Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-11
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ledVe eNculug lOf Nlcks-
burg, New Orleans and the bends.
The City Of Helena arrived at St.
Louis yesterday, aud the Grand Tow
er left there last evening and passes
here Sunday forenoon on her way to
Vicksburg.
The Rene MaCready will be back to
leave again tomorrow evening for
Helena, Glendale and all way landings
including those around Walnut aud
Council Bends.
The Tiger, in command Of Captain
VIM. Flowers, leaves tomorrow even.
ing for Cottonwood Point and all way
landings on the upper coast. Kneel
Booker is her polite clerk.
A photographer of Louisville has
taken a view of the steamer City of
Baton Rouge, aground on the falls, for
Harper's Weekly. 1t is said to be a
thrilling and beautiful picture, taking
in the falls, big bridge and surround
ings.
The City Of Providence leaving this
evening will get about 800 bales of
cotton for reshipment at Cairo. She
has on board 200 bales Of compressed
cotton taken on at Arkansaw City
which she also reships at Cairo for the
East.
The elegant steamer City of Provi-
dence, in command of Captain George
w. Lenox, is the Anchor Line packet
leaving at 5 pm. for Cairo, st. Louis
and all principal way landings. Frank
Perkins and Jimmy McMeen are in
charge Of the Office.
The reliable and %punetual upper
coast packet Coahoma, in command Of
Captain Henry Cooper, will leave
promptly at 5 pm. to-day for 0sceola
and all intermediate landings, carry
ing the mail and giving prompt atten
ton to all business entrusted to her.
Billy Smithers is her chief clerk, and
Is assisted by John Haley and Hugh
Tomlinson.
The new iron snag boat G. W;
Howell, built by the Western Iron
Boat Building Company of St. Louis,
was 10 have made a trial trip yester.
day afternoon. She is asternwheeler,
l45 feet long, Sc feet beam and 6 feet
hold. The Howell, completed cost
$40, 900, and is intended for service
in Red river.
The splendid light draft steamer
Katie Hooper, in command of Captain
Ed Nowlapd, is receiving to leave at
5 pm. to morrow for Pine Bluff and
all way landings on Arkansaw river,
carrying the mail and making direct
connection with smaller boats for
Little Rock and points above. Capt.
j. N. Thompson presides at the desk
and is assisted by Will Darragh.
The Josie Harry will be found in
port this afternoon receiving to leave
at 5 pm. tomorrow for Devall's Bluff,
Augusta, Newport and all way land
ings, attending promptly to all bust
ness that offers, and making direct
connection with light draft packets
for upper White and Black rivers.
Captain Milt r. Harry commands,
and is assisted in the Office by John
@. Wyckof and Hugh Smith.
Captain Aiken, the lessee Of the
wharves at New Orleans, is putting
the steamboat portion in better order
than it has been for many gears. He
is now spreading oyster shells on the
ground for the purpose of making a
crown, and with the different drains
that he has completed will keep the
levee dry during wet weather so hat
boats can discharge their cargoes
without damaging their freights.
The fast and elegant Lee. Line
steamer james Lee, in command Of
Captain Stacker Lee, is the regular
mail packet leaving at 5 pm. to-day
for Helena, Friars Point and all way
landings, attending promptly to all
EC. o. d. and other business, and
making close connection at Glendale
with trains on the Mobile and North
western railroad. Captain Lloyd w.
Whitlow presides at the desk and i:
assisted by Platt Rhodes and Arthur
Brown.
The James W. Gaf, in command Of
Captain r, W. Wise, will arrive this
evening with a big trip; and leaves
again tomorrow evening for Cairo,
Louisville, Cincinnati and all princi-
pal way landings, giving through
tickets to all points east at very low
rates. Her accommodations are second
TO none in the line, and her officers
are polite and attentive to the wants Of
their patrons. Captain James Sur
tees presides at the desk, and is
assisted by Harry Galley.
A steamboat case now in the hands
of the local inspectors here, will re-
veal some laws which steamboat off
GERS pay very little attention to,
among which is that the Captain and
pilots should at all times of the night
see that the signal lights are up and
in the proper place designated by law.
The Captain is to see that all licensed
officers on his boat have their certi6-
Gates hung up in the cabin in a con.
spieuous place, also that the Captain
is required to visit the engine room
occasionally to see that no more steam
han the law allowsis carried.
The James Lee met with ll-luck on
her last trip. Wednesday night she
broke her larboard wheel at Rowley's,
stopped and made repairs, then pro-
ceeded OF her voyage, but when at Cat
Island it was broken again and re-
paired. At Commerce her ill-luck
continued, for while she was lying
at the landing putting off freight, the
wind blew her head out, and before
the stage could be hauled up its heavy
weight caused both derricks to break,
throwing one stage and booms over
board, together with a good part oil
the rigging. There was no one hurt
by the accident, and the damage to the
boat will not fall short Of $500. She
came in this morning with a light trip
made some temporary repairs to-day
and will leave at her usual hour this
evening for Helena and Friars Point
Arkansaw Railroad Bends.