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New dow to Salvaged Stern A New Forward Section is Being Built at Superior to be Joined to After End of Wrecked Steamer Moreland HE Superior Ship Building Co., Superior, Wis., is at work upon a combined new construction and repair job of unusual character. The salvaged stern section of a lake freighter, wrecked and sunk nearly six years ago, is being repaired at the same time that a new forward end is being built. The two sections will be joined and the rebuilt 600-foot boat completed in time to enter the fall lake trade. The after end was raised from the wreck of the steamer W. C. Moreranp, five years ago and after fruitless efforts were made to Sell “it; was again sunk, “Lhe same conditions which operated to recall to salt water service many hulks that had apparently sailed for the last time, also gave renewed value this year to the stern of MoreLaANnpd a3 it rested on the bottom of Lake Huron. The assurance of an enormous freight movement in 1916, culminating in the fall when grain shipments begin their eastward journey, resulted in the stern being again raised. After be- ing sold twice, it was placed in dry- dock at Superior under rush orders to rehabilitate the vessel and to com- mence the immediate construction of a new bow. MoreLanp was launched origi- nally on July 27,1910, at the Lorain, O., yards of the American Ship Building Co. She was built on order of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., Pitts- burgh, and was managed by W. H. Becker, Cleveland, Her original di- mensions, which she will maintain in her reconstructed form, were 600 feet over all, 580 feet keel, 58 feet beam and 32 feet deep. Her carrying ca- pacity was 12,000 tons. The wreck which condemned her to almost six years of idleness, oc- curred on her maiden trip. Down- bound with a cargo of 10,700 tons of iron ore, MoreLanp stranded on the rocks at Eagle Harbor, Lake Supe- rior, Oct, 18, 1910;: The ‘site of the accident is one of the most dangerous on the lakes, owing to its exposed position, Wreckers were immediately ordered to her, but heavy weather prevented work and she was aban- doned by her owner as a construct- ive. total loss’ on. Nov, 2, “At the time of the accident, she was the largest vessel ever lost on the lakes. She was broken into three parts. Breaks in the hull occurred at hat- ches Nos. "12 and 24. Following re- peated efforts, Captain James Reid, wrecker, raised the after portion of FIG, 1—STERN SECTION OF STEAMER MORELAND ENROUTE 266 MoreraAno in the fall of 1911. After being successfully bulkheaded, the stern section was towed to Detroit, in September, 1912. An excellent view of her appearance at that time is shown in Fig. 1. The salvaged sec- tion was 292 feet long. Unsuccessful efforts were made to sell the recovered section. With steel selling at the comparatively low prices of 1912, it was cheaper to build a new boat, The wreck, therefore was sunk in shallow water where she rested until this spring. The great increase in steel prices, with: consequently higher costs for new ships, coupled with the enor- mous demand for tonnage to ‘move the record-breaking 1916 freight move- ment united to. enhance the value of the salvaged section of MdRELAND this year. Roy» M. Wolvin, Duluth, purchased her and she was raised and placed in drydock at Detroit. The American Ship Building Co. was the successful bidder for the work of re- building the vessel and a few weeks ago she was towed through Lakes Huron and Superior, past the scene of her wreck, to the yards of the American company’s subsidiary, the Superior Ship Building Co., Superior, TO DETROIT IN 1912