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value $106,000. 1913 value $104,000. 1914 value $103,000. 1914 insurance rating = 100/100. WESTMOUNT (1) was a sister to FAIRMOUNT and a near sister to NEWMOUNT. An incident that began a long-lasting court case happened on 20 October 1904 when WESTMOUNT "bumped" the steamer NEEPAWAH (C 102579) in the Welland Canal. NEEPAWAH's owners, the New Ontario Navigation Co., sued for damages as NEEPAWAH had lost two blades of her propeller. The case was eventually dismissed with costs. On 25-25 September 1905 that same year WESTMOUNT was aground at Port Colborne due to high winds. It was WESTMOUNT that was towing the Montreal Transportation Co. barges MINNEDOSA and MELROSE on 20 October 1905 when MINNEDOSA was lost. WESTMOUNT was in collision with ACADIAN (C 61157, 596 tons gross) in 1908 and had to be repaired. During September of that same year WESTMOUNT was aground near Sault Ste. Marie and went to Collingwood to be docked and repaired In February 1915 she was chartered to the Inter-American Steamship Co. of New York City for 4 months @ $6,500 per month + operating costs. On 13 October 1915 she was sold to the Inter-American Steamship Co. of Toronto for $150,000. The net profit to Montreal Transportation Co. was reported as $43,250. She was then renamed WETHERSFIELD. She was sold to the Canadian Maritime Co. of Montreal in 1918 and then sold again in 1920 to E.J. Heinz (London) Ltd of Montreal. She was sold yet again on 26 October 1922 to shipbroker A.B. Mackay of Hamilton Ontario and London UK for $8,000. He sold her to Arnold Bernstein of Hamburg Germany on 10 May 1923 and she was renamed MAX BERNSTEIN. She was transferred to German registry and her Canadian registration was closed on 26 April 1923. Bernstein first renamed her FORDSON I in 1926 and then TRACTOR in 1927. During this period she was converted to a car/tractor carrier and visited the Great Lakes at least once again. In 1937, she was sold to Egon Oldendorff of Lubeck and renamed LUDOLF OLDENDORFF. Royal Air Force Beaufighters sank her while she was in convoy near Egersund Norway on 10 September 1944. Westmount is an exclusive suburb of Montreal. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1903, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 191215; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 19 January 1905, 18 February, 21 July and 22 October 1915; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 25 April-27 November 1903, 13 June-7 Dec 1903, 21 May-17 Dec 1904, 5 Aug-17 Dec 1904, 27 April-28 Sept 1905, 15 June-26 Sept 1905, 28 Sept-6 Dec 1905, 22 April-28 May 1906, 17 Oct-4 November 1911, 1 May-24 November 1913, 22 April-31 Oct 1914; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Bowling Green Great Lakes Vessels Online Index; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1914; Canada List of Shipping 1905, 1910, 1915 and 1918; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Devendorf Great Lakes Bulk Carriers 1869-1985; Greenwood 89