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Dues and Log Correspondence 20255 Wellesley Birmingham, MI 48010 Bill Luke, Editor Two months and ten days after her intended departure date, SAVIC a.) NOTRE DAME VICTORY, b.) CLIFFS VICTORY, cleared South Chicago for Tiawanese scrappers on December 17th, delayed by the Lock 7 collapse and boiler problems. On the 18th, she put into Milwaukee to remedy other problems including a frozen wheelhouse. By midday on the 23rd, she was downbound at Detroit, smoking rather heavily. Her Lake Huron speed was said to be about 15 MPH. *** The Seaway was again blocked by an incident that took place on November 29th when the Indian- flag motorship JALA GODAVARI, bound light from Toronto to the sea, veered into the northern span of the St. Louis Bridge just above the Upper Beauharnois Lock, knocking out a 60-foot section of the railway-auto span. Following bracing work on the raised center section, the Seaway reopened on December 2nd to westbound traffic, with 27 westbounders awaiting, 33 eastbounders. The salty was released from her perch shortly thereafter and held for damages. The accident was said to have been caused by a language breakdown between the pilot and the wheelsman. *** The Canadian Soo-based tug ROD MCLEAN was overrun by a pulpwood Editor's Photo barge she was towing off the Government Dock there on October 14th. The 5-man crew was picked up safely by several local vessels, the tug lifted by a crane four days later. *** Another Soo-based tug was due in her new home port in late December, Purvis' newly- acquired 120-foot AVENGER IV. The 1962- built vessel reportedly left England on October 31st, got a salvage tow enroute, put into Bermuda enroute to fresh water, with Society member "Buck" Longhurst aboard as Bosun. *** Further details have become available regarding the new pair of CSL ocean-class self-unloaders to be built in Japan. The contractor will be Nippon Kokan with celivery set for next December and March of '87. Vessels of the Imperial Esso fleet have a new stack design. The dark blue stacks sport a wide red band between two narrow white bands with the lettering "Esso" placed in the upper portion of the red band. *** Amoco's tug-barge combination AMOCO GREAT LAKES/AMOCO MICHIGAN has become MICHIGAN GREAT LAKES. Meanwhile, at Windsor, the breakers had dismantled roughly half of AMOCO WISCONSIN by late December, with AMOCO ILLINOIS © still untouched. *** J.W. Westcott Company's 1985 season of mail-boat delivery ended on December 17th, one day earlier than planned, by reason of ice. *** Boco's motorship self- unloader RICHARD J. REISS is wintering at Erie, fueling speculation that she will sport Erie Sand Steamship colors in the spring. If so, what's to become of CONSUMERS POWER, which Erie Sand never bought from Boco, but chartered all these years?