The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-16
General River News.


yesterday was S5.S. showing rise OF
0.S in twenty-four hours.
The Wright left for st. Louis at II
a. IN yesterday.
The Sprague, with forty-two pieces
passed down to New Orleans at noon
yesterday. She has several new offi-
GERS this trip. Capt. Walter Carroll
Is succeeded by Capt. Oliver Doud
and John Pierce succeeded George
Clark, John Pierce has been on the
Joseph b. Williams.
Capt Mark Cole is in command Of
the Dick Fowler in place Of Capt. Cri
der who is off on business.
Paepcke went below with one emp
ty yesterday afternoon. Superintend.
ent Smith went down on her.
Mary Michaeis arrived at p. m.
yesterday with two barges of lumber
and one Of logs.
David Neal who Is still at work on
the river bank below Wicklitfe, where
it threatenes to take i'm more of the
NJ. and o. railroad, has built a mum.
Der of facines on the willow bar
above Fillmon with tine expectation
of floating them on the present rise
In the river, but the water is all here
and it is insufficient by several feet.
They are back in the woods and can.
not be gotten to the river proper and
If later rise does not come will have
TO be taken to pieces
Everything is going to St Louis
for the Worlds Fair. The Chalmette
will be the first. She is tempted into
entering the New Orleans and. St
Louis trade on account OF it, The
Queen City and Virginia are spoken
of as being prepared to run from Pitts
burg. The Dick Fowler has bean
mentioned as an excursion possibility
between Evansville and 81 Louis, All
the raft boats above St Louis are
said to have been converted into
excursion boats for the fair
There were about 1872 first class
pilots Of record in 1896. Three hun.
dred and ninetyseyen first class II.
censes were issued in 1908. These
pilots are for western rivers and
range in age from tgenty-one to sey.
enty-fye. There are a number OF this
young ones who have not made repu-
40 In
vice, while II is doubtful il any of the
older ones have retired, as there
seems to be no age limit. Capt Hor-
ace II. Bixby who has the distinction
Of having had Mark Twain for a cub
confesses to seyenty.two and Is in
active service while Mark Is trying
to cheat the grave by taking good
care Of himself in the sunny cline Of
Italy. The active life of pilot, it
would seem, by comparison between
those two men, is more conducive to
long life than the sedentary occupa
ton of an author Pilots last well
Henry Wilbur was on the river in 49,.
Geo Clark is no spring chicken He
was a pilot when the Episcopal rec.
tory was on Sixth street and had a
canoe in a sipe water pond where
Fred Teichman's houses now are
which he was very kind in lending to
boys because it meant swim or wade
every time one got in IT, Harry Par.
ee has been paid $500 per month and
worked all the way down to 800 per
month and is still as good as eyer.
Charles Nichols has run the channel
of the Mississippi river where large
trees are now growing but is still In
the ring. Bill Massie has walked the
roof of Mountain boats in the Miss
ouri river and cleaned mp sl5.000 in
a season, and is now on the Josie go
ing lust the same. The young fell
lows are waiting and in the next hun
dred years will he likely to be needed
They will be old enought by that time
to be trusted In the little glass house
on top. The lady passengers, who are
being entertained in the brilliantly
lighter cabin by the second clerk,
think he Is the whsle thing. little
dreaming that their safety is depend.
ent upon the patriarch in the pilot
honep The law forbids them to in