Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-18
She is Pronounced an Elegant and
FirSt-UlasS PaCket-Ths Pride
of Arkansas River.
Full Description Of the Floating
PalRce-Her Prospects and the
Crew that Will Have
Charge Of Her.

~ "SI0 huug 10 the breeze, q her
arrival announced by a salute from
the tugs in port, which was the signal for
a grand rush for the wharf boat while she
rounding in so gracefully. She met with
a warm reception, though early in the
morning, there being several hundred at
the landing waiting for her to land
in order to 60 aboard to inspect and view
the new packet. As soon as she was
made fast her cabins became crowded
with visitors, and she was visited through.
out the day by friends OF Captain Har.
bin and Captain Rowland. She was
admired by all, and pronounced to be
the best boat ever constructed for the
Arkansas river. Her stylish outfit and
wares and the handsome appearance of
the cabin attracted the gaze of all, and
drew forth admiration from those who
did not expect to see so complete and
beautiful a steamer. Captain Hardin even
surprised his own friends in displaying
his skill and taste in the construction of
the Katie and the selection of her outfit,
which will vie with any first class boat.
She is complete in all her appointments
and will be the pride OF Arkansas river.
She leaves this evening for Little Rock
and all points on the Arkansas river on
her maiden trip, carrying the mail and
attending to all way business.
E DIMENSIONS.
Her hull is IT'S feet long, with 80 feet
beam, and 81 foot hold, and is con.
structed out of the best oak timber with
double f~asteniDgs and extra timbers, and
is n of the staunchest aver built for
the Arkansas river. Her guards are well
fastened, and she is made high between
decks for the storage OF cotton. She is
supplied with patent hosting apparatus
for hoisting booms, stages and derricks,
and has every modern appliance that
experience could suggest.
Her engines we're manufactured by
James Rees, and are of the finest mate
rial. She has l3inch cylinders, with 5
feet stroke, which drives a wheel l6 feet
in diameter, with &c feet buckets. Jas.
Darragh, one Of the best machinists and
engineers on the river, put up her ma.
chinery, which works like a charm. She
has 3 boilers % feet in length and Sc
inches in diameter, and made of steel,
double riveted. They resisted a strain
of 10000 pounds to the square inch.
The cabin is Of beautiful design, and
haP twenty-five rooms, which are extra
large, and six rooms in the texas, with a
bureau and elegant accommodations for
colored cabin passengers, giving her
cabin accommodations for seventy.fve
people, including eight large and com.
Portable staterooms in the ladies' cabin,
which are furnished with bedsteads in.
stead OF berths of the old fashion; they
are nicely carpeted, and have full toilet
sets and upholstered equal to the finest
hotels of the country. Aft Of the ladies'
cabin is an elegantly furnished recess
and nursery, with four well furnished
rooms. The cabin is very large and
roomy for a sternwheeler and is of elegant
design and handsomely painted and
gilded. A beautiful Brussels carpet of
the latest pattern, manufactured express.
ly for the Katie Hooper, adorns the cabin
floor. Chandeliers of the latest design
are suspended in the cabin. The furni.
ture in the main cabin, as also in the
ladies' cabin, is ofthe most modern style,
and was manufactured expressly for her
in New York. She has also a silver
water-cooler or pitcher of new design in
the ladies' cabin, which attracted much
attention. She has also an upright grand
Chiokering piano, Of which Mr.. H. G..
Hollenberg, the famous music dealer on
Main street, is agent. The piano came
direct from the mandatory in New
York, and is a sweet toned instrument.
A large mirror, near the size Of the
bulk head of the cabin, which is quite
an ornament, adds much to the appear
ance Of the ladies' cabin. Above the
mirror hangs a beautiful painting Of the
lady whom the noble steamer was named
after. The staterooms in tho gentlemen's
cabin are furnished in good style, nicely
oarpeted, and fitted up with bedsteads,
spring mattresses, and upholstered with
the finest material.
Amidship is a handsomely arranged
wash-room, barber.shop and water.closet
on the larboard side. On the starboard
side is the pantry and cook house. The
pantry ware is of the latest design, and
of fine material. Her silverware was
manufactured in New York expressly
for her, with the name of the boat en-,
graved on every piece.
The office, which is well arranged for
comfort and ease, is in front on the star.
board side; and the saloon, which is
fitted up in grand style, is on the lar.
board side. Four beautiful chandeliers,
which add much to the appearance of
the cabin, make up the outfit.
The hall is large and roomy, and fur
nished in keeping with the cabin. She