The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-18
NEW RIVER PACKET Is A HAND
SOME ADDITION TO THE
FLEET.
SIDE WHEELER THIS ONE IS.
FIRST OF THE UPPER RIVER
CRAFT TO DISCARD STERN
POWER.
with Good Cargo and Large
List of Passengers Tor
Below.

The elegant new packet of the Dia-
mond 10 line. the Quincy, arrived
in ST. Paul at o'clock yesterday after
noon on her maiden trip. The Quincy"
is the peer of all recently constructed
river boats, and created a sensation
among rivermen as she drew in at the
wharf near the union depot. An i'm
mense crowd gathered to watch the
craft make her first landing. The boat
came up very slowly, owing to low
stage of water, but she answered so
perfectly to her helm and engines, that
she drew up at the dock without re-
moving a splinter.
The Quincy is far prettier to look
at than the average river boat. To
Use a riverman's parlance, she is not a
'wet-end' or stern wheeler, but has
side wheels, a rare thing in upper
Mississippi steamboating.
The Quincy ran into a fog this side
of Hastings, from which town she
cleared at 9 o'clock in the morning
and did not arrive at st. Paul until 3
o'clock. However she made the entire
distance from st. Louis by water with
out a mishap. She worked smoothly
and Clearly, and the 400 passengers
who were aboard of her at different
points were charmed with the new
boat. Her hull is painted maroon,
and her upper works pure white. She
is supplied with the most modern ap-
planes for handling freight, steering
and propelling.
In length she is 266 feet, beam AZ
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river boat. She is longer too than any
other of the Diamond 10 boats, and is
far more handsome. The Quincy
draws but 26 inches Of water and this
Is rather surprising fact considering
her size. But she was built upon new
and recent ideas, and every hope for
her has been fulfilled. She is propelled
by two engines with 22-inch cylinders
and an feet stroke acting directly
under each wheel, each Independent of
the other Her boilers are something
new in river steamboating, being of
the Scotch marine type, and two in
number They are the first boilers of
the kind to be used on a regular river
packet.
The speed of the Quincy has not
yet been fully demonstrated, as she
has not had an opportunity of doing
her best in deep water But on the
she will be given a squirt on Lake
Peptn, and it is expected she will show
clean pair of heels to any competi-
tors.
The main cabin of the Quincy is a
beauty. The room is nearly 200 feet
long, without pillar or post The state
rooms are arranged on the standard
river plan, and are "A in number. all
having two berths, and many having
double berths, both upper and lower.
The floor is of polished hard wood. The
government will allow the Quincy a
regular passenger list of 400 persons.
which is greater than any of the pack
cts on the upper river.
The Quincy cleared about O'Clock
last evening with a heavy passenger
list and a large cargo for lower river
points.
Capt. John Kaillen was a very proud
man when the Quincy drew up at
the wharf, for he realized it was a very
unusual thing nowadays to have the
honor of bringing a brand new boat
OF the character Of the Quincy. into
st. Paul He was busy for two hours
receiving the congratulations of the
passengers and admirers of the boat.
The personnel of the Quincy staff ia
as follows: Captain John; Kaillen:
mates. Thomas MCGEE, Daniel Breen:
first clerk, Nels Nelson; second clerk.
NJ Kaillen; Pilots, Edward West. All
Hill; steward. Thomas Reardon; first