Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-25


ssip from vIekssurs 70 res Orleans. shs dc Il
IN fourteen days. This was il the Nintsr Of 49,
The Orleans continued % make rezulsr trips =.
July. 1874. Nhen she vas wrecked Lszr Bstoa
RoHSs, or her upward passage, By striking
saag Tbs Oriesns vas very different 10 her con
stfuetioa from TIE boats q thesa dsys- Sta YES
farafshed Eith a propsllibg Whssl Al tts stern,
ard two nasts Tor M Fulton bslisFsd at that
tFns that tie occasional uss Of sails w0gli be In
dispsns4bie. Fulton then bad very inadequate
fdea Of the wondsrfui power 81 stsan1, DrsrsrIy
applied In this Afephsnssu, the snzfnser 81 the
LfTerposl and anct astsT railroad, Vas like FuI-
TOP, for Stephenson II recoilect rightly, cacu-
lated % attaining Epeed Of only seven miles an
h0uE On the railroad, whereas speed Of korfy- hTs
mills an hour Is nov regularly attained On ihs
Lof den aud Great Western and other Eagiish
railroads, and IL u not uncommon for Express
trains travel AZ the rate o. sixty nile al hour
Since The Orleans nads the pioneer trip "a the
WesisTn waters the increase Ia The BumbsF and
size Of steamboats,, The Improvements IN their
construction and accommodations, and the acosi-
sratIon o. tssir speed 10 trgly Astonishing.
10 Nay. 1913, the Enterprise small stesm-
boat Of seventy five tons, which had brought
cargo o. ordinances stores to New Orleans IL me
msnfh q Dscsmbsrs 1914, ieft hsH ofisAAs 20
Pitfsbnrghs aud reached Louisville aitsT pAssAgs
OF tSsuty-h days, thus cen 80 ~ =
steamboat voyaZs ever made from AeN ofieAas %
on he ian Of March the steamboat washiag-
ton, constructed under the personal SsgefI tend
enes AID direction Of Capt. Henry n. shfeys,
rosarnaneed her sec0nd voyage 70 sew Orleans.
sac started from the Fslis Of the Ohio, accom-
uIlshed the trip. and returned to sh ppinspgrt,
III foot Of the FALLS, in forty ons days. The trip
no vas made 10 twenty I'VE days. on hss hrst
trip to New Orisass ths ingenuity Of her con
sifnefioB excited great admiration. Her eat On
the second trip produced much excitement and
"a aliation ia the Nest. The eiuzsns Of LoaisEsis
gave a public dinner to Capt. shieys, 10 which b
predicted that the time would come when ths trip
from New Orleans 20 Louisville would b made Ia
ten days. As all our readers know, Ihe prediction
has been much more than fuiailed the trip has
been Insds 10 isss than half the time.
IN september, 1911, tbs shelby made the trip
from this porg 10 Louisville, distance 49, miles,
in twenty days, hours and 70 minutes; 10 Mzy,
1919, the Paragon made the trip ia Is days 10
hours; nins and a half years after, Ia November,
1879. The Teeumssh mads he trip in days,
honrs I've aud half year. sfterWards, viz 10
April. 1874, tbs Tusearora made tbs tsipiR days,
IS hours thres and half years after, viz: Ia
November, 1881, the Gen Brown and Randolph
each made tho trip IN days, Y hours, aud the
Empress made Il Ia days, II hours n Dsos Der
Of the year the old and favorite ssitana,
thsn In All respects the Acknowledged queen Of
tbs Western Waters, made the trip IN days and
Is hours
on the nth Of April. 1893. the following para
graph appeared IN this Picsyuues
A REMARKAHLK TzTP.--Ths steamboat General
Wayne captain g. q. Caatloman, arrived a. this
pDrt yesterday morning a. o'clock, ia four dAy .
and sixteen hours from Loulsvile-- baiug the
quickest trip ever mAds between the two places.
On the ioth Of the sAme month the PleayaHs
The snlfana, Capt. Tufts, arrived Yesterday,
having made tbs TIP from this city aud back ~
thirteen days.
on the 10Th q ihs same month the following
appeared IN the Pcayuue'
UsPRscKBnsrED kPKzu.-Who would beliess
thst boat could make tie trip from this PORT 30
Loul willie and 5afk 10 ~ days and u hours Yet
a. Ul.
Emprsss, Capt. Robert Mcdonnell. arrived here
yesterday from A 0HiEFils, in four days and eight
hours-hsr trip up was made Ia six days and nine
hours-and that too, Tor distance Of s,tI0 miles
thus averaging daring the whole run IA miles
o. lhs 18th o. May, 1853, he steamboat WIN.
