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The Log, Continued be growing for reasons of economic and invironmental considerations. An extension to mid-January seems possible. *** U.S. Steel's proposed building of a new mill at Conneaut has received initial approval from the Corps of Engineers. *** The Coast Guard cutter RARITAN was given repairs at Twin Cities Marine and Drydock at the Soo in late June in preparation for her new assignment at Cleveland, replacing the KAW, which, along with NAUGATUCK, has been placed in ordinary at Cheboygan. ‘The OJIBWA, previously stationed at Buffalo, is slated for Yorkstown, Virginia for’use at the Coast Guard's Reserve Training Center to replace the ill-fated CUYAHOGA which was sunk last October with the loss of 11 lives. The ARUNDEL has been assigned to Buffalo. *** The U.S. Steel self-unloader IRVIN L. CLYMER, laid up at Rogers City since the close of the 1973 season, will be renovated there for use as a reserve shuttle carrier in the event of a shutdown of the Poe lock at the Soo. Big Steel's WILLIAM A. IRVIN has received bottom repairs at Fraser Shipyards, Superior and is listed as the fleet's #1 reserve boat. *** The Straits' railroad ferry steamer CHIEF WAWATAM has been given a further reprieve with the announcement made July 27th that the vessel will be converted to oil-fired boilers this Fall. *** pl: winner of the annual International Tugboat Race held on the Detroit River on June 30th was Hannah Marine's 149-foot, 4,000 hp JAMES A. HANNAH. *** The excursion steamer BLUE WATER BELLE, unsuccessfully employed out of Sarnia, cleared Detroit on June 23rd for Toronto. *** Quebec and Ontario's venerable motorvessel BLACK RIVER, whose operating permit was up on July 17th, has been given an extension to mid-October. *** Vessels of the Misener fleet have been painted with dark blue hull. The stack design retains the familiar double silver bands on a dark blue field, rather than black as before. *** The crane-barge BUCKEYE is in service and being accompanied by the tug OLIVE L. MOORE. *** The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway cancelled their ex- panded Lake Michigan ferry schedule for the August 1 - September 4 period and announced they would maintain the June-July timetable. The Attorney General of Michigan is suing the carrier while the BADGER remains in ordinary at Ludington. *** All grain elevators in Duluth-Superior Harbor were on strike as of the end of July, with the possibility that the shutdown may spread to Milwaukee. HR RH * Marine Historical Society of Detroit, Inc. 1979-1980 Officers President Paul LaMarre, 9108 Church Rd., Grosse Isle, Mi 48138 Vice-President Don Dube, 1127 Howard, Windsor, Ont. N9A 156 Secretary Bob Zeleznik, 877 University Pl., Grosse Pte., Mi 48230 Treasurer Bill Iuke, 20255 Wellesley Blvd., Birmingham, Mi 48010 Editor Z Fr. Van der Linden, 4190 Green Dr., Harsens Island, Mi 48028 Publications Mgr. Harry Wolf, 1686 Evans Ave., Detroit, Mi 48209 Archivist Dr. Richard Wright, 5th Floor, University Library, ps Green, © 43403 >» rN