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Vas the Loe ea Superior ore into. Cleveland on April 14. Buffalo finally opened on April 19 thanks to 3 C. G. Cutters. WILLIAM G. MATHER and FRONTENAC were the first boats out while COL. JAMES PICKANDS was first in. SARNIADOC was first downbound at Eisen- hower Lock on April 14. ESKIMO was first upbound at Snell Lock, she had wintered at Valley Field. EUGENE W. PARGNY got first load at DM & IR Docks at Duluth on April 7. CASON J. CALLOWAY opened two harbors on April 10. WILFRED SYKES opened the Burlington-Northern docks at Superior on April 12. EDMUND FITZGERALD opened Silver Bay on April 11. HILDA MARJANNE opened Sandusky on April 13. Italian SANTA ELISABETTA got the cup for being first saltie into Detroit on April 20. French CHRISTINE was ahead of her but did not stop at De- troit. French ONDINE was first saltie into Cleveland on April 18. One of the Peche Island boats pur- chased by the Bob-Lo Company has been renamed PAPOOSE and advertised as a charter boat for tours, parties and etc. CHARLES DICK is sporting new colors this year. Hull is a lighter gray Capt. Williams with a white forecastle. The Canadian Postmaster-General has offered to consider a postage stamp in honor of William Hamilton Merritt, the builder of the Welland Canal. The stamp, if approved, would be issued in 1979, the 150th anniversary of the original Welland Canal. Kinsman has confirmed the purchase of HARRY L. ALLEN and PETER ROBERTSON and says that both will be out soon under their present names. GEORGE G. CRAWFORD has been towed to the Berwind Dock at Duluth where all 5 of the Pittsburghers that will not run are being docked. LIQUILASSIE appears to be getting com- pletely new boilers and furnaces at Port Colborne. There is a sign posted on the ticket office door of the Wisconsin-Michigan Steamship Co.'s Muskegon Dock saying No 1971 service but 1972 service with "new, ultra-modern ship, com- pletely modern in every way, taking over." AQUARAMA? Hudson's Bay Company's replica NON- SUCH which wintered in Hamilton is scheduled to visit Niagara-on-the- Lake, Toronto, Hamilton, Windsor, Thunder Bay, the Soo, Duluth and possibly Chicago this season. The Michigan State Commerce Dept. has received a $30,000 grant from Wash- ington to conduct a study of what the economic impact would be on the state if CHIEF WAWATAM was allowed to stop running. New Lake Survey Director Appointment of Capt. Robert E, Williams as director of the Lake Survey Center in Detroit marks the changeover from the Corps of Engineers to the Commerce Department's National Ocean Survey. with National Ocean Survey and oredecessor Coast and Geodetic Survey for 20 years, Capt. Williams has been a w a e