MAY • JUNE, 1997 Volume XLV; Number 3 TELESCOPE Page 58
MEMBERSHIP NOTES-
There are two new videos produced by Mark Howell now available in the museum gift shop. Building, the Mighty Mac details the construction of the Mackinac Bridge in the mid-1950's. Many people doubted that a bridge could be built across the Straits of Mackinac to connect the two peninsulas. In a little over 3-1/2 years the five-mile suspension bridge was completed. The documentary includes rare archival 16mm color footage with interviews with Dr. Steinman and others that made the bridge a reality. There is a short story on the carferries that once sailed across the Straits. When the Mackinac Bridge was opened in 1957, the ferries discontinued service shortly afterwards and were sold. The other video The Milwaukee Clipper: Should We Scrap A Great Lakes Legend? details the history of the passenger ship S.S. Juniata, which was later converted to the Milwaukee Clipper. As a bonus, a short promotional clip is included titled "Clipper Holiday", which shows the Clipper underway to Lake Michigan ports. Both videos retail for $29.95 each and those ordering by mail should include $3.50 for postage and handling.
MEETING NOTICES •
On Sunday, September 21,1997, the GLMI members will have an opportunity for a three-hour cruise on the Diamond Belle on the Detroit River. This cruise will take the place of our Annual Dinner which had been held regularly at the St. Clair Inn. We hope our members will enjoy the river cruise as we travel downriver
CONTENTS •
Membership Notes, Meeting Notices, etc. 58 The New Buffalo Steamer See-And-Bee Repnnted from Marine Review 59 The Schooner G.K. Jackson 1882 by Howard Peterson 69 The Milwaukee Clipper - Part II by Howard Peterson 72 Great Lakes & Seaway News Edited by James Moms 76 Back Cover Photo: City o fMunising (US 200531). Passenger auto ferry built in 1903 as Pere Marquette 20 at Cleveland. Measured 338.0 x 56.0 x 19.5. 2620 Gross tons; 1546 Net tons. Purchased by Michigan State Highway Commission for ferry service across the Straits of Mackinac. Renamed City o f Munising in 1938. Converted to a double-ender at Bay City, MI. in 1947. Out of service when the Mackinac Bridge opened. In May, 1961, she was sold to Washington Island Storage Corp. in Washington Island, WI. Reduced to abarge and renamed No. 2 in October, 1961.
Pulished at Detroit, Michigan by GREAT LAKES MARITIME INSTITUTE ©All rights reserved. Printed in the United States by ______Macomb Printing, Inc.______
OUR COVER PICTURE . . . The passenger vessel Seeandbee at Mackinac Island with either the North or South American in the background. When she was launched eighty-five years ago in 1912, the Seeandbee was the laigest sidewheeler on the Great Lakes. This photo (date unknown) is from the Harry Wolf Collection at the Dossin Museum. Harry was ship's photographer for the Georgian Bay Lines.
Telescope is produced with assistance from the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, an agency with the Historical Department of the City of Detroit. MAY* JUNE, 1997 Page 59
THE NEW BUFFALO STEAMER
SEE - AND - BEE
Reprinted from Marine Review November, 1912
The new side-wheel passenger steamer build design a bigger sidewheeler. ing for the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co., Cleve There are 62 staterooms fitted with private toi land, was launched on November 9 from the Wyan let connections, 408 regulation staterooms, and 24 dotte yard of the Detroit Ship Building Co., and was parlors en suite with private bath and toilet, making a christened Seeandbee by Miss Eleanor Moodey, total of 494 rooms. daughter of Robert C. Moodey of Painesville, a direc Structure of the Hull tor of the company, thousands witnessing the event. The hull is constructed entirely of steel, having The new steamer is not only the largest sidewheel a double bottom for water ballast, extending for a passenger steamer on the Great Lakes, but is also the length of about 365 ft, and having a depth of 3 ft. above largest sidewheeler in the world, and it is not likely the base line. This double bottom is divided at the cen that a steamer of her type exceeding her dimensions ter line by a fore and aft watertight girder, and is fur will ever be built. Naval architects are quite agreed ther subdivided by transverse bulkheads into 14 sepa that she is the last word for this class of craft. Frank rate watertight compartments. The hull above the water E. Kirby is reported to have said that he will never bottom is divided by 11 athwartship watertight bulk Hariy Hariy Wolf Photo/Dossin Museum
When she was launched in 1912, the SEEANDBEE was the largest sidewheeler on the Great Lakes. TELESCOPE Page 60
Hull o f SEEANDBEE at Wyandotte Shipyard. McDonald Coll/Dossin Museum heads extending from the keel to the main deck. These in the designing and construction of the vessel to fire watertight bulkheads, with the exception of the colli protection and appliances for fire fighting. sion bulkhead and other bulkheads that are required In addition to the three great divisions, the boat by law to be without openings, are fitted with water is divided into 50 sections for fire alarm purposes, each tight doors operated hydraulically from the engine section containing about eight staterooms, and by room. means of a very ingenious device of hollow wire with Including the tank top, there are seven decks in which each stateroom is equipped, any disturbance will all namely, the orlop deck, main deck, promenade be immediately registered upon an annunciator located deck, galley deck, upper deck and dome deck. in the engine room and in the captain’s quarters. The Steel is used to a greater extent in the structure risk of a serious fire aboard has been reduced to a mini of this ship than in any other of her type, being ear mum through precautionary measures. For instance, ned to the promenade deck, the housings on orlop the crew’s quarters are built of steel throughout, the and main decks and top decks to promenade deck are cargo spaces are insulated with galvanized iron and of steel. The top sides of promenade deck are finished asbestos wherever wood is used. Steel fire curtains are with channel gutter, forming a landing for the prom fitted in cargo spaces opposite engine room enclosures. enade deck beams, which are of wood. The beams Fire hydrants are located throughout the vessel, so and under side of promenade deck, however, are spaced that 50-ft length of hose connected at all times sheathed with galvanized iron with heavy asbestos reaches every part of the vessel paper between the iron and wood. This, with the steel There is also a very complete automatic sprin housings up to the promenade deck, makes the vessel kler system throughout the interior of the ship, cover practically fireproof. Moreover, the engine room, ing all cargo holds, crew’s spaces, hallways and cab boiler room and galley, ventilators and enclosures are ins, smoking rooms, lounge room, and other service all of steel and extend from the main deck through rooms of the ship. This system is controlled automati the top of the dome. Fireproof doors are also fitted, cally by a special sprinkler pump located in the engine extending from the main deck through all decks to room. When the vessel is docked, connections are also the dome, dividing the vessel into three separate com made whereby city protection for fire purposes can be partments. In fact, particular attention has been paid immediately used. MAY‘ JUNE, 1997 Page 61 McDonald Coll/Dossin Museum SEEANDBEE launched at Wyandotte on November 9, 1912.
