Daily globe., 1879-04-11
RIVER RACKET.


kins-Hon. e. w. Durant in st. Louis
Missouri River Jottings.
The St. Paul and st. Croix Packet COM
pany will go into operation as soon as Capt.
Reaney's new boat comes up from La Crosse,
which will probably be in day or two.
Capt. Reaney has prepared his tariff card for
the season, which varies but little from last
season, his idea being to give the people of
the st. Croix better service than they had in
the old opposition days, and at nearly the
same rates.
Nothing had been heard last evening of
the Arkansas, of the Keokuk Northern line,
but she is expected at the foot of Lake
Pepin some time to-day, and will undoubt-
terday being to the effect that the ice still
remaining could be easily avoided, and that
a boat would have little or no difficulty in
making the passage.
letter received by Capt. John n. Reaney
from st. Louis, yesterday, brought the sad
intelligence to many acquaintances here, and
at other points ON the upper Mississippi, of
the death there, April l, of Capt.
T. P. Perkins, an employe for the
past ten years of the K. N. company, and
one of the best known and most highly re-
spected steamboat captains and clerks on
the Mississippi river. In 1877 Capt. Per-
kins was with Capt. Reaney on the steamer
Victory on the upper Missouri and Yellow
stone rivers. During the late war he became
quite wealthy through several fortunate
ventures part of which he put in the larg-
est and finest steamboat palace that has
ever been foated on the Mississippi river,
the steamboat Magnolia, burnt to the water
edge at the levee at St. Louis in 1864. Capt.
Perkins was a genial, whole-souled gentle
man, energetic, honorable and methodical in
business, and warm friend. His death
will be sincerely mourned by large circle
of friends scattered along the Mississippi
river from St. Paul to New Orleans.
Hon. E. w. Durant, of Saltwater, has
been sachezing around st. Louis, and this is
the way the Globe-Deanocr0t dishes him up
"Capt. E. W. Durant, of Durant, Wheeler &
Co., Saltwater, Minn. arrived in this city Sat.
urday evening and is booked at the Planters.
Capt. Durant has been numbering the Mis-.
| sissippi and St. Croix rivers tbirty-one years
and there is probably no other gentleman bet.
ter posted of the past or has keener insight
Of the future of numbering on those streams
He admits there was heavy stock of logs got
ten out the past winter, but that clean drives
| is matter only of imagination, and that the
prospect for the spring drive was never more
discouraging. The water in the mair
dams on the St. Croix is from one tt
| two feet lower than last spring; no snow tt
speak of in the woods, and the swamps anc
marshes nearly dry. The company of which ht
| is representative have five first class raf
boats, which deliver logs to all points on th,
Mississippi river. The Pauline, one of thei
boats, is now engaged delivering their log
| from Savanna and Cat Tail bays to the follow
ing: Twelve strings to Burlington Lumbe
company; ten strings to Dem1ck, Gould & Co.
at Moline; twelve strings to Kentor & Son, sam
point eight strings to Remrick, Shaw & Co.
Davenport; and twenty strings to Willis, Gard
iner & Co., Lyons.'
St. Louis Republican, 9th: 'Mr. W. J. Cor
such was buried at P NJ. yesterday in Belle
fontaine He was we'll known as an uppe
Mississippi pilot for fifteen years past, an
leaves a wife and three children. Decease
was "Knight of Honor" and much respected
= The event of the day in river circle
will be the departure for Fort Benton of th
mammoth steamer Montana. This is the larg
est and finest steamer that ever visited the uI
per Missouri and her progress will be watche
with interest. The Montana is commanded
Capt. Nick Buesen, one of the boats owner
and young man of established reputation
boatman and fnancier. James T. Earle,
veteran clerk, presides in the Office.
The City Of Greenville was due at Greenvill
Miss, yesterday, and the promised dance an
reception likely took place. We are anxious
read Capt. Thos. w. Shields speech. y
The General Rucker and Nellie Peck are bot
} announced to leave for Benton on next Satu
| day."