“Waters under the direction of B. H. Latrobe, or such of them as he
shall have a steamboat on and in actual operation by January, 1815.
Such as shall not have the funds raised for one boat within one year
from May 1, 1813, shall be at the disposal of Livingston and Fulton.
“1st, Potomac, from Georgetown to Potomac Creek.
“2d, for the sounds from Charleston to Savannah.
“3d, from Pittsburg to Louisville.
“4th, the Cumberland from Nashville to Louisville.
“5th, the Tennessee to Louisville.
“For raising companies, funds, and establishing these, he has to have
of each one-third of the patentee’s rights.”
Under the head of 1812, we find a statement giving the expenses of a
North River steamboat (what one we know not), which amounted to $610 per
month, the boat making seventy-six trips. And as to wages, we gather
that the captain received $50 per month; pilot, $35; engineer, $35;
seamen and firemen, $20 each; cook, $16; servants, $14; and chambermaid,
$8.