TELESCOPE February, 1963 Volume 12, Number 2 - 26 - Telescope
Meeting Notices BUSINESS MEETING: Board of Directors, general membership welcome to attend. Friday, February 22, 1963, 8 p.m., at Dossin Museum. GENERAL MEETINGS Subject to be announced, an entertainment meeting will be held on Friday, March 29, at 8 p.m., at Dossin Museum. In This Issue... Cover: Corps of Engineers barge MILWAUKEE, Dowling photo. The Schooner ANNE Incident, 1838, By Neil F. Morrison ...... 27 The Big Splash: Bradley seIf-unloader B. H. TAYLOR By the Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J ...... 31 Vessels of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Part 3 By the Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J ...... 32 Blueprint: Lake Superior passenger propellerHAMONIC, Part 1 .. 36 Grand Salon: Refitting the Yacht DELPHINE Photographs by William A. Hoey ...... 38 Great Lakes Marine News, edited by Robert Radunz ...... 40 Curator's Corner, by Robert E. Lee ...... 44 Picture Pages, by Emory A. Massman, Jr., and Gordon Bugbee, with data by Massman and Pat Labadie ...... 45
Brad Mitchell passes along to us an appeal of Mrs. Elizabeth Stan ton Anderson to locate some known works of her father's drawings (apparently including some Great Lakes items) which may have passed into unknown collections. Mrs. Anderson is republishing the Stan ton drawings— the finest available on Nineteenth Century steam vessels— in a set of brochures in regional groups. The first two have already appeared, Great Lakes Steam Vessels and Steam Vessels of Narragansett Bay and Long Island Sound. We ask any help our readers can give so that Mrs. Stanton may continue with as complete a selection as possible for this very important printing venture. The Great Lakes Maritime Institute President, the Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J.; Vice-president, Capt. William J. Cowles; Coordinating Director, Robert E. Lee; Recording Secretary, otto strek; Treasurer, william a . Hoey; Directors, Donald V. Baut, Capt. Frank Becker, Henry D. Brown, Gordon Bugbee, Robert H. Davison, Kenneth L. Fairbanks, Fred Heath, William LaBon- ville, Emory A. Massman, Jr., Robert Radunz, Don Richards, Howard J. Schuldt, Jr., and William M. Worden. Telescope Editor, Gordon Bugbee; Vessel List Editor, Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J.; Photographic Editor, Emory A. Massman, Jr.; Great Lakes Marina News Editor, Robert Radunz; Correspondents, George Ayoub, Fred W. Dutton, Edwin Sprengeler, Otto Strek, Dan M. Weber, Peter B. Worden and Richard J. Wright; Associate Editors, William A. Hoey, Robert E. Lee and Otto Strek. Printed by Robert Davison, Watervilla, 0. Telescope - 27 -
125 years ago occurred the “Patriot” Rebellion in Canada.
IIS one df its early in 1838, rebel forces gained a foothold on Bois Blanc (“Bob-Lo”) Island on the Riper,,; illllllf
ftiere they employedgja schooner^ to bombard (IbtfKalden, on the mainland across the channel* J K llllM llI ® 1 J ' ► . f -•''••x 1 | • ||i p^rm n g '' point • in their fortunes was the skirmish tory is told below:
1 1111 THE SCHOONER ANNE INCIDENT
By Neil F. Morrison
The political unrest and military activities of a century and a quarter ago produced plenty of excitement along the Detroit River and Lake Erie frontiers of Essex County.
Early in December, 1837, William Lyon Mackenzie and others raised the standard of revolt against the autocratic rule of the Family Compact in Upper Canada. With some exceptions, the people remained loyal, although by no means approving of the Family Compact and its policies. The closing weeks of 1837 and opening weeks of 1838 saw settlers from far and near answer the call to arms in defence of their country. In the first days of the new year, a move by the rebels and some American supporters was made against Malden (Amherst burg) . Later in the winter fighting occurred at Fighting Island and Pelee Island. An uneasy spring, summer and autumn culminated in the Battle of Windsor, which marked the end of the rebellion. - 28- Telescope
As 1837 approached its close, a considerable number of Canadian refugees "chiefly from the London district and of English or Ameri can descent" had assembled in and about Detroit and organized for a move against Canada. The intention was to move across the ice of the Detroit River to Windsor about the first of the new year. The leaders believed that the weak protection along the Canadian side of the Detroit River and the distance from which aid would have to come would permit the invaders to maintain their position long enough to establish permanent control.
