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<::&:;$'*K*ii. >'.,.. ___*.............. S&fcisi'eSKSffi An addition of two ships is contemplated by the Norris Grain i 'om-pany, bringing the total of Ine fleet to 32. The new vessels are the Victory and Howard L. Shaw. -JBiamm iin nnm irrmil ti;r riHnhiirrli flmiin ship 17o nfmiiiiitoiiiiilnni'l; and negotiations for the transfer to Canadian registry are under way. The Norris Grain Company takes in the Upper Lakes and St. Lawenoe Transportation Co., Blue Line Motor-ships Ltd., and Northland Steainshio Company Limited, as subsidiaries. These two ships of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company will be placed in commission on the Great Lakes, trading in grain from Toronto to upper lake ports. They are ships of about 450 feet length, and will be the largest in the Norris Grain Company fleet. Appointment of the company masters has been held up through the purchase of these two ships. If the Dominion Government mnctions the transfer to Canadian registry, the senior men of tne Toronto company will be given command of the ships, and many changes will be made in the personnel of others of the fleet. Capt. Harpell is mentioned as master of the Victory, it was learned. The ships, providing there is no hitch in the purchase or 'ransfer, will be brought here for operation in early May. C.S.L. APPOINTMENTS The long awaited list of Canada Steamship Line appointmems -vas received to-day from C. C. Bonter at the Montreal office of the company. The fleet has been cut consider My over last year, due to many of the ships going to the coast. They were taken over by the Dominion Government. Following is a list of the appointments. The master is named first, then the ship, then the chief engineer: UPPER LAKE BULK FREIGHTERS J. F. Davis, Ashcroft, H. Young; T. J. Carson, Collingwood, M. Dcdman; Jas. Reoch, Donnacona, C. Leriche; J. A. Brown, Emperor, I. J. Boyrtou; D. W. Burke, Gleneagles, Geo. Price; J. J. Dube, Goderich, P. Eagles; E. Walkinshaw, Hagarty, J. M. Kennedy; C. E. Robinson, Lemoyne, D. A. Sinclair; R. Burke, Prescott, R. Sinclair: J. H. Hudson, Stadacona, E. Henry; W. H. Montgomery, Westmount, W. H. Taylor. UPPER LAKE PACKAGE FREIGHTERS T. S. Patterson, Renvoyle, Hugh Myler; T. H. Johnston, Huronic, H. H. Moore. PACKAGE FREIGHTERS E. J. Shannon, Beaverton, D. J. Leslie; A. Allen, Calgarian, J. Brooks; E. Corcoran, Canadian, T. Nichols; J. A. Lepine, City of Hamilton, M. J. O'Brien; J. A. Ferguson, City of Kingston, M. J. Sherman; N. Legault. City of Montreal, H. Paus; "M J. Corkey, City of Toronto, A. P. Norris; A. Francis, City of Windsor, L. E. Spncer; R. Anderson, Edmonton, A. J. O'Brien; Alex. Wilson, Fernie, J. R. Naudie; A. J. Galloway, Glenross, W. L. Hurder; E. Poidevin, Kenora. Jas. Neilon; W. J. Holler, Lethbridge, R. W. Howes; T. R. McLeod, Saskatoon, F. Lumley; E. F. Raeburn, Selkirk, J. A. MacDonald; H. R. Baxter. Weyburn, R. H. Isbester; H. A. Patterson, Winnipeg, Jas. Kirk. SELF UNLOADERS L. G. Bird, Coalhaven, A. V. Fmith; Thos. W. Adams, Collier, J. J Dove; N. J. Reoch,' Glenelg, Jas. Douglas. P. Beatty, Midland Prince, T. W. Verity; R. Belcher, Osier, J. B. Folding. LOWER LAKE BULK FREIGHTERS L. Pregent, Acadian, J. J. Smith; L. Patenaude, Anticosti, R. M. Bonnell; H. Laliberte, Barrie, F. B. Bonnell; V. Chartier, Donald Stewart, M