Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-06

THE Sam Clark is expected in tonight.
The Jos. Walton is tied up at Louisville.
THE Lizzie Bay will be in from Charleston to.
morrow.
THE Mayaower took out large party OF school
children yesterday.
THE Tom Reese is expected in from Louisville
tonight with large tow.
THE Hudson left Cincinnati last night for here
with large load of passengers.
THE Courier arrived from Wheeling yesterday
morning and departed TIP. M.
THE Sam Clark is expected from Louisville to-
day with large tow of empties.
THE Seven Sons brought three barges loade
with rails from Braddock yesterday.
THE H. N. Bedford arrived last night from
Wheeling and will leave tomorrow.
A. j. SWEENEY SON. OF Wheeling, are build
ing three boats for the Southern trade.
THE Twilight reached Cincinnati yesterday
morning and started on the return trip.
THE Iron Age will probably leave for Cairo
with tow of steel rails at the first high water.
THE Adam Jacobs was the morning packet up
the river, and the j. G. Blaine IN the afternoon.
THE George Atwood has gone down to Wheel
ing to meet the Tom Reese and take some of the
tow.
THE Elaine arrived late from Wheeling yester-
day and left about noon. 1t was intended to hold
it over.
Lock No. Friday night, but got them off
yesterday morning.
CAPTAIN GEORGE b. AMAND died at Louisville
Wednesday night. He was an old-time riverman
and steamboat owner.
THE keystone State will be in from Cincinnati
to-day. 1t will leave tomorrow afternoon, at 4
P. M, in charge OF L. 8. Calhoon and Charles W.
Knox.
j. r. Walton & Co. have completed their con-
tract for supplying the st. Louis Gas Works with
hav mt In he la hal Of a Uaak
ago. The contract called for 0O0 600 bushels. all
of which had to be towed 200 miles up the Missis-
sippi, from Cairo to st. Louis.
United States Local Inspectors Dugan and
Thomas have not been idle during the past six
months ending June 80 They inspected 80 steam
boats and renewed the licenses of 80 oficers 497
the district and out of the large number of pas
sengers carried only two have been lost.-CouTier-
Journal
THE ship building industry Of Cincinnati is now
a thing of the past, and its famous marine ways
after so years. service has been abandoned for
good and all. 1t was these ways that were built
the four famed Mississippi steamers named Nat
chez-two before and two after the war. There
were also constructed on them such well-known
Mississippi and Ohio steamers as the Pixies, Ben
Franklin, Jacob Strader and the great double
decker United states, the America, East Tele-
graph; all the boats OF the Pittsburg, Memphis
and New Orleans lines for nearly half a century
have been built on these ways. OF the original
founders of the old Cincinnati dock there is but
one left-Thomas Sherlock.
ONE of the most handsome and unique boats
that has ever been in these waters was tied up at
the Cincinnati wharfboat yesterday. The beauti-
full little boat called the Olivette arrived from
Cincinnati. 1t is owned by Joseph Dueber Of the
Dueber Watch Case Company. Cincinnati. He
uses the boat for pleasure, and takes his family
and friends for trip on the Ohio quite frequently
The boat was awaiting the arrival of Mr. Dueber
who was expected from Canton during the day.
Cincinnati packets. The boat is handsomely
furnished inside and the exterior is painted in
charge of the boat, and says it makes nine miles
an hour without any effort. Mrs. Dallas, mother
of Mrs. Dueber, and Miss Pauline and Stella and
Joseph and Albert Dueber are taking an excursion
on the boat. 1t will continue to MorganIown and
then return to Cincinnati.