I am not sure how to post this back to the entire list so I will just hit reply all and see. My gfather was a barge captain for the marine div. of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. It's main terminal was on the Hudson at Hoboken where boxcars were loaded onto the barges to make the trip across to Manhattan. The barges would hold 7 to 10 cars at one time and these cars were loaded with textiles or just about anything since there was no other way to get goods into New York. My mother was born aboard his tug while moored at the foot of Dupont St. Greenpoint Brooklyn. Later, he retired from the Southern Pacific Steamship Lines in New River Manhattan. His death certificate said he was a ship's captain but I have not been able to substantiate that. Since the SPSL had various fleet vechiles such as ferries, tugs, etc. I believe he was retired as captain of such. Renee (Skehan) Bien ----- Original Message ----- From: <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 6:00 AM Subject: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-D Digest V02 #260