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October TELESCOPE 218 COVER ILLUSTRATIONS: Part of the outboard profile drawing of Tashmoo by Kirby (and amended for later changes) comes from a blueprint in the O'Brien collection. The same portion of Tashmoo is seen in later years in a Pesha photo belonging to Marine Historical Society of Detroit. COMING MEETINGS GENERAL MEETING, Friday, November 19, at Dossin Museum, 8 p.m. A pro- gram of entertainment will be pro- vided. BUSINESS MEETING, Friday, January 7, 1966, at Dossin Museum, 8 p.m. Vis- itors are welcome as usual to these meetings of the Institute's Board. NOTES To Detroiters, mention of the Hud- son River Day Line brings a compari« son of Tashmoo with Alexander Hamil- ton, last Day Liner running up the Hudson. There are major differences n«the Hamilton follows Hudson River tradition in having her boilers aft of her engine and paddle wheels, for example. But there are also reasons for resemblance. The Hamilton was designed in 1922 by J. W. Millard, who collaborated with Frank E. Kirby (designer of Tashmoo) on the largest Day Liners like Hendrick Hudson of BELOW: Alexander Hamilton in 1954 as seen from foredeCR of Robert Fulton. --GPB photo 1906, Washington Irving of 1913 and Robert Fulton of 1909. Howell-North has just published The Hudson River Day Line, by fellow member (and Steamboat Bill Editor- in-Chief) Donald Ringwald (Berkeley, Calif.; 223 pages and index, $8.50.) Tashmoo partisans may recognize here, implicitly both the traditions that Kirby borrowed upon for Tashmoo and Greyhound and the results this ex- perience brought when he had his own chance with the great Hudson steam- ers, themselves. Detroit readers should also take notice in another way. Parallel to his Day Line history, Don Ringwald tells of the Hudson River Night Linâ€" ers. Millard's design for their C. W. Morse of 1903 (and the huge wooden Adirondack of 1896) had great influence on Kirby's design of City of Cleveland of 1908, especially in arrangement of the grand salon three decks high. Finally, the Ringwald book is a fine model of steamship company history at its best. It is well illustrated, but not just a picture book. It is very readable, and amusing in places. It concerns itself with the lives of people who were close to the operation. We need" similar treatment for our own lake lines. -=GPB