The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-03-29
RIVER RIPPLES


RIVER RIPPLEs
The General Sherman left St Louis on the
10Th.
The steamers Big Horn and Rosebud, at
Yankton, are receiving new boilers.
There is report in Benton that the Mon
tana was recently sunk in the Ohio river,
having collided with barge.
Commodore Coulson, who was in the city
Yesterday bound for st. Paul, says that two
of his boats, the Rose Bud and Big Horn,
will leave Yankton on the 25th for Benton
-Sioup C5ty Joatrnaz.
The river is rising rapidly at this point
and doubtless the increased volume OF water
will soon take the ice out below. The indi-
cations are very favorable for the early ar
rival of boats, probably by the Goth OF April.
Captain Grant Marsh got in yesterday
from ST. Louis. He says that his new boat,
the J. W. Behen, is now on her way from
New Orleans to ST. Louis that she will
stop at the latter landing to have her cabin
enlarged, and leave for the upper Missouri
early in April.-Sioua City Journal
St. Paul Pioneer Press, II "Mr. T. c.
Power, of Helena, NJ. T., proprietor of the
Fort Benton line Of steamers, was in st.
Paul Yesterday. He states that the river at
Fort Benton is now about open. Last year
it was open by February 2ad, and in 1880
on March l. The river there is generally
Louis, when that port has hard winter
freeze It is difficult to prophesy as to the
time when the ice at Bismarck will be out
Montana is prospering. Steamboat business
will probably increase so per cent, this year
over the business uI last year.
The Chief Quartermaster recommend s
that the Government riverstransportation con-
tract from Yankton to Bismarck be given to
John g. Charles, of Sioux City F; from Bis
, marck to Benton to T. G. Power and that
, no contract be made for the combined ser.
vice on the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers
from Glendive to Benton, as the route is ex
|
H. Charles is superintendent of the Bentor
'.P" Line and as he has the contract from
Yankton to Bismarck, and T. G. Power
from the latter point to Benton, the Benton
, Line has the entire Government business
from Yankton to this city. We are pleased
g that the award has been made in this way al
4 no Line is more thoroughly identified wit1
I our town than the old reliable Benton s'P.
A Tribune reporter, seconded by Captain
Jas. A. Emmons, rounded up" Capt Johr
Lemons yesterday, and forced him into AZ
interview. The Captain entertains holy
aversion Of newspaper interview, and as {
nat lral consequence the more he tried tt
; say nothing the more information and his
torical facts he leaked. The first impression
he made on this reporters mind was that all
river heroes were not wrapped IL broaucloth
he was never guilty of wearing it. The
Captain began his steamboat experience in
1897. He brought the VIM. Beard, the first
steamboat that came up the Missouri river,
to Fort Benton. That was less than thirty
years ago. lHc Hlst steatn niggeI tnat
was used on the boats was brought out by
Captain Lemons. This improvement was
first used on the steamer Pittsburg, and the
little hoisting apparatus employed in lifting
spars was invented by him. These are mat
ters of history and should entitle the old man
| to pension. His race with = sinking steam
| boat-that is his efforts to reach the hurri-
cane deck against the crafts efforts to reach
the bottom of the Ohio river, was an exciting
| episode In his eventful career. He got there
however, and saved forty women and child
rem. Yet he has never been known to for
tune and to fame until now-Btsmarck
Tribune.