Hon. William H. Seward, &c., &c., &c.
[Extract from the
Buffalo Morning Courier, of April 15,
1864.]
[Untitled]
“A Cutter for the Revenue Service.—Captain
Ottenger, of the United States revenue service, has arrived in this
city, having been ordered here to superintend the building of a
cutter for the lake revenue service. Captain H. Whittaker, of this
city, is one of the contractors, and the work of building has
already been commenced at Lower Black Rock, under his supervision.
The new cutter is to be one hundred and sixty feet long, twenty-four
feet beam, with about ten feet depth of hold, and will be of the
side-screw order. Her engines, four in number, will be capable of
600-horse power, two engines giving power to each screw.
Circumstances being favorable, it is expected she will be ready for
service in about three months. The design and drawings of the
engines have been made by Mr. H. Bloomingdale, a talented mechanical
engineer of this city. The engines are to be built at the Buffalo
Works, and will no doubt be in every respect worthy of that
establishment. We think it probable, from what we can learn of the
intentions of the contracting parties, that the new revenue cutter
will be the fastest propeller on the lakes.”
