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82 siding with Chicago’s opposition all through the fight, on Feb. 4 adopted a resolution requesting Secretary Weeks to permit the present diversion. Senator McKellar, of Tennessee, has voiced a new note in declaring that Secretary Weeks would usurp the power of con- gress, the Illinois legislature and the Chicago city council by insisting upon water metering and sewage disposal. The opposition of Canada and Great Lakes ports continues unrelenting. With navigation about to open, they are re- minded that every inch lake levels are decreased the average bulk freighter loads 100 tons less:of iron ore and coal. In the meantime the diversion of 10,000 feet at Chicago continues, with the-next move MARINE REVIEW For Heroism and Valor HIS is an unusual and strange : document \for a son to find among his father’s papers, after a lapse of half a century—53 years to be exact, yet it happened to Harry C. McNaugh- ton, of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., recently, when he found the testimonial in an ancient desk that had belonged to his father, the late Capt. W. W. McNaugh- ton, in his home in Sault Ste. Marie. The testimonial is undoubtedly of ma- rine historical value, as it identifies the captains and steamers that arrived from I.ake Superior safely, in the great storm of Nov. 20 and 21, 1872. It was the intention of the captains who presented March, 1925 laid up in Sault Ste. Marie, the captains and crews going overland to their home ports. Capt. Roy McNaughton, one of Cap- tain McNaughton’s grandsons has sailed on the Great Lakes for a number of years as captain of the Cleveland-Cliffs steamer NEGAUNEE. It is interesting to note that George P. McKay, afterward head of the Lake Carriers’ association, and Captain Alexander McDougall, af- terward inventor of the whaleback type of ship, are both among the signers of this document. Captain McNaughton, who lived to be 83 years old is buried at Sault ~Ste’ Marie -and as far as 1s known not one of the captains who signed the testimonial which is given below is THE: SPILLWAY IN THE SANITARY DISTRICT CANAL, WHERE THE AMOUNT OF WATER TAKEN FROM LAKE MICHI- GAN IS CONTROLLED up to Secretary Weeks in the shape of action on the request of Chicago that he issue a permit for 10,000 feet. Error Is Corrected In the February issue of MARINE REVIEW on page 44 some particulars of equipment were given concerning ‘tthe mo- torship Henry Forp II and the Benson Forp, which are incorrect. It was stated that the electric motors for driving all auxiliaries were of General Electric make. This is in error as the motors for the deck auxiliaries were furnished by Electro Dynamic Co., Bayonne, N. J, and have Cutler-Hammer control equipment. Motors were also furnished by this same company for driving other auxiliaries such as the anchor wind- lass and the hatch doors on one of the vessels. the testimonial to Captain McNaughton, to present him with a gold watch for going out in the tug CusHING and rescu- ing the crews of the schooners EXILE and GotpeN Rute wrecked on the shores of Lake Superior at Maimainse and Whitefish bay. But there were no gold watches in the settlement of Sault Ste. Marie at that time, so they presented him with the testimonial and the money te purchase a watch. Captain McNaughton and his crew of three men whose names unfortunately are not now known made a particularly hazardous trip to the schooner Exize, and rescued the crew, who were lashed in the rigging. Other boats arriving in the Soo were themselves too crippled to go to the aid of the Exme. Captain McNaughton ‘was highly commended for this act by the captains of the various steamers, in the Cleveland press of the time. Their boats were frozen -in and still living. But the testimonial re- mains, mute evidence of a brave act of many years ago. To Cart. W. W. McNavauton For HEROISM AND VALOUR: We, the undersigned officers of steamers and sailing vessels, do hereby tender to you in appreciation of your services the several sums set opposite our names and hope it will be as freely accepted as_ tendered: Geos Be Me Way erie niciacc arate cusere ante $10.00 [ OReee a) Fae) OF nial Weta imine rirunn en nine yn tam 7 $10.00 Moo Niland: SARTZONA.& ss ccusaukais tee teo nae $10.00 Jas. Lawless, Schooner EScANABA .....+¢> $10.00 C. Peterson, Schooner Exinp ............. $10.00 J. A. Holmes, Schooner GoupEN RuLE....$10.00 Capt. Davis, Schooner MIpELSEX .......3.- $ 5.00 A. Stowell, Bark CAMBRIDGE ............ $10.00 Alex. McDougall, Proprietor, JAPAN...... $10.00 Edward Kelley, Steamer Sr. Louis ...... $10.00: Geo. Stone, Steamer J. S. Fay .....-00- $10.00 On the reverse side of the testimonial in pencil is the date Nov. 23, 1872. This may be the date the testimonial was presented to Captain McNaughton, as it was three days after the storm. This interesting document is now made public for the first time. ,