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Bank of Hochelaga and then president of the Montreal Dry dock and Ship Repair Co. In 1919 he bought AUGUSTUS and ten smaller Montreal Transportation Co. barges (CONDOR, DAKOTA, DORCHESTER, DUNMORE, KINGSTON, LAPWING, MUSKOKA, SELKIRK, VALENCIA and WINNIPEG). Montreal Transportation Co. Engineers' Mary P. Hall and John C. Mann; Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1906 and 1913-19; Montreal Transportation Co. Charter (1917) Schedule A; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 14 January 1919; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 21 April-24 May 1906, 22 April-28 May 1906, 29 November 1912-8 Oct 1914; Montreal Transportation Co. Mary May 1918, Mary P. Hall 3 June 1918-30 November 1918 and P.B. McNaughton May-Sept 1918; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; American Bureau of Shipping Great Lakes Register 1919 and 1921; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Bowling Green Great Lakes Vessels Online Index; Canada List of Shipping 1910; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1920; Greenwood Namesakes 1920-29; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890, 1892 and 1897; Kohl Kingston's Shipwrecks; Lewis and Neilson The River Palace; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mercantile Navy List 1892, 1897, 1919 and 1921; Metcalfe Canvas and Steam on Quinte Waters; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; British Whig 2 April 1886. 3 August 1888, 23, 25 and 29 October 1889; Canadian Railway & Marine World April 1906 and June 1917; Detroit Marine Historian February 1952; Marine Review 28 March 1895 and 2 April 1896. 33 CONSORT river barge. 1863-1878. 145.43 tons register, 92.83'. Capacity 11,000 bushels. Built at Montreal by J.B. Auger in 1862. No masts. Round stern. 1863 rated 1 out of a possible 3 and valued at $2,500. 1864 rated A and valued at $2,500. 1874 rated 2 and valued at $3,500. 1878 rated 2 and valued at $2,500. This barge originally ran in the Ottawa-Lake Champlain lumber traffic. Her first owner was the builder. In 1863-64 her owners were given as J. & H. McLennan. She was rebuilt in 1870. The last year she was found in Kingston Ontario newspaper reports was 1878. She was not in the Montreal Transportation Co. fleet list published in the Marine Record in 1887. Broken up. She was removed from the register on 29 April 1907. Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Association of Canadian Lake Underwriters Marine Register 1874; Board of Lake Underwriters (Buffalo) Marine Register 1863 and 1878; Canada List of Shipping 1877 and 1895; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Thomas Register of the Ships of the Lakes and river St. Lawrence 1864; Kingston Daily News 19 December 1870, 13 May 1874, 12 June 1876 and 15 May and 22 July 1878; Marine Record 7 April 1887. 34 CONVOY river barge. 1864-1884. 149 tons new measurement, 137.42 tons register, 93.58'. Capacity 9,500 bushels. Built at Montreal by J.B. Auger in 1863. No masts. Round stern. 1864 rated A and valued at $3,000. 1866 rated 1 out of a possible 3 and valued at $2,500. 1874 rated 2 and valued at $1,800. 1878 rated 3 (not insurable) and valued at $600. 115