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value $6,000. 1912 value $5,500. 1913 value $5,000. 1914 value $4,500. 1915 value $3,500. 1914-15 insurance rating = 85 restricted to Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. 1916 value $3,000. 1917 value $8,000. 1918 value $6,800. For many years the barges GASKIN and GLENORA were normally towed by GLENGARRY (the 3 "G"s). GASKIN was aground at Point Tree Point on the St. Lawrence in June 1881 while upbound towed by the Montreal Transportation Co. tug CHAMPION. GASKIN had a deck cargo of railway iron at the time. She was also aground in Toronto harbour in July 1881 with 1,100 tons of railway iron on board. She was repaired in 1882 but was leaking badly at Sault Ste. Marie in 1883 when upbound, again loaded with rails. She was given iron knees in 1884 and spent part of that year laid up for lack of business. In 1885 the "3 Gs" were chartered by Ogilvie Flour to run from Duluth Minnesota to Kingston with grain, returning with coal to Port Arthur Ontario, for the entire season. In 1889 she was seized by the Canadian government for not reporting repairs done in the USA (her forefoot had been repaired in Detroit). The insurance registers noted that she required repairs in 1890, 1892 and 1897. She was still classified as a lake barge in 1890 but was listed as a river barge by 1897. She was caulked in 1890 and rebuilt in 1909. On 26 October 1918 she was heavily damaged and sank when she hit a bridge abutment in the Soulanges Canal during a squall. Montreal Transportation Co. received an insurance payment of $12,500 for the barge and her cargo. She was repaired and sold to Canada Steamship Lines for $11,750 but was a constructive total loss on 15 July 1920 on the north side of the Cote St. Paul basin of the Lachine Canal. Her registration was closed on 10 August 1920. John Gaskin (1840-1908) was Montreal Transportation Co.'s Kingston outside manager 1872-1906, an alderman for many years and was mayor of Kingston in 1882. J. Gaskin Letter Book 1884-86; Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1902, 1903, 1906, 1908-10 and 1913-19; Montreal Transportation Co. Charter (1917) Schedule A; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 12 November and 31 December 1918; Montreal Transportation Co. Engineers' Logs R.G.A. Weaver 1 May-14 Oct 1917, Mary P. Hall and John C. Mann; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 25 April-26 July 1900, 27 July 1900-14 June 1901, 14 June-24 November 1901, 28 April-26 November 1902, 30 May 1902-4 May 1903, 25 March-6 Aug 1903, 25 April-27 November 1903, 13 June-7 Dec 1903, 7 May-15 Sept 1904, 21 May-17 Dec 1904, 21 April-24 May 1906, 22 April-28 May 1906, 29 November 1912-8 Oct 1914, 10 July-29 Oct 1916, 20 July-18 November 1917; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Letter Books May 1914 and Sept 1916; Montreal Transportation Co. Ships' Logs 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; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1913 and 1914; Canada List of Shipping 1886, 1895, 1910, 1912 and 1918; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1916; Greenwood Namesakes 1920-1929; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian 145