The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-13
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Sergeant Signal Service. U. s. A.
Arrivals.
Isabel Blue Wing No. 3. II. @. Yaeger, Frank
Pargoud. Henry Tete. Alvin. Martha.
Departures.
Isabel, Eva, Blue Wing No. 3. Bertha Bastrop,
Bonnie Lee. Glencoe,
To Arrive.
Era No. 10, Blue Wing No. .upper. coast, lsa-
bel Eva. lower coast: Coy Allen Bayou s a4ta
Cairo Ella Hughes. Donaldsonville; Big Sun
flower, Opelousas: Natchez. Vicksburg; Col. A.
Warm and nd cloudy yesterday. with heavy
rain in the afternoon. which very effectually
put a stop to business, =. .,,o o,,o,,+,
has been chartered by the New Orleans and
Ouachita Transportation Company TO act as
eo nx Of low water The Bastrop win go
~ high every trR as the water h WI penm a ~
then resp on e Afm bro nf who e fn
and at low rates. The Acme draws only u
Inches light and is commanded by Capt. Z. b.
fine Big Sunlower. from the Atchafaaya. will
arrive to leaye Saturday. her regular day.
Ing h1 , ~ se ooI,1an hat is
of interest to Red river shippers.
The peerless Natchez will arrive from Vieks-
[Selected for the N. O. Democrat
There were not more than six or seven steam am
boats on the western waters up to the year 1877.
From that. year they RAPIDLY increased Inc 1o1e
writer of this remembers that in 1916.
observing In company wit number OF gentle
men the long struggles Of stern wheel i,e b2at TO
Pittsburgh it was the unanimous opinion that
such continuance might conquer the diIiicul-
s Of h ha h e a sone Of"
happy century of inventions before boats could
pass such, rapids without the aid Of oxen In
made MAJ the trip from New Orleans to louisville
IN twenty days previous to that keel boats were
The rate of freight was &c to 50 per 100 pounds.
In 1917 about 90 barges. averaging 100 tons each.
the merchandise from New Orleans to the upper
country each performed one trip within the
year; -. , -
steamboat. LIN 17ss Fitch made practical test
of his invention over g mile course Of river,
was 90 feet elton long feet wide and feet deep He
had on board the Governor Of Pennsylvania
S number Yet OF o RSsrf S IF hs st F was
every way a success, the government would ex-
tend to him no MD or encouragement, He con
yeyed his boat from there TO- New York. hoping
to get assistance here, but falling. he left his
boat to rot on the shores Of the Hudson river.
was his last effort to Obtain recognition and he
then. gave up the hope OF ever reaping the re-
ward of his genius leaving i to future genera
tons to place his name where it belongs, at the
very head Of the list Of benefactors Of mankind.
He left the fruit Of his labors to be reaped by
obtained bis idea Of q, steamboat from the one
built by Fitch in Philadelphia, and which lay
rotting on The banks Of East river New York
Fitch's made her experimental trip fourteen
years before Fulton's first boat was built.
and i receiving for q trip to the Bayou Teehe '
The. Eureka viii leave for Mobile to-day most
The Eva, John Taylor master, running on
alternate DAYS with the Martha to Port Ea a,
Mr.: b. ). smith found ESl of currency on
the Bonnie Lee Yesterday. The owner can get
The passenger and United States mail
steamer Martha. w. s. Bassett master. leaves
Pof Eads egeT ana aros
charge of the Office On her SATURDAY. trip the
Martha makes an excursion through the iettles
Alvin, W. I; ssovelI master. Henry Nouns
the lower coast to Quarantine Station.
The Era No, 70, In place Of the Mary Ida,
Bsn Tapea at L Albert 9 n n
ther Nieole clerk
The regular triweekly coast and Donaldson
IL Landry clerk leaves to-day at Ii m, making
all plantation landings in daylight.
mali fraE dng We
ter, M. N. Gaines clerk, leaves to-day at .. m.
for Ark9p2lis, Greenville, and yiicksb5urg. A.
John J. Brown master, s $. streek clerk, leaves leaves
to,morrow Ct 2: M , for Bayoq a Sara
McElroy in command. leaves tomorrow at IL
M. in place Of the st. john, for Baton Rouge
and coast landings. Messrs. J. G. Bergeron and
The sS q. f. b Stf Richard s}nnott master
John G. McChesney clerk. leaves Saturday, with
The New Orleans ana Red River Transporta-
ton Company's steamer Dawn, @. p. Truslow
master, G. W. Drown clerk. leaves Saturday at
The Texas will be held over to next Wednes-
The Port Eads. with. three, barges, arrived
from st. Louis yesterday. She brought IL 445
packages miscellaneous freight and 900 bush
Speaking Of the Grand Republic the st. Louis
bales pncompressed cotton. which # COM
pressed would reach, perhaps, 1900. Her I'M
mense width of cotton guards is sustained by
the addition of twelve ponderous knees and
twelve 1ss-inch iron chains each side, which
give sufficient strength for any purpose.
9 nd tae OF peed b was above an aver
battery Of eight boilers of 80 feet in length AZ
inches diameter, two flues each-all of the best
distance from eaeh other. which gives at least least
one-fourth more fire surface, and as much adj
adds to her world wide fame for safety and md
places her IN the front rank for speed This
in future than Capt. Thorwegan gives her. but
he is modest
Custom House Surveyor. under orders from
the Treasury Department. is engaged in meas
uring.. as vessels engaged in the coasting trade,
all fiatboats. coal barges model barges, gunwale
barges, ETC. The owners Of these classes of
vessels say they will be compelled to pay from
si2 to $40 on each craft The coal men will pro-
test against the exaction on the ground that
Transporting coal is not eoasting.
CAIRO, Sept 9.-The James Howard is light
ening over the bar at the foot of Scudder Bend
on the barge taken to her at noon to-day by the
Three States.
Memphis Avalanche. Sept. II: At the ele-
vator there are 1900 barrels of -four brought
down by the Anchor Line packets and shipped
from ST. Louis to Liverpool direct. 1t goes by
the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. via Nor
folk.
by Telegraph
TRENTON, Sept Ito Capt Fred. Blanks,
President n. o. 80. r.. r. CO The river has
risen feet and is rising slowly.