Louisiana capitolian., 1881-11-12
THE TWINS.
The Two Floating Palaces City of
New Orleans and City OF
Baton Rouge.
Courier-Journal.


have had in their constant employ a
small army of men engaged in build
ing steamboats, and other floating
craft, and to give the public an idea
of the amount of work they have ac-
complished it is only necessary to
state that since that time they have
built at their yards the steamers w.
B. Duncan, Ella, E. F. Ewhld, City
of Vicksburg and l.. P. Drouillard ;
also q landing dock for the Ferry
Company and two barges for the
Henderson Packet company. They
have now on the stocks and under
way three crane boats ready for
launching, a twelve car railroad
transfer barge, Cumberland river
steamer and another large, fine An
chor-line boat, to be duplicate OF
the already famous steamer City Of
Vicksburg, and to be called City OF
Cairo. and which will be finished be-
fore the first day of next January.
In addition to the above, they have
Just completed for the st. Louis and
New Orleans Anchor Line two of the
largest, hghtest, best and handsomest
steamers that ever graced the waters
of the majestic Mississippi. They
areas "near alike as two peas" and
have already won the name of Gan
chor-Line Twins" and it would in
deed be a difficult matter to even tell
(which was which" unless you looked
at their names upon the lighthouses.
They have been named City of New
Orleans and City Of Baton Rouge.
In writing notice OF these two
magnificent steamers it is only neces-
sary for Us to describe the City Of
New Orleans, as she is an exact copy
In every particular of the City of
Baton Rouge, and the readeah has only
to read of the one to know all about
the other. So we will choose the City
of New Orleans for our text, and try
and do justice to both. The City of
New Orleaus, although she does not
have the solidity of the very largest
ocean steamships, occupies more space
upon the water. She is 300 feet long,
forty-nine feet beam, eighty-four feet
width over all, nine and u half feet
depth of hold, and in thirty eight feet
from the bottom of her hull to the top
of the main saloon skylights. On top
of the main saloon there is a long,
large upper cabin or "Texas," on top
of which stands the handsome pilot
house, and it is sixty-seven and a halt
feet from the bottom of the hull to
the top of the pilot house. The draft
of this boat was to be forty two inches
when ready for business, but just
think of it for a moment! She only
draws forty inches. Think Of that
massive and majestic structure, 800
feet long, eighty-four feet wide, sixty
seven and a half feet high, with steam
up only drawing forty inches water.
All this, taken into consideration,
shows the great difficulty that is to
be overcome in the construction OF
which are required to be of the very
greatest strength and durability.
The hull is of easy and graceful
model and just such a JOB of work.
manship as only experienced work
men can turn out. The cabin is GER
tainly beautiful and rich in design,
and will be furnished in the most
elegant and costly manner. In tact
it Is far superior to anothing ever yet
seen in the St. Louis and New Or
leans trade. The saloon of the main
cabin is 2lO feet long, seventeen feet
wide, and thirteen feet high, and ait
of the middle gangways there are
twenty-five state-ro0ms twelve feet
square and ten feet square. A new
departure is the furnishing of these
elegant rooms in the grande salon
with two elegant bedsteads, instead
of the old-fashiOned berths. Only
the large rooms forward of the gang
ways will be supplied with births,
and every room on the boat-main
cabin, nursery, and "Texas"--wil be
supplied with every convenience for
the comfort and pleasure of passen-
gers. There is a large and handsome