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16 T H E JO U R N A L NEW MEMBE RS 1961-62 sawedtheir boardslust an inch or two Agnor, Mr. Harry .E. narrower than two feet. so that no .one ' 70? Hepburn St:, Williamsport Beck, Mrs. J. August 252 Edgewood Ave., Duboistown could prove that they camefrom king's Bradford. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin trees. Pines that could have made suitable 1852E. Third St., Williamsport Bush.Mr. and Mrs. Alvin C masts for the mightiest British navy ships R. D. 2, Muncy were sawed up into loiscs and rafters and Coney, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel 4i7' Maple Ave., \Villiamsport other small kinds of lumber. Throughout Cook. Miss Vera 723W. Fourth St., Williamsport the New England colonies rhe minor costello. Dr. Francis V. colonial officials sided with the settlers 835 'W. Fourth St., Williamsport Ecker. Dr. and Mrs. Herbert and did everything possible to defeat the 115Roderick Rd., Williamsport law. Fox. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben 54 Upland Rd., Williamsport Gilbert. blIP. and Mrs. Ward There was much more to the struggle 439'Broad St.. Montoursville Gleason. Mrs. James B chan can be related here. But the longer the 1001'First Ave., Williamsport British tried to enforcethe Broad Arrow Goodell. Mrs. Helen HI. 412 'Academy St., Williamsport regulations, the angrier became the colonists. Heim. Mr. and Mrs. Horace S. 723Broad St.. Montoursville They beganto sei;e British mast ships and Herrold, Mr. Dewey S. 213 Market St., Selnsgrove fire on British navy boats. The British Hilsher. Mr. John H.. Sr retaliated by sending armed vessels to re- 1400 Alemorial Ave., Williamsport Johns.Mrs. Earl L capture the stolen boats. Finally Admiral 325 Campbell St., Williamsport Graves sent Captain Mowatt, with f our Kahler. Mr. Clark B 10f N. Market St., Muncy vessels, to Destroy Falmouth. These ships King, Mr. Harry H. 1280 Hepburn St., Williamsport fired bombs, grapeshot, and cannon balls, Kohler. Mrs. Ida destroying four hundred homes and making 652Fifth Ave., Williamsport Maya, Miss Chrissie several thousand colonists homeless. The 121N. Loyalsock Ave., Montoursville Krebs. Mr. and Mrs. Robert aroused citizens fought off the landing 1440Lafayette Parkway, William.spot't parties that Captain Mowatt sent ashore Peterm.an. Mr. Roy C. to completethe job 1197Penn St., Williamsport Ryan,1325 Mr.Woodmont Edward Ave., Williamsport Noc only did the Bmad Arow's oppressive Schleh. Mrs. Helen 125Gump ian Blvd., Williamsport regulations infJaine the American mind, but Schneebeli.Hon. and Mrs. H. T it also played a parr that we have hardly Hollywood Circle,' Williamsport Seltzer. Mrs. R. E appreciatedin deciding the resulting war 85 GrampianBlvd., Williamsport Shafer. Mr. Horace of the Revolution. England had not kept 12g IBennett St., Williamsport up her supply of navy masts. It was only Shelley, Dr. Donald 42g ' Market St., Williamsport a' ci:idle bef Ogle Bunker Hill that England Shipman, Mrs. Spence. D. THE 128 W. Mountain Ave., South Williamsport received the last cargo of masts from New Smith. Miss Teresa 819Louisa St., Williamsport England. For years, British navy masts had Smith. Mrs. William H been deteriorating sadly. During the years 2106 Lycoming Creek Rd., 'Williamsport these masts had dried out and become Stearns. Mr. and Mrs. George 400 'Upland Road, Williamsport Steele. Mrs. Charles G. brittle. Their strength and resilience had 2327Riverside Drive, South Williamsport gone. Thus England entered the war ill Sum.o.Mr. and Mrs. Carl JOU RNAL 530 S. Mountain Ave., South Williamsport prepay:ed, so far as her navy went Struck. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 353 Woodland Ave.., Williamsport In 1778 Admiml Byron's fleet was scat Walters, Mr. George R tired by a storm off the American coast 160f Warren Ave., Williamsport OF THE \Vurster, Mrs. Gordon and masts and bowsprits by the dozen were Proctor Star Route, Williamsport cracked. In the fleet of Lord Howe, that Yearick. Mr. and Mrs. Don 1655 Hlepburn St., Williamsport Evans. Misses Lucille and Winifred year, twelve of his thirteen ships of the 1054 Wayne Ave., Williamsport line wereunfit for duly. Two yearslater Steffan. Mrs. Eva P LYCOMING HISTORICALSOCIETY 2232W. Third St., Williamsport a West Indian hurricane practically dis- Grugan, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew abled a British fleet, shattering masts and Proctor Star Route, Williamsport Mcgovern. Mrs. Peter J spurs.. It required many weeks for the fleet Farr.301 Mrs. Grampian Stella M. Blvd., Williamsport to reach a port where repairs could be 2205 Lycoming Creek Road, Williamsport made. And it was lack of masts that pre- Stahel. Mr. Kurt Proctor Star Route, Williamsport vented Admiral Graves from relieving Briel, Mrs. Phyllis Miller SUMMER 625 Fifth Ave., Williamsport VOLUMEll Cornwallis at Yorktown. In the end, the Hazen, Mr. Emerson ?n .. 