{"id":1526,"date":"2012-07-04T00:22:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T00:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leelinesteamers.com\/?p=1526"},"modified":"2012-07-04T00:53:38","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T00:53:38","slug":"bayliss-lee-renamed-dixie-after-leaving-lee-line-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leelinesteamers.com\/?p=1526","title":{"rendered":"BAYLISS LEE renamed DELTA after leaving Lee Line Fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BAYLISS LEE renamed DELTA Univ of Wisconsin neg 10892<\/p><\/div>\n

Way’s Packet Directory Boat #0461:\u00a0 Sternwheel Packet built at Jeffersonville Ind., by Howard Shipyard, 1899.\u00a0 190 ft x 38 ft x 5.8 ft.\u00a0 Built for the Lee Line of Memphis, which ran her to Friars Point.\u00a0 When still very new she was bought by Capt. E.W.B.\u00a0Nowland, Memphis, who promptly renamed her DELTA for the Memphis-Vicksburg trade.\u00a0 At the time of this sale she had roof signboards reading LEE LINE-PADUCAH AND WATERLOO.\u00a0 She had been built to “buck” the St. Louis & Tennessee River Packet Co., but differences had been settled.\u00a0 The Nowland Line relettered the signboards to read REGULAR MEMPHIS and VICKSBURG PACKET.\u00a0 Sank after hitting an obstruction at Mayersville, Miss. in March 1903, raised.\u00a0 Burned at Harwood Island below Greenville Miss., early March 1905.<\/p>\n

The BAYLISS LEE entered the Paducah & Tennessee River trade March 18, 1900 and was withdrawn from the Tennessee River April 6, 1900 following a meeting between my great grandfather James Lee Jr., my great uncle Robert E. Lee and the owners of the Tennessee River Packet Company.\u00a0 The BAYLISS LEE started a rate war to capture business, however my great grandfather and great uncle were persuaded to withdraw the BAYLISS LEE when sufficient funds were provided to\u00a0persuade\u00a0the Lee Line to withdraw.\u00a0 Previously the Tennessee River Packet Co. had entered the Mississippi River to take Memphis St. Louis trade as well as Friars Point trade.\u00a0 The Lee Line was successful in restoring rates in late 1899.<\/p>\n

The above picture of the DELTA is used with permission from the University of Wisconsin La Crosse Collections.<\/p>\n

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