Ill luck dogged the rebel cause. The Detroit River most unoblig- ingly remained open and the United States federal and Michigan state authorities became increasingly watchful of rebel activities. The rebel leaders decided to shrift their sphere of operations to Malden (Amherstburg). On the morning of January 6, 1838, the schooner ANNE proceeded down river from Detroit "under the command of Cap tain R. Davis, formerly of the London district, Upper Canada," and with a good-sized force of rebels on board.
Other refugees and their American allies were instructed to con gregate secretly at the small village of Gibraltar on the Michigan mainland, across from the lower end of Grosse Ile. All of this was preparatory to a move scheduled against Malden for January 8. This date appealed to the invaders because it was the anniversary of an American victory over the British forces at New Orleans 23 years previously. The American leader at the battle had been Andrew Jackson, affectionately called "Old Hickory" by the Americans, and president of the United States from 1829 to 1837.
It is not necessary to follow in detail the confusing moves of the invading forces nor the awkward manoeuvring of the ANNE in her last hours. An account of the final incidents connected with the ill-fated ship follows: *****
"Toward evening (cf January 9) the wind had risen and blew directly on the Canadian shore. Orders came from Sutherland directing my attention to a craft, which he apprehended might be used by the force at Malden for transportation to the island Bois Blanc, or Bob-Lo (then used by the rebels), and in case of the movement being attempted, desiring that we would sink her. We again weighed anchor, and the sailing master believing that he could pilot the ANNE in the gale that was then blowing to the foot of the island, we once more made sail under rather unpropitious circumstances. As we neared the town, volley after volley was poured into us with considerable effect and with more skill than the night before. It was no boys' play now. Many of our men were wounded and considerable damage was done to the rigging. Captain Davis, who was holding on to the anchor, was shot in the wrist and groin, of which he afterwards died, and away went the anchor.
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Note: Mr. Neil Morrison is best known as the author of Garden Gateway to Canada, the history of Essex County and the vicinity of Windsor, Ont. His article published here was written for the London (Ont.) Free Press issue of January 19, 1963, one of a series by him on the Patriots' Uprising of 1837-38. The Algonquin Club of Detroit and Windsor is sponsoring a lecture series this winter and spring upon these events of 125 years ago (those interested in attending should consult our Coordina ting Director, Bob Lee, at the Dossin Museum). In their Jan uary meeting the incident of the schooner ANNE was described by David Botsford, curator of the Fort Malden Museum at Amherstburg, Ont. The museum grounds contain the earthworks and one of the buildings of the British fort which became im portant after the British gave up Detroit in 1796. Several display buildings, including the modern structure shown at right, contain a substantial collection of items of regional history. Its fine Great Lakes collection is reinforced as the repository of Marine Historical Society of Detroit, which for many years has held its annual June picnic meetings there. The well-known block-houses of A display building at Fort Malden Bob-Lo Island were built after Museum, whose collection includes the invasion threat collapsed. the flag and cannons of the ANNE. -3 0 - Telescope been cut away by the shot, the sails could not be managed. Unskilled as mariners, confusion reigned among us, and the schooner drifting with the ice, we were in a few moments aground on the main shore, our deck presenting an inclined front to the irritated and triumph ant marksmen of the enemy. With much labor we brought our cannon to bear upon the shore. Another volley and a rush to board us. The moon was shining bright and we were easily seen and marked by their riflemen, while they were concealed behind the fences and trees of an orchard close at hand. A little boy, a Canadian refugee engaged in bringing us loaded muskets, was killed in the act, fell overboard and his body was found on shore the next morning. All around me were soon disabled." *****
Surrender to the boarding party who waded out from shore in icy water soon followed. The prisoners, numbering about thirty and some of them seriously wounded, were taken to the Matthew Elliott home, temporary barracks of the defending forces.
About three or four a.m. Colonel John Prince entered the room where the victors were warming themselves before a fireplace. He inquired for "General" Theller, who was lying on the floor in a corner, covered by a blanket and resting his head on a piece of wood as a pillow. The colonel wakened Theller with a not-too-gentle kick in the ribs. Theller was more than a little frightened when he beheld, standing before him, Colonel Prince, garbed in a red fox-skin bonnet, a doe-skin jacket around his husky shoulders and loins tied by a red sash in which were stuck a cutlass and a couple of horse pistols, corduroy breeches and leather gaiters extending to the top of his heavy spiked boots.
After daylight had come, according to an eyewitness account, the prisoners were fastened together by a rope, two abreast, and marched to the guardhouse at Amherstburg. Those such as Theller who were too badly wounded to walk were transported thither in a cart.