There are two trimming tanks, each of about 52 being 18 metallic lifeboats, all of special design, 14 of tons capacity, located on both port and starboard sides these having capacity of 40 persons each, two having just aft of the wheel casings. These tanks can be ei capacity for 20 persons each, and two for 16 persons ther filled or emptied in two to four minutes, thus mak each. In addition, the vessel is equipped with the usual ing it possible to keep the vessel always on an even number of life rafts and life preservers are required by keel. United States Steamboat Inspection Service. . . . Bow Rudder The Power Plant To facilitate quick handling in rivers and har The power plant of this steamer is in proportion bors, the steamer is fitted with a bow rudder, which is to the size of the steamer itself, and hence no small controlled by a steam steering engine located on the affair, being designed for the development of 12,000 main deck forward and directly connected to rudder H P there are nine boilers in the steam plant, all of the stock by chain and quadrant. The character of the ser Scotch type. Six of them are of the ordinary single vice is such that the vessel has to navigate restricted end construction, 14 ft diameter, 10fl 11-1/4 in long, in somewhat tortuous channels at both Buffalo and and three of the double end type, 14 ft. diameter, 21 ft Cleveland, and the bow rudder makes her instantly 10-1/2 in. long; all built for 165 lbs. working pres responsive and manageable. The after rudder is con sure. . . trolled by a steam steering engine connected to quad The boilers are installed in three compartments rant by a chain. The Akers emergency steam steering with athwartship coal bunkers between, thus forming gear is also provided should anything go wrong with four fire holds. The bunkers are so placed that the coal the after rudder. is practically self-tnniming onto the fire floors, thus The vessel is fitted with two stockless anchors necessitating but little coal passing. There are four of 6,500 lbs each, with 185 fathoms of 2-1/4 in. steel smoke stacks, all jacketed to the top of the dome and chain cable. Anchors are stowed on sloping anchor protected from the cabin by steel casings insulated with beds forward, connected and operated by a 10 x 10 cell board. . . . speed geared windlass. The Main Engine The life saving appliances of the vessel will be The main engine is installed in a compartment in accordance with government requirements, there TELESCOPE Page 62
838 F ile N o . V 7 3 Q 2
CERTIFICATE AMENDING CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION BY CHANGING CHARACTER OF VESSEL, ROUTE, EQUIPMENT, ETC.
D W W , ? i f i ? n " S RCE STEAM BOAT-INSPECTION m -nn-s
Office of U. S. Local Inspectors
P o r t o f Cleveland, Ohio
D a t e ,
ullis mTtftra, That the following-describecl amendments are hereby authorized
in the certificate of inspection expiring on July 1, 1934 , Abth issued
to the stoat vessel named SEEANDBEE (Steam, motor, sail, or barge.) classed as passenger , built a t %andotte (Passenger; freight, etc.) in the State of Michigan , in the year 1913 , and last inspected in the local district of Cleveland , in the State of Ohio on the 1st day of July , 1 9 U S S nam ely:
Steamar is provided with -2935- Ilf® preservers for adults, and -294- life preservers for children, -4920- cubic feet of lifeboat capacity, and -3180- cubio feet of liferaft oapaieyt# Fro r May 15 th to September 15th, inclusive, steamer is allowed to earrys
UNDER CLASS A...... ,1385 PASSENGERS UNDER CLASS B. 4 C...... PAs^g?6fflg
During the above period, the crew allowed to be carried is -235- of which ni®Ler —50* wist be certificated lifeboat men, —17— must be able seamen, n"d a nlntaum of -58— mutt be carried in the non-navigating departments ihen steamer is being navigated.
TT. S . Local Inspeotor of Hulls ...... A c tin g U. S. Local Inspectorj. whic^certifcate by the local inspectors to the master or owner of the vessel to which it relates, of inspection or pximinatinn ro a ? if a P?sted on board near the certificate of inspection or examination, if the certificate c e rtitu d e of insDection or exam ! qu#‘. . ® posted; or kept on board with the original certificate of inspection or examination, if the 7 inspection or examination is not required to be posted, to be shown on demand cony of ’"al^erHfioato6 fT*^ 4e' ' verei^ ^y local inspectors to the chief officer of customs of the district in which the copy ci tne original certificate of inspection or examination was filed. of the°ocannspectorsCertlflCate W C°^'V 0 tlle certi^cate °f inspection or examination that it amends in the office Any additional equipments required must be stated herein.
