New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-12
Excursion OF the Crescent CITY.

The new tow boat of the Mississippi Val
| ley Transportation Company, recently buil,
at Cincinnati under the supervision of
Captain Good, had some of her good points
displayed 20 advantage last Sunday during
an excursion, of which mention has already
been made in this paper. AS towboat she
Is considered an aggregate of perfection.
The Bulletin dt scribes her in this manner:
Her dimensions are as follows: One hun
dred and ninety feet long, thirty-si feet
beam. six and half feet hold. four feet
guards, and double chained all through
Her machinery has been constructed on d
new pattern. with balance valve engines
cylinders twenty six inches in diameter
with nine feet stroke, working wheel
tw-nfy-six feet in diameter. with buckets
twenty-eiyht feet long and thirt: two inches
wide. ana shaft thirteen inches in diameter.
She has also a large doctor and a doukey
engine. the latter constructed as 10 sup
ply the boilers with water in case the doc
tor should accidentally become disabled.
Three improved capStans to be worked by
steam, are also found on her, one on each
side of the boilers. and one forward. She has
also battery OF six double tiued boilers.
forty inches in diameter and twentv-eight
feet long. and besides these 6he has also one
nigger boiler. The hull. which is construct
ed with thoroughly seasoned timber, is pro
vlded with ventilatOrs which run full
length.
The upper works of the Crescent CITY
would bear more critical description than
time or space viii Just now allow. The
cabin and its outfit are excellent. and not
inferior to many boats that run in the pas
senger trade. while the state rooms are
we'll furnished with everything essential
To comfort. In the department of The pan
try and coohEousc. as well as the Quarters
for the deek crew. :hsre is to be stcn the
general characteristic Of completeness and
excellence.
This is the first boat built directly hy lie
Mississippi Valley Transportation Com
pany, and does Great honor 70 the enter
prise of the company and the scientific.
skill OF those who projected and executed
the plan OF the boat. It is evident that in
her history there is to be no such word as
ia |.
Her officers are James II. Townsend.
captain: William Munday and. John c.
Lane. pilots W. W. Corey. first. and W. G
McLelland, second engineer and Edward
Burns. mate.
The excurson:sts consisted, besides Cap
tain j. +. Burdeauu and Mr. J. }. Fowler,
of the Mississippi Valley Transportation
Company. rcpres. natives from the houses
OF q. w. TAFT \ Co. Gordon & G,lnila, =.
II. Polhaus 4 Co., Washington Borten, ".
Stanard. Bronson & Co., John II. Nanna.
Washburn & Sears. Dunne & Heck, c. !
\. Whitney & Co., Kendig & Co. Wilmot ,
X Co., +. Deibo1dio, Glover & Odcndai,l. |
Falrchlld Il Blng ham. and u large delega- |
ton from the Cu,t-n house: j. A. Smith. as !
:hc Wsstera Union Telegraph
Company, and +. f. Mclean. St Louis |
had also good Spokesman in f. Eiche,.- .
man, OF the Camp Spring Mills.
At two minutes after eleven o'clock, \.
NJ. the boat having made a short run down
-tream passed the foot OF Canal stree. IN
der only a iar head of steam, and reached
he elevator at siN,"rn minutes after eleven.
fflil2ate at twtntV two minutes and a cuar-
er after twelve. Fix Horn at thirty multes
and halt after twelve. and Red Church
" nine minutes and a half after one clock, !
I. NJ, and thence proceeded to a. t,oi,t
the Bonnet Carre creyaSse, where
ne boat landed at the plantation of .Ir
lllere, and where all went ashore aud
unused themselves ii witnessing the pro
'ess OF sugar making.
Returning 20 tie boat IRON tht, s,,o5tr
iOuse. there was found spread a most
nlnptuous lepa-t, As he ,..ii ,ht.d com
oany discussed the merits Of this with tlic
est Of men Wilo were indeed well pleased
WITH themselves ard all things around
hem, the staunch Crescent CITY darted
way like thing of lite" TO the good city
tier which she Was named
There was the muse OF band and the
larkle OF champagne on board to crafty
ne ears ana the tastes Of the excursionists
The Crescent City takes up the river on
er first trip "a tow of seven barges with
tween fifteen and sixteen hundred tons OF
eight.