This
page gives information on the Walton Boat Yard located in West
Elizabeth.
1883 Tom
McClese was Store Manager Jas. Walton & Co. in 1885 and 1886
- A Typhus Fever epidemic in West Elizabeth wiped out 8 or
10 men out of the Walton barge yard gang.
The July flood
1888 was all over West Elizabeth. I rowed a skiff up the street and then
up the RR tracks and landed in front of Walton Co. store
You will find
this on the top of page
46 The Marine saw
mill partly burnt Nov 22, 1902 put out after a hard
fight Loss about $6000
Marine Ways saw
mill burnt in March Jno. Wiegel was
Supt. this was on a Sunday I have the date but
cannot find it.
Some
of the men at Walton yard, Barge and Siding 1883
Robert
Cambell contractor
siding yard
James
Cambell
contractor Barge yard
Wm.
Cambell done the scarfing
Geo.
Kalon worked out streamer and head legs
Gib
Wright, Ed Wright, Joe Wright and myself done the barge finishing
Wylie
Grahm one of the plankers
Wm.
McKee - Andy McKee - done the caulking other
caulkers later were Tom McKee - Reno Baum - Agie Snyder - Geo. Wiegel -
Mike Wiegel
Jim
McClure and J. set check posts
Jas.
Fortner hewed the gunnel strokes
Jim
Snowden and Tabe Oliver built Pump boxes
Ans.
Newton was Sawyer - Jim Lynch hauled logs
Geo.
Mickey drove the team of Grays |
