The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-30
THE NEW NATCHEZ.

THE NEW NATCHEZ.
II there is anything In the old superstition
regarding the lucky number 7. surely this
new palatial floating microeosm ought to
succeed beyond the fDndest expectations OF
her happy owner, rs size is the seventh Nat
chez, and was born under that lucky number.
II the other Of her predecessors were notable
for their elegance and speed, the youngest
eclipses them oil, and to-day she sits on the
water one III the stalnchest. swiftest and
most elegant steamers that ever turned q
wheel on the old Mississippi. To the Clncin-
natl Marine Ways 10 due the credit for her
hull which IL $685. feet La length, 4ClLs feet
beam, 381f feet floor, round knuckle, and 10
fet depth OF hold. Her model Is said to be
one Of the most remarkable for graceful
curve, delicate shear. and every quality that
pleases the eye Of q cDnnoisseur. Drawing
| only five feet Of water, she measures 1850
tons, with q freight capacity OF 20oo, which is
equal to 5000 hales. She carries eight Otis
steel boilers OF 70, 600 pounds tensile strength.
SO feet long by 43 inches and ID propelled by
one Of Jones y Leathers' improved condens-
Ing engines, with cylinders 81 inches Ia diam |
eter, and 10 feet stroke, all OF which, together
with life boats, copper work, etc, are from
the establishment Ut U. 4. Dunont. Carrying /
her allowance of 1fp pounds Of steam, her
wheels Of 40 feet In diameter, with sixteen foot
buckets. will revolve like spinning jennes.
That feature OF our river boats, the cabin, In |
the new Natchez has received the careful at
builder, deserves all the compliments be-
slowed upon him for this tasteful display or /
his skill. There are forty-sevsn state rooms,
larger aha more airy than those on her late
comfortable as elegant furniture aud rich no
holstery can make them. That well-knpwn
marine artist Mr. 81 q. Denton, has added
tue magic Of his brush to the interior, aud the
result Is perspective ~ chaste In culoring AZ
the most cathetc could desire aud I'm ensemble
treditabie tn tbs artists talent.
A camp scene OF the Natchez tribe, and q
view Ut EFiis cliff, near Nntcflez, ornament
the fore aud aft panels in the cabin, and are
by Mr.. Dwight Benton, lately from Italy.
The DEMOCRAT has already given it's readers
a sufficient description Of the new ftyorito
and therefore now can only refer to the gene
raj outlines.
Sitting like a yacht % the water, she rises
above 1t tall and majestic, presenting IN Hp-
pearanca truly imposing. Her lofty chimneys
10 feet above tile hurricane roof her
pilot house. 45 feet above the water all agree
ing ssnmttrlcally, add To the effect. Cutting
jac!staif Ut 101 feet adorns the prov, at the
foot Of which stands neatly carved figure
Of an old Natchtz Indian, with war paint Oh.
This beautiful craft comes to lis now in her
freshness to WO and win u freight
Of aurels under the following officers: Cap- ..
taiu, Thos Z. Leathers, clerk, Jas. Il. Milsn; ,
mate, Benz. J. Herman; engineers, John ]. | I
Farrell aud WIN; Reed; steward, ]. j. CSdai- .
ote. carpenter, J. H. Duncan; sailor, George
lt'nDert. watchnan. John FDgarty, d veteran s
For twenty-five years iH the service Tho pi- z
lots are Wallace Lamb ana Frank Littrell I
HER SIN SISTERS
ire well remembered by old river men as hay d
nR been always mp to the highest STANDARD 4
II the times i'll which they we're built Capt G
Lnathers never spared money OF time in Il
building them, ana from the first to the new
one be fvlncrd practical knoaladle 1T bis d
profession OF which he ought we'll to be u
oroni; " was ~ the year 1916, May 3A In q
campbell county, Ky, that he first saw light '
y eettled. Tho captains father was one cf :
he old Daniel Boone pioneers, noted for 4
1o'!ntIess COURAGE and tenacity OF purpose, G
md no had mnvnd out ~ the wilderness of i
1otwith standing tho dangers surrounding Il
ltm. At the ago OF twenty Capt. r. p ii
laathers began his life on the river with his
roth r, and until 1910 he piled the Yazoo on ,
he Sunfiower. =
1t was shortly after this that he engaged in
he New Orleans and Victshurg trade, in
which he has gained such world. wide popI- a.
arIty. running until 1916 - the Princess Nos d
anu q. LII LDls year WIS latffGnPf the first -
satch.z, Capt. Leathsrs having planned this Il
lrst of his lov's. She was built at tho mouth u
II the Crayfish by y. w. HArtsholne. and ear ri
led two boilers and 2O-inch cylinders, feet ~
troke. and was very fast for those day Ii III
vas soon discovered that she was two small -
81 the trade hadnincreased Immensely and \
.reater carrying%eapacity WAS necessary r,
accordingly. IN 1913, the Natchez No Q was II
ontractod for III Cincinnati with Burton A
lazRn. She was soon turned out and proved 1.
o he very ll'et. She had three boilers and her q,
ylindhfs We're four inches laraer than her !.
She plied, the old Mississippi -
Oh ilvr Years successfully. and Id 1888 the Ii
hifa OF the family, the Niltchpz M 8. was ai
'ruilt at Cincinnati ny Johnson II Ne ,rlon n,
ne coltou trade still called for greater tom >.
,aGt, UNI thn new fnvori;e hat. t:apacty for
, w pales. 81" had six boilers and her cv!in-
ieis wsF. thllty-fonr inches in di.rnater. nine
,",o s'ioke. Hers was II short life. however.
III - SlN weeks after her tirst trlp abe WA
,.Ihe, at the wharf here when the Ci.sreut
,nN. mas; belehar, Latona and her ho9ts a
w. ~ was IN this disastrous cOutis- IL
statloh tnaT tha brother OF Capt. Thoy y, III
,apt. JAS. II. feathers, perlshrd Nnthi,, "
sauntet BY this -dd blosy. Cant nath.,.s ~
ne next year, S.4.buiit the Satrnez Na 4
49, same pafiic contracting for the t1,,t, IN
handsome boat Mrs the result. and H., ~ y;
acl1y was fully HOO baties; her engines tpare %
oWevpr, the same as her burned e1sters FL =.
W. YEATS sac Tah successfully, winning oreat -
opuaItty all along tna river = = $3.50 !,
10 1903 tbe NatenRz No. Was brought ont | a
ne or builders, johnson Il Mortar. win Er
'avid Grllfey, constructed the hull. and hsr "a
apacity WAS 1880 baies, with TIL, same mower ~