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SHIPS OF THE HALL FLEET, Continued from Page 1: Part 2: Wooden Freighters: CABOTIA (ex HIAWATHA), 1880 Gibralter, Michigan for Wilson. 234 x 36. CARDINAL (ex MAYFLOWER), 1875 Montreal, 121 x 24. COMPTON (ex MASSACHUSETTS), 1882 Detroit for Interocean Transportation Coe 235: x 376 SENATOR DERBYSHIRE (ex BERMUDA), 1897 W.Bay City by Davidson for his fleet. 220 x 4l. JAMES W.FOLLETTE (ex JESSE H.FARWELL), teh Gibralter, Mich. for the Farwell estate, Detroit. 212 x 35, (Illustration, p.1) HENRY B.HALL (ex IRON DUKE), 1881 Detroit for the "Iron Fleet." 212 x 35. HECLA, 1881 Buffalo for Hall. 224 x 34. Later CAPTAIN DAN. RALPH T.HOLCOMB (ex ISAAC W.LINCOLN), 1898 Marine City. 134 x 30. IONA, 1892 Trenton, Ontario. 123 x 24. Out of service 1912. HARVEY J.KENDALL, 1892 Marine City for Kendall. 141 x 30. FRED MERCUR, 1882 Buffalo for Lehigh Valley Transit Co. 232 x 35. W.B.MORLEY (ii), 1892 Marine City, 240 x 42, PHENIX (ex WALDO A AVERY), 1884 W.Bay City for Hawgood. 240 x 38. Later LIBERTY . ROBERT sec ee 1887 Cleveland for Pickands, Mather, Rhodes and others. 2k 40. ROCK FERRY (ex MERRIMAC), 1882 Detroit, for Interocean Trans,Co. 235 x 37. Originally a schooner barge. Converted to steamer in 1884. JOHN RUGEE, 1888 Milwaukee for Milwaukee interests. Went into Hall fleet early. 216 x 35. (Illustration on page 2). JOSEPH W.SIMPSON (ex MANCHESTER), Composite hull, 1889 Wyandotte for Interocean fleet. 281 x 41 originally. Later MINDEMOYA and YANKCANUCK. Still afloat, though inactive in 1957. Apparently was only chartered by Hall in the 20s. STANSTEAD (ex CLYDE), 1881 W.Bay City for Lehigh Valley RR.Fleet. 256 x 6. Later COLIN W. BYRON WHITAKER, 1890 Mount Clemens for Whitaker of Detroit. 220 x 38. Later MARIAN W. Continued, bottom of page kh. Bn ok SRORRUDE Gk SRK. 6 0k a ak eK eS OK Oe GE ake a OR OK: OR: aur Oe “SiC TST Ee eI ak: vo At Right: The tug WILLIAM L. PROCTOR, the largest of the Hall tugs. Note the raised pilot house and general similarity to the older ocean tugs. Photo, courtesy Eugene Cote.