Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-08


signing through for freight and ticket
ing passengers through. Captain Lee
Cummius, a gentleman who has en-
deared himself to the shipping and
travelling public by his fair dealing. is
her chief clerk, and has associated
with him in the Office Messrs. Neil
Booker, Lee Cummins, jr., and Tommy
Huse.
The old reliable independent White
river packet Hard Cash, Captain Ed
Postal in command, came in last night
from White river with 104 bales cot
ton, 3l4 sacks seed, 6 hogs and "A pkgs
sundries, and reshipped at the mouth
70 bales. She made the run from the
mouth to this port in 10 hours, max
ing several way landings. This is ex-
ceedingly good time. She leaves to-
morrow evening with a return trip for
White river, attending to all way
business and making direct connection
at J%aeksonport with light draught
steamers for upper White and Black
rivers. Charley Postal and j. J..
Wyckof are her clever and accommO-
dating:clerks.
The new steamer City of Green
vile, of the Anchor Line, passed
down yesterday afternoon. During
her short stay at the wharf she was
visited and admired by a number of
our citizens. She is a beautiful
steamer, and one of the most complete
packets ever built for the trade. She
was designed and built under the
supervision Of Capt. John p. Keiser,
to ply regularly in the Mississippi
river trade, between st. Louis and
New Orleans, in the Anchor Line.
There arc several good, s~erviccable
boats in that line, and as all are COM
peting tor the carrying and passenger
trade Of the teeming Mississippi, a
description of this new representative
may prove beneficial to other aspirants
for fame and wealth. That she com
bines many advantages and improve
ments must be admitted by those who
examined her capabilities, construc-
ton and proportions. This new boat
in light running trim has a draught of
only 81 feet of water, and when fully
laden can carry 1900 tons. She is
extra staunch in build and has an easy
model, which, with her light draught
and good amount of power well APP
piled, must make her as fast as any
boat in the st. Louis trade. Her
light draught and staunch build,
the best qualities, enable the
City of Greenville to remain
longer on the track than any
other boat in the trade. She
has really a magnificent cabin and
outfit, all the appliances of which
equal if they do not surpass any river
craft in that trade. Passengers will
tiud the accommodations of the first
class, complete in all requirements for
comfort and luxury, and a credit to
the well known liberality and stability
of the owners and managers Of the
line. The main cabin is 206 feet in
length inside, with 81 staterooms for
passengers, the cabin proper being 1GI
feet wide, and the staterooms all large,
with very wide guards and passages
outside the rooms. Most of the rooms
are so arranged as to be connected
with sliding doors, so that a suite of
rooms can be thrown into one. The
social or forward hall, fronting Office
and bar, is 80 feet in width, with
tessellated flooring of walnut anC
sugar tree. The boiler deck is large
and the pantries, barber-shop, cook.
house, restaurant, etc, all exceedingly
roomy and complete in style, fnisl
and outfit. The finish of the cabin il
an artistic effort of great beauty, anC
a credit to the builders and designers
The ceiling is nodded and paneleC
with a drop cornice, supported BY
, brackets and nodded columns, impart
ing a neat appearance to the whole
All the inside stateroom doors ar,
finished in imitation Of satin anC
|, French walnut, each panel with
solid flower IN the center, presenting
? beautiful appearance. Surmountinl
the main cabin is the texas, I12 fee
in length and 16 feet in width, for tn,
accommodation of officers, passenger
and cabin boys, including the cabil
for colored passengers. She is a good
f staunch, business boat, with
thorough outfit, everything done in
/. substantial, workmanlike manner
rejecting credit alike upon the me
chanics and owners.