Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-04
SWIFT SWINGING
4 Trip U, the HmdsOn--- Fast Steamboat
ang---The Mary POsceil--GrGnd Scenery
Historic Memoirs.

A Trip Up the HMdson---F Fast Steamboat
ing---The Mary Po,cell--Grand Scenery
Historic Memoirs.
Especial Correspondence st. Paul Globe.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-"Great excite
ment among steamboat men, Race be-
tween the Mary Powell and the Albany"
etc., etc. TWAS one of those sweltering
hot afternoons last july, when, in pass
| ing newspaper row, the attention of your
correspondent was drawn to the above
catch lines scrawled on one of the many
bulletin boards that occupy the front Of
the newspaper offices, and which are sup
posed to reflect briefly the current events
Of the day.
| 1t was melting weather, all Gotham
was painting under the merciless blaze of
sun that made the quicksilver in the
little glass tube mark 100 in the shade.
Everybody thatl could was leaving town
for the sea shore, mountain resort or
country. Relief of some kind from the
| insufferable heat of the city seemed al
most a necessity. In the mind of yours
truly the headlines on the bulletin board
gave rise to happy thought. What
could be more refreshing than ride up
the Hudson in one of the fastest steam
boats in the world.
The next afternoon, gripsack in hand,
your correspondent might have been seen
making for pier No. % North river, the
dock of the steamboat Mary Powell
| The foot of Vestry street was reached
and there lay the Mary Powell, mag
nifcent beauty, with record for speed
that stands almost, if not entirely, alone
in the annals of navigation.
Her time of departure was 3:20 O'Clock
D. M, thus affording the tourists an op-
portunity of viewing the highlands of
the Hudson, together with other notable
scenery, by daylight
When seen at the cleaning the land
scapes which open on the surprised gaze
equaled for grandeur and picturesque
scenery in the world This is the mature
| Judgment of those who have travelled
over the most famous grounds of Eu-
rope.
! But the many points of beauty and
historic interest which abound on the
Hudson have been sung by bards and
whose magic pencils have placed them
! UlSu dulOuS tQC SlltCu WlllClS VI tIC
country.
1t Is the intention only, in this descrip-
ton of flying trip up the Hudson, to
give bird's-eye view or sketch of the
principal points of interest, as they pass
in quick panoramic succession, and as
seen from the deck of the swiftest boat
in the country.
THE CAPTAINS DAUGHTER.
The principal object of the present let
ter shall be to convey some idea of what
steamboating is on the Hudson, leaving
the grandeur and beauty of her unparal-
leled scenery for another description.
The Mary Powell, on which the writer
took passage, leaves the foot of Vestry
street each afternoon in summer at
500 p. m, touching at Roundout,
her destination, 100 miles up the
river, at $50 o'clock p. M, making the
distance in five hours and ten minutes,
including nine landings This 1t will be
seen is averaging something over twenty
miles an hour, which may be called toll
erably swift steamboating.
AT this point a description Of the boat
capable of such remarkable speed, and
so replete with every appliance that can
minister to the comfort and satisfaction
| Of the passenger, is IN order.
The Mary Powell is 300 feet long from
stem to stern; her tonnage is 983 tons,
with horse power of 5000; her boilers
have test of 10000 pounds to the inch,
tensile strength. In making her daily
trips the indicator rarely shows press
ure of more than twenty eight pounds of
steam, twenty seven pounds beng nearer
the average. Her capacity is 1000 pas
sengers. The boat cost $3.50, 900, and
$4,000 has been expended in repairs the
past summer; as her captain remarked,
you could not tell where the money had
been put
To run this superb piece of machinery
it costs an average expense of $500 per
day; on each trip she consumes twenty
five tons OF coal.
1t will be correctly presumed that the
accommodations of such steamboat are
all that the most cultured taste could re-
quire Such is indeed the fact; the APP
pointments of the Powell are superb; her
cabins are models of sumptuous and ele-
giant beauty; all that money and the ap-
plication of refined taste could suggest
has been done in making the interior of
the boat palace; the decoration and up
hOlStSIy dIC IICh ClOSoduo, ou9SCotiHS
the work of discriminating artist. Ev-
erything in the appointments invites to
ease and comfort; there is nothing incon-
gruous; nothing of the gingerbread order
of things to tire the eye or jade the
fancy.
| THE JOLLY TAR.
A word as to the commanders. The
name of Commodore A. l.. Anderson il
as familiar along the Hudson as hou Sc
hold word. He has navigated the river
for over twenty years. Belonging to the
old school of captains, he is as perfect a
type Of the gentleman as exists ON the
continent. Suave and courteous, he has
travelled extensively, possessing a vast
fund of knowledge, which is ever at the
command of the questioner. Acting with
the commodore are his two sons Jansen,
who otficiates as purser, and J. Etihge,
who performs the duty of steward These
gentlemen are the father and brothers of
Mr.. Chas. A. Anderson, resident of
your own sanity city.
The cuisine of the Mary Powell in
cludes bill of fare that furnishes one of
the best tables in the country. Speaking
from experience, better cooked meal of
choice viands than that served on the
Powell, your correspondent never ate.