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ree OOOOOOOVVVDUIttTt ntti: TTT TTT NTT TT TtTTTiTtTtTTt iT TaRTES fil HE new steamer E. L. Foro, building at the Lorain yard of the American Ship Building Co. for the Franklin Steamship Co. H. K. Oakes, Cleveland, manager, will be brought out by Captain D. C. Sullivan. Thomas W. Braund will be her chief engineer. Forp is a 12,000-ton freighter. She will be launched July 15, and will go into commission during the latter part of August. ae ee ne The new steamer D. G. Kerr, of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co.’s fleet, left the Lorain yard of the American Ship Building Co. on June 29 on her maiden trip. es, eee M. A. Hanna & Co. recently closed a contract with the American Ship Building Co. for two 10,000-ton steam- ers, to come out during the summer of 1917. The vessels will be duplicates, 545 feet over all, 525 feet keel, 58 feet beam and 31 feet deep. This contract _ makes five steamers which M. A. Hanna & Co. have ordered for delivery in 1916 and 1917. Four of the vessels will be built by the American Ship Building Co., and one, a 12,000-ton freighter, by the Great Lakes Engineering Works, Detroit. Only one of the freighters will go into commission during the present season. ere. Seer: ‘The hull of the steamer MAJESTIC, of the Northern Navigation Co.’s fleet, which burned to the water’s edge and then sank in shallow water in Sarnia ‘bay last fall, has’ been raised by the Reid Wrecking Co. It is probable that the hull may be rebuilt. ee ae Divers who have examined the hull of the wrecked steamer CHARLES 5S. Price, sunk in the lower end of Lake Huron in the storm of November, 1913, report that no bodies were found in the vessel. The entire crew of Prick, numbering 28 men, was lost when the vessel foundered. The wreck of Price is being moved as rapidly as weather conditions permit, to shallow water on the Michigan shore line between Lex- ington and the coast guard station. * 2K 1K Walter H. Oades, who has been identified with the ship building in- dustry on the Great, Lakes for more than half a century, died at his home in Detroit on July 8. Mr. Oades had retired from active business about a year ago. x * x Captain Julian Porter, retired vessel master and harbor master of Lorain, O., died recently. Captain Porter was ie Coast What's Doing and Who's Doing It ‘ccc e Great By A. A. Eiben born in Lorain in 1846 and had sailed on the Great Lakes since his boyhood. * 2K * Alexander Hynd, consulting engineer and naval architect, Cleveland, has been appointed marine superintendent of the Gaston - Williams - Wigmore Steamship Corporation, of New York, with offices in New York City. 2k K * The passenger steamer Unitep Srates, belonging to the Indiana Transportation Co.’s fleet, Chicago, was sold recently to the Crosby Transportation Co., Mil- waukee. HE ae The barge Minco was recently pur- chased by the Pringle Barge Line Co., Cleveland, from L. P. Graves, Buffalo. The barge ConneELLty Bros., owned by Charles S. Neff, Milwaukee, and the barge Battic, of the Pringle line, have been sold to coast interests. *K * *K The working force in the steamboat inspection service on the Great Lakes has been greatly augmented during the past month. Twelve assistant inspectors have been appointed, four for the Cleve- land district, four at Buffalo, two at % y WY y Y AY ‘ By Hollis ALTIMORE’S waterfront suffered a serious loss this ‘month in the burning of the Northern Central Railway Co.’s Elevator No. 3 at Lower Canton. The fire, which started in the top of the storage bins, was followed by an explosion, which blew out the northwest corner of the building. In a few minutes the entire elevator, which was one of the largest in this vicinity, was enveloped in a mass of flames. The Dutch steamship Wiruetm Van_ Drtew Sr., and the British steamship WELBECK Hatt were loading at the elevator and the schooner SINGLETON PALMER was unloading manganese ore at the pier adjacent. Tugs got Wetrpeck Ha. clear after considerable damage had been done, but WirHeLM VAN Drie Sr., moored to the elevator wharf with wire hawsers, could not be moved, and in a short time the west wall fell on her, completely covering her decks. SIncLE- TON PALMER was hauled to the head of the dock and had water continually played on her by the fire department. The damage was slight. The loss of the elevator and contents will approxi- . mate $1,200,000. The damage to the two ships is estimated at $750,000. The Pennsylvania railroad, which controls 295 ZYpoO Rivers eee TT le Lakes Detroit and two at Grand Haven, Mich. Captain William H. Stern, Cleveland, and Captain Frank G. McCarty, Macki- nac Island, Mich., have been appointed assistant inspectors of hulls at Cleve- land, and A. C. Brockner and Everett D. Butler, Cleveland, have been selected as assistant inspectors of boilers at this port. The addition of these four assist- ant inspectors gives Cleveland a total of nine employes in the steamboat in- spection service, comprising one super- vising inspector, two local inspectors and six assistant inspectors. Captain John A. Connelly, master of the steamer Robert WALLACE, and Captain Iver Rolseng, formerly master of the steam- er St. Paut, have been appointed assistant inspectors of hulls at Buffalo. John W. Mark has been appointed assistant inspector of boilers at that port; another assistant boiler inspector will be named shortly. At Detroit, Captain John H. McDonald, Marine City, has been appointed assistant in- spector of hulls, and W. H. Dungan, assistant inspector of boilers. At Grand Haven, Mich., the new appointments include Captain D. T. Sullivan, assist- ant ‘inspector of hulls, and Abraham Auld, Milwaukee, assistant inspector of boilers. F. Bennett the elevator, announced that the ele- vator would be immediately replaced with a concrete elevator of the latest design. The burning of the elevator caused a congestion of grain shipments at this port, but, by transferring grain to other elevators, it has been greatly relieved. eee ee The Dutch steamship SAMARINDA, which collided with the American steamship BRANDON, is in the upper dock of the Baltimore Dry Docks & Ship Building Co. for repairs. 2K * ok The side wheel steamer WAKEFIELD, of the Chesapeake & Potomac Steam- boat line, struck a submerged obstruc- tion in the Potomac river at Mathis Point and sank June 16. Her crew and 60 passengers were taken off by the steamers Majestic and GratTITUDE. WAKEFIELD will be immediately raised and repaired. * ** ok The Norwegian bark ApoLLo, arriving June 15, won a long race from the American schooner RutH E. Murrett. Both loaded cargoes of manganese ore