The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-24
A WARM WELCOME
Is to be Extended to the Peerless
Queen City To-day.
LITTLE TIP" WILL Be OUT
on thl. Occasion, and make as Mach
NOlls as Tie Is Capable of in Good Hands.
The New Packet will Remain at the
Wharf an Hour or Two-EIPso'sd to
Arrive AbOut o or 10 O'slOok-Ths speed
Ofths Boati MY ond Question.

The magnificent new packet Queen
City, OF the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati
line, having passed up at an early hour
Tuesday morning when the Wheeling
public was unable to inspect the craft.
the management of the line has notl-
fled Captain John CrockRrd, OF the
Wheeling wharf boat. that theQueen
viii lay at the Wheeling landing an
hour or two this morning, when the
people will have an opportunity to look
at the boat. undoubtedly the finest and
fastest boat on western waters.
The Queen did not leave Pittsburgh
untll II o'clock last night, n reception
having been held on board at the Pitts
burgh wharf that did not conclude UNI
III that hour. SO she will not arrive
here on the down trip until about .
O'Clock this morning, AMI 1t is intended
that she shall remain here for some
time.
Captain Crockaui is determined that
the Queen City shall be received in
w At ny lE AAAAH AllNA AAlhs tit AtAN &c
cured the Intelllgencer cannon, Little
Tip" which viii fire salute from the
river bank IN honor OF the newcomer
Persons acquainted with the handling
OF the cannon are requested to call on
Captain Crockard this morning before
the arrival OF the packet, as he desires
to have guns squad to handle the
gun.
The steamer Queen City is undoubt-
eddy the finest and hnndsomest stern
wheel boat ever constructed. She is
255 feet long, a feet wide and six and
one-half feet deep. and has carrying
capacity Of l.40O tons. Her engines are
the largest ever placed on stern
wheel passenger steamer, being ~ in
ches in diameter an delight foot stroke.
She is equipped with an auxiliary
boiler. has fourteen separate engines
for various purposes and Is In every
way the most up-tO-date boat on the
Ohio or Mississippi.
The most striking feature Of the
steamer is her cabin. or main saloon.
Besides being the largest ON the river
II is by far the handsomest, being I'm
ished entirely In mahogany and gold.
1t Is like the inside OF palace car. The
ceiling Is OF pressed steel and Is entirely
new, consisting OF eight panels, and in
the centre OF each panel there is large
cluster OF incRndescens lights. There
are over four hundred electric lights
on the boat. and OF this number one
hundred are In the cabin alone. The
upper panel OF every stateroom door
has large bevel plate glass mirror.
and in the centre OF the lower panel OF
each door is six inch gold plated
metal monogram, %. c.
calling 90 miro white and gold
leaf, with delicate tinting OF pink
around the edges Of the large panels.
At the forward end Of the cabin. above
the doors OF the Observation Circle,
is large, finely executed hand painted
panel showing two river scenes Of Gin
cinnatl, with the name queen City"
between them. There are also six other
artistic painted panels on the boat,
which add much to the splendid APP
pearance OF the cabin. These paintings
are the work Of Cincinnati artist, Mr..
David Ewing.
The Queen Clty's staterooms are OF
good size and are the best equipped OF
any boat ailoat Instead Of the old
fashioned bowl and pitcher, station
AIRY wnshStand has been placed in cv-
cry room and water is furnished from
a stationary silver urn. A beveled
plate mirror is also found In every
room. She has the largest texas Of any
steamer on the river. and Hccommoda-
lions for twenty passengers besides the
crew have been provided for In the tex
as. First.class service and accommo>
datlons can be furnished for one hun
bred and sixty passengers, and she VIII
he allowed to carry two hundred and
flfty OF all classes. on special Occa-
slons when excursion crowds are eX-
pected she will be given license TO carry
1000 passengers.
Her freight capacity is immense. She
has wide, open guards. large space
back Of the stairway and In front Of
the boilers and n most capacious deck
room. Her hull Is finished SO that
freight can be stored In Il. and she Is
fitted out with the latest appliances
for hoistng and handling freight In
every respect the steamer Queen City
is perfect boat. She was built by the
Cincinnati Marine Railway Company,
under the constant supervision Of Cap
tain ]. T. Ellison. superintendent OF the
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati packet line.
To Captain Ellison must be given the
praise and credit OF introducing so
many handsome features on the boat.
The hollow nickel shaft. the only one on
any western river steamer, Is Captain
Elllson's Idea, as are also the beautiful
pressed steel ceiling and mahogany and
gold finish OF the cabin.
TIE OWED