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Wednesday June 10,1987
Vol. 97, No.146 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SUMMER WEEKLY EDITION
Published by the students of the University of Kansas since 1889
Old smokey will be a missed KU landmark
Staff writer
For more than a half-century the tall, slim sexagenarian has worked for the University of Kansas department of facilities and operations
But University officials didn't need him anymore, so they hired a team of hit men to rub him out.
His job was to remove waste from the number 7 and 8 boilers at the KU power plant. He also helped many out-of-towers find the University. He did these chores unfailingly, seven days a week.
The work of this gang of tanned assassins can be seen or heard from almost anywhere on campus.Chunk of concrete smokestack is dying a slow death.
He had one vice, however: he smoked quite a bit. . . like a chimney, in fact.
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Perkins said that the two boilers receiving new smokestacks should be operable by Oct.15,depending on the weather.
Until then, the two boilers now on line should have no problems handling the work load this summer and fall, he said.
"One of the boilers can handle most of the summer heat. In winter, however, we'll have both of them up to full operational capabilities, and sometimes a third," he said.
Workers are proceeding by digging out 4-foot-square sections of the smokestack, cutting reinforcing steel bars imbedded in the concrete, then letting the sections fall into the smokestack, Perkins said. The rubble is being dumped at the KU landfill west of Iowa Street.
As of yesterday, about 40 feet of the smokestack had been torn down, Perkins said, but as the stack gets larger, even more fire will come.
New vice chancellor selected
By CARLA PATINO Staff writer
For the first time, a woman will be the executive vice chancellor for the University of Kansas Lawrence campus.
Judith A. Ramaley, acting executive vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York at Albany, was selected for the candidates, said Del Shankel, chairwoman of vice chancellor search committee.
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Riverboat captures past
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Riding on the white triple-deck Missouri River Queen, with its giant red paddle wheel churning away, was like taking a journey through the past.
Bv Tim Hamilton
Cruising on the Missouri River as it winds its way through Kansas City, one almost could picture Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn with their raft on the river's bank.
The company offers different kinds of cruises including a two-and-a-half-hour dinner and entertainment cruise, complete with a rock band; a two-hour moonlight cruise on weekends; and a two-hour brunch cruise on Sundays.
Some hints of the 20th century may be seen in the infrequent bridges, the half-submerged barges near the bank and the silhouette of the buildings in downtown Kansas City, Mo. Other hints are the River Queen's plush accommodations, three wet bars and two 400-horsepower motors that power the boat along a seven-mile stretch of river.
The Kansas City Riverboat Company owns the River Queen. Since 1964, the company has transported its customers back through time to the days of the wild west, steam locomotives and the steam-powered riverboat.
The company also offers a $5.75 one-hour educational daytime cruise that promotes the vital role of the river in the history of the city and region.
The educational value of the Missouri River has been overlooked, said Richard Lynn, a 24-year captain of the River Queen. "We're very positive about imparting the information to the students because they are the ones who will be taking care of the river in the future."
"The whole purpose is to get people down to the river," said Joe Stanley, sales representative for Kansas City Riverboat.
He said the River Queen could carry more than 600 people. Between 10,000 and 40,000 students enjoy the day cruises every spring.
The two most significant in the history of the city are the sites of the original Chouteau fur trading post and the Old Westport Landing.
The River Queen passes many historically significant spots along its route.
Francois and Bernice Chouteau founded the original fur trading post in 1821 when they came to the area from St. Louis. The original settlement was not far from where the Chouteau bridge now stands.
Lynn said the day cruises, designed for students and children, were sanctioned by the School Board as educational field trips.
Lynn, who said he was a student of the river's history, said the Chouteau settlement was the origin of the Santa Fe, Oregon and California trails.
He also said the Chouteau's original settlement was flooded twice, so they relocated the post down the river.
"It wasn't until later that a fellow named McCoy came into the K.C. area and said to the Chouteau, 'Hey, I’d kind of like to make a little township here,'" Lynn said.
The rest is Kansas City history.
Although the daytime cruise emphasizes the historical value of the river, many passengers on the River Queen are just "free-bootin", as Huckleberry Finn would say.
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Darlene Chausein Hallgren, Minneapolis resident who was in Kansas City to visit relatives, said she came to ride the river because she had grown up near it.
See RIVER, p. 27
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