The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-21
River News.

II Is rumoreI that Iar- q Smith viii
put on companion bat 10 run On the
same river. connecting with the Worth,
at Melbourne !or Lake Worth.
The hauling OF o, the =. Johns river
the steamers DeBary. A,.;a, Magnolia,
Pastime and Water Lily. has thrown
out cf employment 70 men.
The steamboats, DeBary and Anita viii
probably be charter! By the j.. 7. q h.
". Railroad next winter, 10 nun south
OF p,.latka on the :. johns, On the pop
ular daylight rog.e, beginning in D.
cember next.
The steamer Anita has be-a Temporal
rily chartered, by Capt. Garner, 10 run
between Green Cove Springs and Jack
sonville, until such time a. the steamer
Mana,ee is ready to again renew lis reg
ular Sun on this route.
Tie steamers IL, L. Plant and the city
Of jacksonville, will. by this arrange
mcnt, be run as passenger boats, anu the
Cha,tahoochee. EyeyglaGe and Rosa rs
freight boats, with Welaka as reserve
boat, TO be employed when business de-
mands. She is at pr, sent running, but
is liable to he pulled of al a days notice.
Capt. Brock, la.l commander OF the
steamer DeBary, viii retire temporarily
from the s,camboa, business, as his boat
is now laid up for Il time. Capt. Char
ley" is one of the bg,t known men on
the river, having bycn born OF it, and
the public will very much reare; his abb
scnce for even 4 brief period.
The steamers Chesapeake and the
Queen Of st. John, We're sold in Jack
sonvillc yesterday, a. II o'clock u. M
the latter to John christopher, of the
firm Of Wsightman Il Christopher, for
$4,000. The Chesapeake was BID in by
Mr.. Hall supposed to be the agent Of Mr.
Sweeny. If Pittsburgh, Pa, the party
who put in the machinery in the boat
His claim against the boat was about
Sl2,0oo, but the price he paid for it we
did not learn.
The S. r. a. W. and the j. T. & X. ".
and South Florida railroads, and the
People and the DeBlry.Baya lines of
steamers have entered in,oa traffic ar
rangcment whereby tie business Of all
Of them will. in future, be- conducted in
the interests Of ALL and all under the di-
rcction Of harmonious management,
sharing the profits on a basis satisfactory
to each contracting party. 1t is IA pool
Of earnings. no doubt. or ut least a uni.
form rate Of traffic. We shall probably
soon be advised of an advance in the
charges for carrying freight.
\ stock company has been formed, I'M
der tho laws Of the State Of Florida,
which has purchased the steamer Gov.
Worth cthe boat not long since under
the command q the late Capt, Payne,
and She is to run between Titusyillc and
Melbourne. on the indian river. The
company is composed Of the D., 7. & X.
W. Railroad. j. NJ Lee. Of the Hotel
Everett, and Capt. Patterson, citizen
of South Carolina. The new proprietors
will lower the boiler deck Of the Worth
and build very elegant saloon on her,
and in other ways add necessary repairs
to her, at a large outlay Of money.
The steamers pastimc, Magnolia and
Water Lily are now undergoing repairs
preparatory to their departure for New
York, for which point they will leave on
Thursday Of next week. These steam.
ers, 50 well known t. the travelling pub
lie and the citizens on the the st. Johns,
are probably going away TO be sold.
Capt. Shaw, Of the City of Jacksonville,
or some other trusted office OF the line,
will have charge Of the fleet. During
Capt. Shaw's absence in New York, thu
City Of Jacksonville, will be command
ed by Catr. Walker Lund. an excellent
officer andpopular with everybody on the
river. He is worthy substitute If q
splendid Steamboat man.
The new arrangements mentioned
above for the transfer, suspension and
removal Of the steamers named. may re-
suit in the permanent discontinuance OF
the Office Of the peliary .Baya
line at Jacksonville, and the gen
eral management IN future of the
boats Of the line remaining or
the river pass under the control of the
: ). +. & ". Il. Il. If 80. Capt. II. r
Baya, who is so highly esteemed on til,
river as high-mnded and honorabl,
steamboat man, will he retired from the
line, and the local management he place,
in the hands Of Geo. Cecil, Jr,, the eff
cient and popular assistant manager. Ev
crybody will regret to lose the thor
oughly experienced, husincss.like Ba,a
but if he does 60. Mr. Cecil. Jr.. is the
man who can worthly fill his place.
The Jail.
PMATKA, April 10. SO
Editor ralatka NrwS;