The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-15
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Cairo OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Ia ~
Cincinnati ................ 70 x
Louisville. .......-... ~ ~
Memphis. ......... 10 q
Nashville. IL y
@NeV Orleans. .'........ Il IL
Plttsburg. $3.50 ! ~ !"
III. Louis. ..........,.... y ia
satI Rsow hieh water mark of 1874 Indicates
rise. Indicates fall
Yesterday. like every day for the past three
weeks. was cloudy and threatening, out uli-
ike The balance Of the days OF this time, there
1pas ~ rain. that is up to this writing.
m 10 to he hoped most earnestly that tho fury
of the rain clouds We're spent Wednesday, and
that for some time to come we may have clear
The Irvine and Assumption had very fair
trims out Yesterday but the Pargoud did not
fare as well as she has the past several trips.
The Port Eads and j. B nj. kehlor, from
ST. Louis, are past due and have doubtless
been detained by bad weather
The W. 7. Halliday passed Baton Rouge
yesterday and will be found at the landing
this morning receiving to leave this evening
for st. Louis. There is considerable freight On
the landing awaiting her. Shells Ne. / boat.
particularly as to passenger accommoda-
lions Capt. u. w. Gould commands the Hal
liday, Mr.. Il. w. Gould, Jr, q very pleasant
gentleman, having charge q The At, Office; IL, 49,.
H. L.
follows the Halliday tomorrow.
The y. B nj. kehlor, of the kountz Line,
Capt. ID. M. Brady In command, will leave also
tomorrow for st. Louis.
The Lucy T.. GaStrell did not leave yeSter
day for Cincinnati. She will leave to-day.
Capt o. B. jolly who has been plotting her
for some time past. was placed IN command
yesterday
Capt. Jack Blanks was in Louisville Tues
day.
The E. j. Gay lands every Monday and
Friday at Carrollton, taking passengers at
ten cents The proceeds are given to the or
phans.
See special notice of the Whisper and +. J.
Gay in another column.
The Fair Play leaves az usual tomorrow
for Grand Isle, at s q. m. from the head OF
Harvey's canal, u. h. hranz In command
Frank kranH clerk
The regular tri-weekly upper coast packet
Eva, Chas. DeBouehel master, Sept. Toca
clerk, leaves to-day at IL a. III. for the new
Nacherie road.
The fleet United States mail packet i. J..
Gay, John j. Brown master, =. s. Streck clerk,
leaves to-day at p. III. for Bayou Sara and
all coast landings
The Belle, in place Of the Whisper, leaves
tomorrow at II a. N. for Bayou Gouta, j. a..
Cemstock Id command, Geo NJ Woods and j.
o.. Bergeron clerks.
The Assumption, in place Of the Henry
Tete, p. A. Chariot IN command, leaves to-
morrow at II N. for DOnaldsonVille.
The regular tri-weekly lower coast packet
Emma Irvine, j. A. Ruiz master, leaves to-
morrow at 2 p. ~. for Orange Farm.
The st. John, in place Of the John W. Can
non, J. 9. Libano master, leaves tomorrow at
Up. M, promptly, for Bayou Sara.
The Whisper, B. s. feathers in command,
leaves tomorrow, at P. ~. for Vicksburg, In
place OF the Natchez.
The Silver City, Capt Ben Mckay, leaves
tomorrow, as usual foE Alexandra and
Grand Eeore.
Exchange CLIPPINGS AUGUST
Cincinnati Commercials
Capt. Dan Morton came up from Madison,
and returned last night, to look after Capt.
Jack Blanks new boat, in course of construc-
planked, and presents fine appearance. The
Fred. "A. Blanks will be launched in about
thirty days.
The transportation Of grain up the Ohio to
Huntington, and thence over tho o. and q.
Railroad to the seaboard, Will be interfered
with by the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road, which has bought the Nashville division
of the st. Louis ana southeastern road, and
will build an elevator at Henderson, and thus
divert the trade, not only from the Cincinnati
and st. Louis packets, but also to some eN-
tent from the Evansville and Tennessee river
packets.
The propeller Sylvan Dell, now lying at
Fulton, will be offered for sale Wednesday by
the United States marshal She was built by
Capt. Alex Halliday, Of the Paris G. Brown,
and is fast The Sylvan Dell will most prob
apiy De DougnI Ior paTtleS LII InlS clly.-ED.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch:
The Gen. Rucker, Capt Ackley, for st.
Louis, left Sioux City last Thursday. Capt.
Dave Haney, of the Gen. Tompkins, is a
passenger OH the RJcker.
Oby Robirds and his brother Newman had
the Eliza in the New Orleans and st. Louis
trade, a 5O0-ton boat. Well, we all know the
Robirds became rapidly rich, and Eliza was
only 50o-ton boat-nothng more. She
mazda IA fbaty
made money enough to get the White Cloud,
and she made money fast. subsequently
they came near being ruined by larger boats.
The steamer Chester, built BY Geo. W.
Grass; Owners: Gable. Charles Mullikin,
Gen. Bernard Pratt and Rufus J. Lakeland,
all OF st. Louis. This boat was built some
little time previous to 1910 Length, 1872 feet;
inches cylinder by feet stroke; capacity, 500
tons. She ran one year between st. Louis
and New Orleans. realizing profits OF $1,000
to $4,000 per trip She drew three feet light.
Her cylinder was formerly In the Clyde
When Oby and Newman Robrds made
money fast with the 600-ton steamer White
Cloud, III the st. Louis and New Orleans
trade, they got only from Is to IS cents per
barrel for flour. and cabin passage was $40 to
S12.
The Little Missouri was built, bought or
run by Capt. Robert Wright; length, 1872
feet beam, 321 feet; depth, ST. feet; cylinders,
Is inches diameter, SIeeG SIFOke, capacity, 900
tons. She made fourteen-day trips in the St.
Louis and New Orleans trade. Had her two
years and cleared what she cost, $4,000.
JOHN j. RoE-This gentleman became very
wealthy. He hadn't much more than dollar
when, at Louisville or New Albany about
1912 lie built the steamer Bowling Green. Her
length was $50 feet, width d feet, depth feet;
single engine; capacity only 800 tons, we are
told. She ran in the Missouri, and made lots
Of money. Her afterward built and ran boats
In the New Orleans trade a little larger, say
400 to 600 tons capacity, and it is understood
that they all made considerable money. Their
success, like that of many other boats, was
due to proper management. We have known
OF steamers being unsuccessful on account OF
their commanders being incapable, but some
times all the blame was laid on the blameless
boat. There's hardly such a word as fail