The Delaware and Hudson Canal, a history, Part 8

Author: Le Roy, Edwin D., 1903-
Publication date: 1950
Publisher: [Honesdale, Pa.] Wayne County Historical Society
Number of Pages: 106


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Thirty-five miles of the lower end of the canal were operated during 1899 for the purpose of handling local freight. One of the last boats to navigate this section was the "Ulster Queen"; another, probably the last of all, was captained by Chara Van Inwegen.


Early in 1899 the Delaware Valley and Kingston Railroad was charted for the expressed purpose of constructing a railroad over the route of the canal from Kingston to Lackawaxen, there to connect with the Penn- sylvania Coal Company's road and thus deprive the Erie Railroad of that company's traffic. The Erie acting quickly to defeat this scheme, purchased outright the railroad property of the Pennsylvania Coal Com- pany which it had operated under a lease agreement and as a further safeguard, bought up the right of way of the canal, thus preventing any competitor from building over a parallel route. This was the final dis- position of the corpse of the old canal.


Most of the boats on the canal at the time of its abandonment were taken to Rondout or some convenient place for disposal and a great many were used for years as barges on the Hudson River. Some few were abandoned at various places along the canal where they slowly rotted, leaving their bones exposed; the last remnants of a once great enterprise.


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Rules for Navigating the D&H Canal


SECTION 1. All boats not built agreeably to the model of the boats of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, or a pattern approved of by the agent of said Company; and all boats deemed by a superintendent or collector on the canal as being out of repair and in condition to sink or in any way obstruct the navigation of the canal, will be charged legal tolls, or may be prohibited from navigating the canal at the option of the Company made known by its Agent, Engineer, Superintendent or Collector, to the owner or Captain of such boat.


SEC. 2. Every boat shall have her name and the place where owned painted in letters not less than four inches in height on a permanent part of the boat, so as to be con- spicuous from both sides of the canal which shall not be changed during the season of navigation without the consent in writing of an agent of the company. The boat shall be kept properly ironed and smoothed on the bottom so as not to catch lines when passing over them under a penalty of $5 for every violation of either of the require- ments of this section.


SEC. 3. Every boat or float shall be towed by an efficient horse or horses, so as not to unnecessarily impede the passage of other boats or floats ; shall have an orderly crew of at least three male persons, one of which shall be with and in charge of the horse or horses at all times when under way, and shall have a conspicuous light on the bow at all times when moving during the night, under a penalty of $5 for every violation of either of the requirements of this section.


SEC. 4. The crew of a boat or float shall remain with it all the time it may be passing through a lock ; shall snub with both bow and stern lines and not let the boat or float go against the gates. They are not to open or shut the paddle gates, or in any way interfere with the lock gates without the permission of the lock tender; they shall hold their craft in an efficient manner so as not to impede the movements of the lock gates; they shall draw with their


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horse or horses in or out of the locks as the case may be. with proper despatch ; and comply with the directions of the lock-tender in regard to all matters pertaining to their passing through looks, and not in any way obstruct the passage or unreasonably hinder other boats or floats passing in, through or out of locks under a penalty of $5 for every violation of either of the provisions of this section, and be liable for all the damage which may accrue in consequence of such neglect or violation.


SEC. 5. All boats or floats when waiting for a passage through a lock shall lay on the berme side of the canal, unless otherwise directed by a lock-tender, and allow a clear passage for any boat or float that may be passing in or out of said lock. A boat or float below when the lock is empty or above when full if within 500 feet shall pass through such lock before another boat or float that may be on the opposite level unless otherwise directed by the lock- tender. No boat or float shall be laid up or moored at any time within 150 feet of a lock without permission of the lock-tender, and at no place on the line of the canal, so as to obstruct the free passage of other boats or floats, under a penalty of $10 for every violation of either of the provi- sions of this section. The person having charge of a boat or float shall when within a quarter of a mile of a lock blow a horn as a signal to the lock-tender, under a penalty of one dollar for every neglect thereof.


SEC. 6. No boat or float shall run alongside of or pass any other boat or float that may be within twenty rods of a lock towards which said boats or floats may be progressing without permission of the lock-tender ; and every boat or float which neglects to improve the first opportunity for passing a lock, shall lose its preference, and be subject to the directions of the look tender, under a penalty of $5 for every violation of either of the provisions of this section.


