Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-06-22

this city, died on board the W. S. Pike
at New Orleans this morning. He was
largely interested in the coal business at
New Orleans and other points, and was
well known to steamboatmen. His loss
will be deeply felt by his numerous
friends. hl
The City Of Chester is the St. Louis
packet leaving at 5 pm. to-day.
The Mary Boyd gets away tomorrow
evening for all points on the Arkansas.
Passengers and shippers will do we'll
to bear in r;ind the fact that the Thos.
HaAllen is the regular United States
mail steamer for White river on Satur.
day.
q The Colorado will be down at five p. m.
to- day for yicksburg and the bends.
The docks, or all but the aft section,
were raised last evening. The remain
ing section win be resurrected to-day
and after few repairs will be 0. X.
The expense in raising them will amount
to nearly $4,000
The Susie Silver and NJ. j. Wicks
have laid up at st. Louis.
From St. Louis passenger travel
northward by river is still very heavy,
the cabins Of steamers being full. Kan
Sas City and st. Paul packets are having
long lists of passengers up stream.
Captain Sam Mccarthy takes the
place of Captain Walker on the Mary
Houston.
The wrecked steamer Antelope has
been raised until the main deck is nearly
up to the waters edge. Work progresses
favorably and slowly, and in time the
craft will be running again
The grand Masonic picnic, baby show,
ETC., takes place at James Park on Sat
urdayr when the shooting match for
handsome double-barreled gun comes
of. As some Of our river friends are
deeply interested in the welfare of the
rising generation, and others have a rep
utation of being capital shots, we expect
to see number of them in attendance.
The Mary Boyd came in to-day with a
loud" trip of freight and people"
The A. j. White came up this morning
from Napoleon, well laden.
The Geo,W. Cheek came up yesterday
with good trip.
The Paducah Kentuekian says: There
is only five feet of water at Shawnee
town, Caseyville and Henderson. On
her trip down the Quickstep did not 90
round by Smithland.
Among important points determined
at the recent meeting of the Steamboat
Inspectors at Washington City were the
regulations for carrying refined petro-
leum, which viii not ignite at a tempera-
ture less than ITO degrees of Fahrenheit
thermometer; the number Of watehmen
to be employed in the cabins and on
deck Of steam vessels to guard against
fire; the number and kind of metallic
life-boats of certain tonnage; the kind of
instrument, machine or equipment for
the better security of life; cleansing
boiler incrustation; the establishment OF
necessary rules and regulations re-
CURED to carry out in the most
effective manner the provisions of the
act " for the safety of life" the rules
to be observed by all steam vessels in
passing each other; the kind of safety
valve that shall be used on board of
steam vessels; regulations prescribing
the number Of fre-buckets, axes, life
preservers and yawls to be used on
barges; the kind of lights that shall be
used from sunset TO sunrise; the lights
for ferryboats the kind of hfe-boats,
flats, RATS, life-preservers, and drags
that shall be used in steam vessels navi-
eating the ocean, or any lake, bay or
sound of the United States; as well as
The kind Of pumps, their capacity, and
other appliances for freeing the steamer
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