The trials which followed resulted in a number of prisoners being hanged, while others went into exile. In his own words, Theller, a naturalized American citizen, was found guilty and sentenced to death "on the law of the British government of once a subject always a subject." He was sent to the citadel at Quebec for safekeeping, but escaped before final disposition had been made of his case. From his place of refuge in the United States he wrote a book about his experiences.
Present-day Amherstburg contains mementoes of the event. Those who visit the Fort Malden museum there may see the flag of the "Republic of Canada" which was slashed from the mast of the ANNE. Its two white stars represent Upper and Lower Canada. The museum has other interesting exhibits relating to this affair. A short distance down river from Amherstburg is a plaque commemorating the event erected by the Archaeological and Historical Sites Board of Ontario. Telescope - 31 -
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Launch of B. H. TAYLOR at Lorain, 1923. Photo courtesy of Richard J . Wr ight. The Big Splash By the Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J.
B. H. TAYLOR, a standard type of seIf-unloader, was built for the Bradley Transportation Company by the American Shipbuilding Company's Lorain yard. The builder's hull number was 787. Dimensions 536.6 x 60.3 x 29.6; 7318 gross tons and 5760 net. Original triple expan sion engine of 25%", 41" and 67" diameter of cylinders by 42" stroke was built by American Shipbuilding Company. The vessel was deli vered in 1923 and has been in service for her original owners ever since. In 1955 her reciprocating engine was replaced by General Electric turbine engines of 4400 horsepower. Boilers had been replaced in 1946. In 1957 B. H. TAYLOR was renamed ROGERS CITY in honor of her home port. Our illustration below shows ROGERS CITY passing Belle Isle shortly after she was renamed. - 32 - Telescope
Above: U.S.E.C. survey ship GEN. C. J. LYDECKER. — Pesha photo.
Vessels Built or U. S. Army Operated on tlie Corps of Great Lakes-
Engineers Part Three By the Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J.
The following list continues our series whose previous parts appeared in November and January issues of Telescope (XI:244-47 and X I I :14-16).
GEN. LUDLOW, 1904 Grand Haven, Mich. Steel suction dredge (barge), 162 x 37 x 4. GEN. C. J. LYDECKER (ex CAROLINE, US 206194), 1909 Boston by Lawley & Son. Steel steam survey boat, ex yacht, 118 x 18 x 10. Pur- chased by U.S.E.C. in 1913. Later U.S.E.C GIADWIN and commer- cial yacht CAROLINE. LYMAN, 1942 Wilmington, Del., by Pusey & Jones Steel diesel hopper dredge, 216 x 40 x 16. McCAULEY, 1948. Steel derrick barge, 112 x 52 x COL. M. J. McDONOUGH (ex J. C. STEWART, US 213259), 1915 Ferrysburg, Mich., by Johnston Brothers. Steel steam tug, 76 x 20 x 9 Later commercial tug J. C. STEWART (Can. 137896). MALIARD, 1907 Two Rivers, Wis. Wooden gas tender, 35 x 9 x 4. MANISTEE, 1943. Steel diesel survey boat, 45 x 12 x 7. MANITOU, 1934. Steel diesel launch, 40 x 11 x 5. MANITOWOC (ex ENGINEER, US 206319), 1909 Manitowoc, Wis., by Mani towoc S. B. Co. Steel steam tug and survey boat, 110 x 20 x 10. Telescope - 33 -
MANSFIELD, 1931 Benton Harbor by Dachtel-Carter. Wooden gas survey bo a t , 54 x 12 x 3. MANTEO, 1917 Winthrop Harbor, 111. Wooden diesel tender, 52 x 14 x 5. MARGARET (ex U.S.S. MARGARET, ex US 212172), 1913 Morris Heights, N. Y . , by C. L. Seabury and Sons. Steel steam survey boat, ex yacht. Acquired by U.S. Navy c. 1917 and by U.S.E.C. in 1920. MARINETTE (ex MERCHANT, ex WALTER MATTICK, US 205003), 1908 Buffalo, N. Y. , by B. L. Cowles. Steel steam tug, 81 x 20 x 8. Acquired by U.S.E.C. in 1924. Later comm, tug ESTHER S. (Can. 179138). MARKHAM, 1960 Avondale, La., by Avondale Shipyards, Inc. Steel diesel hopper dredge, 340 x 62 x28. MARQUES, 1931 Benton Harbor, Mich., by Dachtel-Carter. Wooden gas survey boat, 52 x 12 x 3. MARQUETTE, 1942. Steel diesel tug, 103 x 25 x 11. MAUMEE (i) , 1893 Cleveland, O. Wooden dipper dredge, 100 x 36 x 10. MAUMEE (ii), 1942. Wooden gas survey boat. MENASHA, 1926 Duluth, Minn. Steel steamsidewheel towboat for river work, 94 x 20 x 5. MENOMINEE, 1924 Baltimore, Md. Steel gas survey boat, 53 x 13 x 9. MERGANSER, 1924. Steel derrick barge, 88 x 30 x 6. CAPT. J. J. MEYLER, 1913 Port Clinton, Ohio, byMatthews Boat Co. Wooden steam tug, 70 x 15 x 9. MIAMI, 1912 Toledo by Toledo S. B. Co. Steel towboat, 158 x 31 x 4. Shipped knockdown to Cincinnati, Ohio, and set up for use on the Ohio River system. MICHIGAN, steel derrick barge. MILWAUKEE, 1924 Manitowoc, Wis,, by Manitowoc S. B. Co. Steel crane barge, 172 x 46 x 11. MONOMOY, 1914 Muskegon byRacine-Truscott-Shell Lake Boat Co. Wooden motor survey boat, 83 x 15 x 12.
