The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-05-03

draught, served as cook stove, with |
pieces of fiat iron to hold the pan. |
There was a coffee pot and water |
bucket and, for each member of the |
crew, tin cup and plate and knife |
and fork and, for ALL the unfailing |
gallon jug of whiskey, from which, an |
old boatman stated, drinks were taken
only at certain places. The men
slept on barn feathers" or straw, in
the forward cabin, when the weather
did not admit of sleeping in the open.
Mr. Lugar, from whom these par
ticulars were learned, wrote, THE
Durham boat was the most beautiful
modelled boat / ever saw Her lines
were perfect and beautiful. Her
movement through the water was so
easy. with such clean run aft, that
She left the water almost as calm as
she found it. 1t appears they never
could improve on the model of the
original boat, as it was so perfect as
far as light running was concerned.
They could outsail any boat ever
saw sail, with a fair wind.
"Of course they could not work to
windward, as they were too long and
had no centre board We could sail
mp any falls on this river. It took
TWO I'leil 10 Steci lhelli SAILING I'll, w
I,lo5e "Ml"i T ,isI en,H, SUN 40 Vie
Tdia' Fuul NM, C"p' i'u9n' 'soo 'N!S
an i4"S'' '''"'i"' "''' many
"'Ii'i . -'......,.... ........,..,,,,.,
III ne H'o",'IP"nS ms g'..,''i
u ~ ""l"E ny 'hc "li''i INC ,oi -,
ana dimensions SHOWN are as ihal7
Gated III sketch by MI Lusaf ana
confirmed by hlhl' on Inspection Oh
the drawing lie was skilled me
ehaillc ana poSscsSeu an eAeelienI eye
ana memory lor such details, ana was
very lahlllar with tleSe boats' one Oh
Wllch ne had oWheu ana opera'eu.
MI i4uBar stated that IN some ne
ialls there were slight Vaflatlohs
ilade ny dluoroht pulldefS. some
MADE the ehds hisnef thah lhdleated
IN the pan ana thc Ieheths varied
from the uSuai slHty loet 10 rs llueh
as sl&ly-siA' ana, III the longer poats
iHefe WAS sometimes me auuliion ol
a loot or Two to the ordinary width OF
elRht rect
9oltle observers roeaii seelhs
nlucH shorter lehs'h thail slAly teet
ana NC. P9ais naFlhE Dotii ehas precisely
allhe III curvature ana sometimes uot
qdtte aS ShaIp as lhulcalea III me
pan plHerch' statements nave also
been illet WIN as To the exact eufVa-
lure OF the nun III cross seetloh'
IN an esseh'lal particulars now
tVet' tue typo was preserves anu us
Mr' i-usaF pointed out II was most
auilillably htteu lor tle service Oh the
~ wnion ~ wes e"p'u ~ eu
IL ~ 80 Nv ~" ~, ,'..,,..'i., =,
-. ~ ~ "1 90 " W
~ ,,t az ,l.'..,i,' ~ 49,, 49,.
II, '''' = NV ','' "''o''eO :" ~ i1"a'uii'
'."il MICH t'oVc "'l' s,,ppe" TAI ~
l"'''.' ,',a ", h',i"i ",'laHeSi an2
"'',r' l,lou"''S' ~ '-"'''p''t''i'S auu
NV iiolr " hummer vi ,lie ooa.S
WI "N"'"' 'uVSV Po,n'' p'ius tG'i-
~ 10, COMMUNICATIONS Po3uiat,on
~ "u9, t'l6 ,u",'i 'a'S loi la"spol va
w" w ''''"''pu'"' "aiy o'i.i .
~, ~ """'" at '"' 'o"' po'i''' u" wv
"'I" no" ilNl'E I"lorluS lue
t'',' '""' Nv ""H S'r" %S many 10
""uul'" ''u' ,'",'' poa,H '''u W. iul
Wv "'6u'' at '"''prl VIII gu ,n'l'
way W. ,"' tN'' IN SUM- l'o"llV.
''' W NV l"'' '"u'l - wv H. pup
ti7''eu " ''" SV@lS aEo, ne S,' II ''fae
1''''au uo"'S Will o',rn 4" ~ uv , oi
o. t,,,,"i o. WIZ NV "nui '.'a' ~
sight.
one observer states that he has
sometimes sat ON the river bank and
" ~ "','i''''' W
breeze, when "A puff" would suddenly
come up and off they would 20 like
"A flock of sheen" Going thus In
fleets the crews frequently aided each
other in getting through difficult
places bv doubling up."
The life of the Durham boatman
was very laborious The descent of
many of the ropids was attended With
consfdoroble danger recurring con
slant vigilance and the ascent of the
stream was accomnlishcd only nv
hard work The CROW must be always
ON thp alert ana they were Subjected
TO severe eNposure
In the earlier DAYS Wells Calls