This
page has all of the individual Journal Directories together. Their is
one entry for each page listed. Click on the date below to see the
complete journal page for that time period.
"Early
Years 1" shows that JW started his work life in 1876 on several
farms. This page also gives a brief history of W.W.O''Neil Company.
"Early
Years 2" starts JW's life long activity of working on the
rivers. 1882 at Walton's Barge Yard, 1889 at W.W. O'Neil, and in 1898
starting at Elizabeth Marine Ways.
"Early
Years 3" names men who worked at O'Neils Mine Tipple and
Landing in 1887. This page also lists the boats owned by Horner &
Roberts Boat Yard in 1884.
"
RiverMen 1 ,
RiverMen 2,
RiverMen
3 and
RiverMen 4" are pages that
list men that JW worked with and in many cases the trade of each of
these men.
"Walton
Yard 1883" is part of the earliest recorded information in the
journal and gives the names of men that worked at Walton's Yard in 1883.
"
Mt. Gretna " is not directly related to the rivers. JW was a
member of the National Guard and this page lists all of the men he
served with in August 1887. This unit also served at Johnstown, PA
after the flood of 1889.
"
Boats " and " Boats and Barges
" lists boats, who owned them, and for some, how they met
their fate.
"Steamers
1908 - 09" lists a few boats that were on the Ways during these
years.
"Freight
Barges " is a record of barges, giving the name of the barge,
the date arrived at the ways, date departed the Ways and for some the
name of the Steamer that took then away.
"
Steamer Elizabeth " gives some early information on this
boat.
"1900
- 1908" A model of the Steamer Sprague is built for the
1908 Pittsburgh Exposition.
"1904
- 1919" "First flying machine I saw"
"1912
- 1913" Steamer Ironsides is hit by lighting while in the
yards, many men are hurt.
"1913
- 1915" Fallen Timber Run is the location for the burning of
many old boats.
"1915
- 1916" On February 2, 1916 the Steamers Sam Brown,
Lorena, and Ohio explode and burn, in three different location in West
Virginia.
"1917
- 1920" Steamer Sailor sinks inside Lock #3, three men
are killed.
"1920
- 1925" Steamers Tom Dodsworth, Raymond Horner, and Boaz
are towed away, they are "old friends" to JW.
September
1895 lists jobs
JW performed while working for O'Neil & Company
March
1898 ...JW works
with Henry Lambert on the Steamer Elizabeth
May
1898 has JW
working on the Steamer Elizabeth and doing odd jobs for Mrs. McCune
June
1898... JW has
his first day at the Ways
August
1898... Steamer
Dick Fulton unable to go onto Ways on account of scant water.
September
1898 ...Steamer
Little Dick tows Steamer Belle McGowan to Pittsburgh.
February
1900...All
smoking at the Ways is stopped. E. Ashburn's pipe starts a fire.
April
1900...JW
receives notice in pay envelope to deal at company store.
June 1900...mentions
the Steamer Mariner as the first steel boat
August
1900...Bill
McCune moves machinery from O'Neils Mill to the Ways.
October
1900...Steamer
Charles Brown is off the Ways with a new hull.
November
1900...JW leaves
the Ways on January 1, 1901 to work for McCune's at new saw mill. He
returns to the Ways in June.
June
1901 ...has
four lower river boats at the Ways at one time: Iron Sides, Jos Walton,
Sam Clarke and Valiant.
May
1902...Steamer
Enterprise is under construction.
July
1902...Steamer
Enterprise is launched on August 26,1902.
November
1902...Jackstaff
worked out for Steamer Sprague.
March
1903...
shows that
the Edgar Cherry was the big job
June
1903...A strike
at the Ways over order issued by Supt.Wm Wiegel that gloves could not be
worn.
January
1904...JW works eight days on the Steamer Wilmot
March
1904..."Hardest
work he ever done was working on mud scows"
June
1904...The Ways
are closed for the summer. JW does odd jobs
October
1904...JW is
asked to be Foreman
January
1905 has
the Steamer Josh Cook with "her head tore off"
May
1905...The
Steamer Transit is JWs first new hull as Foreman.
August
1905...the longest boat on the Ways is the Steamer S.H.H Clark
March
1906...Steamer
Rose Hite had been sunk in the Fifth pool for three months
May
1906...Model
Barge Delaware has saddle strakes all around
September
1906...Steamer
Tom Dodsworth, built in 1871, has extensive repairs
March
1907...
