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The "Gardie Eastman" was sold to Fetter and 

 Crosby, Contractors, and used by them many years in 

 United States improvement work. Captain Fetter re- 

 built her at Kahlkes yard in Rock Island and after his 

 death Mrs. Fetter sold her to the McWilliams Dredg- 

 ing Company of Chicago and she is still ( 1927) in com- 

 mission on the Ohio. 



The "Reindeer" was sold to the Illinois Fish Com- 

 mission, a new and very sharp hull put under her, and 

 her name changed to "Illinois." She is now owned by 

 the New Calhoun Packet Company of Saint Louis, 

 Missouri. 



"Lady Grace" was sold by C. Lamb and Sons to Cap- 

 tain William Davis and later by him to J. G. White 

 and Company, doing some work at the mouth of the 

 Mississippi. 



"Artemus Lamb" was sold to Joy Lumber Company 

 of Saint Louis and later by them to C. & E. I. railroad 

 to handle barges at Joppa on the Ohio river. She was 

 later rebuilt and named "Condor." 



The "Chancy Lamb" was sold south to tow ties and 

 was wrecked on a dam below Nashville on the Cum- 

 berland. 



"D. Boardman" was dismantled and her engines and 

 some other parts used in the "Columbia," built at Ly- 

 ons, Iowa, by M. J. Godfrey and Son for Mr. C. H. 

 Young of Clinton. 



"W. J. Young, Jr.," the "Queen of the Rafting 

 Fleet," in fine condition and thorough repair, came into 

 the Carnival City Packet Company by direct purchase 

 from W. J. Young himself, in February, 1895. This 

 was my last business transaction with Mr. Young from 

 whom we bought the "J. W. Mills" in 1883. I had been 

 running logs for him up to the time I quit rafting and 



