Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-28
A new STEAMER.
Still Another tc Be Added to the
Moosehead Lake Fleet.
Captain C. J. Robinson Of the Katahdin Tells
Of Moosehead News.

People VINO nave ever been on Moose
head lake, especially if it were to 60
to the famous kineo house. remember
the steamer katahdin, that 115-foot ele
| gantly fitted boat that travcrses the
distance between Greenville Junction
and Kineo. 1t is something unusual to
see so large a boat on an inland sheet
| of water but this is one of the neces-
stiles of the country. The great travel
| demands ii. TO command such a boat
! and u keep the good will Of the trav-
Cling public the Coburn Steamboat 90.
made no mistake in their selection of
Captain &. J. Robinson.
| The captain arrived in Augusta,
Tuesday afternoon, to visit his old
| friend. Landlord II. +. Capen of the
Augusta House. previous TO u visit 20
the Boston and the New York sports
mans shows. Here. the captain says.
he goes not merely for the purpose of
seeing the shows. for he sees about all
ia the line Of sporting events that he
desires in the summer, but to meet his
ola friends ana TO see the people. 1t
is right i'll the midst Of the winter lay
OF ana he is feeling like meeting some
Of The ola friends once more.
What will there be new on the LAKE,
this summer. captain ." asked the
journal. Tuesday afternoon. in Mr.
Capen's cosy little private office.
Well among other things will D.
the construction Of a new steamer for
the lake" was the reply. M q. Shaw
Sons are engaged in the construc-
ton If 4 10-fOot boat that will run
on their line between Greenville juno
tion and Lily bay. This boat will BE-
after the style Of the Comet. If you
remember her. She will be- 20 feet
long. II foot beams and be able to
carry about 20 people Her horse
power, | believe will be 10j. She is at
the present time being constructed in
pieces by a man If my own name in
Bath. who will take the frame to
Grcenville ANA put it together. She
viii b. If wood throughout
Have they named her" asked an
other member of the little group. !
doubtless thinking If some Indian name /
that would cover a line or two in writ |
ing.
NO. / guess not. but she will have |
something appropriate"
BY the way. captain" asked som /
one. now many steamers are there ON I
Mooschead lake at the present time? (
don't mean to infer that | believe /
they are being run on the ice but how I
many are included in the fleet when \
the lake is OPEN"
i believe there are about 30 in all"
That will show something Of the /
Of traffic over the lake in the /
summer. 1t is 80 miles long and sew
eral miles broad at its widest point.
50 the number of steamers to the mile /
is quite large when one thinks Of the
hundreds Of canoes and boats that
iloat upon the broad surface The
steamers by the way. are not all Of
the katahdin's size. She is the queen
If the fleet, While the other boats vary
in size from the steam naphtha launch
to the 10O-footer
The captain says the ice on Moose
head lake is in stratas. this winter.
the same as the slate at the Monsoon
quarrics, not 50 many miles away. is
laid This is due to the odd winter.
There is the first thick ice and then
over this is a layer of water Then
comes still another layer Of snow fee.
tn" great fall OF snow upon the ice
and the heavy rains turned the snow
into water. OF almost that. and ii froze
This TOP layer is II inches or more
thick and if it is as cold as it was
morning. for a great while the
whole thing will be frozen.
Yet" said the captain. Il expect
to be navigating the lake about the
first of May. Last year, We had to
blow out the ice from a cove and we
found it nearly four feet thick. In II
days from that time the cove was
clear The ice breaks up quickly IN
der the spring sun and winds
With the great volume Of snow ana
ice he looks for good season for the
AS for the sportsmen.
Moosehead resorts are preparing for
the greatest season vet.