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1 JA 4 fA ‘ania 2 What’ s Doing and Who's Doing It~ a NN HHH nH sMeURTTNTEiHNTTTTATMARTTARAS News of Lakes as Season 4 BOAT line to run on the Great Lakes, is being promoted by Twin City capital. The object is to reduce the cost of shipping to Buffalo and other eastern points from Minneapolis and St. Paul. The line will have its western terminus in Gladstone, Mich., where di- rect rail connections will be made with the Twin Cities. The steamers LAKEPorT, LAKELAND and LAKEWwoop, each of 3,000 tons: register, have been purchased by the new line. ek Oe The steamer WESTMOUNT was launched April 7 at the yard of the Collingwood Shipbuilding Co. The new boat, which was built for the Montreal Transporta- tion Co., is 550 feet long, 58 feet beam and 31 feet deep. She will be placed in commission this month. Se ok The steel tug Frances. B. Hackett, operated by the MHackett’ Towing & Wrecking Co., Detroit, and Amherstburg, Ont., has been sold to E. P. Morse Jr., Brooklyn, N.Y. Hackett is 96 feet long, 24 feet beam and 14 feet deep. It is believed that the purchase was made for the federal government. Mr. Morse is said to be seeking other lake vessels. pe x ok American lake builders have 61 steam- ers under contract for next year’s de- livery. All the boats, except one which will be a large oil carrier, are for salt-. water service. The American Shipbuild- ing Co. closed contracts for 34 ships; the Toledo Shipbuilding Co. and the Manito- woc Shipbuilding Co. for five each. a eee The property of the Reid Wrecking Co., except the steamer SPOKANE and the dry dock at Port Huron, has been sold to the Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd. Capt. Thomas Reid will act as manager. regs eee | Navigation opened at the straits April 22 with the passage of the steamers Henry Cort, J. B. Nettson and the tug ALABAMA, While working in the ice in the straits Cort lost all the buckets off her wheel and Nerrson lost two buck- ets. After being towed to and repaired at Sault Ste. Marie Corr left that port on. May 2 to assist. NEILSON in working among the ice fields at Whitefish point. Be PN OR ae : Charles Robb, retired lake shipmaster, died at Lorain, O., April 30, aged 82 © years. Captain Robb began’ his career on the Great Lakes 52 years ago. He was a sailor on the ocean before becoming a lake seaman. x * The Cleveland steamer D. R. Hanna, of the Hutchinson fleet, commanded by Capt. Samuel B. Massey, was the first boat to reach Duluth. She reached that By C. M. Krauss port at 3:50 p. m., May 1, and was fol- lowed five minutes later by the steamer J. G. Butter Jr. also of the Hutchinson fleet. The steamer Harvester, which was the first boat to pass the Soo, was the third to make Duluth. 5 Re The first total loss of the season. was the steamer Cask, which was destroyed by fire at East Sister island May 1. Me et ome The Great Lakes Transit Corporation, Buffalo, has closed the sale. of the steamer GRANVILLE A. RICHARDSON to the Lake Transportation Co., Mentor, O., with offices at Cleveland. Wok The steamer Emory L. Forp, which held a cargo of 460,000 bushels of wheat at Port Huron all winter, left that port on April 1. She arrived at the Dakota elevator in the Blackwell canal, Buffalo, on the afternoon of April 23 and the unloading of her cargo was started im- mediately. orp arrived in good shape, having bucked very little ice. x ok x The Northern Transportation Co., Bal- timore, has purchased the steamer Neosuo which has been idle at Milwau- kee for the last eight years. She was formerly owned by the Gilchrist Trans- portation Co., Cleveland. ok Oe The steamer Harvester, of the Wis- consin Steel Co., opened navigation through the American locks at the Soo. She arrivel at Sault Ste. Marie shortly before noon, April 24. x ok x The Hamilton Transportation Co. sold the lumber barge Stewart to White, Gratwick & Mitchell, North Tonawanda, N. Y., for $20,000. She will tow with the steamer Epwarp SMITH. * * * The Lake Carriers’ Association has adopted a schedule of wages for the opening and until further notice, which calls for an advance of about 20 per cent over the 1916 opening card for all the men employed on the boats except the masters. The wages of the captains will be fixed by the owners and man- -agers of the different fleets as hereto- fore. oko SK The Buffalo Steamship Co.’s 12,000- ton steamer FRANK H: GoopyEAR was launched at the Ecorse yard April 26. GoopyEAR is 600 feet long, 60 feet beam and 32 feet deep. x ok Ok The steamer JoHN A. Donatpson, of the Becker fleet, was the first boat of the Lake Michigan grain fleet to reach 222 Buffalo. She made that port April 26, and was followed by other grain car- riers. x ok * The steamer Martin MULLEN arrived at Cleveland April 27 with the first cargo of ore delivered at a Lake Erie port this season. She was loaded at Escanaba by Corrigan, McKinney & Co. ae ees The American Shipbuilding Co. has purchased five acres adjoining its plant at Lorain and will make extensions. x ok O* Capt. Gerald Stufflebeam, one of the veteran commanders of the Goodrich Transit Co., Chicago, has been promoted to master of the flasship ALABAMA. Capt. Wm. E. Franklin, the former com- mander, has been promoted to assistant superintendent of. the. line. * * * The first oil-burning steamer- ever built at Detroit is nearing completion, She is being built for the naval com- mission of the Argentine republic. * * * The Globe Ship Building Co., Superior, Wis., organized some time ago to under- take a number of contracts for new boats for various interests, expects to be able to begin actual construction work by May 15, so that the first boat will be launched before the close of navigation. A new plant located on the Hughitt ave- nue slip is being built at a cost of $10,000. * * The first ship to open up navigation from Buffalo harbor was SHENANGO, commanded by Capt. Frank Ott and towed by the tug GroretA. She began her initial trip of the season at 10:00 a. m., April 12, through the south gap and was followed by the big freighter WiLtt1AM P. Snyper Jr, of the same line, commanded by Captain Jones, and in tow. of the tug JoHN Trusy, and Cot. J. M. ScHOONMAKER, Captain ‘Slade commanding, and towed by the tug PENNSYLVANIA, * * > The Great Lakes Steamship Co.’s steamer Horace S, WILKINSON. was launched April 21 at the yards of the Toledo Shipbuilding Co. WiLKinson is 600 feet long, 60 feet beam and 32 feet deep and is the largest vessel ever built at the Toledo yard. She will be in charge of Capt. Ralph Lyons. Benjamin Ray will be chief engineer. eet wear The steamer Homer D. WitutaMs, of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co., was launched April 21. at the Lorain yards of the American Ship Building Co. The vessel was christened by Miss Marjorie