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162 and badly equipped Chicago plant while Perth Amboy [[/underline]] plant best equipped [[underline]] lies partly [[/underline]] idle. Remedy lower price of #420. Complained to [[underline]] Shrimpe and Low about unnecessary dust in molding mixture department otherwise everything runs well, [[/underline]] and continues mixing system for molding mixtures works well for regular production. Took in 20 gals. [[strikethrough]] (2 cans) [[/strikethrough]] (2 drums) of industrial alcohol for stove of ION. [[underline]] Oct. 16 [[/underline]] at anchor near [[underline]] Kingston [[/underline]] ^[[log]] lock ^[[lock]] in Raritan Canal. [[underline]] Oct. 17. [[/underline]] Arrived before [[underline]] Riverton Yacht Club [[/underline]] on [[end page]] [[begin page]] 163 Delaware River a few miles before reaching [[underline]] Philadelphia [[/underline]]. Bitterly Cold weather. 50°F. Oct. 18. Locked thru [[underline]] Chesapeake Canal, [[/underline]] and anchored in [[underline]] Bohemia River [[/underline]]. Oct 19. Reached Annapolis [[underline]] Cold [[/underline]] Northerly. Anchored there. [[underline]] Slight frost [[/underline]] to night. Coldest weather I have ever seen at this period in Chesapeake Bay. [[underline]] Storm signals out [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] Oct 20 [[/strikethrough]] N.W. gale. Oct 20. Bright & sunny but cold. Strong Westerly. Anchored [[underline]] Solomon's Island [[/underline]] Quiet night but [[underline]] cold. [[/underline]] Oct.21. Left 6:30 [[strikethrough]] ba [[/strikethrough]] snappy but [[underline]] cold. [[/underline]] Westerly winds. Pretty [[underline]] rough across Potomac. [[/underline]] Engine ran well. Anchored [[underline]] Back Creek just before Norfolk. [[/underline]]