The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-06
GENERAL. NEWS.

BUSINESS dull.
WEATHER warmer.
Story and hal on foot.
RIVER full Of floating ice yesterday.
The Dean Adams lays over on &C.
count of ice,
RECEIPTJ by river yesterday 1877
bales cotton aud J POS sacks seed.
lHE river here stands 10 feet 8
tenths on the gauge, fall Of 4 tenths
the last "a hours.
THE Chsrle5 p. Ohout EAU, De Smt /
and New Mary Houston, due up, will
doubtless be found in port this morn
ig.
THE james w. GafI and Gayoso are
due down for this place and the
Charles Morgan for New Orleans is
likely 60 be in port this morning.
The Rene Macready returned yea
terday morning She found lots Of
ice in st. Francis river and had to
turn back without compile ting her
trip.
A TELEGRAM received yesterday
from the steamer T.. w. Cole reports
ice running very heavy in Arkansas
river, hence tho steamer Joe Peters
will not leave for Pine Bluff this sf-
ternoOn.
WCINCINNATI Times Star, 4lh: THE ice
in the river is abundant and heavy, ald
prevents any movement on the part
Of the packets. II is ssf9 TO predic,
that navigation will be. totally sus-
pended during the la'a1ce OF the
week, barring, perhaps, the departure
of a boat for Memphis and one 70;
New Orleans"
Sr. LOUIS Republican, 4th: "Things
remain about as they have been since
the fretz9 up in the harbor here, and
tho day OF deliverance is apparently
as far distant as Il WAS last week.
Speculation continues rife as to the
probable outcome Of the leo gorge, and
every stoamboatman has theory Of
his own concerning It,"
THE cotton-seed, some 10000 sacks,
which belonged 10 the GreenvilIe Oil
Company, and saved at the time of the
recent fire which consumed the mill,
will be shipped ID Europe. Mr.. Bill
lingslea faI contracted with the Hig.
bee q Jackson transportation Compa-
ny to take them to New Orleans. The
steamer Arthur Lambert and barges
are en- route to Greenville to load the
seed.
MARINE JOURNAL: "The Board OF
Supervising Inspectors of Steam Yes
sells have been in session a week.
They have become familiar with the
duties before them and are getting
through with their work rapidly. Sew
eral amendments TO the rules have
been made and q few devices for use
on steam vessels have been approved.
Rule IL, section 2, relating 70 the loca-
ton of fusible plugs in boilers, has
been amended by striking out the fol.
lowing words where they occur: And
OF lea twelve diameters OF the tube
above lower crown sheet, and said
plug may be placed in the upper head
sheet when deemed advisable by the
local inspett)rs
"SeCtion 20 OF rule 8, relRIingto the
location OF barge ligh's when in tow
of steam vessels, has been repealed, so
as to corr ,rm to q recent decision OF
the United Ststss District Court, which
decides that it ia beyond the compe-
tent authority o. the board Of super
visipg inspectors to establish such
lights. Rule 5, section 3, has been 20
amended that river engineers on high
pressure stG amers will hereafter be
classed as chief and assistant high
pressure engineers, instead Of first and
second engineers, a5 heret fore. Sec
ton II of rule IA, relating to vertical
tubular boilers, has been stricken out.
1t re ads as follows:
"YeItical tubular boilers built after
September l, 1856, shall not be used
on steamers upon any Davigable
waters of the United Siatss) unless
the water line is at least two inches
above the upper end Of the tubes and
FIRE line.' The Hszelton boiler Of
New York, and the Shipman fo Ter OF
Rochester, N. Y, are before the board
for approval; also steam-recording
gauge, which, it is claimed, will record
the steam pressure correctly without