Ce\ tificate o f Inspection allowing the SEEANDBEE to cany a maximum o f2700 passengers in 1933. MAY* JUNE, 1997 Page 63 by itself immediately aft of the boilers. Practically the journals, 29-3/4 in. diameter in the outboard bearings, entire engine is under the main deck, only the tops of is 78 ft 6 in. long and has an 11-3/4 in. hole through the main bearings, the upper part of some of the valve out the entire length. The shaft weighs 120 tons. It is gear and the handling levers, projecting above the level made in three sections. The high pressure crank and of the deck.The engine is of the three-cylinder, com the adjoining pieces of shaft form the center section, pound, inclined type with one high pressure cylinder while the two wheel shafts with the low pressure 66 in. diameter and two low pressure each 96 in. di cranks attached for the two side sections. The sec ameter, all with a stroke of 108 in. The cylinders are tions are bolted together with flange couplings which located aft of the shaft, the high pressure in the center are counterbored into the inboard low pressure cranks with the low pressures on either side. They are beau and bolted with tapered bolts. These forgings are the tiful specimens of the founder’s art, being practically largest that the Midvale Steel Co. has ever turned out. without flaw and are further remarkable in that they The two paddle wheels are 30 ft. in diameter are the largest engine cylinders ever cast in the lake over the outer edge of the buckets, and 32 ft. 9 in. in region. The low pressure cylinders are about 13 ft. diameter over the rims. They are of very massive con long and 13 ft. high over the steam chests. All the structions, having hubs of cast steel and amis of cylinders are molded on end in loam molds. The open wrought iron forgings, with the trunnion hubs forged end was cast down, this being the usual practice of on the arm. There are eleven buckets in each wheel, the makers. This mold was parted on the center line 14 ft. 10 in long, 5 ft. 1 in wide, of 1-3/8 in. thick steel of the steam chests, also in the center line of the cylin plate. . . . der and drawbacks were make on the upper steam Equipped with Wireless chests. These partings were made to enable setting of The steamer is, of course, equipped with wire the cores with greater accuracy. . . . less and also carries an auxiliary storage battery plant Heavy Forgings which will operate for six hours if by any accident the The main shaft is of open-hearth steel, hydrau boilers should be put out of commission. Alarm boxes lic hollow forged. It is 26-3/4 in. diameter in the main are placed at convenient intervals which are rung at
BRIEF SCHEDULE identical for each week of the Cruise Season. Each cruise is continuous, starting from and returning to any port. Lv. C h i c a g o ...... 11:00 P. M. Friday Ar. Mackinac Island / for boarding or \ 5:15 P. M. Saturday Lv. Mackinac Island \ leaving only / 5:30 P. M. Saturday EAST BOUND Ar. C leveland ...... 6:30 P. M. Sunday TRIP Lv. C l e v e l a n d ...... 11:00 P. M. Sunday ♦Passengers may board steamer after 8:30 P. M. Sunday All schedules Ar. Buffalo ...... 9:30 A. M. Monday Eastern Standard Time r Lv. Buffalo ...... 9:45 P. M. Monday Ar. Sault Ste M a r i e ...... 10:45 A. M. W ednesday Lv. Sault Ste. M a r i e ...... 12:15 P. M. W ednesday WESTBOUND Ar. Mackinac Islan d ...... 6:15 P. M. W ednesday Lv. Mackinac Islan d ...... 2:30 A. M. Thursday TRIP Cruise Georgian Bay and Green Bay Ar. Chicago ...... 1^00 A. M. Friday
Schedule from 1938 season. TELESCOPE Page 64
F il e N o . V | J S S
THIS CERTIFICATE EXFIRES m s 1 8 , l f 3 & U n it e d S t a t e s o f A m e r ic a D e p a r t m e n t o f C o m m e r c e BUREAU OF NAVIGATION AND STEAMBOAT INSPECTION CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION FOR STEAM OR MOTOR VESSEL Stale of Ohio Oieinct of Clova!m& -PM«*ag«r, gfeMSS* fisMe* -SiSSIffiKIS- m writing having been made to the undersigned, Inspectors for (Ms District, to inspect the above-named v in the State of C TOt (Mini wad %ffWo Tnweit G t m m v l* . rnti,r J “Sell J, Jwh*ii«* k Master, said inspectors, having completed the inspection of the vessel on the U fh day of , 1935, DO CERTIFY that the said vessel was built at -j»naIotte<. in the State of - & * % « & . , in the roar 1glj. ; rebuilt in the year 1 - : that the Hull is canstrncted of-rte#!- : and, as shown by official records, is of -6381- gross tons; that the said vessel 1ms-449- Staterooms and-898- Berths and is itw? T 7- P*?H 8 K 'W*: Rrs* c*W u - * Second cabin, and - Deck or Steerage Passengers. *®ctad®t' 111 the 6nto(J crew hereinafter specified and designated there must be . > certificated lifeboat men. J-lse a BiiaisMs o f -2?«. i» th e sms>mv±s&tSnz
| p^Ta distance of about . Ld roturn^ ***** ***** “ ’ W * toierMeJkte
