Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1880-05-04
Z LAUNCHING AND CHRISTENING
Of the New Steamer Nettie Bald
I win Amid Hurrahs and Firing
of Cannon.
A sHcnr SPEECH BY A. KLAUS.

sHcRT SPEECH BY A. KLAUS.
That long looked for and hoped for
event which would p'acs jamestown in
every respect on an equal footing with
Fargo and other river port cities has, taken
place and We shall no longer he r.xardsS
by tn. out side world as an inland village.
Navigation on the raging james 10 No
longer considered in the light nf specul.
ativs adventure, but a. an actual fact, a.
it was practically proven Ly the successful
launching Of the new steamer, Ncttie
Baldwin last Saturday morning.
At ten o'clock along On the banks Of
the river, on either side Of the lsver,
| were gathered together a multitude Of
men, women and children from all parts
ofths village AID country, waiting with
an air "f restless anxiety to see the first
steamer OF any great importance shsot
down the launch ~sy into the Inning river
some forty feet blow. At twenty five
minutes past ten. Capt. Wilson gave the
signal and tue .tay block. wc.e knocked
out, letting the bost with an arrow like
swiftncss shoot into the river. She struck
the water little att aud q, she rightel she
wa greeted with deafening hlrrah., asd
banning Of eaunons which had been pre-
pared and placed Llong the river. As
soon as tue 6rst salute lad died away Mr..
4. Klaus went aboard aud after making 4
.tew fitting remarks proceeded with a con.
siderable grace, to break bottle Of wine
over her bow, ss is custos,a-y on such oc-
casiOns.
For some unsccountnble reason Mr.. X.
did not proceed rs it VAS expected lie
would with speech, therefore the crowd
was solne~ hat disappointed. We publish
below the spcec! for the benefit Of all.
LADIES AND GENrLEMEN-I am not .
speech maker, aud AM certainly not
able to make speech which would do
Justice to such 40 important event rs this
But allow me to make remark, and that
is, that I clam that the building Of this
boat t. be run between Jamestown
| and Columbia, Brown county, D. T..
about 200 miles by river, running through
! the riches. valley Of Dakota (Red river
valley not excepted). will open and make
it a home FOR thousands uf PEOPLE in
few years .
The James river valley will certainly be
the Paradise Of Dakota, as soon as we have
i railroad running through north and
south in connection with line Of boats.
claim that this boat is the pioneer OF a
railroad, and that Captain Smith and Mr.
Baldwin are the pioneers ofthis navigation
and that Capt Smith is the I'd Chrlstopher
Columbus who discovered America. Capt
4 Smith has discovered that the river which
always has been reported the longest un-
navigable river in the United States, will
be navigable for about 200 miles
through The richest whea" growing coun.
try in the world
Three cheers for Nettie Baldwin and
her husband, the navigator Of the north.
three cheers for Capt Wilson, the builder
Of the boat, and three cheers for Captain
Smith. the second Christopher Columbus.
Ladies and Gentlemen-By request Of
this navigation company and in honor Of
enc Of ito owners, chrlstcn her with the
feminine name of Nettis Baldwin.
The craft is stern wheeler, propelled
by the old Pluck machinery. Her hull
is 14x75 and light, draws but seven and
. half inches OF water. She will run be-
tween jamestown and Col1mbia and left
here, under command Of Capt. Smith,
Sunday morning tor that point.
As soon as the boat is fully completed
we shall give her = more complete write
up, giving all the inter. sting points al'out
her, together with the o1;ec: Of her mis-
sion.
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