The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-07-22
ION INITIAL TRIP.
The New City Of SaltillO Arrived
Loaded With Passengers
HANDSOME BOAT ENTERS THE
TENNESSEE RIVER TRADE
NEWS OF THE RIVERS.

merry chatter from its passengers, the
City of Saltillo. the new packet Of
the Tennessee River Packet Company. /
arrived from ST, Louis yesterday at
6 a. m. on its initial trip to the Ten
.nessee River, in which trade the boat !
will ply in future making trips TO
st. Louis regularly from that terri
TRY
The steamer was recently built at
Jacksonville, Ind, al a cost of $780,
600 and was made especially for the
st. Louis and Tennessee River trade,
TO operate in connection with the City
of Savannah and City of Memphis,
two boats that have been in the Ten
nessee River trade for some time.
With the City of Saltillo. the Ten
nessee River Packet Company gives
10 ST. Louis three boats in the Ten
lnessee River trade.
1t is a light draft steamer, of j.
006 ton capacity, and is larger than
either the City of Memphis of City
of Savannah. It is equipped with
three massive boilers and has stote-
room accommodation in the number
of fifty eight 1t is also equipped with
the most modern electric light plant,
it being the third of its kind ever
| placed on a steamboat in the Mississ-
/ ippi.
The crew on the City Of saltillo in
cludes Captain H. N. Crane. Clerks S.
Royal. Mates Harry Rodgers. Charles
Harris and Bernard Caragher. Pilots
John Stout and Luther Rowland, Engi
neers RED" Boothman and Tom AL
hson. Stewards Frank gill and P.
IL. Doyle.
At Saltillo. Tenn, the town for
which the steamer was named, the
passengers aud crew win be elabor.
ately entertained. their reception be-
ing in the nature of celebration.
For several weeks the people Of that
little city have been framing pro
gram for the "send off," as they term
it, to be given to the City of Saltillo
4 The stores win close upon the arriv,
al of the steamer and there will be q
celebration throughout the day. The
city officials, business men and citi
Izens generally Will participate. A gift
il also to be presented to the steam
or as token of appreciation.
Among the many round-trip passen
gers who boarded the City of Saltillt
yesterday We're: e. A. Block, Lestei
Hogan, C. b. Smith. A. w. Miller, w
: R. Drueck and wife. T. c. Hogan ant
wife, H. w Bidleman. wife and son
T. J. Evans and wife,C. Fl. Mcclure
and two sons, Edward Caldwell AMI
wife, Mesdames J. A. Baggot. G. Fl
7 Maschmeier. mother and daughter, T
Welge. Clara Ettinger, Frank Tranil
David Morgan, W. H. Sappington AM
G. FL Mcclure: Misses VI. and Z. Al
: tram, A. Mccarthy. NJ. Kuhns. Fl. Sar
per. j.. Baggot, Ida Leonard, Mani
Garraway, Ruth Davis, Rose Watkins
Irene and Belle Evans. Hattie Gridel
MI. Duncan and Misses Putting, Juni
/. Term Pachadag and Schroeder
Captain Saunders A. Fowler ha
! returned from Frankfort, where h
: has been looking at the Warren whic
! he wants for the Paducah and Cair
trade when the river is low. He oil
! tanned a charter for the craft and ma
] put her on the trade any time he d
!. sires. The river il not too low *
/. the Dick Fowler now and the Ware
y win not be put on the trade until
becomes necessary. -Paducah Sun
i River business was decidedly du
81 yesterday, only one boat outside of Il
y Dick Fowler and City of Saltillo pu
= ting in an appearance during the Q
u tire twenty-four hours. 1t was Il
j City of Savannah, which came In fro
u Riverton al $3.50 O'Clock yesterday s
il ternoon and departed for ST, Lou
at o'clock
/. The river yesterday afternoon at
IL O'Clock showed stage of 279 feet
81 a fall of 6 Of foot underAthe ma
81 of the preceding twenty-four hours.
mn
wv Alderman June moved that the
IN port be received and published
MI 4 fourtb WITH tha nrnnpndinuc and