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tain Dodds being at the wheel. This was followed by the purchase 

 of the steamer "M. Whitmore," and was followed in turn by the 

 building of the steamers "Helene Schulenburg," "Charlotte Boecke- 

 ler," and "Robert Dodds," over which fleet the captain presided as 

 commodore. 



About the year 1888 or i88g, the Schulenburg and Boeckeler Com- 

 pany disposed of their steamboat interests to Captain John McCafiEery, 

 and for one season, Captain Dodds commanded one of the steamers, 

 which, however, ended his active service upon the river. 



It was my privilege to have been associated with the deceased 

 officer from 1874 to 1886 inclusive, during which time, I necessarily 

 learned to know him intimately, although I could add nothing more 

 in the way of eulogy than has already been said in the earlier part of 

 this communication. 



Captain Dodds was a magnificent executive officer, one of those 

 few men in the world who could maintain a degree of equality with 

 those under his command, and yet retain to the fullest extent their 

 admiration and esteem. As a commanding officer, he was a strict dis- 

 ciplinarian, exercising authority, however, with such a warmth of 

 sunshine that men obeyed for the love of obedience rather than from 

 fear of the consequences. 



Every walk of life is marked by particular exemplifications of the 

 attributes necessary to reach success, and in the pilot's profession there 

 was, during the active career of Captain Dodds, no man who pos- 

 sessed more fully and completely, the high qualities required to reach 

 the ends aimed at. Yours very truly, 



James Henry Harris. 



CAPTAIN J. M. HAWTHORNE 



J. M. Hawthorne was born at Erie, Pennsylvania, 

 November 20, 1839. When he was eleven years old the 

 family moved to Illinois and later to LeClaire, Iowa, in 

 1856. 



Joseph began working on the river when he was 

 eighteen years old as cabin-boy on the steamer "War 

 Eagle" of the Galena and Minnesota Packet Company. 



He soon left this job to pull an oar on a floating raft 

 with the noted pilot J. T. R. Lindley, better known as 



