The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-12-04
NO BLOOD YET.

The River Steamboat war stiii i$aS SeS
Florida Herald.
The recent dramatic incident OF the
cutting loose of the Fannie Dugan from
the Florida Railway and Navigation
dock is still fresh in the minds of our cit
liens. When that steamer was towed
away bv the Rosa, Monday evening, ey-
erybody was on the 'qui vive' to see
what the DeBary- -Baya company was 60
to do, and further developments were
eagerly looked for The public did not
have long to wait as the following facts
will show. To make the story plain, the
situation is this:
The F. r. & N. system is supporting
the new Tourist and Shippers line OF
boats at the Jacksonville terminus of
the river, while the South Florida rail
road is supporting the DeBary Baya and
Peoples lines Of steamers at the Sanford
end of the river.
Last season the Chesapeake was the on
ly independent boat, but this year the
Queen, the Belle and Hancox have join
ed her, and these boats make what is
known as the Tourists and Shippers line.
To protect its allies and shut off the
Chesapeake, the South Florida railroad
refused to let the Chesapeake land at
their dock at Sanford and they will prob
ably pursue this course with all these
other boats.
Considerable feeling al along the riv-
er is exhibited, some favoring the new
line and others the old. In legitimate
effort to shut off this new line at Jack
sonville, Manager Baya sried to rent tho
f. r. s. N. wharf, at the foot Of Hogan
street, but, as every reader Of the Herald
knows, the new line succeeded finally m
securing the prize, and this wharf is now
used by the boats of the company. This
was the situation on Monday last. Az
ter the Fannie Dugan was towed away,
the Belle of the Coast came to the Hog-
an street wharf and took on n good load
of passengers; she was followed by the
steamer Plant, which belongs 10 the PeO-
pies limo and which is in alliance with
the DeBary Baya folks. All the way
up the river, to Sanford, nothing
Of interest took place. In the mean
while, the news of the Fannie Dugan af-
fair had got wind abroad, and at DeLand
landing preparations were made TO retail
late on the Belle when she came down.
This was natulal, as the owner of the
wharf, Mr.. Bond, is a Peoples line man.
Yesterday afternoon the two steamers,
Belle and Plant, came down the river
close together, the Belle being little in
the lead. Arriving at.the wharf first,
the Bellies people threw their lines on
the wharf, but they were told that they
could not land their boat there, and the
lines were thrown back into the water.
The line was then thrown again on the
wharf, and it was again thrown back,
and the boats crew told that they would
not be permitted to land.
All this time the Plant was in mid
stream waiting for a chance to get at the
Jacksonville end of the dock. This end
was very necessary for the Belle to hold,
as the stream would send her across the
river should she make fast to the Sand
ford end of the wharf. Finding that the
shore people were determined not to let
her make fast, big negro pilot Of the
Belle, who is a regular Hercules, was or
1,-nl ~, aeID x.-ftI, Tho limo uTI
he proceeded to throw it around the pill
ing. The agent and several others tried
to stop him, but the black wouldn't give
IN, Notwithstanding the agent, MI. Dair,
got an iron sash-weight and threatened
to use it. By this time everybody 5
blood was up on both sides, and gener-
al war was feared. However, no fight
ing was done, although everybody talk
ed ''pretty big" The boat then got its
freight and passengers and cast loose,
the shore folks swearing that she should
not land at that wharf again, and Capt
Woods saying that he intended to do SC
as usual. The Plant then got into the
wharf and followed the Belle to Astor
There was no trouble here, aud boil
boats then came to Jacksonville il
peace.
This affair was the all-absorbing topic
in steamboat circles this morning, ant
further developments are sure to follow
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