Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-15

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THE BOAT
The Herald measures 81 feet N htel, and
abo.t ninety feet over all from stem I" stem
Her width is twelve feet Her !inr' are
fine, and the model OF her hcI with 'ts
long, sharp bow and rounded stern, Is at
once fitted for speed and cnse OF motion,
Her cabin. &c by - feet, will seat some
forty or fifty passengers. Forward ut the
pilot house is space ct open u-tR when
will accommodate twenty or thirty paSser-
GERS and tbe-c is room for rs many more
on ber MINOR deck The boat will thus
readily accommodate a hundred passengers
and could carry Doubtless nail ~ many
more if necessary. She is a propeller.
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uii'eh ny uouoio eng '',
connecting with single crank anu her
boiler. made of steel, with steel hnfs, Is n
,o,o,. Jos;,rcd IN .omL;ne p,psuel
strength with great S'eN'''- ""A'"S P""e' .
The Herald iOr the present Trip was under
the general charge of the veteran Capt. n.
Il p-oc,o- p,Io, Smith latc of the steamer
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Baker. heretofore oil the lake steamers.
running the engine. To all Of these it
sborId ba aid tho ho,t was wholly new
the engineer, piiot anu hremah WI" hr"ushi
her from Cleveland having returned thither.
Mr.. JOS. l.. Peck filled the position of pur
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THE COMPANY
consisted of some brty merchant, and
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representing the owners Oi Inc boat :
" W Henry of tho firm Of Henry.
I,. r,rI WILL, If
JOHNSON an" i''iu' H-"'i' W
Wells, Richardson TO. Bennett
Turk. of B. Turk x Brother; Geo F. Pope,
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d. . NICHOLS B." 70. 'oo' ''o''On' VI mp
ley ( HoltOn W. +. Page. Of the Ameri-
oor 9 l. Weston of Wsston Jones A
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bros. : u W. heiiey' oi 'ho hiii ol .""u-
vim K Kelly; tOl. l. b. P,att, and l..
Platt. Jr.. of Winooski; II. ". Stanton. of
Z, .Iho,s lanes psck of Peck BROTHERS g.
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l. l.. Hart' r' a. ope' ''i""i" nH'io" >
Henry LOOMS, +. W. Burritt, Ii. W. Beck
with. &. s. Blodge,t, John CARPENTER, Dr..
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Benedict, j. ". Hayes. ~ L. Niens. NJ. "
b. Weeks, Hiram Tracey. j. ". Madigan,
T. I,oas " Tvlsr T. : uumnLrcv
u. IL. Baocock, D. d. Loop d. ~ Hhfu :
L. c. Kimball, and l.. German.
THE lh'r'
The Herald left the Central Vermont
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DAY was Drlght' III cieaF' anu 'ue i'a1' anu
mountlins looking their finest The course
Law o,nos, directly across the broad Lake.
nass;ng betwecn Rock Dunder and ,Iuniper.
and near the Four Brothers. The first re
mari of every one after the boat fairly got
Roadway wa. in praise of her remarkable
stoad;nFss She ran with scarcely any pcr-
centibIe lar from his machinery. and receiy-
cd rerv LITTLE motion from the waves and
ND tborgb at timcs there was unite a
br;sk breeze blowing. She gave to all the
;mnress;on that she was n remarkably stiff
and strong boat. The superiority of her
,nodol sboged ;tselrin the very sliGht COM
nO,;nr maSe in bor massage tbrough the
- A, nor greatest sneed her bnw cut
~ ,ro ,or w;,bont the SLIGHTEST snrav AMI
.ho iaS, smootb even wake behind her
The srst la nding was Mt " illsboro. N. Y.
rbero Mr. .Jamrs Mcdonald was expected
to Join the party. lie, however. was not
at home, and after short stop. the Herald
was on her way south, stopping at Essex,
to take on board Mr.. John Ross. The run
to Ticonderogs was made with no incident
more eyentful than the parting of one Of
the ruuuer cnains, Whicp, Ho"S''i' was
quickly repaired.
The fneness of the air, and beauty of the
sunset tints on the mountains and Lake, a.
the day drew to close. kept almost all OF
the party out on deck. There was plenty
of story telling and Jokes, and the jewellers
along the shores must have judged from the
shouts of laughter, that the new craft bore
a right merry company.
StOns were made at WestpOrt, Port Henry
ard Crown Point. At the latter point, MIR
Geo. F. Pope was landed, to make arrange
ments for the care OF the party at the hotel
there, it having been decided to make no
stay at TiconderOga, as the Fort TIe0ndt
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