do you have any suggestion to make. I said my Mother lives on the Island. She has a small bungalow. He said that would be dandy so we took him on board at Queen’s wharf at noon time and landed him bag and baggage at the bungalow to board. Now, he said there’s something else I have on my mind. I need a man that can use a broad axe, keep records and somebody to take me to go for spikes and materials when needed ..... We had him to board. I said l can use the broad axe and keep the time books ....... Of course, he said Peter you have the boat so you can deliver the goods and take me to Georgetown when I want to go ...... We built a tool shed with the boss and put the hardware under lock and key. I went over the wharf plans with him and made a list of materials. The creosote lumber landed in Georgetown by rail and was rafted to Boughton Island. Pete did the towing with myself and the Dandy, of course. The Island people were to get any other lumber and the ballast rock which called for 650 yards of ballast so people got rocks and the men with boats hauled it. This was part of my job. | divided the lumber up evenly with Lem Allen, Joe Gotell, and Fred Allen. The rock, I divided between Alva Allen, Pete Clarey and Dan King. The price of ballast was $1.00 per yard, and rock on Boughton Island shore was as plentiful as sand. The men received $217.00 each for the rock, a lot of money in 1937. When the men were through hauling rock they received their share of work on the construction site.

The main block, 32 feet square, was started at low tide, two courses at 8 ft centers, lapped each way at corners and sections when two courses went around. The ballast floor was built in between the 8 ft spans with 5 inch spruce timber around. Then this was anchored out just so it would float, anchored at four corners to keep it square. This process was used until the required number of tiers were built up.

Each evening or tide it was being moved out until the last round was installed. The gangway was started at high water mark. 18 feet wide with crib work carried the distance to the channel. Then the main block was towed out, anchored, and fastened with slip joints so that when the ballast was filled ,it would keep going down in proper perspective until the rock was level with the span-quite a job but we, or I, did have a great experience. We started the project in August and finished it in December.

We also found out the Dandy loved his liquor and everywhere you

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