Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-07-31
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
100, 200 COP EST!
Steamboat Disasters on lhe Western Waters and
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SteaM60dt directory.
SxeIsn@ h The undersigned have now In
lQsaszAaSH the course OF preparation, new
= <El -; 8 steamboat Directory, W hich will
be lssued IN October next; the book will con.
thin over two hundred pages, illustrated in the
best style, and neatly bound III durable man
uer. 1t will be one of the most interesting
works ever published, and Will be book tn at
will be interesting TO all classes Of people,
The Steamboat Director will contain COM
plete list aud description OF all the Steamboats,
afioat in the western and southern waters. -
The length, model speed, power and tonnage
Of each boat, where and by whom built, the
name Of the boat, with the trade she is III. AL
so, the name of the captains and officers, her
age, &c, dc, The Directory will contain a
History Of STEAMBOATS, and Steamboating 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,
commander and owner.
The River Directory will contain list ard
description OF all the Steamboat Disasters that
have occurred on the weste Ii and southern "a
ters beautifully illustrated, with list of all
those who have persisted by their burning, sink
ing and exploding, on the western and south
ern waters. The Directory will contain Maps
Of the Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Ar
kansas, White, Red, Ouachila. ! ozoo and 9TH
er rivers, VI Ia the towns and cities tald down,
correct distances; also, many other river ana
commercial items of interest TO the people at
large. The book will contain the cards of the
various u. s. II all boats, with the trade they
are in, &c The Directory will also contain
complete list of all responsible Steamboat Ii
censed Officers, their places Of residence, dc. ,
the new Steamboat Law, its requirements, with
common Is, showing wherein ii benefits the in
competent officer, and in ures Tue competent
officer, &c, &c, aud all the important u 5.
Supreme Court Steamboat Decisions up TO date:
the Rates and Commercial Privileges, bills OF
landing, important decisions of the various u
5. Courts IN regard to freights losttand damaged
DC, &c, W ith many other things OF interest.
The Directory will be illustrated IN the best
style and printed in the best manner The
au thor has for six years been gathering togeth
er all the facts and items iii regard to the nu-
merous steamboat disasters on the western and
southern waters, and now intends publishing
them in book form. The price of the work viii
be put at the low sum of One Dollar. Ten
Thousand copies will be issued for the boatmen
and all others DESTROYS of subscribing, will have
10 do SO at once, as none Will be printed unless
ordered in advance. .1'he work is designed to
have circulation Of eighty thousand copies as
the publishers are receiving large numbers of
subscribers, per mail, from all parts of the coun-
try, daily. Some Of the oldest boatmen, as
we'll as most scientific men ofthe times, are con-
trbutors to The Steamboat Directory.
The Directory viii be issued in October, and
will be ornament TO the parlor as we'll as
steamboat. Ly RENTING One Dollar, (post-
paid you viii receive one copy OF the above
work.
All communications and letters should be
addressed 10
JAMES T. LLOYD & CO.,
Post Office Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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