Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-22
THE RIVER.

y, The steamer Niobrara, Captain Haley
arrived this afternoon from Sioux City OF
Q her way to Niobrara.
Both che Northwest steamboat line and
the Coulson steamboat line decline to take
fny-sight tons of Black Hills freight now
. in store here for Evans line.
A decided raise Is noticeable in the river
and it is probable that the beginning of the
juno floods Is upon US. Adyiccs from Bis.
> marck indicate that deep water is coming.
The big Dacotah, with Captain Joe Todd
! on deck, and VIM. 8. Evans, Jr., as clerk,
assisted by George Evans, as second clerk,
arrived last night from Pittsburg, on her
first trip up the Big Muddy. The Dacotah
Cher owners AVE retained the original In
dian photography is an exact duplicate of
the Montana, of which We have published a
description in a previous issue. She is $50
feet long by forty-eight feet beam and A feet
hold. Her carrying capacity is 1900 tons
and she has accommodations for 100 cabin
passengers. The boat has two long rows Of
elegant state rooms divided BY = wide, we'll
ventilated and handsomely furnished cabin.
All her interior appointments are designed
with a view to the comfort Of the passen-
gers, and long trips to the mountains will be
made as much like pleasure excursions as
any voyages on the Mississippi through the
settled portions Of this great continent. In
the construction Of the Dacotah and the
Montana it has been the aim of the manag-
err Of the Coulson line to furnish two boats
which shall be models of luxury and at
the same time possess abundant freight car
rying capacity without a depth Of hold that
will retard their progress. In the attain
ment of these several objects they have been
successful to a degree which has surprised
all the experienced river men at the ports
below. Coulson, Evans, McVay, Todd and
Beusen put their heads together, took plenty
OF time to compare experiences and out Of
their knowledge have made two boats which
will ever remain the pride of the Missouri.
The Montana has gone on her way. We
have all had a look at her magnificent pro-
portions, and to-day her twin, the Dacotah,
has passed public inspection and is pro.
nounced good in every way. The
best of machinery propels her, and she will
skim the waters and the bars of the Missouri
from port to port without any of those vexa-
ton delays which have in the days of the
past been an annoyance to travellers over
this water course. And while they are
moving forward on their respective journeys
they will be surrounded by the appoint
ments Of a luxurious home, and will be at.
tended BY painstaking officers and servants.
Captain Joe Todd is the youngest command
er of so extensive a boat in all the west, He
has earned his position through his previous
good work as a master OF Missouri boats, and
his clerk, VIM. S. Evans, Jr.. son of one of
the owners Of the line, has proven his capa-
city by past labors in the same line Ct duty.
Last season Capt Todd and Clerk Evans
were together on the popular Big Horn, one
of the small but industrious boats of the
Coulson line. They ran night and day when
necessary, and always turned up with their
natty craft a day or two ahead of time, and
just as full Of enthusi .sm when they stepped
ashore as they were when they started. The
Big Horn was last year known as the "boy
boat but she outran the fleet and came in.
to winter quarters with a big margin in the
profit side of her books. The "boy boat"
has grown into the big Dacotah. Todd and
Evans walk a broader deck and sit In a
larger office. They spread over more sur.
face and fill it all. They control the des-
TIMES OF a magnificent floating palace, and
no one feels that they will fail to do Justice
to their charge. The Dacotah came to
Iankton with $50 tons of freight and thirty
passengers. She will add a hundred tons to
her freight here, and will double her pas
senger list. She leaves in the morning
early for Fort Benton and intermediate
points.