SEC. 7. No boats or floats shall be moored on the tow- path side of the canal, or any lading be taken on board from, or be discharged on the tow-path without special permission from an authorized person, in the employment of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, and then a competent person shall be on board to pass over lines and


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not impede in any way the passage of boats or floats. No boat or float shall be snubbed or fastened to the superstruc- ture of the wire suspension aqueducts, or any bridge or protection railings along the canal, under a penalty of $10 for every violation of either of the provisions of this section, and a further liability for all damage that may accrue in consequence of such violation.


SEC. 8. When boats or crafts navigating the canal meet, not at a lock, those going from tide water shall keep the tow path side, and those going towards tide water shall drop their line and pass on the berme side, and both give every facility for passing. When any two boats passing from different directions approach a narrow place in the canal, which will not permit their passing each other, the boat going from the Hudson River shall stop at a suitable distance while the other shall pass such narrow place, under a penalty of $10 for every violation of either of the provisions of this section.


SEC. 9. No boat or craft shall pass along the canal at a faster rate than three miles an hour; but every person having charge of any boat or craft when overtaken by another, unless within twenty rods of a lock, shall drop his line and afford reasonable facility for such craft to pass by him, without reference to the rate they may be driving, under the penalty of $10 for every violation of either of the provisons of this section.


SEc. 10. Any person who shall obstruct the navigation of the canal by means of loading or unloading his vessels, or by misplacing or mismanaging the same, and shall not imme- diately, upon being requested by the lock tender, or by any person incommoded by such obstruction, remove the same, shall subject himself to the penalty of $5 and the expenses necessary and requisite for removing such obstruction.


SEC. 11. Any person who shall obstruct the navigation of said canal by sinking any vessel, coal, stone or other substance to the bottom of the canal, or by placing such obstruction upon or against either of the banks of the said canal, shall forfeit and pay the sum of $20, and the ex- penses necessarily incurred in removing such obstruction, and failing to pay on demand, shall be prosecuted according to law.


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SEC. 12. Any person who shall wantonly or unnecessa- rily waste the waters of said canal by opening any lock- gate, paddle-gate, or waste-wiers, or who shall maliciously injure the gates, locks, culverts, bridges, fences or other works of the same, or impair the free use of such locks, or other works, or damage or injure the same, shall forfeit and pay to the said company, four times the amount of damages by them sustained, together with the costs of suit to the utmost vigor of the law.


SEC. 13. Any person throwing the carcass of a dead animal or other putrid substance into the canal or any basin or feeder, or on any bank connected therewith shall forfeit and pay the sum of $5; one half of which shall be paid to the informer, after the same shall have been collected from the offender.


SEC. 14. Any person navigating the canal by means of setting poles or shafts, shall forfeit and pay the sum of $5 for every twenty miles so navigated, and in the same proportion for a greater or less distance ; nor shall any setting poles or shafts, pointed with iron or other metal, be used or carried in any boat navigating said canal, under a penalty of $10.


SEC. 15. Any person who shall drive any wagon, carriage or other vehicle, or lead or drive any horse, mule or other cattle, upon the tow-path or berme bank of said canal except in going to or from their boats for the purpose of transportation upon the canal, shall forfeit and pay the sum of $5, and be liable to prosecution for trespass and all damages.


SEC. 16. Every person having charge of any boat or raft that shall take on board his boat or raft, or otherwise break down or destroy any fonce or fencing materials belonging to the fonoes along the canal, or have any such fence rails, boards or materials on board his boat or raft, not properly entered on their permit or clearances as freight, shall forfeit and pay the sum of $5 for every violation of either of the provisions of this section, and be liable for all damages that may occur in consequence of such violation.


SEC. 17. Every person having charge of any boat or raft on said canal, shall make and furnish a full, detailed report


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of his cargo (exhibiting his bills of lading) to the most convenient collector at the commencement of the trip, giving a just account in writing signed by such person, (a duplicate of which he shall also sign in the Collector's office) containing a statement of the weight and description of all property on which toll is charged by the ton ; and of the number of articles on which toll is charged by the foot; together with the name of the boat and the name of the person having charge thereof, where and by whom owned, the place from which such property is brought, and where the same is to be landed ; and all other particulars accord- ing to the printed blanks in use along said canal; and at his arrival at every subsequent Collector's office in the progress of his trip, it shall further be his duty to deliver to the Collectors a similar detailed list of all articles that may have been taken on board subsequent to his leaving the last Collector's office. Every such person offending against either of the provisions of this section, shall forfeit the sum of $25.


