A RAFT PILOT'S LOG 



few changes on the large center-wheel ferry-boat "Keo- 

 kuk" and with Captain Asa Woodward in charge as 

 master and pilot she made several trips. 



When dismantled, her fine engines were put in the 

 new "Sam Atlee," an excellent towboat. 



In only one instance were two boats built in dupli- 

 cate. My old friend Captain Fred A. Bill of Saint Paul 

 tells us about them as he was in the general office of the 

 Diamond Jo Line when Mr. Young of W. J. Young 

 and Company of Clinton, Iowa, and Mr. Fred Weyer- 

 haeuser of Weyerhaeuser and Denkmann of Rock Is- 

 land, had these two boats built in 1881, using the same 

 specifications for each and when finished they drew 

 cuts to decide the ownership. Mr. Young named his 

 boat "D. Boardman," and Mr. Wyerhaeuser named 

 his for his partner, "F. C. A. Denkmann." 



Their hulls were one hundred and thirty feet long 

 and twenty-eight feet wide. Their engines were four- 

 teen inches by six foot. They were splendid boats and 

 gave excellent service many years till the log supply 

 was exhausted. 