Aboves U. S. Lake Survey ship PEARY. — Photo by Donald V. Baut. - 34 - Telescope
Above: Tug BONANKA, ex-U.S.E.C. QUINTUS. — Author's photo. Below: U.S.E.C. survey boat OSPREY. — Photo by the Rev. Peter Vander Linden.
MOORE, 1943. Steel diesel tender, 53 x 12 x 7. MULTNOMAH, 1913 Ecorse, Mich., by Great Lakes Engineering Works. Steel dipper dredge (barge), 269 x 38 x 10. Shipped knockdown to St. Helens, Ore., and set up and launched for Pacific Coast use. MUSKEGON, 1931 Duluth, Minn. Steel diesel tug, 66 x 17 x 8. MYRA, purchased 1880 at Detroit. Wooden steam tug, 55 x 12 x 6. NASH, 1943 Oyster Bay, N. Y . , by Jakobson. Steel diesel tug, 114 x 25 x 14. NEENAH, 1928 Sturgeon Bay by Sturgeon Bay S. B. Co. Steel diesel sidewheel tug for river service, 61 x 20 x 5. Later commercial tug and barge SHAMROCK (US 258269). Hull now owned by Arnold Transit Co., cabins still lying on a dock at Cheboygan, Mich. Telescope - 35 -
NEMADJI, 1912 Racine, Wis., by Racine Boat Co. Wooden gas survey boat, 61 x 12 x 6. NETNOWKA, built in New York, purchased 1916. Wooden gas tender, 37x7x5. NIAGARA, 1925. Steel derrick barge, 100 x 30 x 6. ALFRED NOBLE (ex ENGINEER NO. 4), 1905 Toledo by Craig S. B. Co. Steel steam tug, 76 x 15 x 7. Later commercial tug ALEXANDER B. (Can. 171017) and CONNIE M. (No name), 1905 Green Bay, Wis. Wooden hopper dredge (barge), 71 x 31 x 6. NO. 1, 1872 Chicago, 111. Wooden dipper dredge (barge), 78 x 31 x 7. NO. 2, 1883 Manitowoc, Wis. Wooden dipper dredge (bge.), 72 x 31 x 7. NO. 6, 1934 Duluth, Minn. Steel diesel tender, 40 x 10 x 5. NO. 7, 1879 East Saginaw, Mich. Wooden clamshell dredge (barge), 105 x 30 x 7. NO. 7, 1935 Duluth, Minn. Steel diesel tender, 40 x 10 x 5. OGEMAW, 1957. Steel diesel survey boat, 40 x 12 x 5. ORLANDAM, 1929 Port Clinton, Ohio, by Matthews Boat Works. Wooden gas launch, 46 x 10 x 5. OSCEOIA, 1957. Steel diesel survey boat, 40 x 12 x 5. OSHKOSH, 1905 Green Bay, Wis. Wooden steam suction elevator, 75 x 31 x 6. OSPREY, 1945. Steel diesel survey boat, 45 x 13 x 7. OSWEGATCHIE (purchased 1918), 1882 Fayetteville, N. Y. Wooden steam tug, 85 x 20 x 9. OTTAWA, 1957. Steel diesel survey boat, 40 x 12 x 5. PAQUIPPE, 1914 Muskegon, Mich., by Racine-Truscott-She11 Lake Boat Co. Wooden steam tug, 83 x 15 x 9. PEARL, 1899 Grand Rapids, Mich. Wooden gas launch, 40 x 8 x 4. PEARY (ex ROWENA, US 222749; ex BAUTZEN, French Navy). Steel survey vessel, 135 x 23 x 13, ex exploration vessel, ex minesweeper. Acquired by U. S. Lake Survey, c. 1925. Later commercial PEARY (Can. 192649). (See illustration.) PICKET (ex US 150400), 1887 Brooklyn, N. Y. Wooden steam tug, 84 x 14 x 7. Purchased by U.S.E.C. in 1897. PIONEER (i), 1908 Bay City, Mich. Wooden motor tender, 35 x 9 x 4. PIONEER (ii), 1929 Port Huron, Mich. Steel diesel tender, 42 x 12x6. QUEST (purchased 1903), wooden steam tug, 65 x 15 x 8. QUINTUS, 1931 Duluth, Minn. Steel diesel tug, 66 x 17 x 8. Later commercial tug BONANKA (US 289405). (See illustration.) RACINE, 1931 Duluth, Minn. Steel diesel tug, 66 x 17 x 8. F. G. RAY, survey boat, ex yacht. RIBAULT, 1925 Benton Harbor, Mich. Wooden gas-powered inspection ROCKISIAND, 1937 Pittsburgh, Pa. Steel pipeline dredge and quarters boat (barge), 267 x 50 x 9. SAGINAW, 1891 Saginaw, Mich. Wooden conveyor dredge, 84 x 26 x 7. SALVADOR, 1906 Muskegon, Mich. Steel gas launch, 41 x 10 x 4. ST. MARYS, 1925. Steel quarters boat (barge), 100 x 30 x 6. SAN LUIS II, 1943. Steel diesel tug, 114 x 25 x 18. SAND BEACH, 1886 Buffalo. Wooden steam tender, 56 x 10 x 6. SAPPER (ex JOHN JOHNSON, US 76704), 1887 Buffalo, N. Y. Wooden steam tug, 68 x 17 x 10. SAULT STE. MARIE, 1939. Wooden diesel survey boat, 39 x 11 x 5. Lake Superior Propeller HAMONIC of 1909-45,
