The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-26
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+Below high water mark Of 1874
NELSON aOROM
Sergeant Signal Service. y. 8. A,
Arrivals.
Alvin Bertha. Isabel.
Departures.
Alvin. Martha. Era No. TO- Henry Tete. r. T..
Leo. Bertha Drummer.
To Arrive.
Era No 10, Blue Wing No. .. upper coast: Al
YIN, Eva, Martha, lover ceast: Danube, Ohio
BED river City Of Alton, Susie Silver, 81, Louis |:
" a s.te E'a Giro Frank ParKopd Arkogo
ton Rouge n lie san Rg .a opsloasa na'' ba
business except With tho Lee sS Tete and Era
The Tom Parker did not leave for the Ouaebi-
r. The freight received for her will go on the
The Bertha Brunner left, and will continue
her trips until the season In Bayou DArbonne
Capt Tom Taylor has gone to dirard on bust
When. Capt. Hicks buys It will not be the Bis
nlntck, but u larger boat. Such is our informa-
.. The Baastropl lea,yIng today for the ouachita
The John + II Hanna leaves Friday for Baton
!, The Blue Wing No. 9. leaving this 10 a. M. liz
FER as Donaldsonville and the Ashland planta-
IT, The Big sunaower, from Atchafaleya, will
arrive TO leale Saturday. her regular day.
The g, HfDurfee. in place. of the Bart Able
leaves leaves Saturday for Alexandria and Grand
selected for the N. o. Democrat.
THE FIRST PROPELLER
The frat ntantu pronnllar vsaa Il, h,
John stevens In isoi The history " of this r ps
mark II boat e best told In the. words of the
who thus speaks of It In d letter addressed to
sa N panadE s. president o he american
pelng OF wood. has. Of course. long since gone
r. r.. decay. The propellers are made az precisely
given by Col stevens in letter dated HsTi Nove
Der p, 1906 addressed TO Robt. Hare, Jr.. Phila-
delphia. The performances of this boat was SO
,1eneed to put an engine In boat. with the in
tention Of making her passenger boat to Al.
aa w ns' ee sfbs9 h9 p more
From n aupfssquent letter IF Commodore Ste,
June |. 1854. we read With this engine and
boilsr my father made extended expe .iments In
lsot. being among tho tl,st to experiment In
stealn navigation. the first to which d rotary
facsimile Of the original boat, with tue original
mfltae Of the American Institute Of New IL YORK
and they certified that her speed was a little over
egnt miles an hour as .scertained by running
being taken by stop watch. This boat and en-
CINE are now In possession of the Stevens Ineti-
written the reader has to bear In mind that f ue
ton tons hI'st boat, the Cermont made her first
trip in 1877 three years after Col Stevens exper-
desired with machinery of such limited eapaei-
Cyl. Col stevens began his experiment In 1921.
ana during part Of that time was assisted BY
Fulton,,s coadiutor In introducing vessels pro-
PEELED by paddle wheels. II 10 curious crcum-
after John Stevens had put his screw steamer
IN operation. an English inventor Francis +.
smith obtained patent In England for the idea
q propelltng vessels by screw propeller. John
Stevens appears never to have done anything
more, with his invention than to experiment
Mr.. Jos. John. aged 81 years. father of Mr.,
Thee. John. clerk of the steamer Bertha died
In Opelousas last Saturday.
. Andy Swain turned his 4oth year Yesterday |
twenty-three of which time he has been on the
river. ANDY feels and looks as If he was good
Tor forty more,
The Dawn leaves Saturday without fail for
Shreveport
The Golden City, now at Cairo. may load
The Belle Of Shreveport leaves st. Louis to-
Hite Il Carlin are agents for the Martha and |
The Eva, John Taylor master. N. Barrois an a |
Ernest kelnhardt clerks. leaves to-day at 10 a. |
The Blue Wing No. 3. j. 4. Comstock muster. |
leaves this 10 Q. m. for Ben Tureaud's, Donald |
eosb M the A Mana Sng p
The steamer Bastrop lin place of the John H. |
Hannal leaves to-day at 8 p. m. for the |
the United States mail. +. A. Blanks commands. |
Ben Cornwell clerk.
pr Tas fine s asa Tsan ob Steamer t Berthe e
ct .. m. for the Atchafaaya. through to WASH |
inggton;
veil master. w, h. McChesnev clerk ieav, to- /
day. without fail. for Shreveport and Jetfer-
The Era No. 10, in place of the Mary Ida will :,
arrive this evening, and leave tomorrow at 10
a. n. for BEN Tureaud's..
The Martha will arrive this evening. and
leave tomorrow for the lower coast at IL m.
She has excellent passenger accommodations,
and runs on schedule time.
The Alvin will also arrive this y. m, from the
lower coast, and return tomorrow at 10 80 a. IN.
The tri-weekly coast. Donaldsonyille and
Lafourche packet Henry Tete will arrive this
M, and return to morrow. as usual. at IL m.
Witt as ms rsF
Holmes cle.k IL receiving to leave to morrow at
IN. m, for Vseksburg. Greenville, Arkopolis and
all mail landings.
Exchange Clippings.
ST. Louis Republican, Sept 90:
On the night of the st eamboat fire, at 10
o'clock, an hour before the flame was discoy-
cred. q steamer passed the locality where the
boats lay. That steamer was burning wood aud
4 shower of sparks Issued from her ehimneys
Some of these sparks or cinders were seen TO |
alight on the Grand Republic. Possibly one of
hese cinders was blown into room and on a
bed. This is believed now to have been the
in which the Republic was set on ire.
The smoke has hardly ceased to rise from the
hull of the Grand Republic when we
ind Capt. Thorwegan master of the situation
with modern style boat under construction,
contracts made fer all the necessary work. and
he very day set when he will begin to load her
or the lower river. and all this In time to meet
ais contracts to carry cotton to New Orleans.
amous one recently destroyed, but it will be
vessel calculated to run at all seasons as an
and money-making freighter. He
las secured possession OF the monitor VIM
nebago's hull. iron, lately the property
II Chouteau. Harrison d Co., lying at
Jarondelet for about three years past It j.
S of the same pattern as the Carondelet. and
eas the following dimensions: Length, 225 feet;
width "a feet; depth of hold. - feet; capacity
600 tons Mr. Jnsenh Wengler will snnnly her