The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-10

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BslPE hsa wa saFl marx q 49, Indicates
No change ID the weather. The same Old
|hing-Warm In the sun. pleasant breeze In the
On the landing yesterday there was some
nima gio apparenf, owing mostly to the dis
harpiI,g OF the steamers Belle Of Shreveport,
II. Nj. kehlor. John Gilmore and bargss from
N fouls and the Frank PargUud from the
ands. all 81 which had good trips In. The de-
PARTING steamers were rec :, 1us - Slowly.
PERSONAL Capt. ., H Parispt let last i, even
Ing BY rail for Louisville to look after his new
han Burch left last evening On the John Will
Nh u Hill bgat b WAGNER n which ID stationed
ID Onaehita river.
The Bonnie Lee Is the Saturday packet for
Shreveport and way landings on He'd river.
Passengers bound up the Ohiu river do not
Forget that the Laura Lae. leaving mex Satmr-
Hay, Ii new and light draft steamer, having line
EooIns and al the modern improvements to
make all comfortable
The Missouri River-BIg Proits OF steam-
ers In 1860 ana IsG2.
A Fort Benton correspondent Of the qhieago
arl i Ii regard totha Missouri river and lis
fnavIgatlon. from which w extract me follow
sssn ea Is
see sections Of it. for half a.dozsn miles to
gsther, ill!ed With send bats and Sings that
length. Now. the fact IL. At IL, Of thls stage Of
The water, certainly enc of the most beautifully
flowing tiveEs upon the 0ont,nenI Ihi HI, y s !,
River ct North, tho st. Lawrence. the Hudson.
the Ohio. the Mississippi. and the Columbia. Of
sand bars there are many--iarto o many, aspect
taneB Of sos miles. between Bismarck and Ben
tim. though our steamer and her escort, the
wers On. the Upper Missouri. lbs spals were
used only two or three times. AS to snass; not
s dozen s b sn MT hj
e iii sen s s and avoided, Thy dlsanse
svsn ana OH On wh he Re , by or
Transportation: but the pilots aud river men
insist thur It Is very considerably over 1000
two weeks from Bismarck TO Banto 4. and OBJ.
serves the winding course Ct the rlveri Can
liz sanas Ths
rent will, perhaps. average three or four miles
an hour and In some places six. Tbs steamer
onee-to pass Drowned MANS Rapids and that
delayed US less than an hour.
Ii ID not difficult to understand why the Mis-
souri, has been 30 per- istently malignsd BY
those who navigated 1t and controlled It's bust
ness. The fur-traders, whose stores we're In ST.
b. magnifyns the deue p'o Of navgat ns the
river, they managed for lone. time to retain a
virtual monopoly Ct the profits Ct that trade.
boat Interest. The profits 81 single season
would often pay for the boat and all expenses.
and Leave arse margin gu, t9r the owners he
twelve miles Of Fort Benton In 1860: and the
first steamers 70 reach the e. port n 1902 were
fhe Emily also reached Benton Id thirty two
days from ut. Louis. and nude the round
lisstt amounted to $4,000; and. with pas
senaera. her trip yielded s64.soo. Another
steiner Mas tqi by i. gap ~ pn
we're paid from $1,000 to $1,000 per month, and
$4,000 was sometimes received. OF course. the
other officers were paid In a corresponding
ratio. Hence the wages IF q single season were
9 real fortune to many Of them. Il was. there,
fore. manifestly greatly to the interest Of oil
Missouri to make tho public believe that, oil
competition would not only BE- Improbable.
rainona. That the navigation Of Fiji the Missouri
above Bismarck Is. not specially dangerous Is
proved by the fact that only. two or three steam
and vet It. has been navigated as high as the
mouth rf the Yellowstone for many years, and
to Fort Benton since 1t62
Correspondence.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. July c. 1879.
Friend Reporte,.-I visited the Howard 'syard
at Jeiinrsonvilie. d few days since. and end you
q few items about the new boats building there:
The New Bart Able lies further up the river
aud is now ready to receive her deck frame
they have Just begun planking her. She Is 225
feet long. DO feet wide, Z feet inches deep, aud
T boo e s ys a ae f Hsf
full capacity Will be- when loaded. 1000 bales cot
ton, The cabin Will be- new entire. the style
above boat lays the new Parisot liner, undoubt-
edly the best cotton stern wheeler eyer built
the Henry Frank not excepted. | will give the
mr. fnn 1nflr 0f rDud lrU
meyer nave, seen them: Length 200 feet, beam
~ Z, feet, depth q hold fest. engines ~ inches
them few DAYS since and they se are indeed
fine looking engines and reflect credit on the
q ne building ng them essrs Hsegewad oo
yet. hpt was shown By Mi. john
III s1pea.S p frames bav tor 9 Soh
of them ready, for an early fall business. They
MIL prove to be No boats of their class.
Ing a new boat for the Tarascon's machiu-
|ery.; she will be launched in q few weeks.
| ;a tle planktng is nearly done, met John J.
Tanner and lady on Fourth street both look |
|terday laid visit 70 his new boat and OK Ok.
Ben shlpeY. the celebrated cook Of the Vieks
burg trade, has SURPRISED his friends. | am
nsked ten THOUSAND questions about he ,. NJ.
anybodys boatl' should you wish any desired
lnIorlnatfon, Will be pleased 10 SEND 1t at any
time. This being my first letter to you. can
hardly know what to say You will hear from
me during the summer, and until We meet, /
make my cross. TOBY K TUGGLES.
The Henry Frank will hereafter make excur-
sion trips on every Saturday and Sunday
evenings, leaving the wharf at 80 p. m. This
q good chance to enjoy a cool trip OF a few
hours.
The lower coast packet Emma Irvine, j.. A.
Esuiz master. D. NJ Nallette clerk. leaves to-day
III II y, RI. for Grunge Farm.
The Eva. Chas. DeBonchel in command
&eaves Tomorrow as usual, at IL a. m. for the
hew Faeherie road
The independent coast and Bayou Lafourche
packet Bertha. Frank Bergeron master. J. G.
bergeron CLERK. leaves tomorrow at II a. ~.
Dr LoekpoTt
The new, and elegant Bayou Sara United
tates mail packet T.. J. Gay. John J. Brown
naster 8. 8. Streek clerk. leaves o-morrow. as
Usual at 8 p. m.
The Belle will arrive this evening from Bayou
4nnla and return Saturday morning.
Ihe. last tri-weakly packet Henry Tete. Capt.
II. Aucoin M Fl. Landry clerk leaves at ID IA.
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