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Page 145 Bed rock in the channel. Britannia, carrying about 2,000 passengers, and then came the fleet of bulk freighters and other craft in procession. The Livingston's progress down the river was in the nature of a triumph. Everything that had steam up saluted her to the end that her own whistle was rarely silent. She entered the Livingston Channel at 3:15 p.m. and rounded the Bar Point Lightship at 4:30, where President Livingston was transferred to the Britannia, which had onboard the members of the Detroit Board of Commerce. Here they were addressed by President Livingston and responses were made by Homer Warren, President ofthe Board of Commerce; Mayor W.B. Thompson of Detroit and Congressman MacMoren. The names of those onboard the Livingston to do honor to the occasion were names familiar to we who watch ships today. Harry Coulby, J.H. Sheadle and J.S. Ashley, were among the guests as was Charles Hutchinson. The Lake Carriers tendered a complimentary dinner to President Livingston at the old Pontchartrain Hotel in Detroit, at which Mr. Sheadle was the toastmaster. In presenting Mr. Livingston, he said that no man had done as much for the lakes as he had. Mr. Livingston responded, saying that when he first came to the lakes, 97 % of the tonnage was sail and 3% steam. By the time of his remarks, the opposite had become true; 96% was steam and only 4% was sail, and that included the barges that were towed. Harry Coulby said that his life had been devoted to water transportation and that it was a science upon which the welfare of the whole people depended. When barriers were removed, it was not for the benefit of the vessel owner, or the farmer, but for humanity in general. He did not number himself among those who looked back with longing at two dollar freights. That period, he said, belonged to the past. The benefits of cheaper channels is only momentary to the ship. It takes away the barrier between the producer and consumer and it is the latter that gets the benefit. Only ten years back, the straight cut at the Roger Stahl Coll.