The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-11-28

Mt. Carmel .....11.2 Ia fall
Nashville ..,..15.s 4.6 fall
Pittsburg o.. ..... 81 O.6 fall
Davis Island Dam-missing.
St. Louis ........ 90 49,. std
Mt. Vernon .2S.6 0.6 fall
Paducah =. ...... 32.4 o. fall
The first fall since the 18th was
registered on the gauge this morn
ing. The river fell 4 in the last "a
hours. the stage being 324. Bust
ness at the wharf was quiet this
morning.
Annual wintering of Mississippi
river boats In Paducah's harbor be-
gan yesterday afternoon with the ar
rival of the Cape Girardeau from St
Louis. Captain Joseph McCulloch
piloted the Cape Girardeau to this
city and IL will be tied up a little
above the mouth OF the Tennessee
river. Later on, other boats Of the
Leyhe line which run between St.
Louis and points on the Mississippi
and Illinois rivers, Will arrive to har-
Dor here while the Mississippi Is
flied with ice Among them will be
the Bald Eagle, Spread Eagle and
Grey Eagle. Repairs will be made
to the boats while here.
The Ohio river packets usually do
not stop on account of the ice, ,but
the towboats come here to the mouth
of the Tennessee river in winter
Comparatively few of them stay in
the Ducks Nest" which is below
the spot where the Leyhe line har-
bors. The Illinois Central transfer
boats. Osborn and De Koven. are
tied up there gradually rotting away. |
The City of Memphis could not be
gotten ready in time to leave this
evening in the Clyde's place. Re
pairs to the machinery and new
coat of paint will be made to the
Memphis As the river is too high
for the Clyde to be taken out on the
ways, the delay will not be important.
The Clyde came back from Joppa at
S O'Clock this morning and will leave
this evening at O'Clock for the Ten
nessee river.
The Saltillo passed out yesterday
afternoon with the biggest trip that
boat has had In months. Some OF
the items of freight were: 5.077
sacks of peanuts; 100. 600 feet OF
$50 bales OF cotton. aad
425 sacks of cotton seed. The little
freight received was consigned to
st. Louis.
The George Cowling resumed the
Metropolis-Paducahl trips this morn
ing.
The Buttorff arrived this morning
from Clarksville and left at noon
for Nashville.
For the first time in weeks. the
John S. Hopkins Capt. L. w. Bew-
ley in command, left on time for Ev-
ansvil.e, yesterday morning at al
O'Clock. Capt. Bewley says he is GO
ing to keep on time now The Joe
Fowler was today's Evansville packet.
The Inverness of the Ayer-Lord |
feet is tied up for repairs The new
shaft on the Castalla was put in place
today NO..
Bllndtold stranger and take him |
down to the Paducah Ice company's
plant on First street, take the band
age off his eyes. and he might sup
pose that he was in Holland Ere
quently men. wearing great wooden
shoes like the kind worn by Holland
ers. may be seen walking around the
These shoes are to keep
the feet from freezing in the ice-cold
plant.
The MILFORD arrived yesterday
from the Ohio river with a tow of
coal.
The Dick Fowler had light trip
10 Cairo this morning.
Captain Taylor at the dry docks
says he is going TO take all the news
paper men out on his new gasoline
launch when it is completed. and in
that way expects to get favorable
press notices of HIS boat. II will he