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VOL. 6 DECEMBER 1957 NO. 12 Ira rn p r ^UBLISHCO BY

G reat L a k e s M o d e l S hipbuilders' G uild J. E. JOHNSTON, R. H. DAVISON, _E d , itor;. , 5 4 0 1 Woodward Avenue Associate ,v Editor ------Detroit 2, Michigan ------Membership $ 4 . 0 0 Membership $ 4 . 0 0 Supported in part by the Detroit Historical Society

A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

To all members: ------A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR------

As the year 1957 draws to a close I feel that I must express my appreciation of the very fine cooperation which so many of the members have given me In the many matters pertaining to the Guild and the MUSEUM OF GREAT LAKES HISTORY. The space available does not permit listing names and mentioning deeds, so all of you who have helDed, please accept ray sincere thanks. With the January 1958 issue we begin Vol.8, of TELESCOPE. This means that your editor is going to need 192 pages of new material during the next twelve months. We have come to the end of Samuel Ward Stanton's drawings of Great Lakes steamboats, so must locate something to fill the three or four pages they have taken during the past year. Who can help in that quarter? To our artist members we appeal for covers, preferably in black and white, and of the right size for direct insertion without any reduction. Model builders can send in descriptions of short cuts they have learned or invented, along with sketches in ink or pen­ cil. Factual material on any phase of Great Lakes history can be used,---port histories, histories of ships, and ship yards,— bio­ graphies of Lakes men, will be very welcome. Let's all keep at it until we make TELESCOPE the best magazine in the field. In times past I have urged the members to pay their dues early in January. In order for us to plan the year this is essential.Be one of the first to send in your check. It willn&ke my work much easier. I have been asked to send out bills, but this makes more work and more expense. Printing and postage run into money.

Joseph E.Johnston, Editor

Organized in 1952 to locate, acquire, and preserve information and objects related to the history of shipping on the Great Lakes and to make same available to the public through the Museum of Great Lakes History and the columns of Telescope. The construction of authentic scale models of Great Lakes ships is one of the prime objectives of the organization, which has brought into being the largest existing collection of models of these ships. The Museum of Great Lakes History, located at 5401 Woodward Avenue, Detroit 2, Michigan, is official headquarters for the organization and the repository bf all of its holdings. The Guild is incorporated as an organization for no profit under the laws of the'S tate of Michigan. No member receives any compensation for his services. Donations to the Guild are Deductible for tax income purposes.

OFFICERS

Robert L.Ruhl,...... President John K.Helgesen.Sr Vice President Joseph E.Johnston, Secy-Treas.

DIRECTORS

Robert II.Davison...... Ferndale. Walter Massey LaSalle, Ontario. John F.Miller.... Grosse Pointe . Leo M.Flagler Windsor.Ontario . Carl G.Ammon...... Detroit. Wm.N.Stevens...... Detroit. 3

