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The Kansas City Socony Was A Boat Of 'Firsts'
| 题名： | The Kansas City Socony Was A Boat Of 'Firsts' |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | CAPT. DAVID SMITH |
| 摘要： | Capt. Phil C. Elsey was one of the founders of the Sons & Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen. A group of river personages gathered at the Hotel Lafayette in Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1939 to form that institution that even today, along with the S&D Reflector, their signature quarterly, is "Lighting Up the Past, Present, and Future of the Mississippi River System." Capt. Elsey was the dinner host for the event and was named the first vice president of the fledgling organization. Capt. Elsey, from Pittsburgh, was a son of Capt. Warren Elsey, the river superintendent of the Jones & Laugh-lin Steel Corporation. Capt. Phil rose through the ranks of J&L himself, be- coining a pilot and master with the Vesta Coal Company, the river transportation division of the steel conglomerate. He later took his father's place as superintendent before forming his own firm in 1929 called Elsey River Transportation Company, which operated two steam sternwheel towboats. The ensuing Great Depression caused the company to fail soon after, and from 1930 to 1934 Capt. Elsey stood pilot watches on the towboat Leona and the excursion steamer Washington (WJ July 25, 2022). He then joined the Raymond City Coal & Transportation Company as transportation manager. |
| 出版年： | 2023 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 137 |
| 期： | 25 |
| 页码： | 58,57 |
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