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Dues and Log Correspondence 20255 Wellesley Birmingham, MI 48010 Bill Luke, Editor The Great Lakes scene took another blow when it was announced that the Collingwood Shipyards operation would close permanently on September 12th. That operation and its affiliate, Port Arthur Shipbuilding (Portship), have been sold to Port Weller Dry Docks, Ltd., of St. Catharines. Portship will continue to function as before with the Georgian Bay ferry CHI CHEEMAUN to be dry docked there on October 21st for hull work and her five-year inspection. The ferry has never been on Lake Superior, having been built at Collingwood in 1974. The loss of the Collingwood Shipyards means an end to the colorful sidelaunchings which have been so fascinating a part of our marine scene for decades. *** Just as the Canadian grain fleet began to position itself for a record harvest movement, the grain handlers at Thunder Bay struck the largest of the elevator companies in the Lakehead prompting the shutdown of all grain operations there on September 3rd. It was feared by lake vessel operators that the railroads would benefit from this curtailment, a further severe blow to the marine scene. While there were indications that the Canadian government would force an end to the walkout, no action has been forthcoming by the end of September. The Yugoslavian saltie JABLANICA and Lake Michigan fishing boat RAZEL BROTHERS collided near Whiskey Island on August 20th resulting in the death of the three crewman off the fishing craft. The saltie, enroute from Chicago to Duluth for grain for Tunisia, was held at the Soo Locks on September 7th where its captain was served warrants charging him with negligent homicide. The vessel was released shortly thereafter when a cash bond was posted. Arraignment was set for September 30th at Charlevoix. Late developments reveal that the captain cannot be extradited to the U.S. on these charges by reason of a 1901-dated treaty between Serbia and the United States. *** The saga of the SAVIC continues. The crew lifted her bow anchors at Lanorie, Quebec on September 11th and she headed for the sea, her destination said to be New York City. She was later spotted there by a Great Lakes vessel owner/operator. Whether she was strengthened for her open sea voyage is not yet clear. It has been revealed that of all the Great Lake freighters sold to interests abroad, SAVIC has the distinction of not having been sold specifically for scrap. *** The entire forward house off the original motorship BENSON FORD has been placed on Frank Sullivan's property on South Bass Island, where he awaits approval to get water, sewer and electrical service to the unique 4,000 square foot summer home. The four deck structure weights 140 tons, is 33 feet in height, 62 feet wide and 59 feet in length. The new Bob-Lo ferry, L.R. BEATTIE, recently completed at Toledo by Merce Industries and to be operated from Gibralter to the island, has been christened in honor of the late, great skipper of the Bob-Lo steamer COLUMBIA, L.R. Beattie. We commend the Auto Club in their excellent choice of a name for this new craft. *** Initial plans have been formulated by the staff at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle at Detroit for the placement of the pilot house off Ford's steamer WILLIAM CLAY FORD. Engineering studies have revealed the feasibility of placing the house directly over the small pilot house built by the museum's original curator, Bob ee. The museum is now soliciting financial assistance from those persons interested in the project, which, of course, has the blessings of our Society. Details of the program may be obtained directly from the museum by writing: Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan 48207. *** Hanna's last steamer, the 730 foot PAUL H. CARNAHAN, arrived at the Davie Shipyard at Lauzon, Quebec in the late afternoon of August 24th, where she was tied up alongside five other scrap-bound lakers; the former Upper Lakes Shipping steamers RED WING and FRANK A. SHERMAN and motorship WHEAT KING, Q&O's steamer MELDRUM BAY and Hanna's GEORGE M. HUMPHREY. On September 3rd, the big 11,000 hp Dutch tug SMIT LLOYD 109 moved the CARNAHAN and HUMPHREY out of the pack and headed for the sea, assisted by the local Quebec tug LEONARD W. The CARNAHAN's fuel tanks had been filled sufficiently to allow her bunkering of the Dutch tug during the log pull to Tiawan, estimated to take somewhere between 95 to 105 days. The Panama Canal passage would be her last port visit prior to the Pacific pull. The Hanna office in Cleveland received word several days after their Quebec departure that the tow was making 5.9 miles per hour. Both the Hanna boats had been topped off with water ballast to ease their long rides westbound. eee The tug SALVAGE MONARCH, aided by two McKeil tugs from Hamilton, moved the former Inland Steel