Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-01

working 43lfeet wheels, 10 feet by
30 inch buckets, which they handle
with ease, her rotation being per-
fectly uniform, seemingly having
no dead points. The engines are
Of the balance valve pattern, with
all the latest improvements. The
steam openings are IL inches in
diameter, exhaust II inches, piston
rod Z inches, aud wrought iron
main shafts, and journals Is inches
in diameter. The shaft and crank
alone weigh ii tons each, and the
wheels, complete. 62 tons each.-
The s~teampipe, u inches in diam
eter, is made of 3.l6 copper, and
brazed together in the most substan-
tial manner. The power Of these en-
gines, working at IS revolutions un.
Tier a pressure Of l40 pounds per
square inch, cutting of at g., Is
2572 horse power. They are fur.
nished with folding cams, so that
she can be worked at Z, q, q
stroke, according TO the load OF ne
cessity Of speed, thus furnishing a
means for saving fuel. The slides
are adjustable on a cast iron bed
plate in such a manner that In a
few moments they can be raised,
lowered. or moved in or out, as the
spring may require. The cross
head is provided with swivel jaws,
insuring a regular bearing on the
slides, which Is almost impossible
10 attain when the ordinary pattern
is used. The cam.rod bearings are
also made 30 as TO swivel, raise or
lower and in this case preventing
the possibility of A cramped or im-
perfect action. The doctor engine
is the largest ever constructed, the
cylinder being SO inches stroke and
II inches in diameter; force pumps
I inches diameter and "a inches
stroke; lift pumps s inches dame
ter, "a inches stroke. The heaters
are placed aft of the engines, so as
to give plenty of room for cotton
stowage. The doctor is q perfect
success, working, from the start,
regular, aud strong. Fire.pumps
are placed in the most convenient
parts of the boat, besides which
she has a Cope Il Co. steam pump
(Which are most reliable) ready al
any moment to throw water through
a series Of pipes to any part Of
the boat, giving double insurance
against the destructive element.
The boilers are eight in number,
"a feet long and 40 inches diameter,
containing two flues each, the heat
ing surface being the greatest Oh
the river, namely, 265S square feet,
and with the assistance Of the best
known means for raising steam, we
believe. ample for any emergency.
The two so inch steam drums, with
their legs and steam pipes, etc. give
a steam area ofover eight times the
cylinder capacity. The hosting
machinery from the hold Is COLI
structed without gearing, being
two engines working at right angle,
and capable OF being reversed, start
ed or stopped by a single lever
The large capstan, ut the bow, has
also two engines ior working IT,
SO that in ease OF running on bars
or getting into trouble OF any kind,
she will be well provided will
means for getting out of 1t. Hel
capacity il fifteen hundred and for
ty. seven aud twenty.three one hun
dredth tons. Her cabin is two hun
dred and forty feet long and seven
teen feet wide, well supported BY
pillars, and lighted at night b!
eight chandeliers of six BURNER
each, and in daytime by skylightI
of frosted glass. The Office an,
bar, on either side OftIe cabin for
ward, are lighted by skylights o
stained glass, set In a dome over
head, octagonal in shape. All o
the cabin is q recess, elegantly tit
ted up, from which u stairway leads
to the nursery below, between
decks. On each side Of the murser.
is q large bridal chamber. The nur'
sery contains eight rooms beside'
q water closet on each side. Their
are sixteen rooms In the ladies cab
in besides, each eight feet square
four of which will be known q
bridal chambers. The main cabiI
contains thirty-six rOOms, almOs
of equal size, and well furnished Il
modern style. The pantry meas
ures twenty by forty feet, and con
tains a steam table. The barbe
shop is of the same size. A Le'
feet gangwsy leads across the cabi
from the pantry to the barber shop
There is a small after guard leadin
from the nursery 10 the wash-hous
on one side, aud 10 the ironing
room on the other. Over the mil
roP, at the forward end Of the cabi
Is a statue of the chiefOf the Match
ez tribe, and over the mirror in tn
ladies' cabin isa statue OF his squR'
These mirrors are set IN the cabin
and are both elegant. There ARE :
sofa chairs and four sofas |
the ladies' cabin, all Of solid M
hogany, covered with French mC
quet clOth--colors, alternate greet
. blue and red. In the main cabi
are one hundred and twenty whit
rush-bottOm chairs, striped wit
gold. She has thirteen solid M
hogany extension tables, restaural
style, the extra leaves being OF Il
same material. These tables co
eight hundred and fifty dollars.
. The hall doors have very fiji
stained glass. Her bar is cOnslruc
cd of mahogany, finely ilnisht
with beautiful carvings,and is eigI
S feet square.
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