The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-11
General News.


THE Desoto leaves this evening at5o'clock
for Cincinnati.
The Government steamer Patrol is in port
cleaning boilers.
The Lee Line packets go out this after
noon at the usual time.
The W. W. 0'Neil is due here with tow
OF ten empty coal boats, bound for the Ohio
River.
The II. NJ. Hoxic. towing several model
barges, passed up from New Orleans to st.
Louis yesterday morning
TnE snagboat Il. A. Woodruff working
between Cairo and this port, came to the
wharf yesterday to take on stores.
The propeller City of Alma, which has
been moored above the elevator Tor several
days, leaves this morning for ~ 70, where
she will remain during the winter.
THE James Lee'brought in from Arkansas
City yesterday morning llS bales cotton, ~
bags seed cotton, 37S sacks cotton-soed and &
head OF stock. She went back last night
with moderate trip.
THE local inspectors at some ports have q
f. habit, when finding steamers boilers weak,
OF reducing the steam, and at every annual
inspection they continue to cut down the
pressure until some of the boats cannot nayi-
cute up stream. Some complaint has been
made, and inspectors in future will be re-
quircd 10 cross Oft all old boilers
THE'burning of the steamer Barksdale and
the sinking OF the Kate Robbins leaves the
''P' line of the lower coast without any
boats of size 10 handle the business Of that
company. The company owns two small
steamers OF about seventy tons burden, but
they are not large enough for the trade and
are used chiefly in the bayous, bringing cot
ton out TO the larger steamers.
BUSINESS along the bank below Memphis
holds up well, and in fact better than ex.
pccted, but the present indications POINT TO
GRADUAL decrease from now on. The total
cotton receipts by river at Memphis for this
season reach 10000 bales, decrease OF 20
900 bales The Arkansas, White and ST.
Francis Rivers have sent ont 1900 bales
more than last year, and the falling Off is
along the Mississippi proper the yield Of
cotton having been short in the valleys.
Mn. CErH GREGe, Of the Gem City, has lust
returned from st. Paul TO 81. Louis, where
he has been In conference with the men,
beers OF the St. Louis and st. Paul Packet
Company. lie stated that the new 81. Paul
syndicate will take charge Of the line and
property on the 10th inst. There will be
several Improvements in the plans and con.
duct of The new organization, and the bust
ness will be pushed for all there is in IT, lie
gave his opinion that in the organization Of
the new list Of officers and employees very
few changes will be male. II the water is
in good stage next season there will be some
lively times on the upper Mississippi
PuuurRG's prestige rs coal shipping
port II almost gone. Some twenty year, ago
or more, she had the monopoly Of all coal
shipped Ia New Orleans and other Southern
ports. Those were the halcyon DAYS of the
river trade. On every shipment almost the
operators made small fortunes. They had
no competitions a. strive against aud c0nse-
qucDuy could sell coal at good profit The
fluctuations IN prices then were very marked,
but now coalsalls to- low 10 allow OF many
fluctuations. shortly after the war coal
mines were opened in Alabama. and they
proved formidable competitor ~ Ptlsburg
operators II |, said this coal II a. good as
the Pitkbnrg article aud in the New Orleans
markctRt present some grades OF IL COM
mand better prices tlun fittsburg coal.
Later mines imrcus were opened, and both
fields have an advantage over pusburg in
that they are nearer 10 New Orleans and
other points ON the MiIis,ippi. In ad.
diiion to these formidable compotit.
oB there appeared few yean
aguthc kanawha coal. Everybody know.
the advantages knrnwha operators have
over PitisbuV. SIN another competitor
has Appeared. Tho Wheeling Lake Eric u
Piiishurg Coal Company has just been or
glnind. They will open mines along the
Wheeling 4 Lake Erie UNtCn ion, and while
their main point will bc the lake trade. they
will also make Southern shipments. With
all this competition Ia contend AGAINST ID T.
not much wonder pitt.burg operators saw
There !, no money any more Ia the coal
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