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wakay cues? ¥ ry tse * So EERE Lake Freighter Harry Coulby at Lorain, O., loaded with 14,650 tons of Coal for Maiden Voyage, Sept. 10, 1927. S. S. Harry Coulby Is Largest American Lake Cargo Carrier ICKANDS, MATHER & CO., Cleveland, operates the _ sec- ond largest fleet on the Great Lakes, a fleet exceeded in size only by that of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co., the Great Lakes trans- portation subsidiary of the United States Steel Corp. At the present time the fleet, operated by Pickands, Mather & Co. and owned by the In- terlake Steamship Co., consists of 44 vessels of a total carrying capacity on a draft of 19 feet of 360,000 tons (2240 pounds. to the ton). Eight of these vessels are of large capacity, 600 feet and over in length, and of recent construction. The latest addition to this fleet is the S. S. HARRY COULBY, the largest and most elaborately equipped Ameri- LIVING ROOM OF GUEST QUARTERS ON THE S. S. HARRY COULBY 12 MARINE REVIEW—October, 1927 can freighter ever built for service on the Great Lakes. This remarkable vessel which cost in the neighborhood of $1,000,000 is named in honor of the president of the Interlake com- pany, Harry Coulby. She may be said to mark the culmination of Mr. Coulby’s career as the outstanding operator of vessels on the Great Lakes. The story of his life, his rise from obscurity and poverty to wealth and power in the industrial life of the nation, is indicative of the native ability and character of the man and of the unlimited latent resources of the country. An Interesting Career Before going into the description of this new vessel it will be worth while to sketch briefly the interesting career of Harry Coulby. He was born on a farm near Nottingham, England, Jan. 1, 1865. When he was eighteen years old he decided to go to: America. He landed in New York, March, 1883, with a very definite object in view. That object was to see the Great Lakes of America and to ship on them as a sailor. Not. having any money left, he walked all the way from New York to Cleveland, taking six weeks to do it, working to: pay expenses as he went along. He arrived in Cleveland too late to get a job on any of the vessels. As a boy in England he had studied shorthand by himself, and as there was no chance: