The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-02-21


the river from East cairo yesteria
afternoon, and after a hard fight 60
within fifty yeards OF the wharfboat
but had to give up and work their wa.
back When they got out Of the ie
the were below the H. & o incline
Yesterday at 3 a. m fue
barge half loaded, lying oustide tn,
barge Arkansas City, loaded wi,h log
al thc coal dump. was broken loos,
by the lee Tine Arkansas City. helm,
exposed 10 the ice was soon cut down
while another baig loaded with lJe
iyine inside 81 her. went adrilt IA,
thcseus caught the j0o hargas an,
landed the log harges below tho Isl.
Four incline and the fuel barge un1el
The Clark at the point The two los
hargas We're brought here by the Polar
Wave bound 20 ST Louis, her the river
being too low, the bargos were turned
over TO the coal company To care for
on December "a. The smken barge IS
the hull OF the Old Anchor line steamer
. Arkansas CRY, which was destroyed in
the cyclone at St Louis tn 1896. The
logs We're all hardwood and quite yam
able Mir Redman thinks she can he
raised when the logs are gotten Of
The hargcs and logs belong TO Captain
l-iehke al $ Louis Captain Scno
yadjes al thc Josie, which is lyine
ai Eas Cain, Win another barge 81
laes belonging "a Captain liehEe, cane
over Yesterday ana met Captain
LcihGc's son, who came down from 81
Louis TO look after the matter
Two hargas OF wood We're broken
loose from The Big -Four incline yeslc,-
day morning about O'Clock but caught
and .3ndca andtr Nj, : q incline a,
East Cairo
Captain Oscar Barrett lett on the
Jron Mountain yesterday afternoon FOR
san Antonio, Tex.
The ice situation was worse yester.
day morning than the day before The
qnanti,y OF new ice had greatly in.
creased, while TIE old ice vas much
heavier in the OHIO The Mississippi
was putting out as much as the water
could carry 81 very heavy ice The
transfer boats went 10 Birds Point in
the morning, nut after WORKING an
momlug were unablc 20 transfer cars
The Pacific brought the Cotton Belt
3nd lroa Mountain Passengers. mail
ana express over and took back, in
The afternoon, tyom thc ehdrlhoat
There was 40 truth IN me rumor
freely circulated ON the layee
yesterday morning. thar the transfer
oat Pacific which was lying Glow the
wharftoat was struck by the barge
which broke loose from the dump
The Ferd Herold he'd no difficulty
Oh her way mp till she reached HEX
man she had a hard push around The
roct rect az Hickman, where tae lcc
filled the river, but got ND 60 ColHmhu;
about I m yesterday AT this point
the river Is quite narrow with an eddy
Oh either side. The quantity Of ice &C..
ms down the river had % push and
crowd. lie a gallery crowd to &C.
through the narow place Tire Harold
made several efforts to push up
through H. but was unsuccessful, and
dropped under tho point at Columbus
and laid mp The captain telephoned
Mr Sam Halliday that he W0ad maize
another effort this morning She
sent her passengers to Cairo by rail
With the arrival OF the Sprague at
East Cairo yesterday, we have five
boats Ice bound in this harbof while
tAe local tow boats are below waiting
on ice They all have full crews and
stcaom up while The Herold is ice
bound al Columbus VITA thirty rolst
ers drawing $40 per month
The sprague came through the
bridge yesterday morning with Goa
tow Of forty-seyen pieces, nearly all
coal boats. She landed at East Cairo
and viii remain till ice Trims out
Colonel win s. Hayes. the poet and
river editor Of the Louisville Courier.
journal is a guest Of the boat for the
round trip to New Orleans Some
time since the JcolnG suffered
slight stroke Of paralysis and IS max
ms this "trip for rest The sprague
excitaa a lively interest whenever she
Is seen. being the largest and mpst
powerful t0wboat ever built for the
western rivers. She IS larger than
the Ajax which was the largest Of
her time, but a failure, just as the
Great Eastern was a failure while
larger boats the Oceanic for iu
stance are now a SAGE SIS on the
ocean. So The Sprague Is a success
ON the river This is doubtless cue To
.ha development Of steamboat men
and greater push in the management
The SpragHe is built Of steel, her
cabin bukheads, roof and pilot-h0use
alone being built Ut wood Walter
Clark and Horny Nye pilots II the
spirit Of some long since departed
pilot should have come UP ;he river
last night and seen her display Of
electric lights ne would have sail;
They have bulls a large city on the
east side since { was IN th flesh
Du ho Ohio river
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