Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-06-19
The Cog of the
"CLaru g."

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The ancient mariners measured thu
speed of their vessel by means of a los
let out astern with line attached
which. being played out as fast as the
vessel moved showed in a few minutes
how many feet it was moving. From
this it was easy to compute the rate
of speed per hour and this was entered
on book which was called the log
book, or simply the Clog" Gradual
ly other items we're added, and the
whole made record of the progress OF
of the ship. The Scofeld family
agreed to send us the log or acc count
of their progress and the following is
the interesting record of their travels
from their start at 5:15 a IN. Wednes-
day, June A. to Monday. June ., when
they had passed Gilbertsville, KY,
470 miles from here The letter was
postmarked from Cairo, the junction
of the Ohio and Mississippi rivels, and
Instructions were to send their next
paper to Hannibal, Mo-, above st.
Louis. The 'log' was prepared for
us by Miss Muriel Scofield, one of
their bright young daughters. 1t reads
thus:
Wednesday A. The "Clara
So 3Ox9 full cabin motor yacht,
left the anchorage at the fSot of Cor
den Hill, Jasper, Tenn for st. Paul,
MINI. She had on board ten people.
She started at 5:15 n m. and at 5:35
she was on the Tennessee river and
went down stream, passed to the right
of Burns Island, passed So, Pittsburg
ut 6 6:05 and went under the bridge at
Bridgeport, N, G. & st. l., R'y,
sighted Widows Creek at 7:1O; Crows
Creek bar at 1855; Coffee's Ferry, S:35;
Balfonte Island, 8:44; Whites Ferry,
S:53; Jones Creek, 9:20; McGunnis
Ferry, 925; Lower Section Ferry,
9:5S; Rosebarry Creek, 10:07; Lark
in's Ferry, 1925, and stopped at
Guntersville for gasoline at 12:40.
The hardware company which kept it
was three quarters of mile away.
but we got 20 gallons and got under
way at 1854 Guntersvil1e Is 116 miles
from Chattanooga, and the point we
started from was about 40 miles from
Chattanooga. Passed Honey Creek at
$50 and then we had the experience
of our lives. We met the Hunts
ville' with the car ferry in tow, and
we, like greenhorns, crossed right be-
hind them, got into the big swells and
had to slow the engine down. which
can be done easily. Next we met the
HGuntersville, but we gave it wide
berth, next the "Lucile" at 5:4S, and
moored for the night in Indian Greek
at Trianna, Ala, at $3.50, making .
run of 103 milos under favorable |
weather in 1903 hours, making over /
10 miles per hour.
Thursday, June 5-We got water u t /
little spring up the creek some ways
and weighed anchor and were under
way at 4:50. We met the little U. =.
S. "Colbert,' at 6:58. 1t was 155
miles below Chattanooga. We passed
the American, passed Decatur, Ala,
and Byrds Island, 1928; Browns Fer
ry, 1866, and then we were at the Elk
River shoals, and kept to tbe left bank
and entered the canal at S:01; passed
Millions Bluff at S:4s and out of the
canal at 8:46; entered another canal
ut 8 :58 and entered our first lock at
Lock A" at 300, passing out of it at
9.33. Then we passed into Clock b
and il took as 97 minutes to pass
through it, the two making drop of
over 90 feet. As we started to go in
the mouth of the Mussel Shoals canal
we had to 60 around dredge and
we're shown the wrong channel. The
water was only 16 or tS inches deep
and the mud 3 feet deep. The boat
draws 81 inches and we got stuck in
the mud, but in about 30 minutes we
got under way and into Lock No. I.
We went in at 1854 and at 1919 we
were on our way. The next lock was
two miles away. It took as nearly 11s
hours to go through it. On little
further was lock No. 3, which we left
III SsVO. anu Two tuiicS luAbuOA WO Ch / .
tered Lock No. 4. It was opened the
wrong way, SO we had little wait s
from 2:20 until 400. When we got to G
Lock No. . we found that the lock-
lender had gone fishing and wouldn't
De back until night, but an obligirg
Swede came slong and let us through.
It took us two hours to pass through a
md when we got to Lock No. at 6:95 q
he man there let us through in a.hur :,
y and we moored for the night Mt n
:00 Made 55 miles in IA hours, went i
through locks and had the promise Il
# more next day. L
Friday, June Eve were unqer .
way at 1850 a. m. and by 500 we had :.
ntered Lock No Z; entered Lock No r.
at 5:42 and left it at 7:03 We next S,
topped at Florence, Al9, for gasoline b
i 7s39, but could fnd none. Wo d
.ot into swift water and hal hari r
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