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after the Keator mill burned and was later sold to Cap- 

 tain L. E. Patton of Memphis, Tenn. 



The "Pilot" was sold to a party in Evansville, Ind. 



The "Jo Long" was sold to Captain D. Morgan, 

 taken south, capsized and lost in Lake Providence. 



The "Irene D." was sold to Thomas Adams of Quin- 

 cy, who made her over into the excursion steamer "Fly- 

 ing Eagle." She was wrecked and lost by striking a 

 pier of the Hannibal bridge in high water. Though she 

 had a large crowd on herself and barge, there was no 

 loss of life. She hung on the bridge long enough for all 

 to climb onto it and get ashore. 



I now come to the LeClaire Navigation Company 

 that Governor Van Sant and I had formed in 1882 and 

 in which we always had equal holdings. It had been a 

 great pleasure to work with such a partner and man- 

 ager, and to build up our fleet and increase our opera- 

 tions to where we ran all the logs sawed at several mills 

 including Mueller Lumber Company at Davenport, 

 David Joyce at Fulton and Lyons, Lansing Lumber 

 Company, Lansing, Iowa, Clinton Lumber Company 

 of Clinton, and for W. J. Young and Company of Clin- 

 ton, all above what were handled by their own two 

 boats. Then we handled many rafts for logmen who 

 had no mills and wanted their logs stored where they 

 could be got out for market on a low stage of water. 



It was not pleasant to plan and execute the disposal 

 of our property but we did this as we had done every- 

 thing else in perfect agreement. 



We sold the "Ten Broeck" back to Captain John Mc- 

 Caffrey and his sons who used her towing ties in the 

 Tennessee river. She caught fire one night while laid 

 up at Cairo and burned. 



We sold the "Iowa" to Captain William McKinley 



