New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03
TRAVEL \ PLEASE RE THEN.
REM1NsscrNCEs or THE DAYS OF RIVER
STEAMHOATING.


From I've Kansas city Times.
.Fcw ';eoplc appreciate the fact tina, between
1850 and l,i1 enormous train was ciir "a on "y
and Kansas city" said ". r. Bernard. OF West
port. TIC other day ut wll irp' tny surprise W
wmT ZEN iyyi Gt ' hc!uecn s. Louis and Kanss
CITY am some even as AZ nov rs C%S ,rn;
Il, summer months, went SON mes rs far - the
"Tnos. were great oil days them" continued
Mr. EcrnArd h. hcayod sia IS if ne icsrc;. .d
that they were gone forever. nowadays Pr'p,c
moi make the trip between hcrc and St. louis in
twelve hours. bat in taosc days 4 was H,li
Trayc was truly pleasure ana time WA No. p9r
Ocular object III" packets speak ~ were vcfltl-
bic foaiing palaces. far as he passengers com
i Irc h rs fc four hunJr pnscagcrs ana
ca had hand of music ms ,ynrd On ,,i'''nr1
imagine that such pieSnIo undcr :nc CoiH' i U,c
would be entrancns TnG lt were "G ,by Is t mcTe
those used on the Mississippi ou' 'hcy "c''
How much freight could Ne carried on an average
4 should judge that four hundred tons would be
an average load You sec NJ that tune WcS'i"tt
crn country, even as far down Is Chihut Mun
thrHnE1 rom he asi ~ Way o. s.: Louis Along
the river there wcrc quite numocr oi I'VE, BUSY
hemp t"iacc" and IT, IKE Which now. either
gone ont OF existence or are mere IlllaStS OF ~
mem ry Sihlcy. Of Importance whatever ana
Park lie and Weston are 9f the Sam. sort. GltS-
nent river points ,,,,
What VAS the passenger 'arc charged between
hrrc i nd ST. Lofs. Mr.. Bcrnard ,
From so 10 So one way. Not so very Wuch,
when il is taken into consideration that on the
down trip three days were taken and the paSscil-
gers wcr, fed upon fare ;hat would cost az ieaSt
took four days. The service on th.+1' Is,'kc,
was most excellent. a small army OF trained ser.
wants waited upon the IA les which were iuTnlShr'
with the finest linen and service The 1iaii;y OF t
cooking WAS provprbially good. IN this day OF raa
living / Goubt THAT slch excellent mode N pleas
ant travel would he appreciated Travel tn"n
meant pleasure whereas to-day the oojrI IS large
- to make fast time a,
"W!at has recorne o: all those boats" inquired
the reporter
Il really don't know. Probably sono the way
O, all other Things pcrShuole. @cc 10y TIE InlcrS
that thcy are mining for TIC whisky supposed 20
b. in the null OF tho Old Arabia. which vent DOWN
near ParkYilie. Thn: dssosrs - one IIrn 'hrrc
IS the Twilight winch went Gown near Napoleon
Perhaps thu most serious and shocking fate Whirh
hcfcI Missouri T!Tcr packet was that o' nc
Sauda which blew up n Lexington in ~" s'f'hs
OF lN0 The river MIS- rsir@ rap.iy. and west ~
Lexington there is bend ~ the river, and after
several iurffcctual attempts TO round Il "a" bat
fen back IN! 0ut on fun head Of steam. Only I"
be blown IN. completely destroying II "ni klllng
Two hundred Mornous. VINO were On DER Wa 20
Iricrrn Hence. III. S3f,. perfectly 'nth'' VIZ
blown to tr- 'rcs, OF tho hin. thrcc hln;r"l 2ni
nfty feet away. What Lac rally =. onc ~ al
the boats cannot say. hui these thrr" f,ini ones
furnished the most notable %. packet tram ms
han