The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-23
THE NEW NORTHERN LINE STEAMER
LAKE SUPERIOR.

This boat has made her first appearance
at St. Louis, and has caused ripple of ex
citement among men whose days are in the
water. and whose tastes tend riverward
She is undoubtedly the finest boat that
cleaves the waters of the Mississippi, and
makes her debut when the old river Is
booming full.
The Lake Superior was designed by Com
modore Richard c. Gray, and built under
the immediate supervision of Capt. W. c
GRAY. to whose superior mechanical ability
the boat bears ample testimony. The hull
was made by Messrs. Wilson and Dunilevy,
Wheeling, Va, and Is q substantial, beauti
full and faultless model of steamboat srchi-
lecture. The engines were manufactured
BY Robert Lea, with twenty-five inch GYM
ders, wheels twenty-eight feet in diameter
twelve and half feet buckets and seven '''
stroke. The boilers are the largest anu "e''
manufactured. were made with speeisl pains
n,. C.,ron and Snyder, at the Fort
pr, Roller Works, thiriy-eight inches in
diameter, twenty six feet long, with two
6ues each. The rivet holes instead of being
punched on the plates as is most common,
were drilled and scanned without drifting.
which gives to the plates superior strength
and compsctness The towering chimnsys
reach to height of forty eight feet, and are
forty nine inches in diameter, braced and
secured with usual guys, &c. The draft OF
the chimneys aud FIRE bed is perfect, and
the facilities for raising steam work together
with harmony which de6es improvement
The cabin, by WI. Richardson. is most
splendid and superb affair, in which every
modern luxury and convenience is placed al
the Immediate disposal OF the travelling pub
lie. Nothing short of trip, however, can
give An adequate idea of its beauties and
comforts.
The plain painting was done by Mr.. W
Lees, and the ornamental and landscape
painting came from the artistic brush o.
Mr.. Emile Blot; gliding BY Messrs. J. j
Gillespie & Co; upholstery by E. Edmund
sou q So's pLuno anu eoe Att-hs -,
Sheriff & Loughery; furniture by T. B
Young i Co.; copper work by ] 7. Kin
kead; carpets by Messrs. Collins Il McFsr-
land. The cabin outfit was furnished BY
Messrs. Evans, Dallis & Gilmore. The Lake
Superior is the fourteenth boat built q
Pittsburgh by the Northern Line Packe
Company. beside large number of bsrges
amounting in an aggregate of about ont
million dollars.
The Lake Superior cost about $4,000
and is great credit TO The line which bull
! her, as well as to the skill of the sr.izau
connected with her construction, and gift
which the travelling public can, We feel as
sured, and will, well appreciate.
/ The officers of this floating palace are
Capt. Jones Worden, who has seen twenty
five years service on the Mississippi; Speu
Ger Greenwich and VIM. Wells. clerks, bot
well known on the upper rivers Jona,ha
Crane and Hiram Brown, mates r. Irwi
and A. Armstrong. engineers. The cabin
in charge of that prince of caterers, Ed
Waney, which is sufficient guarantee ths
travellers will be well provided and care
! for.
| P. S.-This magnificent floating palac
will arrive at our levee this afternoon at
o'clock.