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Up and Down the Great Lakes Change to Self-Unloader — Lake Levels — Shipmasters Convene ae | Wins Decision—Re-elect Officers—New Bulk Freighter—Ferry in Ice the Chicago sanitary district have prepared briefs and reports for the hearing on March 25 in Chi- cago before Charles Evans Hughes, special master in chancery, appointed by the United States Supreme Court, so that details may be worked out on water diversion from Lake Michigan, pending the final court decision. At the March 25 hearing, representatives of the complainant Great Lakes states in the water diversion case will be in attendance to present arguments and briefs. An important question to be decided at the hearing will be the period which the Chicago sanitary district shall be granted: for construction of sewage disposal plants as a substitute for diversion from Lake Michigan for sewage purposes. The Chicago sanitary district has three new sewage plants under way. Philip Harrington, assistant chief en- gineer for the district, states that these plants cannot possibly treat Chicago sewage 100 per cent, however, and that the best that can be hoped for is approximately 90 per cent sew- age treatment. The _ possibility of breakdown also must be considered, he said, which might result in only 40 to 50 per cent treatment. F, tke chicas and attorneys for Engineers have been selected by the Chicago sanitary district to survey the needs for sewage treatment in order to show what construction still is nec- essary to comply with federal govern- ment requirements. These engineers are working with Edward J. Kelly, chief engineer of the district. The en- gineers have been preparing reports for the Chicago sanitary district trus- tees on the necessary construction work and these findings are to be used in the hearing. Change to Self-Unloader The barge Mama of the Pringle Barge Line Co., is to be converted into a self-unloader by the Interlake En- gineering Co., according to announce- ment made Feb. 11. The Mata, which is to be towed from Buffalo to Cleveland as soon as navigation opens, is to be practically rebuilt according to plans and _ speci- fications prepared by the Interlake Engineering Co. and H. N. Harriman 46 of the United States shipping bureau. There is to be an installation of the four-belt system of _ self-unloading, power for which is to be supplied by a Busch-Sulzer diesel engine driving electric generators, which will drive the machinery. The Maia was built in 1898, has a 876-foot keel, 46-foot beam. a depth of 26 feet and capacity of 6300 tons. When completed, she will be the second self-unloader in the Pringle line. The CONSTITUTION is the other. They are for operation in the St. Clair and Detroit river coal trade. Janu ary Lake Levels The United States Lake Survey re- ports the monthly mean stages of the Great Lakes for the month of Jan- uary as follows: Feet Above Lakes Mean Sea Level SUD EPIOR <sckscces auitnsiccccanacassebvasscccatssasss 02.61 Michigan =Fivr-On <ssscccssseptesvsvesevsceases 580.57 WSUS LATE Si cries cccck cs cadosseeccsevs sevacecenns 575.35 NTO 5, 5 vas cc sadcasasaveesnucai ceabondeipesevasvacasees 571.83 Ob ait: ci VoL rene ery nel me neOrg ON POPP TTT 245.85 than in December and it was 0.48 foot higher than the January stage of a year ago. Lakes Michigan-Huron were 0.06 foot lower than in December and they were 1.83 feet higher than the January stage of a year ago, 1.55 feet above the average stage of Jan- uary of the last ten years. Lake Erie was 0.03 foot higher than in December and it was 0.17 foot higher than in January stage of a year ago. Lake Ontario was 0.05 foot higher than in December; and it was 0.19 foot lower than the January stage of a year ago, 0.77 foot above the aver- age stage of January of the last ten years. Shipmasters Convene The annual convention of the Grand Lodge of International Shipmasters association opened in Cleveland, Jan. 29. Capt. F. N. Watts of Algonac, Mich., presided at the sessions, held at the Hollenden hotel. Among other officers in attendance were: Capt. A. P. Cartwright, Milwaukee, vice president; Capt. F. M. Morgan, Chi- cago, secretary, and Capt. J. H. Mc- Donald, Marine City, treasurer. Attending the convention were dele- gates from the various lodges along MARINE REVIEW—March, 1929 the Great Lakes from Duluth to Buf- falo, as well as quite a number of visitors. Election of officers was held and the following were chosen: Capt. A. P. Cartwright, Milwaukee, grand presi- dent; Capt. John Crerar, past presi- dent of Cleveland Lodge No. 4, was elected first vice president, and Capt. D. M. Crooker of Port Huron, second vice president. Capt. John H. Mc- Donald of Marine City and Capt. F. M. Morgan of Chicago were re- . elected secretary and treasurer, re- spectively. An elaborate program of entertainment was carried out during the evenings and was climaxed Fri- day evening, Feb. 1, with the grand ball in the Hollenden ballroom. Va- rious resolutions were considered dur- ing the session. Paisley Wins Decision Word was received, Feb. 14, by A. E. R. Schneider, manager of the Paisley Steamship Co., which owns the steamer ROBERT J. PAISLEY, that the judgment of the Toronto admir- alty court fixing blame for sinking of the SASKATCHEWAN at Owen sound, Jan. 17, on the PAISLEY, was re- versed by the supreme court of Canada. Suits were filed by the Canada Steamship lines and Richardson & Son, owners of the cargo against the PAISLEY, the damages asked ag- gregating $80,000. The lower court found the PAISLEY negligent in hav- ing the anchor exposed and for not stopping when it was noted that she was drifting into the SASKATCHEWAN. The supreme court, the five judges: unanimous, reversed the lower court’s decree and held the tug SASKATCHE- WAN entirely responsible. It is reported that the plaintiffs in the case propose to carry an appeal before the privy council in England. Lake Shipping Man Dies William J. Garland, aged 60, who had been in the freight service of lake steamship lines for many years, died Jan. 24 at a-hospital in Chicago. He had been with the Goodrich Transit Co. lines for 20 years, for the past eight. years having been freight traffic rep- resentative for the Goodrich company