Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-15
ON THE BIG STREAM,
Stes ,boats in Readiness for the
Seasons Bust.
ness.
REBUILDING OF SILVER CRESCENT.

Notable Improvsm, n,s ON Several Of the
Graft, whi,h Have Quarsered In the
Rock Island Hal, ,rs Duripg the Winter
The w. J. Young. wiuons and Verne
Swain aud Who VIII Man Them.
Before smother week rolls around
the packet steamers will have re-
Sumed their daily visits to Rock Isl-
and after long winters sleep.
The W. J. Young, Jr.. will make
her first trip Friday. ltaving here in
the evening for Burlington. Capt.
John S,reckfus says he hopes TO
steam up the Winona and Verne
Swain by the latter part Of the pres.
ent week at the outside. Both boats
have received flesh coats OF paint.
and necessary repairs. These steam
ers. as well as tie Young and Silver
Cfesent. the latter two belonging to
the Carnival City Packet company,
f which Capt. Walter A. Blsir, Uf
Davenport. is the principal stock
holder. with several other craft
have quartered at Kahlke's
boat yard in the west end OF town
during the winter. The Silver Cres-
cent. which sails away tomorrow for
Quincy, to enter into the trn"e be-
tween that point and Keokuk, is en-
tir,ly rebuilt. She will be COM
manded By Capt. Robert Dodds. of
Keok Ak, with Lone Short, OF Cam
ton. as pilot, and James Stedman, of
lie Claire. engineer Capt b air viii
master the Young. which has come
TO be welcome visitor at all the
towns between here and Darlington
by reason Of his courteous and hos
pitable treatment Of the travelling
public. B. p. Lancaster, Of lie
Claire, will be pilot, and S. B. and
Andrew BURNETT. engineers. The
Young has been generally overhauled
and will look prettier and more
stately than ever this season. She
has been provided with three new life
boats, which Capt. Blair has named
stter his boys, Paul, George and Bur-
dette.
The Winona and Verne Swain will
DO operated as heretofore between
Rock Island aud Clinton. Capt.
S,reckius will be in charge of the
Winona, with d.. Doriance, of LIE
Claire. as pilct; Zip Goldsmith, Of
lie Claire. engineer. and William
Cakes. Clinton. clerk. Bert Lovett,
of Davenport, will master the Verne,
with Fuller Smith. of Davenport.
pilot; viii Walker, Princeton. en-
gineer. and Frank Black, of Nebra ka,
clerk.
The Winona has been m a!erially
improved in appearance throughout.
and there seems to be no dou biting
among stean boat men that she will
take the bun as the beauty que en- Of
the upper river the coming sea-o
Other Steamers.
Other boats in KshIke Bros. yard
are the ra'ters, Moline, Mascot, Liz.
zie Gardner aud Park Bluff; sand
boats, Hattie Darling and Lone Star,
and ferry, j. P Gage, Of Rock Isl.
and, and John TAYLOR and Peters on 9
and Hay ward and Lindsay's launches
The various boats have been over
hauled.
The Hennepin and A. j. Whitney
are qusrtered in Whitney's yard,
while in Weyethausey & Dsnk mann's
harbor are the raf,ers T. G. A. Denk-
mann, j. Weyerhsuser, j. X. Grave 3
and z Rutledge and 4. Roy Bowlby's
launch, Lucretia. The usual i'm
provements In the WAY of new Goa 8
OF paint, ETC., have been made on
these boats.
The Duke. Capt. Jack McCaffery's
little excursion boat, wintercd at
Manhattan Beach, where she was
equipped with new hull, ard re.
painted and frightened up from DO "
to stern.