THE LeCLAIRE NAVIGATION COMPANY 133 



The crew used to say that I could put her in there, 

 close up the pilot-house, ring off the engineer and be up 

 with the girls on the back porch before the fireman and 

 watchman got in the slack of the head line. 



The river came up in September and we resumed our 

 long trips and closed the season with a nice profit after 

 paying for all improvements, repairs and new outfit 

 we had put on her. 



