I received the following e-mail, referring to the Rochester area. Does anyone have any thing to add? Let me know and I'll pass the information on. - David Minor ...my husband lived aboard a Hedger Cement Barge during the depression because his father was the capt and families were permitted to live aboard. He has much information about that life and about the school on Pearl St that was there strictly for children of the canal and barge families. Do you know anything about this? Do you anyone who would be interested in the information? I cannot find any written history about this unique situation and would like it recorded before it is too late, there are few of these people about any longer. David Minor Eagles Byte Historical Research Pittsford, New York 716 264-0423 [log in to unmask] To be put on the mailing list for the weekly TimeMaster radio scripts, as well as news of updates to my homepage, e-mail me at the address above. http://home.eznet.net/~dminor includes NYNY, a series of timelines covering New York City and State, from approximately 1,100,000,000 BC to 1990 AD. "I would undertake to supply your demands if your generosity is equal to them." -John Bartram, U. S. naturalist