The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-04-23
The Goodrich Line.
Milwaukee Sentinel, 18th inst.


Captain Goodrich, Of Chicago, began Ills
career as q steamboat owner in 1855, with
the Huron, small side wheeler, which is
still in existence, plying, as we believe, be-
tween Detroit and Saginaw. He ne It pur-
chased the propeller Ogontz, and ran her
between Chicago and Green Bay for two
years, when he removed her machinery and
sold her hull to parties in Racine, who fit
ted it out with q vessel rig for the lumber
trade. She was afterward wrecked on the
bar at the entrance to our harbor. After
disposing of the Ogontz he purchased he
propeller Wabash Valley, for the Chicago
and Green Bay route, in which trade she
continued one season, when the Detroit
and Milwaukee railroad company chartered
her to run between Milwaukee and Grand
Haven as q winter boat. Her career on
this route was brief, as she was driven
ashore at Muskegon during the first trip,
and became total wreck. The next
steamer owned by captain Goodrich was
the Comet, built for him by +. b. Ward,
ESQ.,, at Newport. Mich. She is still in his
possession, and has proved profitable in'
vestment. His next accession was the pro-
peller Lady franklin. After plying q sea-
son or two between Chicago and Green
Bay she was sold to captain j F. kirt-
land, and is still in existence. He then
built the steamer Sunbeam and propeller
Union, at Manitowoc. The former was
first supplied with captain Whittaker's
side-wheel propelling apparatus, which
was abandoned as failure after single
trial, and side-whecls substituted She
piled in the west shore trade, in connect
ion with the Comet, one season, when
she was transferred to Lake Superior,
where she foundered. The Union res
ceived the engine of the propeller Ogontz,
and was placed in the Green Bay trade
Captain j. L. Kirkland afterward pur-
chased her to run between lakes Michigan
and Superior, in which trade she is still
engaged, though owned by other parties.
Tho place of the ill-fated Sunbeam on lake
Superior was supplied by the steamer Sea
Bird, bought of E. b. Ward. She was
afterward placed upon the west shore
route of this lake. in which she continued
with varying fortune until last season,
when she was burned off Waukegan. The
next boats added were the steamers
Planet and May Queen, also bought of E.
several years in the lake Superior trade,
barge, in which capacity she is still render
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The May Queen ran in the west shore line
with the Sea Bird for several years, when
she met with an accident while making a
landing at Sheboygan, which caused her to
sink. She was raised and towed TO Nils
waukec, where, during the following win
ter, she was destroyed by an incendiary
fire. About this time captain Goodrich
bought the old steamer Michigan, but soon
dismantled her, transferring the machinery
to the new steamer Orion, built for him at
Manitowoc, and converting the hull into
lumber barge. He then purchased the
propellers G. j. Truesdell and Ottawa,
placing the former in the cast shore and
the latter in the Green Bay trade. The
Ottawa was sold to Detroit parties few
weeks ago. During the fall of 1866. the
magnificent steamer Northwest was built at
ManitOwoc for the Planets engine and up
per works. She was not fully completed
until the spring of 1867, when SIZE was
placed in tue Cleveland and Lake Superior
trade, where she continued until the loss OF
the Morning Star, last season, when she
was purchased for the Detroit and Cleve-
land route. In the fall of 1861 the Mani
towoc Was built ut Manitowoc for the May
Queens engine, and took her place in the
west shore line last spring. About the
same time the steamer Alpena was bought
of Detroit parties, and became the consnrt
of the Manitowoc. Later in the season the
hull Of the new steamer Sheboygan was
built at Manitowoc, and towed to Detroit
to receive the engine of the dismantled
steamer City of Cleveland, and new upper
works. She will be ready for business in
few weeks.
This year another new steamer, about
the same size as the Orion, will be added.
She is now on the stocks at Manitowoc.
From the above it will be seen that the
boats now owned by captain Goodrich are
the steamers Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Ori
on, Alpena and Comet and the propeller
G. j. Truesdell