The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-10-27

John r. IOlle, st. Louis, 5 L. M.
Stella Block, Tensas and Macon, 5 P. NJ.
MISCELLANEOUS
For additional river news see our daily tele-
grams.
The Ouachita Relic arrived yesterday morning
from Vicksburg with 500 bales cotton 6492 sacks
seed and Is bags seed cotton. The Belle will not
return to-day, having been withdrawn for the
present
The Gov Alien, one of the finest and most
comfortable boats on the river, leaves on Satur-
day at 5 2. NJ, for Fort Adyms, making all Coast
landings. 1t is announced that the Gov.
Allen will remain il this trade permanently, and
will leave here every Wednesday and Saturday at
P. NJ, returning on Fridays and Mondays
known in this trade, will have command of the
Alien Andy Roland and Ned Phelps clerks
The Allen departs positively on Saturday.
The Frank Pargoud passed Delta yesterday
morning with $3.50 bales cotton and 1000 sacks
seed, and will return tomorrow at p. M. to
Vicksburg and all Bend landings to Greenville.
J. NJ. White in command, Curt Holmes in the
office. The Pargoud has clerk on the levee
this morning, head Of Common street, receiving
freight.
The NEW ROBERT e. LEE.-We have on two
previous occasions noted the fact that Capt. Jno.
w. Cannon was in Louisville perfecting arrange
ments for the building OF successor to his
present boat
Mr.. W. j. Perkins, Chief Engineer Of the Lee,
has Just returned from Louisville, and from him
we learn the following particulars concerning the
have the contract for the hull which is to be 312
feet over ALL with 4S feet beam, 80 feet floor and
10 feet depth Of hold. The ways are already
built and they will commence to set up the frame
this week, and have agreed to launch her by the
1st of March. Her dimensions are II feet longer
than the present boat, feet more beam and
inches more hold.
Mr. Perkins, who has been an engineer almost
continuously for the last 81 years, gives the
opinion Of competent Judge when he says she
Will have the best model and finest lines Of any
boat yet built.
One of her great: features will be her steam
long and a inches in diameter. The new Lee
will have nine, 80 feet in length AZ inches in
diameter. Joseph Mitchell, of Louisville, one
of the most celebrated boiler.makers in the
being built from the plans and spe-
cifications Of Mr.. Perkins, we give it en-
tire: SO boilers, 40 inches in diameter
80 feet long 2 fiues, with one sheet on each. 4
feet long, placed feet aft of the forward end and
direc ly over fire space, shells to be OF 26-1oO
plate, all holes drilled and the longitudinal realms
in shell to be double rivetted and extended above
fire lines; steam drums, 40 iuches in diameter
with legs feet long, IL inches in diameter shells
to be 26-1OO plate holes to be drilled and the lon
gitudinal seams to be double rivetted, two to re-
ceive boilers and two boilers, and to be
placed feet apart and connected with two rlvet-
cd pipes, 16 inches in diameter, inch plate
one equalizng drum, u inches in diameter, tc
connect the two forward steam drums, the legs to
be inches in diameter, IS inches long; two
goose necks Of boiler plate riveted to the sixteen
connections, II inches in internal diameter, with
flanges to seam to connect with main engine
steam pipe four lower drums, is inches in diam
eter OF Il plate, two to receive five and two -four
boilers ali the holes for drum and safety valve tt
be cut, and all riveted to- place on the boat. The
whole to be made Of plate manufactured by thu
Burgess Steel and Iron Company or Brown, o.
Pittsburg, and to be Of $4,000 pounds tensiblt
STRAIN iron. He rengineswill be these now in tn
Leo, 40 inches in diameter, 10 feet stroke. mr.
the new boat will be one mile an hour faster thar
the old. He left Capt. Cannon very, much i'm
proved in health, and says he will be here IL
eight or ten days.
Nackay clerk leaves to-day sure, for the Biacl
and Ouachita rivers, connecting with regular
packets for the tributaries.
The Stella Block got in yesterday with 26l
receiving to leave to-day for the Iensas ano
Macon, Jerry Davis master. Sam Block clerk.
Capts. Blanks, Hodge and other Ouachits
steamboatmen, have formed themselves into
company something similar to the Red Rive
Transportation Company, represented thus Ia
by the following boats
willie, Bastrop, Ouachita Belle, Shannon, Kat
Kinney and Rapides, and have elected the follow
J.W. Blanks, ]. DeHart, Gus Hodge, W. Veneer
John Janney and e. Conery, Sem, with L.
Blanks as President, E. Conery, SEN, Treasurer
and Ferd. v. Cellos, Secretary They are chart
cred company under the name OF the New Oriean
and Ouachita Transportation Company.
The elegant Memphis, New Orleans, Bend
and Vcksburg packet John B. Maude arrive.
yesterday morning with 1867 bales cotton, AZ
sacks seed, and $40 sacks oil cake. The Maud
returns to-day, positively, at P. NJ, under tn
command Of capt. Judd T. West, with Ed. Out
law in the office. The Msude will leave her
every alternate Wednesday throughout the sea
son. .
The Mary Bell will be the next Memphi
packet. She left Memphis on Monday
The LESSEE Taylor had SO bales cotton, rs
sacks seed, 332 sacks rice, so hogsheads sugar
128 barrels and 10 half barrels molasses. Tn
Taylor returns to-day, at IL NJ, making all Coas
landings to Baton Rouge. Allen Jumel master
NJ. Kenison clerk.
The B. Z. Hodge is due to-nigh t from Bato
Rouge, and will return on Friday, at 10 A. NJ.
The st. John commences her tri-weekly trips Z
the Coast and Donaldsonville, on Saturday ne II
positively, under the command OF Capt. +. Der
The steamer Era No. 10, regular Coast. Don
aldson and Lafourche packet, leaves today at
PM. with Tom Taylor in command, Y. Duga
and j. B. Landry, clerks. The Era has latel
been put in fine repair, and with her coats 9
paint presents . very bright and clean appear
ance. She leaves regularly every Wednesday an
Saturday at P. M.
The Kate Dickson, that was to have left for tn
Iafourche yesterday, had not arrived up to dar
last evening.
The Era No. 10 had hhds sugar, "a bbls me
lssses and 21O sacks rice.
The tri-weekly Lafourche packet Henry Tete
l. F. Aucoin master, NJ. 81. Landry clerk, WI
arrive this evening and return at IL NJ to-mor