wheels. This was a method of making steamboats on the Ohio, so as to avoid a patent that Fulton had on the side-wkeel. The Baldwin I have mentioned, the Congress of Wheeling and several other boats of the time were so constructed. They were mostly short of power. The Wells, I tbffiV never returned up the river after her outward trip. A few 3-ears later the Dohrman boys built a small boat which they called the Robert Thompson, that was pretty* successful as a low water boat. It was many years before the arrival of* a steamboat ceased to be an event of public importance at points like this on the Ohio. One day in the Spring ot 1820 I was on Third street when there was an excitement as in an alarm of fire. The son of Isaac Jenkins of tne Red Lion tavern, was up in the little belfry of the hotel with a spy glass, and a running talk was kept up with him and the crowd below. He reporteu a steamboat in sight, just above Mingo Island and that she was coming up very slowly. A while after he reported that she seemed disabled, but was still coming; then he reported that they had out a cable on the bank and seemed to be towing her up, or, as theycalled it, **eordeIUngv her. Next he reported her as stopped at the high bank below Wells' Run,—about where the coal-shaft is now. MeanwhQe tne excitement grew and spread. The little old cannon that lay on the river bank was loaded and salutes fired, and the crowd still increased at the landing, until at last a lot of excited men and boys rushed down the bank through the mud, got hold of the line and towed her up to the landing. They don t do things that way now.Office of City Clerk, }Steubenville July 5th, 1875.JNotice.—Property owners on Fifth street between Market and Logan arc hereby notified that the assessments of 33-} per cent, of the costs and expenses for the widening and straightening of Filth street between Washington and North streets are due and paj-able on or before the loth dayof July ISTo. S. H. McBeth,10td ~ City ClerkOffice of the City Clerk, ^ t Steubenville. July- 8, 1875.}Property owners on Sere nth street, between North street and Franklin avenue, are hereby notified that the assessments of 33£ per cent of the costs and expenses for the widening and straightening of Seventh street,between North and Logan streets, are clue and payable on or before the loth dav of July, 1875.S. II. McBeth.Stf City Clerk.1 mOffice of City Clerk, } Steubenville, July 5th, 1S75.} Notice.—Property owners on Fourth street between Market and Washington. street*3 are herebi' notified that the .(2nd) Second installment of 33-*} per cent, of the cost and expenses of paving said street is due and payable on or before the 15th day of July 1S75 together with the interest on {%) two-thirds of the original cost.S. H. McBeth,10td. City Clerk.Herlt;fe AHIbr Shirts, at VicrlingBAKERIES.OJEOKUE riOTO,Baker and Ooafeciic-BerNo. 107 Nortli Fourth Street, STEUBJENTUXrKavgest JBakery in the City*Families Supplied. P.-fresidents furnished lor Pic nits, Parties*,'Balls, c, A first-classARCTIC SGDA FOUNTAINhas bspn in 7-It. 171 gto z cscuHiciimeiitj wHiciaJi rho a refreshing trlt;? innil to ir?to Sr. CharlM fTorp?Window Shade Emporiumt/'1AEPETS Cut, Sewed and Laid, MattresseE.F^tnm I ; Beds and Bolsters made to crde*- ALi. cinas lt;Eurmture repaired and -farmsLed C^cago Mattresses for sale; Feathers rcnoyat^ and rarpe,
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Steubenville Daily Herald and News
Steubenville, Ohio, US
Wed, Jul 14, 1875
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