The St. James was built at Cincinnati, Ohio. Her dimensions were:- 185 x 35 x 6.5 feet. She had three boilers and her Barnes engines were 17's by 7-foot stroke. She was owned by the Mississippi Packet Company and ran out of New Orleans. She was built in 1898. While descending the Mississippi River she struck some obstruction above New Orleans on March 24, 1901 and sustained a $400 damage. At the
