The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-27
General River News.


The stage Of the river az ! p. m.
yesterday was 227. showing a fail 81
17 ia twenty-four hours
The Dolphin passed UP 70 ST. Louis
with three barges Of logs without
coming mp to the ci.y
Traffic IA the Missouri river Be-
tween s Joseph and Jefferson City
win be resumed for the first line in
about two years in June when the
steamer Kennedy viii enter the trade
She viii depar; from the foot OF
Franklin avenue ON regular trips
A telegram from Carthage Tenn
says
Gasoline boats arc being used on
the upper Cumberland for the purpose
Of Transporting freight, and are prov
ing highly satisfactory Another
feature in the small draught required,
4 boat is in course Of construction
in Nashville which win require an en-
CINE Of twcnty-h0rse power 70 propel
It, yet its draught will be only nine
inches. Connection is made al this
place with the 7 G railroad
Captain r. D. Crider, master of the
steamer Dick Fowler. has returned
from a visit to his family in Louis
vile ana took charge of he boat yes
terday morning. While Ne was gone
Captain Edwards was on the root
a handsome yacht, called tine
Roamer came mp the river yesterday
evening and is tied up at the wharf
foot of Third street She is owned
by Mr.. IT. G Roomc of the New Yorh
Yacht Club. The Roamer is seventy
feet over all, IL feet beam. and feet
draueht
She is a substantially build vessel
has an elegantly furnished cabin 81
feet long. which is divided into pilot
house, forward, and after cabins,
machinery space ami crews quarters
Aft of the pilot house and leading in
to It, is the saloon, which is II feet
long. Here is a folding bed and a
system of couchcs so arranged that
sleeping accommodation in separate
rooms may be had for -four guests.
This saloon is handsomely furnished
and every foot Of space is admirably
utalzcd There are baths and toilet
rooms. hot and cold water, ice boxes.
and rcfrigerators In the yacht The
machinery consists of a globe multi.
pie cylinder gas engine and is so ar
ranged that it can be propelled either
by gas furnished by naphtha or clec-
tricity supplied by three biIo-waus
dynamo.
From the pilot house Capt. Roomc
can reverse the engine or 90 dstcrn
by means of an electric switch. The
yacht is schooner rugged and is sup
piled with sails On the upper deck
there Is bridge and steering appl
atus similar ID that in the pilot house
and there Is also search light of
1900 candle power Tho RoamCr car.
Fics two quarter boats, both Of ma
hogany. ono being fitted with a ono
half horse power motor and the
other the owners gig. 4 small brass
gan is also mounted.
The Yacht ia finished throughout in
mahogany and is as dainty in its de-
tails as laiy's houdcir. Capt
Roome the owner. is accompanied b.
his wife. When TIE Bulletins repre-
sentative boarded the yacht yesterday
evening he was received by Captain
and Mrs. Roome. Tho yacht with its
exquisite furnishings and equipments
and the evidences Of luxury manifest
ed on an Sides give assurances that
its owner must be the possessor IF
ample means.
Capt Boome was in Cairo siy years
ago on the naphtha launch Waikiki
in which he traveTsed nearly all the
rivers and lakes Of this country, as
well as Canada The Bo1mcr is no~
making her first cruise in these
waters. being on her way to New
Yerk by the canals aud lakes she
was launched in 1890 and Capt.
Roome and his wife have made their
home on her since that time
The party on the yacht consists of