Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-29
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70 Tho Yellovston was advertised to leave
81. Louis for Benton on the :6th.
The new Missouri river steamer Butte u
receiving her Benton load at Pittsburg.
The other big Coulson steamer, Dakot.'
IA announced to leave St. Louis for fank.
ton May II.
Captain La Barge has changed his min
and will not load the Chambers for Benton.
His boat is at St. Louis waiting for some
thing to turn up.
The steamer Nellie Peck got away this
morning early for Standing Rock and. inter-
mediate points. She touk on a quantity OF
seeds and -four for the Indian agencies.
A bill has been introduced in congress by
MI, Maginnis, of Montana, which provides
for the relief of persons who lost property
by the sinking of the government steamer
Cameron, two years age below Sioua City.
The principal sufferers were army officers,
Sioux City Journal. 9th: Two United
States steamboat inspectors. Capt. Schafer
and Capt. Vsndevoort, arrived from St.
Louis yesterday morning and were engag'
ed during the day testing the boilers OF the
Gen. Meade, Fontenelle and Peninah.
These boats will sOon be launched.
Bismarck Tribune, 24th:-The Eclipse
passed Buford at S pr on the goth. The
Benton passed the same point at 9 p m Of
the same day, showing a gain of II hours
on the Eclipse's time. The Gen. Sherman,
Josephine and Key West left here on the
18th with the 18th infantry and their bag
gage. The Sherman reached Buford on the
morning of the 2lst. The Josephine and
Key West arrived there yesterday. The
Rosebud loaded light arrived from below at
10 a M of the 2lst and after finishing her
loading and taking on passengers continued
on her way to Fort Benton at daylight the
23d. The Gen. Terry, DR.. Burleigh's steam
boat, arrived here from below Tuesday fore
noon and left at 3 p M Of the same day on a
general trading tour. She will probably
keep a close eye on the movements of the
18th infantry. The Terry has a tempting
stock of fresh eggs, potatoes and other solids
and fluids for which the boys in blue usual
ly banker. DR.. Burleigh will try and sail
the Terry where she will do the most good.
The pride of the Coulson line (and as a
natural sequence of Yankton also, which is
the home of the owners of the Coulson boats,
the big steamer Montana, arrived at sever
o'clock this morning, from Pittsburg, and
will remain until tomorrow before cutting
loose from civilization and turning her prov
into the vast wilderness beyond. Capt. Nicl
Beusen is in command Of the Montana ant
we all know that it is the chief aim Of hi
existence to walk the deck Of the handsom
est, best and most popular boat which pillow
K the waters Of the Big Muddy. Step by step
and year by year, Captain Beusen has adj
vanced through the various stages of steam
boat life, always at his post Of duty, eve'
ready to perform that which devolved upo,
him in any position with gentlemanly an
courteous bearing, until now we find hin
where he belongs-the commander of III
largest and best appointed steamboat tina
n ever cast off her lines at the port Of Yank
ton. There is also James l., Earle, our vel
known "Barney" in the Office of the Mon
tana as chief clerk. He is another Yankto
favorite-a whole souled, genial travele
of the upper Missouri man with hi
heart In his hand and a good word for III
rich and the poor. the handsome and Ii
homely. 1t is all the same to Barne,
There is Phil Snyder for second clerk.
man whom We do % know, but Judge hir
4 to be good because Of the company b
keeps. r. G. Mason is mate and w. "
Baker and c. Lingo pilots. So much 70
the official outfit The boat itself is a mode
]. of beauty from head to stern and fror
water to roof. Her hull was built at Cal
!. fornia, Pa, its length is $50 feet; breadt
of beam, 4s feet; depth, AZ feet; cyllnde
10 inches in diameter by Z feet stroke; b,
shaft is 40 feet long, and buckets of whee
% SO feet long four steel boilers, AZ inches
diameter. rs feet long. She was built at
cost of $45,000, which is considerab
money to put into a boat during these da.
of cheap construction. The Montana ca
I ries a crew OF sixty officers and men. 81
draws without freight, at the deepest plac
30 two feet aft and sixteen inches forwar
Her carving capacity Is about 20 tons
the inch in depth; and loaded to 6 feet, a
she can draw, SIZE carries q full load
or 1900 tons. The Coulson company is pa
donably proud of this magnificent floa,i1
y. palace, as they will be of her twin, the D
e? kota, now being completed. The Monta1
i. is filling out her cargo here and will depa
for Benton some time tomorrow.