Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-21
RIVER RUMBLINGS.


by the "Globe"--A Trio of Elegant Pass
enger Packets Headed st. Paulwards--
Five Feet of Water and Still Rising.
Among the other good things with which
the GLOBE is to be credited, is the fact tina
it has been the means of enabling the poor
old, sleepy and arrogant Pioneer Press to
discover that there is a Mississippi river,
and that the head of navigation is st. Paul.
Last year there was no GLOBE, and last year
the Pioneer Press did not know that there
was Mississippi river, and that St.
Paul was the head of navigation, or
at least, if it did, the few readers
of the paper never knew it, far from the
opening of navigation until the close-as an
examination of the files will show-the bus
mess of this great artery Of commerce. run
ing from the northern boundary of the Union
to the Gulf of Mexico, and the benefits it
conferred upon st. Paul as the head of nav
igation. was regularly and persistently ig-
nored. Thanks to the GLOBE it has now
seen light and in its frantic efforts to ssbeat
the GLOBE it gets in river report, occa-
sionally as often as two days in succession,
The GLOBE, in behalf of the vital import
ance of this trade to St. Paul, and the large
interests involved, feels like congratulating
the poor old concern on the knowledge it
has received through the establishment of
the GLoBE,but it would suggest that it would
be less of a laughing stock,
among river men especially, and is
reports would correspondingly increase in
value, if some effort would be made to have
them true, thus in it's yesterdays report
it says:
Zone of the features of the Dubuque was the
having in tow two or three of what are termed
cargo box barges. These barges are covered
Capt. Reaney expressed it, have the carrying
capacity Of young steamboat"
The fact is the Dubuque did not bring in
a barge, the 'cargo box barges' refered to
having been lying at the levee for twenty
four hours before the arrival of the Dubuque,
being part of the immense trip of the
Savanna, mentioned at the time before the
GLOBE.
Again, it says ''the other arrived yester-
day" when i'll fact she arrived early Thurs
day, as will be seen by reference to the
GLOBE of Friday morning.
We might point out more of their dis
crepancies, but the above will do for the
present.
The gauge yesterday showed five feet of
water, the highest point touched this season.
Business on the levee was quiet, all the
boats from below discharging Friday, having
succeeded in discharging their cargoes, and
left for down river as per GEoBE announce
ment, and there were no arrivals from below.
The Redwing, Capt. Hight, is the next
packet, and she ought to be here tonight OF
tomorrow. She is bringing big trip.
The palatial and fast Keokuk Northern
line packet, Rob Roy, here
tofore running in the Keokuk and st. Louis
line, left St. Louis Thursday the 18TH on
her first trip to St. Paul. She will be due
Tuesday.
The Clinton follows the Rob Roy, having
left st. Louis yesterday.
The St. Louis Times says:
Railroads are making desperate effort
to crush out steamboats, by cutting rates,
where they come in competition with them.
The Father of Waters, however, like the
ghost of Banquo, will not down, and when
they think they have him dead and buried,
he will rise from his temporary lethargy and
fill his enemies with fresh CONSERVATION.
Whenever railroads adopt the honest system
Of paying their debts, and commence doing
business legitimately, then Mr.. Mississippi
will get his work in. In the meantime, he
isn't getting in debt and don't owe nickel.''