North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-12-22

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Captains per month SITS 90
First Pilot per month 25O 90
Second Pilot per month 200 90
First Clerk per month l4O 90
Second Clerk per month 60 90
First Engineer per month ITO 90
Second Engineer per month 70 90
Mate per month 10 90
Steward per month 70 90
deck hands per month $50 to 60
Some changes will be made in the boats
of this company the next season. Two
or three of the old boats will be disman.
tied and their places taken by new boats,
of which there will be four placed on the
river next spring. One OF these is al
ready built, and will be called the Alex
ander Mitchell. Another is under way,
and will probably be called the City of La
Crosse. The other two are not named
as yet. All these boats will he very large
and elegant. One of them will have the
same tonnage as the Tom Jasper, and the
others will be about the size of the Phil.
Sheridan.
THE NoRrHRN LINE.
This is the other leading corporation
running to this port, and forms the only
serious opposition to the Northwestern
Packet Company. 1t is a powerful organ
isation, sustained by large capital, and
managed BY shrewd, daring and energetic
men, who comprehend the Importance of
the Northwest, and are determined to at
least make an effort to divide the busi>
ness Of transportation. 1t is St. Louis
organization, and is ofiicered as follows:
President-Capt. James Ward.
Secretary and Treasurer-T. II. Griffith.
General Superintendent-Thomas II.
Buford.
General Freight Agent-Captain j. Ma
son.
General Ticket Agent-E. B. Byington.
Agent ut St. Paul.. II. Sanders.
The beats belonging to this line that
have run to this port during the season,
together with their commanders, are a.
follows:
Bill Henderson.
Charley Cheaver.
Canada, Captain NJ. Green.
Davenport, Captain John B. Rhodes.
Hawkeye State, Capt. Jones Worden.
Muscatine, Capt. G. w. jerks.
Minnesota, Captain Tom. Hill.
Pemhina, Captain Jim Campbell.
Reserve, Capt NJ B Pierce.
Savanna, Capt r Sherwood.
Sucker State, Captain W P Hight.
Minneapolis, Capt I B Rhodes.
Little Giant, Captain E Lee Brady.
In addition to the above this company
will also put from two to four new, large
and elegant boats upon the river next sea-
son.
DIAMOND 10 LINE.
This line is owned and managed by
Capt. Joe. Reynolds, of McGresor, and
the boats ply between St. Paul and Fulton
City. S. II. Sanders. Esq, has been the
q. .ent for this line at St. Paul during the
season. The line consists of the follow.
ing boats:
Ida Fulton, Capt A Mitchell.
Diamond 10, Capt Jerry Wood.
Bannock City, Capt VIM White.
Iohu N.,,lk Cock ID VV:1oo~
BARGE TRANSPORTATION.
This branch of transportation has as
sumed, within few years, magnitude
and Importance far beyond anything here.
tofore expected. They are now so gener-
ally used that nearly every boat is accom-.
panied with one or two of them, and the
regular freight boats take q still greater
number. The following is the number Of
barges employed in freighting to and from
St. Paul by the above companies during
the season:
Northwestern Union Packet Company 80
Northern Line SO
Diamond 10 Line Is
Total 1855
THE SEASONS BUSINESS.
Steamboating during the season has
been y remunerative business. While
there has not cen, perhaps, as heavy a
business done, there have been uniformly
better rates obtained, both for freight and
passengers. While there has been no
consolidation of the different lines, the
rates for freight and for passenger travel
were agreed upon at fair prices, and there
has been no cutting under. Add to this
the usually excellentStage of water dur
ing almost the entire season, and it will
readily be preceived that if the boats have
not done as heavy business as during
some previous years, they have made more
money on what they did do. Altogether
the yeay 1869 will rank as very successr
full one, in every sense of the word. for
those engaged in steamboating on the
Upper Mississippi.
One fine day, some time ago, three
English ladies visited the studio of RAM
dolph Rogers, in Rome, one of them thin,
weak'voiced, and near'sighted another
equally slight and deaf; the third, stout,
heavy female, with deep masculine voice,
who evidently played the interpreter for
the party. Stopping in front Of one of
his statuettes, Mr.. Rogers said: "This lie
Nydia, the blind girl Of Pompcii." "What
is it?" squsaked the near-sightsd one.
"Hey hey what did he say?" chimed