The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-03-25
Mr. J. B. Lord is to Locate a Big Plant
in the South
Many Thousand Ties Hardened in a Few
Hours Tine BY the
Process
MINOR NEWS OF THE RIVERS TODAY,

Iit company Is enrOuto sOuth W ioo
mp q location for tie preserving plant
He has settled location at Carbon
dale If the railroad will.fx up tn
grounds for the company. The loca
ton means a great deal for the rail
road, as twill secure a great deal o
business with the company in thi
way. Another plant will probably b
located near Yszoo City, Miss, and
he is on his way to that place row t.
look over the land. He will probably
come to Paducah on his return trip.
These plants are built to season ties.
Large cylinders are secured, and into
these are placed the black oak ties
and all ties of soft wood. All the
air is pumped out after the ties have
been placed in, and q solution of
metals and water poured in and COM
pressed air pressure administered.
The air forces the solution into the
ties and makes their life over twice ss
long.
The plants can treat $4,000 ties
every eleven hours. II is Q big in
dustry and means much for . city.
The prospects for boat building at
Towards during the approaching sum-
mer and fall seasons were never more
fiattering than now. Many old boats
are wearing out. and new ones will
have TO be built to take their places,
new trades are being estab lished and
the river business generally is increas-
ing, thereby creating demand in the
near future for more boats to look
after the business. Captain Rogers
new Tennessee river packet and the
Stack Lee are well under way. The
work onICaptain Halliday s steel ferry
boat is being pushed forward rapidly.
Other contracts are in sight, and How
ard will have lots to DO for some time
to come.
Captain Charles August Franiz is
probably the youngest steamboat cap
tain on the Ohio river. He is 20 years
old. and has been captain of the H.
X. Bedford, plying between Wheeling
and Petersburg, for the past eighteen
months. He first went on the boat as
cabin boy, with his father, who is
both steward and proprietor of the
boat, and was afterwards made clerk,
and finally captain. He was born in
Darlington, o., October 8, 1879, but
his home is now In Marietta. He
neither smokes. chews nor drinks. He
was educated at Scio college.
The steamer Pavonis. of the Aver
Lord feet, will arrive out of Ten.
nessee river on the morning Of the
9th, and will leave on the morning
of the 2sth for Pittsburg battle
grounds, with DR.. johnson, of Chi
oAgo, and family aboard on q pleas
ure trip. DIR. johnson is the son-in-
law of Mr.. E. Aver, Of the tie firm,
and it will be his first trip on tow
boat. The boat will make a tow, and
the gentleman and his family will get
q taste OF real river life.
The work on the Paduoah Dry
Docks has slaokened up, and the men
are busy repairing the docks today.
More work is expected as the weather
is now favorable. and the superintend-
ent, Mr.. Young Taylor, has several
contracts under consideration.
The |. o. X. was tied up yesterday
afternoon late by Deputy Marshal
Saunders on claim of sS5 for wages,
fled by ]. W. Peck. The boat is in
charge here of John Briant. The case
will be heard this afternoon before
Commissioner Gardner.
Observations taken at Z a. m.
River, 30. feet ON the gauge, tau o.
1.5 in last twenty-four hours. Wind
southeast, Light breeze. Weather
part cloudy anu warm. Temperature
"a. Pell, Observer.
The New South leaves for Cairo
Memphis, vicksburg, New Orlean
and all Mississippi river landings oil
the Both inst. She is the only side
wheel boat in the trade.
The towboats Inverness and Duff,
of the Aver and Lord feet will arriv
out Of Cumberland river the latte
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