Center offers an ideal locale from which to minister to the troubled who daily visit the courts and of­ Historic landmark fices in this area. Until last year, Mariners' Church serves Detroit’s “storm-tossed33 had stood, for more than 100 years, at Woodward Avenue and Woodbridge Amid the modern splendor of De­ Street. At that time, it was moved troit's Civic Center now under con­ to — a highly appropriate site. At struction, stands a grey? stone this corner had stood the old Indian church of vaguely Gothic design. Council House— first seat of govern­ From an architectural standpoint, ment in Michigan— and the old St. this church — Mariners' Church— is Paul's Episcopal Church (now St, not particularly distinctive, and Paul's Cathedral) — and the mother many a visitor to Detroit, who stops church of all the Episcopal Churches to admire the contemporary beauty of in this region. the center, may well wonder why so At present, Mariners' Church is prominent a place has been given to undergoing extensive refurbishing in the church. preparation for its expanded mission Although they may all be summed up to Detroit.A gift given by the Rands by saying that the citizens wanted Family Foundation to the Friends of it there, the reasons why Mariners' Old Mariners'— an interdenomination­ Church stands today in the Civic al city - wide group organized to Center are many and varied. For the assist the church — will make pos­ historically-minded Detroiters,Mari­ sible the erection of a bell tower ners* Church— the first stone church adjoining the church. The tower, de­ in Michigan — certainly merited a signed by Giffels and Valet, will be place in the center as a Detroit made of old stone to harmonize with landmark. Others felt that Mariners* the worn quality of the church's ex­ Church was the ideal church to pro­ terior. vide a weekday ministry to the thou­ The boy scout ,troop of Holy Re­ sands of workers in the Civic Center, deemer Roman Catholic parish has do­ Many of Detroit's civic,educational, nated a bell to be hung in the new and fraternal groups which have, in tower, and the Allied Veterans Coun­ the past, used Mariners* Church for cil of Detroit will provide five special religious services wishes to stained-glass windows for the north see the church remain in its appro­ side of the church. Each of the win­ priate and convenient location. dow will honor a branch of the But,to a vast number of Detroiters, armed forces and has been designated Mariners' Church belonged in the Ci­ as a memorial to the four chaplains who sacrificed their lives on the vic Center solely because of its past services to the ''storm-tossed" U.S.S. DORCHESTER during World War of the city — the transient seamen, II. the migrant workers, the homeless Extensive remodeling of the stores old men,and the "down on their luck" which once filled the first floor of the church building is underway.This workers who had, over the years, space will serve as the offices of found a haven and home at Mariners* Church and Mariners' Inn. To remove the church, the Episcopal City Mis­ from the city's waterfront this sion, and the Department of Christ­ church which has rehabilitated and ian Social Relations of the Episco­ helped so many seemed both unwise pal Diocese of Michigan when com­ and unkind. The staff of both the pleted. A maritime museum will occu­ church and the inn, led by the Rev. py a fine new basement. E. B. Usher, were eager both to con­ Nor has Mariners* Inn— which for tinue past services and to expand many years stood behind the church their work. The church's present proximity to the City-County Build­ ing and other buildings in the Civic 4

at Griswold and Woodbridge Streets— (as they inevitably would if they been forgotten. This innt which built simply a stone church), the houses one hundred and fifty men who trustees decided to devote the have no other homes, will move into ground floor of the building to its new quarters on Ledyard Street business uses and the upper floor to soon. A large portion of the funds the church. In addition, they voted for the new inn came from the Metro­ to erect a second building for politan Detroit Building Fund in re­ stores on the Griswold Street side cognition of the work done by the of the lot. Through this ingenious inn. plan, they were able to build a The history of Mariners* Church church wholly free from debt. Fur­ begins, appropriately enough, with ther, the trustees were able to use the arrival in Detroit of the WALK- the income from the Griswold Street IN-THE-WATER— the first steamboat to building to liquidate the debt in­ sail the Great Lakes — in 1818. O n curred by building the church and the ship were a Colonel John Ander- the stores while the income from the son;his wife, Julia Taylor Anderson; stores below the church was used to and Mrs. Anderson’s sister, Miss meet the current expenses of the Charlotte Taylor. A West Point gra­ church. duate, Col. Anderson had resigned It is interesting to note that the his commission and engaged himself first tenants to occupy business in engineering work in and around space in and by the church building Detroit. The Andersons and Miss Tay­ were the U. S. Post Office, and the lor lived at a home at Woodbridge Detroit Savings Fund— today, The De­ and Woodward, originally owned by troit Bank. A variety of businesses Miss Taylor in 1822. A year or two followed. after the colonel’s death in 1834, Although planned in both name and Mrs. Anderson and her sister then fact as a church for mariners, the moved to another house. Miss Taylor, church quickly discovered that its however, retained her ownership of support inevitably had to come from the building and lot on Woodward un­ local citizens. Detroit was not a til her death in 1840, when this good sailors port— few stayed in the property was willed to Mrs.Anderson. city during the ’’off” season for In 1842, Mrs. Anderson died and left ships, and those ships that docked a will which, following specific in Detroit during the navigation provisions for various servants and season stayed only briefly. Nonethe­ friends, read: less, from the beginning a small I give and devise my lot on the core of seamen have supported Mari­ corner of Woodward Avenue and ners* Church and, from its early Woodbridge Street in Detroit... days, a certain number of pews have to my executors ... as a site been set aside for ’’mariners and for a Mariners* Church; and it their families.” Paradoxically, with is my will that my New York the present - day development of the State stock ... shall be applied St. Lawrence Seaway and the expan­ to the building of a stone church sion of the Port of Detroit,it seems on the said lot of ground, to be probable that the church will soon called ’’Mariners* Church of be serving more seamen. Detroit.** As the business section of Detroit Almost six years after Mrs. Ander­ began its exodus up Woodward Avenue son’s death, the Michigan Legisla­ from the river, and as people moved ture enacted a bill incorporating out to newer residential sections, Mariners* Church, and the nine trus­ Mariners* Church began to lead a te­ tees of the newly-authorized church nuous life.Yet a few brave souls in­ proceeded to plan the church building sisted on keeping open the doors and itself. Determined not to leave the even managed to institute a series new church without an assured income 5

