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Let the Delta King roll down the Sacramento River again!


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I lament the Delta King as she is sitting docked as a stupid "Hotel" and "bar" on the Sacramento River in downtown Sacramento, CA. So, I wrote to the Delta King Hotel manger and gave him a piece of my mind in this email as follows:

Mr. Coyne:

It is a shame she is sitting docked idle on the Sacramento River. Her sister, Delta Queen, is now being refurbished in LA

to continue navigation on inland waters in the future.

I think she would be much more charming than a "Hotel" if she were cruising the Delta and playing calliope music.

A grand historic treasure such as an old-fashioned American riverboat needs to be cruising under her own steam power

to be done any justice. Would she not even be more profitable as a working steamboat for passengers?

Is there not enough funding to make the King operable and safe for overnight steamboat service?

Are there legal complications in this state that keeps the King out of commission as an operational

riverboat for passenger service?

Sincerely,

Jonathan H. Davenport

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