The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-16
p. Fl. SMYTH, Observer
General River News.

The stage of the river at p III,
Yesterday was 49,. showing fall OF
80 in twenty-four hours.
The Dick Fowler caught her fore
loot on one of the railroad tracks at
Grookport yesterday morning and
could not back off She hailed the
Cowlng and with her assistance she
came out. but brought about fifty feet
1f the track with her,
The Barrett arrived yesterday af
5ernoon with three fuel flats and the
Jedette.
The tug Keller passed to Mound
1ity yesterday afternoon She has
)een towing logs from Wickliffe to
Norfolk for week.
Capt. Farnsley. of the Barrett was
ashore yesterday afternoon. He IS
something of wag. Several years
go he was one Of the pilots on the
second Hudson, in the St. Louis and
Paducah trade. ]. f. Ellison, who
has become prominent in the Pitts
Iurg and Cincinnati line, was her
,aptain, In backing out OF landing
IN Devils island, she struck a log
and broke off one OF her rudders. Al
.er the wreck was cleared away and
he boat got under way, Capt Ellison
vent up into the pilot house and said:
Frank, do think we can get up to s.
Louis with three rudders?" u recN-
IN we can, captain, | saw the City OF
st. Louis going along very well with
me down below Cape Girardeau.
Wouldn't it be good thing for a
IDIOT on packet boat, when he
comes up with a towboat with a heay-
ly laden tow, to reflect moment
and ask himself the question, Is
me golden rule worth anything It
$ not every pilot who can have l.
lerth on a high flyer packet boat, and
hose so fortunate should consider
the other fellow and slow up. There
are cases where RATS have been brok
en- and logs lost by the swclls Of
steamboats, passing them. Other
cases where a little boat loaded down
with corn narrowly escaped sinking
from the swells of packet BOAT and
the corn was wet All the little fish
nave had experience in this line
In speaking OF the publication re-
gardng the through line between
Memphis, Cincinnati, St Louis and
as far south as Vicksburg, Capt. Rob
ert 4. Lee, who has the management
81 the Lee line steamers and is presi-
dent OF the company operating the
nine boats out of here. said the new
arrangement meant that shippers
couid send goods on a through bill OF
lading. by river. from Pittsburg TO
Nicksburg: from Pittsburg or St
Louis or Cairo, or st Louis 10 Pitts
burg. or ST. Louis to Vicksburg. Capt
Lee spent several days in Cincinnati
recently and while there perfected
the traffic arrangements for his boats
" HtAh Will tbHuEtA NiiRNA WIN Atbf7'
Of the Pttsburg and Cincinnati Pack
ct company, which will give all the
shippers who use the river a chance
&c send their freight through TO
Nicksburg. At this point connections
may be made with boats to New Or
leans, but with this Capt. Lee has
nothing to DO The same arrange
ments for freight and passengers
have been perfected from St Louis
10 Cincinnati and Pittsburg and re-
turn While the Lee line steamers
will operate in conjunction and make
through rate and billing, their boats
remain independent, as heretofore
All parties will reap equal benefits
from the new arrangements. and Il
Is believed that il will he a good bus
iLess deal for owners of tine boats
and shippers -CommercialAppeal.
o. r. Smith returned yesterday
from Florida. where ne spent the win
ter in the neighborhood of Puntogor-
la He put his time in fishing as be
did here last summer. but caught biz.