Connection between the sailing bugeye Edna E. Lockwood & the Norfolk & Western Railway?

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JULIUS CAHN'S
OFFICIAL
Theatrical Guide
CONTAINING
Information of the Leading Theatres and
Attractions in America.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1895, by Julius Cahn. in
the office of the Librarian
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RAILROAD OFFICIALS WHO TRANSACT THEATRICAL BUSINESS
-Continued.



NORFOLK & WESTERN R. R.
W. B. Bevlll, Gen. Passenger Agent, Roan- oke, Va.
Allen Hull, Division Passenger Agent, Columbus, O.
L. J. Ellis, Eastern Passenger Agent, 317a Broadway, N. Y.
J. E. Prlndle, N. Y. Passenger Agent, 317a Broadway, N. Y.
C. P. Galther, New England Passenger Agent, 296 Washington St., Boston,
Mass.
E. J. Lockwood, Passenger Agent, Washington, D. C.
C. M. Futterer, Passenger Agent, Hagers- town, Md.
R. W. Courtney, District Passenger Agent, Richmond, Va.
C. H. Bosley, City Passenger and Ticket Agent. 272 Main St., Norfolk, Va.
S. B. Younger, Gen. Agent, 806 Main St.,
Lynchburg, Va. E. L. Hanes, City Ticket and Passenger
Agent, 806 Main St., Lynchburg. Va. Warren L. Rohr, Chattanooga, Tenn.
E. J. Jones, Traveling Passenger Agent, 83 North High St., Columbus, O.

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Matt Redman <chesapeakesoaps at gmail.com>wrote:


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>    On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 5:02 PM, NW Mailing List <

> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> > It does seem farfetched.

> >

> > Applying Occam's Razor (explanations should not be multiplied upon) here

> > would be prudent.  You have made many assumptions to come to the possible

> > conclusion that the N&W put money into this ship.

> >

> > First of all, if the ship did not carry any coal, why would the N&W wish

> to

> > fund such a vessel?  The N&W never operated any sort of coastal shipping

> > company nor seemed to have any financial interest in a shipping line in

> > those days.  And if the N&W wanted to aid the shipment of coal by coastal

> > shipping companies, wouldn't they have invested in the shipping company

> > rather than a single ship?

> >

> > The N&W was busy establishing bituminous coal as a product right then and

> > had little money to spare on something not directly related to the

> shipment

> > and selling of bituminous coal into the energy marketplace via their

> > railroad.  They were working on the Ohio Extension then, the cost of

> which

> > put the company into bankruptcy in the Crash of 1893.

> >

> > As to a record, only an annual report for that time period would still

> exist

> > to show a 'line item' such as spending money on a ship.  I don't recall

> ever

> > seeing such an entry in the early annual reports.

> >

> > Gary Rolih

> > Secretary N&WHS

> >

> >

> > -----Original Message-----

> > From: nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org

> > [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org] On Behalf Of NW Mailing List

> > Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 9:32 PM

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> > Subject: Connection between the sailing bugeye Edna E. Lockwood & the

> > Norfolk & Western Railway?

> >

> > Hi everyone,

> >

> > This may seem farfetched and roundabout as a query.  There is a very

> > special boat docked at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum at St.

> > Michaels, Maryland.  She is called the Edna E. Lockwood; she was

> > started at around the end of January in 1889 and was completed in

> > October of that same year.  She is of the type called "bugeye"--built

> > to oyster, haul produce & lumber, etc.  No one so far has been able to

> > solve the mystery of the identity of the boat's namesake.  The Edna E.

> > Lockwood has been restored as a National Historic Landmark and still

> > sails occasionally.

> >

> > The passenger agent for the Norfolk and Western Railway in Washington

> > D. C., with an office in the Bond Building, was a Richmond-born

> > gentleman named Edward J. Lockwood.  His wife was Leila I. Crutchley,

> > daughter of George Crutchley of Harper's Ferry, who is listed in the

> > 1870 US Census in the 7th Ward of Washington DC as the driver of the

> > city railroad.  Edward & Leila's daughter, Edna Elizabeth Lockwood,

> > was born on 31 January 1889, in Washington D. C.  Karl Blankenship

> > wrote in a March 2002 Chesapeake Bay Journal article that from "the

> > cutting of the trees to the final bit of paint, the building of the

> > Edna E. Lockwood took about 9 months.  When it was launched in October

> > 1889, half of Tilghman Island showed up to cheer." Counting back nine

> > months from October makes Edna Elizabeth, born at January's end, a

> > prime candidate for the bugeye's namesake.

> >

> > My great great grandfather was named John Stuart Redman and he was one

> > of nineteen children.  One of his brothers was named Nicholas Theodore

> > Redman, who brought produce from St. Michaels MD on the Eastern Shore

> > to Washington D. C.—he married Corrine Holloway (known as “Coe”).

> > Nick and Coe were the parents of James E. Redman of Washington D. C.,

> > a merchant and War Dept. clerk who was married to Edna Elizabeth

> > Lockwood in March of 1909 (source:  10 March 1909 Washington Herald

> > newspaper, p. 5).  I know from the Social Security Death Index that

> > Edna (Lockwood) Redman died in Washington DC in July of 1974.   She

> > had a brother named Walter Lockwood.

> >

> > The conventional wisdom has it that the bugeye Edna E. Lockwood was

> > built primarily for oystering and secondarily for lumber and produce.

> > I'm wondering if she wasn't built to do it all right from the start

> > with the backing of market and railroad men.  Is it possible that the

> > Norfolk & Western Railway played a role in the financing of the

> > construction of the Edna E. Lockwood?   Could one find out from the

> > records?  Do the 1889 expenditure records exist?  Or would this likely

> > be a silent enterprise?  Any observations concerning these questions

> > are welcomed.  Thanking in advance.

> >

> > Matt Redman

> >

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