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~ & SHIPS Severnl Canadiay "canallers" have returned to the Lakes for the first time since before the war. They are the WILLIAM H. DANIELS, EDWIN T. DOUGLAS, CHEMONG, and EASTON. The Columbia freighter W. C. RICHARDSON (ex WAINWRIGHT) will be converted to a crane ship at South Chicago this winter. ‘The Norwegian freighter POLYKARP, a frequent visitor here, was tadly damaged by fire at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, recently and has been offered for sale by underwriters. Imperial Oil are rumored to be planning to build a 640 foot tanker to be used chiefly between Superier, Wisconsin and Sarnia. There will be 33 ships in winter lay-up at Milwaukee this year, a record. The package freighter EDWARD CHAMBERS (ex NORTH sza} has been sold by the War Shipping Administration to the Polar Trading and Packing Company, of Seattle. The veteran tug M. D. CARRINGTON, built in 1875, is being scrapped. KK KK KOK NORTHERN For nearly three quarters of a century (1870 - 1930), MICHIGAN there was a passenger service between Chicago and the LINE ports of Northern lower Michigan and Mackinac Island. Three outstanding lines of ships served this area at various times, and eventually they were merged into one compmy. _ Below are summaries of these lines and their ships. 1. Northern Michigan Transpcrtation Company: “Str. VERNON, 1866 ILLINCLS, 1899 LAWRENCE, 1868 MISSOURI, 1904 CITY OF CHARLEVOIX, 1870 MANITOU, 1892 JOHN R. STIRLING, 1870 MINNESOTA, 1888 WISCONSIN (ex F.and P.M.1) MANISTEE (ik( , 1882. 2. Seymour Brothers Line: (Merged with NMTC in 1895) Str. PURITAN, 1887 EUGENE HART, 1890 3. Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Transportation Cs. (Leopeld and Austrian) Str. ONTONOGON, 1856 PEERLESS, 1872 NORMAN, 1863 CITY OF TRAVERSE, 1871 MANISTRE (335 1867 CITY OF DUIUTH, 1872 JAY GOULD, 1869 CSCEOLA, 1882 JOSEPH L. HURD, 1869 CITY OF FREMONT, 1886 MANITOU, steel, 1892 4. Michigan Transit Company, (1918 - 1931) Str. KANSAS eX CITY OF CHARLEVOIX, ex CHAMPLAIN ILLINOIS MISSOURI MANITOU vw PURITAN, 1901 ‘i Although these vessels varied in color plan over the years, the predominant paintwork was black hulls, white cabins and all . black stacks. However, the Leopold and Austrian ships had a wide red band on the stack, and the large Str. MANITOU, usually carried a silver "M" on the sides of her funnel. ‘The MANITOU .is desctibed in DMH, Vol. 2, No 8 (Ships That Never Die, #6) and >) the ILLINOIS and MISSOURI in Vol 1, Nos. 1 and 2.)