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LAKES SHIP TO BE STRETCHED TO NEW HEIGHTS Jumboizing--the slicing of a ship in the middle and inserting a large center section--has become almost commonplace these days. But a shipyard on the Great Lakes this winter will do the job an- other way. It will slice the 618-foot-long Steamer William A. Reiss nearly from stem to stern horizontally, raise the top part in one huge piece, and add seven and a half feet of new sides. This will give the ship some 28 per cent more room for cargo-- coal going up the Lakes and iron ore going down. Its average ore cargo this summer was 13,600 tons. Next year its owner, Reiss Steamship Co., of Cleveland, hopes to average 17,100 tons a trip. The stretching task will be accomplished by Manitowoc Ship- building Co., of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. In the shipyard's drydock, torches will start at the bow and slice both sides at the same time. They will cut to just forward of the coal bunkers and engine room. Jacks will raise the top section and new plating will be welded in place. After the new section is put in, workers will rejoin electrical wires and reassemble piping and controls. The superstructure (parts above the upper deck) will be altered to match the rest of the ship. Costs of operating a large ship are not much higher than for operating a small one, Reiss Steamship says. The Reiss' crew will remain at 30 men and she won't burn much more coal than she does now, the firm adds. Coal is a common fuel on the Great Lakes. The factor regulating the depth of ore ships in the Lake Su- perior trade is the Saulte Ste. Marie Canal (the Soo) which has a capacity for ships drawing 27 feet of water. The Reiss' new maxi- mum draft will be 26 feet 8 inches. GREEN'S GREAT LAKES & SEAWAY DIRECTORY, INC. _ The Original Publishers of Coal Docks on the | Great Lakes since 1910 481