Built at Collingwood for the Northern Navigation Company
To Run From Sarnia To The Lakehead. PART ONE
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Correspondents Great GEORGE AYOUB, Ottawa FRED W. DUTTON, Cleveland Lake s EDWIN SPRENGELER, Milwaukee OTTO STREK, Detroit Marine DAN M. WEBER, Toledo PETER B. WORDEN, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. NEWS RICHARD J. WRIGHT, Akron EDITED BY RQRERT RADUNZ. 3 0 6 0 Coventry. Drayton Plains, Michigan
--December 29-- The tanker MARTHA E. ALLEN, owned by National Marine Service, Inc., New York, loaded with 32,000 barrels of jet fuel, freed herself from an icefield after being stuck for five hours in Green Bay, off Escanaba. ...The shipping season of 1963 will see some 50,000 tons more of military cargo going out of the Great Lakes, according to Col. M. J. Reichel of the U. S. Army. He also stated that at least 200,000 tons of military supplies are to be shipped out of the Great Lakes during th6 year and that in time Great Lakes ports will have an export potential of about a million tons annually. ...Sault Ste. Marie (Mich.) City Council has raised objections to the plans to provide a different name for the $40 million lock being built at the Soo to replace the old Poe Lock. ...Triangle Shipping Corp., of Great Neck, N.Y., has con tracted with the American Shipbuilding Company's Toledo shipyard for a 290-foot cement barge.
— January 1, 1965— The traditional award for the first overseas vessel to arrive in the port of Quebec for the new year was won by CSL's ESKIMO.
— January 4— The Milwaukee Board of Harbor Commissioners entered into a secret session to discuss the city's bargaining process with the owners of the AQUARAMA. Port Director Brockel said, 'TVe don't like to do this, but we're dealing with the affairs of an important private enterprise and the city is not in a position to handle this kind of a negotiation publicly.” He also stated that a $700,000 dredging job at the municipal passenger pier was needed to handle the AQUARAMA and that the city must hav6 assurance that the money would be well spent. M. McKe6, an officer of the ship line, offered an annual pier rent of $12,000 plus 10^ for each passenger up to 108,000. He said 15jz( would be paid for each one between 108,000 and 150,000, and 20pt per passenger beyond that. Brockel estimated that with McKee's prediction of 250,000 passengers a year, annual income to the city would be $49,100. ...Rep. Reuss of Milwaukee has ask6d the U. S. Interstate Commerce Commission to disapprove a rate reduction on flour shipments asked by several western railroads. He stated the rate reduction would eliminate overseas flour shipments through most western Great Lakes ports and divert this trade to Gulf of Mexico ports. ...Ocean ships flying the flags of nineteen countries called at the Port of Toledo in 1962. A total of 428 salt-water vessels called at the harbor--73 more than during 1961.
