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"The Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp., has begun the salvage operations to lift the salty MONTROSE at Detroit. The project, expected to require at least 60 days, is on a "no cure-no pay" ba- sis. Effective Sept. 1, Bethlehem Steel disconti- nued its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bethlehem Transportation Corp., operator of the steelmak- er's lake fleet. Henceforth, a division of the parent company, designated Great Lakes Steam- ship Division, will handle operations. Phrixos B. Papachristidis has cancelled op- tions on A of two 73! building of these lakers had been scheduled at Montreal and St.John, N.B. The Greek has put two lakers in service this season, with two more 730-footers scheduled for commissioning by next spring. Kinsman Transit Company's steamer LABELLE has been sold to Luria Bros., for scrap, anoth- er fatality in the lengthening list of obsolete lakers whose size and operating costs make them impractical for further service. The former Interlake steamer JOSEPH SELLWOOD arrived under tow at Genoa on July 1. She de- parted Lauzon, Que., on June & enroute to Ital- ian shipbreakers. Gulf and Lake Navigation Co., Ltd.'s twin, 250-foot canallers BIRCHTON and CEDARTON are being dismantled at Dorval, After Pittsburgh steahehiere® THOMAS W. LAM- ONT had been towed from Milwaukee to Detroit by the IRVING S. OLDS, she was moved from there to Conneaut by the GEORGE A. SLOAN, arriving at that Lake Erie port Aug. 11. The LAMONT will have new tank tops installed there, ending spe- culation that she would be transferred to the Other Pittsburgh ore carriers are in the EUGENE P. THOMAS will get a new 2,250-shp Nordberg diesel at American Shipbuil- ding's Lorain plant this winter, On Aug. 14, the 647-foot ARTHUR M. ANDERSON passed down the Welland Canal enroute to Port Cartier, Que., to load ore for Gary, Ind., delivery. The ANDER- SON's Welland transit marks the first such voy- age by a vessel of this fleet. Interlake Steamship's FRANK ARMSTRONG (a.PI- LOT KNOB i) has entered Christy Corp's Sturgeon Bay yard for new side tanks and tank tops. Midlake Steamship's (Emig) canaller WALLACE- BURG (a.JOHN J. RAMMACHER) has re-entered ser- vice following engine repairs at Collingwood. She had been idle there since late 1960, Hindman Transportation's BAIRD TEWKSBURY (a. WILLIAM D. CRAWFORD) has been renamed GEORGE HINDMAN iii, while the diesel-propelled canal- ler GEORGE HINDMAN ii (a.GLENCOVA, b.ANTICOSTI, LOG ¢.RISACUA) HINDMAN. Remains of the 350-foot MAPLEHURST, which was wrecked off the western ‘entrance to the Portage Ship Canal on Dec. 1, 1922, will be raised by Kenneth Strait, lake salvager. This vessel, under CSL colors at the time of her foundering, was Cleveland Cliffs' first CADIL- has been rechristened ELIZABETH Nicholson Terminal's launch DOVE (a.C.F. BIELMAN, JR.) has been pulled out of the water for repairs at the Lucas County Port Authority terminal at Toledo. It is presumed that the former Detroit River Post Office launch will be refitted for use at the Toledo facility. Two units of the Continental Grain storage fleet have moved out of Buffalo, headed for the shipbreakers., The former Schneider Transporta- tion Co. steamer CLETUS SCHNEIDER (a.THOMAS AD- AMS) entered the Welland Canal behind the tugs SALVAGE MONARCH and PORT WELLER on Aug. 16. It is understood that this 61-year-old laker will be broken up by Marine Salvage, Ltd., at Hum- berstone. The second unit, the former Browning Lines' steamer ERNEST R. JOHNSON (a.ALEXIS W. THOMPSON, b.W.H.BECKER, c.EDWARD N. SAUNDERS, JR.) moved into the canal the same day behind the tug PORT WELLER enroute to the Steel Co. of Canada plant at Hamilton. Two small ferries have recently entered ser- vice. Arnold Transit Company took delivery of the 87-gross-ton CHIPPEWA, built at Erie, while the Beaver Island Boat Company on July 29 began service with their BEAVER ISLANDER, completed at Sturgeon Bay. Canadian Oil Companies’ new 355-foot, twin- screw tanker was christened W. HAROLD REA at Collingwood Shipyard ceremonies held Aug. 25. CORRECTIONS: Collingwood Shipyards will build the 730-footer for CSL, not Davieship at Lauzon as was noted in the "Log" for July '62, This Collingwood project has been labelled HULL 177. The Canadian self-unloader AVONDALE ii (a. ADAM E. CORNELIUS i, b.DETROIT EDISON i, c. GEORGE F. RAND i) is owned by Reoch's Leadale Shipping, Ltd., of Hamilton, Bermuda, not Law Quarries Transportation, Ltd Scott Misener's yacht VENETIA is still for sale, Her transfer to a Sarnia yacht club fell through. Bill Luke George Ayoub, Ottawa; Arnold Dempster, Collingwood; Dave Glick, Detroit; Capt. Geoffrey Hawthorn, Niaga- ra Falls, Ont.; Paul Sherlock, St. Catharines, and John Vournakis, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. CONTRIBUTORS: