Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27

in time to take her place in The line as
The Northern Transportation line. a
steam tow boat company, was organized
in lN' The company built and operated
several tow boats and did considerable
freight business and towing. The james
H. Hooker" was built at Whitehall. IN
lSi5, for this company She wIs pro-
peller, and the first boat of the kind run
OF: Lake Champlain. The same year the
hun of n steamboat was built at White
hall for Peter Comstock and others. In
1917 Il was sold to the Champlain Trans
nortation company and removed to Shell
burnc Harbor whore 1t was finished and
launched III Isjj. The boat was named the
Montreal" and was 2o5 feet long, % feet
wide and feet deep.
There were four steamboats, built on the
lake for private parties between lSl7 and
i>j3. They were the ETHAN Allen" quilt
ton" built in 1851. for Cradle; and Can
field. Ivy l.. S. White; the "Boquet," quit
at Essex. y. Y, in lSiS for Mcneil and
in lA7 at Shcburne tiarboH: the "Bos-
Ross. and the America" The latter boat
was built at Whitehall in 1851. for TIT m
as ID. Chapman and others She was 25O
feet long. y fct wide and 10 feet deep. In
1919 the Rutland and burlington and the
Vermont Central and Vermont and Can
ada railroads were opened, and the Og-
dcnsburg and Lake Champaign the follow
ing year. The railroads gradually en-
Croachcd on the business of III" boats, hut
the two night and the two day bodts-the
United States" Francis Saltus,' Bur
llngton," and 'Whitehall'' were KEEP. in
service until 1852. In The latter year the
trips wero shortened by making the
northern terminus RouSes Point instead
of st. Johns; connection being made with
the railroads at the former places. Three
steamboats, The Canada" America"
and the limited States" performed the
service NJ to 1874 The daily trips were
then further shortened by surfing from
Ticonderoga on the south the Vermont
and Adirondack doing the service. The
night trips were discontinued in 1875. when
the Delaware and Hudson railroad was
opened on the west side of The lake. The
vermont did the service on the day line.
which was again shortened to end ~
Pittsburgh on the north The ferry trip
has since been performed by the A. VIII
iams," from 1872 to lSSN; and ny the CHAT
eaugay" since the latter date. The
America" subsequently was bought by
the Chdmplain Transportation company,
and run on the lake line. The next boat
built was the Canada which began rum
ming in 1853 She was built II Whitehall,
for private parties. but wHs bought by
the Champlain Transportation company
She was the largest steamboat mat mad
been built up to that time on Lake Cham
plain, her dimensions being 260 feet In
length. with Il beam of - f"et and 4
depth of lOis feet. There were but two
other steamboats, built for service on the
lake until after the war for the Union
closed. These were the WIN. BlrbeCk,"
built at Whitehall for Henry II. Gaylord
and the "Oliver Buscom." Tho latter was
constructed at Whitehall for 7. y. Nau-
GIN and John O'Riely, AMI was i3J feet in
length with breadth of u feet and 10
feet deep.
During the war periodical to Gj-1o
steam, boats were built fer service on the
lake. The first boat constructed after the
war was the Adirondack" which was
built in 1867, at ShelbuInc Hdroor, by l..
5. White for the Champlain Transports
ton company. This boat had a length OF
Us feet, a breadth Of "a feet AMI a depth
of II feet. She had speed Of 1871. miles
AN hour. the fastest boat tina, had then
been seen on the lake. The second new
boat to appear on the lake after the war
was the "Odkes Ames." which was built
in 1898, for the Rutland and Burlington
Railroad company, by Orson s. Spear. the
"Oakrs Ames'' was pa feet long. Il feet
vide and II feet deep. and had speed of
1872 miles an hour. Her name was chang
ed to the "Champlain in lS7i
In 1863 two boats were built on the lake.
The Grand Isle" was launched at Es-
sex. y. Y, by Orson S. Spear. for Knowl-
ton, Fortune & Tobias; the u j. y.
Stark" at Whitehall for the Northern
II ansportation company.
The "A. Williams" was built at Mark S
Bay In 1870. for Warren Coroin, by \. Il.
curtis. She was originally l2i feet long.
% feet wide and 9 let deep. In $50, the
boat was rebuilt and heightened by the
Champlain Transportation oompany,whioh
Aad previously purchased her.
. The steamers at present running On Il 4
lake are the Vermont" "Chutoaugdy
and "Maquam," owned by the Champaign
Transport Ition company. ana the Rein
deer owned by the Grand Isle StodmbCd;
company. The latter company Wa crran-
lacd in 1880 and its principal Officers are
Herbert Bramerd, president and >. u
Ranlctt, treasurer. Tn" "RcndCcr' was
built At Alburg, in 1SNl, tor the Grand Isl,
Steamboat company. She IL $50 feet LONE
27ia feet wide and l0la feet deep. The
Reindeer" is used for excursion rur-
poses
The "Mapuam" was built at South He
ro, In 1880. for Warren CorDn, by n. j
Cookson. She is lij feet long, 4 feet wide
and feet deep. The boat was "old to the
st. Jchnsbdry and Lake Champlain Rail
road. and in 1897 was purchased by tbs
CFamplain Transportation company.
; The Vermont" was built NJ She!ourn(
Harbor in 1871, for the CHAMPAIGN Trans
portatiou company, by l.. S. White. sA'
is pa feet long, 50 feet wide, or "a feet
ever all, and SLIP feet deep. The boat wa:
ftbult At ,Nntlhulnc Iiiiu'l III 1904 ~
the same company. Tho "Chdte1ugay
was the last addition to the ncet nf steam
ers On Lake Champlan. She Is the fastest
boat on the lake, and has speed Of p
n les an hour. The "ChateausaN' mas 4
steel hull, which was constructed at VIII
lnington, Delaware, and transported tC
Snelburne Hlrbor. w1cre the boat Wa'
completed and launched in 1881 She Is
: .cS feet over ALL 30 feet beam. and lOi;
feet deep, She is the only boat ON the
, lake equipped with the Morgan feather
ing wheel.
During the season OF navigation Tho
; Vermont" plies every week day betwcG
Pittsburgh, Burlington and Ticond 'roSd
making the round trip by daylight. The
"Chateaugay" runs FROM Westport tC
= Burlington, Plattsburgn and North Hero
ard return. Both steamers touch At nu
rlerous intermediate points between these
terminal points,
, The following is n list of captains who
/ have commanded Lake Champlaw steam
ers.
. John Winans. Burlington. Vt...lSo' TO ISL
]. Sherman, Vergennes, Nt....lSli to ~?
} George Brush. Montreal, p. q. 1876 to Isl
Daniel Davis. Burlington, Vt. 1919 to ls2'
; II. w. Sherman. Vergennes, W. ,lAISto 'A
Geo. Burnham. Burlington, VT, 1871 to ls9
Gideon Lathrop, Stockport, \
Y. .... -. .......,,. .,....'. .,lS-5 10 10
> l. r, Harrington, Buffalo, n.
.,.... .......,,. ...,...., ,..,iS2i |" ~
Dan Lyon Burlington, Vt. ...... 1925 to il
Ebenczer Hurlbut, Georgia. VT, 1873 to ls2
Jas. II, Snow. Whitehall NY 1873 to ~.