New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1921, Page 9

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Barges have ocarried freight trafiic on the great river for many years since the packets were driven out by liroad gompetition. In the days of Mark Twalin the Mississippl packets were celebrated for thelr “eats,” their famous races, their pilots and even for their poker games. It used to be no uncommen sight to mee from 15 to 30 passenger vessels, from the palatial packet to the wenther beaten tramp leave the New Orleans landings dally for wup-.river points, Coming of the railroads with guick service and perishable carge, many lines almast paralleling the river be- tween the most important landings, caused river traMe to lose its prestige. Shippers began sending ecotton and other non-perishable freight by rail and the stops of the river packets were fewer and fewer as the veary went on Plantation landings rotted away, planters began to buy railroad tickets instead of steamer passage and m. their plans to spend the difference in time in New Orleans instead of on the boats. Planters moved to town, sociat life in the country began to wane-—in short, country dwellers became farm- ers and plantations became farms. It was romantic to be & planter, but much more profitable to be a farmer, All of thiy directly affected passenger traffic A river voyvage in days was a pleasurable affair if the boilers did not blow up or the vessel hit one of the shifting sand-bara, mud-lamps or hidden snage. A comfortable berth, wonderful meals, dancing at night, watermelon parties, well stocked bars, stud and Araw poker games for the patrons of that form of amusement, and last, but not least the anlics of the negro roustabonts all combined to make things pleasant for the traveler, Coffes in bed was the rule, then s breakfast of bacon, eggs, waffles, pan- cakes, vegetahlos, the eaver present coffee and whatever desert the cook had in mind for the meal, The feast of the day came in the early evening with creocle gumbe (if the cook hap- pened to hall from New Orleans as most of them did) fried fish, roast fowl, with baked or candied yams, beef or pork, fruit in abundance, des- sert and “small black™ eoffee with brandy, It wasn't variety but guantity that made the steamer bill of fare famous. In the heat of the afternoon. be- hind shielding mosquito bars the pas- senger, if he so desired, could quaff mint juleps or sip cork whiskey cock- tails, not to mention the old flat-bot- tom toddies, made with sugar, water, pineapples and omange juice and, of course, whisk The old timers here, with scanty stocks of Hguor and fac- ing the coming years with visions of nut sundaes, never tire of telling the younger generation of the old “hard liquor” days of the river steambaoats. The eard ganmes were for big stakes. Veterans vouch for the truth of steries of a planter embarking in Mississippl worth “a plantation with 200 negroes™ and disembarking at the Canal street landing in New Orleans with only amall bills of landing for something he no longer owned. p But those days are gonel If plans thome interested in river traffic bear | fruit the modern steamers will elimin- ate gambling, carry well drilted crews and furnish mordern meals at modern prices. In advertising sailings of vessals of the olden days the name of the first mate was given. The first mates be- came known up and down the river either as good or bad by the manner in which they handled the romsta- bouts. A meek man did not last long as first mat Saturday was usually the sailing day for up-diver packets from this port, There w great rivalry between boat owners and crews and usuvally’ from one to a domen boat races were pulled o ffas the vensels chugged up the river. It was then that boilers blew up with marked frequency. The most famous of these races was won by Natchez and Robert E Lee, two of the largest of the river packets. 8o keen was the rivairy that early in the seventies it was planned to have them race from New Orleans to St, Louis. No pamsengers or freight were carried and for waks the coming race was the chief tpple of conversa- tion mlong the river. The Robert . lee was in command of Capt. Cannon while Oapt. lLeathers was master of the Natchex. No ™Mops wero made ex- cept for fuel. The trip to St. Louis just a few hours over three days, an unheard of record then with the Robert E. Lee the winner by the olden Another famous race betwaen the White Reose of Memphis and the Grand Republic ended in disaster After racing upstream for hours in a “neck and neck™ conte the White ' the White Rose could elear a nearby bend her hollers exploded, killlng a | number of her crew After the war between the states | ateamboats had been perfected to a | degree and river traffc became fmportant, While most of the used weod for fuel, getting it from wall established woodvards along the river. atill they made good time and husiness was flourishing While as a general rule the hoats waere operated independently by their owners even as ecarly as 1 there were sever lin operating many I senger vessels, The largest and Delano Robbins, in charge of eastern affairs, in Washington, April 5, society’s ules while another line was operating between St louis and St. Paul. The City of New Orleans and the City of Baton Rouge were the larger and best known vessels of the Anchor