From Dusseldorf arrived the tiding that the first of the new steamboats of the Stoomboot-Maatschappij voor den Neder- en Middel-Rhijn was launched at Duisburg of the yard of Westphal, Strack en comp. Two other boats were build at this yard were to be completed within short time and it was expected that the new line between Dusseldorf and Mainz started begin August.