Franeh. hotsd Tor sYeod, ard great fsvofiis 90
ths louisville aud Mes Orleans trade a. "a passaa.
ger baat, In Der day, made Der ntst Appearances At
New Orleans
on The sth Of June, Ia the sam, year, tbs PEA
YHus TINS noticed a great feat accomplished -
another avor.te Louisville boat
TEraErKnaNfED fFnrb.--Tho steamer MoBareh
her iasi trap from this port 70 Loalsvilis IN
"a days and ono hour, that being eight hours
quicker than syer bsfJru made ~ time for dstsn.
lions be deducted 'ho trip vas made ia i've aud !
half days
ON TIE 7sd q June, 1853, the DiaAa, fer sosss
time tapsHs a. the nls.sst skinner Of the West,
ern waters. made her afst appearance at oar lsv.e
on the 7th n iuiy, n che same yaar. she Plaa
TINS BAsrEu BOAT. The steamboat Diana
Captain Frank Garter, has eellpsed every other
beat on the Western waters, having made hei
late trip from this port 20 Loulsylla 10 I'VE days
twsut, three hours aud hiteeu minutes 10
quickest trip ever made. For this fsat shu gets
prsmtam 81 B5e0 ~ gold from the Fostofies De
partmsnt that sam having been offered ths hgsi
which should make the run within six days
On the Both Of Oct0bur, 10 the sane yoAs. thi
following appasE % Ia ths Pieayuue.
The steamer Dians made her trip from this port
90 Astehsz ia twenty-eight hours. She isft this
city on Tuesday, at II M, aud arrived - thal
place on Nednesdsy, NJ y m
Not long after this th5 fsnons stsamboa
Edward Hhippaa, tho successful rival of thu DAM
8 passenger boat Ia the New Orleans and LOUIS
willie trade, made her Appearance. Well do "
rocoleet the excitement caused ~ the many trial.
OF speed between these two-thp fastest boats thsf
on the river the heavy betting on ths result tbs
crowds that assembled on the isvee TO witness hsi
departure the cheers hat CRESTED them as, Ia ali
respects prepared for the race, they backed on
from thu iovee, aud, Strengthening up, eomnene
ed their up-rivsr trip. rlesviug the water will
their sharp plows 80 beautifully that not curl .
In April. Ist J, the Edward Shipper made the
trip from New Orleans 90 Louisville In days. II
honrs. In April, 1874, the suitsua made tbs tril
ia days aud " hours. In May, 1919, tbs besto
ma made tho trip In days aud hours. Eyei
this fast time, however IL not 40 fast, ~ about
/ day. ~ has bean made since. In June, 1851, %
/ Belle Key made the trip 10 days and - hours
{ IN MA 1872. tho hNtihNNet uiAae hus Trip -
/ dsys. - hours ash IS minutcs. and subsequently
/ to tie same month, the Eclipse made the tip Ia
/ days and rs heurs. la May 1908, the A. L. shot
we'll made the run Ia days. 10 hours aud - min
/ utes, and. In the same month aud year. th
/ Eclipse, under command Of Captain r. T stur
gaon, made the quickest trip on rscerd up 20 tina
/ time, via days, hours aud 80 minutes fekin
/ into consideration the Low water, swifi current
/ AID ether obstacles she met with, Il ives the
/ claimed for the Eolipse that shs was the tastes
steamboat in The world, but no such claim eoHt
! now be sustained. We do not recolisct that he
/ tine to Louisville has been beaten, although v
J think Il has. but We have not time 20 sxploFe Gu
lss for the past eleven years % asorrtaia the fec
Be thiz ~ IL may. Il IL csrtain that several boat
in the New Orleans aud 81. Louis traie have mad
/ faster than the Eclipse.
on tho sth Of uns. Isss, the Pieayuus had n
| following
"Tns steamboat Prairie. Captain Frslelsh, 81
| rived ~ this port yesterd. y, Ia four days az
three hours, (includlng twelve heurs detention
from ST. Louis. This Ia the best trip that b.
ever been made between So. Louis aud New o.
leans
Ia May. 1858, the A. l.. shotwsll, in her grsl
race with the Eclipse, made the run frem ke
Orleans 70 Cairo in three days, three hours On
| forty minutes whereas the Eeiipse's time ~
three days, four hours aud four minutes
The fastest time, however ever made for sueh
long distance on the Mississippi. Was the Of
made by the famous steamboat J. ~. White,
| 1870, from New orleans 10 ST. Lonis-i ,3QQ mile
Tnts vas accomplished In three days and twent
three hours, aud although twsnty-ioar years n
since ELAPSED 10 has not neon 60 rsiied though a
number Of vory fast running boats has largely /
eFeased since that tine
From what q nave usitten il will b. seen al
glance how great has heen the aereieratisn Of /
| spaad q tho namboats navigating the Masta
waters, since the Orleans made the pisueeF trip
IsI2 Great as Il has been, we feel assured u
By further improvements IN the construction
the huiis and machinery Of steamboats,, aud
application Of Increased steam power, higl
rate Of speed will yet be attained N. Q. Pie.
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