Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-08-31
VICKSBURG WEEKLY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 81 1877.

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It ought moi to be forgotten that II
there should be but one little package
and one solitary passenger In all the
aud breadth Of the YaEOo and
valleys awaiting transport
the P Line boat, % certain as
fate, comes along and picks them up,
and then goes back for another Sum
mer trip" Of the same kind, regularly
and punctually, % II thousands OF tons
OF freight and hundreds Of passengers
the banks. Besides, the
Line is emphatlcally and pecu-
llarly o "home institution" All the
benefits d its transactions, in
the men whom 1t employs, in the
money which it distributes as wages,
In the industries which it develops, are
all reaped at home. II is identified In
every way with the interests Of The
OF Yicksburg aud o. YazOo,
Sundower and Tallahatchie valleys,
and that this fact is appreciated, we be.
lleve will be demonstrated b. an un'
precedented increase in the business
transacted by the Line during the Fall
and Winter. Next in Importance IS
the favorite and famous
ANCHOR LINE,
Or more properly the Memphis and
St. Louis Packet Company. This
large and wealthy corporation owns
eleven %commodious aud superb steam.
ers-the City Of Vicksburg, City OF
Helena, Grand Tower, Capitol City,
Colorado, John B. Maude, City OF
Chester, Emma c. Elliot, Ste. Geue.
We've, Belle Memphis and st. Joseph,
The officers of the company are as
follows AT ST. Louis, Capt. Jno. A.
Scudder, President Capt. Jno. P. Kei-
ser, Superintendent; Theo. G. Zsigler,
Secretary. At Memphis, Capt. Ad,
Storm, Superintendent. At Vicks-
burg, Capt. E. Z. Carroll, Superintend.
emit II. g. Falrchild, Cashier H. P,
Raworth and Ben. Forbes, Freight
Clerks Jos. Terrell, Bill OF LadiDg
Clerk ; Harry Rock, Mate Chas. Bobb
Engineer VIM. Donovan, Waterman
Frank Merigold, Passenger Agent.
The Company's Elevator at MemphiI
cost $4,000; that at Vlcksburg $685.
900, aud the capital invested In boats
elevators and WharfbOats amounts to
81, 500, 700. The packets for VicksburI
leave st. Louis Tuesday, THURSDAY aud
Saturday, and those for Memphis an(
Grand Tower on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday of each week. The days
of departures here are Tuesdays, Thurs
days aud Saturdays at IL o'clock, am.
as regular as the days come. Thes
boats bring immense cargoes dow
stream, consisting principally Of breat
stuffs and provisions, which are distrib
uted Ia oil States south Of st. Loui
bordering upon the Mississippi river
and carry up stream cotton, cotto
seed used at the oil mills along th
river, also shipments Of all kinds o
supplies from N~icksburg to the bend
Reliability, promptness and regularit
have been the meant OF concentratln
tho carrying business Oh this line.
This is q tavorite passenger line, au
the bulk Of travel by river goes b
these boats, which are large, comfort;
Bile aud safe, and the officers chosen 81
at the head OF their profession. A
accident is never heard OF, althoug
thousands Of people are carried annu
ally between st. Louis and Vicksburl
With characteristic l~iberality, as wi
be seen by the advertisement elsI
where, the Company gives %everybOd
an opportunity to visit the
ST. LOUIS ExposITIoS,
by putting tickets on sale at excursic
rates, 60 low as to suit the poore
purse. TWenty.seven dollars for Il
round trip on one Of these magniiceI
boats, with fare equal to any 6rst-cla
hotel in the country, enables one Will
travelling to live cheaper than at HON
and Is but a sample Of the accomml
dating aud liberal spirit which contro
the management Of this Company,
THE LEE AND SATcHIz,
two of the most superb steamboa
that ever graced the water In al
quarter of the globe, form the Ne
Orleans and Vioksburg Packet Cor
pany. We have not the data WheT
with to give them the notice they d
serve. They are undoubtedly the faI
est steamers afoat and run with q reg
larity equalled only BY that Of 9 m
train. Oficersd by the most exr
} rienced aud clever river men, they q
immensely popular and are alwa
thronged with travellers, who un.
pleasure with business, by TAXI
passage on them. They are q
and established favorItes, aud mol
/. ing w could say could add 10 tn
: envlable reputation. Captains Leaf
r ere aud Campbell are known to eve
man, woman aud child on the low
coast, and their popularity is as gene
a. their acquaintance. The go
steamer
o PHIL ALLIS,
which took the place OF the Il!inC
I under the command OF Captain Ne
! Cheek, has become an established favr
lite, and is one of the handsomest a
4 best appointed boats on the riv
: Capt. Cheeks name is 3 househl
u word in the Bends, where every n
Is his friend, and the officers with b
q are no less popular. The Allin has
sumed her regular days In the ira