SEC. 18. In every case where, upon a critical examination the cargo of any boat or contents of any raft, navigating said canal, shall be found to be falsely represented, as being of less amount or consisting of articles of lower rate of toll, or be carried a greater distance than is set forth by the person having charge of such boat or raft, the person so offending shall forfeit and pay for every box, barrel, or other article not weighing more than 5 cwt. the sum of $5;


and if weighing more, $20. And every such person 80 having charge of any boat or raft, who shall pass the Collector's office without paying the regularly assessed tolls upon such cargo, shall foreit and pay for every time he shall so pass by any such office, the sum of $20, over and above the tolls on such boat or raft.


SEC. 19. Every person having charge of a boat or raft transporting articles taken on and distributed along the canal, between the Collectors' offices, shall procure a certifi- cate of the same from the tender of the first lock he may pass after taking such articles or freight on board; and if he does not proceed to a Collector's office he shall leave such certificate with the tender of the last lock through


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which he passes under a penalty of $5, when the toll on such freight amounts to less than one dollar, and a penalty of $10 when the toll shall exceed one dollar for every violation of this section.


SEC. 20. Upon payment of the proper toll assessed upon any boat or cargo, or upon any raft, a clearance will be given to any person having charge thereof, which he is required to present at every Collector's office during his trip, and also to the tenders of the locks, when he will thereupon be allowed to pass. And such clearance is to be delivered to the Collector of the last office he shall pass in the course of his trip, and in lieu of which he will receive a permit for passing the subsequent locks, which permit he is to deliver to the tender of the last lock through which he passes under a penalty of $20 for every violation of either of the provisions of this section.


Sro. 21. In all cases when a violation of these Rules, Regulations and By-Laws has occurred, and penalties incurred remain unpaid, the boat or craft so violating them will be deemed liable, and may be detained under the direction of a collector or agent of said Company until full payment has been made, without reference to time, place, change of cargo, or of ownership of either boat or cargo so detained.


No. 916


Del. & Hud. Canal Company's Collector's Office, Hawley, Cung 29 1860


Under and subject to the Rules, Regulations and By- Laws for the government ofthe Canul, Permit Boat 531 the


Master, to pass to Eddyville, with cargoof / / 16


Tons, Souvent & Coal, for Pa. C. Co.


Tall, 48 5-8 Cents per ton on account, $ 55,8- Draught, 60 -- ins. of f bank Coll.


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TABLE OF DISTANCES


ON THE


DELAWARE


HUDSON CANAL,


BHOWING ITA


Divisions and Sections, Counties, Telegraph Calls, Numbers of Locks, &c., and the Location of Aqueducts, Feeders, Stop-Cates, Waste-Weirs, &c.


ARRANGED FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT,


BY CHARLES PETERSEN, SUPERINTENDENT.


Telegraph


Office Culla


Miles from


Honesdale.


Miles from


Eddyville.1


No. of Locks.


County.


"HONESDALE


H


108


37


RR. Main Battery. Feeder.


LEONARDSVILLE


1


107


36


HOLBERT'S BASIN.


2


106


35


BEARDSLEE'S BASIN


...


4


104


34


CD


6


103


33


RR


6


102


32


Feeder


7


101


31


NEWCASTLE.


HAWLEY.


HY


9


99


29 34


RR.


POOLPIT


11


97


25 26


PUNCH CAMP


12


96


24


NARROWS.


13


95


21 22 23


RR


SNYDER'S EDDY


14


04


19 20


Feeder.


BHIMER'S EDDY


15


93


18


BLUE EDDY


16


92


17


MOUTH OF BLOOMING GROVE. BLOOMING GROVE ISLAND


18


90


15


GRISWOLD.


GD


19


89


13 14


WESTFALL'S


20


88


11 12 RR. Aqueduct


ROWLANDS


21


87


10


RR.


PORT HOWARD.


