The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-01
RIVER NEWS

River stage at o'clock this morn.
ing AZ feet, a rise of 1 foot in "a
hours and rise of 2.2 feet in as
hours.
The river here will continue rising
for several days and probably will
reach the As foot mark on the gauge
The flood stage here is 40 feet, but
no great damage will be done unless
the river goes 6 to s feet over the
flood stage. Rivermen do not expect
the river to go above As feet from
the present outlook. The levee was
visited by hundreds of people yester.
day, gazing at the high waters. Fol-
the month, just ended the river
reached a stage Of IL feet and thC
lowest stage, was 11.6. The larges'
Use In "a hours during the month
was S.5 and the largest fall was 0.5
The river was rising for 22 days, fall
ing five lays and on a stand for one
day. The weather was cloudy anC
rainy for Is days and bright and
clear for 10 days. During the month
of February the rainfall was 1000
inches, which is the largest rainfall in
any one month since January. 1907
and the rainfall that month was
1929 inches.
Arrivals-Bob Dudley from the
Ohio, where she has been loading
corn with a big trip aboard. ]. B.
ID faI ar1r Oh
noon today with large cargo OF
country produce, tobacco and a num-
Der of passengers. . Clyde will be in
from the Tennessee late this after
noon with a big cargo of freight for
Paducah, Joppa and Metropolis.
Harth from Cairo this morning light.
LYDIA from Florence, Ala. yesterday
afternoon with several barges OF ties
for Joppa. Margaret from the Ohio
last night with a big tow of ties for
the Aver & Lord Tie company, Royal
from Golconda at < 10 O'Clock this
with a number OF passen-
gers and a large freight list. George
Cowling from Metropolis this morn
Ing and this afternoon, doing a good
freight and passenger business on
both trips. John s. Hopkins from
Evansville early this morning with a
good freight list and a number OF
Dick Fowler from Cairo
tonight about Q O'Clock.
Departures-Dick Fowler for Cairo
and way landings this morning at s
O'Clock with a number of passengers
and a good cargo of freight. j. b.
Richardson for Clarksville at 2
o'clock this afternoon. doing good
business. r. II. Davis for Joppa with
a large transfer barge that has just
recently been repaired on the marins
ways. Cowling for Metropolis. Royal
for Golconda this afternoon at 2
O'Clock. John S. Hopkins for Evans
vile this morning about $3.50, doing
a good business. LYDIA TO Joppa with
a tow of ties. Bob Dudley for Nash
Vile with corn. Harth for Cairo yes
terday with a barge OF coal for the
West Kentucky Coal company. Mar
garet for the Tennessee today after a
tow of ties for the Aver & Lord Tie
comapny.
The beautiful Mardi Gras excursion
steamer. Queen City. will be due TO
pass here early tomorrow morning on
her way from New Orleans to Pitts
burgh. She left Memphis yesterday
afternoon about 1 o'clock for the
upper Ohio.
The crew of the towboat Eagle will
arrive tonight from st. Louis and the
Eagle will get away tomorrow morn
ing at daylight with two barges oil
logs for the c. F. Libeke Lumber
company for st. Louis. The Eagle
has been in winter quarters here for
several months.
The crew OF the Grey Eagle will
arrive from st. Louis Tuesday even
ing and the Grey Eagle will get away
morning at daylight FOL
ST. Louis to enter the Mississippi
river packet trade, The Grey Eagle
has also been here for several weeks
IA winter quarters.
Captain Await, in charge OF the
arrived last night from q
Ave days trip to the Sandy river In
the interest of the T. j. Moss Lum-
Der company Of Joppa.
The Saltillo will be due out OF the
Wednesday evening on nei
FIRST trip of the season to st, Louis
Capt, Mark Cole. who for a mum
Der of years has been popular river
pilot and captain running out OF thi:
city, has resigned his position al
pilot on the steamer Dick Fowler and
has gone to Mobile, Ala. where he
has accepted a position as pilot OF
the Martha Hennen. Herbert Rush
who has just recently received
pilots license, is pilot on the Diel
Fowler in Captain Coles place.