Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-21
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mail.
The Commissioners appointed by the
Governors of the several States border
ing on the Ohio river for the permanent
improvement of that stream and its
navigable branches will meet in Cincin-
natl on the 26th inst.
The steamer Bossier has been taken
in charge by her creditors, and will be
under the command Of Captain Cellos.
The Richmond left New Orleans
Tuesday evening with over 100 passen-
gers and 600 tons freight including 1876
boxes sugar. The LaBelle for Cincin-
natl left the same evening with fine
trip of freight, including 500 barrels of
pork. Her cabin was full Of people, and
she had 100 Chinese, who are returning
to California.
Tom SCOTS salary as president OF
twenty-six railroads amounts to $4,000
per annum. Where is there president
Of steamboat line that would sacrifice
his time for that petty amount.
4 A terrible boiler explosion is mention-f
I'D in our telegraphic column. 4
The Andy Baum tried her speed going
up the Ohio with the Idlewild, but the
latter passed her under way between
Cairo and ?aducah and with great APP
parent ease. The Baum made the run
from Memphis to Hale's point in twelve
hours, and to Cairo in twenty. nine hours,
and at no time carried over one hundred
and twenty pounds of steam. She raises
when she runs, and needs considerable
weight on her head to make her run well.
She ran from Cairo to Evansville in
twenty and half hours.
The Shreveport Telegram says: 1--WE
were shown to-day by Captain l.. Flatau,
of the Era No. 10, rough model Of a
machine which be calls floating saw
mill, with which he proposes to remove
the raft in Red river. 1t has many
points to recommend it, and several
leading engineers, General JEFF Thomp-
son among others, have examined it, and
all concur in the opinion that it will
prove a success.
The Cincinnati Gazette says: Hsv-
ing a particular object to accomplish,
pilots Wash Tenley and Eugene Hanlon
have contracted to take the Belle YER
non to Memphis and return for $25 each,
without time. This is as good thing
as Captain Darragh wants.
Captain Lockhart says he will not
close the canal before the 25th of july
and not then if there is rise. The
canal will remain closed six weeks.
The local inspectors OF St. Louis have
suspended the license of Erasmus H.
Smith, pilot, fer thirty days, for negli-
gence and misconduct in the duties of
his station. They have also refused Ii
censes as engineers to j. B. Kelley and
". W. Berry; cause, incompetency.
The City of Cairo stopped at Evans
vile, and will load at that point for New
Orleans. Len Miller Joined her there
yesterday.
Joseph Nimm, jr., has been appointed
supervising inspector of steamboats,.
The passenger steamer Julia leaves at
FIVE o clock this evening for Vicksbusg.
Captain Boyd commands, and Jimmy
Thompson, Esq, is her prime minister.
IrEMs.-E. d. Cobb, the Dean Line
agent, returned yesterday from trip to
Baltimore. The Royal George has been
seized at Shreveport by the Deputy
United States Marshal for trumped up
claim of $1,000. 1t seems that car
penter who assisted in building her left
the boat at Fulton, Arkansas, without as
much as saying goodbye" and went
to New Orleans and got out the attach
ment. Captain Crooks says he does
not owe the man over 500. The Wicks
left St. Louis loaded fiat, and is towing
barge with ii 900 bushels of coal for
her owA use. The Yeager, also destined
to New Orleans, is deeply laden, and
will not stop at Cairo nor this metropo-
lis, but make ive-days run to New Or
leans. The City of Cairo's time from
st. Louis to Cairo was twelve hours.
The City of Alton will make the trip on
this occasion to New Orleans in four
days, and back in FIVE. The Dick Full
ton No. 3, the last of the coal feet, ar
rived at Louisville Wednesday with 10
barges. On her trip down she lost 2
barges and l keelboat at Burlington.
She put her tow through the canal and
added more baFges and left for below.
The Thompson Deans turn to load for
New Orleans will come about the mid
die OF next week. Capt r. W. Dugan has
gone to Cairo to look after the T. F.
Eckert. The Bee and barges are due
up tomorrow. The Cleburne goes to
the Arkansas.