The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-28
BEFORE ST. MARY'S
CANAL WAS BUILT.
Oon,inu d from paee one.


propeller, were recovered.
In the Summer of 1915 the schoon.
err Napoleon, 12O tons, was built at
the 500 The winter OF 18f8-49 she
was ovcrhauled and changed into q
propeller. She did q good business
till the completion of the canal,
when she went to the lower lakes,
where she remained in commission
till few years ago On her first
trip she came into Marquette, then
called Carp river, and anchored a
little more than four miles below
the present location Of the city. The
passengers begged Captain Clark to
weigh anchor and run little farther
up into the bay, but he declared
that if other people had no regard
for the safety of the vessel he had,
and SAID he had explored every
square yard OF that bay "a thousand
times and found it full OF sunkcn
ROCKS. No sane man he said would
ask him to SO cndanger the safety of
his boat Vessels of thirty times
the tonnage of the Napoleon make
tle harbor nowadays.
In the autumn OF 1915 the side
wheel steamer Julia Palmer, belong
ing to Captain w. F.. p. Taylor,
came to the 500, and the following
winter was rolled over the portage
and launched in Lake Superior early
in the summer Of 1S49. At the end
OF her first season the machinery
was taken out of her and the old hull
was taken to Waiskia bay and used
as a wood dock. Her last trip she
was fourteen days out OF sight Of
land and those on board of her had
a most perilous time.
The next steamer was the fast
sailing, staunch upper cabin propel-
Ter Manhattan, of $50 or 400 tons
burden, commanded by Captain
Caldwell. She was brought over
the portage and put on Lake SUI
perior in the interest of Spaulding
Il Bacon, later on Spaulding Il
Childs. The Manhattan's career on
this lake began in 1850, and lasted
till she went ashore and was wreckod
while trying to enter the harbor Of
Grand Marais in the summer Of
1858.
In June, 1851 the propeller Month
cello was brought over the portage
by Colonel Sheldon Mcknight. Col
onel Mcknight had owned or con-
trolled the Independent and Ma
poleon, and brought on the Month
cello Us rival to the Manhattan.
Captain John Wilson sailed the new
boat. A fierce war on passengers
and freight commenced. In the
month of August OF that year q col
lision occurred between the Month
cello and the Manhattan. 1t could
have been easily avoided, but each
boat was bent on destroying the
other. The Manhattan was cut
down and sunk near Partisan Island.
No lives were lost. Her enterpris-
ing owners released her and recon
structed her in six weeks time.
The Manhattan was a popular
boat, and on her temperance at
Marquette deputation OF young
ladies dressed in white marched
down to the Cleveland dock, where
the boat was tied up, and presented
Captain Caldwell with a beautiful
flag and bouquets OF flowers. The
girls sang song named 1.-The Man
haitian" and composed for the &C.
sasion. Then pompous old doctor
by the name OF 'Livermore mounted
an old cast iron cylinder and read
some high sounding resolutions,
which concluded with the remark
able prediction that Marquette
would grow to be the greatest city
IN the world.
One OF the twelve resolutions,
however, has had its predictions
more than verified. This particular
section read: Resolved, That the |
time is not far distant when the |
commercial business growing out of
these rich and inexhaustible noun
tains Of iron will alone require more
Shipping than at this time floats up.
on this lake.
The Monticello was thought at the |
time to be uninjured, but she was
doubtless cracked from stem to
stern by the collision, for the twenty
fifth OF the same month, after com
ing out of Ontonagon, she was found