The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-13

United States gunboat Wasp can find
a suitable dock space. whore tne Har-
vester has been tied up. The Harves-
ter will get away tomorrow subject,
not to the action OF the Democratic
party, but to more august authority,
government inspectors Green and st.
John. They arrived this morning to
inspect the repairs made on the Har-
vester and II passed that towboat
with the 3S empties win leave Thurs
day. The Harvester has been lying
just below the wharfboat.
Charley Kopn, day river manager
OF the West Kentucky Coal compa-
ny. went down to Cairo, this morn
ing on the Dick Fowler to meet the
Wasp to make preparations for coal
ing the gunboat while here, If the
bid of mis- company is accepted The
Wasp got away from Memphis "a
hours late and probably will not ar
rive in Paducah until Friday fore
noon. 1t is understood that the Wasp
will be In Cairo this afternoon. Al
ready word from the surrounding
small towns indicates that many Wis
itors will come to the city while the
Wasp is here, to see the little man-of-
war.
Roy Broadfoot will go on the John
Hopkins as pilot today, in the place
of one of the regular pilots who is
off, Les. Broadfoot will continue for
the present on the Dick Fowler.
The Reaper with ~ barges of coal
in tow from Pittsburg will arrive to-
morrow. The coal is for the West
Kentucky Coal company and the
Reaper will go back to Pittsburg af-
ter discharglng the barges.
William Kirchner arrived from st.
Louis yesterday to take the place OF
second c.erk on the Joe Wheeler. The
Wheeler did not get away for Chat
tanooga until today. a side trip to
Joppa preventing the departure yes
terday Several car loads Of freight
were left from lack of space. II Is
ANNOUNCED now that the steamer Av-
alon, mas been purchased by the
Chattanooga Packet company AMI
will be run in the Paducah trade in
! place OF the Joe Wheeler. The Ava
Ion ran out OF this port several years
: ago and is somewhat. larger than tns
e Chattanooga. The Joe Wheeler will
e run In a short trade out of Chatta
q nooga The success Of this through
o packet line has been such that
e third boat was TO have been added
e but 1t is not definite yet whether
VIII be.
$ The Birmingham arrived yesteI
: day from the Tennessee river with
| TOW of ties.
III The Charles Turner will leave FIR
| day for the Cumberland river after
u tow of ties.
III After several weeks lay-off for r.
| pairs. the Jim Duffy left this morr
| Hing for the Tennessee river after tie
II The Scotia also cleared for tn
| Tennessee river yesterday after tie
| The City of Saltillo left st. Lou
| last night for the Tennessee river an
| win arrive here tomorrow morning
| Hard luck attends the Buttorff !
the effort to get back on schedul
| time. The Buttorff did not arrive vi
| till today from Nashville.
| The John Hopkins had a good trl
| in the Evansville trade today and ca
| ried fair trip out of this city 70
llup-river points.
| Labor is plentiful around the Pa
| ducah wharf now. Every morning til
Ilpicklngs are large for the mates.
| 1t is understood that the Die
| Fowler will run over the gunbos
| Wasp just to take the pride out {
her before she gets to Paducah. TIL
| Dick Fowler left on time tnis morr
ing for Cairo with a good business.
| The manager of several towboai
well known in Paducah, had an e,
perience in Paiucah carriage nigl
before last that he does not care I
repeat. While on MS way to the st;
\ ton to catch a night train, the dr.
Yer stopped and asked him for do
4 lar before he would finish the triI
| This river man is small of size an
/ the driver was a 200 FOUNDER Never
! theless he told the driver he'd hav