Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-07
TO RUN PACKET
LINE TO ST. PAUL
Northern Steamboat Company
Will Place Morning Star
in the Service.
CAPT. BLAIR Is MANAGER
Will Supplement Carnival City Line
Boats SOuth-Cruise TO Mouth
of the Mississippi.

Captain Walter A. Blair, treasur-
er and general manager of the
Northern Steamboat company, today
announced that upon the return Of
the company's steamer. the Morning
Star. from its spring cruise to New
Orleans, it would be placed in the
packet trade between Rock Island
and Davenport and st. Paul, and that
trips would be made once each week.
1t is expected that a large number
of passengers will be carried from
the north end and the schedule will
be so arranged that they will have
n day and a night in the tri-cities.
On the trip up the river the boat
will go by the Lake St. CrOiX route
to saltwater The officers of the
Northern Steamboat company are:
Presidents. R. Van SAINT, Min
neapolis.
Secretary. NJ Fisher, Daven-
port.
Treasurer and Manager-W. A.
Blair. Davenport.
is ATTRACTIVE CRUISE.
Captain A. W. Blair of the Carnival
City Packet company has sent out cir
culars describing the cruise to New
Orleans and the gulf on the fine
steamer Morning Star" leaving Rock
Island Thursday May /, 1911, return
ing on Monday May 90.
Stops will be made at St Louis,
Memphis. Greenville, Vicksburg, Nat
chez. and Baton Rouge and other
points of great historic interest.
Three days will be given at New
Orleans and one day devoted to the
run down 70 the jettiese at the river 5
mouth, passing the battlefield where
Andrew Jackson defeated the British
in 1915 and forts Phillip and Jackson,
where Admirals Farragut and Porter
won their great victory in 1862.
Two of the best lower Mississippi
pilots have been secured to take the
Morning Star from st. Louis 10 New
Orleans and back.
DAYLIGHT TRIPS.
The down trip will be made in long
daylight runs, so passengers can have
connected view of the whole river.
The Morning Star is a large fine
side wheeler 250 feet long and &c feet
vide over all.
II has been heightened and rebuilt
at Kahlke boat yards in this city and
everything done to make it first class
in every way. It's cabin outfit is near
" all brand new and it has fine accom-
modations for 100 people.
The success of similar cruises in
the steamer Helen Blair to the Tonnes
see and Cumberland rivers and to st.
Paul and Saltwater. led to the pur-
chase of this much larger boat and its
being fitted up with special reference
TO other and larger cruises on this
great system of inland waterways.
COUNTRY AT BEST.
This project has the charm Of great
novelty. This is the first opportunity
ever offered the people TO board a fine
steamer at the foot of Nineteenth
street and go 10 the rivers mouth and
back without change or even taking
their belongings out of their rooms.
The distance TO New Orleans is $50
miles and the jetties at the mouth an
other 100 miles, making the round
cruise $500 miles. During May the
lower river is always at a good stage
and the plantations Of wheat, cotton.
sugar cane and rice are looking their
best
The Morning Star will take no way
business en- route, there will be no
strangers getting on or off, just the
original company for the round trip.
Licensed TO Wed.
Charley BellO ........ East Moline