New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-14
STEAM IcE4BOAT FOR FROZEN RIVERS.

Y-cm tn. Chea2o P,ess and Trsttne
We have knc Cd for the last tEo years mat Norman
wizard eso.. ef Janesviile Wisconsin, has been en-
r "a with fbe epthus sasm characteristic OF inventors,
70 perecung plan for an ice boat 10 be propelled oy
= o. 10 navigate our Northern rivers. Lake many
others We confess 10 prudent skeptcism 10 regard
10 the pre.cabiity Of tbs project; but, wdateyer
viesp we o. the public may choose to entertain, the
Ola, is seon 10 be put tle test Of practical expert
men, Dcring the pact Winter, Mr. Wizard hss been
In York, and, by the AID OF some OF tne isses'
Esd most Intelligent capitalists in that city, has con
ssYuct sn ice boat which is nov beipg put together
at Prsr du Chen In two or three weeks u 10 ex'
pected at all will be ready for the rie up the Mis-
e;ssipps The boat is built Of iron, and IS ~
feet tsr by II feet broad, with fat bottom,
end .wO keels running the whole length. Ii IL
breake through the ice or encounters an sf-hoe, ma
chiper. is prepared, which, in few minutes, PuIs ~
sxait on the ice ready for onward progress Ihe
dIys whee ia near stern and the inventor calcu-
ses the ordinary speed the ice at ~ 10 ~ miles an
hour and with clear solid ice, he believes bus vessel
Easily be made 10 attain speed OF ~ miles Tue
cabn is II by fO feet and the capacity OF tne Doat 10
vsts at 100 passengers and I've TONS of freight. The
spt:re boat when loaded with passengers and cargo,
s sslct lated TO weigh - tans. The managers o. the
St. Paul and Fond du Lac, and the Nil igaukee and
Mississippi Railways we lesrD have both unaffected
great interest IN the euccess Of the enterprise Ihe
Milwaukee and Mississippi Road have furnished the
motive power 10 test the value ot the invention III II
sacseeds il will very essentially promote the interests
Of the roads Terminating the Upper Mississippi dur.
ipg Eve months Of the year. Every possible Effort is
bsDg made fully to test TIE value of this novel inven
tion during the next few weeks and II suecessin tue
New Yoik capitalists viii at contract for Is boats
Of similar character and construction, TO be ready Tor
busieis as soon the rivers close next WINTER III
even moety Of the plans and hopes of the propretors
Of this enterprise reahzet its value to the North
West can scarcely be overestmsted. IL will at once
soupect with this city the vast and important tracts Of
country lying north ard west Of us much more directly
and perfectly in Winter than in Summer. AS soon as
the ice is formed in November or December, the Ice
Boss viii have uninterrupted navigation for four or
fye mouths from Praire du Chen or La Crosse, up
the Mfsissippi and MiDnesots Rivers to Big Stone
Iahs thence down the Red River Of the North, and
I'D the Saskatchewan to the base Of the Rocky Noun
tairs The Northwest has a most important
interest in the success OF this Ice Boat PROJECT.
We sha take great pleasure in recording it's success
rst Il has been seriously undertsken by the intei'
gent az practical gentlemen who have in charge is
an earnest Of ts future triumph
We have seen an lustra on Of this steam ice bost,
sso the runners and driving Wheel constructed at the
Novelty Works and recently shipped for Prairie du
Chen where the ice boat being built. The business
agency in this city is at No. 81 Pine street.