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ir >the Pittsburgh & Conneaut Dock Comp- any at Conneaut, O., handled its first self-unloader on Sept. 21, when the IRVIN L. CLYMER dis- charged 14,000 of . fill stone at the company's new stor- age and material handling site. tons The fill stone was discharged into the dock-front receiving hopper, then onto a conveyor belt to the storage area when it passed through the stacker to the ground. travelling Le Sault de Sainte Marie Histor- ical Sites, Inc., better known as Valley Camp, has let contract at the Soo for $126,600 for an historical restorations project along the Soo's waterfront. volved are grading and improving the east wharf at Kemp's Coal Dock and extending the old John- stone Street Slip to accommodate In- the permanent berthing of the Steamer VALLEY CAMP. M.I.L. Tug & Salvage has been transferred to Smith & Corey In- ternational Port Towage, Ltd. Included are the 300-ton tugs POINT TUPPER, POINT MELFORD, POINT GILBERT and three others still under construction. The tugs will handle super tankers at Point Tupper, N.S. and Come- By-Chance, Nfld. Consolidated Paper Co., has re- Lo CG ore) portedly sold the tug JOHN ROEN III to Solveig Marine Towing Co. of Sturgeon Bay, Wis. The old wooden TRANSPORT is MALBAIE now a museum at Malbaie, P.Q. It costs $1 to go aboard but so far has only two marine paintings to show. goelette The Polish tug KORAL with tows G.G.POST and ONTADOC left Sorel, P.Q. on Sept. 2l. Conversion of ROCKCLIFFE HALL to a tanker has changed her sil- houette considerably. Nearing completion at Lauzon, her houses will be aft, saltwater bow but no bulb and an increased length of six feet. The Washington Island ferry C.G. RICHTER arrived at Bay Shipbuil- ding Sept. 13 for conversion to single screw from double, new shafting, rudder, etc., to make her more functional in ice. STEWART J. CORT delivered her millionth ton of taconite ore to Burns Harbor on Aug. 286 American Tug & Transit's new tug SEAWAY #1 will receive work this winter and begin operations next spring. FREDERICK T. KELLERS is reported up for sale and COLUMB- IA was sold to a party in Con- necticut.