Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-20

rine Bureau at Washington, is on tour
West, comforting with the surveyors Of
theEdifferent ports and looking into ma
rine matters, with view to preparing
law touching steamboat enrolment and
steamboat matters in general, which will
be applicable to Western steamboats,
only. The Cincinnati Times and Chron-
icle notices his arrival at that city, and
says: "The fact that Western steam
boating is widely different from Eastern
steamboating, and altogether peculiar
we are glad to say, will be at last recog-
nized, and it is to be hoped law viii
be passed which will do away with the
many petty and useless performances to
which our steamboatmen have been sub
jected, giving them an opportunity to
show the importance Of the river as
broad highway of transportation. 1t
will be remembered that few years ago
a committee of two gentlemen was APP
pointed by Congress for this same pur-
pose, but owing to the death Of both,
the object was never carried out.
A floating saw mill is one of the nov
elites at Cincinnati.
If rumor is correct we will have the
Richmond, Great Republic, Belle Lee
and John T. Moore in the trade between
this city and New Orleans this fall.
Captain John K Booth has sold a one
eighth interest in the John w. Garrett
to Nelson Davis for $2sl4.
John Sullivan, clerk of the Belle Lee,
is in st. Louis.
The Cumberland is rising, with thirty
inches on Harpeth Shoals.
Freight rates south were again adj
vanced at ST. Louis yesterday. To New
Orleans they now are: Flour, 81; pork,
81 so; pound freight, SOC per 100.
The New Orleans Times, in long
and carefully written editorial, says the
Bend trade from Vicksburg to the
mouth of Arkansas river is being rap
idly diverted to st. Louis" and asks
that something be done at once to retain
portion of it for New Orleans.
Referring to the sinking of the, wharf
boat there the Vicksburg Times says
Despite all efforts to save the boat, she
sank in about twelve feet water Oh the
starboard and sixteen to eighteen on the
larboard side. She had just given a clear
receipt to the Natchez for about $50 tons
of miscellaneous freight and the Julia
had discharged 400 tons, all of which
was stored on the boat as she went down.
Among other lots were 100 barrels of
-four 500 barrels lime, and many cases
of dry goods, etc. The wharfboat was
valued at $4,000, on which there was
fire policy for SIS, 900. The freight from
the sunken wharfboat is being stored in
the elevator. The loss is estimated at
100000.
We give below additional rules adopted
by the Supervising Inspectors:
RULE II. Feed-water shall not be adj
mltteu lntO any lOW-presSure DOllerS at n
less temperature than 1902, and shall be
so admitted in all cases above the fire.
box, and under no circumstances shall
cold water be admitted into any boilers
while hot on board steamers within the
jurisdiction of this board.
RULE ". Feed-water shall net be adj
mitted into any high-pressure boiler on
board of any steam vessel within the
Jurisdiction of this board at less tenn
perature than 1902
RULE 73 1t shall be the duty of all in
spectors to Immediately suspend or re-
woke the license of all engineers who
shall wilfully violate either of the above
rules; and inspectors shall, in all cases,
before granting certificates of inspec-
ton, know that steamboats, are supplied
with suitable appliances for heating said
feed-water to not less than the prescribed
temperature, when the main engine or
engines are not in motion and the feed
is supplied by doctors or donkey pumps.