Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-12-11
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zs3 Bog Steamboat DIRECTORY s;;#8
lAA THO undersigned have now In
: tho course OF preparation, a new
Steamboat Directory, which viii
Is i1oued o October next; tho book will con.
tAia over tpo hundred pages. illustrated In the
best style. and neatly bound ia durable man-
ner. II will be one Of the most interesting
works ever published, aud will be a book that
will be inter sting ~ ali classes Of people
The Steamboat Director will contai = acom-
plete list aud description Of all the Steamboats,
anoat in the western aud southeru watars-
The length, model speed, pewer and tonnage
Of each boat, where aud by whom built, the
name of the boat, ith the trade she is In Al
so, the name Of the captains and officers, her
aye, &c, DC, The Directory will coutaia
History of Steamboats, aud Stesmboatng on
the western waters, since the application Of
steam also, = sketch Of the first boat built for
the Ohio river, with the name of the builder
comm ander and owner.
The River Directory will contain list ar d
description OF all the Steamboat Disasters that
have occurred on the westeI and southern wa
ters, beautifully illustrated. with list of all
those who have perished by their burning, sink.
ing and exploding, Oh the western aud aouth.
ern waters. The Directory will coutain Maps
of the Ohio, Mississippi. Missouri Illinois, Ar
kaHsas, White, Red, OuaeIita azoo and osha
er rivers, with the towns aud cities laid down,
correct distances: aiso, many other river and
commercial items OF interest to the people at
isrgs. The book will contain sae cards of the
various u. 3. all boats, with the trade they
are in, DC. The Directory will also contaiu
complete list Of all Responsible Steamboat Lii
csssed Officers. their places of residence, de-.
the new Steamboat Law its requirements, with
comments, showing wherein il benefits the in
compssent officer, and in urss the competent
officer, &c, &c, and all the important u. S.
Supreme Court Steamboat Decisions up to date.
the Rates and Commercial Privileges, bills of
iandine, isnpOstxnt decisions of the various II.
s. Courts in regard to frrights lost and damaged,
&C., &C., with manv other things OF interest
Tho Directory viii be illustrated in the bes
style, snds pFfased ia the best manner. The
au thor has fer slx years been gathering togeth-
er all the facts aud items in regard to the fu-
merous Steamboat diAasters on the western ailu
southern waters, aud now inteads pnDiishieg
ihem in book fDrm. The price OF the work wll
be put atthe low sum of One Dollar. Tea
thousand copies will bs issued for the boatfieu
and all others desirous Of subscribing, will have
u do so at once, as none will be printed unless
ordered iu advance. The work 10 designsd 10
have \ cireutstisa Of eighty thoss.Gd eopies. ~
ths pN6l,shsxy are tccslyiug laFgs a.u4libers Of
snbseribers, per mail from all parts Of The eoun-
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