The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-27
stage Of the Rivers


stage Of the Rivers.
Daily telegraphic report OF the stage OF waite,
at various points. with changes, In the "a hours
ending yesterday at .. N.
Stations. water. onanso'
Feet Inch Feet. Inch
Cincinnati .......-........ 10 ii ii
Nashville -.-.. .-......... 8 TO 4
r new orleans. ........-.. g 9
shreveport ... -.......... 10 3
81, Louis. .....-...---..... u i 70
sBelow high water mark OF 1874. Indicates
rise. Indicates fall.
Notwithstanding that IT. was an ugly day there
was considerable shipping done. Tne I, fazoo
fine trips, and we believe that II the day could
have been strung. out u few hours more, the lat
r soqa "a rp bh ii peop
land freight The Golden kule had near on to
I60O tons and SO people: among her passengers
| been spending TIL. winter here: Mr.. H. g Rari-
| den, late river editor Of the City lem and the
Delta, and Mr., John D. Witauk- the gilt. edge
Vile to make a fortune. and advises the boys he
| leaves behind to fl ow him as soon as the walk
/ Ing is good and bl ,ckbssrrles are ripe, and h.
| will show them how 1t is done.
Attention is called 70 the afvertis emept OF the
Donaldson,i lie aud Bayou sara United States
mail pa y, ket Katydia In another lnmn.
The Times says wa are opposed to the sug-
gestion that the stea m bottmen become the les-
|Hees of the wharvas. which is mistake. We
have often heat d tha idea discussed by steam
boatmen, even as far back as b. fore the war, for
1t is not an original one. BY any means, and Wa
are on record as favering It, II 1t amounts to
The Annie P Silver m kes an excursion I'D
the river to- day to meet Paul Bo,ton. Mr.. Boy
ten does what very f W men do Ia these degen
ss ars wh he He
|so from where you want TO go, and haven't the
means to get there. why. swim 1t: and he shows
Among the departures by rail Thursday even
ling was Capt. Geo. H. Rae. of the Mississippi
VALLEY Transportation COMPANY.
Yesterday Mr.. W. A. McFarlin left by rail for
[Caro, where he will await The arrival OF the
Bedford from Cincinnati. He takes charge of
II The vi Paris @. Brown arrived yesterday from
Dincinnati in a little over six days. time from
lport 10 port. Hou's that fer a sternwheel boat,
with big load and large way business.
Me raising of the John A. Wood are considerad
MENTION. It will be remembered that she sunk
bon McOHll's flats. twenty-five miles below the
Glty. on the night of III. sixth. Of this mouth
She was on her way up froM the j. ties. had
broken her shat few hours previous. and
while attempting to make q landing. Hsnked
Axainst the wreck Of the steamship DeSoto, and
bank. going down alongside the wreck. b.
tween itand the s shore. The We, z was regarded
boats that ever came to this city. and her loss.
outside Of her money value. which was constd- |
6pon as D serious one she IL 200 feet long. with
) SO. fooHheam and an exreme width III 80 ct. |
her hold being * !, ct II depth, she .has the |
II diamstar "a and lie smalar De ana
Inches, feet stroke. working a hsel rs feet |
Inches In diameter. with q bucket the same |
length. She had In her hold 5000 bushels coal |
Md on deck 1000 bushels III all about 900 tons
Atthe time work was commenced On her che lay |
III mn average Of 1s feet Of water on her larhoard |
kide and % feet ~ her staruoard, with \ hole In |
ker larboard side IA feet long and foot wide In |
Nc widest place. The plan adopted to raise |
Ter, and which has been adhered to from the |
rgt. was to box her In com pletely from the hull |
b the boiler deck and then pump her out For |
hispurpose is 600 feet of twu-inch plank and 1000
ds q eanyas were tns noSng 9nng
The work Of pumptng her out proved difficult |
%. and was participated BY the ,salyor No. 2,
w N ? aRd s + onas Wood
erious did 1t prove that on three occasions ba- |
pre- the fourth and successful ne. did some of
be pumps give way to the great straiD upon
hem, at the ytry moment when Ii seemed |
hat the deed was done. but at last per-
everanee and ingenuity. backed bv the mighty |
2nd irresistible will OF man. prevailed, and the |
ohm A. Wood, the attempt at whose raising |
as pronounced By many a foolish waste of
me and money. is once more af ,at. u thing |
beauty and Joy W. hone Tor many years to
e out for special mention the, name OF any |
artIeuar one as worthy above hi. fellows IT, |
edit for this work f,r each and every o in
heir various capacities, frora the humhlest no. |
Id their allotted part. are deserving of ECU
raise. and can refer to their art iu the work
pth to the mental aud physical body, b 1t tne
bsult attained-success a ieh reward Yet
cannot but men'i Mr.. John A. Wood hts
fothers Burr and Capt. ] nathan, and Al Bur-
3. the famou diver connected with the salvor
O. These four men knaw no Il b word as
~ In ANYTHING they undertake They ma lie up
bstained by their iron will they labared day
I'D night. in season and out of season. until
ey ACCOMPLISHED 1t. Nj Burris distingnie he'd
he gentleman q It hamea, on ons occasion.
ZEN donned himself the divers suit and at the
bril- OF his life went below the surface Of the
bnderful explui are me toned ia the seam
at line. Of sterling worth. exceeding great
i'll. and indomttahle, pluck. He tails
complish. One Of these We mention. Years
b." said = steamboat captain. my boat was
., PItsba .asa ' sa ah heat 2t " At the
A A. Wood, One morning ] missed ii.
linking It had b en- taken away, thought
ID asked me what had become of o. conr 3.
(ould give him no information He borrowed
yawl and wood stick; and after hunting
b Of the river with four feet Of water VA TO Of
r LII the shadows. place. He went of and
prtly returned with bis son. a'uIral born
IL
int to work, something after the p,n that has
en adonted lii raising the John A. Wood, an
ore night he had his coal boat 10 and
mpad out dry. He's remarkable man."
d the captain and If the Wool holds to
her she'll b. raised Just as certain as the sun
es and sets.' The Wood Was expected up
evening.
REGULAR PACKETS FOR TUESDAY.
le.. .....Upper Coast. $3.50. 10 a. m.
ina Irvine. Lower Coast. .......n a. m.
eumption- .Lafanrche- D. m.
ID. Lee. ............ Viekshurg .. m.
hchon ..-..- Atehafalaya -..-. o. m.
he John W. Cannon wi | make an excursion
he lettes on Tuesday. May 5. as per adver-
ement in another part of the DEMOCRAT
excursion VIII be FIR the benefit If the
fondelet Street Methodist Church. The OH
being a good one. the bot par ercelIance.
the trip an interesting and pleasant one, a
wd may be exaeeted.
ne new and foe passang ar steamer Annie
liver, of the Anchor Line, David H. Silver
eoer. Green shi Is clerk. leaves to-mor-