. A lake tour to picturesque Mackinac; historical and descriptive . ack, and wonder whyyour fellow-passengers are again so interested. The fact of the matteris, they know the performance of these steamers so well that they fullyexpect them to pass everything they meet, and that, too, without anyextra effort to burn more coal. The boys may pay a little more atten-tion to the journals, keeping them well oiled and clear so she will skipalong to the best advantage, but on this they are ever watchful, and wewill pass her, try as she may. But listen to the conversation; it will amuse you. On our rig
. A lake tour to picturesque Mackinac; historical and descriptive . ack, and wonder whyyour fellow-passengers are again so interested. The fact of the matteris, they know the performance of these steamers so well that they fullyexpect them to pass everything they meet, and that, too, without anyextra effort to burn more coal. The boys may pay a little more atten-tion to the journals, keeping them well oiled and clear so she will skipalong to the best advantage, but on this they are ever watchful, and wewill pass her, try as she may. But listen to the conversation; it will amuse you. On our right is ayoung lady from Savannah, Ga., on her first trip to Mackinac. Thegentleman with whom she is speaking is her uncle from Boston, whocomes up here every season. 64 By Steamers, from Cleveland and Detroit. See! she cries, we are gaining on herl Yes, says the gentleman, we will pass her within fifteenminutes. Oh, myl how fast are we going? About seventeen or eighteen milesan hour. How fast are they? Well, I dont know what steamer that is ; I should guess ten or. 65 A Lake Tour to Picturesque Mackinac twelve miles an hour. Some are that fast, and others dont make overeight miles. Do they carry passengers ? Yes, a few. They run into small ports that this line doesnttouch, and then they get a few through passengers, because she lefttwelve hours ahead of us, and it was thought naturally that they wouldarrive at their destination as much in advance; but the fact is, we willget through first, and this steamer on her return trip will meet her againsomewhere out in the lake, still working her way up slowly. Why, our steamer must get back to Detroit again, a long wayahead of that one I Oh, yes, shell make two round trips while the other is makingbut one. In the fall when the weather is rough, the steamers of thisline run in and out of their ports about on time, and sometimes leaveother steamers tied up to the same wharf awaiting favorable weather,while we are making two and three trip
Size: 1353px × 1846px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthordetroita, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookyear1884