of noon-day Lenten services in 1877- CAPTAIN BUNDY believed to be the first in the Uni­ and his ted States. It was at this time in GLAD TIDINGS MISSIONARY BOATS the history of Mariners* Church that the Church began to develop a *'new In the past century, the seaman's mission‘*in life. With the fabulous bethel was an important influence in growth of Detroit in the early part the lives of many men who went down of the century, came a need for or­ to the Lakes in ships. The very na­ ganized agencies to assist the dis­ ture of a life upon the water tends placed, the homeless, the sick, and to deprive a man of those things the needy. In 1915, Bishop Williams, which guide him along the ways of then head of the Episcopal Diocese good people ashore, or at least such of Michigan, seeing the need, pro­ was the case back in the days of posed that Mariners* Church be made sailing ships and long voyages. To­ a **home and port for storra-tossed day the reverse is true, and the humanity.** landsman is exposed to more tempta­ From that time on, this has been tions than is the seaman. The flesh the mission of Mariners* Church. Al­ pots are always at hand, on shore, though supported in large part by and there is little to encourage men the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, to turn to habits of contemplations its work from the beginning was non- of God and his vast creation. denominational in character. It was Fast ships have made for shorter the need and not the creed that mat­ voyages,and established trade routes tered. In many fields of social ser­ take the mariner, time and time vice, Mariners* Church and other again,to the same ports. Radio keeps comparable religious organizations him in touch with life ashore,and to in Detroit have led both the city the casual observer there is little and its citizens. Aid to children about a sailor to indicate the na­ and the aged, shelter for the home­ ture of his work. Ashore, he dresses less, help for the alcoholics— these no differently from anyone else. He and many more functions which are makes friends at both ends of his now also performed by city agencies voyage, and no longer finds it nece­ in earlier days were services pro­ ssary to frequent waterfront bar­ vided by Mariners* Church and Inn. rooms for human companionship. In view of this distinguished re­ Eighty years ago, a seaman was a cord and plans for future service, seaman, and nothing else. He could it is a small wonder that Detroit­ be spotted a block, by his rolling ers felt that this church rightfully gait and the cut of his clothes. should stand in the Civic Center. Those were the days of the tramp For— as the distinguished historian ship, when visits to anyone port — Milo M. Quaife, has written— were far apart in time. Sailors con­ "The plan of two gracious women sorted with sailors, and with such who lived and died more than a women as were available, during centuryv ago to minister to the brief stays in port. Among those welfare of our Great Lakes sail­ wanderers were many fine men and ors has become transmuted into many fine friendships developed be­ the greater and broader project tween them. *'You have been a good of making Mariners* Church *a shipmate,*'was the highest compliment Haven and Port* for all wayward they knew. Some were of good moral and suffering human beings of stamina. Some were not. The seaman's whatever calling or creed.** bethel served both, without question as to their past. The seaman's bethel was a means of “Sa c k i s s u e s extending the friendly hand of men We are running low on back issues of of good will, to the wanderers upon TELESCOPE. Only a few more sets are the face of the earth. Hardly a port available from February 195*+ onward. in Christendom was without its haven for seamen,somewhere near the water­ front. There was one in every port 6

