The sun., 1902-07-27
PIONEER STEAMBOAT DAYS.
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tam.a. sp,s ain. and ths,r Heats ns~'ns
ma, ind.d 10 Disss,.r Watkins 81
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printed m rur SrN With an rld Srv YORK
steamboat man about Capt John Tlllman
and other old-time steamboat mrn and
steamboats, nu the Harlem River reminds
/ turlr Ju" NpfthrIp - Otisyill-. hal" AMI
hearty ~ ~. thai D." i p"rhaIs the last
survivor pi tho Hudson pi,CT steamboat
/ mon = tho day- h.for" railroads came 'o
! tan" away tho glory ~ river navigation
/ u" Is ais "a" l.-' Il the pion'-"r conductors
/ uu 'h" i-i" Railroad
| When l-gau running on ~ d'S River
/ ~i"amhua'. said Uncle Joe. the Hudson
River Railroad wa>u'' IN existence Tho
Pre- Railroad wasn't opened vet. hut ~as
! huil' a. far a. Ramapo, Eockland county.
! twenty miles
Among h" famous Hudson River steam
boat captains In tho~n DAYS was Capt 4
I Nhul'z capt A"rk a. h" was famlliary
known q the steamboat Utica. Capt
shut and the ltica aftcrward carried
from New York to Pcrmon' the first load
! of passengers that ever rode IN a train on
the I'm" Railroad Among them were Gov
seward. James Watson Webb. William
A-'or Bishop Ondcrdonk aud Washington
Irving, and a great many ~ her distinguished
mon
Then there were Capt Bill Tupp"r,
Calt ~ lotu Capt loc. Capt DE Groot,
Cou' Trr"sd1lr Capt Peck. capt John
Tailman. Capt. Hil Frazer, Can't. johnson
and a host 81 other oli.'im" Hudson River
captains With famous boatG. Speaking II
Capt TIpp"r reminds m" that maybe II
- hadn'' '.-u Tor me the great Burden Iron
W rhs a, Troy might not b" what th"v az"
',-dlv. and there wouldn't have l-en -
many millions lef' 10 his heirs hy the founder
uf tho-" works.
Capt Tupp"r ran the Troy steamboat
imprc. one uf thu crack boats a. the time
II vas then on the Powell line, running 10
'w"cu New burgh and Now YORK Ims
va sixty years ago or moro.
-On. day after W. had made our up-trip
and had oar bOat tidy ia her clip AZ New
burgh. was lcaving tho pier To 60 home,
whom ! heard the sound 81 a tolling brl
l. came from oU, on the rIver
I .tppp~d and looked back hig
-,aario faI out in the stream, vas rap
idly sinking " was her l-'ll hat was tolllng
a. a signal Il distress
/ recognized tho sinking steamboa' a.
tho Empire | ku,~ thew were many
JaH-"ugrr- on hoard
ono had jumped into the river. VI"
was floating on something that PLAINLY
wa ~ irasil" -hpI'"r' ana one ,hs' N"Hu
Iui bong sustain him. could hear hls
agou.yIlg cries for help
4 ran lack 20 the pier occurred a rowhoai.
and pullri a. iah' A. ! 'nul' 'nNa.u "i,.
III" 'ide Wa running strong got To IN"
~I". n"' in"in"nt 10" s"oh ,,,.
~" man "as chnsihs 20 p"N o, nhlh
merry goods which lac must have thrown
Overheard lie waS alIn,s cNhaus'"d
4 mauag"t tn gei HIM INTO my b"ai. and
a. ad was .utNms Irull "Iu'' H'ul'
toward the d"oin"d straihn"a'' ! tuII'N
ana runw"d amor" Nth ,ns
When lahf"h "'th ini,, anu ne wa tr.usn'
round, rafN'I 'i'h' ! i"u N"''" "'o'"'
'h, great Troy lruhIlei ,ht. h
! VIII TeneihufT YOU IoI 'n's uaN'
ana pf"hpt a'i youhs nla'. Nv 30. h',I
wrngins my hAhu '"u sa'eu NY "e'
and shan h". io'ss, y1u h.. ava, ,o,vo,
me Or not for that was IN" last ever heafu
rom WI p4Iu'h - -. - .
~" tnpu" hau "tu run uoNn "'
h"aNlF hi',n ~ ~IulI'TI s'oop a,'
~ W." ~" -hiN w enor' 'nn', az
scur" or more "l heI passengers "'u' uo~h
WIN h"i -
'ah. hlh rae iah ~" ssa,n,'as .i. NV
Mouh'aihrel ne alNaN u' ,aieu 'IaS Nv
was opposed :" racing "hlch was uiSas-
rI'IsN ,',''''u.'',, "n ,"e =, :, -,
ana ihat n" woman '"H''"'a''o' u "' "'s
boat ,. .-u
'i' nay Wv N''s", a. '"v W
known "ld-'im'rs, TOOK notion 'hai ~"
would ~''" h"r h"''s 10 me Moni's sN''l
Capt I'M sat "a'Ghihg h"r anu pIhn"rng
and hN and hN called d"Nn me 'uue 70 We
engineer
hn'niFr NJ chIInn uo"h' twenty
revolutions ana no more
III" NIAGARA cam" on ana came on a
humming IN" speed ih" N.uh'alh''f
was .h'Wlhs NaS' ~ ''"IS', "',u,lk '.i"-
pared WIN hers lh'N Ner" push'hs 'N"
Niagara igt c'fia'h.
capt HlI p"ndrred som" more. ana
pU''N soon whi~'Ird h1"h 'h' ,uhe y" VI"
engineer again and called I" nun
N"N" h"r '""n'N-iw" rrNoiu'lohs' ana
not 4 damn Oh" nor"
IN" "hgin"Fr s"n' w" M%uh'au'er 10
,wcn'N-'"". ahu lie lGln,'"' 2h' an' uu' ne
Niagara -''l' showed IN" better speed
Ih"F w"r" pushing h"r y" W" hm'' sure
enough
'tap' biil a. !a,' Sh"H''h "o"h IN"
tuh" io the engineer 90. ,
send her :" 'w"n'N-h\e' ana W" u All
go - thunder g"'h'f
THIS was on 'h. h'ah "i the iaiNHh'N,
below Pi"rm"W Nhich o"t ""lIh nay"
won the fnc" wa never known Su'd'hlN
report l!E" uhund"ic!aP mhue every
thing 'rinhl"
Tn" AR sb"N" The Niagara was Mol
with men. sInok"s'ack- furnn.rc. s"a'
chunks ~ iron ana other parts 4i lhr boat