Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
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lfgn1d that he knew the river rs wei
By might as by day and VIZ were en-
abled, under his guidance, to rencf
the town of Peoria It 10 p m. whore
onr pilot caught astrain for Ottawav
at midnight and VIC were enabled to
be on.time to meet friend at Peoria
in the morning as arranged for. II
E~oertaInly seems ms il there.is at times
In speoial Providence that RrraEges fol
our protection and welfare much
better than it is possible for us to do.
July 18:-We lay at Peoria until
II,s30 pam, bought O ton Of coal and
some groceries aniyics and saw some
thing of the city which is the second
icity in the State of lilinois with a
lpopuiation of about 10000. 1t is q
clean and busy town and had many
fine buildings. Onr afternoons run
brought us too near tho town OF
Hennepin. ILL.,, where we anchored
at dark some fifteen miles from In
Sale, the entrance to tho canal.
July l4:-We were nwakoned at 4
IA, m. by loud peals of thnnder and
turned out hurriedlv to see approach
ing us from the northwest about the
most threatening looking thing in the
why of a squall that l have even seen
We made everything fast us soon MS
possible and closed up the cabins, but
like may other things that threatened
MS at times, itplssed off without do
ing us an damage whatever beyond a
fright. After cleaning boiler tubes
again weewere under way by Q n. m.
and reached La Sale, tho ca nal on
.trance, at II and war detained there
como time by n steam canal boat and
two other boats that she was towing.
1t was after l p. m. before we were
we'll on our way in the canal, the
water in the canal was very low. aud,
although our boat drew only three
feet three inches of water, VIC could
only crawl along for foar of striking
the bottom. 1t was A 80 p. m. when
we reached Getaway, / H., sixteen
miles from In Sale, where wo had
decided to stop over for the night.
Tho city of Getaway, Ill lis n tlriv
ing place with about ~ 600 inhabit-
ants and / could not but make III un-
favorable comparison bstwecn it and
,hoJ dad sIour toxp,, ~ parth Anbov
Here was this little city with it's
6pely paved streets %cleanly swept,
fine little mark that was a beauty and
public buildings and churches that
woald mako the Amboyites open their
eyes, md il the STATUE of the illus-
trious G. W., with his cracked shins
hat knows enough to keep his back
the right way so that he can't see
what adwo cent park he lis. fastened
to. could only compare tho town OF
Ottaway with the town of Perth Am
hoy, / think that hs could at cnce.
come down from his perch in disgust
md skip tho town without leaving
George Tioe his address, and, jus.
think of 1T, no m%osquitoesl
July 15;-We left the city o. Otta-
way at 6:10 D. IN. AMI crawAeu slowly
along through the canal all day until
at, 7 p. IN. we stopped at the town OF
Joliet some tlIirty-three miles south
of Chicago, for the night. Tho day
was very warm and VIC would have
Suffered from the heat but for n fine
ireeze that was blowing all dav. Our
day g run took us through "a beautiful
country covered with farms that were
covered with crops of many kinds
ripening in the sun. The city of
Joliet has many large factories locased
there and the Des Plains river passes
through the town between high stone
walls. There.is q tino stone dam across
the river that furnishes water power
TO many sfaetoriesaon the river banks.
The Chicago drainage canal empties
into the river some four miles above
Joliet at the Little city of Lock port,
but the volume OF water coming down
tho Des Plaincs iriyfro is enoneh to
carry away all signs of the sewerage
of Chicago. Fis
tiJuly 16.-yWe were crawling along
the canal again ut 7;20a. M, on our
last III mp to- Chicago where we
arrived at 4p. M Our last day on
this canal was o hot Ii and although
we had a fine wind blowing 1t came
from astern, of, us and we suffered
from the heat very much and we were
glad enough to look down into the dirty
little creek called the Chicago river and
pass under its many bridges for about
four miles from the canal lock to near
the entrance to the. lake where, we ran to
d coal yard and took on one and half toms
hf coal before lying up for the day in u
quiet, but very dusty place near the
breakwater. x b. 500
Ne have not been at the dock but a
ahort. fine when we reeaivad n eaIl from