20 Ibid. Executive Committee Meeting, September 16, 1908. 21 Ibid. Executive Committee Meeting, July 27, 1908. 22 "Fifty Years of Empire Building", pp. 9-10. 23 Annual Report of the Lake Carriers' Association for the Year 1918 (Detroit: P. N. Bland Printing Co., 1919, p. 134. 24 Plain Dealer, August 22, 1945. 25 Ibid., April 6, 1943. 26 Marine Review, November 20, 1905, p. 15. 27 Ibid., January 3, 1907, p. 55. 28 Ibid., April 1909, p. 48. 29 Ibid., November 1909, p. 456. 30 Ashtabula Star-Beacon, August 20, 1957. 31 Plain Dealer, October 6, 1961. 32 John Swaysland, of Rocky River, Ohio, letter to author, August 16, 1957. Mr. Swaysland was a guard at the Rocky River Dry Dock Company. 33 Plain Dealer, January 22, 1941. 34 Ibid., February, 27, 1945. 114