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Eastern Transportation Co's. MONTROSE was the former KOLDA Photo by the late R. Loren Graham U.S. Steel's 1,000-foot EDWIN H. GOTT cleared the Poe Lock at the Soo behind the MACKINAW in the early morn- 24 ing hours of February 20th toward completion of her ie maiden voyage to Two Harbors, the first initial trip Suse of a Laker ever in mid-Winter. (See Cover) The pair William J. luke, Editor picked up the Tin Stackers CASON J. CALLAWAY, PHILIP R. CLARKE and JOHN G. MUNSON, which had earlier been marooned off Keweenaw Point, enroute to the Minnesota ore-loading port. Arriving there on the 21st the MUNSON was found to have weathered the trip virtually unscathed. The CALLAWAY had hull damage that resulted in a flooded forepeak. The CLARKE had steering engine damage. The GOTT fared the worst. She was holed in the bow and some cargo hold plating had ruptured as a result of frozen ballast tank vent pipes. One of her two rudders had been lost in the Lake Superior transit. Structural damage was done to the remaining rudder's post. A crew from Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, was dispatched to Two Harbors to take repairs in hand. The ARTHUR M. ANDERSON meanwhile was engaged in a pellet transfer between Indiana Harbor and Gary to alleviate an ore shortage at the U.S. Steel complex there. The ANDERSON had undergone bow repairs at Milwaukee following a mishap with the icebreaker WESTWIND on Lake Erie on January 3lst. U.S. Steel reportedly will not run any of its coal- fired carriers this coming navigation season. Those which did operate last year were the steamers B. F. AFFLECK, JOHN HULST, WILLIAM A. IRVIN and HORACE JOHNSON. ** Another. questionable entry in the new season is Columbia's THOMAS WILSON, said to be in need of extensive boiler renovation and cargo hold work. ** Quebec and Ontario Transportation has announced the renaming of four of the five steamers acquired from the Hindman fleet last year. The steamers PARKER EVANS, GEORGE