The Paducah sun., 1906-03-17

The river is rising here again. the
rise last niylht being a, and the
gauge today registering 20.6.
The Georgia Lee passed up from
Memphis to Cincinnati this moriGing.
The Kentucky leaves for the Ten
nessee river tonight.
The Margaret arrived this morning
from the Tennessee with a tow of
ties and with leave again tomorrow.
The Hopkins was in early this
morning from Evansville and return
ed at 10 O'Clock.
The Peters Lee is due some time
tomorrow from Cinc,nnatl for Mem
pitts.
The Saltnlo Is due Monday from
the Tennessee en- route 10 st. Louis.
The Savannah Is due SUNDAY from
St Louis.
The Harvester arrived today with
tow of thirty-one pieces, twenty
eight coal barges and three Hat
boats.
Captain williams of the marine
ways. received two big jobs for re
PAIRS today The Hazel Rice, from
Helena, Ark. and the City of Whecl-
ing. from Capt. Bob" Lee, at Nicl0s-
burg.
The Sprague is laid up al Louis
VILE and her crew paid of. She will
go south as soon as she can get
enough coal to make up tow.
Charles Barnes 4 Co., of Cincin-
natl. have closed a contract with
Capt. William Mcclellan, superin-
tendcnt Of the Louisiana Railway
Navigation company. for machinery
for its new boat now being built at
Jeffersonville, Ind, by the Howards.
The machine outfit will consist of a
pair OF engines II inches by feet,
and four boilers iO-inch shell by %
feet long. When the hail is complet-
ed IL will be towed to Cincinnati.
where she will receive her eqhip-
ment. She will be used as a trans
fer boat in connection with steal
hull transfer barge now being built
al Pattsburg. Pa. for the company.
The Joe w. Williams will bring a
tow of coal from Pitisburg 10 take Il
to New Orleans.
The work of rebuilding the John
7 w. Thomas, the Louisville and Evans
Vile Packet company's boat. which
sark al Tell City several months ago,
will be accomplished in a short time.
Practically nothing Of the old Thom-
as VIII remain except the machinery.
$40 WAS burned away TO the water
i.ne and the remainder Of the hull
Is in such a condition that II cannot
he used. But the new boat will be the
John w. Thomas by name. II IL
would have been left to the compa-
ny's choosing new name would
have been selected. but the United
States government stood as sponsor
in this christening There Is a ma
rine law requiring thar boats whose
boilers have been in use for eight
lyoars or longer shall not change
their names under any circumstan-
ces. The boilers on the Thomas have
besn IN use longer than that time, so
that she must be the John w. Thom-
as still, I'm spite OF all the vicissitudes
through which she has passed. The
John w. Thomas was originally
buiB for the Cumberland river trade.
AMI was named for the late Major
John w. Thomas. for many years
president of the n. c. and st. l..
railroad. Since coming to the Ohio
niyer she has been sunk and burned
oftener than almost any other boat.
--Owensboro Messenger
Capt. w. ID. Crammond OF Hawes-
Vile, is contemplating selling the
Gazelle and putting lighter and
faster boat in the Owensboro and
lCannelton trade. The Gazelle was
built by Can't. Crammond as a tow
boat and was later, after the sale of
the Gertrude, remodeled and put IN
the trade between Cannelton and Ow-
ensboro.
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