Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-06-23
AGAIN THE KATE ADAMS.
A Observation-Disclosures this
Time.


Time.
| see BY your paper that some per
sons have thought it good idea I,
describe the beauties of trip on tn,
champion steamboat Kate Adams. bu
it seems they have left out those yer,
things concerning the boat which
should prove most interesting to tn,
average citizen. OF course it is yer,
proper to speak of the urbanity o
officers, the breezes and the CROWN,
landscape, but all this gives one nj
profitable information about tie boa
proper. made a tour on her mysel
and Investigated everything from Gel
lar to garrett. This was some tim,
ago. | took off my coat and wen
down ia the cellar; they did not hay,
much In it, except a railroad and som,
iron cars to haul coal. There was ;
great deal of salt spread around th,
corners, probably intended to keep GU
the cockroaches. Away up under tbt
front yard | found one Of the funnies
steam engines you ever saw; it laid OF
its side and worked straight out apC
back again, but it was all the tim,
turning whole lot Of cog wheel
which the man said worked the "cap
stand" which is the thing the Capital
stands on in q fog.
There were no provisions in the eel
lar. They have what they call ,
locker on the first floor to keep then
in. The first floor is very interesting
as i has most all the machines on 4
and is the place where they pile cottor
bales Tor steerage passengers to sit OF
and smoke.
The machines that they boil the
steam IN are as big around as a hogs,
head and long as a saw log
and are said to be made
OF steel. Several colored mer
keeping rousing fire under these ma
chimes all the time, night and day, anc
that is the reason that they have such
a big coal yard. One of the coloreC
men said she was powerful easy
to make steam" 1 asked him
how much steam he made, and he said
about one hundred and fifty pounds
is what she carries" Now, this may
be so, but what puzzles me is to know
what in the world they want with such
big machines to carry only one hun,
dred and fifty pounds | can carry
that much myself, and l once saw a
man who carried two hundred and
fifty pounds with great ease. Just
back of the machines 10 which they
boil the steam is machine with a
whole lot of rods end things that they
call the doctor, and his business is Ia
make hot water for the other machines
that boil the water. He is all the
time at work, but seems to take it
easy. The engineer told me that the
doctor hardly ever let down, not even
at a quarantine post, but when he did
it was just at the time he was most
needed. Behind where the doctor
stays are two great machines on each
side that turns the hutter wheels
They keep up terrible racket, and
keep a lot Of iron things about the size
OF fence paling bobbing up and down.
The engineer, Mr.. Botto, said these
brought tho steam over from where it
vas boiled. These MACHINES haye
hitched on to them great log, about
thirty fee1 ling, that is painted white
and has iron on the ends. One end
bitches on to something ike you see
on grindstone, but is much
bigger, and goes nearly IN
to the ceiling where it turns around
1t is hitched onto big piece of iron
that goes through the Autter wheel. |
went back there with the engineer,
who opened gate with a bar across it,
and Jerusaleml what oataractl the
walor Just came whizzing and whirliug
with q roar got out of there and
shut the gate in a hurry. "
Right back OF this there is q gate
that goes opt into the barn yard,
where they, keep loose mules and over
flowed cattle, and then comes a little
back yard for oolored people,
They have on the first floor a ma.
chine ina they call niger" He
had lot of rope aa;;..SShed to him, but
| didn't see him do anything. The
front yard il where they keep the
chains and ropes, and whsTs the mate,
Mr.. Phinn Star, drills the cofored
people with a stick. He told me the
machine that turned around from
down in the Gallar wps not for the
Captain to stand on, but was tog
Strengthening the ropes when they goL
wet, and when | come to think about
it, expect it really would make the
Captain dizzy to stand on it looking
toE 8 fog, on account Of its turning
around al the zine. At the end Of
the front yard they have q fay pole
with a cross piece on it. This is tie
place where they sit two colored men
with broous yhen they beat anybody
in q race, will have to explain the
upstairs to you some other time il
you want me to. CALIP4.
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