American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-09-09
M ESSRS. EDITORS; You will please publish this il
Iv1 answer to MERCURY Of Saturday last

M ESSRS EDITORS: You will please publish this in
Az answer to MERCURY Of Saturday last
Your answer to . communication through the post
Office is only evasion Of what you know to be the truth
You knew at the time that Corson was either written
telegphed at New York. that the new boat built here
would meet the "ry fat and splendid" steamer built in
New York, to try their SPEED; it secret here
at New York. although you affect to be ignorant of the
matter. 1t will not do, Mr.. Mercury.
ask what would have been the state Of the had
tho Washington come up aheadi Were not her owners
on the wharf betting their money that the W. ahssdi
Would not the tide Of public opinion have been set
against our city mechsnicsf / think SO.
It IL Of for northernbuilt boat to come here
and undertake to against boat built south Of Ma
son and Dxons line. The Champion beat the Thomas
Coyer scvcn minutes in sir miles. 1t said, then,
that little alteration would make her beat the Cham
pion. 1t is said the w. had not fair chance, and
have been informed by Of her owners that they
have taken down her mokesack for the purpose of In
creasng Its size, and making other alterations; and sup
pose they will have some Of Paynes gas to help them
along II they do succeed In making improvements in
the w. sufficient to fast the southern boat he
w. g.. the swell from her will wash all the lighthouses
from the shores Of the Potomac.
supposed that the Misunderstanding from the
drawing room Of the "upper ten thousandwould have
been completely rugged from top to bottom but
she has to here to receive OF the "fnishng
touches of the machns painter cauker and other
chanics Of this section Her wheels to undergo
alterations well her smokesack heightened Is it
not rather strange that these alterations are to be made
to the sed boat she to have BEEN and coming
of the Empire City too, where all the best wormen Of
the world arc said to be congrcgatedi think 1t is
strange, With all the talent and skill of the world they
could not the short distance from New York to this
District and compete with southern-built boat and
built too, by that has not had the experience Of
building but two boats, and third the stocks.
Ono thing 10 very much in his fvorboth boats beat
the Now York-built boats, although tho FIRST (as
Mercury sayD had to 60 TO Baltimore to receive
finishing touches" She beats the other boats without
lengthsning mokestack, cutting down wheels, &C.,
&c- which Captain Page could now have done to the
Washingonbuilt boat II II necessary, but alte
rstions improvements necessary to enable her
beat either the Washington Colyer Had 1t not been
for the urgent desire Of Captain Pages Baltimore Gus
toner, Capt STRAWBERRY II would not have been requ
site for the finishing touches" Of the baltimore mechan-
ics the public that Captain Page viii finish
the southern boat he before she leaves her wharf
at the foot Of 7th street. Washington city, not to
require any touches.
As TO Mercurys frequent" notices Of Mr. Pages i'm
provement he has taken good to call the old white
warehouse "pest house." and also to speak of
dock Billy, and OF the splendid and fast steamer "Thomas
Collyerp but he forgot TO mention that the southern
built boat beat the northernbu bostthe George wash
ingonfourtccn miles in hundred and ten; that
the W. s. that distance In flee hours and Uytyfpc
rrine actual running time, from Pney Point to WASH
ingon city, and that Captain Page confident that the
soutberner viii make two miles an hour better time
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