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The green light must keep clear of you, ALL SHIPS MUST KEEP A GOOD LOOK- OUT, AND STEAMSHIPS MUST STOP AND GO ASTERN, IF NECESSARY, Both in- safety and in doubt Always keep a good lookout; Should there not be room to turn, Stop your ship and go astern. GREETING THE NEW STEAMER THOS. F. COLE. The steamer Thomas F. Cole, the latest addition to the fleet of the Pittsburg "TRAE Marine. REVIEW luth at 8:30 on: Decoration, day morning for Two. Harbors, where the Cole had put in to await the arrival of the visitors. It was a holiday for boat and people alike. "The boat which had been open to the inspection of the people at Two Harbors all morning remained -at anchor until 10:45, when, accompanied by the best efforts of all the whistles in Two Harbors, the band of 18 pieces on deck and even the old harbor bell, moved away from. the dock with a cargo of 43 those who enjoyed the trip and those who climbed aboard and were given free run during the hours when the boat was tied up at the dock, both at Two Harbors and Duluth, could not but feel that the Pittsburg Steamship Co., as representing. the Steel Corporation, counts the pub- lic a shareholder in its confidence and enterprise. As the boat approached Duluth before the shrieking whistles which afterward welcomed her arrival could drown all Steamship Co., left the Great Lakes En- gineering works at Detroit, on Sunday morning, May 26, and arrived at Two Harbors during the night of May 29, on her maiden voyage. This inaugural trip begun with a large party headed by President Harry Coulby on board as far up as Port Huron, became in the closing run from Two Harbors to Duluth, an occasion unique in its public character and delightful in its sociability and pleas- antness. A special train carrying nearly 300 guests invited by President Coulby for the Pittsburg Steamship Co., left Du- THE NEW STEAMER THOMAS F. COLE,' ptople, officers and crew about as satis- fied with the United States Steel Corpo- ration, "Tom" Cole, the boat, Captain "Jim" Morgan, themselves and even the weather as most anyone could be. The trip was made at a very leisurely gait. Every atrangement possible was afforded 'the guests for inspecting the ship and enjoying all its comfortable pro- visions. Lunch was served in the private dining room forward and under an im- mense awning stretched across the deck and from pilot house to engine room it was the people's boat for the day. In fact, so liberal was the cordiality that all , "manner of speech, City Attorney Fesler, acting for Mayor Cullum, gave welcome to Capt. Morgan and: his craft in words that bespoke acknowledgement of Du- luth's indebtedness to the man in whose honor the boat was named and to the company in whose fleet it sailed for their large share in the upbuilding of the city. Capt. Morgan replied in a manner as happily chosen as it was full of good feeling, thanking the city attor- ney, the guests and everyone for their generous assistance in bringing the boat into the harbor without which timely aid the feat would scarce have been possi- ¢