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C H A R L E S W. W E T M O R E - YET A G A I N 14. Most p l e a s i n g has been our members' respo n s e to Ship of the M o n t h No. 192, "Whalebacks in the Rapids", and p a r t i c u l a r l y c o n c e r n i n g the s a ltwater a c t i vities of CHARLES W. WETMORE, W h a l e b a c k 112. As a result, this feature, that began in our Novem b e r issue, has c o n t i n u e d to the present, wit h the p r o d u c tion of muc h i n t e r e s t i n g and rare w r i t t e n and p h o t o g r a p h i c material. On Page 9 of the Janu a r y issue, we m e n t i o n e d that, en route to the West Coast, the W E T M O R E r e p o r t e d l y saile d from P h i l a d e l p h i a on S e ptember 19, 1891 and we w o n d e r e d whet h e r she a c t u a l l y loa de d or just st opped there, because New York and W i l m i n g t o n also had been m e n t i o n e d at lo ading ports for her. T. M . H . S. member Wm. A. Schell, of Holbr oo k, Massach u s e t t s , r e c e n t l y che ck ed m i c r o f i l m of the w e e k l y "New Yor k M a r i t i m e Regis te r" at the Peab o d y Museum Library, and locat ed repo rt s of the W E T M O R E ' s move me nt s. The list in gs i n d i cate that the ship saile d from New Yor k on 19th August, and ar rived the f o l lowing day at Wilmin gt on , Delaware. On S e ptember 6 t h , she m oved from W i l mington up the Delaware Rive r to Ph il ad elphia, and she sailed from the latter port on Se ptember 19th, 1891. Our co rrespo ndent, whos e effor ts we g r a t e f u l l y ac kn ow ledge, also fo und a casua l t y report i n dicating that the W E T M O R E "g ro unded several times before she reached the w harf and was c o m pelled to signal for as si stance" at W i l mington. No furthe r de tail was given, but likewise no sugge s t i o n that any sign if icant damage was su ffered by the w h a l e b a c k steamer. * * * * * LAY - U P L I S TINGS Our lay-up listings in the F e b ruary issue must have been pretty accurate, because we have not re ceived m any a d d itions or am en dments. We still have not, however, been fav ou re d w ith any report at all for Toledo, Ohio, and can only say that if nob od y wants to send us a listing for that maj or port, then they likewise should not crit ic is e us for p r e s e n t i n g an inco mp le te report. We should note the fo ll owing items: A s h t a b u l a : No major c o mmercial vessels, but w i n t e r i n g are and G R E T C H E N LEUDTKE and fuel barge MR. MICKEY. tugs W I L L I A M HOEY C l e v e l a n d : To previo us listing, add ALPENA, p a s senger ve ssels G O O D T I M E III HOLI D A Y and N A U T I C A QUEEN, and tugs (in no pa rt icular order) EM PIRE STATE, WILL I A M A. LYDON, DO UGLAS B. MACKIE, BE AVER STATE, WISCONSIN, DELAWARE, KANSAS, MISSISSIPP I, TEXAS, UTAH, FAVORITE, IDAHO, INDIANA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, GEORGIA, NEVADA, PADDY MILES, HAMP TH OMAS and WA SH INGTON; dredge RHODE ISLAND, bumbo at FO REST CITY, and as sorted scows and barges. And to set the record straight, the names of the barges ST. MARYS CEMENT and ST. MARYS CEMENT II are p r o p e r l y sp elled witho ut any apostrophe. Our thanks to information. Duff Brace, Christ o p h e r * * * * * A D D I T I O N A L M A R I N E NEWS -- Recent press reports from R o chester indi ca te that the 257-foot, 1 3 8 - p a s senger, Clipper Cruise vesse l Y O R K T O W N CLIP PE R will make six cruises, beginning in June, from Ro c h e s t e r to M o n treal and the Sa guenay River. No other details are yet available. On February 29th, demolition crews, us ing ex plosive charges, blew the s e v e n - s t o r e y w o rkhouse off the top of the Midl a n d Simcoe grain elevator at Midland, Ontario. This was the first step in the d i s m a n t l i n g of the dis used e l e vator comple x to make wa y for r e c r e ational r e d e velopment of the site. * * * * * Watch the April issue for foll ow -u p detai ls on the tankers fea tu re d in our Ship of the Mont h No. 193 in the De cember issue. Space permitting, that Wright and And y Sykora for this