W n i w r a c e k t if v that, the said vessel at the date hereof is, in all things, in conformity with the laws governing (he Bureau of ■Navigation and Steam boat Inspection and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Supervising Inspectors. T H j^L L ^W G PABTICUuaRSor ...SPEQTIOI. ABE EHUMERflTCD, K»MCLV, Ancllors, No. 2 Cables, No. 2 _ appllaacss, No. and kind MrXIN BOILERS. Cmgmmz 4 life teoys aa« DONKEY Bader plate: TMcknessef x RJf» Has Elena! Hcbca COHplst® life ouo/e Whan bullf, j Jectaes, and meana of pro- Tensile atrengtb of O ^C X X ^ Diaxneierol Metol pelhng ihcra ** Record In loco! inspectera’ office at Thickness ot plain Wooden lifeboats No. ** Irnm it, mjm&rn Bol^r sheW&% drilled Worktnj boat i t . No. 3- Portable hand fire ponsps______No. «*. m n .m s CollaprtWe lifeboats. No. «* Thickness of plate found X « 0 t i 0 tv v Inch. Record In Doable-acting Mud fire potspa.--No. S Longitudinal scams tea« U » riveted. Every lifeboat bas etjulptneni in accordance with Fire hose, total lenglbo! 4 S 0 0 feet. Holes C M U the roles T e a Ftrebaekets ___ -N o . Maxfaantn steam pressare allowed fbs. Maiimum steam pressure allowed to donkey Life rafts. ___ jjo . m Water barrels. ------r 0. m Hydrostatic pressure applied £ 4 § lbs. Inch. ttt * preservers for adnltx Ro. 9 8 4 Wafer tanks, No. . Area, No. !>0 “ ki warn Ufc preservers for children Ro. 9 9 Hyaraalulic pr^sate allied v fa a k e? boiler. Dale when shaft vnrs last draw n...... „ * ... Steam fire p State of.____ Ohio...... | •^is*. traooid Inspector o f H ullt. StMBtef.of Cayatioat ...... j **’’ S e t B . E u i a i o f B o d e s . Subscribed and ...jgggt ^ r..„ to before mo this 18th... day o{ Juno ti»»* . soaia Inspector of Hulls, and by Inspector of Boilers. ©«lcc of S. s. goes! Ittspcctnna, fistnict of (g«t) ClsTClssd, Ohio ( tom J8 ,1935 nonu-y Mi lle, W t IIEKEBY CKUTIFY 1 jat lhoabove certificate is a true copy of the original issued by this office to 1 named herein. __ hwpector o/M ull*. —. Inspector o f Boilers. . . n V (e t tificate o f Inspection alloM’ing the SEEANDBEE to carry 823 passengers from M ay 15 through September 15, 1935. Penciled in the margin is the crew total o f 168 persons. MAY* JUNE, 1997 Page 65 TH? iirnni inrifnnrifr * s ■ pit j f i Harry Harry Wolf Photo/Dossin M useum SEEANDBEE at Mackinac Island. stated times by the night patrol and register in the pi phone booths, parcel and baggage rooms, and a lunch lot house. An automatic signal board placed in the pi counter, the entrance of which is gained through a lot house controls the signal lights of the ship. These doorway. The lobby is designed is the Tuscan order lamps are carried in duplicate, one dormant and the of architecture. The walls are paneled in mahogany other burning, and if by any chance the burning light inlaid with various woods, and the colors are in keep goes out, the other is automatically thrown in and reg ing with the general dominant tone of this aristocrat isters in the pilot house. Assurance is, therefore, given of woods. The ceiling decorations will be in bronze that that port and starboard and other signal lights are and Roman verd. Light will be obtained from ceiling always burning, or at any rate that if anything is wrong and wall brackets of appropnate design. A feature of with them it is immediately announced. The steamer the lobby that marks quite a departure from the usual is also equipped with an electric whistle device for sidewheeler on the lakes is that the grand stairway sounding signals and can also be arranged to auto leading to the promenade deck is enclosed in a vesti matically blow the fog signal at prescribed intervals bule with sliding doors. The purpose of this is to shut during thick weather. . . the stairway off immediately in the event of a possible Decorative Features of the Ship fire, a very remote contingency, it must be admitted. The decorative features of the vessel have been The main dining room is immediately abaft of entrusted to Louis O. Keil, the marine intenor deco the purser’s and steward’s offices on the main deck, rators, who has designed the interiors of a great many extending to the stem of the ship. It is earned out in steamers, notably those of the Hudson River Day Line Adams design with mahogany and white enamel. In and the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co. The key addition to a banquet room 24 ft. long on the star note of the decorative scheme is a rich simplicity. board side and two pnvate dining rooms on the port Elaborate ornamentation has been suppressed and the side, there are a number of alcoves with bay windows result is: on both port and starboard sides of the main room The first thing that a traveler sees, of course, where one may have a fair degree of pnvacy in din about a steamer, is the lobby. This is very spacious, ing. Light is obtained from Sheffield silver candela quite as large, in fact, as the lobby of an ordinary ho bra earned on columns, as well as Sheffield silver wall tel, containing the purser’s and steward’s offices, tele brackets. The extreme outer end of the main dining TELESCOPE Page 66 room is taken up with a great sideboard with dumb room amidships and men’s writing room forward. The waiter leading to the buffet on the orlop deck below. style of the Main Saloon is in the Ionic order of archi The dining room is 72 ft. long, 60 ft. wide at the for tecture, having a wainscot of carefully selected ma ward end, tapering to 32 ft. aft, and will seat 170 per hogany highly finished, the upper part finished in fine sons at one time. The location of the dining room on enamel. The general effect, however, will be one of the main deck is a happy one, as it permits the passen perfect simplicity and no decorative features whatever ger to look out over the waters as the boat speeds along. will be attempted except that the ceilings in both for This feature was first introduced on the lakes on ward and after sections of the saloon and the cross sidewheelers on the City o fDetroit III, and was much bulkheads formed by the stair landings will have mu appreciated by the traveling public, the dining room ral paintings. The main dependence for decorative ef hitherto having been located on