around the Great Lakes where money But all was not a bed of roses, could be raised for their needs. and though money was coming in, it The Great Lakes, noted for their was also going out. One stormy day, "firsts" in many other things, were late in November, while trying to perhaps, the first to reverse the bring his ship into the harbor at situation and have a ship, and a Cleveland, the vessel was swept bona fide seaman, dedicated to the against the breakwater and badly da­ spiritual welfare of landsmen. maged. In the trying hours while In the period when the Lakes re­ beating back and forth outside the gion was being settled , there were entrance, with the night coming on many tiny villages completely isola­ and the storm increasing in fury, ted from the rest of the world, ex­ Bundy for the first time in his life cept for the small vessels which prayed, - - not so much for his own brought in those necessities which safety, as for the safety of his could not be mode at home, and which crewwhom he had induced to make the took away, to market, those things trip, much too late in the season. which were for sale. Many of these As the ship was blown against the small settlements could not support breakwater a*huge sea swept over a minister of the gospel, so were, her, carrying with it everybody on for long periods of time, without board. So tremendous was the wave religious services of any kind. Into that all were thrown clear of the this breach stepped one of the most outer harbor wall and into the com­ colorful, and most dedicated men on paratively calm water beyond. Not a the Lakes in his time, Captain Hen­ life was lost. The Captain was deep­ ry Bundy, who was known from Buffalo ly moved by what he believed was to Duluth for his good works and his God’s answer to his first prayer. missionary ships, all of which bore The damaged vessel was salvaged, the name "Glad Tidings." and during the long winter,repaired. Henry Bundy was born in London, Also, during the long winter there England, in 1828, of poor parents, was time to think.For the first time who apprenticed him to a cruel ship­ in his life he sought the company of master when the lad was only ten church people, and even attended years old, because he was too much prayer meetings held in the house of a problem around home. As might where he lived. When the next navi­ be expected, the life at sec was gation season opened it was a such that it made a tough, hard- changed Captain Bundy who took the drinking, hard - fighting man out of ship out. He began talking religion what was very possibly only a high- as he went about his work. Cargoes spirited child. of lumber were to be had at isolated Bundy came to the Lakes after saw mills around the Lakes, and he nineteen years of voyaging as a sail­ observed that there was little evi­ or upon the seven seas. He had heard dence of religion in any of them. of the vast freshwater seas, and His work as an evangelist began that when his ship made the port of New season. York, he left her and went to Buf­ Chicago was crying for lumber, and falo, determined to give them a try. many of Bundy’s cargoes were dis­ All that he knew was ships, so at charged there. Once, when unloaded, once he signed on for a trip to Chi­ and all ready to sail, he was await­ cago. At last his nineteen years of ing the arrival of a tugboat to tow tough training began paying off. him out into Lake Michigan. When Upon arriving at Chicago he was made going down into the cabin for some­ Second Mate, and thereafter his ad­ thing he heard a voice saying,"Leave vancement was rapid and remunerative. the ship." He was mystified. The He went from Second Mate to Mate, voice came to him again, repeating, then to Master and soon afterwards "Leave the ship." To Captain Bundy was a part owner of a vessel. Before it was the voice of the Lord, and he long he owned his ship and was making obeyed, much to the astonishment of money. the crew and the chagrin of the tug 7 captain. They thought he had lost appearance.!nougn an uneducated man his mind. he used good language, with ease and What disposition was made of the grace. ship