The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-28
Together They Operate Il Canal
boat, With Captains Son
to Lend Hand.
DAUGHTER IS A GOOD WORKER.
She and Her Mother Can DO q
Mans Part in the Handling
of Freight-The Cap
tain's Views.

| REPUBLIC SPECIAL
| New York. July 27-Whie marine writer's
did not pay any attention to the arrival in
port of the r. W. Porter. Captain Sarah E
Stanton. the fact of the arrival has its ele-
| ment Of interest
The Porter is a canalboat: her captain Is
| Mrs. Sarah E. Stanton: her mate is Miss
| Mabel Stanton. and William Stanton is the
| crew. Mrs. Stanton is captain in fact az
well as in name, and. seated on the side OF
| her canalboat, she directs the removal Of
| cargo that she has brought here all the
| way from whitehall Every now and then,
| despite her so years. she descends from her
quarterback and assists in the unloading
herself. She weights more than 200 pounds,
has very white hair. and boasts that there
is more sunburn on her face and arms than
anybody else hereabout could collect in &
month.
Mrs. Stanton's daughter. Mabel. Is the
second mate. and it is she who does at
least a third of the work Of discharsine
the cargo of lumber. The captains son.
William. is the last member of the family
Beside Mrs. Stanton and her two chill
dren. only one other person Is engaged
at tightening the boat he being q strap
ping young fellow who consented to give a
helping hand for less wages per day than
the older 'iongshoremen would take. Mrs
stanton says that she cannot afford to pay
helpers 40 cents hundred feet. seeing that
one who brings timber from Whitehall to
New York for 90 cents hundred feet has
profit.
Daughter as 'Longshoreman.
Are you the cap'n?" asked a man who
saw Mrs. Stanton giving orders on her craft
yesterday afternoon.
Guess am" was the reply. my son,
Willie-you see him over thereAdoes tho
business part right along. but what say
goes"
As she spoke, her daughter was stoopin-
down On the. piles OF lumber, handing uD
boards one at time to the brother. who.
In turn. passed them along to the third
man to be heaped on the dock. It was
quick work, Miss Stanton managing to raise
a BOARD at least once in every fifteen sec
would cry out:
Move UP there. Willie You're too
slow"
And the mother would add:
Now. Willie. it's getting dark. and you
want to get up, good bit more before we
have to go to bed
Do Not Like Railroads..
AS the unloading progressed orders gave
way every now and then to general con-
versation- Mrs. Stanton gave the hired
man some advice about his health. saying
must be. appendicitis. Then they had a
few words to say about the railroads. all
agreeing that such big corporation ought
10 foot the bills Of taking off cargoes in
tended for its use Mrs. Stanton said that
she was Of the opinion after being in the
canal business for some forty years that
big corporations were in the habit Of get
ting into people"
1t was five years ago that Mr. Stanton.
canalboat captain. died. Already the son.
who Is now 30 years old, and the daughter,
whose twenty-seventh fell on day before
yesterday, had begun to learn the business
for Mrs. Stanton had decided that she would
succeed Mr.. Stanton as captain. and lad
made 1t a point to train up the two children
so that they would be her assistants as long
as she lived, and her successors after that
Captain StantOn's Views.
Second Mate Mabel Stanton though rot
as portly as her mother. is sturdy young,
woman. and has a rather pretty face ard
lots of sunburn. First Mate William STAN
ton Is happy natured. biy-muscled swarr
thy young fellow, who handles a heavy
piece of plank as easily he would pick
up a jackstraw.
why shouldn't women be the main part
OF crew.? says Captain Stanton. We've
got to make a living. and don't know ANY
better way for to do it than this, AZ
though. OF course, we'll never get rich Oh5A
no. we wouldn't like to manage thinss\
without Willie. for It's well to have a man
about. But we can do as much as he can,
either one of us, and the two OF us can
do twice as much. / might hire help at this
cargo, but these New York prices are too
high. Do you know that they wanted to
charge me 40 cents a hundred, these men
around here? I Just told them wouldn't
stand 1t. and we have decided to put OF
the timber without their aid"