--January 5-- A new type of operation is being performed by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, for the Reiss Steamship Company. The steamer WILLIAM A. REISS, a 618-foot ore carrier, has been sliced horizontally from the bow almost to the stern, and the entire deck, hatches, superstructure, deckhouses and Telescope - 39 - Great Lakes Marine NEWS pilot house were jacked up 7'-6n, increasing the depth of the hull to 39'-6n. A new conception for economically Increasing the size of an existing ship, the deepened hull will permit a greater load draft and thus will increase the cargo capacity of the ship. To avoid disturbing the machinery and piping, the deck over the engine room and boiler room was not raised. After the deck raising, a new strake of plating is being added to fill in the gap in the shell. The depth of the hull has b6en increased from 32'-0" to 39'-6" and the draft is increased by 4'-6". The usable cargo hold volume is increased by 37%, and the cargo deadweight carrying capacity is increased by 2B% at the new scantling draft. The deck raising has been taking place in Manitowoc Shipbuilding’s large floating dry dock (a model of this dock is displayed at Dossin Museum). The 1500-ton upper section of the hull was pushed up in one piece by large hydraulic jacks built by the shipyard for this type of operation. It is expected that the work will be completed by April first. WILLIAM A. REISS was built in 1925 as JOHN A. TOPPING, and was completely repowered in 1953 with a 5000-h.p. turbine engine. With h6r new deck lifting she will be in line with the more modern freighters (see photo after deck-raising, page 40).
--January 7-- The DOW CHEMICAL and ROBERT S. McNAMARA continue on the D6trolt-Toledo coal run. CRISPIN OGLEBAY has left this trade for winter lay-up. Tanker AMOCO ILLINOIS has completed the run from Lake Erie to Lake Michigan. She had the cutter BRAMBLE as an escort. ...Great Lakes Towing Company, operating three tugs in Toledo harbor, furnished 2,183 vessel tows in 1962 (about 100 more than in 1961). Tugs ARIZONA, PENNSYLVANIA and TENNESSEE were active.
--January 9-- 6,095-ton cargo ship MIMER (Seaway) has been sold by M. Thorviks~"Rederi A/A of Oslo, Norway, to Canadian Pacific Steam ships; she will be renamed BEAVERAsH for their European-Great Lakes service.
--January 11-- After a secret meeting, the City of Milwaukee build ing grounds-harbor and finance committee has arrived at a proposal on operation of the AQUARAMA into Milwaukee. The offer has been forwarded to Wisconsin & Michigan SS Co.; details were not disclose .
--January 16-- In Buffalo, a Federal Court judge ruled that the City of Buffalo, the Continental Grain Co. and the Kinsman Transit Co. were jointly responsible for the wreckage of a bridge in the Por^ 0x Buffalo on Jan. 21, 1959. Involved in the freak incident were the Kinsman freighter MacGILVRAY SHIRAS (a. UMBRIA) which slipped her moorings, drifted downriver, and the freighter MICHAEL K. TEWKSBURY (c. JOHN C. WILLIAMS, b. EDWARD N. SAUNDERS, JR., a. ABRAHAM STEARN) owned by Midland SS Line Inc., which rammed the bridge after an earlier collision by the SHIRAS broke the TEWKSBURY loose from her dock. ...One vessel remains on the Detroit-Toledo coal run.^ ^he Is the ROBERT S. McNAMARA of the Ford fleet. Ice conditions this year are very bad, as It has formed firmer and faster than Is usual this early In the season.
--January 17-- Century Metals and Equipment, Inc., of Montreal, states that" "CEDARTON and BIRCHTON (formerly owned by Gulf & Lake Nav. Co.) have not been scrapped as yet. BIRCHTON has been partially dismantled and the hull sold for conversion into a floating dry dock. CEDARTON has been rented as a storage barn during the winter months. ...St. Lawrence Seaway revenue chiefly from shipping tolls is expected - 40 - Telescope Great Lakes Marine NEWS to total $4,900,000 in the year starting July 1, an increase of $500,000 over the 12-month period that ends June 30th. However, a n6t loss of $1,534,000 is expected. These estimates were contained in Telescope - 41 -
Great Lakes Marine NEWS
President Kennedy's budget for fiscal 1964. The President also recommended $800,000 to continue deepening of the Great Lakes con necting channels (all in Michigan) to provide a uniform 27-foot depth. The same budget included appropriation requests of $4,309,000 for seven army Corps of Engineers harbor and flood control projects in Wisconsin. He requested $2,162,000 for the Duluth-Superior harbor and $640,000 for Milwaukee harbor.
