Show the boat for the missouri the eccentric and var variable lable missouri river hai has a personal friend in george fitch who declares in the american Amerl cau 2 magazine agazine 11 that the stream Is navigable enough if it only the steamboats would conform c to its peculiarities pecullar ldes the missouri river steamboat says sa yf mr fitch should be shallow lithe deep cheated and exceedingly strong in the stem wheel it should be hinged in the middle and should be fitted with a suction dredge BO so that when it cannot climb over a sand bar it can assimilate it 11 the missouri river steamboat should bo be able to make use of a channel but should not have to depend upon it A steamer that cannot on occasion climb a steep clay bank go across a cornfield and corner a river that flat t la Is trying to pet get away has little excuse for trying to navigate the missouri 11 |