Show Famous Famous M Mississippi River Ship Line Quits With 2256 After Years CINCINNATI Ohio March 7 If JP- JP in this section whose history his his- tory 1017 teems with lore of the sluggish Ohio r recalled called today the olden times when trim little little- littleriver river packets bustled bustled bus bus- tied up and up-and and down the winding waterway waterway water water- wa way as they talked of the passing g of one of the oldest packet lines The Louisville and Cincinnati Pa Packet Ficket ket company one of the largest transportation concerns on the MIssissippi MississIppi Mississippi Mis Mis- and its us tributaries surrendered surrendered dered after more than a century of operation to th the stern stem demands of or economic nece necessity and went into voluntary vol 01 ol bankruptcy late yesterday John W. W Hubbard president said the concern had debts of and assets of of which were in packets and with but 2256 in cash He said the com corn company company pany patty owed debts it could not meet but was willing to surrender all of or its property to creditors Once the scene of gay Cay parties when the top hat and anti carpet bag were In their heyday and flowered vests ests vied with hoop skirts as the dandl dandies s strut- strut ed about the river packets the lines line's ships were the thc choice o of river travelers trav tray elers dens who sipped their mint julep and enJo enjoyed cd the slow smooth vo voyage age up and down l dO the bosom of the stream Late years ears however saw the line struggling to break even cven despite the completion of a system of one fifty r dams and locks In th the Oho Ohio river to tomake tomake tomake make possible a nine foot all year ear round water stage stace In an effort to r re revive vive ive water traffic |