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About November 1st a barge crew began to row regularly on the river. This crew was generally made up as follows: Perkins stroke,, Rantoul 7, Powers 6, Cummings 5, Watriss 4, Jones 3, Porter 2, Earle or Slade bow. This crew of course had many faults but occasionally they did pretty fair work. Their chief faults as a crew were a general failure to control the slides, and to sit up at the finish. These faults together with a general jerkiness were common to all the men, who of course had individual faults of their own. C. F. Adams...
...Stroke, W. H. Cabot...
...Stroke, R. Soutler...
...Stroke, A. A. Beebe...
...tank. Flooring has been placed next to the boat, and the width of the channels at the ends of the tank has been made equal to the width at the sides. Thus quicker water will be produced, and the men in the boat may have a quicker stroke...