Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-03

greatest strength. Their cabins are
to be finished and furnished in mag
nifcent style-superior to anything
ever yet built for the st. Louis and
New Orleans trade. The saloons Of
the main cabins are each 200 feet long,
seventeen feet wide aud thirteen feet
high, and aft of the middle gangways
there are to be twenty-five state
rooms, twelve feet square, each one
to have fine furniture (bedsteads, etc. !;
not berths,) with every convenience
a la Grand Hotel Francais.
| The main engines are twenty-six
inch cylinders, ten feet stroke, wa
ter wheels thirty-fve feet in dame
ter, fifteen-foot bucket. Each boat
will have five steel boilers, thirty
| feet long, forty -four inches in dame
ter, and four fues in each. They
will also be supplied with modern
machinery and engines for hosting
freight, handling stages, capstans.
pumps, etc. The freight capacity Of
each boat will be 1890 tons. The
machinery for the City of Baton
Rouge is being built by Ainslie &
Cochran, of this city, and the machi-
merry for the City of New Orleans has
been built and finished by Chas.
Hedgewald g. Co., of New Albany.
The former boat will be finished at
this city and the latter at Towards
yard. in Jeffersonville. The City of
Baton Rouge will be launched on the
Sd of next month, both boats to be
completed and ready for business on
the LIST day of November. These two
grand and magnificent steamers are
being built for the st. Louis and New
Orleans Anchor Line, which lisa most
! popular, thorough and successful Or
ganizatiOn. Capt. John A. Scudder
lis the President and Capt. Jas.
O'Neal Superintendent.
THE LAUNCH.
The launching of the City Of New
| Orleans was one of the most beauti-
full and imposing spectacles of the
kind ever beheld. Between half
past 4 and 5 o'clock the lashings were
cut and the massive structure grace
fully moved and increased its speed
until it shot into the beautiful river
and glided away upon its placid bo-
som with the ease and grace Of a
beautiful girl in the "mazy waltz"
over the waxed floor of the ballroom.
As she left the ways, the thousands
of people who were on board the
steamer and upon the shores sent up
loud shouts of applause amid the
waving of hats and handkerchiefs.
The terryboat Shallcross took a
large crowd over from this city to
witness the launch, and all returned
home delighted with their visit. The
harbor boat Andy Fulton was at hand
when the launch took place, and
after chasing the new boat some dis
lance, caught her and towed her
back to the foot of the ways from
whence she came, there to remain
until she is furnished and ready to
make her trial trip preparatory to
leaving for her new field Of labor.
The honor Of christening the new
boat was conferred upon Miss Lizzie
Hellich, q beautiful and accomplished
young lady Of Cincinnati, and she
did it in a most heroic and graceful
manner. Her maid of honor was
Miss Florence McCann, of Jefferson
vile.
Capt. Jas. O'Neal, Superintendent
of the line, and under whose special
supervision the two boats are being
built, was present, and expressed
himself highly pleased with the
launch, and he is proud Of the work
the Towards are doing in the con-
struction of his magnificent boats.
A MIRACULOUS BATTLE.