Steamer Cruiser, an all steel boat, has large hole in her side
May
1907...Steamer
Boaz docks for a new hull
July
1907...Ways gang
goes on strike for 8 hour (day), one week later it is granted
August
1907...Steamer Clipper
docks, she had sunk and turned over in the 4th pool
November
1907...Men are paid
with Clearing House checks, good for merchandise
January
1908...Steamer
Stella Moren runs into Steamer Little Fred. JW is on the Little Fred
February
1908...Another
fire at the Ways
April
1908...Steamer
Stella Moren goes over dam #2, engineer John Cox drowns
July 1908,..
50 men are laid off at the Ways ... this page also mentions that
model barges are being built for "exhibition purposes"
November
1908...A long
list of men who worked on the Steamer Fallie
February
1909...This page
includes February 1909 to December 1909
December
1909..."The
river is froze and so full of ice the boats are wearing their wheels out
faster than we can repair them".
January
1910... has
a list of men who are working on the Steamer Raymond Horner
February
1910...James M.
Lynch's hip is broken when a load of iron falls on him.
March
1910...Steamer
R.L. Aubury explodes her broilers
April
1910...Steamers
James A. Laughlin, B.F. Jones and Vesta are painted
May
1910...Steamer
I.C. Woodward on the Ways for repairs all around
June
1910...Wm
Hodgson and Emmet Ausburn work on Dredge Eastern
October
1910...Steamer
Bertha gets new sheet iron all around
November
1,1910... names all the men in
JW's gang.
November
14,1910...Steamer
J. B.Finley, formerly Transporter, breaks 12 chains while being pulled
out of the river.
December
8,1910...has the
Steamer John A. Wood on the bottom yard
December
16,1910...Steamer
John A. Wood is towed away by Steamer Volunteer
January
1911...dimensions
of Steamer Joseph B. Williams are given
February
1911...High
water at the Ways fills the hull of the Joseph B. Williams
March
4,1911...Model
Barge Emperor docks, "this is a bad barge"
March
15,1911...some
of the best men are laid off
April
1911...A
thief in the pigeon coop
May
1911...The
layoffs continue
June 1911...
new work on the Steamer Alice Brown
August
1911...New
Orleans, a steamer to represent the first boat built on the Monongahela
September
1911...Official
number of New Orleans is 209240
October
1911...Ferryboat
West End from Brownsville docks for repairs and the Sam Clarke was the
first to have an iron outside circle on its wheel
November
1911...
the Steamer John A. Wood is back at the Ways
December
1911...Steamer
Tom Dodsworth broke all her chains on the way up the Ohio river
February
1912...Steamer
Cadet gets a rudder job
March 1912...Steamer
Charlotte is lengthened
April
1912...New
Superintendent at Ways, Morgan, making changes
May
1912...Steamers
Island Queen, I. C. Woodward, Juanita and Volunteer all at Ways together
June
1912...Steamer
Mointor docked, she had been sunk by the wicketts at dam #3 on the Ohio
River. Al Ackard, Captain
July
1912...Steamer
Joseph Walton had been in the boneyard across from the Ways for eight
years
August 1912 shows the Steamers Iron
Sides and Joseph Walton changing their name
September
1912...Steamer Robert Jenkins is
made plumb level and square
October
1912...Ed Stewart falls off the
Steamer Tornado while in dock
November
1912...Steamer
J.B.Finley, one of the largest boats in three rivers, at the Ways
December
1912...Steamer
J.C. Risher to get a new hull, two feet wider than old hull. JW thinks
it should be wider to make her right.
1912-1913...
1912 has lighting striking Steamer Iron Sides, nine men hurt are named.
In 1913 the saw mill at the Ways burns for fourth time.
February
1913...Red Black
is Captain of the Steamer J.C. Risher
April 1913...
a strike at the Ways
June
1913...Steamer
Charlie Brown fitted with steel cylinder timbers from Steamer Iron Age
July
1913...River
Parade is held in Pittsburgh as part of "Old Home Week"
November
1,1913...Excursion
Steamer Sunshine has room for 400 to 500 people
November
10,1913...
a fire and flood hit the Ways
December
1913...Steamer
Charlie Clark has numerous repairs
January
1914...Steamer
Oakland name changed to F.M. Wallace
March
1914...Packet
Kanawha docks for repairs to hog chains
May 1914 records $30,000
worth of repairs to Steamer Rebecca
July 1914 ... "work at
the Ways is very uncertain"
January 1915 ...Coal Hoist
Tornado docks after being sunk
March
1915...Tornado rebuilt for the second time
June
1915 ... Repairs to
Steamer J. B. Finley cause problems at the Ways
August
1915 ...Steamer Enterprise gets new rudder blade
October
1915...Steel hulled Mariner ends up as a wharfboat for parking
cars
November
1915...Steamer Swan gets new outside bottom plates
December
1915...Steamers Cadet and Wash Honshell are wrecked for parts
February
1916... Gunnel hull boats built in 1915 are described
April
1916 ...Boilers are condemned on Tug Mike Daughtery
June
1916...Lynch men leave the Ways for a few months
November 1916...
