The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
General River News.

The stage of the river at 4 p M
Yesterday was 243 showing a rise al
as in twenty four hours
The CITY Of Memphis passed 70 "a
Louis sunday morning with big trip
She had more paaput5 for worlds fan
consumption this summer She had
thirty negro rouster5 at $40 per month
Annie Russell got away for 81
Louis at II a. m sunday
Rees Lee got away for NJ mphis at
q. M yesterday
The Beaver arrived from the One
Sunday night and laid IN
The Rocckeler arrived from below
with pulp wood at m. She g1
below with empties today
Mary MiacheI5 LETT for Bariicld With
hree cmpties
The Joseph p Williams passed AT
.l:45 p. m. yesterday with coal Her
skin came ASHORE for the mail ana 6
supply of Wheeling stogcs Tor her
officers Am the toSboat men Of the
Ohio smoke atogies. She landed at
Norfolk at p. M
The James Moran passed mp the
Ohio with empti yesterday m1rnIna
The Exporter landed at East Cairo
bound up with empjies. yosterda,
afternoon to clean boilers.
Sam Watson has resigned az nigh
clerk of the Pacific and been succeed
ed BY Walter Pierce
There is again no steamboat Goa
+ al Paducah, and local tie boats ar'
/ compelled to come to Cairo for a sup
ply. A tow OF coal was expected from
the Tradewater mines, but the en-
zine al the mine has broken and /
will be three or four days before Goa
can BE- had from there The St Ber
nard Coal company is having troubl'
in getting the Illinois Central to brnl
/ lis coal to Paducah There are sever
Al carloads b tween there and tn
mines. Relief is expected early neg
Ecok
A committee Of negro roustcrs ca
led on Capt. Lcyhc AT 81 Louis an
| axur ssed Willingness togo To wor
but the captain said his boats wer
/ fully manned Mates do not tab
kindly 20 the white rouster The vi
llneness with which he does his WORT
and his failure To understand TIA
of his glory and makes his big CRU
voice unnecessary Mark Twain say
that an ordinary individual who wal
ted plan, moved. would say. Nov
that plank over. mate would say
Move over that plank move tn.
plank over move il ford ford with
ford with It ford ford ford
Engineers. it would 50 M, OF a
men next to pilots. would have enon9
ambition ana purpose > be at y
ton to be interested 3hile on q
watch. There is in H. ir hands
great responsibility and an ever pre-
ent possibility 81 accident from mm
sources. The breaking Of key mig
cause a wreck. aud the water supp
mat be in proportion - the 2 nef
ton Of steam There Is no pl1
where more constant watcAtulncsa
required Misunderstanding these fac
there are cases Wh re They Ia
aroWn Old On their Jobs and let n
dom and even gone to sleep
watch. They nave been known
while away the busy hours Of wat
reading. aud in 9th r diversion
There could be no weary hours IN
watch Of an engineer who mad
heart and mind in his work. Stea
BOATS have other things beside
rous er problem 70 cont nd with. !
difficulty g. often from the roof
ihe nMon. old on their jobs
theuched in the "Gattering unctlt
jh4. there are mono better 10 ~ b
70 Is the dry rot Of indifference whI
parIlyzes efficiency ami cheats
management Of expected results.
is So subtle and inyidious that
work e. not always apparent at
time. but is shown in general 81
ming ap Can it be in the passing
= the great boats FROM the river
best Steamboat men have also g.
ii Is true mat many engineers lofH
y ~ on the river. are now in hotels,
* plants, electric plants and brewerl