OF OLD NEW YORK

generation, the few recalled here will give a good idea
of what steamboating was from the time of the "Isaac
Newton" and the "New World" down to the time of the
"Mary Powell," which formed the connecting link be¬
tween the past and the present generation. Many of
the famous steamboats of that exciting period are still
in existence; some doing service as towboats; some hav¬
ing been dismantled and converted into barges, while
others are rotting away in the marine graveyards.

The old "Oswego" and the "Norwich" still survive,
but they have about reached the limit of their useful¬
ness, and not many days will pass before all traces of
them will have disappeared, and nothing but a memory
of those interesting days will remain.

In sheltered coves along the shore.
The rotting hulks are buried deep.

And many a proud and one-time queen
Is now at rest in her long sleep.

Their wheels no more the waters churn;

The throbbing engine's pulse is still;
The helm no longer guides their course.

In answer to the pilot's will.
 

PASSENGER BARGES ON THE HUDSON

Phila., Dec. 25, 1921.
Mr. Henry Collins Brown,
15 East 40th Street,
New York City.

Dear Sir:

Noting in the Valentine's Manual a reference to

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