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beefsteak, potatoes and coffee in his absence. The captain says ev- eryone enjoyed the meal, but a cook was secured soon after." Has _ this ever happened aboard the CHARLES DICK? If you were in the market for a steamer in August of 1906, the fol- lowing were advertised as for sale: T. S. CHRISTIE for the lumber trade tug GLADIATOR, lighthouse steamer HAZE ("cheap") and passenger steam- er HAZEL. Anticipating the JOHN T. HUTCHINSON 59 and the Grosse Ile bridge by years, the package freighter TROY hit and collapsed the Interstate bridge at Duluth, tying up vessel traffic at that port for almost a weeke "Vessel owners, package freight managers and their employes are al- armed over a vile condition which has arisen in Buffalo river. The water, almost suddenly, grew black and is sending forth a stench which is unbearable." ™ Sixty years later these same conditions prevail and they are still talking about it. Launchings were popular in August of 1906. Among those to first wet their bottoms in that month were: JOSHUA W. RHODES, built by American Ship Building at Lorain for W. H. Becker; EDWARD Y. TOWNSEND (Marine Review reported her as "A.Y.TOWN— SEND), built by Superior Ship Buil- ding at West Superior for the Cam— bria Steel Co. (when launched she was two feet longer than anything else on the Lakes); NORMAN B. REAM, built by American Ship Bywilding at South Chicago for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co., and DANIEL J. MOR- RELL, built by West Bay City Ship Building for Cambria Steel Co. Three of the four are still with use EDWARD Y. TOWNSEND and DANIEL J. MORRELL are still owned bya descendant of the Cambria Steel Co. lethe Cambria Steamship Co. and sail together as sisters in the Bethle- hem Fleet. NORMAN B. REAM left the Pittsburgh Fleet only last year and now sails as KINSMAN ENTERPRISE. JOSHUA We. RHODES kicked around quite a bit. She became FRANK SEI- THER, then HAZEN BUTLER and finally J.P.WELLS. She was towed to Italy for scrapping in August of 1962. "While the TASHMOO was coming down through Lake St. Clair last Sunday evening, she was compelled to blow passing signals three times before obtaining an answer from a north- bound bulk freighter...It would ap- pear as though the promptest sort of attention should be given to passing signals from passenger steamers." Will the Sunday Morning Bob-Lo Riders Association second this — and mark it "Attn. SALMELA"? Jay C. Morse died on Aug. 22, 1906. He was an early iron ore agent in the Marquette region and one of the founders of Pickands, Mather & Co. We remember him today because of the ship which bore his name for so many years. The name left the Lakes only last year when the JAY C. MORSE became SHELTER BAY. "Capt. Se Ae Lyons, master of the steamer MICHIGAN, has installed his charts and chart table in the for- ward crew's hallway. In this way all in the forward end can receive benefit from referring to them." Sounds like the the ASSINIBOIA. Society gang on Pe as thet BS latte ba y