Verlag: ACLS Humanities E-Book, 2008
ISBN 10: 1597404470 ISBN 13: 9781597404471
Anbieter: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, USA
Zustand: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Verlag: ACLS HISTORY E BOOK PROJECT, 2008
ISBN 10: 1597404470 ISBN 13: 9781597404471
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Verlag: Vancouver Transportation Co., Steamers Lurline-Undine, 1906-1908]., [Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA:, 1906
Anbieter: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, USA
8vo. [2], 456, [12] pp., including tipped-in letterhead at rear serving as additional leaves (a few pp. removed, but dating contiguous, possibly used for scrap paper, or ship's receipts). Approx. 15,000 words written throughout in manuscript, some bold pen in hand of Scotty McNeill, much of the rest in pencil, some quite light, and in multiple hands. Quarter red calf over black cloth, calf corners (scuffing, edgewear, some rubbing, minor chipping at spine), still VG exemplar, from the library of Caroline Augusta Gray Kamm (1840-1932), noted socialite and philanthropist in Portland, built home for poor women & girls with the YWCA, and was daughter of PNW pioneer William H. Gray (1810-1889) who traveled to the Lapwai Mission in Lewiston, ID in 1836 where he was the Nez Perce secular agent, and she subsequently later married Jacob Kamm (1823-1912), pioneering Oregon steamship builder, industrialist and entrepreneur. This daily steamer captain's logbook provides invaluable primary documents for sternwheelers operating on the Columbia & Willamette Rivers in the first decade of the 20th Century. The Steamer Undine which operated from 1887 to 1935 on the Columbia and lower Willamette was originally built at Portland, OR for Jacob Kamm and devoted to the Washington Territory steamship company, Vancouver Transportation Co. When originally launched she made the transit time from Vancouver to Portland in under 58 minutes on 100 lbs. of steam, bettered only by the Lurline and Telephone steamers. The Undine was built in Portland, 150 feet long, 27 feet at the beam, 6 foot depth of hold, and operated with twin steam engines, and could carry up to 450 passengers on excursions. Jacob Kamm's son Capt. Charles Tilton Kamm (1860-1906) was her first captain, followed by several others. By Oct. 24, 1906, Capt. "Scotty McNeill (1866-1935), formerly pilot of both the Lurline and the Telephone, had taken command of the Undine from Captain Kane. His bold hand with frequent mis-spellings details the nearly daily assessments of the hull and equipment, conducting fire drill and boat drills, and taking on and disembarking passengers. He notes on Oct. 29, 1906 soon after taking over the Undine that he "found it the clenest [sic] hull i ever was in since i went steam boating. Also counted the life preservers. . . ." It is quite clear from the log that both the Undine & Lurline steamers carried substantial freight up and down the lower Columbia River, including carrying cans and packed canned & pickled salmon for the Eureka Packing Co. based out of Eagle Cliff, WA on the Columbia River, Lindenberger's fish packing company at the Ainsworth Dock in Astoria, OR, several different flour mills, as well as hauling cattle, cordwood, logging supplies, timber, steel rails for railroads, prunes, and much more. Sometimes they loaded cases, other times they loaded entire railcars loaded down, along with soldiers from the Vancouver Barracks and their baggage, and even a Steam Traction Engine. The logbook also offers an excellent running account of the vicissitudes of the steamer Lurline which on Nov. 22, 1906 sunk at Rainier, OR after being rammed by the Steamer Cascades, forcing her to pull alongside on Nov. 26, 1906 and load up 20 cases of salmon for the Eureka Packing Co. cannery, and Scott notes they had all the chains under her except one. He stops again on Nov. 28, 1906 to take off damaged freight and baggage, but on Nov. 29, 1906 is forced to help tow her and the two barges after the Sarah Dixon ran her aground again on Deer Island. Nov. 30, 1906, Captain William E. Larkins (1857-1908), one of the best-known steamer captains on the Columbia River took over for Scotty McNeill, and had originally launched his career with the Vancouver Transportation Co. as pilot in 1891 on the sternwheeler Telephone, and later captained the Bailey Gatzert, Lurline, and Undine. Inclement weather was a frequent issue, and this daily log offers an essential record of the far colder wea.