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THE LOG (Continued) ** Collingwood shipyards HULL 224, Algoma Central Marine's self-unloader, JOHN B. AIRD, hit the water at 3:18 p.m. on October 21st in a near-perfect launch. The 600-foot stern section will ha towed to Thunder Bay for joining with her 130-foot *) bow section in the spring in an operation similar to that conducted on CSL's new ATLANTIC SUPERIOR. The new Algoma boat is named for the former Algoma chairman and present Ontario Lieutenant Governor. The Collingwood yard will lay the keel for HULL 227, a 730-foot straight-decker for CSL, on October 28th. Her launch date is tentatively set for June 23rd of next year. ** Amoco Oil sent their last- surviving steam tanker AMOCO INDIANA down the Seaway to Montreal on two successive trips in October. ** Recent lay-ups in the American fleets include Cliff's EDWARD B. GREENE at Toledo on October 7th, Hanna's GEORGE M. HUMPHREY at River Rouge the week of October 18th and USS's BENJAMIN F. FAIRLESS at the Hallett #5 dock at Duluth on October 4th. ** Johnstone Shipping of Toronto have reportedly sold their motorship CONDARRELL to Marine Salvage for further sale to East Coast operators. ** Another Peterson-built Saudi gunboat, the OQBAH, was downbound in the Welland Canal on October 6th, enroute to Norfolk. ¥** Erie Sand Steamship Company's 1897-built sandsucker NIAGARA has been withdrawn from her Saginaw Bay trade permanently, according to reliable sources. ** The Bob-Lo Amusement Company has apparently made financial arrangements with its bankers to the extent possible that plans for the 1983 season are being firmed up. Attendance for the past season was nearly 550,000, up 100,000 from 1981. The company's problems began in the disastrous 1980 season when only 300,000 people visited the island. The poor show- ing that year was attributed to rainy weather and the Republican National Convention, which closed the firm's Detroit dock behind the Joe Louis Arena for security pur- poses. Under present plans, the Bob-Lo owners have 90 days to seek and arrange for more permanent financial reorganization. Wheelhouse from D. B, WELDON Photo by Malcolm E. Campbell ** Led by our Society member, Malcolm E. Campbell of Goderich, the new waterfront marine museum opened there in July, housed in the forward cabin and pilot house removed from the grain storage barge D. B. WELDON, formerly Q&0's steamer SHELTER BAY. The accompanying photograph is evidence of the pains taken to properly situate the structure and equip the site with separately mounted steering pole, propeller, lifeboat and davit. The WELDON can be seen in the background, moored near two other storage hulls, the R. G. SANDERSON and LIONEL PARSONS. ** Long-time Society member, Andy Sykora, has formed "The Steamer PUT-IN-BAY Appreciation Society" to consolidate | material for use in a publication to memorialize that colorful Detroit-based excur- sion steamer. Those of our members wishing to share in the worthwhile endeavor are invited to contact Andy at 2589 Gasser Boulevard, Rocky River, Ohio 44116. Pa Aes