The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-03
Coming Season Promises to be the
Busiest in Many Years, and
New oowners Enter
Field.
LOOK TO EARLY OPENING
Dubuque Exchanges Gives List Of
Changes in Ownership and
Other News items of
the River.


early opening of the river traffic this
season. Interest IS awakening. Il
boats are being put in shape to start
up steam and officers and crews are
signed up.
With good stage of water the sea
son ought to be one of the best in
years. With the Diamond 10 line
operating under a new management
there will be something new in river
business.
Captain Blair has fine additional
craft for his fleet, and if the stage
remains good it will be lively sea
son all around.
Captain R. H. Tronbley, who has
Just returned from Alaska, will have
command of the pleasure craft, Kali
tan, owned in Moline. The boat is
going south in April for cruise up
the Tennessee river. In Dubuque
exchange Captain Tromley gives the
following interesting facts about the
plans for the coming season.
1t is pretty hard to begin talking
OF river traffic, there are so many in
teresting details, but mention Of some
of the new boats may be of more in
terest than many other things. Cap
tain Blair, of the Carnival City
Packet company, has new boat, the
Morning Star, side-wheeler, which
will make its initial trip to New Or
leans with three hundred excursionists
May 1. The trip will last forty days,
after which the boat will begin its
regular run between Davenport and st.
Louis.
THE Taber Lumber company, of
Keokuk, has purchased the Lydia Vna
SAINT and its consort, George S., from
he Van SAINT Towing company and in
future will do its own work. The
Eclipse will commence its run between
Dubuque and Prairie du Chen about
the middle of May, or even earlier. and
the Red Wing. owned by the Newcomh
brothers of Pepin, will continue its
old st. Paul-Wabash trips.
The Mayo doctors, of Rochester,
have purchased the steamer Rutledge
and it will use it as pleasure and
sanitarium boat. This will be a new
thing on the Mississippi. The Lacrosse
will be at its old run from Lacrosse
to Wabash, and Captain Brace vii
continue to do the work between
Brownsville and La Crosse. Captain
Blair's line will have four boats, the
Helen Blair, the Columbia, the Keokul
snd the Wenona, running between
Quincy, Keokuk and Davenport, the
same as last year.
Another fact that is interesting
concerning the river at the presen
time is the announcement that NJ l.
Hanlev Of Dubuque, who has been EN-
ployed by the Beecher company of thi
city, in thei engine room, for thu
past twelve wears, will return to tn,
river He is TO have charge of tn
engine room on the Morning Star, Car
tain 15lair's new vessel. This is on
OF the finest boats on the river, an
Hanley is getting into a good bert
on his return to his old profession
Captain Tromley announced TIL
following captains for next season.
v Boats running between st. Paul an
st. Louis: ST. Paul, Captain Con NJ
Gee: Quincy, Captain Maurice Kileen
Sidney, Captain streckfus; Dubuque
William Burke.
Boats running between Quincy an
Davenport: Helen Blair, Captain I
Lanxter; Columbia, Captain Charlie
Ferris; Keokuk, Captain S. r. Dodd,
and Wenona, Captain William Dibbla
Excursion boats and packets
Eclipse, Captain e. J. Lancaster: Re
Wing. Captain Newcomb:; the w. W
Captain Joseph Streckfus: Clyde, Cal
tain Ike Newcomh; Ben Hershey, Ca
tain A. Day; Lydia Van SAINT, Capital
Joseph Buisson: La Crosse. Capital
Gus Chase; Mars. Captain George VII
mans; Rutledge. Captain Robert Ca
siday. and Haitian, Captain R. l
Tromley.