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Ships of the NICHOLSON TRANSIT CO. & Predecessors (concluded) A subsidiary of Nicholson Transit Co. as reorganized was Ecorse Transit fo., which, for many years, operated sandsuckers and lately has engaged in carrying bulk freight and autos. Str. " 3 23 H. DAHLKE IRONWOOD OAKWOOD ROCKWOOD SINALOA MATAAFA J.P.WELLS 1908 Manitowoc 152 X 34. Sold to Central America, Gs . 1902 Toledo 212 X 40. Ex-USONA, PORT DE ST. MALO, BAYUSONA, USONA, CHARLES BEATTY, ROSLYN. In present fleet, recently converted to diesel. 1910 Manitowoc 154 X 35. Ex-M.G.HAUSLER. Sold. 1899 Bay City 220 X 40. Ex-JAY A PEARSON, CORDOVA, VINDAL, MOOREMACK, JESSE SPALDING. Sold. 1903 W. Superior 413 ¥ 50. Ex-WILLIAM F. RAPPRICK, SINALOA. Wrecked, Lake Michigan, 1940, and sold. 1899 Lorain 429 X 50. EX-PENNSYLVANIA. In fleet. 1906 Lorain 420 X 52. Ex-HAZEN BUTLER, FRANK SEITHER, JOSHUA W. RHODES. In fleet. Another interesting subsidiary of Capt.Nicholson was the Nicholson Erie- Dover Ferry Line, operating passenger ships between Erie, Pa., and Canadian ports on the north shore of Lake Erie during the prohibition era in the Twenties. Str. DOVER : " ERIE ““ 9 KEYSTONE Three veteran sidewheelers engaged in this service. 1890 Wyandotte for Ashley & Dustin 195 X 30. Ex-SIL- VER SPRAY, FRANK E. KIRBY. Burned and scrapped. 1899 Wyandotte for Erie & Buffalo Line 200 X 36. Exe QWANA, PENNSYLVANIA. Burned and scrapped. 1886 Wyandotte for D&C 272 X 40. Ex-CITY OF ST.IG- NACE, CITY OF CLEVELAND. Scrapped, Hamilton, 1948. Nicholson Transit Company's 1959 fleet includes the following ships des- cribed above; Strs.CANOPUS, CHARLES DONNELLY, ADRIAN ISELIN, MATAAFA, PERSEUS, SONORA, SULTANA, TAMPICO, JAMES WATT, J.P.WELLS and M/v IRONWOOD. Note: The author wishes to express his gratitude to Capt. Emory Massman and Scott B. Worden, Jr., for assistance in gathering the information re- corded above. NICHOLSON TRANSIT CO. The Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J. ADRIAN ISELIN ZELEZNIK SONORA ZELEZNIK