192 A RAFT PILOT'S LOG 



The little "Union" demonstrated her ability to give 

 the raft some headway through the water and increase 

 its speed perceptibly, but the "crabs," with which they 

 had arranged to pull her stern around and change her 

 position behind the raft were inadequate; and failing 

 to control the boat she got in trouble before they were 

 five miles from Reads. The "Union" was sent back 

 from Winona and Captain Winans took the raft to 

 Hannibal in the old man-power way. 



Third. The first trial was called a failure, but there 

 was enough encouragement in it for Captain Cyrus 

 Bradley with W. J. Young's encouragement, to charter 

 the same steamer "Union" the next year to run a raft of 

 logs from Reads to Clinton, Iowa, for W. J. Young and 

 Company. This trial was a success and by all the dis- 

 putants admitted to have been the first. 



Fourth. Captain Winans got charge of the "Union" 

 soon after she made this trip to Clinton and used her 

 continuously for at least three seasons. 



Fifth. Captain Bradley on his next trip to Clinton 

 used a little boat called the "Active" and he soon started 

 building a small side-wheeler which he called the 

 "Minnie Will." 



