The Paducah sun., 1906-03-19

and last night.
The wharf was n busy place this
morning between s and 3 O'clock
The Dick Fowler. the Joe Fowler the
Peters Lee, and the City of Savannah
were all receiving and discharging
freight at rhe same time and the
scene was one to make glad the heart
OF the old-tfme river mantle men
who can remember when such scenes
at the local wharf We're the rule in
stead of an exception.
The Dick Fowler cleared for Calro
on time wi5h a good trip today. The
Joe Fowler was the Evansville pack
ct.
The Buttorff in from Nashville. left
for Clarksvi,le, today. .is
The City of Savannah from st.
Louis for the Tennessee river passed
up at this morning. She had big
trip and was towing barge.
The Saitillo came out OF the Ten,
nessee today bound for st. Louis.
with a good freight trip.
The Peters Lee was late in getting
in this trip from Cincinnati She had
trouble getting labor. which delayed
her. She got away, however, this
morning. and had fair trip.
The Martha Hennon passed up
the Tennessee river today for a tow.
The Inverness arrived from the
Cumberland today. She will be Ia
spected tomorrow by Inspectors Me-
Donald and Green of Nashville. and
leave for the Tennessee. river.
The towboat Henry Lowry was let
off the Queen City ways at Cancln.
rcei. When the vessel hit the water
the hog chain broke again and the
boat had to be pulled back for the
same fault which lahded her on the
docks before. ~
Three tows of coal will be started
South from Phtsburg. the Raymond
HOrner, w. w. O'No1 and the Iron
Age being assigned to take down
sixty-five barges ard four modola
Some people here mistaken idea
that the river business rs falling od
and that IT Will run 10 seed" before
many years; thtt the railroads are
killing it, This Is a. mistake. The
business Is improving. right along as
trade increases. There are more
boats running on the Ohio river and
its tributaries today than have been
runr.ng for years and more boats
are being built Yea may not hnve
as many big. fine hoats aud hong
trades that you had before the duys
OF rs.ircadJ0g. but YOU have more
beats in short trades than was ever
| known. and an of them busy. The
Pi5tsburg and CiDclunaid bo9ts have
all the business they can hrapdle, and
traffic increasing all the time There
Will never be time whap.th boats
will be thing of the I5Yt f1r 80
long as there VIII be busflness there
wli be boats. and ra'fC-al3 cspnct
hurt them. River rates OF freight
ard transportation are chesper tbaq
railroads and always WIN be. Steam-
boating is not waning. but en- the
other hand, is improving Courier
Journal.
A Washington Dispatch says:
Chairman Burton Gays there will be
no river and harbor bIl introduced
during the session of congress and
no special legislation of appropria-
tions whatever pertaining to river
and harbor improvements.
VIM. Robinson better known as
scottbe, an old river man about 10
years of age. was found dead at Cairo
In a cellar On Sixth street. Robin
son went TO Cairo during the war.
For several years he had charge of a
feet of barges thefe He was a
hard working and honest Scotch
| lldul. us uCtlu NdS Uhc W h'hi I
trouble. He has no relatives In this
country.
Capt Harry Burgess, United States
enginner at louisville, has adver-
ti@ed fcr bids for lumber to construct
a government dredge beat to replace
the 'Louievl,rs No. q" which was
de1troyed by fire December 90. The
bert rs 10 cost $4,000 in9,ead OF
$4,000, the valuation placed en- the
cid dredge.
Il. G.. Rig for many years travel
irg freight agent Of the Rock Island,
and four years of that time In Mem
phis, has just boon made traffic man
agcr of the Chattanooga Packet com
psny. The Chattanooga Packet com
pany runs a line OF steamers from
Chattanooga to st. Louis, and has a
large ard growing trade on the Ten
nessee river.
The Lee lime has purchased a
steamer to fill the gap made by the