The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-03
GENERAL NEWS
BUSINESS lair.
WEATHER clelr and pie asant.

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WEATHER clelr and pleas
The Joe Peters departed last even
ing for Arkansas river with fair trip.
TIE river here stands feet on the
gauge, rise of 2 tepth5 in the last "a
hours.
RECEIPTS by river yesterday: 776
bales OF cotton, rs bays of seed cotton
ard 420l sacks Of seed.
THE government steamer Mime
tonka is due today rom Chester, with
seven barges Of rock for this port.
THE United S!a ss snag boat J. n.
Macomb started south yesterday. She
will work as far down as Vicksburg
and clean up on her way back.
The Ed Foster arrived yesterday
morning from Scanlaus landing with
81 bales of co ton, 2S bags of seed cot
ton, 1868 sacks of seed, and cleared
yesterday afternoon for the upper
bends.
THE Chesapeake arrived this morn
ing from Tiptonville, with 1856 bales
cotton, As bags seed cotton, 1881 sacks
seed, 20 sacks corn, lot sundries and
returned last evening with good
"trip.
THE VicksburR Commercials Herald of
Tuesday Gays: The Helena passed
down at IL o'clock am. yesterday
without landing, Her guards were
touching the wafer, with eight tiers of
cotton. John Smyth, Louisiana State
engineer, was in the city yesterday,
having completed the work of stalking
out the new levee to be built at Reds,
in the lower portion Of Madison
parish, and under contract to Geo.
Arnold 4 Co.,, of Memphis, Tenn.
The lsvee will be 5000 feet long with
an average height Of twelve feet, con-
tanning 10000 cubic yards Of earth.
work.
A CAIRO special to the st. Louis
Globe Democrat says it is several years
eince shippers end travellers by river
have experienced such a dearth of
steamboats, as now reigns in all trades
The low water has closed out nearly
all the packets above here on the
Ohio, the Gus Fowler, the invincible,
being the last to sucCumb to the in
evitable. The Anchor Line does not |
fnd it profitable to drag their fine
Vicksbnrg packets over the shoal
water, and have bean sending but one
boat per week lat Ely, at last going to
the bank completely and chartering
lighter packets to take care OF the
trade. One Anchor boat per week
Tor New Orleans, leaving st. Louis
every Saturday, 10 now the programme,
and it is not improbable light outside
Jtsrn-wheel boats will have to be pro-
cured instead If the water falls much
more. As long as the Anchor Line
were not obliged to tow barges below
Cairo they were able to run their
boats with regularity, but the low
stages between here and Memphis,
ess really than to st. Louis, has COM
,elled them to take barges to Helena,
,ntailing an expense which the pre-
railing rates do not Justify. The spec.
acle Of all bars which have been
by the River Commission
developing more water than is found
m other bars will probably have the
fleet of slrangling the cIoskers who
AVE been in the habit OF crying down
he River Commiss on, and result in
more gene al system OF improvement
han has been the case heretofore.
aid we'll known engineer today: IF
be bars between ST. Louis and Cairo,
which are now go troublesome and en-
ail such great expense upon steam
oat owners, had received the same
ttention from the government that
Iorse Tail, Bulletin and Lake Provi-
ence have received, boats would now
9 plying between st. Louis and
'icksburg, drawing not less than 7
'et and towing no barges." In spite,
owever, of the condition of the river,
lere has been no delay of freight
ere. The Mississippi Valley Barge !
ompany have done woman service y
| keeping the New Orleans business
cared up, while the steamboats, have
cen able to keep the way shippers
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