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ie Capt. H.v.Inches retired Oct. 31 as curator of the Great Lakes Museum at Vermilion and was suc- ceeded by Charles Matt of Huron. General American Transportation of Chicago has agreed to buy the ocean shipping interests of the Marine-Oswego-Trinity American Steamship is not inclu- ded in the deal. It is under- stood that Mrs. H. Lee White and White's group intend to hang on to American S.S. and that as get the cash from Group but soon as they the saltwater deal will announce major expansion for the Lakes fleet managed by Boland & Corne- lius. "Cleveland Cliffs has a definite need for boats the size of the SNYDER and BOYER. We are conti- nuing a study of construction of larger boats and new methods of Lake transportation to meet Cliffs' long-range needs," said Richard Eide, manager of Clifis' marine department. The Welland will stay open until Jan. 7 and another Canadian ice- breaker will be brought to the Lakes to help ALEXANDER HENRY this winter. Association The Lake Carriers' rie 3 reports 43.1 percent of the Lake fleet is bowthruster equipped. The old Pringle tug JEsSE JAMES which was owned by Nickerson Towing at Tampa, Fla., is now the BALHEN and working in East Boston, Mass., for the Towboat Co. Boston The tug GLORIA ST. PHILLIP is in service for St. Phillips Towing Co. at Tampa, Fla. She is the former CHOPTANK and FRANCOIS B. HACKETT, built in Ferrysburg in 1909. She went to the Gulf, was rebuilt and diesel-powered and renamed in 1969. Hudson Bay's replica of the NONSUCH has been laid up for the winter at Hamilton. CHARLSS R. HUNTLEY is working as a dredge in Hamilton Harbor but is being pushed by a small tug instead of using her outrigger outboard. <oen's LILLIAN is working on the water intake job at Fort Huron, along with the old tug Wi.siLIAM DUGAN, the former JCHN F. DREWS, and a fast personnel boat, the VENTURZ, from the Gulf. Birmingham (Mich.) dentist Dr. John P. Thomson had an inauspi- a