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Upper Lakes Shipping has bought Papachristidis' five boats for $25 million. QUEBECOIS and MONT-~ REALAIS will retain their names for now but FEUX FOLLETS will become CANADIAN LEADER, PETITE HERMINE to CANADIAN HUNTER and GRANDE HERMINE to CANADIAN MARI- NER. Conversion of HENRY FORD II to a self-unloader has been squelched and Ford is now looking at U. S. GYPSUM, HENNEPIN and JACK WIRT to pick up one of the three that Boland & Yornelius must sell. PETER REISS is all through be- cause of $300,000 bottom damage and is now at Fairport, 0. Branch Lines Ltd., has signed a contract with Marine Industries at Sorel for a tanker to be del- ivered in 1973. BAIE ST. PAUL and RICHELIEU sold by CSL to Pipe Line Tankers Ltd. as a paper transfer. U.S. Maritime Commission has let a contract with Associated Con- trols and Communications Yo., of lynn, Mass., for development of alaser navigation system for winter sailing on the Lakes. U. S. Steel vessels will test in the winter of 1972-73. Small la- ser units aboard the ships will direct a beam at reflectors to be placed along the shoreline. These flashes and return flashes will be translated by a computer to show speed and location. It will be valuable in "narrows" after buoys are removed or dur- ing periods of low visibility. Amship is negotiating for Great Lakes Towing Co., now controlled by the Crown interests of Chica-~ go, with purchase price estima- ted at between $7 and $10 mil- lion. forward Skindivers are looking LOG c~_w to raising the schooner HARTFORD which sank two miles off Little Sandy Creek, Mexico Bay, Lake Ontario, on Oct. 11, 1894. Ship is covered with sand and 40 feet of water. Plans call for her to be restored by Thousand Islands Shipyard Museum with work to be done by a Syracuse group. Valley Camp, now a museum at the Soon, has been added to the nat- ion's Register of Historical Sites, making it eligible for federal assistance. American Steamship Co., (BoCo) has applied for a federal oper- ating subsidy for foreign trade bulk service between U. S. and Canadian ports. This is in line with the Maritime Commission, under the recent Merchant Marine Act, recognizing the Great Lakes as a "Fourth Seacoast." Others have inquired but BoCo was first to apply. Port Weller Dry Docks expected to launch the firstvoof two 683- foot, 20,000-ton vessels for Burnett ss. Co., of England, in April. It will be hull number 55 and immediately after launching the keel will be laid for the second, HULL 56. Efforts are being made to get a marine chapter dedicated to the Saginaw-Bay City area going. Those interested contact Donald Comtois, 202 Au Sable State Rd., Bay City, Mich. 48706. U.S. Sen. Robert P. Griffin has shown interest in getting more Corps of Engineers aid in assis- ting island residents of the St. Marys River region in fight over disruption of erry service etc., during winter months. Iluch blame has been attached to experiment- al programs involved with pro- longing the shipping season. Hal Jackson G