Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-29
Bonts and BOnrmen.

THE Pacific left Cincinnati Tuesday with load
| of empties.
THE Racket passed Cincinnati for Pittsburg
| Tuesday with q circus on board.
| The Sam Clarke left Louisville Monday with q
tow OF % barges OF coal for Cairo and St. Louis.
WALTON & Co. sent out the Lud Keefer to
| Louisville with ten barges, one boat and one fuel
| fiat
PILOT CHARLEY STEWART arrived at Louisville
Monday from Pittsburg to pilot the W. W.
| O'Neil up the river.
THE Keystone State leaves Cincinnati tonight
| for Wheeling and Pittsburg. Captain 7. s. CAL
| boun IS In command.
THE Mayhower took out the knights Of the Col
| den Eagle last night. description Of the ex-
cursioh will be found in another column.
| THE Iron Duke, with tow of eight barges Of
steel rails and three OF iron, nails and PIttsbure
| manufactures, is due ut st. Louis tomorrow.
| CAPTAIN FRED LIrTRELL, the popular harbor
pilot, of Louisville, and one of the best in the
business, has been appointed master of the new
Pauline.
| day evening from New Orleans with 13 boats, 2
| barges and S fuels. She left at ON early hour
Tuesday morning for Pittsburg.
THE obstruction to the channel by the falling Of
the Wheeling bridge has not been removed. The
destruction is complete and renders navigation
broken up and the craft dropped down one at q
time.
CAPTAIN JOHN C. CRANE. popularity and well
known on the Lower Mississippi and Ohio rivers,
received the appointment as commander Of the
City of Savannah. Monday, at st. Louis, in place
of Captain Theodore Hall. who rendered his resig
nation Saturday.
COMMODORE GIVEN FOWLER is enlarging his
transfer company at Paducah, Ky. He has pur-
chased from Captain James Reed, at Memphis,
nLecar transfer barge ,on wsn ne mas Puf 81. In & nrs
transfer Esther. He has named his purchase
the Cupid.
The Sam Clarke Captain Lee Mexican. OF the
Walton & Company line OF towboats, did big
DAYS work ut Louisville Sunday. She brought
up over the falls 20 empty barEes in one tow took
them to the Pumpkin Patch. where she hitched to
taxing "a barses Of coal She took her load to the
foot OF Broadway, and had her tow all shipped up
at eoGs ~ Susiler e sad for SGick WORK rs ems
titled to the horns.
TIE New Orleans Picdyune. 18th. says: THE
steamer Boaz arrived yesterday from Pittsburg,
dropping 8 tow OF coal at Willow Grove for Faw-
cett sons The number of boats or amount Of
coal could not be ascertained. of the officers
of the steamer stated that instructions had been
neWsnapers with any information whatever about
the tow. Most coal firms are generally anxious
to have their consignment; published s In the daily
Be little more Independent than the majority OF
them.n
CAPTAIN PARIS c. BROWN, by order OF Court,
as assignee of the Marine Railway and Dry Dock
VI,
erty to Captain Sam Conn on his bid, It being
sidered to the best interests of all concerned.
(japtain Coffin Is at present owner OF the CoVing-
ton ways and is an energetic and well-known
boat-builder of well-established reputation, and
nronoses to devote his entire time to the re-es-
tabiishment OF the fame Of Cincinnati asa boat
building center of the West and South: 1t Is un-
derstood that the docks will be sold to New
Orleans parties and that Captain Coffin will aban-
don mis- Coyington yards and sell the same to Cap
tain Alex. Montgomery for coal harbor.-Cin-
cinndtt Enquirer.
FoLL.wiNG is . list OF snags taken out of the
Missouri river between Waverly and Missouri
City, No., by the United States snagboat Charles
X. suter. Captain W. NJ. Patterson. during the
week ending Saturday, May r. under the super
vision of Lieutenant Colonel Charles r. Suter,
Corps Of Engineers. United States Army, Presi-
dent OF the Missouri River Commission: Two at
Thomas Island, IA in Baltimore Bend, 3 in Berlin
Bend at Hughes Landing. in Lexington
Bend at Goodwlns, at Globe Point, below
Camden y in the head Of Camden Bend, . in
Napoleon Bend, in Fire Creek Bend, a In Fish
ing River Bend, at Cogswell's Landing, II in
Jackass Bend, in Little blue Bend, in Mlssouri
City Bend. Total during week, 1873.