Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-08
The Green Bay and Buffalo Boats.

The Union Steamboat Company has
put on the Green Bay line four elegant
propellers, the Passaic' Capt. Marian !;
Canisteo, Capt. Gaylord " To,edo,
Capt. Sprague and st Louis, Capt.
Joiner. The boats are large, seaworthy
we'll ofhcered, and handsomely fitted
up for passenger travel, as we'll as for
freighting, constituting as good and
reliable a line as there is in the country.
Their connections at the terminii Of
the road are complete to all sectious of
the country. At this end of the ronte
the Green Bay & Minnesota Railroad
connects with the whole system of
Western roads, and the Chicago &
Northwestern, and Wisconsin Central
Railways with the North and South.
At Detroit, Cleveland, Erie and
Buffalo, connections are made with the
whole system of railways in the Cen
trail and Eastern States and the
Canadas. Passenger fares have been
put at low rates, and the tri p is delight
full, the boats stopping at all points of
interest, including the islands at the
mouth of Green Bay, and Mackinac
At the latter point connection can be
made with Lake Superior steamers.
Gilmore & Kelly are the agents.
The first boat OF the line to arrive
this season was the Passaic' on We'd
nesday morning, May 10Th. She left
Buffalo on Saturday morning, the 18th.
with the first boats of the season
They made their way through the ice
out of the harbor in the following
order: Propellers Nebraska, Ara6ia,
Dean Richmond, Possaic, joy Gould,
Montana, Cuba and Vanderbilt. The
Cuba reached Cleveland first, the
Passaic second-only 20 minutes
behind.
The Passaic is Differed as follows ::
Capt. M. Marion; LIST Mate John
Byrne 2nd Mate Alexander Defoe !;
Clerk, George Eddy; 1st Engineer
John Bullock End Engineer Thomas
Stuart; Steward, Bartly Kilpec;
Wheelsmen, Micheal Manning, Peter
O Hare. She has been thoroughly
reprinted and repaired inside and out
side and looks good as new. Her trip
up was delightful. She brought in
fair load of general merchandise and
salt She cleared this port going down
on Thursday morning, the Goth with
full ioad-over 600 tons, including IA,
900 bush. wheat and large quantity
of -four, including also large quantity
of fish to be taken along the shores
and at the islands
The captain reports the smoke on the
bay very thick owing to fires in the
woods on Washington Island and else
where.
On Thursday morning, the Goth, the
propeller Toledo, Capt. Sprague, ar
rived, with salt, cement and general
merchandise She, too, is fixed up in
excellent style for freight and passen-
gers. On her return trip she took out
$4,000 bushels of wheat, besides -four
and other freight-a full load
The propeller Cdnasfeo, Capt Gay
lord, came in at II a. M. on Tuesday,
the Goth, bringing about $50 tons of
general merchandise. The Captain
reports pleasant trip with the excep-
ton of the prevailing fogs. She is
dressed up in new paint and has been
thoroughly overha Lied She cleared
from here yesterday "wednesday
noon, with about 10, 900 bushel wheat,
1000 bbls flour, a lot, of .'Green Bay
merchandise, which is generally I'M
derstood to mean shingles, and other
freight.
Tha st. Louis is due here this Thurs
day morning, with fair load offreight.
-Aduocate.
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