The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-03-30
THE GRAND REPUBLIC.
A Mammoth Steamer-stOrage Room for
I.5OO Bales of Cotton.

l,JO0 BHles of Cotton
The steamer Grand Republic, Captain
VIM. II. ThOrWegan, will, when she com
mpnces her career of usefulness, create a
sensation along the western and southern
waters. Much interest already Ceuter7
in her future, and therefore the follow
ing particulars of her construction and
programme Of prospective travels Will
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, l0l feet width
beam, 56 feet s inches 81 feet 6 inches
floor; hull. 1OI feet deep in the clear
bottom plank, 45c inches; floors, III by
A. inches binding streaks, by 10; deck,
g inches: entire deck frame, Outriggers
and beams, oak: all butts are plated and
double boIted frame is double fastened
with and inch square bolts; knuckle
kelsOns, y by 16 inches; main kelson, IL
by 24 inches.
The engines are HartUpee compound
engines. The two large cylinders are 5t
/ inches the smaller ones are 70 inches
diameter, with 10 feet stroke. Connected
with them are two Of A. F. Blake q Cos
| CBoston) improved air-pumps, which are
/ I2x2Sx3O inches. (These pumps, IN cast
of accident, can be used 10 take Watel
/ from the hull, and are capable of throw
! ing $4,000 gallons per minute, throwing
a 2O-iuch solid stream each. They ar
/ the largest and finest wrecking pumps II
/ the western country
} There are two doctor engines, witt
two 6-inch pumps each. There are TIVE
+ fire engines, one midship and one for
ward. which throw finch stream eacl
20 any part of the boat. There are TIVE
engines to the forward capstan. one en-
CINE to the after capstan and one engln
to the freight elevator, making fourteen
distinct engines.
The boilers, seven in number, are :
feet long, - inches in diameter, ant
have two return f1ues 15 inches in diam
eter. They, with the steam drums, ar
made of the best steel. The fire front
and doctor engines rest in boller-Iron wa
ter ways.
The chimnevs are y inches in diane
ter, rs feet high from the hurrican
. deck, and 1l3 feet from the water to thei
The shafts are 26 feet long, Isl inchc
in the journals four fanges On eac!, :
- arms in the fianges; wheels, 80 feet ]
T diameter, Is feet bucket.
: The main saloon cabin Is go feet
length. 30 feet in width, and - feet ]
5 height; has 30 1O-feet rooms and Il
! feet bridal chambers.
The cabin is very handsome, being
; the Gothic style, OTnamented with CO
: umns, scrolI-wOrk, etc; thoroughly vel
I tilated, with extra skyllghts, with man
= passagewavs from the cabin to the ma
a and upper decks.
D.. The texas or upper cabin IS large Al
II roOmy; has accommodations for one hu
h dred passengers, and will be thorough
l. furnished for our cOlOred friends.
= The steamer Grand Republic, bun
e commanded and owned by Capt. VIM. J
e Thorwegan, Is the largest steamer eN
{. buiIt in the world to navigate inland "
st ters. She has capacity for 1,oOO tons
# cargo and stowage room for 5000 ba
ar of cotton; will accommodate foO III
= cabin and 500 deck passengers She
ID elegantly furnished and Quilted for t
Id travcIiur public. is first class IN every
le .rect without doubt, the finest stea
ne boat ever built. She has all the late /
sd movements TO secure safety known at [
: present day. She was built to run
! tween St. Louis and New Orleans. J
q draft Of water is very light, drawing |
Us thirtv-three inches forward, and fC
be ieet two inches aft. In consequence
n her light draft, she will run reguia
at between the above named cities, leav
he IT. Louis about every twenty-one d.
ad during the entire year, except when
no river Is obstructed by ice. She will
in completed about the 25th Of this mon
his and Immediately enter her trade, pay
lc- a visit to the Eads ietties, at the mo
ed Of the Mississippi river. On her mai
"a trip. she will carry a full string and b
i'm band. and make this excursion trip
.er of pleasure to all on board. She is +
.at the first boat formally through the Jet
Ms
~ INTERNAL BEAUTY" Handsome
ed that handsome does, is an old adagc '