Manner; E. Poirier, Dundas. D. G. Pruder; A. Bonin, Elgin, J. Dyson; G. E. Stephens, Fairmount, W. E. Downing; Geo. C. Kirk, Grainmotor,' E. C. Fleming; J. G. R. Toupin, Hastings, G. W. Clark; G. Lefebvre, Kinmount, A. J. McChristie; E. A. George, Lanark, J. Hamelin; D. Nolan, Lennox, D. F. Lockwood; H. A. Leaney, Mapleheath, P. J. Rutherford; C. E. Scott, Mapleton, M. Parry; J. R. La-marre, Meaford, A. Meikle; W. J. Hore, Norfolk, W. J. Williams; E. Griesbach, Penetang, J. Bennett; H. J. Clarke, Simcoe, M. Rankin, J. W. Scarrow, Starmount, J. M. Clark. EASTERN DIVISION PASSENGER C. H. Burch, Quebec, N. Peloquin; W. Gagne, Tadoussac, N. Crepeau; A. Delage, St. Lawrence, O. Peloquin; P. J. Cherry, Rapids Prince, E. Len-neville; C. A. Bodensieck, Richelieu, Geo. Bourret; T. Simard, Saguenay, L. Plante. WESTERN DIVISION PASSENGER B. A. Bongard, Kingston, G. W. MacDonald; H. Webster, Cayuga, J. F. Henry. NORTHERN DIVISION PASSENGER H. J. Aitken, Noronic, J. W. McLeod; Wm. Taylor, Hamonic, J. G. MacHattie. TREE LINE NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED D. H. Porter, Elmbay, J. B. March-and; J. R. Montgomery, Spruccbay, J. A. Lentz; P. Morinvill, Teakbay, R. Gibson. TORONTO DAILY STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 3 LATEST SHIPPING NEWS The race for the Toronto harbormaster's hat began in earnest shortly before noon today when the Valley Camp began breaking ice in the turning basin. Flinging huge cakes of ice to either side she began to crunch her way up the ship channel toward open water. Meanwhile there was good news from the camp of her rival. Mrs. R. A. Wright, wife of Capt. Bob Wright of the Coalfax, was reported "improved" at Lockwood clinic where she underwent a serious operation March 16. Capt. Wright had been forced to leave his ship at Rochester Tuesday night and fly home to her bedside. Capt. Nicholls of the Valley Camp planned to head for Sodus Point where he has more ice to break before loading coal for Toronto. If his ship is back before the Coalfax can load and make the run, from nearer-by Rochester, he will win the hat, an honor for which he has been striving for 30 years. The last three years Capt. Wright, whose ship is still in the race even though he is out of it, has beaten the Valley Camp into Toronto by narrow margins and queer quirks of fate. Ship Lost, Crew Safe Heavy seas and foggy weather around the Gulf of St. Lawrence have claimed the first lake ship of the season. The 2,158-ton Thordoc, owned by the Paterson Steamship Company of Fort William, has been given up as a total loss. The vessel grounded three miles from Louis-burg, N.S., and all efforts to remove her were unsuccessful. The Thordoc made many trips to Toronto last season with coal cargoes from United States ports and cleared for the Atlantic with other lake ships for possible winter service. She had been trading between gulf ports and was on her way to Louisburg when she grounded. Her crew all reached shore safely. The Calgadoc, a sister ship of the Thordoc, suffered a similar fate in almost the same spot three years ago. The Calgadoc had loaded coal at Sydney, N.S., for a gulf port and encountered heavy weather shortly after clearing. She never was heard of again. It was thought she broke up during the storm or that gasses from her coal cargo exploded and sank her almost instantly. Her entire crew was lost. Most of the lake ships trading around the gulf are not equipped with wireless, and when disaster overtakes them they have no way of communicating with the shore.