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50 OATLAND ex WILLIAM J. AVERELL wooden package freighter (C 138107 ex U 81027). 1917-1921. Original: 1,603.14 tons gross and 1,425.43 net, 242.6' (between perpendiculars). 250' overall. Capacity 43,000 bushels of wheat = 1,450 tons on 14' draft. By 1898: 1,531 tons gross and 1,441 net. By 1918 Canadian measurement was 1,854 tons gross and 1,063 net. Launched on 29 March 1884 by Detroit Dry Dock at Wyandotte Michigan. Yard #68. Had two funnels abreast aft. Diagonal strapping. Fore & aft compound engine = 725 indicated horsepower, 800 rated horsepower. Cost $70,000. 1913-19 insurance rating = 90. 1917 value $85,000. 1918 value $74,375. 1919 value $65,875. 1920 value $60,934.37. AVERELL's first owner was the Ogdensburg Transportation Co., the shipping arm of the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad, which was in turn, owned by the Central Vermont Railroad. The purpose of the shipping company was to bring western grain to Ogdensburg New York for eastward shipment by rail and to move manufactured goods and building stone from the east to the west. Among other vessels, she was a running mate to WILLIAM A. HASKELL (later JOYLAND) and A. McVITTIE, which both later ran for Montreal Transportation Co. AVERELL's owners defaulted to her builders on 29 March 1885 and then she was laid up that July for lack of business. She was repaired during the winter of 1885-86. In 1886 she ran in the "Ogdensburg Line" on her former route. On 13 June 1890 she grounded on South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan. She received a new propeller in 1894. In 1899 her ownership was transferred to Rutland Transit (Rutland Railroad, later part of the New York Central system) when it took control of the Central Vermont Railroad. She was caulked in 1907 but laid up about 1910. The American Panama Canal legislation of 1915 forced the railways to sell their Great Lakes fleets. Her ownership was therefore transferred to the Great Lakes Transit Co. in 1916 and she came to Canadian registry later that year. The Lake & River Transportation Co. of Montreal (Canada Shipping Co. ­ Hackett managers) were her new owners. Lake & River Transportation was owned by Roy M. Wolvin who got de facto control of Montreal Transportation Co. at about the same time. She was then lengthened by Cantin's Dry Dock at Montreal and renamed before being transferred to Montreal Transportation Co. ownership. She normally took Canada Steamship Lines package freight upbound and brought Montreal Transportation Co. grain downbound. Her ownership was transferred to Canada Steamship Lines in 1921 as part of the final winding up of the Montreal Transportation Co. fleet and she was abandoned at Kingston in 1925. She was partly dismantled in 1930 and her hull was scuttled in Lake Ontario near Cape Vincent New York in 1931. 67