line. The Jargest side-wheeler operated on the river was the Republic. Tn addition to the Anchor line there were several smaller companies oper- ating from New Orieans to Natchez. Vicksburg, Greenville and “The Bends.” They usually carried a hun- dred or so passengers and large | freight cargoes. They were mostly | side-wheelars. From St Louis one line operated as far north as Fort Benten, Montana. Freight from up the rviver included flour, pork, beef, furniture, hay, cot- ton, rice and sugar. The largest cargo | © cotton ever brought down was land- | ed by the Henry Frask and consisted of 5,000 bales. The cotton was not compressed and the record has stood. AN the old boats were built on the same gemeral pattern—broad hulls with large spacious cabins above and with wide guards usually piled high with freight. They were almost always painted white and each was equipped with a whistle slightly different from the others. It was quite an ac- complishment, or was so yegarded by negroes at the various landings to be able to distinguish the distant whis(- ling and call the name of the boat. Promoters are now figuring whether human nature has changed from the olden days, whether a person will be content to idle the time away on long trips which he could make in a frac- tion of the time by rail: whether they “have time” to take guiet pleasure. Freight rates, interstate commerce commisjon hearing uniform bills of lading and other prosaic commercial matters figure in the traffic side of the question. The passenger business is re- garded as a gamble. BURNED WHILE EXAMINING GASOLINE TANK BY MATCH. Stamford, April 11.—Fire Satur- day nhight badly damaged the garage at the plant of the Yale & Towne Manufacturing sempany, with a loss estimated at $15,000. James Rosen, an employe, was severely burned. The company claims Rosen started the fire when he lighted a match to ex- amine the gasoline tank of a motor truek. STEAMER WON'T SAIlL London, April 11.—Orders can- celling the sailing of the glant steam- ship Berengaria, formerly the Imper- ator, now in her dock at Hoboken, N. J. have been cabled to the United States by the Cunard line. The ves- sel was to have salled for Southamp- ton on April 1 EVER TOUCHED IT"<Mrs wife Is In charge of costumes for the Chinese ball first post-Lenten will be served and proceeds will go to the Chin of the state department official event. Chinese food e famine\fund. EUROPEAN HOTELS RECOVER FROM WAR Tourists Going Abroad Will Find Bétter Conditions April 11.—American tourists who visit Europe in the coming sea- son will find generally much changed over last year, greatly recovered from the effects of the war and pr to give almost normal accommodation in hotels, trafsportation anl luxury in food The prices will be, with the advant- age of exchange with American money, about the same as'in America. The chief increase over the pre-war costs of touring Europe will be that of ocean transit, with some increase in rail transportation Persons able to travel de luxe will find thetr ex- penses about on a par with the cost of living at the better class hotels in America. The chief points of interests to tounists are expected to be the battle- fields, and for this persons will find the reads, in ¥rance especially, in better condition even than before the war. railway trains are running on fime and are rapidly approgching normal. The fee for passport vises for Americans in most countries is $10 and the number of vises for touring remain about the same during the war, but the French government has just lessened somewhat the severity of its restrictions. . The French will no longer require a card of identity for a tourist remaining in the country less than two months. The requirement for a4 prefecture of police vise for leaving France has been removed. The passport requirements of various nations on the continent said by recent travelers to be much less tryving than last year—hardiy more so than customs formalities of most countries, including the United States. I desirable, however, for travelers to provide sufficient pass- port photographs, ror the countries requiring them for the vise applica- tions. Paris, a the are is Do not wait until the summer rush is upon us; place your awning order now. Eddy Awning and Decorating Co.—adv?, Lloyd George recently visited 3 d joined in with the children e & but not with the TOBAGEO PLANT IS NOT MADE T0 ORDER' New Haven Experimental Station Has New Specimen I i | Cambridge, Mass., April 11.—What is claimed to be the first plant actual- Iy made to order according to speci- ! 