The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-10

planned the cabins of the following boats !:
New Robert e. Lee Frank Pargoud, Ruth,
burg, City. OF Chester, Grand Tower, Belle
Memphis, jas. Howard, Belle Lee, Seminole
Jessie Taylor, Ben Franklin, and helped to
plan and build 1877 other cabins.
| Ihe engines and machinery are the largest
and best ever built In the West, with wrought
iron cranks, shafts and tee heads turning i'm
mense water wheels Of A feet diameter, with
| - feet length Of buckets, each feet wide.
The main Or driving engines have horizontal
cylinders, each 40 inches In diameter with
Il feet stroke, the pistons SO adjusted as to
offer the least possible friction, while exerting
driving power equal to 1900 horses to each
| water wheel.
She has q battery of ten steel boilers, each
40 inches In diameter md 81 feet in length
with two return fiues 1G inches In diameter
in EACH The steam pressure per square inch
allowed by the United States Inspector Is 173
pounds, with all requirements Of safety valves
water gauges. gauge cocks, fusble alloy
plugs, etc. The DOCTOR Or water supply en-
CINE, Is the largest and best ever applied, with
steam cylinder Il inches in diameter, hot
water pumps 81 inches In diameter, cold
water pumps ~ inches III diameter, and tho
heaters a. inches In diameter.
| Two powerful steam pumps, known as don
key engines, are also on the boat, to be used
in case Of fire, or as wreckng pumps In case
Of springing leak, each having q steam cyl
inder ten inches In diameter, and water cyIin-
ders five inches In diameter. sufficient to
either flood the hold in few moments or
pump out the water in the hold. Two large
siph0n pumps are also furnished the boat,
which, together with doctor, donkey capstan
and freight-hoisting engines, steam and water
pipes, make the White the best provided boat
aflOat. Five steam whistles are arranged for
the purpose OF signals, etc, between engineer
and pilot.
One Of the most attractive features of this
iloatiDg palace Is the stained glass furnished
from the establishment Of VIM. +. Blum and
nftI les Jnttr M
his line. The glass was made from original
designs expressly drawn for the boat by Mr..
Blum, and is unique and entirely different
from any that has ever has been put on any
Oh ornament, but adds with it's mellow tints
Quilt Of the cabin Ali gaudy and flashy
colors have been avoided, and. what has not
only used. The skylight Is very chaste in
drawing and execution one Of the main
features being the statuary and antique busts
In the centre OF each light The statues are
painted in pearlly gray on blue ground in
ground, the whole light surrounded by a
border IN purple and gold The busts are on
g pink, ground, incloged with laurel, the
border blue and gold. The front Of the bin
ls beautiful, being fitted up with twelve
doors, all filled with stained glass, In blue,
purple and gold, Of original designs, each
pane being yariegated in coors and orna-
mentatiOns. Tho recess, windows and doors
aft Of tho ladies' cabin are filled with stained
glass, and such us has never been seen upon
any steamboat. The doors Of the ladies' cabin
are Of plate glass richly etched and embossed
after original designs. representing spring
and summer. Blum has certainly eC,sed
himself in doing the work on the White.
j. Y. ESCOtt d Sons have completed on the
!. NJ, White the most elaborate and largest
amount of work they have ever undertaken
for any boat, comprising the veneered work
~ fra If md nj ,,.I, ~ h,,4
doors, gliding of cabin, mirrors, office and
bar-roon furniture and fittings and the fine
wainscoting and paneled walls of the bridal
chambers. novel feature In the finish Of the
cabin Is the veneered sunk panels, which are
laid In the finest rosewood and walnut barl,
and richly polished which are not only beau
tifu In themselves, but present o handsome
contrast and relief to the usual monotonous
white. The doors are veneered with the Ctlui-
cest French burl walnut inad with root ash
and ebony, the panels being elaborately on
graved in gold with various artistic designs
This treatment OF the doors is novel and was
first designed by Msssrs. Escott d Sons for
the White. The gliding Of the cabin Is very
full and graceful, making 1t present an ap-
pearance OF palatial magniticence The large
mirror in the ladies cabin Is Of mammoth pro-
portions, the fine French plate being So by III
feet The frame is pure gothic in style, very
massive, with solid carvings, the whole fin
ished in FURNISHED and dead gold with panels
in ebony relief. The design Is original. highly
AELStlG, huu " IlOuBl OIL pHEt RDtulG bECnltbC~
ture The mirrors in Railways and barber
shopnreof carved and veneered walnut hand
some and appropriate.
!, The office and barroOm nre fitted up In
very elaborate style, the furniture being Of
walnut, satinwood and French burl richly
engraved and gilt and trimmed with hand
some hardware, the whole being arranged Ia
most convenient manner.
| Another novel feature Ia tho finish Of the
bridal chambers, the walls Of which are beau
/, | mnJ0UanV
, satinwoOd and the other rosewood and satin
wood, each panel being inlaid with various
colored woods, together with graceful engrav-
ing Illuminated with gold and colors--the
whole far surprising in style and workman
ship anything of the kind heretofore at
: tempted.
Tie costly and elegant furniture In the
, ladies' cabin was made expressly for the boat
by j. zeger 4 Co., Of New York, each piece
, being appropriately monogrammed and ex
quisitely carved. 1t is solid rosewood, ant
/ trimmed in the most costly and beautiful ma
5 terial. Nothing finer could be made:
The furniture for the bridal chambers two
] in the main cabin and two in the colored cabin
including all the state-rooms on the boat, the
t captains, room, pantry, barber-shop - was
| furnished by Wrempelmeier IL Co." OF
this city, and consists of twenty-five oileC
! walnut French dresser suites, handsomely
veneered with French walnut veneers, ant
( having large, elegant French plate mirrors fol
: state-roOms. One fine oiled walnut Queen
Q Anne suite and one tine oiled walnut EaS
! Lake suite. both handsomely gilded ant
veneered, and having large elegant French
plate mirrors for bridal chamber four fame,
, satin chairs for bridal chamber; one fine oilet
J walnut French dresser, and two lounges IL
t fine French moqnette for captains room two
8 fine barber chairs, one line water-coole
/ stand for main hall; one fine water-cooel
Q stand for rear ladies' cabin, and other furni
8 ture too numerous to mention. There ar
4 fourteen rooms with double bedsteads, eigh
| of yUhiph ha frUDfIa bnIE bpnnptH them
, gents cabin there are six rooms containin!
J. double bedsteads. The remaining thirty-fou
t rooms have elegant upper and lower berth
!, in them. The Texas Is furnished in like keep
). ing with the main cabin in all respects.
8 " The carpets are superbiy grand, being from
= the house of A. L. Stewart e Co., of New York
@ and selected regardless of expense, but witt
), an eye to taste and beauty, by Col. Thompson
S Dean, of New York. Those in the main and
/ ladies' cabins are Administrative most costly
= q nd aIetrant made Ihasa In the q