The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-07
= Exchange Clippings. March =.
Cincinnati Commercial;


In 1927 Mr.. Thomas W. Blackwell procured a
patent for building low water steamboats,.
square or skag tern with two ruddnrs, and TO
be built Of straight timber and fiat, bottom,
square knuekle-the side timbers e be boled
on the end of the floor timber. Under this
patent he built steamboat At this place called
the Facility, lit fact Keel, 20 feet beam and
feet hold me surtng lit tons. She drew
think, Is inches light; had three double fue
boilers q inches IL diameter and some u p,
OF the wneels aud rs she was very low between
decks the boilers were set on the floor timhers
She had low pressure engine. with cylinder
about 20 inches In diameter aud A. foot
stroke. She was designed to run bes;
tween Louisville and Trinity mouth, of
Phil Ponnywitt commanded her. When The
river was nigh she ran between New Orleans and
Little Rock. think Mr.. BLACKWELL claimed that
water. She had d full leSeth upper cabin with
forty open berths The following year he built
the waverly. n fac smile OF the Facility in every
way except the fashion of the chimney. Each
boat had but one chimney. The Waveriy ne
designed To run between Cincinnati and Louis
Vile. Capt. VIM. Mcknight commanded her.
The engine of the Wavery was not alongside
the boilers, as b" states, and am also pretty
sure there wa nothing like a cog wheel about
her engine. Both the Waverly and Facility
We're considered fair running boats In that day:
the usual time from Louisville being twenty
four hours Hence. | doubt the statement Of
the Waveriy having to work through Letart and
Whites ripples. Mr. Blackwell sold the Wavery
end Facility in 1891 e. Capt Scott and Capt
Patterson, who bought them TO run in Bayou
flaauemine,
TIE following advertisements explain about
the Facility
For TRINITY
LOUISVILLE Focus Sept. ii. ls27.-The superior
steamboat Facility. Capt. Penuywitt will depart
for the above and intermediate landings on the
sixteenth instant, and every ten days after dur
ing the continuance@f low water. For freight
or to W. q. FAREWELL & Co.
LOUISVILLE. Aug. 1.-THE Facility draws
H.,h3 inph has
81 inch plank on her bottom, very handsome
and spacious accommodations and will carry
be made for the Cavalier and other boats TO take
on freight and passengers from the mouth Of
the Ohio to their destination without delay.
EVANSVILLE. March Nathan Frank we'll
known clothing merchant, and q Ia &c Skipper
Of corn disappeared from Mt. Vernon Sunday
SEQ bags ar corn Oh the Golden Crown. He Ieit
the hotel after o'clock Sunday morning 10
leave an order on the whartooat ior the lie
wild intending to come home by rail-. lie las
not since been seen. His hat was found on tAe
head of the whartboat, and 4 Is supposed ne
fell overheard and wgs drowned he Wa a
most worthy man. and leaves vile ana eiEh,
children in good circumstances. Ills ool5 Aao
not been found at a late hour last evening.
plttshargn Commercial Gazette: poou, ~
- At the last meeting or the SE.am Bodru, o.
SayigatiOn, which took place IN Rev ~ = Ill.
Copeland during a speech. in which ne Was a
srltclsing The present system on was
examining what he supposed was water, pot-
lomed boiler. badly rusted, and saws ne, In st
Sill have to be good many patches put on ms
eoller bottom Well says the engineer, i9t t Us
snow where the patches are TO 20 on. anu "
handed him piece of chalk, and ne tine ihspec
tor went around ard ehaiked until he got quite
anumber Of good-sized patches. Well. a1fer ne
got through. the engineer, who wa very
ary circumstances, turned around to the In
spector and said: Are you a damned fool or 20
zen think that | am2 Do you know tnat she
ming you have been marking there 10 he natch-
60 Is nothing bur sheet-iron ash-pan? winch
was the fact
II Louis t-Dispatch. March 4:
~ Com w. J. Kountz arrived from The East yes
fstday. The next kountZ Line boat leaving
~ New Orleans will be the Mollie Moore. Wnlch
4 se2rs Friday.
Especial to the Democrat
ST. LOUIS, March 6.-The weather Is cloudy.
Eatned all the morning, The river is still on