172 A RAFT PILOT'S LOG 



After 1893, many of the pilots used bow-boats. The 

 "Saturn" had the "Pathfinder." The "Moline" used 

 the "Mascot." The "North Star" used the "Harriet." 

 The "J. W. Van Sant" had the "Lydia Van Sant." The 

 "Rutledge" had the "H. C. Brockman," and the "Denk- 

 mann" had the "R. D. Kendall." The "Staples" used 

 the "Lafe Lamb" or the "Georgie S.", and the "B. Her- 

 shey" used the "Everett." The "Kit Carson" or the 

 "Lumberman" used the "Gipsey." 



Using a bow-boat they could run longer rafts and 

 make better time. The bow-boat helped get through 

 the bridges and over the rapids in shorter time, and in 

 the lakes she would get back on the stern and help push. 



Taking larger rafts required fewer large boats and 

 they decreased in number steadily and after "West 

 Newton" quit rafting out logs in 1904 those few re- 

 maining were soon sold or otherwise disposed of as 

 others had been during the preceding ten years. 



The "Charlotte Boeckeler" was sold to a Cairo con- 

 cern and was engaged in general towing on the lower 

 Mississippi with her name changed to "J. H. Freind" 

 and later sold to the Barrett Line and her name changed 

 to "Mamie Barrett." 



The "Helene Shulenburg" was last used in excursion 

 work by Captain John McCaffrey and his sons, sank at 

 Credit Island and was dismantled at Rock Island. 



The "Robert Dodds" was sold to an Ohio river party 

 and ended her career towing "show boats." These trans- 

 actions cleaned up the Shulenburg and Boeckeler fleet. 



J. C. Daniels of Keokuk sold the "Lumberman" to 

 Captain Bradley of Cairo and she worked around 

 Cairo several years as the "Fritz." He sold the "Kit 

 Carson" late in the day to the LaCrosse Mississippi 

 River Towing Company and she was finally sold to a 