the orlop deck. fect will be in the ceiling painting which will be de The buffet, as stated, is directly under the din voted wholly to one subject and will be executed by ing room and is approached by a stairway on the main one of the foremost mural painters in the United States. deck aft. It will be tavern design after the manner of The general color scheme of the gallery deck an old English inn and will call to mind the remark of will be gray, ivory and white, chaste, simple and re the great Dr. Samuel Johnson, that nothing was ever fined. At the after end of the gallery deck is the ladies’ contrived that gave mankind so much creature as a drawing room of Italian renaissance design with built- good tavern. in seats at after end in walnut. The furniture in this The Main Saloon room will be of walnut covered in tapestry and the Passing from the lobby through a vestibule and floor covering of the best Wilton. The room will be up a wide and handsome flight of stairs, one enters lighted by ceiling fixtures and the general color scheme the main saloon, upwards of400 ft. long, on the prom will be rose. enade deck, and subdivided for convenience into sev On the upper deck immediately above the draw eral sections, having flower booths, a book and peri ing room will be located the atrium. The meaning of odical store, observations room and ladies’ writing an atrium is Pompeiian court with sleeping room ad- McDonald Coll/Dossin M useum C &B steamers SEEANDBEE cmcl CITY OF ERIE in Cleveland, Ohio. MAY* JUNE, 1997 Page 67 To the Editor,- In accordance with our contract, will you kindly publish for us the following local notice in your next issue? Yours truly, THE CLEVELAND & BUFFALO TRANSIT COMPANY, Publicity DeDartment. Publicity notice announcing schedule for J 916 season.______joining, and of course it is quite apropos to call it such, by a forward stairway leading from the promenade as the staterooms actually do adjoin, with molded enta deck between the stacks to the upper deck, carrying blature extending around entire court. Wall pilasters electric fixtures in L’ Art Nouveau on the Newell posts. at the forward end support a pediment. It will be ear An air of comfort and coziness will be imparted to the ned out in the full spirit of a Pompeiian court, the color lunge by numerous little bays on both port and star scheme being light, but relieved by rich Pompeiian board sides where one may indulge in light refresh colors, flower stands about the room and the ceiling ments, such as ice cream, which will be served from a painted to represent the sky and the open air. The elec counter built-in at the after end of the lounge. This tric fixtures will be in the form of bronze torches and counter will be a model of sanitation, being constructed everything will be in keeping with Pompeiian thought. of opal and German silver. As this will be a common In the center will be an open well looking down upon meeting ground for both men and women, the purpose the drawing room. is to make it as inviting and comfortable as possible. In this connection it is pertinent to note that a The floor will be of asbestolith which will be divided balcony for orchestra will be located at the after end into squares by brass strips to represent tiling. With of the Main Saloon, just forward of the ladies’ draw its fumed oak furniture this room will doubtless prove ing room on the gallery deck above. It will be thus a very attractive one. observed that the orchestra is so placed that its music Bordering the Main Saloon will be a number of reaches not only the Main Saloon, but the drawing parlors, the principal ones being named by courtesy room and atrium on the upper decks as well. in honor of the president, general manager, traffic Probably the most popular feature of the ship manager and directors. Each room will be of different will be by lounge on the upper gallery deck amid design, being finished in either vermilion wood, satin ships. It will be conventional in design, finished in wood, mahogany, red gum wood, silver gray maple, fumed oak, and the decorative features in L’Art prima vera and enamel. The furniture and decorations Nouveau will be painted right on the wood. The stack of each of these parlors will be keeping with the char casing which penetrates this room will be utilized to acter of the wood finish. Each parlor will contain twin carry panel paintings. This room may also be reached brass beds, a divan, tables, dressers, chairs, mirrors TELESCOPE Page 68 Addendum and plenty of cushions to lend an air of comfort. Each of these parlors will have a private bath finished in The Seeandbee began regular overnight service pure white enamel, and in addition the rooms which in 1913 and later extended cruise travel to Chicago. are named in honor of officers of the company will With the outbreak of World War II, the U.S. Navy have private balconies. The lighting fixtures of the requisitioned the Seeandbee and converted her to the parlors will be carried out in Sheffield silver and USS Wolverine. Sailing on Lake Michigan, the USS Tuscan gold. Some of the parlors will moreover be Wolverine trained pilots from the Great Lakes Naval paneled in silk, brocade and finely embroidered cur Training Base. She was laid-up in 1845 and decom tains which nchly dress the windows. missioned in 1946. She was scrapped at Milwaukee. Dimensions of Seeandbee Length overall 500 feet Length between perpendiculars 485 feet Beam of hull, moulded 58 feet Extreme beam over guards 97 feet, 8 inches Depth