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STEAMBOAT BUILDING N PITTsBURGH-lt
would seem by statement in the Spirit OF the Age
that our neighbors of the Sooty City have been
doing rather an extensive business in seamboat
building for short time past. During the year
1918 they have built thirty-slx steamers, OF an ave-
rage burthcn of about330 TONS and an aggregate OF
II ,G73 tons. The average cest OF these vessels is
S2I ,8888G &8 total cost, S78S,000 Three of these
boats are constructed OF iron Of them being the
sloop-o-var Michigan, recently launced Erie, Pa
In addition to these, there nine more now IN
course of construction one Of which is 2i0 feet in
length another is an iron steamer for the Govern
ment, constructed by AIr. Joseph Tomlinson, which
will cost about $4,000. Who will say Pittsburgh
is not going ahead


u From Michigan we learn, through private
letter that on the morning of the 25th Of Decem-
Der Christmas the two youngest sons OF Genera!
j. W. Brown, ard nephews Of the late Major
General Jacob Brown, ~. States Arnly) were
drowned in the River Raisin, at Hccumseh, Mich
igan. They left the house Of their father un-
known to the family y IN company with some OF
their juvenile compenions,and all went on the ice
some 40 rods from the house, when the eldest, Pat
tcrson, lad in his 18th year told his companions
to remain and he would find good place to
skate. He ran out on his skates, some 30 rods,
when the ice gave way and let him in. His little
brother, Mason Kirby, in his lth year, ran to his
assistance, contrary TO the urgent request OF his
companions. Bat he rushed to the rescue Of his
brother and with him found a watery grave. The
alarm was Immediately given, and their father
and two elder brothers arrived within four or five
minutes after they had sunk in ten feet water
The eldest brother divcd Immediately for them,
and brought up the body of Patterson. The body
OF the other son was also recovered, but in both
cases not before life was cXtinguished.


National Intclllrencer