Bob Murphy loses a finger
December
1916 ...J. J. Henderson, 83 years old, working on
Steamer Crucible
January
1917...JW
goes to work at Parkersburg Dock Company, WV
June
1917...JW
is back at Ways as Foreman, under new Superintendent
November
1917...
Brady Berry, Captain of Steamer Twilight
December
2,1917...Steamers
Monitor and Duquesne collide, Monitor sinks
December
20,1917...
Ice everywhere, "can't keep up with wheel jobs"
January
2, 1918...River
is frozen tight and not a boat is moving, details on wheel jobs
January
15, 1918...4th
week of river being frozen tight
February
1918...
Steamer Robert Jenkins sunk in heavy ice
April
1918...Carpenters
make $5.60 a day, laborers are paid $3.77 a day
July
1918... Steamer
Juanita leaves the Ways in fine shape
October
1918...JW
becomes Assistant Superintendent
January
2, 1919...Bell
wires are repaired on Steamer Transit
January
16, 1919...Steamer
Iron City has general repairs
February
4, 1919...Tiller
is moved aft 4" on Steamer Voyager
February
26, 1919...
50 ton Dredge Kanawha on the docks
March
1919...Capt. Cook and
Pilot Adams on Steamer M.D.Wayman
April
14, 1919...New
Ferry Flat built for Allenport, PA
April
26, 1919...Dave
Copper operating Derrick Boat #22 at the Ways
June
1919...Steamer
Conqueror gets new rudder and new rudder irons
July
1919 ...Steam Tug Clairton has two new wheels installed
August
1, 1919...House Boat # 204 has general repairs
August
18, 1919...Harry McGuire is Captain of the Steamer A.R.Budd
September
1919...Love Dale pump boat docks for the second time
October 1919...
Steamer Conqueror has steering cylinders braced
November
1919...Steamer Jim Brown has its deck caulked
December
1919...Steamers Voyager and Risher have their broilers "boarded
up"
1917-1920...November
1918, War is declared off, people knocked off work ... 1920 has
the Steamer Sailor sinking in Lock #3
January
6, 1920...Steamer
Braddock has hole in left side repaired
January
13, 1920...Worked
overtime on Steamer Robert Jenkins
February
6, 1920...Steamer
Fallie has extensive wheel job, including 32 wheel arms and 10 buckets
February
18, 1920...Whistle
valve on Steamer Voyager repaired
March
1920...Steamers
Beacon, J.C.Risher and Tug Mike Daughtery get new coal boxes
April
1920...Steamer
Conqueror has pilot house chair repaired
May
1920...Steamer
Enterprise is on the top yard
June
1920...JW
is named Superintendent of Wood Work
June
5, 1920...Steamer
Luke McLuke has chain braces cut and adjusted
June
24, 1920...Sheet
asbestos is used as insulation around steam pipes
June 26,1920...Steamer
Ranger docks for a new hull
July
2, 1920...Strike
at the Ways, carpenters demand $1.00 per hour
July
20, 1920...Steamers
Jenkins, Beacon, Jim Brown, Voyager, Conqueror, J.C.Risher, Transit, and
Pump Boat #26 all mentioned
August
1, 1920...$20,000
worth of repairs to Steamer Robert Jenkins
August
23, 1920...Steamer
Transit gets boilers off Steamer T. J. Wood
September
7, 1920...Steamer
Transit is rotten and not seaworthy
October
1920...
U.S. Inspectors order Steamer Transit in for repairs
November
1, 1920...60
arms on Steamer General are repaired
November
18, 1920...Steamer
Rover is condemned by Inspectors
December
1920...Chas.
Campbell and Mike Netherland buy Steamer Valiant from Pittsburgh Coal
January
1,1921...
Captain John Dippold of the Steamer Old Reliable
January
24, 1921...Steamer
J. C. Risher broke her chains in Lock #3, Wm Shaw is Captain
February
1921...Steamer
Twilight wrecked from Stem to Stern, repaired from Keel to Roof
March
1921...The
Ways adds a long float from front of offices to the abutments
April 1921...
