The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-10-18
CAPT. SWENSON
VERY HAPPY
Safe Anchorage Of His s27,
700 Floating Dock In
South Cove Fitting
Iy Celebrated.
GAHHONYOuA BoAYMEH REJOICE
Stirring Career Of the Old
Swedish Salt Who Is
Lord High Admiral
of the Cove.
GAHMONTOWN BOATMEN REJOICE

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Captain Johan Swensen was happy
man yesterday afternoon, while celebrat-
ing the safe anchorage of his big Albany
dry dock, which he built at an expense
| of $27 600 and foated down to South
Cove along side his smaller dry dock. As
stated in yesterdays News the celebra
ton wars to take place Saturday after.
noon, but there was some trouble in
floating great big structure down the
Hudson River, and it did not arrive until
ten O'clock Sunday morning. Captain
fetted the ice fields in the vicinity of the
North pole in the awful contest of rich
men of various nationalities to discover
for the honor of their country the pole
or axis on which the earth is supposed to
revolve He has also buffetted Jersey
City politics. And it was Jersey City
politics that led him to erect dry dock
plant at Albany. The Captain won't
talk on that subject. Like all Swedes
he respects the Sabbath He was sisorry
that he could not celebrate the landing
of his big dry dock here without pfofan-
ing the Sabbath. But he is known
throughout "GammontQwn'' as a 'hail
fellow, well met, and he promised che
'boys" that he would not forget them on
the morrow. Boys meant to him old
grizzled locked boatmen and boat builders
who had served him as employees for
years as we'll as the young fellows in that
vicinity who had got a line'' on the old
fellows sturdy citizenship. He is not an
old fellow either. There is notea gray
hair in his head and he wears a. thick
bunch of whiskers on his chin in.mhich
there can't be detected gray hair. The
Captain kept his promise to the "boys." )"
"When you, hear the whistles blowing
tomorrow AFTERNOONS" he said to them,
''come over to the DOCKS"
| They came. But when the whistles of
the flag bedecked docks began their
screeching summons it seemed that all
"Gammontown' had turned loose. The
docks are located at the foot Of War
rem street, which overlooks the Gap, be-
yond which the great Lehigh Valley
Railroad piers loom up and the burning
| of which has furnished two spectacular
scenes within even the memory of the
smaller children. The noise of theNwhis-
ties of Captain Swensen's dry docks were
| of such hearty character, that not only
| the old men and women from the ten
ements short distance away went troop
ig over in that direction, but the children
focked across the dumps or filed in land
in regiments. The Captain met them all,
had "a good word of cheer for all and 9TH
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er kinds of cheer (of the best brands)
for all the older ones. A number of
| politicians and prominent men Of the
neighborhood were in the gathering.
The Albany Journal" in speaking of
Captain Swensen's proposed removal of
his dry dock there to this city had this to
say
"Johan Swensen has finally decided to
remove his dry dock in the basin to Jer-
sey City where it will be located at the
foot of Warren street. Mr.. Swensen pur-
chased the dry dock from Paul LIE Roux
in the early spring. He will remove the
dock some day this week, but will bring
a smaller one to this city which will be
able to accommodate all the boats in this
section. Mr.. Swensen owns a number of
| yards in New York and vicinity but he is
more than pleased with the way he has
been treated in this city, and before he
removes the dock he wants to pay any
claims that any Albanians might have
against the dock. Some evening this
week he will entertain his employees and
the members Of the Albany Y.cht Club
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