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Page 59 NORTHWEST STEAMSHIP GONE, BUT STILL ALIVE! by ALAN MANN Part II In 1939, a reorganizing of the company was completed. Parrish & Heimbecker, Grain Receivers, Shippers and Exporters, with several terminals across the Dominion of Canada, injected substantial capital into the company. P&H had chartered North West vessels to transit their products during the decade of the 30's. The new firm became Northwest Steamships Ltd., with the company name showing a slight variation from the original title. Again, the company became a two ship fleet with the acquistion of a new hull. The steamer Rahane had been built in 1924 at Wallesend-on-Tyne and had been operated by Sarnia Steamship Ltd. H.C. Heimbecker, now president of Parrish & Heimbecker Co. Ltd., recently recalled his role when the new ship was purchased. "I can remember my job as an office boy in 1939, taking the cheque for $51,000 over to the Bank of Commerce (in Toronto) to be certified to pay for the ship." Capt. Archie Hudson had a long time ambition to have a big boat named for him. This hope was realized when the 248-foot steamer was renamed A. A. Hudson. Capt Dalton was transferred to the new ship from the Superior while her first mate Sam Bell was elevated to captain, a position he held on the Superior for the next several years. The reorganization brought attractive new colors to the fleet. Hulls were green with white boot top. Underside to the waterline was red. Stack markings saw basic red with a black smoke band, complemented with letters "NW" midstack. Both vessels, quite attractively, had melodious whistles. The Hudson's last whistle, a triple chime, was installed in 1941 and came from the Letherby Saw Mill in The steamer RAHANE was built in 1924 in England for Canadian Terminal Steamship Ltd.