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By mid-June, the economic recession on the American side of the Great Lakes was mirrored by a substantial fleet of deactivated carriers; vessels that had been fitted out for early season service and subsequently laid up. The list includes U.S. Steel's SEWELL AVERY, THOMAS W. LAMONT, EUGENE W. PARGNY, ROBERT C. STANLEY, | Bill Luke, Editor EUGENE P. THOMAS, RALPH H. WATSON and HOMER D. WILLIAMS, “# Columbia's ROBERT C. NORTON, CRISPIN OGLEBAY, J. R. SENSIBAR and SYLVANIA, Interlake's SAMUEL MATHER, Boco's JOHN J. BOLAND, RICHARD J. REISS and SHARON, Kinsman's MERLE M. MCCURDY, Cleveland-Cliffs' TOM M. GIRDLER and Huron Cement's LEWIS G. HARRIMAN. By contrast, the Canadian fleet continues at full strength. ** A wild new color scheme has made its appearance in the Great Lakes waterways this Spring. Mohawk Navigation's steamer SENNEVILLE sports a bright orange hull with yellow forecastle and quarterdeck with the word "Pioneer" painted in black letters along her sides. Her stack is red with a narrow black smokeband. The letters "J" and "R" in modern script, in orange and yellow, complete the new array. These initials stand for James Richardson, a prominent Canadian grain dealer and owner of Pioneer Grain Company, Ltd. Mohawk's other steamer, SILVER ISLE, is presently being repainted in these hues. Both vessels are operated by Misener Transportation, whose own boats now display two gold bands on their stacks, replacing the long-familiar pairs of silver bands. The Company's flagship, RALPH MISENER, has lost her modernistic letter "M" on the stack, replaced by the new gold bands. ** Soo River Company's newly-acquired steamer GODERICH completed her first trip in her new colors from Toronto to the Canadian Lake head and return on May 8th as GODERICH. She was upbound in the Welland Canal on May 11th as SOO RIVER TRADER (See photo on Page 2). ** The former Soo River steamer PIERSON INDEPENDENT was moved from Hamilton down the Seaway to Quebec City during the week of May 12th, in preparation to her tow to European breakers. The former Misener steamer ROYALTON cleared Hamilton under tow the following Continued on Page 5 J HOCHELAGA without her boom Photo by Bill Luke J Since she lost her self-unloading boom at Windsor on April 22, CSL's steamer HOCHELAGA has been assigned to the grain trade. ae