The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-15
lish the untruthful reports, will please copy
this. and thus give us the benefit OF the truth.
Yours respectfully.
W. r. WALKER.
Master Steamer Golden Grown.

THE NEW STEAMER WHISPER.

Master Steamer Golden Crown.
Courier Journal:
THE NEW STEAMER WHISPER.
Again our famous mechanics come to the
front by giving to the trade and commerce Of
the great Southern Mississippi as handsome
new sternWheel boat as ever was built We re-
fer,, to the new sternwheel steamer Whisper,
Bayou Goula and coast trade. She was built
under the, special supervision Of Capt. Henry
harper. which is sure guarantee that she 1s
perfect in all her appointments, and is q gem OF
architecture and beauty Of design. For speed.
comfort and safety. she will win for herself the
blue ribbon" and her patrons 8 along the g coast
cannot help but feel proud Of the boat built ex-
pressly to please them, and give her that share
Of patronage she deserves.
David s. Barmore, of Jeffersonville. Is the
builder The hull is 1870 feet long, SO feet beam.
81 feet hold. with 7-foot guards. 1t is strongly
built, we'll modelled and easy IN oil Its lines; at
ryng sugar and molasses. The cabin Is as
pretty In design as any we have ever seen.
There Is q cabin aft for coored passengers, un-
der which there Is a rO0my nursery. The texas
Is IS feet long, with rooms for the officers of the
boat, and hall and rooms for colored passen-
gers. The rooms in the main cabin are large
and airy, and as we'll furnished as any on the
There area boilers 40 inches in diameter. 80
feet long. with fifteen-inch flues in each. She
has engines each 172sx5h feet stroke, nine
inch shaft, besides doctor. freight holster, cap;
Sta9 engne 9t ia TN eabr
pressly for the Whisper. 1t is in modest keep
ing with the elegantly furnished and nicely fin
shed cabin The Whisp9r will take the place
Bayou Goua trade. with Capt j. A. Comstock
on the roof, and the clever and popular George
NJ. Woods in the office. assisted by Mr. Charles
GERS are courteous and careful gentlemen.
Correspondence st. Louis Times:
the Queen City are somewhat depressed, owing
to the stringent quarantine measures adopted
at Now, Orleans and elsewhere along the lower
nj Init pnfru thGf1 mo- hn irr
dition Of affairs the preparations which arc be-
ing made for tho coming season, are somewhat
bene Of them ed Of grea s e
and capacity, intended for the Ohio and M lssis-
sippi and others for the smaller streams and
Frank. Capts. Hicks and Grssom's new packet
Is being rushed to completion, and will be
ready to take her place ia the Memphis and
largest boat ever built and will carry 5000 tons
or 10000 bales OF cotton. Notwithstanding her
immense size. the Harry Frank 9ll has an easy and
machinery will no doubt prove one of
the sWifJest ., runners :, on l., the river.
his mills. but the contract for her construction
was given to Capt. A r. Perry, young man Of
much experience IN marine architecture, and
now IN hand. To use Capt. Perry's own language,
he will not make any money on the contract,
but he hopes to increase his fame as a builder
of boats adapted to the times and the necessities
of commerce. The boat is $40 feet long over all,
by SO feet beam. and 1917 feet hold. At the bow
she is Is feet deep. and at the stern u feet Her
capacity for slowing cotton Is superior to that
of any craft yet built, which fact is readily ap-
parent when 1T is stated that she is q feet be-
tween the main and boiler deck. besides bong
supplied with very wide guards. She is to have
q full length cabin, constructed on the most ap-
proved modern style, which will be elegantly
furnished and nothing will be omitted which
could add to the comfort of passengers. A
feature of this steamer will be the large size Of
her staterooms. which are nine feet square. and
supplied with bedsteads, Wardrobes,. bureaus,
etc. When completed she will draw 8 4 feet in the
deepest place. Her power consists of two high
pressure engines, feet length of stroke by 20
inches In diameter. She will have six boilers.
a inches in diameter. with five fues each: The
wheel will be 81 feet in diameter by 26 feet length
Of bucket, the shaft weighing over thirty tons.
The pitmans are the longest and largest ever
placed in q steamboat. She will have several
small engines, doctors, etc.. for pumping and
stages railways IN, the hold. etc.. all operated
by steam. The hold alone has storage capacity
of 1000 bales of cotton, From. what we have
written, some idea of the boats size and supe-
riority may be formed but she must be seen to
be appreciated. Capts. Hicks and Grissom are
their many friends viii hope that they may
meet with substantial success which is GER
tainly their dessert Capt. J. r. Burdeau is also
building ferryboat here for the New Orleans
and Algiers trade. She is constructed ON the
double-hul principle. and will be completed in
thirty days.
by Telegraph
Common street: Anchor Line steamer City of
Alton will arrive Friday morning and leave for
Nv AA'"'' ''''"A't GEO. T. oARvELL, Master.