--January 19-- According to D. J. Smith, president of the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway, the line will discontinue iron ore shipments from Two Harbors, Minn. He said operations at the Two Harbors docks will not be resumed during 1963 because of the decline in iron ore tonnages over the past ten years. The railroad will ship all its iron ore through its facilities at Duluth.
--January 21-- Joseph A. Simard, chairman of the board of Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel, and a leading figure in the Canadian Ship building industry, died today. ...The port of Toronto reported its biggest year in 1962 with a total of 5,489,194 tons of cargo handled. ...Low, low temperatures hav6 kept tha carferry MANITOWOC busy in the Detroit River. Every day she makes a trip downriver to the vicinity of the Detroit Harbor Terminals, breaking up the ice field and trying to get it moving. The purpose is to get clear space so ice broken by the frequent car ferry trips between Detroit and Windsor will have a place to go. ...Capt. Donald Erickson, skipper of HENRY FORD II, has been elected president of Detroit Lodge No. 7, Interna tional Ship Masters Association. ...Twenty charges of carelessness and inefficiency on the part of the crew of the British motorship MONTROSE were made today in a document filed in Federal Court. Making the charge was Capt. Frank Becker, owner of the tug B. H. BECKER, whose loaded cer.ent barge sank the freighter last July 30th. His answer declares that the British ship failed to maintain a proper lookout, ship not under control, ship not in charge of '’competent persons," ship failed to give required warning blast on her whistle before leaving the dock.
--January 25-- The tug B. H. BECKER was caught in a huge ice field in the Detroit River; she was almost squeezed out of the water and nearly overturned. The vessel has been making daily trips, hauling a salt barge across the river from Ojibway. She was breaking a path across the river intending to return to Detroit for the empty barge when she was caught. The Coast Guard cutter BRAMBLE came downriver to the rescue and freed the tug. Captain W. Bybee of the tug said, "I thought we were going under. I even had the ship's papers to take with m e ."
-- January 31-- It has been reported that a group of investors in Erie Pennsylvania, have purchased the idle Old Bay Line steamer CITY OF NORFOLK (see photo on opposite page), and that they will bring her to the Great Lakes. The firm is known as Canadian Holiday Steamship Co., and rumor has it that she will run from Erie to Port Dover or elsewher
Illustrations on opposite page— Above: WILLIAM A. REISS after her "lifting herself by her bootstraps" operation, photo courtesy of A. J. Zuehlke and Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. Below; Old Bay Line steamer CITY OF NORFOLK coming into her Norfolk pier for her last time under the 122-year-old line's service last April 13. Photo, by courtesy of Alexander Crosby Brown, from Summer 1962 issue of Steamboat Bill. - 42 - Telescope Telescope - 43 -
Grand Salon:
D€(I Photographs by William A. Hoey These views of DELPHINE were taken during her recent refit ting at the Nicholson yard at Ecorse last fall. On opposite page— upper left: View forward on upper deck. Upper right: Captain Knight beside pilot house. Lower left: view of pilot house and cabins forward. Lower right: View of stern. This page— right: Interior of pilot house. Above: Engine room of DELPHINE, view between the two quadruple-expansion engines. The Special Exhibits Room at the Museum presents a completely new face to visitors with the opening of the promised exhibit featuring a selection of paintings from our own holdings. Many of these have been seen before and are shown in the Guide Book, but others are recent accessions. Probably most noteworthy of the latter is the FRANK E. KIRBY, by Whipple, the original from which the well-known and widely-distributed colorplate was made some years ago. From the brush of a lesser known artist, one H. Clucza, we have an oil painting of the sidewheel steamer DOVE of Lake Huron dated 1878. An unusual— if not unique— offering is a painting of U.S.S. MICH IGAN by Charles R. Patterson. Artist Patterson is nationally famous as a marine painter, but this is his only Great Lakes subject, so far as we know. The famous five-masted schooner DAVID DCWS is the subject of