JW's biggest job is the Steamer Jos Nixon / Valiant / Transporter
May
1921...Park
Brenneman is Captain of the Steamer T. P. Roberts
July
1921...Jas
McClure and Link Pancost work on Derrick Boat # 22
November
1921...New
cylinder timbers put onto Steamer National
January
1922...Wm
Lynch JR does the lining on Steamer National
February
1922...Steamers
Conqueror and Beacon each have $8000 in repairs
April
1922...
Steamer Carbon has repairs to aft bulkhead
May
1922...Gass
Boat Bronx is rebuilt
November
1922...
Fantails are replaced on Steamer Beacon
December
1, 1922...Steamer
Ranger has her wheel diameter reduced by 6 inches
December
26,1922...Dimensions
of Ranger and Voyager are given, they had been rebuilt a few years
earlier
1923...
Steamer Rover is renamed Cruiser after major rebuilding, all dimensions
are given
January
2,1923...Bob
Eberhart is Captain of the new Steamer Cruiser, one of the last wooden
boats
January
10,1923...Repairs
to Ways docks and shafting takes place
February
1,1923...650
bushels of coal are unloaded for use at the Ways
February
16,1923...Converse
Contracting company buys Collier #4 and four flats
March
1,1923...The
Mine Department gets anew pump boat with a cabin and skylights
March
21,1923...William
Shaw is Captain of the Steamer Ranger
April
4,1923...Wrecked
Model Barge below the Ways is dynamited
April
23,1923...Steamer
Elizabeth Smith is repaired from stem to stern
May
1923...Painting
roofs at Ways buildings
July
1923...Old
Pump Boat #92 is ready for 620 bu of sawdust
August
1923...
Landing floats at the Ways sink
September
1,1923...Chas
Foreman is Captain of the Steamer Conqueror
September
12,1923...Timber
raft is unloaded,52 logs, mostly white oak
November
1,1923...Steamer
Beacon has extensive repairs, "HE" is in fine shape
November
27,1923...Chimneys
are shortened on Steamer Ranger
December
1923...Phil
Kassart is owner of Dredge Frankfort
January
1924... Drift log goes thru bottom of Old Tom Dodsworth
February
15,1924...The
Ways gets ready for high water
February
22,1924...Steamer
Creighton is condemned and ordered to have repairs by U. S. Inspectors
March
1,1924...Work on
Keystone Dredge #4 is completed
March
12,1924...The
Steamer Rebecca is one of the biggest jobs ever done at the Ways,
details are given
April
1924...High
water mark is 38'4" after flooding, mud is four feet deep at the
Ways
May
3,1924...Steamer
Harry has extensive repairs, details are given. Sam Morgan is Engineer
on the Harry
May
10,1924...Steamer
Conqueror hits the Rochester Bridge, buckles her mid-ship 8" to
port side
June
1924...diving
job on Ways tracks
July
1924...Steamer
Beacon does maintenance work around the Ways
August
1,1924...Building
"Pittsburgh Coal Company" signs for Voyager, Ranger, and
Cruiser
August
20,1924...Steamer
Cruiser gets a new pilot wheel
September
8,1924...Steamer
Voyager gets new rubber strakes on port side
September
23,1924...The second major repairs in 1924 for the Steamer
Creighton
October
1924...Steamer
Cruiser gets annual inspection
December
1924... Steamer
Beacon has repairs during Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks
January
1,1925...Steamer
National is a big winter job, weather was cold and ugly
January
6,1925...Dock #6
is being abandoned by Pittsburgh Coal Company
January
29,1925...Steamer
Hibernia has broken Pitman strap repaired
February
1925...Tug Mike
Doughtery docks for general repairs
March
1925...Wm.Fortner
owns the Luzerne
October
1925... JW's
last day at the Ways
August 4, 1926... JW does
some consulting work for Standard Oil
January
8, 1927...Packet Kate Adams burns
February
5, 1927... JW inspects Steamer City of Pittsburgh
March
10, 1927... Steamer J. H. Hillman makes maiden trip
May
6, 1927... Steamer Monongahela goes up river
May
23, 1929... Steamer Jim Brown being wrecked
Summer
1929... JW lists some boats that passed under
Elizabeth Bridge
Late
1929 - Early 1930...A year later Steamer Jim Brown is burnt
September
14, 1933...Death of long time Riverman Reno Baum
March
4, 1934... the River is bank full of heavy ice
Fall
1935... JW Remembers his Boat Building Days
Winter
1936/37...Steamer R.J. Heslop burns
Winter
1937/38...JW visits some boats under construction
March
27, 1939...Old buildings at the Ways are being Wrecked
1940s
...
JW's Final River Related Journal
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