of hull at stem 30 feet, 4 inches Depth of hull at stem 27 feet, 1 inch Depth of hull at guards 22 feet, 10 inches Former sidewheelers SEEANDBEE and GREATER BUFFALO converted to aircraft training vessels USS WOLVERINE and USS SABLE. Shown here docked in Chicago, IL. MAY* JUNE, 1997 Page 69 THE MILWAUKEE CLIPPER PART II by HOWARD PETERSON In addition to his article on the Milwaukee Clip Statistics per in our last Telescope issue, Howard Peterson has Length 361 feet written this update on June 20, 1997. Breadth 50 feet Subsequent to the writing of the article, a group Depth 28 feet from Muskegon intent on saving the Clipper made a Cruising speed 18 MPH trip to South Chicago in June of 1997 to tour the Clip Auto capacity 108 per to ascertain her condition. Their findings were not Expanded to 120 encouraging. Vandalism had occurred, including the Gross regstered tonnage 4272 theft of the original 500 lb. cast bronze bell, and much Engine - Quadruple Expansion interior paint had begun to peel. This was not unex 22", 31-1/2", 45", and 65" dia. x 42" stroke develop pected as she was unheated over the past winter. How ing 3500 max hp dates from 1904. Burned 5500 gal ever, the Muskegon group, headed by businessman lon of oil per round trip. Jim Plant, is undaunted and plan to go ahead with at Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in tempting to acquire the ship. This is despite a lack of 1983. Designated a National Historic Landmark in support from Muskegon City Hall. 1989. Author's Author's C ollection MILWAUKEE CLIPPER at Milwaukee Dock. TELESCOPE Page 70 NO IREIGHT CARRIED ON S S. JUNIATA-S. S. OCTORARA Longitudinal Sectional View of Juniata .1 I Octorara. Length over all— 361 feet. PILOT "L HOUSE - B f DOWN PROMENADE 200 * ONG EACH SIDE □ n r z ) □ □ n DOWN _T ~ DECK “A” — SUN DECK—No *»atprooms or parlors on this deck. DECK “B”—PROMENADE DECK—Eight parlors i xe en suite; also 28 two-berth outside staterooms (Nos. 200 to 229) and 28 two-berth ridor staterooms (Nos. 350 to 377) • ' fTTIT Z T 5 r7'. ■r :r*n i t Tip JX ?X Sir JX TIB 3_B • CAPACITY. I IX ahOF tXNIN6 0 0 SAL00A-250 3 3 £L a O Q rTiasTm-aooOO ' f ii TP TP C Tj. O O \ f IP PSQftNADE. 0 X 3 375CA :: FT TT L0N6 EACH q SIDE C ^ LL DECK “ C” SALOON DECK—Eight parlors de luxe. - BERTH DECK— Six parlors without bath, but equipped »i»* lavatory; 47 outside staterooms (Nos. 1 to 48) ; 45 inside staterooms (N o s •v to 147) AUTOMOBILE SPACE outside rooms In DECK “E"—MAIM DECK—Twin bod parlors and bath, Ontario, the Mlofclgaa. MO series. Niagara, Superior, Erie, Huron, and 36 two-berth Deckplan for sisterships S.S. OCTORARA and S.S. JUNIATA, showing no freight carried onboard. When the S. S. JUNIATA was converted to the CLIPPER, it was the most expensive ever done on the lakes. MAY • JUNE, 1997 Page 71 Pullman "L a q e" —a comfortable Luxurious Stater^ ms'and Pullman berth by night; restful lounging Accommodations for Overnight Guests quarters by day. Forward from ike Mam Lounge are beautifully-appointed berth and state room accommodations—air-conditioned for your complete comfort. The Milwaukee Clipper is the first shiji in the world to offer guests Pullman-type berth accommodations, quickly converted from sleeping quarters fay night to private 'Togas'’ by day. Compact air-conditioned staterooms, tastefully furnished and accommo dating two and three guests, are equipped with roomy French-type beds Pnvate Staterooms and disappearing upper berths. Each stateroom also has private toilet otter you the facili facilities, writing desk, lounging chairs—in short, everything you need to ties ol a fine hotel make your trip perfect in every detail. Cabin quarters open on to an enclosed Observation Lounge in the bow of the Clipper. Matinee- and StaAlUftd ^baneuuf, . . And you’ll w a n t to dance in this festive, carefree atmosphere! Dance as long as you wish, have lunch or dinner, relax a while in the Sky Lounge, join in the merriment on the "Sun and r 'Little Skipper V ' P la y Room E n jo y the "S k y L o u n g e "—An Fun" Deck. Enjoy all the thrills of an ocean — Supervised play for "Little Folks" outdoor lounge atop the ship... cooled / cruise at such low cost you simply can't afford in a fun room of their own. Leaves by Lake Michigan's breezes. Sun- //?, to leave a Milwaukee Clipper cruise out of your parents free to enjoy themselves. drenched by day; star-lit by night. Gio- vacation! Trained matron-nurse in attendance. rious view for miles in every direction! iijjs Brochure publicizing the Pullman-type berth accommodations on the CLIPPER.. All staterooms were air- conditioned with private facilities. TELESCOPE Page 72 Author's Collection Author's Top left: The 500 lb. cast bronze bell has been removed by vandals. Top right:Passengers gather on the bow in I960. Bottom:Passengers eating in the Main Lounge, equipped with modern appointments in the 1950's. MAY • JUNE, 1997 Page 73 THE SCHOONER G. K. JACKSON 1882 by HOWARD H. PETERSON When I happily reminisce about my pre-teen- show up. In retrospect the only real danger was the age boyhood, almost sixty years ago, living only a possibility of falling down into the foul oakum smell few blocks from the water's edge of Muskegon Lake, ing water in the flooded hull. Somehow God thank I can almost hear my worried mother's warning, "Don't fully protects most playmates from such disasters. get wet". Talk about futility! Kids living by a lake can The wooden schooner G.K. Jackson was built swim like fish and warning them not to get wet. We in 1882 