Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
CANAL AND RAILROAD
Few Relics Of the Canalboat Era In
Exlstence--old Boatmen Passing
Away-A Matter OF $26 Fare,
Philadelphia to Pittsburgh
BY GEORGE NOX McCAIN


s. A S 7 wont mn 70 pottstown on the Penn =
~ svlvani, R,iIrood noticcd n number
~ fo.,.,L., ,''.,,.. IT, T., ~. honda
'a""'ooa' nu'hs ro.''nR away !" ,"' o'".'
Oh the old Schuylkill Canal, sald an oo'
serving friend vcstcrdov
'Tt sccms rcmarl.h,v strange that our
' INC N""H ,'.. \.
90, niS,oricat so,'l'tirs ,a,r I 49, - ,hat
anH aH strenuous 'nHr'S--HI naNC nnun ;.i. .nI.
sc Ever n'ard 90 prcs'rnc o.to,T, rto,inn 20"
ba ,, o,s r,n VI our carry u""'po''"'''"'
"e ,'n,'neeu. ,-,....- .,.,,,,. .h,.
onm OF the moSt interesting c.en's ,na.
=, nran was an old cana'poa,nivn > ,'. pm, ~,
on'r'S ,oda years ago. It vas neiu Iu. Wis az
there were couple of dozen OF @ old
Sana,9oat captains present surviVoos VI y. .ne
!rTh IN i ,a,ia,s Mcre ,ho nh;idron
o,J ms @ p,cihichers pinis weIe larses ', auv
any "ns "a. Ia'u]rnl,urch ] ol 'nSSc d, , A..
r,iai SI attrac,Nc OF an, In"usI' ci 49, o,s sno
nassen,cr hnn,s ,hat ,,ore ovbihitaJ ,
..,ris, " u'sm.iia. WI. i,;o.,,rn 80 ,ho
croft ,LS. Wurv uup,ic"irs ~ aIna tho canals
f ,f"rr tn"t were h"rSc-draWn a'ons thc c"h"'S
VI .MIss.'rn IennsyNahia. 49,, .,,,,u
f., Eos,or, ~ Do po,i svu. ", m'd'H rborr IL womii
bo ,n,' ia. u"uss an' nho,t I'll tho
oid oo,,athVs LII ~, Su'n a' i n.,aiI - "'' VI"
"XThat na,,,ia naNe pan"'u ~ 10, sor,o oHor,
What astonshes mo Is that some enort
tbeso has not neen systematlcsli{ % maze 10 & set
ha, n,.hiature replicaS OF Lne eauls rana, IA,
"'s.Tr,c1' S.Thc1 S"c,'ty & onildngt on h,,,o, than
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uscd to max" "' timv i i ",ltcy " of tbc wh,InS
vcssois and i;, II;,, Wv so,.omi,,E &C.
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"Thc pcrrsrIvorio Historical Socictv and
,hc Carncgio Tnst;tnt;or IN pi,Isburgb conld
I bo"o nn dn,,ht ] ~ srn,, thoir do
scendants ,,on S'nrr p' and .I' K;sLi
minptas tboso 6oomt;fIIr fohr,catod bnots
nerfoct ~ tb. pin;nai. a., ororr dotoi,
Nv frsnd T s arroot i" Tbo Sne'S cSonoihost ond
townoth ora of o'r Tos,orn Statos 10 ,,oSt
indifferently reprcscnted both in history and
museum reiics ''''' ." ""'
ssrT,IIE nr;ncin,, hrs;,os, - roi,rood troAi,
,annnnua pa. a. 9usi. .; a. s,aa,'snne a",c
travel, Thev II" awake Axe, njpbts II s. scbeminp IN
maic trorpoiors pLiu. ooS'"c''S !" '"' way VI ''si-
..Tbon .hor h,., ,o,. h,, h,,,;,.u
Thev r;n onS ~ INV, au"IC oh ,,d Dnm W. Wnoh
ingtop dohondinr this ," omg .hot ,rbon II,
trouble lies riehf within in" tboir rT'' own % Office
t.I;,, h..;,, n,, A.. .;,.,,
:, ;ts g sroin1 nrSIins 10 'n,nE .n"' I Mi,roau,mg
nary blundoring bpsiness ,d anJ tbat "" ha,f tbs
and n'"an n"mo e%e'utavss nav" lot @ss acGmen
With ~iu ,'"''''0i Sense '"a'' 'neS are ''cu''eo
Thus bo s,oL. 49,, .,,- H. ,..;,o, !.
snooL. "' 'p""e' "uu I"us ue '"n''nu'u W
ssTT,s M ,rordor .roe;o h,. t0uo, -
" m"' ''"'"I ',"' '"l'" v" '''"
nitteSr II t"StS G-''9S TO go from inllnd"Iphia to
tJo noa 'r"p," WI, hpu irav"i
pb;iodo%,nhioa % prVn'hrnr .ith .; ouSlneS" man OF
Stntos pron,;nont .o u. IT, Ii /" iour
IL T. rIn,,He"' rI;l'n,,.is .oo; IN his Iinc.
whose frcinbt trofc Srith ,h VI , .o
nortaon s"mnam"s cImbs e nto nh,'1bs tbs tbo
poJs p",ta',"m ii '"ii,pan'es c'i'hos lnto tne tnou-
etatomont s"pisr sr9oatod az ,h ms p oerN Hmpnanc
,nistnEo j., hi Suss.s,ou niti .ne poss,nlItS OF
m'StSHe ..8. IN his % arlthmetlcal caiculatlons. :.
bo ;nter VS brSsno ~ o"' s oi ar nrsth"do ~
mncnts 70 nropo nv coso We Eo' tue ooc'
..I'ro w. "o.,a p,V,n We n,s a ,dsu. 1S'r A.
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t,o,sp ' i"a o maIT I any ny Slnc,n' s arrommoda
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S.Iai nd I"op, se,s muir ru,, snampoo'
,onics and norf,rnos oms tbom ma', Hihstlng:
.hm ronoo,'a nnu ,n. aiI mn 'eis ABOUT
"%nt sn oxtro " Eos s"aEn .Ho ro,,- ga,
usual, I took a section instead @ '1IH of s,rais N
berth in thc sioener And II t' cost t'"S,s ms
co. rs - ho rooforaptnd :nThn Hh IT, eos, me
Jo,;,I ~ " h'u' "''h OF 1t ,
coaoI fac 10 m an,S renitoJ 90 I here ar" the
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,TL Tho should indulge in an orgy of thinking.
Itanfcy Laats their business under the circum,
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"n' 'u iu'SnaF hlgnt that |
iowo S,a'ton md 10 id nimtSGHursh tH got my berth
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