, 1882-07-29

regions The panel rssis upon hack
ground Of black walnut surrounded again
by cherrywoOd moulding, tho whole
surrounded by broad facing Of SILVER
mahogany from Me1icc. Between each
panel are p;lasters Of sandal wood and
ebony plankei by a eornice moulding Of
white ash and cherry, the bases aud caps
Of Corinthian pItter II, highly gilt IN gold
and silver. The whole IL highly pol,se,l
and vanished and finished with noun
tiucs o; solid SILVER plate. with silver
hand-rail round the interior walls.
There ara l2O electro lights upon the
"Columbla-" These are maintained by
four OF Eiisons dynamo machines IN the
engine room and 50 arranged that each
electric line is under direc, control 1t
the engineer. Each s.ateFopm is lighted
by an electric light suspended IN a frosted
globe from the ceiling there Is a small
oil lamp IN each room to be used II des'r-
ed. The lights IN the statercoms are uu-
der control of the steward, Who can ex-
tingnish them at his pleasure, They burn
each night from dusk until 10 o'clock,
Ten minutes before they are estIngulShed
they are momentar.ly reduced ia bril-
lIancy As a notice To retire
There can be nothing more brilliantly
beautiful than a steamship like the - c.
!umbi.," oUt upon the ocean "n a stnyuly
night. illuminated by l20 electric lights,
the mammoth sizld Maxim el,ct.1c head
isht, spreading f"od OF hriilanc, tsv
out over tie waves in front Of tue ship.
An", her Irn0vauon III steamship comfort
- tn heating "r COOLING registers IN al,
he sta'erooms by means Of tuhes com
nun c,rIrg with the engines, hot "r cold
air Is forced into each s'atvr""m, thus
keeping th IN pleasant according 30 thc
weather In some of tke iad' state
rooms. the teri IRE arrlugpG similar II
those on Pullman PLACE car--,hl, l.
they are folded up "r down 4; VII, just
As the occupant of the r.ou desires
But with ali h.r beauties IN the way Of
finish and modern crEv,u:eBc.es. the
"Co.umbi.' would lie Iucompie'e without
the splendid crew wh;ch opera-cs the YES
eel. The number # men employed to
manage the sh.pis Is IS. and one woman
acting As steward S.. The Cgptain, Fred
Bolles. is the senior C.mmander on the
line, having succeeded Commodore Con
nor, al his death about two Years ago.
Captain Bolles il ono of the oldest and
most experienced nayigators on the
northern coast. He brought the 'Colum-
bia" around the Horn about two years
ago. and the last trip WAS the second an
niversary If his arrival at Portland, or
the 49th time he had brought the steamer
over the Coiumhia riYer bar. The sec
ond officer is II. 5. Aekley, veteran in
the service and an accomplished seaman
and navigator. The Iurs-r, {. \.
Hughes, Ia one Of the most popular men
on the Pacific Coast. He is one Of Ore
CONS pioneers, haviEg arrived on this
coast overland from his home In Liberty,
Missouri. when the present state was a
territory. IL, is a valuable officer to the
Company. and Is respected by all Of the
thousands eho have heen fortunate
enough to make his acquaintance. The
same kind words are equally applicable to
the steward, f. H. Kiel, who devotes his
time, night aud day, TO making every
body happy ard comfortable. The che,
engineer. q. NardUzer, with his able as
sis,ant-. manage the pcnderOus machinery
Of the vessel with the greatest of ease, II
IS proud boast that he can make, that
no serious accident has happened to the
machinery OF the Columbia, since Mr
VanGuzar took charge.
Manager C. H. Prescott, as The repre-
sentative Of Henry Willard, and his
excellent staff Of officers and assistants,
Messr- John Muir, the passenger agent,
and Al Max~ell, ticke- agent at Port
band, a. well IS all the attaches on tins
line are daily contributing 10 the poPu-
larity of these steamers. To these mon,
Oregon and Washington aae much of the
large increase Of immigration and the
stsady croxing prosperity Of our neE
state and TERRITORY.