The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-07-17

- The. Evansville and Bowling Green
were at the wharf yesterday morning, with
tobacco from Green River. The Evansville
took part of her load up to Loui. vile.
- The ferry boat is doing better than
was expected, as.iar as her speed is concern
cd. She makes her trips in very good time,
and travellers are not annoyed by long delays,
I'VE wish thesowner much success. = 3
- The river is falling At Pittsburgh on
Tuesday there was twoafeet nine inches By the
metal mark and falling At Louisville on
Tuesday there was three feet, four inches wa
ter in the canal and falling.
F0~- The St. Louis Intelligencer. of Satur-
day says: ur
441 We have nothing of interest to report in re-
y ference to the rivers. AT this point the water
REMAINS about stationary. The Missouri. is in
good boating order, and the Illinois, Mlssssip-
2 pl, and Ohio are dead lowe = ssisa r q
ssi.sl - The following. communication to the
e Cincinnati Commercial will be interesting to
steamboatmen; & az. a,se3 2
e a.. EDs. CoM:--In view of the increasing diff
seulties OF navigation attendant on the approach
4 of low water, we deem it highly important to
the steamboating mt rest on the Ohio river,
- that we should give publicity to an invention
lust patented, which we Style the Improved
e Dam and Breakwater," by which we propose,
a.the shortest notice, to provide the outfit, and
procesd to any given place where navigation is
,impeffeaA--as ScuffletoWn bar for instance, and
lsa within a day or so thereafter open through
, said bar good and efficient channel to pass II
I, water craft without delay, during the low wa
- ter season. 4. e. 49, s....F .ysg
/. Our invention was principally and more es-
fpecialiy adapted to stopping crevasses on
breaks in the leyees on the margin of the
3 Lower Mississippi river, during high water
- The season for operations there having now
passed, whilst our arrangements are just per-
i, fectcd, with the same facility, with our iayen-
ietion we will be able to give the Ohio river in
low water, uniform depthat the crossings where
rock does not appear. ,,f sszse,--,
Statistics gathered from your river column
for the month of j une, enable US to put dowr
three as the average number of steamers in
daily attendance at Scuffletown bar at an ex
sle pense say 500 each per day, equal to $500
for which 80 days would give $1,000 the les;
for one month Now, the next four month:
may be added at the same rate making the
grand total for one season $4,000 to eul
steamboatmen for the want of foot or 81
more water none ofthe Ohio sand bars
Now, to silence the last objection and bring
the thing down to an unrnistakahle reality
suppose we'curtail the above loss to $25,OOO
We propose for a lair compensation. at GU
own risk to perform the work and save thi
steamboatmen the loss hereafter.
Our plan once carried out, win unquestion
ably recommend itself for general application
at all shoal crossings in the Ohio OF else
where. tisiah So
80 Querryz-If three feet water &c all steame
can draw hence to CaiEe, how much would al
additional foot be Worth--freight being rs
per hundred POUR tariff would not exceed
$50 per foot aggregate. s.fss ss--.psssg : }srlry
Respectfully, yours. 20 - saass 81
CRAIG q RIeHTeR, OF Newport, Ky.