The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-29
RIVER NEWS
River Stages.

Florence .. 40 O.2 taIfl
Johnsonvilie 49,. 1O.S 90 fall
Louisville ...... 1913 81 falfI
Mt carme, ....... 1913 2.2 fall
Nashville .. 1913 O4 faG
Pittsburg .... 11.O II rise
ST. Louis ....... 14.4 .O.1 rise
Mt Vernon ... AIS is fall
Paducah ...... 4O.7 O.s fail
At the river, moderate amount
of rain will be as welcome as it is
to the dusty city and country. HEAVY
and extensive rainfall at this time
would be dangerous. The rive.
showed an increase fall in the last
"a hours. the gauge this morning reg
istering a fail Of s., bringing the
river down to 4O.7. The stage the
same date last year was 29.2. Bust |
ness is good.
United States light house tender
Golden Rod arrived last night direct
from Cincinnati to begin an inspec
ton of the lights IN the Tennessee
and Ohio rivers. Captain II. NJ Hor
ton is in command. The Golden
Rod will leave today for the Tonnes
see river as far as Waterloo and re-
turning will go down to Cairo. From
Cairo the Golden Rod will go up the
Ohio river. Captain Horton was
looking for a local pilot this morning
to take the Golden Rod up the Ten
nessee river.
Patriotism and pride in the APP
pearance Of the steamer, have been
the motives In the decorating work
done by Engineer F. A. Coram, of
the Dick Fowler and his assistant
Pat Cox. They have painted the en-
CINE room in red, white and blue car
rying out the color scheme on the
] machinery as wei, until the engine
room is a thing of beauty. They'll
have to keep up this standard of
4 beauty because oil spots on the floor
now would be conspicuous.
d The Charles Turner arrived yes
n terday from the Tennessee river with
q a tow of ties, which are being I'M
3 loaded at Joppa today.
Fl The wee sma' hours of the night
A never daunt the packets. nor are the
D river boys afraid of the curfew. The
= Buttorff arrived last night at 9
O'Clock from GAINESVILLE and.left this
morning at o'clock for Nashville.
The Georgia Lee pulled in from
Memphis at 2 O'Clock this morning
; and left at 4 O'Clock for Cincinnati.
The 7. H. Davis returned to Joppa
last night after trip up here after
ties.
Again the John s Hopkins ar
rived this .morning before the Dick
Fowler left for Cairo Captain Bew-
ley the original on-time river cap.
tain. must have complete hearts rest
at getting in on such good time.
Henry Cullen, first clerk on the
Georgia Lee, snapped places with
Jim Tucker, first clerk on the jim
Lee, at Cairo yesterday.
The Harth went up to the mines at
Caseyvllle yesterday after coal for
the West Kentucky Coal company.
Harry Robertson. third clerk on
the Joe Fowler. has gone on the But
torff IN the same berth.
The Kentucky came in from the
Tennessee river this morning at 81
O'Clock with a good trip, and will
leave Saturday evening on the return
trip.
The Cape Girardeau, of the Leyhe
feet, will be coaled Monday by the
Fannie Wallace and probably will
get away April 4 for st. Louis. with
the new Alton Eagle in tow. The
Spread Eagle is scheduled to leave
next Tuesday for st. Louis.
The Peters Ice VIII pass down
saturday afternoon from Cincinnati
for Memphis
B. Carroll was pilot on the Dick
Fowler yesterday and today
Official Forecasts.
The Ohio from Evansville to
Cairo viii continue to fail at slowly
increasing rate during the next sew
eral days. River viii pass below the
flood stage at Cairo and at Paducah
Saturday.
The Tennessee from Florence to
the mouth will continue to fall slow
ly during the next "a to SO hours.
The Mississippi from below St.
Louis to Cairo, no material change
during the next "a hours.
The Wabash at Mt. Carmel wiz
continue to fall for "a hours.
Natrimony is a kind of dynamite
used to explode the theories Of bache-
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