21


87


LITTLE NARROWS


22


86


7


RIDGWAY


4 5 6


LACKAWAXEN. DELAWARE AQUEDUCT


21


83


70 72


Delaware Freder


8TOP LOCK


.26


82


Four Mile Level ..


BEAVER BROOK.


27


81


PANTHER BROOK


28


80)


Aqueduct


B


68 69


Stop Gute. Hanging Rock


HANDSOME EDDY


77


BUTTERMILK FALLS


76 75


65 66


VAN TUYLE'S BASIN


34


74


VAN TUYLE'S BROOK


3.3


73


64 63


DECKER'S DOCK


37


71


FISH CABIN.


38


62


Shad Fishing.


VAN AUKEN'S BRIDGE


99


69


61


STAIRWAY BROOK


40


68


60


DICKERSON'S EDDY.


41


66


58 59


Feeder. Aqueduct,


BUTLER'S FALLS


57


BOLTON BABIN


64 63


SPARROWBUSH


46


62 61


Stop Gate.


·PORT JERVIS


48 49


30


PINE WOODS


50


58


BIRD-NEST ROCK


51


51


HORNBECK'S CULVERT.


56


HUGUENOT.


53


55


Waste Weire


VAN ETTEN'S BRIDGE


54


54


PORT CLINTON


5.3


56


56


52


Neversink Feeder


CUDDEBACKVILLE ...


57


5


Stop Gate.


VAN INWEGEN'S BASIN


58


50


Stop Gate


WESTBROOKVILLE TUNNEL HILL


Aq't. Yankee P'd Feeder. Stop Gate.


INDIAN SPRING


62


47 46 45


BROWN HAVEN


64


44


MANERZA SMITH'S


63


43


GRAHAM'S DOCK


42


Stop Gate.


8NEED'S BASIN


41


·WURTSBORO


W'S


GUMAER'S BROOK


SWAMP BRIDGE LOG HOUSE


71


37


BEATYSBURG.


12


DAVIS.


73


49 50


Summit. Waste Weir.


PHILLIPSPORT. COUNTY LINE.


15


38 40 Aqueduct. Change Bridge ..


JARED RITCHIE'S ..


31


BRODHEAD'S BRICK-KILN


78


90


33


CUTLER'S BARIN


29


32


*ELLENVILLE TERWILLIGER'S.


81


DECKER'S


82


NAPANOCH


83


Enderly's Basin


PORT BENJAMIN


84


Aqueduct


PORT. HYXSON


83


23


Rondont Creek Feeder, ¿ Two Mile Level


21


24


Dumond's Aq. Stony Kill. Mountain Brook Aq .....


DAVID VERNOOY'S PORT JACKSON


91


17


STONY KILL


16


21


Aqueduct


FREELAND'S


93


15


JOHN S. DEPUY'S


94 95


14 13


22 21


Peterskill Feeder & Aq't.


SNYDERVILLE


96


12 11


Four Mile Level


HIGH FALLS


90


9


12 20


Main Battery. Feeder.


COLE'S BASIN


100


R


10 II


LAWRENCEVILLE


101


8 9


RA


102


7


HARDENBURG'S.


Basin


CREEK LOCKS. HORNBECK'S BRIDGE


.... CK


3


2


4


GREENKILL.


....


·EDDYVILLE


DE


Guard & Weigh Lock


BONBOUT:


D. & H. C. Co ... Private Office ...


RN


RD


· Collector's Office.


t Suspension Aqueduct. Double Tow-path from Lock 12 to Lock 20. Creeka. § Boats pasa three miles through Rondout Creek.


# Junction of Wallkill and Rondout


Herald Job Printing Establishment, Honesdale, Pa.


Sullivan.


-


MONCAUP


ME


42 43 44 45


WESTFALL'S BASIN


47


60


BEN CUDDEBACK'S.


Twelve Mile Level Stop Gate


Orange.


NEVERSINK


AO


STAUNTON'S BASIN


49


WE


60


48


OAK BROOK


Aqueduct Summit Level


67 68 69


Aqueduct. Stop Gate .. Waste Weir. Stop Gate ..


Sullivan.


36 33


....


80


34 41 48


Topping's Rea. Feeder.


PENNY'S BARIN


56 77


36 37 34 35


28 21 26


30 %1 28 29 27


25 24


26 25


BRUYAN'S BASIN


22


M1


87 88 89


20 19


18


Four Mile Level.


