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Show 0 li am m How the Florence Baliavad on Her Trial Trip. The Steamboat Management Entertain a Number of Invited Cuestr. During the Voyage Some Buried Talent Comes to the Surface Thursday morning at about 9 o'clock a large number of ur cf Uens and others, accompanied by the Enterprise 1 aud, boarded the street .:us at the Bank corner bound for the Lake. The party had been invited, through the c mrtesy of the railway and steamboat managers, to participate in the enjoyment enjoy-ment of thu "Florence's" trial trip, and the journey was truly fraught wnn many pleasures. 2sTot a better day could have been chosen for the experiment, and the vessel was probably put to as severe a test as will ever fall to her lot while in service on Provo lake, proving throughout the ordeal of her storm v passage a thoroughly seaworthy craft. The sun shone bifghtly as the motor steamed speedily down Centre street, and far awav from the bustle of the business section of the city. The band played meirily while passing through the marsh and reeds n the bottoms, disturbing myriads of black-coated, yellow and and red-headed song birds, sand cranes and wild ducks, until tha Lake Resort was at last reached. Then there was a lively rush and scramble for the boat. Well-hiled hampers and heavily-laden baskets seemed to be in the possession of almost everv rerson who boarded the vessel, and Jke For-donski, For-donski, who was standing on the dock, was heard ti facetiously remark: "This excursion ain't going to last a month." After the guests were safely on board, the band played a selection, at the conclusion of which Pres. A. O. Smoot mounted the upper deck and m?de a few remarks, lie spoke of the enterprising spirit of the people of the present day, wishing the little steamer success on her first and a'l other voyages, voy-ages, aud hoped that no accident would ever happen the little craft that would put a damper on the enterprise. During h;s speech a red silk banner, bearing the name "Florenco." was unfurled un-furled at the bow of the boat by Miss Orpha Roberts. At 9:45 the hawser was ca-t loose, and amidst the cheers of those on board and the music of the band the craft sailed out bravely into the Lake, her nose pointed squarely lor the Tin-tic Tin-tic -shore. The vessel had not proceeded pro-ceeded very frj5c?' was discovered ! thai the helm rope slipped slightly on the wheel, preventing" a proper and quick answer by the boat, but. this iittle trouble was quickly remedied. It had been the intention of the management manage-ment to tirst sail up the Lake as far as Lehi, but, owing to the late start, it was not deemed advisable to follow the original programme. When the "Florence" left her pier, a slight head wind prevailed just enough to kill the effect of a hot sun. She had not proceeded very far, however, how-ever, beTore the mild wind had developed devel-oped into a decidedly stiff breeze, and white caps began to appear on everv hand. Th ; gallant little craft bore up bravely under the heavy weather, and rode the rising waves with a graceful and easy motion that must have delighted de-lighted Col. Moore and those who helped construct her. About this time many of the passengers ware leaning over the railing, pensively meditating as to whether it was better or not to have eaten that heavy brea -.fast. It was expected that a contingent from Eureka would meet the boat at some point on the other side of the Lake, but. owing to a slight miscalculation, miscalcu-lation, they faded to show up, although al-though the shore was coasted for many miles in anticipation of picking them up. The "enthusiastic reception" recep-tion" promised the party on board did not materialize. During the trip the greatest sociability socia-bility prevailed, and it seemed as if one were present at a large family party. Messrs. Ernest Young, D. FalUerstein and ('has. Dusenberry, with mandolin, violin and guitar, contributed con-tributed sopae excellent music, and there were a number of songs and rollicking rol-licking choruses rendered by others. Atone time, during the roughest of the weather, Bill Roberts took possession posses-sion o'f tho snare drum and Bill Pro-tiert Pro-tiert of the base, and the way they pounded out the music was a caution I To this accompaniment Col. Moore' and II. II. Bean danced an Irish reel, and the applause that greeted the performance per-formance of this quartette caused the inhabitant of Spanish Fork to imagine im-agine that an earthquake had taken place. Immediately after this ebnli-tion, ebnli-tion, a sound, somewhat resembling the popping of a cork, was heard in the neighborhood of where Ben Bachman Bach-man stood. There, was an immediate stampede to this point, but the perpetrator perpe-trator of tiie outrage remained undis-coverd. undis-coverd. At about 5 o'clock the vessel was heaoed in the direction of home and t'''' I' rty s; ic! hnuled at about 0:o0. !o achmg the pier the wind drove tne vesso! ajround on the i.eaeii. but she v.