Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Detroit Marine Historian, v. 18, n. 7 (March 1965), p. 1

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Che Detroit Marine Historian Journal of MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY of Detroit Volume 18, Noe 7 March, 1965 1 1 a al VERY SOON now the J.W.WESCOTT II will pull out from her dock at the foot of 24th in Detroit to make the first mail deli- very of the 1965 season to a Great Lakes freighter. It will be the 7lst season for this unique service which was inaugu- rated June 17, 1895. Our illustration, from Harper's Weekly magazine of that time, shows the tug FLORENCE Be as she cur= ves out of the path of a freighter after leaving a man ina rowboat to make the contacte He has thrown his light towing line to the deck and seamen are grabbing for ite They will make it fast and, when the slack is taken up, the rowboat will leap ahead with a jerk. Then the mail transfer will take place with a bucket on a line. Other famous boats that have been in this service include the C. F. BIELMAN, JRe,y the O. Fe. MOOK and the G. Fe BECKERe 5 i di aie at ae we ae ae ae we a ae ae ae ae ae ae ae a ae ae ae ae ae a ae aed * David Glick william J. Luke John Campbell Robert Zeleznik * * President Vice President Treasurer Secretary * 24401 Emerson 1323 Northlawn 1575 Cleveland 877 University Pl. oe Dearborn, Mich. Birmingham, Mich. Lincoln Park, Mich. Grosse Pte., Mich. * ENS Editor, Curtis Haseltine, 13951 Faust, Detroit, Mich. Printed in U.S.A. * in Sie i ae a ae a ae ae ae ae a a a ae a ae a a ae ae ae ae a a ae

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