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ae Gyuips ‘THAT “NEVER ‘DIE -No.194 Photo from the Author's Collection SATISFACTION (US 116628) Wood steam tug of 37 tons, 64’ x 16’ x 8’. Built as a fish tug by Reibolt Wolther at Sheboygan, Wis., for Edward Groch. She had a low pressure single cylinder engine 16” x 19” built by Wilbur Anderson, of Marinette, Wis. Ownership changed in 1916 to Sherman Smith, of Marinette. Smith sold her in 1918 to Greiling Bros., of Green Bay, Wis., who converted her to a towing tug. In 1925 she was registered to Herman A. Greiling, of Green Bay, and in 1930 to Waterways Engineering Co., of Green Bay (Greiling). In 1946 she was abandoned and dismantled at Green Bay and her remains deposited alongside the tug BOB TEED in the boneyard on the Fort Howard side. By Ralph K. Roberts oo0o000 Shipments of basic bulk commodities on the Great Lakes during April were off 2.5 million net tons from April, 1973, basically because of heavy ice in Lake Superior and the St. Mary’s River that held up traffic during the first half of the month, the Lake Carriers Association reports. Iron ore amounted to 6,038,296 net tons compared with 7,514,481 a year ago, coal was listed at 3,833,434 net tons compared with 4,389,900 last April and grain amounted to 1,772,958 as against 2,267,463 in April, 1973. Total shipments of these commodities for the month amounted to 11,644,688 net tons, bringing the cumulative total tonnage for the three to 14,369,603 net tons as of May 1, compared with 16,572,998 net tons at this time last year.