-. s ,-i:Sily hV.ated sain and without having sustained i'.ny injury. A iter tiie party had LonY cd thy .-!:-'-L Ciits. Win. D. lv)!);i-is moved t:.at, a voiv of tnunks be. tendered Mi ssis. Bean, Mo ue and Prohert for the Kindness they had shown the guests during the day, and the motion mo-tion w as seconded and carried amidst i he cheers of those present. The Enterprise En-terprise band also received a vote of thanks. S.i ended " c inrugntv.l trip of the "Floivnc ." long to be remembered bv the ari as one of the most del I iih I'd di s ev er passed upon the bo-om of i;-:'ih Lake. Not a bitch or :tc - e i :.' rr d'.o mar the pleasures oi :.q vvge, (excuse this lie) and 'JitiO i:-i.v. is. vv-'iilo thanking the inaiiagvii.,;. ,t for the generous invitation invita-tion extsi d-d io its employes to par-tie-pit.- in th 1 excursion" congratulates congratu-lates ti np.iii the success which a t-icnuol t-icnuol th?. invitation of the "Flor-enci'." Among those present were Wm. Pro-bert, Pro-bert, L. A. II ol brook and wife, "W. D. Roberts, wife and daughter, J. M. Jensen, B. Bachman, Sr., James Ball, Nicholas Roberts, of Eureka; Thos. Dallin, proprietor of Battle Creek bathing resorty II. M. Dougall, of Springville; Mrs. II. II. Bean, and daughter Florence; Mrs. Geo. Sutherland, Suther-land, ilrs. T. R. Sunberg, Alr3. W. II. Kenner, Mrs. Ada Snow. The crew of the boat were as follows: Chas. De Moisey, captain; A. E. Buckler, Buck-ler, pilot; T. C. Sunberg, engineer and James Nichols, seaman. The boat is run by a compound condensing engine, en-gine, with two cylinders, the steam passing from oue to the other, thus utilizing the steam twice. The average aver-age pressure is 110 pounds of steam to the square inch. Mr. Nicholas Roberts, of the firm of Roberts & Morgan, Eureka, informed The Dispatch man that himself and partner were prepared to furnish daily transportation from theTintic landing to Eureka for as many passengers and as much freight as the boat could supply sup-ply them with. This landing is about fifteen mih-s from Eureka.'and the trip from Provo to that point can be made at about one half the present expense and in much less time than at piest nt. ine service win ue in systematic operation oper-ation sometime next week. On Tbiirsday morning, after the steamer "Florence'' left for the Tintic side of the lake, F. W. C. Ilathen-bruck Ilathen-bruck and Lou Smith started with the small steamer "Helen M.," inUnding to follow in the wake of the oiler. After goiDg out about five miles, some, tiling went wrong with one of tha blowpipes, and they stopped the boat, took the pipe out, cleaned and adjusted it, aud again started. YThen out about the middle of the lake a wind arose, Mid the waves began to make the 1 i I tie craft pitch and less, but still the bold Robinson Crusoe aud his man Frida. kept ou their way, determine ! 1 1 go where the "Florence" went or "bust"; but, alas! "the winds ran high' and the waves were wild," aud th two adventurers determined to put for shore, as the waves commenced to wash over the vessel and they found it almost impossible to keep up steam; but in turning around, the wind and tide together washed their smoke stack overboard, and ti they concluded that the nearest oint of land was the best for them, so to l e.icnn Point ilu-y headed, arriving there about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Thev found u place where they could run right to the shore, and "tying the "Helen" to the sagu-brush "which grew in rich profusion, pro-fusion, hey started to find a habitation. habita-tion. They found the land inhabited and were soon uuder the bands of Prof. Cedai strom. They waited patiently, thinking the wind would go down, but it kept blowing so they concluded con-cluded to remain over night, and in t he morning the lake being" very calm and innocent-looking, with a smokestack smoke-stack made out of a five gallon oil can, and an old bucket, they started out aud reached the shore, well ana hearty, allaying the excitement which nad arisen in their behalf. |