The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1864-02-20
A. TRIP TO cEI1LO.

considerable rcialimportance. The wri-
terrsharedfin the opinion but trip to Cello
yesterday veryefGsctually changed our opinion.
Instead Of finding thriving, active town, we
fopnd that the one solitary store that graced the
place year since, had disappeared the pro-
prietor having removed to Umatila. Not sin.
gle new building did, we notice, and all that
gives life to the place is the o. S. N. Co.'s
boats, and the coming and going of the rail-
road cars. Outside the Companys business,
nothing was, doing, and the, houses already
have dilapidated look. AT the landing, we
noticed the steamers Tenino, NezsPercs Chief,
and Yakima. The latter q new boat, and de-
signed to be the crack steamer on the, upper
river. Her dimensions areas follows: Length,
$50 feet breadth of beam, 20 feet. Her model
is pronounced by those who are competent to
judge as, perfect, and as she rests in the wa
ter she is certainly beautiful craft. Her en-
gines are highly finished, and of power suf-
cient to insure high rate of speed Passing
TO the upper deck, we noticed that her saloons
are large, and having ceiling. nine feet in the
clear, there is none of that snothering sensa-
ton usually noticed on. entering steamboat
cabins. Ranged along en- either side of the
saloon, are the staterooms, which like the boat
are roomy, and look as though theyywill ad-
NIT of beds large-enough to allow the travel
er to turn over without taking the chance of
landing in the middle of the, floor. The la
dies saloon is being fitted up with strict re-
gard to taste and elegance, and is provided
with state rooms, the doors of which open on
the guards, and thus ensure IL degree of pri-
vacy not otherwise to be obtained. Of the
Company's boats on the upper river, it may
be said that they are unsurpassed by boats of
the same description anywhere. The stern
| wheel boats on the Sacramento will not begin
to compare with them, and for the purpose
for which they are designedthey leave travel
ers and freighters nothing to desire. The Com
pany now has on the upper river perfect feet
OF boats, as wiltbe seen by the following list /:
Nez Perce Chief; Web Foot, 7enin0, .Okanagan,
Kiyus, Spray, Col. Wright and Yakima, the
lstter receiving the finishing touches prepara-
toryto taking her place upon the line. Of
these, three are slow water" boats that is,
they are of light draft, and can run at the
lowest stages of water. During the busy sea-
son, it is. the intention of the Company to
make daily trips to Wallula, and hence the
necessity for so many boats. On the way out,
as we'll as on the return, we had an opportu-
nifty to notice, the improvements that are being
made on the Railroad. At one, point where
the present track hugs the river closely and
the cars whirl along on the very edge of pre-.
cipice, a new track is being. blasted ont oi
the solid rock, which, when completed, will
remove all danger from this source. At other
points, the road is being elevated, so as to
avoid. the annoyance of drifting sand All
these changes are being made under the di.
rsctior of the oempanys engineer-Mr. Bra.
zee-who has shown great skill in overcoming
apparently insurmountable difficulties. When
these changes are completed the cars will be
able to make much better time over the road
than at present, and in addition to the saving
of time, there will be greater safety for life
and property. Like all other improvement.
made by the o. s. N: Company, the Railroad
is substantial and solid, and must long re
main monument attesting the enterprise o
its projectors. In concluding our notice o
: Cello and the Railroad, it is proper that w
should make our acknowledgements to tn
gentlemanly Agent, FrankT. Dodge, who &C
companied us on the trip, and kindly furnish
ed US with many of the details here set forth
A CORRESPONDENT of the S. +. Evening Jour
, nal, who went Overland to Missouri last Eal]