The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1895-07-25
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THEY GET ~ IHH ToF AIT FIGURE PRONE
NENTLY IL ~EAMANsHIF, INVENTION. POLL
TICS AND ,IoIKNAII>N.
Capt. f. q. Patterson has been fortunate
enough to get a ROYALTY from the Govern
ment on an invention Of his, patented about
year age. lh- Invention consists ef
In deep-sea tire,giug 1t il tile system used
by the Government Oh all Southern bars.
Capt. Patterson i- Belfast boy anil ha~
lMany friends I'M tla- section wAu will r.+i,le-
ut his success. : rne POINTS IA hiS career
VIII interest Mauy He 1irSt got INTO thu
dredging business eight years ago when
captain uf tile steamer Mt. Waldo, Size MAJ
chartered hy fhe IaSrHh Edwards Dredging
ana Improvement Company NJ NEW Nark.
and III command II Cart Patterson Wa sent
around to Philadelphia and i'll the yard of
Neatie Levy Mas changed from a freight
boat N 4 dredging steamer. Her equipment
consisted Of twp largr boilers. Emo powerful
pumps with stlctipnS - feet long and two
bins We're built in the steamer with gates to
let tile material out each Min having a CA
pasitv Of about a" cuhie Yards MI san,i I'LL
addition u experimenting thl- WORK Can't
Patterson had itlsp u lous after another
steamer hu4itlIDg Tor the same COMPANY hy
jackson y Shan III Wiamingf"n De- Her
name the NeiiAM4e Slie wa~ la. feet
long, " fert bestn4 ami II te+t l,.-l, anl MAJ
supplied NTH iwo pumps. The Nil waldo
was very successful a. d dredge Capt Z.
was stationed -r New York for i months.
part IA thy tIrnH AN captain IA the Advance
and part ID TIN MAilp Ar tAs Emu NJ that
tine the company broke up, apd liz Went
with the SNpt Mr., b. c. Howell, Who form
ed the North American Dredging aud I'M
provemant 60. gt N-w yak They bought
4 freight steamer called the Herbert anu
capt. f. was Sent With her tn Wilmington,
Del. to the kson 4 Sharp Co. to be al
tered into dredging steamer This took
about months time. While there Capt II.
designed and superintendent tle building Of
two sand dumping scowS To w used III con
uection with tile Herbert On Charleston bar
The Herbert worked on Charleston lar for
u months and then the company got the
contract ~ dreage out tireytown Harbor,
Central America, the eastern entrance u the
Nicaragua Canal While on the NAY to
Greytown the steamer called at Nassau and
Kingston for COAL At NaS~au tile rarty
received lets M attention, NH Tayl9f the
eeloniai secretary. anl nv collector Of ,ilS-
toms dining With Capt Patterson. Steamers
of this Kind are few that they attract al
trntion wherever thry ge. Cant r arrived
Al Nassau II A. NJ and thrrr was M
Fipt out He went NV ovrr tht bAr without
one ana came t. IA, hor insi'ie About one
hGlig after auclloring the pilot came off
waking eyerY oM- ur Ni Board, ana wanted
tu know If wv eaNIi hr III amv assistance
AMI Cant. y told Aim IN thought not
He asked If the captain or any IF the crew
had ever been in Nassau before and was
tnid ~. HI asked the captain where he
came troln ana was toIaiMaine. HI said
Won the first imam that Has crossed Thu
bar without pilot ID y years ana ! sup
pose you think If a damned smart Yankee
trick When th- steamer left Nassau sh4
was Obliged III tah4 hin ana he ran Her
ashore, breaking three blades from one pro-
pelier and one from the other-she had twin
screws-and Capt. +. was obliged 10 60 the
remainder Of tile distance in that condition
At Kingston the steamer had great many
callers She laid there three days coalng
and then started for Greytown, making the
run i'll days. On arrival there the steamer
was obliged to lay outside as She could not
cross the bar. After ten days She cot in
the harbor and was made ready for
The steamer arrived there in june and from
that time until October her crew had the
pleasure Of seeing the sun five days 1t
rained all the time. All the crew had the
fever and i'll August half Of them got dis
couraged and went home In October the
company failed and Capt Patterson went
Oh to New York and through the kindness
Of the Supt. got the money due him. The
President Of the company was Mr.. Simmons
0f The Simmons, Pell and CIasson fame who
wrecked three banks il New York by check
kiteing- Two days after his arrival i'll New
York Cart r. han letter from Cant. f. ~
Abbott, Y. S Engineer Corps, asking him if
he would superintend the. construction OF :,
dredging steamer for Charleston harhor for
Him. After A short vacation vi three DAYS
he was ordered tp tile Continental Iron
Works, Brooklyn, n. y, to look after the
steamer he is now in charge of. The Cont
mental Iron Works is where the +tMoni-
tori was built, and Capt II. spent many
pleasant hours looking over the draw
ings and plans Of that famous craft He
was there nine months and on the compile
ton Of the "Charleston' Went to Charles
ton with her and has been at work there
ever since. She Is to-day the most success
full dredging steamer ever built. Charles
ton bar in July 1891 had Sc of water at low
water now there is Is feet and yer for dis
lance Of three miles. The 81 and the IS are
at mean low water. The success Of the
"Charleston' got the appointment for Capt.
Patterson of special Inspector in Construe-
ton and during this year he has furnished
drawings for two Government dredges and
superntended the construction Of one til e
"Cape Fear which was built at the yard of
Hillnan Son, Philadelphia. She is about
the same size as the 'Charleston" and for
new boat has done very well. She is sta
toned at Wilmington IN. G. The other
that Capt. p. finished part Of the drawings
for is building at Perth Amboy and is for