The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-19

T0 arrive.
Alvin, Emma Irvine Martha, lower coast
Henry Tete, Lafouiche; u, Gay. Bayou Sara
Belle, Whisper ,uupe r eoast Guiding Star. Gin.
einnati o. 2 Choutean vt Louis,
The weather vest rday was clear and almost
cool enough for winter,
Business on the landing was not very brisk
The Yaaqo Valley arrived with fair freight
and her cabin full ,ot benpe She reports rain
for til, planters wants. anu which was serious
dapt hieh II, sinnott returned yesterda,
Capt. ]. III. habun left Thursday evening
tEelected for the Democrat1
THE FIRST ENGINES.
Watts chief improvements In the engine were
that he excluded the Air from It'd. cylinder
mede the engine double acting. and naeneei
the steam Separately This asst Improvement
was suggested to his mind In The winter Of 1854
while be was repairing Newcomers engine
belonging 10 the Natural Philosophy class OF
The ilrst large high pressure engine iii Tie
United States, was put ny by Oliver Evans at the
philadelphia Waterwarks In 1915. and was
built by him. II had cylinder twenty inches
In diameter. five foot stroke. with a rotating
steam valve, workd BY bsyel gear wheels
driven from the main shaft. II had double
acting pump twenty inch A IN diameter five
foot stroke. The beam was made of wood, sus-
pended on one end upon the vibrating ftAnd
ards the n ton rod sef 5a aehsa 70 the o,hsf
iron. twenty feet long, twenty seven
inches III diameter, aud four Ia number. upon
to the square ineh They were exploded three
times. and several men were K illei.
The first boilers used In these Waterworks
lin 1900 were made of wood. They were rec
tanRnlar chests. made ~ h-innh white pine
planks. 9 feet square inside ut the ends and IA
feet long in the eiear. Tbey were brart,d on the
edes, top and b,ttom, With oak seantling 10
inches squate; tha whole securely bplted to-
gether with 4 inch iron rods passing through
fhn InI t.t.A II }l .1ttnn II
fire box, IA feet inches long, feet wide and "a
inches deer, vi h vertical flu - tx l5 inches In
water circulated. tn, nra aetiDe around them,
and passing up into IN oval 1ue, placed Just
above the fire box, carried from the back Of the
boiler TO near the 'front.'. and returned again to
the back. where 1t entered the chimney. Thu
FIRE box and ilues appear to have been made at
first u cast iron. Gteat advantage was at the
time supposed TO be gained by the non con-
Quoting w.r of the wood, and by the vertical
aues IN the fire box. In 1904 cast iron boilers
The first steam engine of any eonsiderable
size appears 70 have been introduced Into
America u 1858; ut tne Schuyler Golfer Mine, On
the river Passaic, New Jersey all OF the princi-
pal parts were imported from England.
About the tear, 1900. the manufacture Of
engines for the aphaelpha Waterworks was
elk engines not ced ~ being ii use In this coun
W. ct paaSs phhla w 9as Manhattan
ton and one small one used BY Oliver Evans TO
Y ss sSops ss tsss aas b By Shoss
Mines above referred 10. He also manufactured
asmall engine for steamboat belonging to
The flrst stearnb ut built lii Eur lpe was Tie
Comet. She was built at Port Glasgow In lsll
ior Henry ,y u she being Ihs the rst steam weasel
eess on any river or open sea. At first che had
two sets OF paddles on each side. these were
afterwards changed to one On each side She
had a 4.hprse power engine. and her greatest
speed under favorable circumstances was Ave
miles an hour. She was forty-two feet long.
eleven feet wide and Ave feet six inches deep
The following is the copy Of her advertise
STEAM PASSAGE .BoAr.--The Comet. between
Glasgow 9reenpck aud Helensburg. For pas
sengels only; The subscriber having at much
1reenoek, to ea by the . wer of wind air and
steam. he Intends the vessel to make three trius
week, The terms are four shlllngs for the |
but beyond these rates nothing Ia to be allowed |
to servants or any other person employed |
S On the yesse Pa 9 s by he Comet wiz
SIS S5ssssss .t., aIlSRX RTk sa'
ish government in 1900. aud iii 1903 ii was de-
cllned AZ beitg of 10 sica. N r.
The 81. Louis Post Despatch Of the sixteenth |
The John Means viii arrive from New Orleans
this morning with four emptins and leave at |
once for that city with 5000 tols Of Ice.
7. Davidson master, Frank ]. Uakea clerk, |
leaves MONDAY Instead Of tuesday IA previous.
remember this fact, ard mt the same time bear |
In mind thai the Centennial la a large. nice. |
rupny. com ortable boat |
The pumps ware started on the John A. /
Wood yesterday four feet Of water was pumped |
out and she vas raised thirty inches and DRIFT
ed In towards the shore fifty feet where abe |
now lies In AN easier, SIT aghter and bet er posi-
upn. The Painter MI, WAS ut work pumping /
when unfortunately her pump broke, else they |
MO Ind har NM, n.r tt.,ex e.... III
Mood yesterday afternoon after Hnolh + pump. /
Her crew. when had TO vacate her cabin aftsr
che che, sunk sun moved back int i yesterday. II being
are working like Trojans TO save their boat and
We earnestly hope success fully. The NJ NJ.
sent down last Wv. ming to make another effort.
Capt. Geo. Il, Rea, president of the Missis
sippi Valley Transpor alton Company. arrived
:, The famous. United States mail packet
hs a. Wez arrived On time and will leave to-day
Attention Is called 70 the advertisement Of the
Donaldsonville and Bsy1u Sara United States
NAL nllp, packet Ka ~, ~ another column.
day In place Of the Bart Able.
steamer Charles Morgan. Albert Stein master,
Harry ". stein CLERK. leaves to-day al p. m.
Tor Cincinnati. Tue Morgan is a fast, safe ex-
cells e managed and popular boat.
meens WITH I'll pa BIZ M tpp ra am
the ohio and viii follow the Morgan tuesday I'D sI
neMt. MT FRANK stein Is her clever clerk.
The famous City of Alton of the Anchor line
Horace =, BiNby master, VIM. Mason clerk.
leaves to-day at 8 2. m. without fail for st.
Louis. The Alton offers special inducaments
to travel. as will be seen by referring to the adj
vertisement In another column. 49, ~
Tne regular tri-weekly upper coast packet
Belle, Frank Bergeron master, ]. c. Berperon
clerk, leaves to-day at 10 a. M. promptfv, for
Ben Tureauds. N-
The regular tri-weekly packet Eva. Charles
DeBouehel master, Sept Toca clerk leaves ia
morrow at II a. m. for the upper coast TO Bon
met Carre.
The regular .semi-weekly. Bayou Lafourche
Dapuis clerk leaves to-day at lam.
!, The regular lower coast tri-weekly packet
Emma Irvine, Jos. L. Sharrs master, Il. M. Val
istte clerk, leaves to-day at y. m. for Orange
| Farm,
The regular semi-weekly Bayou Sara and
coast and United States mail packet ]. W. Can
non, John @. Libano master. J. II Mossop clerk,
caves to-day al 3 p. m. without fall.
the regular United States mail packet Nat
Inez I. ?. Leathers master. James F. Muse
Nerk leaves to-day. promptly. at p. m. for