Basin.


ALLIGERVILLE


... VI


Ulater.


CLOVE CHURCH HASBROUCK'S ...


97 98


10


... HF


ROSENDALE. LE FEVER'S FALLS


5


6 Basin


103 10 105


....


1


107 108


3


105


Aqueduct


BEACH FLAT.


WHITE MILLS BRINK'S DAM DANIEL8'


Wayne.


TUMBLEDAM ROCK


10


27 28


Feeder


Pike.


23 24


84


RR. Aqueduct


..


...


BARRYVILLE MITCHIC


29 30 31 32


78


Waste Weir.


CRAIGSVILLE


93


POND EDDY


36


RM


17


91


16


RF


NAMES OF PLACES


Remarke.


PENNSYLVANIA SECTION. JACKAWAXEN DIVISION.


NEW-YORK SECTION. SECOND DIVISION.


65


HONESVILLE


8B


61


39 RC


70


33 32


Feeder


RF


Mountain Brook Aqueduct. Feeder


NEW-YORK SECTION. FIRST DIVISION


MIDDLEP'T, (Kerbonkson.) MOUNTAIN BROOK


C. P. HORNBECK'S


92


..


....


51 55


79


8


XN


100


90


BOAT NAMES


To most Captains a name for their boat was a matter of pride and importance, though some boats were known only by the canal company's number .


In their choice of names the imagination of the boatmen knew no bounds. They drew you every imaginable subject and among their favorites were flowers ---- (Rose, Sun Flower, Daisy) , Trees - (The Oak, Pine Knot.) Birds - (The Eagle, The Lark, Linnet), The historical great - (Cleopatra, Noah, Columbus), Indians - (Po- cahontas, Little Belt.) Some captains had no imagination at all (Model Scow, Premium Carrier, Marvin Mer- chant) and some just carried the owners name (E. Childs, Morgan Kerr), but every great American was remem- bered (George Washington, Henry Clay, Patrick Henry, General Jackson) and some showed their patriotism (The Patriot, Yankee Soldier, Victory), while the old soldiers liked to recall their campaigns (Vicksburg, Atietam) .


1 The list which follows includes of course, only a very few of the many boat names and some of the captains : -


Serf


Peter Hixon (Colored)


Mary Jane


Lorenzo Horton


Champion


Jonas Munson


Sir Isaac Newton


Chauncey Goodrich


Pontias


Isiah Davenport


The Bird Zachariah Rosencrans


Brown Thrush


Alpheus Gallaway


The Bonny Bell


Bob Evans


Flying Fish


Alpheus Gallaway


Santa Claus


William S. Wood


The Cork


Charles Meddler


Nightingale


Edward Parliaman Nicholas Serrine


The Ark


Darius Cudney


Matilda Sun of Wurtsboro


Landscape


William A. French


Billy


William St. Wood Edward Piggott David Reynolds


The Banner


Joseph Munson


Nightingale


George Washington


Ezekiel Cudney


Model Scow


Thomas Cornell


Look and See


Andries Van Wagonen


Hope


Peter P. Yaple


No License


Peter Van Wagonen


New World


Orlando Tutthill


Noah


Ebenizer Schoonmaker


Guide


William Murray


Tribune


Jackson Lambert


Bell Flower


Formerly ("No License")


Mermaid


Cornelius De Witt


Mill Boy


George W. Tuthill


Female Sailor


Joseph Snyder


Hard Times of Anyplace


Andrew Mesler


Old Bull


David Aber


Daniel Webster - Fashion - Orange-Luther Brad


The following piece of poetry was written by a boatman who longed for the good old days on the "D& H":


We left Honesdale one day in May, Jim Law gauged our boat,


Al Kimble had the left lock ready, for our boat to lower


We got our hay, oats and groceries at the guard lock, Where Pat Wier had his store,


Miles Bishop tended Chris Lane's lock, A man we were glad to meet.


"Tom"Colo made shade frames at Whitaker's And they were hard to beat.


Next was called the lonesome lock operated by Dan Correll.


Then to White Mills where Dorflingers made Americas's greatest crystal glass to sell.


On to McHales where "Mike" Hanlon went to school.


If you got hot at Hennessey's Josh DeWitt knew where to get you cool.


We were glad to spend the night at Hawley where three rivers run.


