The Paducah evening sun., 1910-03-01
River Stages.
River Forecast.

River Forecast.
The river at Paducah will fall dur
Ing the next "a hours and come to a
stand and then rise.
Today's Arrivals.
John l.. Lowry from Evansville.
Clyde from Metropolis.
Nashville from Nashville.
Ohio from Goicooda.
George Cowllng from Metropolis
Dick Fowler from Cairo.
Today's Departures.
Dick Fowler for Cairo.
Lowry for Evansville.
Nashville for Nashville.
Ohio for Goloonda.
Cowling for Metropolis.
River and Weather.
Gauge al a. m marked 33.1 feet.
Indicating a fall Of three-tenths OF n
foot since yesterday Weather cloudy
and fogsrg business good.
Mariners Gossip.
From Cairo the towboat Major
Slack passed here last night with sew
Ieral pieces IN tow headed for the
KOSi Nialfe mines.
Commodore Henry Leyhe returned
this morning from ST. Louis. where
he spent Sunday With his family
There "a a great deal Of congestion
on the wharfboat because OF the On
trance and exit 10 ii only by one
stage. The north eod stage Is closed
on account OF repairs being made to
the timber supports. They will b.
lcompleied today. as Capt. Young Tay-
Tor Is rushing the work
Capt Austin owen II plotting the
Dick Fowler 70 Cairo and back today
lin place OF Pilot Tuo Lowell who Is
confined at his home with Illness.
The towboat Antolnettc arrived
from the Tennessee river last night
with tow OF stayes for the cincin-
matt CoOperage oompany She g. lying
here today for coal and supplies aud
will get away tonight or Tomorrow
for Cincinnati.
The West Kentucky Coal COM
pany's big towboat Cleaner. which
. delivered tow OF coal 10 New Or
Z leans. is on her way back 10 Padu-
cab and Is due 70 rcach here about
, Sunday. She has a big string oi
empt.es.
The John l.. Lowry was the Evans
Vile packet today.
: Word was received from Evansville
last night that the John $. Hopkins
q is lying there with a cracked cylin-
, der. she win not resume the Evs0s-
VILE and Paducah trade for several
, days Repairs are being made.
The towboat Mary Anderson de-
parted last night for white river n
assist her sister towboat Reaper The
Reaper went aground near white
river several weeks ago and Is now
reported on. She has a tow OF empty
coal boats.
Twcnty-cight busy days closed for
rivermen yesterday. A record OF the
! month Is as follows. The highest
stage OF the river for the month was
on the last day. when the gauge
showed 33.4 feet. February l the
stage was 32.7 feet. but the river fed
for is days. beginning February I.
Then the river began TO rise. rising
1 DAYS. There we're i2 cloudy days
a the month and 1G clear days. A
small quantity OF Ice appeared here
i February rs. Total precipitation FOR
the month was 3.24 inches. One inch
: of snow fell February II and on
February "a. 2Is inches fell. -Four
inches OF snow was recorded ON Feb
ruary rs.
A slight fall In the river Is ex-
pected today. but the river will come
% a stand and then rise on account
OF the water above here.
The Merchants and Planters
Packet oompanyis steamer. II. w
Buttorn, is said to be dong a big
business between Memphis and Ca
ruthersville she Il In charge OF Capt
Hugh McGarry with Frank Watkins
chief clerk and general manager
Fred Loving and Jim Alllscu are her
engineers.
, As fast as coal boats and barges
arrive at Pittsburgh they are being
REPAIRED and made ready for a trir
south. The Oakland with fourteen
, boats and three model barges. the
Exporter with twelve boats and three
barges and the Valiant with twenty
two barges. are on route down the
Ohio. carrying about 1,0S5. 0Oo
bushels OF coal. About 5000 600
bushels OF coal are ready TO be ship
ped south.
shelton Brothers machine shops al
Paducah are building three new sets
OF machinery. az follows: One set OF
17-inch by and 8 feet compound
machinery for the new ferryboat al
: Paducah to replace the Bette owen;
: one set OF II by 6 feet. for the new
: ferryboat at Helena, Ark, now being
. built at Helena; also set of ~ By
feet, for the towboat w. T. Hardison
, owned by the Joyce-Watkins Tie
leomnanv of Nashville Tenn