Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-04
MORNING STAR
new BLAIR BOAT
Big Side Wheel Packet to Be
Operated in Local Waters
by Carnival Company.
BUILT AT JEFFERsoNvILLE
Is 225 Feet in Length and Has Gross
Tonnage of 500 Tons--Keiths-
burg Bridge Opens.

Captain Walter A. Blair OF the
Carnival City Packet company spent
the past week at Louisville, KY, and
returned last night. He announced
this morning that he had purchased
the side-wheel steamer Morning Star
at that place and in a few weeks the
boat will be brought to the local
port. Captain Blair refused TO state
to what use the boat would be put
Captain Blair was accompanied upon
the trip by Captain William Dipple
who inspected the machinery OF the
boat. Spencer BURNETT, chief en-
! gineer of the company, left Friday
for Louisville and he and Captain
Dipple will place the boat in readi-
ness for the run to local waters. The
Morning Star Is a side-wheel packet
which was built at Jacksonville,
Ind, in 1901, at the same time and
place as the Acme excursion steamer,
J. s., was built. 1t has a gross ton
mage of 592 tons and is 225 feet in
length, has 38-foot beam and has
depth of six feet. In comparison
it is much larger than the ]. s.,
which is IT'S feet in length, has a
33-foot beam and q depth Of 5.5 feet.
The Diamond 10 steamers st. Paul
and Quincy are the only boats on the
upper river which are larger than
the Morning Star. The steamer
Quincy is 264.7 feet in length, has a
42-foot beam and depth OF 6.s feet.
The feet of the Carnival City
Packet company now includes the
Helen Blair, Columbia, Keokuk,
Black Hawk. Wenona and Morning
Star, and IS one OF the finest on the
river.
Kefthsbuxw Bridge opoa.
Saturday morning the onnoers Of
the Carnival City Packet company
received word from the management
Of the Iowa Central railroad stating
that the bridge which the road Is
building at Keithsburg would be in
shape today to allow the passage of
boats through the draw. For the
past ten days navigation north and
south of the bridge has been held
up. The Carnival City boats were
to have been put into operation Sat
urday, March 20, running from Rock
Island to Quincy. It was impossible
to do this, however, and as an agree
ment was reached by the Carnival
City company and the railroad man
agement and the packet company was
reimbursed by the railroad. A let-
ter was received yesterday confirm
ing the telegram OF Saturday and
this morning at daylight the steamer
Keokuk which operated between this
city and New Boston during the past
week left for Quincy.
Yesterday the new steamer Black
Hawk was run up to the Davenport
dock from the Davenport harbor and
this afternoon at 4 O'Clock left on
its initial trip as packet. The
Black Hawk will run between this
city. and Burlington till April IS,
maintaining tri-weekly service. The
Keokuk will run between Quincy and
Burlington making tri-weekly trips
and connecting with the Black Hawk
at Burlington, thus affording through
service from Quincy to this city. On
April IS the steamer Columbia will
be put into service between this city
and Burlington and the Black Hawk
will be run between Burlington and
Keokuk and the steamer Keokuk will
run between Keokuk and Quincy.
Several Boats Held Up.
During the interval that the
Keithsburg bridge held up the river
traffic several boats were kept from
making planned runs. The Cardie
Eastman, owned by Captain Z. V.
Fettie, who is engaged in government
work, was waiting below the bridge.
1t was there for several days. AS
soon as the bridge was opened the
steamer left for La Crosse. The
steamer Everett, owned by the Bur-
lington Lumber company, was held
up since March IS.