Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-02
TO THE SUNNY SOUTH:
The Gen. Barnard's Recent Trip Down the
River.

The Gen. Barnard's Recent Trip Down the
Capt. c. w. Durham's steamer.
Gen. Barnard, which cleared for the
north yesterday morning, has re-
Gently returned from trip down the
Mississippi to New Orleans. The
boat took members of the Mississippi
river commission on tour of inspec-
ton and left on the trip down river
about the 1st of May. The New Or
leans Picayune gives an account Of
the trip from which the following is
taken:
The steam hip Gen. Barnard, bear
ing mem bers of the Mississippi river
commission, arrived Yesterday even
ing and tied up at the head of Poy-
dras street. Heretofore, the commits
sioners in making their annual tours
of inspection down the river, have
| mad the United Seates steamship
N ssissippi to convey them, but the
Mississippi was burned last year.
and the Gen. Barnard which is used
as snag boat on the upper river
was borrowed. The Barnard left st.
Louis last Saturday, thus making the
trip hither in six dogs, an incredible
short time considering fhe stopovers
that were made at various points be-
tween here and st. Louis. Capt.
David Upton had charge of the boat
on its trip. and will leave today for
St. Paul, Mimi, while the memb ers
of the commission, most of them.
left by rail last night for their sew
eral homes.
Members of the Commission.
Members of the commission who
came down in the General Barnard
are: Gen. G. b. Comstock. of New
York. who is president of the body;
Judge Il, :. Taylor. of Fort Wayne,
Ind; Prof. Henry l.. Whiting, OF
Massachusetts,; Maj. Harrod, of New
Orleans; Col. Charles r. Suter and
Col. Henry Fladd, of st. Louis, and
Capt. Carl +. Palfrey, of St. Louis,
who is the secretary of the commits
ion.
They all report pleasant trip,
and express some regrets at not be-
ing permitted to remain longer in
the city.
Capt. Mills. of the United States
engineers office, of this city, Joined
the commissioners at St. Louis and
came with them here, thereby being
afforded an opportunity of inspect
ing the condition of the levees IN his
district. At Cairo, Capt. :. w.
Roessles, who is the United States
engineer in charge of the First and
Second levee districts, Joined the
party and remained with them until
they reached Memphis, at which
point ends his. supervision. Capt.
c. McTownscnd, of the Third levee
district. Joined the party at Mem
phis and got off at Nicksburg. the
end OF his district. while the remain
der of the party. together with Capt.
Mills. vOyaged on to this city.
BY this arrangement each engineer
OF the four United States levee dis
tricts. accompanied the commission
er upon the inspection of the work
done during the past year in each of
their districts, and also were beneli-
ciariaries of many valuable sugges-
tions from the superior commission
ers as to the ensuing years work.
During the trip several sessions of
the commissioners were held, at
which the engineers of the districts
reported the condition of their work.
and offered suggestions a to the nee
essary funds they would need during
the ensuing year. None of these re-
ports. however, will be made public
until they have been gotten together
by General Comstock, president of
the commission, and placed before
the secretary of war.