When you reached Pike County there was only one.


It was at Conklin's lock where "Loot" Howe's horse was taken from the stall. Mike Connors tended Rock Lock, he was over six feet tall.


Billy O'Brien was at Corroll's lock and he was somewhat lame.


No matter what went on at Baisdens, Dan Vincinus smiled just the same.


Don't forget the Poolpit, you wouldn't if you could, that's where Mart Carlen sawed and sold his wood.


Then Frank Daniels, he was always big and fat.


Pat Harrison was the watchman but they called him "Shoot the Hat. "


At the upper lock of Narrows, Jim Harrison was there, His cheeks were like two red apples to match his curly hair.


His brother Mike at the lower lock, would make the gate chain ring,


Every time a boat went up or down he went over to the spring.


We went through Pike County's biggest farm, they employed a dozen men. The owner's proper name was Beck, but they called him "Field Ben."


Pat Gannon would say, "Come on loaded boat", the drivers would shout "Yay lock" just to get his goat -. Abe Rowland had a family he thought very dear.


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PACKET BOATS


Niagara


William H. Frantz


Mike Shields was at Hanners selling Gluckenberger's beer. The canal below Rodgers' was rather wide A low drop gate at Corkonian's where you had to close the slide.


We bought milk from Mrs. Avery a woman very kind.


Dan Cocks made brooms at Griswold's, although the man was blind.


There were two locks there, the upper and the lower. We were at Westfalls, a church, five houses and a stor Do you remember Saxons, the hairy man? He lived at Barron all alone. He took the warts off your hand by rubbing them with a stone.


George Rowland, well known in Pike and Wayne. Billie Bishop left his father's lock to be a conductor on a train.


Next O'Donnels, the house on the bank all alone. Joe Tague tended tinsmith's lock all alone, and quarried all the stone.


Now we are at Ridgeways three locks. You can leave the tow-line slack when we go through the aqueduct, to cross the Lackawack.


We went another half mile. Tom Tierney, for some light boats had to wait.


Here we cross the Delaware and go into New York State.


The next three locks were on Charlie Gilson's beat. Pat Douney baked bread for him and mixed it with his fe There were two locks at Barryville, a pretty little town. When we got to "Handsome Eddy" Dan Lenne han locked us down.


Deckers then Lamberts, the next a man never known to smile.


Perhaps you know him - - - Squire Van Tyle?


We went through two miles, Hickory and Oak ridge.


Pond Eddy was the only two mile level that didn't have a bridge.


We went right through Carpenter's basin and slid down Widow Kelly's gate.


Pa Gene Smith had the first red Berkshire pigs raised in New York State.


At Woolsey's a man with few words to say. Two locks at Mongaun, then on our way.


(Butler's lock stands seventy feet above the river bed. We locked out on the twelve mile level, scooted alor ( the rocks with the Hawks Nest overhead.


(When we reached the Bolton Basin Mrs. Sompson was there when we arrived.


(That's where they had the big break in 1885.


(We have Sparrowbush and Yellow Stores, Port Jervis round the old mill turn.


(Them Pine Woods with plenty there to burn. Birds Nest Rocks, Green Basin, Sand Turn and Huguenot.


(At the Mineral Springs we had a drink. Then went up the Hill five locks, they were called Neversink.


The last lock wasn't very high and looked out on the summit. Thats where we got the pie.


Cudaback, Comfort's Basin, Van Engen's Brick Yard, Buttermilk Port Orange, Westbrookville.


You had to swing hard on the tiller so as not to drag 'Round Tunnel Hill.


We bought. eggs and milk at McKewen's and at John Hamilton's I got off the boat to cook.


While the team went on alone to Craven's abutment below Overbrook.


Jim and Bobby Burns, Kernan's Halfway House and Shorty Brown. Graham's Hickory Grove then John Murphy in the turn.


We went through Wurtsborough as level as can be. Going in I saw Pat McElroy on my way out Pat MacName. Mike Rogan lived at the lead mines, so did Jime Malone.


At Summitville were Jim Gooney. Elmer Comeback. McKew's and Anthony O'Boyles homes.


P.O. Callahan, in his red underwear so tall. William E. Rose at the lock was a friend to all.


Phillipsport covered a big range, from the end of the summit to the Tow-path change.




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