Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-05
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The Belle Lee will be up this evening,
and leaves on her regular day (tomor-
row. for New Orleans and the bends.
The officers Of the new KeolIuk and
Northern Packet Company, elected yes
terday at ST. Louis for the ensuing year,
are as follows; Capt. John S, McCune,
President; Capt. W. s. Davidson. Gem
eral Superintendent; Thomas II. Griffith,
Secretary and Treasurer. The Executive
Committee, composed Of Capt. McCune,
Davidson and Thsmas B. Roads, will
have the management Of business, ap-
pointment Of officers Of steamers, agents,
etc. L. W. Gould, John A. Scudder and
P. Conrad will decide the value of prop
erty Of the three old lines, and determine
at what rates steamers shall be turned
into the new company. The following
steamers will not be comprised in the
valuation, as they will run in other
trades: John Kyle, City of Quincy, Tom
Jasper, Savannah, Illinois, st. JOHNS. q
The Glencoe found the ice between
Cairo and St. Louis too heavy and
turned back to load at Cairo. 'a ffiW
The Cheek goes out tomorrow, her
regular day, for Pine Bluff and all land!
ihgs on the Arkansas. She is just the
boat for that trade, and will do thriv-
ing business, as she has on her first trip
large number of orders brought from
! nearly every landing below Pine Bluff
for goods and supplies. % f' -Hgh|
The President has not yet nor is il
likely that he will sign the bill for the
bridge over the Arkansas at Little Rock.
He doubtless thinks that if the Legisla-
ture Of Arkansas have the power to leg
islate over the United States marine
laws, as they did when they passed the
law giving negroes cabin privileges on
steamboats, that they might also over
ride the law of Congress authorizing the
construction of railroad bridge over
the Arkansas, and consequently yester-
day morning, when that bill, with a
batch Of others, was presented for his
signature, he signed the balance but
laid the bridge bill in the waste basket.
The Legal Tender left Des Arc yester-
day with 100 bales of cotton-lOOO for
Memphis and 700 for New Orleans.
Captain Ben Egan is looking for
suitable boat for the upper Cumberland
trade. --A - .,r-
clarksville warehouses are full Of TO-
bacco and -four for New 0rleans.
The north span Of the draw Of the
railroad over the Cumberland at Clarks-
vile is INSTRUCTED, and will be until the
bridge is completed. The south span is
clear for boats. Ro1ai" Roy
The Bee, with three barees in tow con
tanning 1900 tons of freight, including
lG 600 bushels bulk grain, left st. Louis
Tuesday morning for New Orleans.
OF Mondays departures for the South
the ST. Louis Republican says: The
Emma Elliott got away for Memphis
with all the freight she wanted. The
Julia, for Yicksburg, had 500 tons on
six and half feet of water. The Lady
Lee, for Red river, was drawing six feet
with 500 tons on board; Daniels aud
Baldwin pilots" oia o'1aq
Last Saturday the steamers Jennie
Rogers and Hale were sold al Mobile,
Ala, by the United States marshal, at
public auction to Captain Owen Finne.
gan--lbe Hale for $a256 and the Rogers
for $ll0O. t.f-fr r
Since the beginning Of the year 1891
and up to the last day Of last December,
the amount Of tolls collected by the Lou
isville aud Portland Canal Company was
$5.l5724T o..
The Little Rockers want a line Of
packets from their city to Pine BluH,
and the Chamber Of Commerce held a
meeting in The former city Monday
evening to see what could be done
toward the establishments Of a line Of
boats. A letter vas read from Major
John D. Adams, Of this city, the Presi-
dent Of the Memphis and Arkauisa
River Packet Company, stating that as
soon as the Waite river bridge Of the