by George King of Marine City, Michigan. had explored it all, from the rat infested basements of She was owned by Gurdon K. Jackson of Bay City, a burned to the ground foundry to the local marinas who operated a fleet of lumber earners out of the harboring mostly row boats, to the rotting hulk of the Saginaw River. The boat first appeared on the river in old schooner G.K. Jackson at the Ginman' Dock. the fall of 1882 making three trips, one to Cleveland That old abandoned schooner provided many and two to Tonawanda, New York. She earned up to hours of imaginative play that only young boys could 600,000 board feet of lumber. In 1886 she made nine possibly conjure up. The "No Trespassing-Danger" clearances from Bay City with a total of 4,703,000 signs only added to the excitement as we kept a watch feet of lumber. On some return tnps from Cleveland ful eye for the cantankerous watchman who never did or Tonawanda, she would bnng back about 500 tons Author's Author's Collection The G.K. JACKSON under tow in Saginaw Bay in 1923. TELESCOPE Page 74 G.K. JACKSON at Ginman's Dock about 1940. Muskegon County Museum C ollection of coal. By 1900 many of the mills on the Saginaw On January 14, 1930, the Jackson was sold by River closed because of the lack of logs. By then coal its Canadian owners to Roy R. Love Construction of had been found under Bay County and happily the Muskegon and re-transferred to American registry as role of the Jackson was able to be reversed, taking a tow barge. The last work by the now decrepit boat coal out of Bay County and bringing lumber back from was hauling stone in the completion of the concrete the mills of Georgian Bay, especially the mills at Span breakwater entrance of Muskegon Harbor. January ish River, Ontario. It was at this time that she towed 18, 1933 the old vessel was partially dismantled and with the steamer Maine under the control of George the broken hull abandoned at the Ginman Docks on J. Jackson. Muskegon Lake as unfit for further service. Vandals By 1900 while crossing Lake Huron from Geor attempted to bum the derelict a couple of times. All gian Bay to Bay City, she was caught in a storm and traces of the tough work horse finally occurred when snapped off one of the masts at the deck. Early in 1907 she was covered by debris from the demolition of the the vessel was overhauled and permanently changed Muskegon's Occidental in 1975. from a three-masted schooner to a two masted vessel According to records of the National Archives typical of the times. This new fore and aft stepping in Washington, D C. the G. K. Jackson originally had allowed much more deck room for transporting logs a plain head or bow, a square stem, one deck and three which was to become the main cargo when she was masts, fore-and-aft rigged. It was 163.6 feet long with sold to Canadian registry in 1913. Until 1930 she was a breadth of 31 feet, depth of hold 9.1 feet, and weighed used primarily to haul logs into the Central Paper 400.94 gross tons. Under the Navigation Act of Au Company in Muskegon and was a familiar sight with gust 5, 1882, the tonnage was described as 380.9 net the deck piled high with stacked pulpwood. tons. Late in 1929 the vessel foundered in heavy sea off Ludington Light. The entire above deck cargo of Research credit is given to Mr. Don Comtois of Muskegon-bound pulpwood was lost. The old ship was the Saginaw River Marine Historical Society in Bay shortly towed into Ludington harbor, pumped out and City, the Institute for Great Lakes Research of Bowl continued to Muskegon where the remainder of the ing Green State University, the Bay County Histori cargo was delivered. cal Society and The M nskeeon Chronicle. MAY* JUNE, 1997 Page 75 H. H. Groesbeck Photo/Dossin Museum Coll. Top: Port bow o/JACKSON in slip. Note carferries in background. Bottom: Remains o/JACKSON sunk in slip. GREAT LAKES & SEAWAY NEWS Those who have contributed to the News Editor: James Morris Section in this issue are: 22919 Alger ROD BURDICK St. Clair Shores, MI. 48080 A L A N M A N N DAN McCORMICK M.B. MACKAY AL M ILLER DON RICHARDS Seaway News Editor: Skip Gillham GREG RUDNICK STEVE SCHULTZ JIM SPR U N T JOHN VOURNAKIS GERALD WALTER Jan. 1 . The town of Collingwood, Ontario began negotiations to purchase the Collingwood Terminal Grain Elevator. Jan. 2 . . . Management of the George A. Stinson has been taken over by American Steamship Company from Interlake Steamship Company. Interlake had managed the Stinson since 1992. Jan. 7 . . . Interlake's J.L. Mauthe in tow of John Purves arrived in Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay for conversion to a self-unloading barge. The tow was assisted through the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal by tug Karen Andrie. With the departure ofMedusa Challenger, the shipping season ended for the port of Grand Haven. Ninety- four cargoes were handled by twenty-eight different vessels in 1996, best year since 1990. Jan. 9 The port of Marquette closed for the season with the departure of Algoma's A Igomarme with 21,409 tons of pellets for Algoma Steel at the Soo. After unloading, she proceeded to Sarnia for lay-up, arriving on January 11th. Jan. 11 Enerchem Asphalt idled at Halifax, Nova Scotia since June 2, 1996, cleared for the Verreault Shipyard at Les Mechines, Quebec in tow of Atlantic Cedar, arriving on January 15th. Jan 12... The last cargo of the season for Duluth/Superior was loaded aboard Bethlehem's Stewart J. Cort at Burlington/Santa Fe s Ore Dock. She departed