The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-09-16
Low 1" %s1nn. Rise or Fall

The Dora Cabler last evening brought
out light trip,
The Sllverthorne brought 80 fons from
Evansville night before last,
The City OF Alton was to leave st. Louis
last night for New Orleans.
The Atlantic and barges are double
tripping from st. Lous to this port.
The John F. Tolle came out night
before last, made some additions here,
and cleared for the south with a good
cargo.
The Colorado was detained by low
water and business, and passed down
yesterday afternoons well laden for the
water.
Lieut.. Lockwood yesterday dropped
the survey boat down and will have her
locked and prepared for the tail and
winter campaign.
Billy Shaw who has had command of
the I. F. Eckert since Captain Dugan
left, goes home to-day and Major Ed.
Halliday takes command.
Tommy L0vett is to be cashier with
the Halliday 81 Phillips wharf boat com,
pany during the absence of Mr.. Ike
Moran, who goes ease presently on BUSH
ness.
Captains Schenck and Carter returned
from st. Louis yesterday, and it is prob
able that the U. Z. Schenck will be put
on berth this morning to load for New
Orleans and way points.
The Cons Millar came through the
chute OF Cumberland Island and found
there three feet one inch OF water. The
opening of the dam is not navigable.
The Mllar has good trip tor Memphis.
The picnic of Mayor Winter is to come
Oft next Thursday sure pop. rain or slime.
The excursion will extend from Monnd
City to Hickman. The II. f. Eckert will
be put in apple pie order, and the trip
will be delightful.
DR.. Charles W. Bradley returned from
Evansville night before last, but the
Evansville Journal is wrong in saying he
was accompanied by his wife and daugh-
ter. Mrs Bradley will return about the
10Th, and the doctor has no daughter.
That paragraph in the Journal made
him blush like girl. Call him a
"Thaumaturgus" if you will, Colonel
but not a father.
Lieut.. Lockwood, United States engin-
Ger who has charge of the survey OF the
Mississippi between Cairo and New Or
leans is stopping at the st. Charles hotel.
His party of engineers are all to be here
presently when the work, which 1t will
be recollected was begun last. winter,
will be resumed. The object of this sur
vey is to obtain correct maps of the
Mississippi and its banks and sucn
other data as will be of service
to the government when the question OF
the Improvement Of the river is raised.
From the New York Bulletin: "For
years past the National Association OF
steamboat owners haye been seeking q
recognition of their interests from con-
gress and have tailed. At their recent
meeting in Buffalo they renewed the
attempt. The notifications of law that
| the steamboat owners desire are three.
Under the present law, every steam
vessel must be inspected annually, and
| the'certificate granted, at cost of $50, ID
pronounced valueless, because in any
litigation, the owners are still required
! to prove, by independent evidence, that
the vessel and boilers were good, and
| that the officers were qualified. They
desire to have the certificate cover these
points and competent to establish then
without further evidence, thus avoiding
costs and suits for damage and loss when
not clearly justified. They ask, too, to
| have their liability for damage restricted
to the value OF the vessel causing injury
| in the case OF river steamboats,, and par
ticularly that they may be relieved from
the need OF introducing patent appliances
on their craft until these have been tested
by the board of steamboat inspectors
AS it is, they are required to adopt any
contrivance approved by the board Of
inspectors and the secretary of the
treasury,
The ask also to have the system abol
ished which requires steamboat officer
to pay large sum every year for license
to ply their vocation, when railroads and
other common carriers are allowed to &C
| free OF this tax.