The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-30

to conditions above. The stage was
los this morning, rise of . In
the last "a hours. Business al the
wharf was good
The Ryman line will start the
packet Electra in the Evansville
Nashville trade in the near future.
The Electra is the largest boat on
| the Cumberland river and has been
running excursions out of Nashville
this summer.
Several changes are being reported
in river circles among the boats. II
is ssld that Capt Bewley. of the
Dick Fowler. will go IN the Evans
vile trade on the John S. Hopkins.
If Capt. Bew'ey csn succeed in maxi
ing the Evansville packet toe the
schedule mark a he has made the
Dick Fowler, they ought to "give
him a medal for that" Capt r. d.
Crlder. the former captain of the
Dick Fowler, is in the city and it is
rumored that he will go out on the
Electra when that boat enters the
Evansville Nashville trade. Rush
Sherman, second clerk on the Toe
Fowler, will go on the Electra also.
II also is rumored that Capt. Crider
will take his old berth on the Dick
Fowler again. Capt II. c. Gilbert,
who has had charge of the John S.
Hopkins, as superintendent of the
Paducah and Evansville Packet COM
pany, probably will have his hands
full with these duties and that gives
emphasis to the report that a new
captain will go out on the John S.
Hopkins.
The Clyde came out of the Tonnes
see river yesterday with 500 sacks
of peanuts and a good trip in other
kinds of freight. The Clyde will
leave Wednesday evening for the
Tennessee river.
The Buttorff will leave "Wednesday
at noon for Nashville.
A writer in the St Louis Post-Dis-
patch was telling how he was build
ing a gasoline boat that would rum
hundred miles an hour, and gave
as his reason for. making the asser-
ton, that he had Invented a new idea
in the bottom of boat. which would
make the high speed possible. The
idea he was writing about already
has been embodied in the gasoline
boat Capt. Taylor is building at the
dry docks. 1t simply is a concaye
IN the stern which causes the waves
created by the boat to have a down
ward movement for ten or fifteen
feet away from the stern OF the boat.
allowing the boat to get ahead of the
retarding influences of the waves
The speed of a boat is checked by the
action of the waves on the stern.
The handsome pleasure boat Scim-
itar probably will remain in the Ten
nessee river a mile or SO up from the
city. till next spring. Capt. S. A.
Crutchfie,d has charge. The rich St.
Louis owners would like to sell the
steamer.
The Royal left today, after hay
ing her boilers repaired. on the reg
ular trip to Golconda.
Two complete iron towers for
stringing telephone line across the
Tennessee rive: at Aurora are at the
wharfboat to go out on the Clyde. In
stead of running a cable under the
river, these two tower rising 1870
feet in the air. will stretch a Vine
from bank to bank. d
The Georgia Lee will leave Mem
phis this afternoon for Cincinnati.
arriving here Thursday.
The Saltillo will be due out of the
Tennessee river tonight or in the
morning, on the return trip to St.
Louis.
The Joe Fowler arrived today
shortly after noon from Evansville
and left Immediately for the same
point.
The Dunbar and Henry Harley
probably will tie up to the bank here
until there is good water in the up
per Cumberland or the water gets so
low again dn the Ohio that the big
packets must stop
Eight barges for the st. Bernard
Coal company will be repaired at the
dry docks. The Gate City got off
today. The Lizzie Archbold will go
on today or tomorrow.
An Alton, H.. drummer saw some
white oak lumber cut by a Padueah
mill and wanted the address of the
mill to get some for his house,
which builds engines for gasoline
boats.
A Cairo dispatch says: The steam
er Charley Curtin had a short life in
the Cairo and Charlottesville trade.
She was buried Monday at the land
ing just below Charlottesville and is
| a total loss No Darticultrs can he