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MWe = — —— 4 = —— 4 = — = = =] vn N ANNOUNCEMENT was made A recently by engineers of the Pittsburgh & Conneaut Dock Co., Conneaut, and the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Co., subsidiaries of the United States Steel Corporation, that the dock company will build a new con- crete dock at Conneaut, opposite dock No.1, to cost approximately $3,000,000. The new dock will be 2,050 feet long and 1,015 feet wide, of concrete and steel construction, and will be equipped with eight electric Hulett machines, two 700-foot conveyor bridges, and will have six to eight tracks running around it. Four vessels will be able to unload at one time, and the dock will have a storage capacity of 8,800,000 tons of ore. The new dock, it is reported, will be the largest in the world, and work on the new structure will begin at once. aie a The steamer GLADSTONE and_ barge GrRovER, which have been aground in Erie bay for the past four years, will be raised, towed to Cleveland and fitted out for lake service. The vessels are owned by M. A. Bradley, Cleveland. * ele The steamer Gisia, building for Nor- wegian interests at the Wyandotte yard of the American Ship Building Co., was recently launched and will leave for the coast June 22. The steamer is 261 feet long, 33 feet beam and 20 feet deep. oe & The receipts of ore at Ashtabula dur- ing April were more than three times the amount received in April, 1915. oe ee The East End dock at Superior, Wis., formerly operated by the C. Reiss Coal Co. under lease, was recently taken over by the Pittsburgh & Ashland Coal & Dock Co. This dock has a capacity of 125,000 tons, and is in charge of W. J. Mars, manager, and Alex Brotherton, superintendent. The Reiss company is enlarging its remaining Superior dock property by 150,000 tons and installing a new rig. These improvements will be completed in July and will cost approxi- mately $125,000. oe oe The Cleveland Transportation Co., A. E. R. Schneider, manager, Cleveland, was recently formed to operate the steamer LEWISTON. xe Captain Joseph Valentine, who com- pleted more than 39 years of continuous service at the Hammond coast guard station, Lake Huron, recently retired with an honorable discharge. Ham- mond station was one of the first con- structed on the Great Lakes after the organization of the life saving service, SSS Z By A. A. Ever and Captain Valentine entered it as a surfman in October, 1876. a ae The steamer Iocorite, building at the yard of the Collingwood Ship. Building Co., Collingwood, Ont., was launched recently. The IocoLitE is the second of the tankers building by this company for the Imperial Oil Co. to be launched. Contracts for three vessels of her class and for two ocean-going steamers have been given the Collingwood company by the Imperial Oil Co. ee The work of rebuilding the steamer L. C. Watpo, which was wrecked in the storm of November, 1913, has been com- pleted and the steamer is again in com- mission. WaLpo was purchased from the underwriters by the Matthews Steamship Co., Toronto, and is now known as RIVERTON. ree ie In response to an inquiry directed to the secretary of state, with reference to the attitude of Canadian authorities in regard to alien sailors on neutral boats arriving at Canadian ports, Presi- dent William Livingstone of the Lake Carriers’ Association, received the fol- lowing reply: “IT am informed by the Canadian de- partment of external affairs that these regulations are not applicable to river and lake ports and that any’ instruc- tions that have been issued in that be- half have been canceled. The depart- ment states, however, a rule for such removal from neutral vessels will be en- forced at all seaports.” ee ae Work is being rushed on the new solid concrete elevator building for Ar- -mour & Co. at 125th St., South Chicago, in an attempt to have it in readiness for the fall crop. The new elevator will be modern in every respect and will be one of the most modern in South Chi- cago. * * * The steamers L. E. Hines, WILLIAM CastLtE Ruopes, Harvey H. Brown and MarRyYLAND, which have been sold to coast interests, are being fitted out for salt water service and will leave the Great Lakes district in a few weeks. eo OO Captain William D. Hamilton, presi- dent of the Hamilton Transportation Co., Chicago, died suddenly on May 2 on a Michigan Central train enroute to Buffalo. Death was due to heart fail- ure. Captain Hamilton was born in Ogdensburg, N. Y., in 1862, and had been identified with the marine trade on the Great Lakes since boyhood. In 1898 he became associated with the Ed- ward Hines Lumber Co. and in 1915 227 ‘formed Co., which took over the vessels of the “wc oasts, Lakes and. What's Doing and Who's Doing It i I ee ts the Hamilton Transportation Hines fleet. _He was secretary of the Lumber Carriers’ Association and grand secretary of the Ship Masters’ Asso- ciation at the time of his death. He is survived by a widow and six children. en Ae _M. E. Curtiss was recently appointed night foreman of the Pittsburgh & Con- neaut Dock Co., Conneaut. Mr. Curtiss was formerly general foreman of the docks but resigned several years ago. “Where Rolis the Oregon” By Kenneth McAlpine N INNOVATION in ship con- struction was marked April 15, by the launching of the auxiliary schooner City or PortLanp at the plant of the St. Helens Ship Building Co., owned by the Charles R. McCormick in- terests, at St. Helens, on the lower Columbia river. The vessel’s dimen- sions are: length 276 feet, beam 48.3 feet, gross tonnage 1,791, and net ton- nage 1,649. This ship is one of four to be built by the McCormick interests, the others to be named. City or Sr. Hetens, City or Astorta and City or Eureka. The new vessel was given the class of Al by the representative of the Bureau Veritas. Ciry or Porrtanp is to be driven by two 320 horsepower Bol- linder’s semi-diesel engines, and will be schooner rigged with four masts for fair weather sailing. pe eae The war has had an important effect on ship building in this district. Aside from City oF PorTLanp, built at St. Helens, the sister ship City or St. HELENS is under way at the same yards. A smaller steam schooner for Mobile, Ala., interests is being built, next to City or Hetens and late advices state that this vessel has been sold and a contract given by the original owner for a similar vessel. In addition, two motor ships, Ciry or AstortA and City oF EureKA are to be built either at St. Helens or at a wooden ship building plant to be established at or near Port- land by the McCormick interests. The Wilson brothers ship yard at Astoria has been given a contract by the Mc- Cormick Navigation Co. for two aux- iliary power lumber schooners. The proposed craft will have a carrying ca- pacity of 1,500,000 feet of lumber and will cost approximately $135,000 apiece. The schooners will be equipped with semi-diesel engines and in addition will have power winches. The McEachren yard at Astoria, has contracted for two auxiliary wooden vessels. The Kruse and Banks ship yard at Coos bay has