The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-22

Inc ffelght BOAT, Samuel NJ. Denny,
was launched into Mantua creek,
Paulsboro, on Wednesday, at 2.55, in
the presence of about $50 persons,
many Of whom were Penns Grove
folks and friends of Captain Samuel
NJ. Denny and Vandever S. Homan,
who are the owners of the boat. AS
the boat slid from the ways, Capt.
Denny's grandson, Samuel NJ. Denny,
Jr., broke a bottle of grape juice on
the bow and Capt. Holman made the
quiet old town prick up their ears by
the whistle screech, made by the COM
pressed air in the tanks. About a
dozen We're on the boat and took the
lurch as the boat went from the ways
and struck the water. The others
took in the rare view of not only see
ing a boat launched, but being dumped
sideways from the land into the
water, when the planked We're sawed
and slipped on the CREASED ways.
The keel of the boat al laid Janu-
airy Sd in Lodges shipyaTd, where
many boats and scows were built and
launched in past years. The weather
during the winter was the most mild
for many years and there were few
DAYS when work could not be done.
The boat is 10 feet long, 22.5 beam,
with a depth Of 7 feet hold. The deck
is open. In the hold and on deck $50
tons OF freight car be carried. The bot
tom is fiat like a batteau and the bow
is sharp like the nose Of a mole for
cutting thru the water at a good rate
of speed.
The power is a four cylinder Fair
bank, Morse Co. crude oil consuming
engine of 200 horse power. There are
eight tanks in the stern into which
compressed air can be pumped to he
pressure of 1901 pounds to the square
inch by the engine while running or
by a small gasoline engine. Com
preshed air is mostly used to start the
boat before the crude oil gets to work
ing properly in the cylinders. The
tank which will hold 1900 gallons Of
oil is in the bow of the boat.
The boat will begin to run next
month to carry tomatoes from Bridge
port to Campbell Soup Company, Cam
den. After the season closes about
October |, Capt. Denny will carry
general freight along the Delaware
river and bay where business demands
it.
Capt. Denny will be master plloI
and Capt. Vandever S. Homan Will
manage the engine. Capt. Homan IS
an expert builder of marine gasoline
engines and has installed the ma
chinerv in the Samuel NJ. Denny to
work to perfection. The two experts
together will make the new BOAT hum
nm and down the Delaware ecauSe
thev are the most experienced men on
+he Delaware river in hat line OF
business.
After the launching Captain Denny
invited his friends to a chicken potpie
dinner which was furnished by the
women of st. Paul's NJ. e. Chufch, IN
their dining room, in the Oh
their Victory Temple adjoining the
Church. About a hundred enjoyed the
feast greatly. They We're so JoyIul
that three rousing cheers for captain
Denny and three for Captain Homah
were given.
Our Famous Waterman
Can't. Samuel NJ. Denny, the most
famous pilot, captain and owner OF
boats ever known on the Delaware
river and bay, is a native of n
Grove and a lifelong resident. He IS
the Youngest son of James Dennyand
was born IS years ago. His father
was a boat builder at the Cove when
there was a shipyard on the shore at
the end of West Maple Avenue. 80
Won see he has been acquainted with
the water of the Delaware since ne
knew anything and took to it as nat
ural as a duck. Notwithstanding ms
age he walks as straight as a yves!
Point cadet, has eyes as keeH anu u
m,;nd as ever did business on the Del
nIrare liver. Always boating and fish,
H ing from early childhood he knows all
the he currents and shoals from Trenton
to th~ Capes as well as in the tribu-
In 1862 he enlisted in Company X,
oAtb Regiment, and went with the
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