a painting by Thomas H. Chilvers. It captures the action following a severe storm in which the DCWS has lost her mizzen top mast. The tug WINSLOW is at the scene effecting a rescue. Not new to the collection, but being shown for the first time, is a water color by J. J. Spaulding depicting the wooden steam bulk freighter L. R. DOTY. It was painted in 1895, almost at mid-point in the brief life of this ill-fated ship. She was built at West Bay City, Michigan, in 1893, and she foundered on northern Lake Michigan on October 24, 1898, with a loss of 18 lives. In all, there are 23 paintings hung in this exhibition, together with a selection of sketches, pencil drawings and "working" art from the files of the Museum’s collections. Something of a milestone was passed recently when Pat Labadie processed the first picture in our new— and almost complete— dark room. This culminates some very dedicated work of member Don Rich ards, together with Pat and your 1s truly, plus limitless donations, scrounging, improvising, a bit of purchasing, and lots of advice! It is now in use, and in it we have a functional facility that is a tribute to the joint efforts of the Institute and the Museum. Another fine model was added to the collection this month, bring ing the total in the progressive series to 27...all in one scale. This latest accession is a model of ALPENA, seIf-unloader of the Wyandotte Chemical Company. Early visitors to the Museum may well remember a "Collector's Corner" exhibit featuring the fine crafts manship of John C. Harrison. In this model he has surpassed his own excellence. John was commissioned to make this model for a group of Wyandotte citizens as a memorial to Mr. Ford E. Wagar. On completion, he suggested the Museum as a fitting locale for such a memorial. We are honored to have been thus selected. ______Telescope______- 45- Picture P&gos: 1 By Emory A. Massman, Jr. (See data on back cover) TUGS: Some present-day tugs which formerly were fire tugs Above: AMERICA, photo by Emory A. Massman, Jr. Below: JAMES BATTLE, from color postcard in Massman collection. "James‘Battle" Fire Tug In Action/ Detroit, Mich, throws 7,500 gallons per minute. - 46 - Telescope Picture Pages: 2 By Emory A. Massman, Jr. (Data on back cover prepared by Pat Labadie) FREIGHTERS: Two near-sisterships of a Canadian fleet Above: JOHN A. FRANCE, photo by Emory A. Massman, Jr. Below: J. N. MCWATTERS, photo by Emory A. Massman, Jr.______Telescope - 47 - Picture Pages: 3 By Gordon Bugbee (Data on back cover prepared by Pat Labadie) PASSENGER SHIPS: Two near-sisterships in Montreal-Saguenay service Above: TADOUSSAC at Montreal (ST. IAWRENCE beyond), Bugbee photo Below: ST. IAWRENCE at Murray Bay, Bugbee photo (both 6/1960) Telescope © •• >1 >1 >1 0 1 © 1 • p • p © p p p 0 3 X © X M > 1 Picture Pages: Data X E rH p p p P p P u TO P TO M TO TO TO U © TO CL © rH O O 3 O o> fl Eh © P TUGS. Above i AMERICA (US 107302). P P GG fl P fl fl y TO G fl G p P © P 0 !> © TO TO TO w O P in Built: 1897 at Buffalo as fire tug TO © p fl TJ 1 © in O © © © p for Erie, Pa. Measurements; 105 gt, 71 X P 9? p © u P TO © p Cl X © M U P • a • O O' P in OP nt; 83' X 21'-2" x 9'-6 ". Engine; 1000- • p • U p CL P a M G • X CL © M O a 0 h.p. diesel. Owner; Great Lakes Towing Co. CL P • © P © U p 3 p P MX P a TO © © x a © © © p © p • M p X M Eh X P TJ © X BelOW! JAMES BATTLE (US 77444, Can. 174, u TO X © © O' © p m © © © X a O M c U p A M X E p P © p P p 801). Built: 1899 at Detroit by D e t . D.D. © © X X in M © 0 • M X CD X © fl E CL p H Co. (hull #137). Measurements: 198 g t , B TO c M 0 © 3 p TJ © p O' © p E • © p © m C £ 4-» G X p © M p 0 123 nt; 116' x 25' x 13'. Engine; High- p © 0 P E CL p TO p p P M X G © P C 3 © © pressure, 18"-18" x 24", by Dry Dock Eng. p TO TO p P Z M •H P c X p u rH M TO U P % M p p 0 p P © © P a Works. Owners; (1) Det. Fire Dept.; (2) ■ O' c © p X TJ © 0 © c >1 © 0 3 P 3 © C u X Sinmac Lines; (3) McAllister Towing Co. M X (X CJ in X in TJ w © Eh X O - 10 I • 1 O' in • FREIGHTERS. Above: JOHN A. FRANCE *—( (fl p c v to r- C w H c in h JC o o >: © O u •P -H © (Can. _____ ) . Built: By Canadian ■P -H P TO M P CL O • P M 2 c a P X in x C to TJ r>* 0 o P TO © P H C TJ I Vickers (hull #275) in two sections. Bow e p • H U P M P -H TO r* C -H TO C P TO • TJ launched 12/1959 and stern 5/1960; sections 01 (fl 3 P © 35 M 0) Q - 0) P X M S 3 P O X X joined by Champlain Dry Dock near Quebec