The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-05-17
News Of the
River Boats
rhp PROGRESS Of River Navigation
Noted; New Boats Launched;
Heavier Carsoes Hauled;
New Schedules.

MIA ,aw boat, the Yakima, with
co,taiu C S Miller in command. and
r. Schoch, well known here as Il
.,,hsr Of the firm of Hawes &
s.ho.h as purser. came thru the
a,o " Tuesday morning on her way
n Priest Rapids. The Yakima was
nushiuc a barge which had aboard
,be forty-fve ton steam shovel which
!. to do the heavy work on the eX-
.ovation for the power canal seven
niles long which carries the water
from the Rapids down to the power
hou.p for the IIanford project. The
shovel was pnrchast from Wren 4
Grpeuough by the Cascade onstruc-
tlon company. The Yakima started
from point opposite the tunnel be-
,ov IImatilla Tuesday morning and
WAS therefor making good headway
and pushing the heavy load with
aase and took the shovel thru to
Priest Rapids by evening. Il distance
d7s or 50 miles. Outside of Capt
Gray, the Nil ers are the Oldest boat
men on the river and the most tx
perienced in swift water navigation
The Yakima was built by them last
winter at AinswOrth and embOdies
the latest and most generally APP
proyed ideas in a boat designed for
river use in swift water. She has
abundant power to make headway
againtst the current. being equipt
With double set OF engines of large
horsepower compared with the size
Of the boat. The shape of the boat
Is such as to make her skim the
waves with the least resistance from
the current. AS the river business
Increases several boats of the type OF
the Yakima will ply the Columbia
from this port bringing in cargoes of
merchandise and taking out boat
loads OF wheat and other produce.
Until the locks are completed at The
Dalles cOnnec tious will have to be
made with and transfer to the Chas.
X Spencer and the j. n. Teal, the
Open River Co.'S new boat, an ac-
count Of the launching of which we
call attention to below.
THE LAUNCHING OF THE ]. N. TEAL
The steamer J. Y. Teal, OF the feet
Of the Open River Transportation
Company, was launcht at Supplies
yard yesterday. She was christenetl
BY Miss Ruth Teal, daughter of J. y.
Teal for whom the boat is named.
The boat struck the water at 2:27
o'clock, and with the breaking of the
usual bottle OF champagne the boat
was formally named.
The Teal was built by the Open
Mser transportation Company to
operate between Portland and The
Big Eddy, above The Dalles, and
Will make connection at the portage
ROAD with the steamers on the Upper
eolumbia. She will go into commits
aoh IN about two weeks. She will
handle about 25OO sacks of wacat at
aload.
TIE MOUNTAIN GEM
tuesday morning at Lewiston,
iuaho, the steamer Mountain Gem,
~nleh has been operating for the o.
A& n. Company, was turned over
"ner owner, J. 0. Bender. What
u'e ne will put the steamer is not
Auo~n. While in the service of the
.''Foad company she carried wheat
"on points above Riparia.
lne Mountain Gem was built by a
Au'uoer OF mining men for the pur-
pose OF carrying ore from points on
sue oaake river. When parri .
,onp'eted, funds gave out ,,nl,.
','ea catne to the rescue ard cunn-
aa rs'ea her She had IL clrA. =.
e' anu was finally sold u. ,......
~oon IN lewiston. Bender was
Tue highest bidder.
op"drds OF 15O,O 900 sacks of wheat
,n sun on Snak, river points await
'.s shipment and the withdrawal
,ue Mountain Gem from this work
.e'av the cleanup until after the
,n ps"'.'ss o the new cereal year. Dur
n '''e month Of March three boats