Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-01


here on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays
at ten o'clock in the morning and return.
ing leaves here on Sundays at ten in the
morning, and Tuesdays and Fridays at
five o'clock in the evening for Cairo and
st. Louis. The above steamers of this
line have all been thoroughly oyerhauIed
this summer, repainted and re-out6tted
and put in 6rst.class order for the fall
season.
The Memphis and St. Francis river
trade will be represented by the Mark
Twain, a new boat, with Captain Randall
in command.
The upper coast trade will be repre-
sented by the fine sidewheel steamer
Osceola Belle, Captain ]. C. Andrews in
command. She makes semi.weekly
trips, leaving Mondays and Wednesdays.
Another sidewheel steamer will also be
added to the trade, making tri.weekly
trips, thus giving the upper coast people
the benefit Of a daily line Of packets.
The lower coast will be represented by
the Carl Schurz and a larger boat, in
command Of Captain Matt Tremmel, he
having concluded to extend his trade to
BENEFITS Landing.
The Memphis and Cincinnati Packet
Company, Captain r. W. L%ightburne
superintendent at this end of the line,
will be represented by the j. W. 6aff,
Robert Wise master; Andy Baum, Capt.
Vinton; Cons Millar, Captain William
Tichenor; Vint Shinkle, Captain Ken.
%niston; and the James d. Parker, Capt.
c. B. Russell. Their leaving days from
this port will be Wednesdays and Satur.
days. The steamers of the above line
are all irst-class and bring to Memphis
a large amount of trade.
The City Of Augusta, Captain John
D. Elliott, will also enter one Of our
local trades,
The tugs DeSoto, 0riole, Night Hawk
and Lula do harbor service, jobbing and
towing; also the staunch tOwboat Key
stone.
The Grand Republic. Captain VIM.
rhorseigan; James Howard. Captain
Rush Pegram; and the ~Carondelei, form
the line for New Orleans, leaving here
every Wednesday at 8 pm.
ANNUAL SUMMARY.
The annual river summary for the
last year shows hat there is yet spirit
among the mariners, and that they are
determined to do oil in their power to
advance the interests Of Memphis. Ac.
eording TO the district inspectors report,
the following number Of licenses we're
issued from September to the present
date: Masters, l40; mates, "a; engineers,
so; second engineers, so; first pilots, As;
second pilets, 10; total number Of H.
censes issued in the Memphis district,
1853; from which fees to the amount of
1920 were derived. Seventy steamers,
aggregating a total tonnage of 1866,
we're inspected. the fees therefrom
amounting to $3005 There is evidently
some improvement in river interests, as
twenty vessels we're added to the district
and but five retired from service. The
inspectors condemned eighty-fve boiler
sheets and seven mud drums, only three
steamers being repaired in this diatrict.
The licenses Of eleven officers we're re-
voked or suspended, Of which there we're
two pilots for drukenness, one master for
causing a collision, one engineer for neg
~ligence, one engineer for wan of expe-
rience, one master for Misrepresentation,
one pilot for want Of experience, one
engineer for causing a collision, and
three engineers for drunkenness.
THE CASUALTIES
since September, 1876, reported by
Messrs. Ralston and GronaUer, inspec.
tors, are as follows In the month OF
October, steamer Despatch exploded and
wrecked at mouth Of White river Octo-
Der, steamer Rosa Miller snagged and
sunk in Arkansas river, proving a total
wreck December, steamer Liberty No 3
sprung a leak and sunk, being afterwards
wrecked the Frank Forrest was de.
stroyed by FIRE at Cottonwood Point,
Arkansas in February, 1877, steamers
Aggie and Charles Morgan collided near
Ashport, Tennessee, the former being
slightly damaged February, steamer
Pine Bluff hit an obstruction in Arkan.
a river and proved a total wreck
March, steamer Low Water hit an OBJ
struction in St. Francis river and
wrecked steamer Governor Garland
destroyed by fire in Arkansas river
steamer Ella snagged and sunk 10 Ark.
ansas river. proving a total loss April,
steamer Fannie Moore snsgged and sunk
in Arkansas river and lost July,
steamer Granger destroyed by fire in
Arkansas river strange IS it may
appear, six steamers we're wrecked in
the Arkansas river. These we're: Rosa
Miller, Pine Bluff. Governor Garland
Ella, Fannie Moore and Granger.