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VOL. XXXIV. CLEVELAND, OCTOBER 11, 1906. No. 15 STEAMER W. G. POLLOCK. There are many lake . freighters which are sumptuously fitted out, and among them is the steamer William G. Pollock, the flagship of William H. Becker's fleet. There is absolutely nothing lacking in her equipment and her furnishings. The Pollock made the boat's name, William G. Pollock. The floors in the pantry; galley, mess, mates', wheelsmen's and watchmen's rooms are of asbestos, while there is rubber tiling in the passengers' baths and asbestos in the captain's and chief engineéer's. The Pollock is a yacht, not only in her first trip to Ashtabula last weex, unloading at the Union dock. The captain's and passengers' quarters, in- cluding the dining room, are all fin- ished in veneered oak panels, with the ceiling made in pulpwood panels. Hand painted flowers adorn the ceil- ings. The silver set is engraved with the captain what speed she is making. The log is carried over the starboard side, forward, to have it handy. It is 65 ft: from the water to the top 'of | the pilothouse, when she is light. Capt. - Hubert. G. Haybarger, who sails the Pollock, is a navigator with unlimited: papers for either fresh or STEAMER W. G. POLLOCK, her appearance, but also in her speed. She runs along light at fifteen miles an hour and can knock off twelve miles when loaded. She has never been crowded, but it is believed she could do better than this if she were. When she is underway, there is an indicator on the bridge which tells th ie salt water. His mate, A. W. Hayden, of Harrisville, Mich., is also a naviga- tor, having secured his education with Lieut. Wilson, at the Chicago Nauti- cal School. Ed. Reynolds, of Port Huron, Mich. is second mate. Capt. Haybarger, therefore, runs his boat i same way. that. the largest