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January
24, 1921 to February 3, 1921
Steamer Jim
Brown January 24, 1921 repairs to light Engine - new
Rocker shaft - new governor - Gibb and Key for end of S. Pitman
Steamer J.C.
Risher Docked January 17, 1921 she broke all her Chains in Lock 3
from to heavy Coaling Wm.Shaw Captain she was
almost gone this time we got her in the cradles just in time
she was hoged 1 3 ft. We had a big job this time the men
were on a strike but we made it OK got her in good shape - this
time Doubled braced and chained her - every chain forward bad broke -
the Pilot House was pulled away from the cabin - the C timbers from the
Transomes and she was racked from stem to stern - put her in good shape
- Painted her and she looked fine - finished and out at 9:30 AM February
9, 1921
Steamer
Voyager January 28, 1921 Boilers repaired
Strike on at
the Ways January 15, 1921 the men are asked to accept a reduction
of 17 � % bringing down to 6.60
Steamer
Conqueror February 3, 1921 for repairs to wheel - tillers -
Kevels - Boiler deck - Room doors in deck room - raising aft of Boilers
2" - Ridge pole - E. room stanchion and other repairs finished
February 15, 1921
1 The hog chains and hog chain braces were a
system of bracing that kept the hull aligned or level, ("on an
even keel"), in the water. This hog chain system ran from fore to
aft and from side to side on the boat. These "chains"
were not chains at all, but were long round iron rods, usually from
1" to 2 1/2" in diameter, threaded on the ends
and joined together by large turn-buckles.
These old wooden hulls were
very limber and if the "chains" broke, the head of the boat
would sag down from the weight of the boilers and coal supply. The
stern of the boat would also sag down from the weight of the engines
and paddlewheel.
So if "she was hoged 3
ft", as written above, the bottom of the bow and the bottom of the stern were down
in the water 3 feet more than the hull bottom at the middle of the
boat. This was a very serious "hog",
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