The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-02
River Stages.

II was glorious to live this morn
ing; the air was buoyant. the sun was
radient, and the birds were singing
The river front and river men re
Elected the condition of nature and
more noticeably after yesterday. The
river made a sharp rise of 81 feet,
bringing the stage up to "a feet. This
squirt in the river mostly is coming
out of the Cumberland and Tonnes
see rivers aided by local rains. In
a day or two 1t can be told where
the rise will stop. The stage March
2, last year was is feet and rising.
Business at the wharf today was
heavy.
A cracked wrist will delay the Har-
vester several days in Paducah with
its big tow. Government inspectors
will be here In a day or two to in
spect the Harvester. 1t was first Civ
en- out that the Harvester had tied up
the tow below here to get coal and
stores, but 1t now developes that a
crack in one of the shaft wrists was
found and it was thought dangerous
to continue with the tow. The tow
was tied up at Turner's landing and
the Harvester came on here. The
wrist will be replaced with one being
made at Jacksons foundry. If the
wrist had broken when the Harvester
was in midstream with the big tow,
the towboat would have "run through
herself" as the river expression is.
That is, the piston rods would have
reacted back on the engines wrecking
them and with possible loss Of life
The wheel would have dropped into
the river and the boat with the I'M
wieldly tow would have been help
lessly adrift in the Ohio. The conse-
quent dsmage cannot be estimated
from the tow and boat humping into
the shore. The inspectors will make
a special trip down here to inspect
the Harvester in the next few days.
Government inspectors Green and
st. John were in the city yesterday on
special trip to inspect the Nellie at
Metropolis The Nellie was ordered
out of commission for repairs. In
spedtor st. John rushed back to st.
Louis to be with his sick boy.
Unexpectedly the Scotia returned
from the Tennessee river this morn
ing with tow of ties. @h'
A towboat with a big tow of emp
ties, supposed to be the Fulton, pass
ed up last night.
The Kentucky will have a good trip
when she leaves for the Tennessee
river tonight.
Both Lee line packets will get in
tonight or Sunday. The Peters Lee
goes up from Memphis to Cincinnati.
The Georgia Lee goes down from
Cincinnati to Memphis.
The Saltillo left st. Louis last
might for the Tennessee river and will
pass here Sunday morning.
Nothing is in sight to prevent the
Buttorff from arriving Sunday night
from Nashville and leaving Monday
lat noon for Clarksvile.
The Joe Fowler was the Evansville
packet today.
The Dick Fowler had a good "trip
to Cairo this morning and will re-
turn tonight. ras
Buck Shook, head mate on the
Harvester, has a pet goat he picked
up at Helena, Ark. The goat has the
run of the big towboat and Is prob
ably the only mascot Of its kind on
the rivers.
All the boiler heads and fiues for
the Dunbar are here now and that
packet will get away the last of next
week. All the boys are glad for a
Ryman line packet to come here for
repairs because it brings Engineer
James st. John here with his genial
disposition.
The congressman, representing the
Cairo district, is urging an appro-
priation TO strengthen the levee be-
tween Cairo and Mound City. where
the Ohio by erosion is eating the
bank away, and 1t is feared will cut
across to the Mississippi river isolat-
ing cairo. The Ferd Herold has re-
sumed its trips between Cairo and
Memphis after laying of for high
water.
Official Forecasts.
The Ohio at Evansville and Mt.
Vernon will continue to rise during
the next "a to SO hours. At Paducah
and Cairo will continue to rise dur
ing the next several days.
The Tennessee from Florence to
the mouth will continue to rise dur
ing the next several days. passing the
S-foot stage at Florence during the
next ~ hours.
The Mississippi from below ST.
Louis to Cairo. no material change