Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-26
ONE OF OUR WATER WAYS.
Diamond 10 Enters the Lists With Semi
Weekly Line to St. Louis.

DAanOuU 10 ENTERS the Lists WITH SEMI
Weekly Line to St. Louis.
Yesterday proved very denoralizing day
on the ice, and this solidifed reminder OF
Jack Frost's reign rapidly disappeared under
the influence of the strong south wind pre-
vailing. During the day the ice in front of
the city moved down short distance. The
water is on stand at two feet eight inches,
where it has stood since the slight rise re-
sulting from the thaw of two weeks ago.
DIAMOND 10 LINE.
River business between St. Paul and ST..
Louis this season promises to be more in
teresting than for several years past, from
the fact that Diamond 10 Reynolds has de-
cided to extend his steamboat operations by
running his boats through to st. Louis, in
stead of to Fulton as heretofore. AS at
present arranged the through line will be
seml-weekly, the Josephine and Libbie
Conger running between St. Louis and Full
ton, and the Diamond 10 and Josie between
Fulton and st. Paul, while the Imperial,
another boat of the line, will be
run in the trade between Rock
Island and st. Paul. The new arrangement
will 60 into operation at once, the St. Louis
1Smaes-J 0u17a0l of Sunday announcing the
expected arrival of the Josephine and Lib
bic Conger, ready to take their places in the
line.
This new departure of Diamond 10 is
supposed to be undertaken primarily for
the purpose of securing connection at st.
Louis with the Ohio river boats, and thus
obtaining share of the large amount of
freight brought by those boats to that city
destined for up river points st. Paul and
the Northwest.
The officers of the Diamond 10 boats are
as follows:
Libbie Conger, Capt. M. S. Hall; clerk,
Dick Hall.
G. Mather.
Josie, Capt. John Killeen; clerk, F. A. lBill.
Diamond 10, Capt. r. F. sherwood; clerk,
j. P. Lusk.
Imperial, Capt. J. B. Wilcox; clerk not
appointed.
Mr.. II. D. Mathews, st. Paul agent of the
line last season, is retained in his position,
and it will not be his fault if the line does
not have its full share of business.
Capt. T. j. Buford, an old Northern liner,
is to be the agent at st. Louis.
PROSPECTIVE SUIT.
While the arrangements above made are
calculated to give added interest to the river
business the present season, there are threat
ened complications of a legal character which
will attract considerable attention from river
men. AS we'll known, the stockholders of
the old Northern line company, or many of
them at least, are dissatisfied with the man
agement of it's affairs since the grand con-
solidation by which that corporation, the
Keokuk line and the old North
western Union Packet company became
merged in one company, with Commodore
Davidson at the head. The statement is now
made that the stockholding interest of the
old Northern line are manifesting this dis
satisfaction by move for the appointment
Of receiver. For this purpose Mr.. s. U.
Pinney, of Madison, has been taking deposi-
tions in Cincinnati, which have been for
Warded to St. Louis, and which are to be
used as basis for prayer for the appoint
ment of receiver. As to the character of
these atfidavits, or the nature of the COM
plants of the parties interested in the move,
is not yet made public.
The prominent men of the old Northern
Line company are R. G. Gray, Pittsburgh;
Adam Jacobs, Brownsville, Pa; John and
Thomas Rhodes, Savanna, ILL.,; Joseph Ward
and Thomas Griffith, st. Louis; Z. J. Blu
ford, Rock Island, ILL.,, and Darius Hunkins,
Galena, ILL.,, with the latter as the last presi-
dent and T. J. Buford as superintendent.
GETTING READY FOR BUSINESS.
A number of the boats of the Keokuk
Northern line, as well as Capt. Reaney's St.
| Croix line, have been undergoing repairs at
the La Crosse boat yard of the CO npany the
past winter. The Mountain Belle has had
her cabin reftted and rejuvenated and comes
off the ways new craft to all intents and
purposes. The Maggie Reaney and Charley
Cheever have been overhauled and put in A
l condition, while the Nellie Kent has been
transformed into a new boat. All these
boats will be off the ways ready to commence