The Paducah sun., 1906-03-22

line LICK FVWf'F Hsiu u oooN pdo-
senger and freight trip for Cairo
today.
The Hopkins was the Evansville
packet today.
The towboat Beaver came in today
with a barge of sait 5000 barrels,
from Pomeroy. Ohio. for shipment
up the Tennessee.
The Wilford went down the river
today for tow of lumber.
The Turner went to Ashland
City today for tow.
The Savannah is due out of the
Tennessee river tomorrow.
The Georgia Lee from Cincinnati
to Memphis. and the Peters Lee from
Memphis to Cincinnati are both due
to pass here Saturday might.
Bud Berry, clerk on the Dick Fow-
Ter, has been of duty all week on
account of illness. but will resume
his position Monday.
Many logs are coming out OF tho
smaller tributaries of the Ohio.
The Clyde had good trip to Tea
nessee river yesterday. The Kentuc
ky is now due to arrive and departs
again Saturday night.
The Dick Fowler will run the first.
excursion of the year TO Cairo Sun
day. April S.
The City of Saltillo Is due to leave
ST. Louis tomorrow for Tennessee n
yer. f"i
Capt. Hunter, of the steamer Clyde
has resigned and left for Nashville,
Tenn, to take charge of one of the
Ryman boats running from Nash
vile towards the headwaters of tn
Cumberland. Capt. John Watts. pilot
of the Clyde. went out as captain.
When the boat returns next week
Capt. A. w. Wright will take com
mand. The latter has been on the
towboat Jim Duffy Of the Ayer-Lord
tie company.
The light house tender LILY, Capt.
w. c. Eagan I'm command. left today
for st. Louis. She has been in win
ter quarters here for several months.
Mr.. Saunders Fowler and wife. and
Mrs. NJ. @. Cope went down to Cairo
on her as guests of Capt. Eagan and
will return tonight on the Dick Fow-
Ter.
Lee liners are doing an enormous
business, The Georgia Lee Unload
ed 900 head of cattle at Cincinnati,
Ohio Most OF II came from points
on the Mississippi river.
The stranded Louisiana is getting
a fresh coat of paint. She is being
trtmmed TO. perfection while resting
on terra firma. II the oufsfana Is
not ont of the corn field near Evans
Vile and afioat by March 81, Captain
Morgan says the marine underwrit-
crs will take steps to launch her
They are expecting the rise now on to
float her.
Speaking of the life OF ships the
Other day, George r. Sproule. secre-
tary Of the Board of Port Wardens.
said about the oldest vessel he Knows
of Is the True Love. which. II she l.
afoat today. is 1i9 years old, says
the Philadelphia Record. The True
Love was built in this city in 1904,
and. though she was only ninety-six
feet long and OF tweuty-six feet beam
she WIS the largest ship that had
been In these waters up to that time
She started from this port in 1865.
and did not return until 1878, when
she was lO9 years old. She came in
with a cargo of crysolite from Ivigut.
Greenland. Then she sailed again.
and was no longer heard uf until dis
covered in 1899 IN the Thames river.
In England. where, shofn of her glory
She was and possibly is still doing
duty as a coal barge. There was a
proposal among shipping men here
to purchase her and bring her over
as a relic of 'bygone days and honest
workmanship, but IL never came TO
anything. -Counier-Journal
The w. w. O'Nell and tow. now
on the way to Louisville from Pitts
burg, will add TO her tow and go on
South. The Sprague is waiting
for tow from Pittsburg to go TO
New Orleans.
A Hickman. Ky. dispatch says:
The remnants of the steamer Blanche
which burned here few weeks ago,
have been carried to st. Louis. and
were purchased from Philips Bros.
by the st. Louis Power Boat Associa-
tion for $1,000, and will be convert
ed into a club house. The barge Is
comparatively new. having been built
last year at the North st. Louis dock.
IL Is 32 feet wide, 100 feet long and
feet deep. Commodore Dwight