is not recorded, but Bundy went At a later date still another home. Mrs. Bundy was perplexed, and "Glad Tidings" was acquired, and reminded him that he knew nothing when Bundy retired she was sold and but ships, and if he did not go back finally ended her career as the Mac­ they would soon starve. Times were kinac Island ferry boat ELVA. As a not good, but Bundy remained ashore. part of the ceremonies marking com­ To his wife he remarked, “If the mencement of work upon the Mackinaw Lord commanded me to do this he will Straits bridge the ELVA was burned, take care of me in someway. as a spectacle. Captain Bundy always A few days later a wealthy pntro n considered the mission boats to be of the Chicago Seaman’s Bethel, came his personal property. He was criti­ to him saying, "Captain Bundy, you cized by some, for retaining the may be just the man we have been proceeds from the sale of the last looking for, to handle things at the of his boats, but to the end he held inn." Bundy went with him, and re­ to his views in the matter. mained with the Bethel five years. At the end of that time Bundy was ( THE END ) ready for a change. Never had he been so long a time in one place. He OUR EXHIBITS AT MARINERS CHURCH needed more action, so purchased a small yacht, and with two ordained The Museum of Great Lakes History preachers set out to do missionary has accepted the invitation of Mar­ work on Beaver Island, in the upper iners* Church, to install exhibits end of Lake Michigan. A friendly on the lower floor of this historic shipmaster had offered to tow the old landmark at 170 East Jefferson small craft to a point near their Avenue, and some materials have al­ destination, but the tow line parted ready been moved in. in a storm and the three missiona­ When completed the initial dis­ ries were left to the mercy of the play will include seven model ships elements. When the storm blew itself and plans and pictures of many more out they were just outside of the from the Great fleets which have harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin. En­ sailed the Lakes in times gone by. tering the port they at once began There will be at least three mod­ preaching to the people who had els of marine engines having local gathered on the wharf to marvel at associations. A lighthouse exhibit the arrival of such a tiny craft will explain how, in the days of from out so severe a blow. It was oil lamps, lightrays were collect­ here that the first "Glad Tidings" ed and concentrated by the use of mission began. prismatic lens, to produce more ef­ From Sheboygan the missionaries ficient aids to navigation. went to Manitowoc,in the same state, All exhibits will be changed from and from that time to the end of time to time and additional mater­ Captain Henry Bundy’s career as an ials will be added, making this evangelist there was a"Glad Tidings" new location, right in the heart of missionary boat enlisted in the Detroit’s Civic Center, an import­ service of God, upon the waters of ant point of contact with the pub­ the Great Lakes. lic. On February 1, 1877, Captain visi­ We are very grateful for this ted Detroit, soliciting funds to fine cooperation and feel certain help pay for his "Glad Tidings II," that it will be mutually advantag­ a forty - foot schooner then being eous. _ built for him at Chicago. The first boat must have been a small one. At There are only 30 more copies of this time Captain Bundy was described SIDEWHEEL STEAMERS OF LAKE ERIE as short, stout, thick - set mat} left. Order now if you wish one. slightly bald, but of very pleasing Price $ 1.50 postpaid. Captain Henry Bundy’s Gospel Ship, “GLAD TIDINGS.” Jesus Saviour, pilot me. When at last I near the shore, Over life’s tempestuous sea; And the fearful breakers roar; Unknown waves before me roll. ’Twixt me and the peaceful rest, Hiding rock and treach’rous shoal; Then, while leaning on Thy breast, Chart and compass come from Thee, May I hear Thee say to me, Jesus, Saviour, pilot me. “ Fear not, I will pilot thee! ” DETROIT, MICHIGAN FOUR O’CLOCK, DECEMBER FIFTEENTH NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN

