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The towboat and the railroad had done their work, and done it well and completely. The mighty bridge, stretching along over our heads, had done its share in the slaughter and spoliation. Remains of former steamboatmen told me, with wan satisfaction, that the bridge doesn't pay.
The towboat and the railroad had done their work, and done it well and completely. The mighty bridge, stretching along over our heads, had done its share in the slaughter and spoliation. Remains of former steamboatmen told me, with wan satisfaction, that the bridge doesn't pay.
McGuffey while the latter was disposing of Jack Flaherty, which he did, via the rail, even as the towboat men had disposed of Mr. Gibney. Dan Hicks followed Flaherty, and the crew of the Maggie crowded the rail as the enemy swam to the float, crawled up on it and departed, vowing vengeance. "All's well that ends well, gentlemen," Mr. McGuffey announced.
In the “Hudson’s” complement of officers there were also four midshipmen, but these latter ate in their own mess. The time passed most pleasantly, Mr. Mayhew plainly doing all in his power to atone for his late censure of the submarine boy. Before dinner was over the small towboat was in the harbor. At the coming of flood tide this towing craft had a hawser made fast to the gunboat.
At ten o'clock on the same morning he embarked on board of a towboat, which required nearly twenty-four hours to descend the river, and thus afforded him ample time to enjoy the beauty of its shores.
"Oh, I can dock her all right, I guess," said our skipper. "Maybe you think you can, but wait till you try it, and have a nice little bill for damages besides." "Well, the vessel's good for the damages, too." That towboat tailed us just the same, but we had the satisfaction of fooling him.
Mayhew, I think there ought to be a good chance of getting the ’Hudson’ afloat with plenty of water under her whole keel. We can even start some of the engines on shore, and rig winches to haul on extra cables. Altogether, we can give you a strong pull, sir.” “That sounds like the best plan to me,” nodded Jacob Farnum. “I’ll have a message sent at once for that towboat.”
To all these pleas the advocates of the railroad had one unassailable argument its infinitely greater speed. After all, it took a towboat three or four days to go from Albany to Buffalo, and the time was not far distant, they argued, when a railroad would make the same trip in less than a day.
Here is a case of the sort paragraph from the 'Cincinnati Commercial' 'The towboat "Jos. Her freight bill, at 3 cents a bushel, amounts to $18,000. It would take eighteen hundred cars, of three hundred and thirty-three bushels to the car, to transport this amount of coal.
"And you're only a tug captain a dirty, thieving, piratical towboat man, holding up every honest skipper that pokes his nose into San Francisco Bay. Matt, I'm ashamed of you. How are you anyhow?" "Fine, Mike. Want a tow?" "I don't need one; I'll have a bit of breeze before long. I'm independent of you!" The tug crept in closer. "Don't be foolish, Mike; better let me slip you a line."
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