652 Cemetery St., Jersey Shore r..y5 Broad Arrow did much to separate America Emery, Mrs. Max L NU'MBER FIVE 1962 and England. 688 Seventh Ave., Williamsport £. the J OU RNAL of the T HE JO U R N A L 3 LYCOMING HISTORICAL SO CIE TY PUBLISHED BIANNUALLY IN \VILLIANISPORT: PENNSYLVANIA THKSUSQUKHANNABOOM DR. JANIES P. BRESSLER, PRESIDENT MR. F]ENRY P. PERCIBALLI, SECT\ETARY DR. LLOYD E. WURSTER, IST. VICE PRESIDED'r N4R. W. CL\,DE HAIER, TREASUREI\ h,'IR. RICHARD L. MIX, 2ND. VICE PRESIOENT By Gibson Antes DR. R. MAX GnGItICn, 3RD. VICE PIRESIDENT Major Perkinscame to Williamsport in ember 5, 1849, when a meeting of the ])IRECTORS 1961-62 DIRECTORS 1960-1963 rhe year 1845 from somewhere in New Eng- stockholders was called, and John Leighton \4RS. ROBERT COCHRANE Nln. WILLIAbl R. Sixes land. John Leighton of Maine accompanied was made Chairman and Elias Lowe was blISS NIAI{GAnET B. COIXYEI.L bliss Sux Bisnop Perkins from Philadelphia with the object appointed Secretary. The next day arrange- NIR. JOIIN ANDREWS in view of engaging in the Lumber business, ments were made to build 12 piers, 5 to Iter. SAN[UEL J. DO]\NS]FE TRUSTEES and if circumstances f avored, to establish a be built in the Spring and che remainder MR. WIIJLIANI SINGS l\IR. Wn.LiANgR. Sills Boom. At the place called ''Long Reach in the Fall. Under a contractentered into MRS. G.ORDON WUnSTER N4R. KENNETH D. RHONE all the requisitesfor a Boomexisted. On on December 8Eh, more piers were to be bIllS. JAb£ESB. HUI-FR[AN the south side, mountains insurmountable built that would make the structurecom- to the overflowingof logsexisted, and the plete for all the logs that would come EX OFFICIO bermin the river at this point and for down the river the following Spring W. CLYDE HAIER miles above, naturally draws logs to the In 1866 the Linden Boom was built by south side of the rivet:, and the river being connecting the two islands and in 1873 EDITORS practicallylevel at this point and for miles was rebuilt by putting in 41 more piers DR. LEWIS E. T].]E]SS NIR. I\£lICnAEL M. 'WARGO above, prevents the possibility of su,ift The first mishap was the flood of 1860, hIl\. L. RODN{AN 'tVUItSTEI\ NhSS NIILDI ED KEWL\ currents during the low water stages. With- when the Boom was broken and fif ty out suchan arrangementto securethe logs million feet of lumber were carried down until they could be manuf actured, it would Extra Copies of The Journal Fifty Cents Each be uselessto build mills. Before the build- the river. The Boom was six miles long and would hold 300,000,000 feet of lumber. ing of the Boom wham few logs were floated down had to be watched, and even The annual average expenseto keep the chen many escaped. Men in small boats Boom in repair was $40-,000 securedthe logs and madethem into small The Company received $1.00 per 1000 rafts. To prevent loss at night large fires feet of Jogswafted out, and curried over to CONTENTS were built on the shore and on float boats the owners. The logs were designated by anchored in the ' middle of the stream and marks placed on the ends before they leff men stationed at several points to catch the woods. These marks were registered che logs. This was hard and dangerous lnd were on file. The SusquehannaBoom Gibson Antes } work. That was the method of floating When the great flood of June 1sr, 1889 4 logs dowd the river until Major Perkins Civil War Letters John J. Shaffer completed tu'o temporary Booms in March came, the boom was filled to capacity and of 1849,one at GooseIsland and the every log was lost and many went into Chesapeake Bay and some out into the Conrad Weiser's Trip Up Th: Loyalsock -- Clark Kahler 5 other nearly opposite where the permanent Boom was finally located. The flood of Atlantic Ocean. About one half of the logs were recovered. Where enough could be History of Ostonwakin Farm ( Part VI and VII) Mabel E. Eck 6 1849 gave the temporary booms enough of a test, thad it convinced skeptical lumber- recovered at one place, mills were built men that a boomcould be built to be and they were manufactured on the spot 8 The Old Franklin Building SchoolBell -Arthur Pepperman profitable. The work of getting the logs into the The Susquehanna Boom Company was Boom and rafting them out, took about The Vanquished The One Room School Clarence Mcconnell 9 incorporated by Act of March 26, 1849 eight months and approximately150 men The original issue of stock was for 10-0 and boys were employed.Pay for the men averaged about $1.50 per day. Aimed at America, The British Broad Arrow Wounded England shares with a par value of $100.00 each Dr. Lewis E. Theiss 14 John Leighton had one share, John Dubois The total number of logs handled through 25, Matthias Dubois 25, JamesH.

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