Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1930, Page 116

= careen OF ROBERTY LiviNgsionN(1746 - 1813),FuLTON'S PARTNER AND FTER HER FIRST MEMORABLE | VOYAGE UP THE HUpSON e~ (Avcust ,1807) ROBERT FULTONS YAV~ CLERMONT " BEGAN MAKING REGULAR. TRIPS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND ALBANY. SERVICE ON THE HUDSON. ABOVE IS THE “"CHANCEL- LOR LIVINGSTON " DESIGNED BY FLLTON , BUT NOT BULT UNTIL A YEAR AFTER HIS DEATH., — < FULTON AND LIVINGSTOM WERE FORCED TO GO FULTON-LWiN G STON MONOPOLY WAS FINALLY BROKEN ,~* e Ling - 1811 THE NEW ORLEANS" STEAMED DOWN THE OHIO AND MiSs1SS1PP1 TO NEW ORLEANS . ITS RETURN VOYAGE PROVED THE SLIPERIORITY OoF THE STEAMBOAT FOR UPSTREAM TRAVEL o P—— [ C.crmont hBove) was TER IMPROVED. HER DECK WAS RAISCP, THE ENGINE AND> PADDLE WHEELS ENCLOSED, THE CABIN EN- LARGED> AND MORE BERTHS ADDED. —— = E ALSO BUILT CATAMARAN FERRY BOATS TO PLY BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN NEW YORK AND PALLUS HOOK. (JE FORESAW, IN THOSE DAYS OF ROUGH ROADS AND UN- COMFORTABLE STAGE| COACHES, MOW THE STEAMBOAT couLp BE USED ON OUR. GREAT RINERS TO DEVELOP REMOYTE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY FAR IN THE INTERIOR . ~~ A I \ g - [ REGULARLY BETWEEN NCW ORLEANS AND NATCHEZ CARRYING FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS . IN 1813 SHE STRUCK A SNAG AND SANK. ° .u 1803, LwvINngs TON AND JAMES PURCHASE TREATY WITH FRANCE BY WHICH NEARLY TORY OF THE UNITED STATES. ; ’1 .EoPLE SOON FOUND 4 THE STEAMBOAT A COMFORTABLE AND ELIABLE MODE OF TRAVEL . THE NEXT SUMMER B as uNABLE TO CARRY THE CROWDS THAT PVINGSTON NHAD SECURED FROM THE STATE TME EXCLU- NICHOLAS ROOSEVELT AND N 1811 OBTAINED B FROM LOUISIANA A MONOPOLY ON STEAM NAVIGATION ON THE £ | LOWER MiSSISSIPPI, THEY BUILT A SMALL LAUNCHING OF THE LOGOS " AT NEw YorK, OcroBER 29,1814 RSLSTEAM FRIGATE. 1T WAS CHRISTENED THE “DEMOEOGOS, BUT AFTER THE INVENTORS DEATH IN 1815 WAS RENAMED “"FULTON THE FIRST —conmvuep.