LOG OF OLD MARINERS’

by George W. Stark

Historiographer, City of Detroit, Senior Warden of Mariners’ Church

On December 23, 1849, Mariners’ Church of Detroit was Conse­ crated, having emerged by the shore of the river, at Woodward Avenue and W oodbridge Street.

All life in old Detroit was then contained in that area. All things stemmed from the river. Business was located there. Mariners’ quickly became the headquarters for the Postoflice and for the Detroit Bank.

Religion was practiced at the riverfront, first in the missions that ministered to the Indians.

Mariners’ was caught up in a town tradition and in a web of history.

After 107 years, it became necessary to move the Church. The skills of the architects, the contractors and the engineers combined to produce a modern miracle and by it 5,000,000 pounds of solid masonry were picked up and moved 770 feet without accident. Now it is settled in its new site, where, in an older day, the Indian Council House stood and local government began to function. Here, too, the first Anglican services in old Detroit were read and here a Roman Catholic Priest spoke to Protestant congregations, establishing a pattern of brotherhood.

So, Mariners’ is still bound fast in the sinews of our history.

Today we consecrate the Rands Memorial Tower, the gift of the Rands Family Foundation. As the Tower blends in with the old Church there is on the Civic Center on an old historic site, the symbol of faith, for the enrichment of the spirit of mankind and to the glory of God. THE NOVEMBER MEETING These from American Shipbuilding Co. Roosevelt, Prop, passenger. The November meeting of the Guild Minnesota, Prop, passenger. was a tremendous success, with even Alabama, Prop, passenger. more participation by individuals These are from Manitowoc Shipbuild- than we had at the previous get to­ ihg. gether, in October. In addition a few from draivings by Mr.Kenneth L. Fairbanks brought in James B. Jones, draftsman for the two unfinished models and gave a Museum of Great Lakes History, were most interesting explanation of some displayed. of the construction methods he has The Secretary’s Report brought the devised. This section of the meeting attending members up to date on such developed into an all-around discus­ matters as plans for the new build­ sion of modelbuilding tricks and was ing, the proposed maritime museum at enjoyed by everyone present. For the Milwaukee, ship plan accessions, and next meeting Mr. John Leonetti will forth - coming exhibits at Mariners* take the lead in presenting methods Church, subjects which are mentioned of constructing glass cases for mod­ elsewhere in this issue, under sepa­ els and promised to bring some draw­ rate headings. ings which we can publish for the benefit of all the members. THE DECEMBER MEETING There was a nominating session for Guild officers for 1958-1959 and for Will be held at the Detroit Histor­ members of the Board of Directors. ical Museum at 7:30 P. M., Friday, Captain William J. Cowles was nomi­ December 27th. You are urged to at­ nated for President, and Mr.William tend and get the benefit of know-how N.Stevens for Vice President. There discussions which are becoming the being no other nominees for either main feature of the meetings. office Mr. Kenneth Fairbanks moved the two gentlemen be declared elect­ We have arranged with Mr.Robert E. ed by acclaim. The motion was sec­ Lee, of the museum staff to show onded by Robert H.Davison and unani­ the members his modelmakers* metal mously adopted by the Board. The lathe. It was made in Austria, and new officers will take over at the is the finest thing of its kind we January meeting. Captain Joseph E. have seen, and less-costly than any Johnston will continue as Secretary- other. Don’t miss it. Treasurer , and as editor of Telescope magazine. A NEW NAME The walls of the Conference Room of the Detroit Historical Museum, From Miss Janet Coe Sanborn, Editor where the meeting was held, was hung of INLAND SEAS, comes word that by with blueprints made from tracings request of the Wakefield family, the of outboard profiles of Lakes ships, name of the Wakefield Museum, Ver­ selected from those which have been million. Ohio, will be changed to donated by the American Shipbuilding THE GREAT LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY Company, and Manitowoc Shipbuilding. MUSEUM. Among these prints were: A Detroit River ferryboat ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ore carrier, "Onoko** Frank E. Kirby, S-W passenger. Our December cover was provided by Idlewild, S-W passenger. The Detroit Historical Society. It State of Ohio, S-W passenger. shows Mariners* Church as it appears Osifragej Prop, passenger. today, on its new site, and with the Rands Memorial Tower. Transport, R.R. Car ferry. Mabel Wilson, 3-mast schooner. The picture of "Glad Tidings III", Hawgood *• on page 8, was loaned by Fr. Edward J.Dowling,S.J.,University of Detroit. 11

GREAT LAKES MARINE NEWS OF 1957 Compiled by Robert B.Radunz Continued from November

April 1 Ford Fleet opens season with BENSON FORD leaving for Rogers City*

April 3 First freighters enter St* Mary's River— leading the race toward Lake Superior is the A. H. FERBERT she and 12 other ships await clearing of ice above Soo Locks* Ore carrier ARiHUR M. ANDERSON scraped a rock formation just below the Soo — forced to dock in St. Mary's River for examination— no damaqe re­ vealed .

April 4 Car ferry VACATIONLAND, carrying 66 passengers ice bound— after being stranded for 18 hours ship breaks loose then runs on mud bank 100 yards off her dock at Mackinaw City.

April 5 VACATIONLAND freed at 2:15 P.M. after 22 hours in ice jam. Tanker COMET first boat to pass through Soo Locks.

April 6 Max Gene Nohl, Milwaukee diver organizes marine salvage corp. to sal­ vage $ 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 cargo on sunken PRINS WILLEM V, which is lying in 80 feet of water 4 miles off Milwaukee harbor entrance. Freighter CHAMPLAIN breaks loose from moorings at Toledo, during 90 mile an hour gale, crashes into FASSET ST. BRIDGE— does estimated damage of $ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 . Going contrary to normal the levels of Lakes Michigan and Huron contin­ ued to decline during March.

April 8 J* W. Westcott marine reporting firm opens Detroit River station,

April 9 Ferry service across Straits of Mackinac goes on spring schedule v/ith CITY OF MUNISING joining VACATIONLAND. Great Lakes Steamship Co. liquidated and ships sold to Wilson Transit Co. 13 ships go to Wilson by direct purchase— 3 largest ships sold to Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Milwaukee, and will be char­ tered to Wilson. Wilson now rises from 7th to 4th largest fleet on Lakes in terms of tonnage capacity.

April 10 Report made to D & C stockholders. Three D & C passenger liners were sold for $ 9 0 , 0 0 0 scrap. 4th ship WESTERN STATES sold for $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 — ship in use as flotel.