3 listed in advance, has been | by Professor Rd M. rd for the Connecticut \ Agricultural Experiment station at | New Haven, Conn. i Thé new plant, known as Round Tip, is a cigar-wrapper tobacco com- bining, it is claimed, the desirable qualities of several existing varieties | and none of their defects and possess- | ing several worth-while characteris. | tics unknown in the older vurieties. | It was produced by a scientific appit- cation of the laws of heredith, with the investigation of which Professor East has been identified for many years, New vyarieties of pls particuldrly rare, it i and new names for old varieties are as com- imon as freckles on a red-Leaded boy. but in the past, according to the Har- vard biologists, the new things in the plant world have been more or less accidental. Crosses they say, have been made indiscriminately, trusting to Providence that something good would turn up: and asionally Providence has come to the r In this case a study of cigar rs was made, and the ch demanded by grower, manu- and consumer were set down as cold«bloodedly as a builder would plan the requirements of a house. Existing varieties werc then exam- ined in the field and in the warehouse with the minutest care, seeking those which when combined would give the greatest possible chance of success. Finally it was decided the success of the project depended on crossing the two varieties Sumatra and Broadleaf. Why these varieties were selected and how the scheme was carried out is a long and technical story. Suffice it to say that a knowledxe of the prin, cd \ts are not said, e oc: | do ! New Britain Boys’ Club New VOL. 1. APRIL 11, 1921. No. W)‘T"?D BY AND IN THE INTIC“F.S'I“(;F BOYS. C. EMERSON, Editor. 1. KOPLOWTY Z, Asst.- Editor. B. HUCK, Shop ACTS OF MIGHT every day we of kindness? KINDNESS. we not all resolva that will do at least one act Let us write a letter in such terms that the post will bring pleasure next duy to some house; make a call just to let & friend know that he has been in our heart; send a gift on some one's birthday, mar- riage day, or any day we can invent. let us make children glad with things they long for and cannot obtain, and a thousand other things which we can within a ar if we had eves to see and a heart to feel and had the will to take some trouble. —IAN MacLAREN N(fl‘l(‘l;.\ MR. AND MRS. AL. MALMGREN will entertain the Boys’ Club on Tues- day evening. We will have three bhaseball teams. All boys interested please report to the physical director. The O. B. A. will hold their regular meeting Saturday evening at 8:00 o'clock. A number of interesting subjects will be taken up. All mem- bers are urged to attend. ASSOCTIATES—'Tis an old axiom that we are judged by the Company we keep—either for better or for A ellow who is standing around aimlessly on the Street Corner is judged to be a STREET CORNER LOAFE whether he is or not! While fellow who is seen at a Study Course, or a Lecture or deep in a Book or busy about his home is judged to be a Man of PURPOSE ana SELF-RESPECT. Make no mistake! He who fre- quents QUESTIONARLE PLACES or associates with QUESTIONABLE PEOPLE is sure to be the loser—be- cause men are unmade as well made by their associates and a Gom You are judged to he THE the company you keep. ciples of inheritance was the basis. Through these principles the work could be carried out with no greater loss of time and with as much cer- tainty of reaching the end in view as that of a chemist in producing a new tooth-paste. The result was the Round Tip. “Thé Round Tiy said Protessor East today, “has the large leat and the close arrangement of leaves char acteristic of the RBroadleaf variet The leaves grow upright as do those of the Sumatra, thus eliminating the loss from torn leaves which = often results, from the dropping leaves ol the other pavent. The leaf is even broader than the Sumatra, and so i1 creases the yield of cigar wrappers. Since the Broadleaf is too thick and has too pronounced a flavor for most smokers and since the Sumatra is too thin and has no flavor, the new to- bacco was made intermediate in these respects. Finally the Round Tip de- velops six or seves more leaves than the old varieties, possesses a wonder- ful root system makjng it stand up under winds that other tobaccos low, and has a resistance to root rot which eame to it by accident rather than by desizn. The Round Tip has been distribut ed to Connecticut tobacco growers b Dr. Donald F. Jones, a former pupil at Harvard who ia mnow connocted with the Connecticut Agricultural Ex- periment Station. It has had a three vears' test, and has been reported on by some forty-odd planters. Crops ot 2,800 pounds per acre, double the vield of ordinary varieties, have been obtained under exceptional condi- tions, and on the average 2,000 pounds may be confidently expected But what pleases us most is that by thix experiment we have demonstrat- ed that the true fundamental princ ples of plant breeding which we have spent years in studyving can be applied {o a specific problem with such use- ful results. Protessor East holds the of experimental plant morphology at the Jussey Institution, the department ot Harvard University devoted to re- nch and instruction in applied biol- ogy. He is the author of several vol- umes of technical papers on heredity. and in collaboration with Dr. Jones, published a work on the effects of “Inbreeding and Outbreeding’ in ani- mals and plants, and the bearing of the results on the upbuilding of na- tions. chair PREACHERS POORLY PAID. lLondon, April 11.——"The business men of London are not such fools as o put their sons to such a rotten pro- fession as preaching’ said Dr. In- gram. Bishop of London, in a speech | here advocating better pay for clergy- men “Ry their niggarly support of the Church at the present time.” he | added, “the people of England are| undermining the ministry itself.” painted vived. e aY 8TATER Bay State Liquid Paints THE JOHN PIANO TEACHING 'S, Special attention to 3 Sun Tel, 1209, 13 Summer t. Gl , DRESS PLAITING, BUTTON AND HEMSTITCHING SHOP MOVED, TO | 19 Walnut Street | Rear Building. 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