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o THE EVENING TELEGRAM, TORONTO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30,> 193 Lake Freighters Head For Scrap Heap t Yesterday afternoon the George A. Wallace, Toronto Dry Dock tug, I towed the Midland King to Hamilton, where she will be scrapped. The Kins, shown above with the Martian behind her, was sold by Canada Steamship Lines to Frankel Brothers about two years ago lor scrap with other ships. The Martian is being taken to Hamilton next week. An old warrior, long past her days 3f trading on the Great Lakes, was .owed to the graveyard yesterday. She was the Midland King, once the pride of the Great Lakes, but in the past few years just a shell of her former self. Yesterday the Dixon Drydock tug. George A. Wallace, took the King in tow across Lake Ontario to Hamilton, where she will be scrapped. It was a fitting tribute to the King that such an old warrior as the Wallace should tow her to the graveyard. The Wallace saw many years of sterling service in Cleveland, as the fire tug for that harbor. With the improvements made along the Cleveland waterfront, and excellent docks built where fire department motors could proceed, the Wallace was discarded. For some years she remained idle . . . almost a wreck. Then she was bought by the To-1 ronto concern and brought here. In her time she was the tug used by Cleveland for icebreaking. When brought to Toronto she was completely overhauled. New boilers were built in her and she was generally repaired. But bits of the old j Wallace were left. That is partially I the reason for her varied colors. Mr. Dixon refused to have certain parts of her touched at all. She was named after one of Cleveland's well-known fire chiefs. So it was this tug that did honors for the Midland King during the funeral procession. Nearly two years ago the King, with several other Canada Steamship Line freighters, was bought by Frankel Brothers for scrap. That was the time when there was war talk. But the King and the Martian have remained tied in the ship channel since being I bought. Most of the fittings and parts of the ship that could be used again have been sold to various buyers. For instance, the Robert P. Durham is now sailing the Great Lakes with the steering gear of the King. This was taken out of the old freighter and installed in the Durham about this time last year. The Midland King was built at Collingwood in 1903, and registered in Midland. She had a length of 366 feet, depth 28 feet, beam of 48 feet; a gross tonnage of 3,965 tons, and I registered tonnage of 2,450 tons. MARTIAN NEXT WEEK. Tied beside the King before she was taken away was the Martian, another C. S. L. freighter sold to Frankel's with the King. She too is destined for the graveyard at Hamilton, and will probably go next week, with the Wallace again towing. The Martian was built at Wyandotte, Mich., in 1901, and registered in Port Arthur. She has a length of 349 feet, beam of 44 feet, depth of 24 feet; gross tonnage of 3,396 tons and registered tonnage of 2,010 tons. For some years the Martian was equipped with wireless, although she did not come under the Government compulsory regulations.