April 11 SULLIVAN BROTHERS— arrives in Milwaukee with load of coal. Is first ship to reach Milwaukee through Straits of Mackinac. Ship sailed from Toledo. April 12 Lake Superior closed to shipping because of ice conditions— as ice traps ore carriers LAMONT, IRVIN, LINDABURY, STANLEY, HULST and NORRIS. Four tugs free freighter CHAMPLAIN from wreckage of FASSETT ST. BRIDGE in Toledo. T. J. McCarthy Steamship Co, buys ships DENMARK, HURLBUT F. SMITH, DURSTON and SWEDEN from Wilson Marine Transit Co.

April 14 Milwaukee starts work on $ 6 7 6 , 0 0 0 land fill project at harbor entrance and $ 1 , 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 passenger pier. Announcement is made that for the first time in 35 years a Great Lakes cruise ship will make Milwaukee a regular port of call. S ,S. NORTH AMERICAN will make 1st call of 1 9 5 7 on June 1st. Ships CASON J. CALLAWAY, RESERVE, and ARMCO locked downbound through the Soo with iron ore after fighting what has been termed the worst ice con­ ditions in half a century.

April 15 Federal Maritime Board declares new trade route to link Great Lakes ports with Caribbean area. Route to be known as trade route No. 33. Grace Line files application for operating subsidy on this new route.

April 17 Ore carrier GEORGE A. SLOAN has bow plates damaged by ice in Lake Su­ perior has cargo unloaded at Soo.

April 18 S.S. AQUARAMA to make first trip from Detroit to Cleveland on June 21st.

April 19 Detroit Judge Geo. E. Bowles rules Detroit Police have right to ticket interstate steamships for emitting too much smoke.

April 22 CLIFFS VICTORY longest ship on Great Lakes as result of two lengthening operations leaves Chicago on trial run. Ship is now 7 1 6 . 3 feet— is head­ ed for Superior, Wis. On northward trip through Lake Michigan average speed is 2 3 . 0 3 M.P.H.

April 23 Swedish-American line ship VAXHOLM is first foreign ship to reach Green Bay, Wis. in 1 9 5 7 . Dutch Freighter PRINS WILLEM II is first foreign ship to dock in Detroit during 1 9 5 7 ,

April 24 Fjell-Oranje Line freighter VESLEFJELL is first foreign ship to dock in Milwaukee during 1 9 5 7 . Number of overseas shipping lines scheduled to call at Milwaukee during 1 9 5 7 will be 19. April 29 Steamship HORACE S.WILKINSON southbound in the Detroit River has fire in wheelhouse. Fireboat JOHN KENDALL answers call and puts out fire. <\t B U f P A L O , n Y . By +be u n io n DEY dock company..

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KliaiLt,OMBon QUILT bt JT. Leadth 210 feet, breadth of beam 32 feet 7 inches; depth. o f bold 14- feet [|’P3Ji)0KII£, one paie, constructed svthe SkcpaiirjS iram Works dUPPALO, N.Y. Diameter of cylinder.of each 36 inches by 36 inches stroke one, op iron. Quilt ©y the ^kc/yidard imm. W©irks. Length 18 feet; diametei* uj^, f e e t; steam pressure SO It>5 1o Square I'ncfe — T ® DA I2 3 9 * b Gross, 932 Met ~

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T t w r/Z/f /e Bx&tAAS/cJYj eoeisre^cr^a BYree J^yteyYTTr/rjSJS. J1M.£ d£ Y JVa2PStt:£, De-mo/T- £>/Bmefer of cy/'ABerj 23 37 e/nd 6 2 J*7C/7B5r 4A4- /r7Cjhes s/yo/r^ J 5>a, THfeey tuiz/y Tu&uie/e b 'J/lt by 23m 4P£. fftfiGi/vAW, Mich YenyfA oyescA / Z d,err»efer Slbcbs . &/$)*■ efer Y4- fee/; p/fcA /7X fe e t . TOtipiAQE" 3261 Gross 2-fojO Net I'M* a niric&rrr modtrn. i- p n H r r j f l h ^ ir'ff'W t CjTean^ shiji of 'tfe O r e l t L"akes. Owned 'SiJsgJl ty d c.wb.'Li,^. -

460 GREAT LAKES STRAIGHT BACK STEAMSHIP CODORUS, 1892. GREAT LAKES PASSENGER STEAMSHIP MANITOU, 1893.