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The Lehigh Valley Transportation Co. (Continued) The ships of the Lehigh Valley fleet were as follows: BATAVIA (US. 201164), steel harbor collier built at Buffalo by Empire S.B. Co. in q 1904 for the fleet: 98 x 24 x 7; 202 gross tons. High pressure non-condensing engines, which were removed in 1933. The barge was sold Canadian in 1938 and re- named HANDY BOY (C. 138143). It is reported to be still in service in the Toronto area, and is the last surviving unit of the Lehigh Valley fleet. CAYUGA (US. 126556), steel package freighter built at Cleveland by Globe Iron Works in 1890 for the fleet: 290 x 41 x 14. Triple expansion engines. Carried four raked masts and stack nearly amidships. Sunk in collision with wooden steam barge JOSEPH L. HURD on northern Lake Michigan near Skillagalee Light, May 10, 1895. Several efforts at salvage were unsuccessful. CHICAGO (US 127590), steel package freighter built in 1901 by the Buffalo S.B. Co. for the Western Transit Co., Buffalo: 324 x 44 x 28; 3,195 gross tons. Passed into Great Lakes Transit Corporation in 1916. During World War I was operated by the U.S. Railroad Administration and was assigned temporarily to the Lehigh Valley fleet. Returned to G.L.T.C. in 1920 and stranded on Michipicoten Island, Lake Superior, on October 22, 1929. Total loss and partially scrapped on site. Quadruple expansion engine built by Detroit S.B. Co. ‘ yn CLYDE (US. 125946), wooden bulk freighter built at Bay City by F. N. Jones for James Ash of Buffalo, and purchased by Lehigh Valley immediately upon completion: 255 x. 37 x 19; *1.,307:,gross, tons; Fore and aft engines built by Trout of Buffalo. Sold Canadian in 1914 and later named STANSTEAD (C. 134347) and COLIN W. Junked about 1921 at Windsor. u®! see. SAMUEL F. HODGE (US. 115763), wooden double-decked steam barge, built by Detroit Dry Dock Co. in 1881 for the Crescent Transporta- tion Co. and named for the founder of the Riverside Iron Works, Detroit. As one might expect its fore and aft engine was built by S. F. Hodge & Co. Sailed in the U Lehigh Valley fleet under charter several times during the Eighties and Nineties. Destroyed by fire on Lake Ontario, July 5, 1896. MAUCH CHUNK (US. 93133), steel package freighter built for the fleet by Union Dry Dock Co., Buffalo in 1901: 381 x 50 x 28; 4,449 gross tons. Passed into Great Lakes Transit Corp. in 1920 and renamed W. J. CONNERS. Taken by U.S. Maritime Commission in 1942 and taken to coast and (continued on Page 3) CHICAGO Buffalo Drydock Photo