The Paducah evening sun., 1910-04-25

Ohio from Golconda.
J. b. Richardson from Nashville.
Cowling from Metropolis.
Clyde from Waterloo, Ala.
CLANCY Lamb from Cairo.
Colbert from Tennessee.
Today's Departures.
Richardson for Clarksyille.
Ohio for Golconda.
Cowling for Metropolis.
Clyde for Joppa. Ill.
Mary A. Anderson for Memphis
Colbert for Tennessee.
River and Weather.
Gauge at 7 a. IN. marked i9 .eet,
indicating a fall of five-tenths since
yesterday and seyen-tenths of n foot
since Saturday.
Notes and Personals.
There was no Cairo packet today
on account of the Dick Fowler hay-
ing repairs made TO burned boilers
Tomorrow morning at O'Clock she
will carry the odd Fellows TO Col
conda, having been chartered for
the occasion. She will resume 1er
trips Wednesday morning at s
O'Clock.
The towboat Harry Brown passed
down at 10 O'Clock Sunday morning
for New Orleans with 46 barges OF
coal for New Orleans.
The CLANCY Lamb returned from
Cairo at O'Clock this morning
Both the Chattanooga and James
n. Trigg are still lying here waiting
for more water in the Tennessee
river. II has not been learned when
they viii leave.
The Clyde is due out OF the Ten
nessee river from Waterloo. Ala,
tonight She will go Immediately
TO Joppa. ILL.,, to unload. She leaves
again Wednesday evening at
O'Clock for a return trip 10 Waterloo
The Nashville will arrive tomor-
row afternoon from Nashville. Tenn.
and depart Immediately after un-
loading and receiving freight for q
return trip.
Both the John s. Hopkins and
John T. Lowry will arrive tomorrow
from Evansville and leave imme-
diately for a return trip.
Ed Crider Is filling the place OF
w. J. Evitts. mate on the Ken
tucky. Mr.. Evitts has gone to the
marine hospital at Louisville.
The COwllng and Ohio were In
port today on regular schedule time.
each doing a good business.
The towboat Josh Cook passed
down Saturday evening bound for
the Mississippi.
The usual Sunday quiet prevailed
on the river yesterday. Snow fell
practically all day and the cold
damp weather kept motor boat en-
thusiasts at home.
II. p. Barksdale. a ~. c. & st. l..
railroad engineer was the victim OF
river pirates Saturday when his fine
gasoline launch was stolen from its
mooring at the N, c. a. st. l..
wharfboat Efforts are being made
to find IL and the police are work
ing on the case.
Mr.. G.. w. Robertson Is amcng
the thousands who mourn the death
of Mark Twain, a personal friend
years ago. IL was during the war
that he formed acquaintance with
the worlds greatest humorist at
New Orleans, La. After Twain quit
steamboating Mr.. Robertson vas
separated from him. but still freshly
retains his memory.
The Queen City is on the Cincin-
natl ways undergoing repairs. She
will be out In two or three weeks.
The fast motor boats 'Hoosier
Boy" OF Rising sun, Ind, and the
Dixie H." of New York, will be
entered in the races at Cincinnati.
Each boat has a 20O-horse power
engine.
The Helena shipyards and docks
here are as busy as can be. working
a large force OF men on the new
boat for Captains Rollins and Rob-
ertson. She certainly will be a fine
boat and a credit to Paducah and
MA N"hNAos NdHNs DiAAiNhf Fhp
for years was superintendent of
floating property for the Chicago
Mill and Lumber company, Is secre-
tary Of the Shipyards company. and
Henry Murnane is superintendent of
construction. The city of st. Jo-
seph will receive a new hull next,
also the ferrybOat Zerah. Jr. Jesse
Dougal, formerly OF Paducah. is the
blacksmith of the shipyards and
docks here.-Waterways Journal.
st. Louis Harbor, No. 2S, win
cooperate with Pittsburgh Harbor
on the matter of trying to have all
bridges on the Ohio, Mississippi and
llilnois rivers lighted at night with
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES where the bridge
piers are. The pilots claim that the
Eads bridge at st. Louis is the only
bridge in the territory that is prop
erly hghted at night. The oil lamps
are said to be too dim to show at a
distance on nights that are smoky
Or foggy.
The j. b. Richardson arrived at
4 o'clock this morning from Nash
Vile with $50 bales OF hay. 200
bags of corn, 81 hogsheads OF to-
,acSo and 40 passengers Cor Padll-