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Capt. "Joe" Bishop Recruits 50 Lake Sailors of Georgian Bay District for Salt Water Duty on West Coast— ^/g/> As a Result Shortage of Experienced Engine k Room Men for Inland Ships is Anticipated Capt. Bishop C5pt. "Joe" Bishop, master of the Canadian Pacific lake steamer, Alberta, turned recruiting officer in the Owen Sound district, and now has a group of 50 men ready to sail on salt water. The men are from Georgian Bay district, and all have had long experience in lake sailing. They leave Owen Sound this afternoon for a west coast port where they will embark on an ocean freighter for an undisclos-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ed destination Most of the men are experienced in engine room work of all kinds. All ages were accepted and, for the majority of them, it will be their first experience in salt water sailing. Capt. Bishop is making the trip to the west coast with them, and will return to Owen Sound when they sail. He has been in the Canadian Paciifc service for some years, being given command of the Alberta about four years ago when the Canadian Pacific started a freight service from Georgian Bay to Chicago. At that time the Alberta was commissioned for the Chicago trade and Capt. Bishop was given command. As the winter months of idleness for the lake sailor passes, more and more of these men are signing up with ocean vessels or in the Royal Canadian Navy. There is no doubt that there will be a great shortage of engine room men next season. WANT INTERNEES ELECTED Although the leaders of the Canadian Seamen's Union are languishing in an internment camp and union efforts to obtain their release have been futile, the Toronto council of the union voted unanimously last night to ask the convention to re-elect the interned officials to office. The seamen's convention is to be held in Toronto on March 3, and will take special action on the Board of Concliation report made public last week by the Labor Minister, Hon. N. A. McLarty. The report recommended that ten ship- ping companies, operating 54 vessels on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence, should recognize the Canadian Seamen's Union as a bargaining agency. As soon as the convention takes action, Dewar Ferguson, acting president, said the union will seek negotiations with the ten shipping companies which have not signed an agreement with the union. The companies are Sarnia Steamships, McKellar Steamships, Colonial Steamships, Keystone Transportation, Canadian Lake Carriers, Gulf and Lake Navigation, Lake Navigation, Lakehead Transportation Co., St. Lawrence Steamships, Valley Camp Coal Co. and the Lake Erie Navigation Co. LAKE LEVELS Level of the St. Lawrence River at Montreal harbor in January was 71 inches higher than in December, 1940, and 11% inches lower than in January, 1940, the hydrographic and map service of the Department of Mines and Resources reported. The January level of Lake Superior, measured at Port Arthur, was 2% inches lower than the previous month and % of an inch lower than in January, 1940. Level of Lake Huron at Goderich was Vs of an inch lower than the previous month and IVi inches lower than in January last year. At Port Colborne, Lake Erie's level was 2% inches higher than in December, 1940, and eight inches higher than in January 1940, while Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ont., measured four inches higher than in December, 1940, and 13% inches higher than in January, 1940. BUILT IN SCOTLAND W. A. R. Dawson, of Welland, points out that the Frank B. Baird was built in Scotland, not England, as reported a few days ago. He also stated that she was the Frank "B" not the Frank "D" as reported in one edition only. This was due to a typographical error. He says in part, "It was launched at Old Kirkpatrick, Scotland, the second of two boats built for the Eastern Steamship, with registration at St. Catharines, Ont., the first of which was the Edwin T. Douglas, and the second the Frank B. Baird. Old Kirkpatrick is situated three miles from Clyde Bank, or ten miles from Glasgow, on the north shore of the River Clyde in Scotland, not in England. Old Kirkpatrick is in the heart of the ship-building centre of Scotland."