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SHIPS THAT NEVER DIE (#50) - CITY OF CHICAGO, steel sidwwheel excursion steamer, built in 1890 at Bay City by Wheel- er for the Graham and Morton Transportation Company, for service on lower Lake Michigan. Original dimensions, 235 x 34 (beam of hull). Lengthened in 1891 to 249 ft., and again in 1905 to 275 ft. Beam engine by Fletcher. Operated in the passenger and fruit transportation business between Chicago’ and St.Zoseph, Michigan until retired in 1929. On September 1, 1914 she caught fire in mid Lake Michigan, but raced to Chicago safely where fire- boats put out the blaze. Fortunately there was no loss of life, a fact at- tributed largely to the calmnes and courage of her commander, the late Capt. Oscar Bjork. She was then rebuilt, having a single stack amidship, and re- named CITY OF SAINT JOSEPH. She became part of the Goodrich Fleet in 1925. In the middle Thirties, after several years of incativity, she was sold to Capt.John Roen, cut down to a barge and used in the pulpwood trade. Her end came on Sept, 21, 1942 when she broke away from her towing steamer, the tug JOHN ROEN (Now the SAMUEL E.BOOL) and was wrecked on the shore of Lake Sup- erior. Fifty two years of service - forty of them on the beloved "Dustless Road to Happyland" - attest to the excellence of this stately vessel. ORK OR OR OR OK OK OK OK ROK OK OK OK OK OK OK KOK OK OK OK OK OK OR ROK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK HART LINE Here is some more information on the Hart vess®ls, mentioned in Cont'd. our last issue: The steamer ROWE, ex FANNIE C.HART, was sold to PANAMA in 1943. Two other vessels were owned by the fleet for a few years around 1900, namely the PETOSKEY, wooden propellor, 1888 Manitowoc, 171 x 30, 770 gross tons, and WELCOME, also wood, 1878 Fort How- ard Wis.(Green Bay), 120 x 25, 306 g.t. Apparently the latter was chartered. OR RR OK OR OK OK OK KK OK OK KOK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK KOK KOK OK OK KOK OK OK FOR THE Many times in the past the "Marine Historian" hascommented on BIRDS ? names of ships, the origin of classes of names, etc.,etc. Until now, however, we had never noted any trend in ship naming toward the ornithological (the stience of bird life). Nevertheless, a few moments’: — reflection reveals such names as RAVENSCRAIG (1902), G.R.CROWE (1907), CRANENEST (1918), U.S.S.HAWK, for many years a training ship on the Lakes, & EAGLESCLIFFE HALL (1928), and SPARROWS POINT (1952). We might even stretch the point and, with due apologies to Capt.Johnston, add the J.T.WING. Maybe you can think of a few more.