Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-03
A PAY ROLL OF FIFTY
DOLLARS A DAY
Prom TvyaYs Fifty Men Employed Daring the Last Six Months Of iSe7
What Has Been Important Addition to tho Business Of FhS
City and What Promises to Rapidly Increase In She

construction cost more than eight
hundred dollars. 1t was patterned
after the Crozler. one of the best
tow boats of the famous Brown line,
and Is of about the same capacity
and power. The keel was laid on
the and day of June last, and the
last nail driven a short time before
Christmas.
rhe boat Is most graceful In ap!
pearance, and floats as a swan upon
The bosom of the rlppling Ohio It
Is ISL feet and S inches long,
twenty eight feet wide, and when
completed and coaled will draw
twenty eight inches of water. 1t
will have four boilers each 2S feet
long and 3S inches In diameter Civ
Ing a pressure of 200 pounds to the
square inch. The cylinders will be
18 inches In diameter and will have
ali eighteen foot stroke. The beat
will have 600 horse power, which
will make 1t one of the strongest on
the river. 1t has accommodations
for a crew of twenty peo-
pie. The sheeting which extends
entirely around the side of the boat
contains two and on half tons of
steel. The pilot wheel Is ten feet
In diameter, and the steering appa-
ratus Is operated by steam. The
cabin is gracefully designed, neatly
fitted and finished with Allegheny
white pine. and under The pilot
house there Is a commodious bath
room, with both hot and cold wa
ter. The wheel Is twenty and one
half feet long and twenty feet In
diameter. Most towboats have but
one set of "hog chains The
Helen White has two, thus making
1t one of the strongest boats on the
river.
The boat will be towed to Mari
eta tomorrow evening, where 1t
will be fitted with boilers and en-
glnes, among the latter of which
! will be two for the capstans, one of
which will be back of the boilers
and the other on the PROV. So
strong are these capstan engines
that they are guaranteed TO break
a new two inch line with ease.
The building Of the Helen White
marks a rev industry In this COM
nunity. In Its construction some
twenty to twenty-five men were
employed, and the pay roll of the
White Brothers exceeded fifty dol.
lars per day. The success attend
Ing this their first effu;t In this di
rectlon will doubtless be followed
by others. With the exception of
the excellent little boat built by
Mr.. Charles Hubbard on this side
of tie river, this towboat IS the re.
vival OF a great Industry, and there
is no reason why Sistersville should
not be the headquarters for the
building of boats of both the packet
and tow kind.
The Helen White when COM
p,eted will represent cost of some
$35 900 dollars, and will either be
disposed of by the builders, or used
under their direction for the pur-
poses for which 1t was constructed. !
Mr. P H. Sheridan, one OF the
government contractors on the new
dams to be constructed on the Ohio
river, visited the boat few days !
ago, and was so we'll pleased with 1t
and the workmanship therein, that
be Immediately began negotiations
for the constructions of a dredge
boat to be used by him In his gov
ernment work during the coming
summer.
In addition to this, tie White
brothers now have more orders
than they can fill, indicating that
their ability, integrity and devo-
tion 70 business are being fully
recognized, and the Review makes