The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-03-31
THE GRAND REPUBLIC.
A Mammoth Steamer-SGOraEe Room fO
1900 Bales of Gotten.

The steamer Grand Republic, Captain
VIM. III. Thorwegan, will, when she com
mences her career of usefulness, create a
sensation along the western and southern
waters. Much interest already centers
in her future, and therefore the follow
ing particulars of her construction and
programme Of Retrospective travels viii
be read with pleasure by the friends OF
the gallant captain and his enterprise
The dimensions of the steamer are ::
Hull, $50 feet in length, 101 feet width ;
beam, sc feet inches "a feet 6 inches
| floor; hull, 10@ feet deep in the clear !;
I-bottom plank, 49c inches; floors, III by
A inches; binding streaks, by 10; deck,
3 inches; entire deck frame, outriggers
and beams, oak: all butts are plated and
double bolted; frame is double fastened
with 4 and inch square bolts; knuckle
kelsOns, u by 16 inches; main kelson, II
| by "a inches.
The engines are Hartupee compound
engines. The two large cylinders are 56
| inches; the smaller ones are 26 inches
diameter, with 10 feet stroke. Connected
with them are two of A. F. Blake q Co.'s
(BostOn) improved air-pumps, which are
12x28&90 iffches. (These pumps, in case
of accident, cali be used to take water
from the hull, and are capable Of throw
ing 5000 gallons per minute, throwing
20inch solid stream each. They are
the largest and finest wrecking pumps in
the western cOuntry.)
There are two doctor engines, with
two 6-inch pumps each. There are two
fire engines, one midship and one for
ward, which throw a 4-inch stream each |
to any part of the boat. There are two |
TO ri
gine to the after capstan and one engine
to the freight elevator, making fourteen |
distinct engines.
The boilers, seven in number, are % |
feet long, AZ inches in diameter, and |
have two return fues 10 inches in diam
eter. They, with the steam drums, are
made of the best steel. The fire fronts
and doctor engines rest in boiler-irOn wa
ter Ways.
The chimneys are 70 inches in diane
ter, 76 feet high from the hurricane
deck, and 113 feet from the water to their
tops.
The shafts are 26 feet long, IS! inches
in the journals; four fanges ON eacl:, %
arms in the fianges wheels, 38 feet in
diameter, Is feet bucket.
The main saloon cabin is 270 feet in
length, 80 feet in width, and Is feet in
height; has so 10-feet rooms and 2 15-
feet bridal chambers.
The cabin is very handsome, being in
the Gothic style, Ornamented with col
umns, scroll-work, ETC.; thoroughly ven
tilated, with extra skylights, with many
from the cabin to the main
and upper decks.
The texas or upper cabin is large and
roOmy; has accommodations for one hun
dred passengers, and will be thoroughly
furnished for our colored friends.
The steamer Grand Republic, built,
and owned by Capt. VIM. H.
is the largest steamer ever
built in the world to navigate inland wa
Lers. She has capacity for 5000 tons of
cargo, and stowage room for Is, 900 bales ]
IF cottOn will accommodate 400 first
cabin and 500 deck passengers. She is
elegantly furnished and outfitted for the
travelling public, is first class in every re- !
'pect-without doubt, the finest steam
BOAT ever built She has all the late inn {
to sectire safety known at the !
present day. She was built to rt1n be- ]
,ween st. Louis and New Orleans. Her !
lraft of water is very light, drawing but 9
,hirty-three inches forward, and four |
eet two inches aft. In consequence of I
Ter light draft, she will run regularly G
between the above named cities, leaving '
It. Louis about every twenty-one days r
Turing the entire year, except when the /
liver is obstructed by ice. She will be T
ompleted about the 25th of this month, /
nd Immediately enter her trade, paying t
visit to the Eads jetties, at the mouth t
f the Mississippi river. On her maiden l
rip, she will carry full string and brass
and, and make this excursion trip one !
f pleasure to all on board. She is tob be L
he first boat formally through the jetties. O