with 52,155 tons of pellets bound for Bums Harbor. Jan 13 . . Taconite Harbor closed for the season with the departure of Interlake's Paid R. Tregurtha with 39,531 tons of pellets. She departed with a partial cargo due to a train derailment of four locomotives and ninety-three cars. Jan. 15. . Mesabi Miner amved at Duluth, closing the Twin Ports shipping season and laid-up at Hallet No. 5 Dock. The Soo Locks closed for the season when the Paul R. Tregurtha locked through at 2:26 a.m. followed by the USCG Mackinaw later that evening. The Tregurtha was bound for Lorain, but was diverted to Cleveland due to heavy ice conditions arriving on January 19th for lay-up. Jan 16 Canada Steamship Lines signed a new three-year contract to manage the Stephen B. Roman for Essroc. Page 76 MAY* JUNE, 1997 Page 77 GREAT LAKES & SEAWAY NEWS • Photo Photo by Jim Hoffman ------ADAM CORNELIUS holed her how in ice and m t repaired at Bay Shipbuilding.______Jan. 20 . . Union contracts were signed at St. John Shipbuilding today and with labor peace, construction can begin on four container ships. Jan. 23. While on a trip from Toledo to Cleveland, the tug Donald C. Hannah and barge Hannah 3601 had the tow line part off Middle Sister Island. The barge carrying 1.3 million gallons of No. 6 fuel oil destined for LTV Steel was rescued by the USCG Neah Bay, which had been escorting the pair along with the tanker Saturn through heavy ice. The barge was taken to the Canadian Coast Guard dock in Amherstburg, Ontano for inspection and no damage was found. The trip was finally completed on March 25th. Jan. 24 ... Imperial Oil's tanker Le Brave was removed from drydock in Halifax, Nova Scotia. While drydocked, she was painted in Imperial Oil colors. Jan. 26 . . . Adam E. Cornelius holed her bow in ice and flooded the forward compartment shortly after departing Escanaba. She proceeded to Bay Shipbuilding for repairs. Jan. 29 . . . Wisconsin Central Transportation Company, through a subsidiary Sault Ste. Bridge Company, completed the purchase of the Escanaba Ore Dock and 220 miles of railroad track for eighty-five million from the Union Pacific Railroad. Jan. 30 . .The tug/barge Michigan/Great Lakes reported to the U.S. Coast Guard that they had two minor hull fractures in the starboard side ballast tanks as they approached Grand Traverse Bay. The vessel's master reported the barge taking on some water, but that the pumps were handling it. He suspected the damage occurred when the barge nudged the E.J.&E. and Canal Street Bndge when departing Indiana Harbor. The banje was loaded with about two million gallons of gasoline and fuel oil bound for Total Oil Company terminal in Traverse City. After unloading, temporary repairs were made and the tow departed for Chicago TELESCOPE Page 78 • GREAT LAKES & SEAWAY NEWS Feb. 1 .. The Soconav Inc. fleet was declared in bankruptcy today. A company by the name of Petro-Nav, Inc. apparently has control of the last three tankers: Le Chene No 1, L'Orme No. 1 and Le Saule No. I. Feb. 2 . . . The port of Goderich closed for the season when the Canadian Olympic loaded a cargo of salt for Detroit. After unloading she proceeded to Nanticoke to lay-up, arriving on the 6th. Feb. 6 . .. The USCG Katmai Bay suffered a minor stack fire while upbound in the St. Marys River. The fire was confined to one of two mufflers and exhaust stacks. She stopped and waited for the USCG Mobile Bay, which came from St. Ignace before proceeding up to the Coast Guard base at the Soo, arriving on one engine the next day. Feb. 13 . . . The USCG Biscayne Bay reset the vessel track in the St. Marys River winter channel in prepara tion for the Canadian icebreaker Samuel Risley and the tanker Gemini on February 14th. Feb. 16 . . . Ralph S. Misener passed away at age 88 in St. Catharines, Ontario. He was past President of Misener Shipping, Ltd. and had a vessel named after him. Feb. 19 . . . Inland Ocean Lines announced their plans to operate the 249-foot Lake King (formerly Northumberland Femes Ltd. Prince Nova), from Erieau to Cleveland. The ferry is presently in Caribou, Nova Scotia and was scheduled to enter service in June. If service warrants a second vessel, the City o fMidland 41, currently laid up in Ludington, Michigan would be added. American Steamship has been awarded management of the GEORGE A. STINSON in 1997. MAY* JUNE, 1997 ______Page 79 GREAT LAKES & SEAWAY NEWS • The So° Locks closedfor the season with the passage of the PAUL R. TREGURTHA downbound on January 1.5 1997______Feb. 23 . Renames took place for three of McKiel Marine's tugs: Otis Wack becomes Wyatt McKiel, Fewille D'Erable becomes Florence McKiel and Robert B. No. 1 becomes Jarrett McKiel. Feb. 24 ULS Corp announced a name change for the company to Upperlakes Group, Inc. Feb. 26 . . Imperial Oil's tanker Le Brave was renamed Imperial St. Lawrence. Feb. 27 . . Ontario Northland Transportation released their schedule for the Chi Cheemann, which had no rate increase for 1997 and a starting date of May 9th. Miscellaneous . . . Upperlakes Group, Inc.'s subsidiary Marbulk Shipping Inc. signed a contract to convert the m/v Thornhill to a seIf-unloader in Shanghai, China. The Thornhill was scheduled to enter the shipyard in midsummer with delivery in November, 1997. The Seattle-based Jore Group has purchased the tug/barge Strong/American, an atrubar-styled integrated tug and ro/ro barge unit. The tug was built in 1978 by Marinette Marine Corp. as the J. J. 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