Towboat First on Kanawha in 20 Years Enters Service
The Elk Machine Co. delivered a 30 by 16 foot towboat with 123 horsepower gasoline engine to the James T. Jobb Coal Co. for coal transport on the Pocataligo River. It is the Kanawha valley’s first power boat since 1930 and features a unique arc turning rudder mechanism. The vessel is designed to tow a 1 000 ton barge and drafts 3 feet 6 inches.
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Elk Machine Co
Maryland
James T. Jobb Coal Co
Pomeroy, G
Pocataligo River
Kanawha
Ward Engineering
Y Thomes White
Elk
Harry Coleman
Dewide
Robert White
Unnamed Elk River Steamboat Built by Ward Engineers
The article details the construction of a new steel boat on the Kanawha and Elk rivers by Ward Engineering Co housed near Mason County and Graham. Proprietor Thomas White, foreman Harry Coffey, and the Sporn power plant crew are noted, with plans to supply Pocataligo River coal to the James T. Jobb Coal Co as owner contemplates naming the vessel.
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Tendent
Sporn
Graham
Harry Coffey
Mason County
Charles
Ward Engineering Co
Thomas White
Ward
Elk Machine Co
Kanawha River
U. S
Engio-jassary
If Ward
Io Esseate
White
James T. Jobb
Maryland Av
James T. Jobb Coal Co
Harry Coleman
Robert White
Ice cubes fall from hotel window in Toronto incident
Hailstones described as ice cubes rained down on a police cruiser in Toronto. Detectives found Gerald Day, 24, tossing them from a hotel window and fined him $20 for the act.
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Toronto
Gerald Day
California Produces About Two Hundred Thousand Tons of Raisins
California harvests roughly 200000 tons of raisins each year, reflecting its large grape growing industry and processing capacity. The figure underscores the state’s role in fruit production and related markets.
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California
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