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Marine News - cont'd. The Keyb u l k s e l f - u n l o a d i n g barge CAPT. EDWARD V. SMITH, the former A m e r i c a n St e amship C o m p a n y steam er ADA M E. C O R N E L I U S (III), is now being m a n a g e d in her east coast salt trade by Secu nd a Marine, of Halif ax , Nova Scotia. The SMITH r e c e n t l y has been towed by the tug IRVING MIAMI, but this tug now has been r e p l a c e d by Se cu nda's r e c e n t l y a c q u i r e d 1 4 0 1-ton "supertug" R YAN LEET, (a) A B E I L L E N O R M A N D I E (87), (b) SALV OR GE NERAL (90), w hich was built in 1977. The 1 5 , 000 i . h . p. tug was r e f i t t e d at Pict ou bef or e e n t e r i n g service for her ne w owner. Our M i d - S u m m e r issue carr i e d a report c o n c e r n i n g the ap parent plans of the "Huron Cement" fleet (I nland Lakes T r a n s p o r t a t i o n I n c . ) to r e a c t i v a t e its long-idle s te am er LEWIS G. HARRI MA N, (a) JOH N W. B O A R D M A N (65), a vete r a n of 67 years on the lakes. In fact, the H A R R I M A N was towed from G r e e n Bay, Wisconsin, to M i l w a u k e e on Jul y 7th, the intent b eing that she w o u l d be u sed at Jones Is land (Milwaukee) to u n l o a d her o p e r a t i n g fl ee tmates, and then w ould shuttle the ce ment up the river to the La farge terminal. These plans a p p a r e n t l y were shelved, for on August 13th, the H A R R I M A N arri v e d at Alpena, Michiga n, in tow of the tug CARL W I L L I A M SELVICK. She lo aded a cement cargo there, and then was towed back to Gre en Bay where, as far as we know, she still is laid up. We mig ht suppose that the change in plans was a result of the ge neral s o f tening of busi ne ss c o nditions during the summer and autumn months, wit h a c o n c o m i t a n t s l a cking of the c o n s t r u c t i o n trade. In the M a y issue, we c o m m e n t e d upo n the c i r c u m s t a n c e s of the acciden t which, on A pril 12th, ca u s e d the sink i n g near the m o u t h of the Ni agara River of the McKeil Ma r i n e s andsucker N I A G A R A II, (a) R I D E A U L I T E (47), (b) IMPE RIAL LA CH I N E (I)(54), (c) N I A G A R A (69), (d) W. M. E D I N G T O N (84). On A pri l 14th, the r e f l o a t e d N I A G A R A II was taken to the sh ipyard at Port Weller, where she was pl a c e d in the grav i n g dock. I n s p e c t i o n of her hull revealed that not only had it been s e v e r e l y holed in the accident, but that it was g e n e r a l l y in ve ry poor shape as a result of six ty years of har d use. Nevertheless, the s a n d s u c k e r 's hull was r e p aired and she has bee n back in service du r i n g the summer and autumn months. However, N I A G A R A II's diesel engine has not been use d and, instead, the ship has been being towed by an a ss ortment of McK ei l tugs, u s u a l l y fro m a p o s i t i o n la shed alo n g s i d e the vessel's quarter. Cu rrent plans a p p a r e n t l y call for the engin e to be remo ved from N I A G A R A II and pla ce d in the former C a n a d i a n Dred ge & Dock Comp a n y Ltd. tug TRAVELLER, w hich also now is part of the McK ei l fleet. The future of the 59 - y e a r - o l d fo rmer Gra nd Trunk and Ann Arb or ra ilroad carferry steame r CI TY OF M I L W A U K E E app ea rs again to be in con s i d e r a b l e doubt. The vessel, one of the last of the "t ra di tional" Lake M i c h i g a n carferries, and the last u n a l t e r e d f erry of de s i g n by the famous marin e a r chitect Robert Logan, was i n t ended to be p r e s e r v e d as part of a m u s e u m at the old c a r f e r r y docks at Elberta, Mich ig an . Howev er , the S o c i e t y for the Pr e s e r v a t i o n of the CIT Y OF M I L W A U K E E has run foul of a rat he r serious diffe r e n c e of opinion b e t w e e n Elberta r e sidents and those of the n e a r b y and larger city of Fr ankfort, w ith Elb e r t a n s not w i s h i n g the ferry to be a permanent featur e of their wa te rfront. It had bee n hop ed that CIT Y OF M I L W A U K E E w o u l d be the c e n t r e p i e c e of a marit i m e park, wit h the steamer d e s i g n a t e d as a N a t i o n a l H i s t o r i c Landmark, but the 556 res i d e n t s of Elberta s t r o n g l y oppose the plan, one of their arg u m e n t s bei ng that she spent most of her years runn in g b e t w e e n M u s k e g o n and M i l w a u k e e and not sailing from Elberta unti l late in her career. The spe ci ou s ar gu ments made in this case seem d e s tined to no other end than e v e n t u a l l y to place the h i s t o rica l l y sign if i c a n t ferr y steamer in the ha nds of the Shi pb re ak er s, which w ould be a most u n f o r t u n a t e loss of what should be c o n s i d e r e d a na tional treasure to be p r e s e r v e d at all costs. We sincerely hope that the feudi ng parties will be able to res ol ve their d i f f e r e n c e s be fore it is too late for CITY OF MILWAUKE E.