The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-24
will be Publicly Acclaimed
When She Reaches Ten.
nessee Capital.
Finest Boat Ever in the Cum.
berland Trade.
OFFICERS AND EQUIPMENT

| oteamlnB 10 NASHVILLE, her home
port, where she will be given an
ovation by the Board of Trade and
citizens, the new Paducah and Nash
Vile packet boat Nashville" is due
there today. She is brand new from
the Howard shipyards at Jefferson
vile, Ind, and was expected here
before going to Nashville. Having
been detained in the upper Ohio by
ice over a week she was taken on
through. She will operate in the
Cumberland river in opposition to
the Ryman line steamer, ]. b. Rich
ardson. and will make two trips .
week between here and the Tennes-
see city.
The handsome new steamer takes
its name from the capital of the
Volunteer State" and by far the
best and most finely appointed
steamboat that has ever piled the
waters of the Cumberland. She is
of the stern wheel type, 157 feet in
length and of a graceful model.
Her beam is 32 feet with a hold four
and one-half feet deep.
Two twenty-foot boilers. thirty
eight inches in diameter, supply
steam for the engines, which are of
a new design. The engines are of
low pressure with cylinders III and
22 inches in diameter and a five foot
stroke. 1t is claimed that this new
design of machinery not only gives
strong power but saves at least one
third of the fuel, which Is a big item
in the cost of operating a steamboat.
The cabin is of a beautiful design
and is full length. II is finished in
white and gold with thirty-eigbt
large and roomy state rooms which
will accommodate about 100 passen-
gers. The entrance to the cabin is
by side doors on either side. At the
forward end of the cabin are numer-
Gus windows, together with narrow
panels in between the windows which
are ornamented with plate glass
mirrors. No expense has been spared
in the furnishings of the cabin as
well as throughout the entire boat.
The Nashville is lighted through
out by electricity. Above the cabin
on the hurricane deck is a comfort
able full length Texas" which are
the quarters for the crew. while on
top of this is the pilot house. An in
ovation included in the construc-
tion of the Nashville. which will be
greatly appreciated by the travelling
public, is an inclosed glass observa-
tory forward of the Texas" for the
benefit of tourists. who can view the
attractive scenery of the Cumberland
in inclement weather from within.
the enclosure. The windows can be
lowered in the summer. In tho
rear OF the "Texas" Is the cook
house. which is equipped with a
dumb waiter down to the pantry.
BY reason of having the cook house
above the cabin the odors of the
kitchen are avoided.
The Officers.
George Clark presides over the
cabin and cuisine department. Mr..
Clark's home is in Louisville and for
many years he was in the Louisville
and Evansville service. In cha
of the lower deck is Mate J. w.
of Louisville. Capt. James
S. Tyner, well known here, who suf
fered the loss of the Gracey Child
ress. when she burned below the
wharfboat here last year, is in COM
mand of the Nashville. Capt. Tom
Armstrong is the pilot and r. L.
Champ. chief engineer. The Nash
vile is owned by the Cumberland
River Steamboat company and was
built at a cost of $4,000. This COM
pany also operates the Robert Rhea.
For over twenty-five years Captain
Tyner has been steamboating on the
Cumberland river and knows how
the land lies. He speaks encourag-
ingly OF the outlook for a return OF
prosperity along the Cumberland.
especially since congress has acted
favorsbly on appropriations for river
improvements, which is largely re-
spons!bIe for the building of the new
steamer. 1t is not only big freight
steamer and fast, but has accommo-
dations for passengers equal TO any
iirst-class hotel The new boat will
be given an ovation by the Board OF
Trade and citizens of her home port
when she reaches there.