Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-08-25
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST %, 1897.
TIE EDITORS OUTING.
Trip of the Wisconsin Press Associa-
zion Through Michigan and Canada
Told by One of the Travellers.

At noon on the 9th day OF August, A. D. 1897,
two Pullman cars pulled into the station of the
Wisconsin Central railroad at Waukesha, Mrs.
f. II. Weber, of MenOmonie, and two porterS
We're the only occupants, but large delegation
of newspaper men and women from Platteville,
Whitewater, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Madi-
son, Baraboo and Waukesha was waiting
and took possession or the SI6eperS alter pia-
cardIng them with the InScri pUIUn Wisconsin
Press Association. The train soon started
nOrthWdrd and on reaching Oshkosh the COM
pany was reinforced by the northern repre-
SentatlVeS, among whom the president of
the association, q. w. BOwron, wife and two
daughters. On reaching Neenah carriages
were round waiting TO convey the visitors over
the twin cities, Neenah ana Menasha. Some
of the numerous factories OF the TWO cities were
visited; the party OF whom your correspondent
was member stopped at the paper mill of
Him berry q Clark and WdUCn5d the wonder
full process oy which filthy rags are transformed
into clean, smooth, dGrao1t manila paper.
The skill acquired by the sgIfLS III counting the
sheets OF paper attracted much attention and
10 those OF Us whose eyes ana fingers are I'M
trained they seemed to work Win marvellous
rapIQlGy and Atr. Kimberly informed us that
they rarely make an error. After a drive
through the reoIdence portion OF the cities,
winch nave 40 p6rcaptIoIe dividing me, the
party again entered their cars eurouUe for
ManltoWoc, which city was reached ABOUT 80
P. NJ, too late for US to form much OF idea
OF It's extent or appearance. We were met by
John Maggie, who conducted US to Turner nall,
Who're the long tables and beautifully dGcOrat-
ed hall testified to the work OF the ladies who,
Governor BdenSch and wife, eX-C1OV. Peck,
Judge herwin ana Mr. Villas were among the
reception committee. John Magic, of 1he Mani
tON'Gc Pilot, took the head OF the center table
and Informed US we were to have pleasant
su1 ., but would be obliged to wait short
tlnio lOr It's arrival, as the "Pere Marquette
W 49, tglng 1t across Lake Michigan and she
had not yet arrived IN port. We learned soon
IT, surprise was party of 2UU Minnesota
editors on their way home from Detroit after
their annual outing. They soon arrived, jolly
crowd, and our appetites were finally appeased.
Then Mr. Maggie, as POSTMASTER, introduced
some of Manltowoc'S talented speakers. Gov
ernOr BaenSch succeeded, as he always does, in
saying the best thing possible in the best posi-
BILE way and Judge kerWin aptured all by
his happy way OF blending his sense and nom
sense and proving himself to be that much
sought for but seIdOmifOund mana good after
dinner talker. At the close of the festivities
at the hall the Wisconsin party adjourned to
the residence and grounds of Mr.. Rahr,
wealthy brewer, the minnesota friends having
been obliged to leave US. Mr.. Rahr's home is
only about two years old and is a thing of
beauty and we hope Will be JOY forever to
him and his good wife and children. Each
room is furnished in the style of a different
period and country. The drawing room is in
the Empire STYLE very stately and beautiful;
but the dining room most captivated US, being
an exact reproduction of a German room, the
walls hung with real tapestry, and the quaint
recess window, with its small loaded paneS of
glass and raised platform for the musicians,
giving many OF US as near a peep as we will
ever have of a dining room IN Germany.
Slde clfCiG o. Tres So out many years ago
for this very purnose, and our dance loving
TRENDS ma4-,.e,us- ~ p time TO the music IN
spite of heavy shoes which carried sand from
the damp streets.
But the Pere Marquette's time for a return
trip had come, so music and lights and flowers
and friends were left and we sought the deck
to find out what the Pere Marquette really is.
And right here | wish to confess that ever
since had decided to join the party had had
some misgivings about crossing Lake Michigan
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enough and strong enough to carry the cars,
but as 1 stood on the draw bridge that night as
it turned to allow the Pere Marquette to pass,
and as she loOmed up big and black under the
stars, my fears were allayed, for it seemed to
me she could not only carry the cars but the
whole earth in her capacious bosom. The boat
was launched December 81, 1856. Its cost,
without equipment or interior furnishings
was 1926, 900. In its construction the designers
and builders adopted the best ideas applicable
to winter and summer traffic on the lakes. Ii
will carry thirty cars and make the trip from
ManltoWOc to LudlngtOn, Mich, IN about
three and a half hours. The deck is $50 feet
long. and the keel 3SS feet. The depth of hold
TO the main deck, is 1914 feet and the en-
tire depth of the upper deck is Sc feet
3 inches. Everything about the vessel il
ITS makeup is of steel, 2,200 tons being
consumed. To resist the great pressure o.
the ice in the winter the builders were very
careful about the boats construction. To pre-
vent the hull from being broken in by ice, chan
mel beams securely placed, both vertically anC
horizontally, span the whole of the hull between
the keel and the main deck, at intervals of foul
feet. Two sets of compound engines develop
ing a maximum of 800 indicated horse power
and four boilers 10 feet inches in diane
ter by II feet long, with pressure of 100 pound
per square inch constitute the motive power
and provide for speed of Is miles an hour
The vessel is lighted with electricity and has
searchlight over the pilot house sufficient.
strong to throw light half the distance acros
the lake at the two points named. The Per
Marquette is painted red up to the water lin