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174 Telescope Fleet of the Chicago and Duluth Transportation Company This short lived venture begun by the Elphicke Interests of Chicago and continued by the Sullivans lasted a little over five years, approximately 1910-1916. Three steel package freighters and one freight and passenger vessel made up the fleet. Str. ALVA (US.107034), 1893 Cleveland, 324 x 42 x 23. Renamed MINNETONKA, c.1911• Sold Canadian 1916 and renamed GLENFINNAN (C.1266^9) and later RENFREW. Scrapped about 1937. Str. CHILE (US.127078), 1895 Cleveland, 320 x 42 x 21. Sold Canadian and renamed SARNIAN (C.134011). Stranded, L&kB Superior, 1943, salvaged and scrapped at Indiana Harbor, Ind., 1944. NOTE: In 1931 this vessel became the first unit of the pre- sently prosperous Upper Lakes Shipping, Ltd. Str. WILLIAM H. GRATWICK (US.81427), 1893 W. Bay City, Michigan, 328 x 42 x 30. Renamed MINNEKAHTA, 1911. Sold Canadian 1916, and renamed GLENLYON (C.126660). Stranded, Isle Royale, 1924. NOTE: Of five vessels, four freighters and one tug, which bore this name, this was the fourth ship, In chronological order. Str. MINNESOTA (ex HARLEM, US.95972), 1888 Wyandotte, Michigan, 288 x 41 x 22. Sold to Northern Michigan Transportation Company, 1915. Went to Atlantic during World War I. Later operated out of Florida and was renamed FELICIANA there. Abandoned In the middle 30s. The vessels of this fleet had black hulls, white cabins, and dark red stacks with black tops. They carried a circular monogram or emblem on the bows, using the letters "C-D" circled by the words "Lake Superior Line."