The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-06-02

,,at r VIM will estimate it according 10
:. :, 80 - -, 80. oeysr;t ,ve will he con. |
me motVes WIN winch We oN ,'e. - 1901, 10
tent, and never, I'LL the pulse OF i'io n"' ~
beat, can we forget you, VINO nave peen W Us
EatherI
-<>s-
of tho Navigation OF the |
W.storn Rivers. II
a.. &c Oh. MOS, Interesting tables, by which to
I1s Tho ,and orowth of the West is that of the
~. of travel From Niles Register, for 1911, we
oony This naragranh. "Cincinnati, NAV 90
Sh;n Naws-A,rived in this place. on Sunday
,,or,;nr Tho eeb inst, barge Cincinnati, Beattie,
,orrrr.nder from New Orleans. with a cargo Of
IL, Io.,,ood c,.,ss stc. She sailed from
NJ. n.la.ns he a, of March arrived at the Falls
~ az &c NJ 60 a.v,. ,ama;ned At the Falls
" -. III Ill ,h.noa q, tho l7tb This ia
I'M, !, ...s1 H., o,,.r .rrvad ar Cincin.
- e., Sha T. ,oo e,o, hos, ia fact beam.
.'''. - 80, 81 hr,,hon "a TONS She
nssea '.osf ,ha rslls hu 10 man in half dav
We -. g.. ,ei, ,,a fnd this the ear.
;, ~ quo s'l'.'s :, a.a,to,, =, n. wos,..
''' 'e''0 .,,.r,,,v Nov !, 1911
Arrived at this place on the 2Sth uit., Mr.. Rose
velt's steamboat New Orleans. We are informed
she is intended as packet boat, between Natchez
and New Orleans Her burden Is four hundred
and five tons, and can accommodate rom sl1ty 10
e'gnty caoll anu s.eeraso paSsTne' rY
inferior 70 any packet IN .le onon. 1ne a' p.S
d. oh,s p'aco III s'A.y iou '.ouis suls c ~
ourgn. ffequeht eApei"lehts "a ner telio'Haai,vo
nave peeI maui nsaiss 'no oulie, ,oo e. ~
r,Va , ~ .io pLesen '. u nu ,';,, at.a;n,,
"nU ~, T.; t.',n eCn,s and holt
mi $. II, ,,o h.,, ho.n oil. % end in Nilas,
.o,noo,;nu ,h;s hoo, sovsra1 Of tho succeeding
ol,r,os ers oco,,n;ad with details of the war and
hit ,,,e 90 10 davo,ed IN the nrogress of steam
nav;aat;on Rnt we have collected them. and
mea 70 as ,bev ara thew furnish interesting traces
of The ranid Improvement.
In the nnmbsr for Decemher 19 1919 we find the
first notice ~ a celebrated hoat in the West--the
vss,y;rs Tho I,alcs and exc,am,,ions are from
,ho Re,;.,ar aTba steamboat yasuvius lao feet
,.ao, t5o 49,. hr.,,,a 10, haa, lanroha5 a, pitts.
eee', nv '.n' 5''.''o" IDr III.
10 @, "ua'' ,''~ee '"e u,'S
,;,.s ~" I'M aaa, ho oe -. a,noLs,n Tho
Iunon:onS W. 'oon 10 oA 'ho s.'ns ~
a, the "a ia Of fo,r miles an hour She made
the trip from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati in forty hours!
uTh.ho,. vos,,,,;,, ,,,,,. f,,v, p;.,sh,o,,
% '.,,,ila l7s7 - i, 80, 900, ha,,.s
..,aa,,. e. x,,. - - ta ~ Lis r,;las
IW 'NAn''e'' e4""' " 70" Oh" ''"'' -''''e
"A nv" r,
AstoneShtng fdSs@ge'-Ih ne steamboat v esu-
vius iha1e tue ioIo"ihg passage rom tHtsoursl
70 Ne"ofieahs' L rom it,soufsM 10 ShPPhgPor'
s2ty-seYen hours aho nan, 10 Na'cneA one nun
ufeu anu ao twenty Tse noeis anu nan, 70 t'eWor
,eans % hours. Lo'ai from 1ittsoish 10 I've"
dreams, TWO huhufea anu twenty SEVEN houfs'
ii'''e over nine aays'
In August, 1914, writer, specializing on the
advantapes of steam. saws "The GRAND route from
R,F,lo 70 NswOr,s.ns , distance IF o71A miles
N''Iio v .e''' N','N'0o -
may NC Pelioriheo n steaiooa'' except oet"eel
Michigan and the Illinois, where there is small
obstruction, which we will remove The trip
down will be made in thirtv-two DAYS and eiuh
honrs Tbeascond;n,, von,s,e ,,;l, oonsrroo i,
| -. -. -, ~ . -,.,..:1.u
,uf'y SIX uays. "hA .nese caicu.a'l'hs VIII
thought ieasohaoie' On oue examination OIL what
| really oohe oy STEAMBOATS, AT thhs .,He 'he as
anticipated rate appears to u.s. it is only necessary
n contrast it with the barge navigation to appre
o;.,.,.b. ,,,s, .dua,t,ne IL aave IN the Vast Ru
11-.:. - I'll.
we nho iioie Aauua''o"'' ~ 'A0 A'ese u "i'
l, 1919, are these paragraphs:
upno1,,sv,,rr M,va R, j., letter fro,r n,
omoar of tbe s,aambo,t Enterny;ss of This Mace
WE are ;rformed that she was at Natcbez on Nh
os,b of Msrob b.y;na SUBSEQUENT IN the 14tb =
Tan,,ar,, 10 for, Nsu,Orleans 6ve rims m H.
RaGzs and ono tn the rands Of Rad River. He
las, trio from Nav ORLEANS IN Natcbez was mad
in fau p Gn,,s a distance Of three hpudred an,
,b;ytee,, nils soa;nst the strong current of tb
M;ss;s";nn y,;t5ont The a;d Of ss;ls her riggn,
hav;n., hsen nravouslv l,d aside She will max
t,,,o 80. ,a,,s,,ss bs,,yesn The lac, nani;one
nI.ces and han tata ber denarturs bomewards
MTha a,rohoat Entsrnr;se orted nm from Ne,
Orleans To Rards,oyn nearly i50O miles. in .
Jaus T, i oaionIs,sd that tbe vovaae bv steam
hoss,. f,om Nsw Orlsans tn P;tisbnreb. abor
t,reot,,. tbyee hundred miles. will be made in 3
dsvS Hayy do the r;vsrs and canals of the ol
word dn;nJ,e to ;ns;gni6cance nared with III
80 W. " ,~bat nrosnect of ron,r,sree is held ont
hs ;,omonse reo;pns of The West bv The nse
these hostsi II is tbonobt that The freight fro
Ns,y Orleans to louisville lat The falls of n
OS;oN will soon he reduced to 81 80 ner bundre
wa;obt u
NJ, :, = o. n,.
nT u,u st.e.,, 49,, ar :,
M, 10 now nicknamed The Earl Of I.yarnoo
declared that the western part of the United Stat,
never could become commercial. Let his lordsh
=, take map and trace the course of the rivers fro
New Orleans to Brownsville, and then read Il