The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-30
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, [
Monday. April 30, 1877.

bayou Sara: X. u. Lee, Vicksburg Sandy No. q
Texas. Carrie A. Thorn, Red River.
The Golden Rule. arrived yesterday morning
and the Thos Sherlock In the evening from the
Ohio, and both are announced TO leave for Gin.
cinnatl Tomorrow.
Of the most complete job Offices In tile Southern
country. We solicit orders for steamboat work
promising that IL will be done In the nestesi
manner and at the lowest price.
Bartholomew packet Ella Hughes AZ the landing
Wednesday. resdy for business.
The Henry Tete, the bouquet boat OF the La.
fouche leaves to-day. Her officers wear bouquets
in their button-holes, and her Office desk gtner-
ally looks like miniature flower garden.
The Robert Young leaves to-day At 10 .. M,
~ place OF the Eva. Capt. Ransom has replaced
the Eva with the Young on account Of the in
crease OF business. she will leave the same
days and at the same hour, make the run each
yond Ben Tureaud's to Donaldsonville. Capt.
Ransom liz man who never goes back on his
friends, and hopes they will rally around the
colurs OF the Young az they did his little Eva.
The good steamboat Emma leaves to-day at
y. m. for the Lower Coast.
A boat that never fails to arrive or leave on
dme-the Monday aud Friday Coast and Baton
Rouge packet 81. John.
under water. the Frank Psrgoud has dieoon.
tinued her trips to Arkopolis. and goes only as
fas as Greenville.
The well-known and fine passenger steamer
Golden Rule, O. r. Bhinkle master, w. r. shaw
clerk, leaves to-faorrew al 0 p. m. for Memphis,
Oaru Louisville and Cincinnati. The Rule has
announced herself as independent
The regular Cincinnati, Louisville aud Ohio
river side-wheel passenger steamer Thomas Sher-
lock- leaves tomorrow at D. IN Capt. Lew
Hates commands NJ. l.. virden clerk.
The tri-weekly Coast, Donaldsonville and Ash.
land Plantation, Ascension parish, side-wheel
steamer Blue Wing No. ., leaves to-day promptly
81 10 .. ~, ., A. Oemstock IN command, Messrs.
Woods, Henp aud Dean clerks. The Blue Wing
puts out all freights in the day time.
The regular tri-weeky Lower Coast packet
Emma, o. Canton, Jr., master, J. J. Donovan
clerk, leaves to-day at p. M promptly.
The semi weekly Coast and Baton Rouge packet
81. John, L. Bergeron master, J. O. Bergeron
clerk, leaves to-day at 8 D. m.
The Gov. Allen will leave to-day at 0 p. m. for
Bayou Sara and all mail landings. j, j. Brown
master, 3, 3. Streck clerk.
The Eureka in place Of che Trenton, arrived
yesterday from the LAfourche and returns to-day,
% usual, going through 10 Thibedaux. Capt. Il,
y. Terrebonne commands. II. d. Terrebonne
clerk.
The semi-veekly Bayou Lafcurche packet II en-
ry Tete j. +, Auccin master, +. A. Oharlet clerk,
The Robt ID. Lee will leave tomorrow for
yicksburg and all mail landings. Capt. WIN.
Oampbell 10 cemmand, Mr.. A. Mcvsy In the
The new New Orleans and Ouachita Transporta.
tion Oompany's steamer John IL. Hanna lin place
Of the ouachta Belief, ]. w. Blanks master, Joe
Holmes clerk, leaves Wednesday. AZ usual, for
Ouachta City.
Capt. Hec Brosd's Sandy No. q leaves wedpes
day at p m for the Atchsfalaya. A clerk Ia on
the landing receiving freight.
Capt. Dave Dannals' New Orleans and Red
River transportation Company steamer Lotus
No. p is receiving to leave Wednesday without
fail fpr Hire n Jafarsnn Mr. las H.
has charge OF the office.
The regular through Black and Boeuf river
packet Era No, 10, Tom Taylor master, is receiv.
ing TO leave Wednesday for Point Jefferson.
packet W. j. poitevent, leaves Wednesday,
Messrs. j. j.. Robbins and Andy Roland have
charge Of the office.
The steamer Gov. Allen, from Bayou Sara. ar
rived last evening.
tBy Telegraph
SOUTHWEST PASS, April %, 1877.
To Capt Q. W. Howell, corps Of Engineers, U.
S.A.:
ns ak isssP s dp sA s sg hl II ds s \
! .. m. Height above mean low tide, . feet.
Depth OF channel 1T high tide, al feet. Depth
Of channel. Il referred to the plane of average
Hood tide, 30 lb 100 feet. Bottom hard.
q. II. ELWELL, Master McAlister.
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.
zANEsvitLE, April 27.-A number or excur. |
sionists leave here to-day for trip Of pleasure to
he new Sunny South and back on the Mary Hous- |
on. Among the number Ia Mr.. Fred Levi, |
prominent pork packer, and part owner Of the |
Mary Houston, who has not been to New Or |
cans since he landed in this country in 1888.
ET PAuL--The Pioneer Press, OF Tuesday. |
says: The steamer Manitoba arrived yesterday |
Il Winnepeg--the earliest opening OF Red river |
On record by two days. The prospects are
good for . large business this season Nsviga-
lion was also opened yesterday at Ashland, Lake
Superior, and a steamer leaves there to day for
he lower lakes. A line OF steamers from safnia,
d connection with the Northern Pacific Railroad,
proposes to carry excursionists this summer
rom aonie central point In Ontario to Manitoba
md back for fifty dollars per head.
sr. LOUIS, April 2I--oapt. viii II. Kyle will
lcrk the Ashland on her mountain trip, and
Japt. John A. Williams will be her commander.
A new cutoff has formed in White river, two
niles above Clarendon, which shortens the die
ance about six miles. The ateamer Hard Cash
vas the first boat to 60 through it, Capt. Jack
cry properly named after that steamer.
The new floating grain elevator, built here for
firm In New Orleans, aud TO DO shortly towed
0 that city. was set TO work Yesterday afternoon
arge lying alongside 10 another ON the opposite
ide. The trial took place opposite the central
levator, near the foot OF ChouteAu Avenue, out
ide q lot OF grimy, high.sided coal barges, over
1hich visitors had to climb laboriously in order
o reach the mechanical exhibition. MIR. &. q.
care, who planned the elevator and euperin-
ended it's construction Mr.. Forman, Of Forman
! Williams. mlwrghts. being the builder-~was
a attendance, overlooking the operations.
The machinery worked Almost perfectly, but
he betting Ia 70 be changed.
The length OF the hull Of the elevator. which Is
arge-shaped, is 1888 feet breadth % feet, depth
u feet, and capacity 500 tons. The tower" 80
set in hight; marine leg 80 feet long, permanent
ischarging leg 40 feet high, to permit injec..
on OF the grain into ships. One hundred
ushels per minute can be taken from q barge
eighed and discharged into another vessel.
he belts run 400 feet per minute, and on the
risl yesterday all parts Of the machinery ran
18th precision and smoothness, and Mr.. Sears
sys the expense Of running the entire concern
i'll be hardly OF any consequence.
There lie at one end OF This elevator barge =
argo box or compartment capable Of holding
1000 bushels of grain, or less, as may be re-
uired when ship has been filled.
Mr.. Sears remarked 10 the reporter that he
WINS no interest in this elevator, makes no
honey by 1t, never saw the interior arrange
tents of floating elevator, and WAS permitted