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      The steamer Edward Buckley, Capt. Chas. Gnewuch, has had a busy season, so far. Between April 1st and November 1st she made 63 round trips with lumber and salt from Manistee to Chicago, South Chicago, Benton Harbor and Milwaukee, averaging 9 round trips per month.

 Door County Advocate (Sturgeon Bay, WI), 15 Apr 1899, p. 1, column 1     Reported From the Crow's Nest The steamer Pine Lake left Milwaukee for Manistee Saturday evening. Four of the lifesaving crew at Ludington have served ten consecutive years there. The steamer Neosho took on a cargo of coal at Cleveland on Saturday for ...

 Door County Advocate (Sturgeon Bay, WI), 30 Sep 1899, p. 1, column 1     Steamer Cleveland Sank. The old steamer Cleveland, which was recently purchased by H. W. Cook of Chicago for $2000 after having been out of commission several seasons, sprung a leak off Waukegan and filled with water. She was loaded with hemlock lumber from Frankfort and that ...

      The barge Williams will be placed in the floating dock as soon as the Buckley is released. She will be put in commission immediately after repairs, etc., have been completed. ... The fine steambarge Edward Buckley was put in the dry dock Wednesday evening and will receive a ...

 Door County Advocate (Sturgeon Bay, WI), 7 Oct 1899, p. 1, column 1     Dry Dock and Shipyard Notes. A force of men are engaged in the work of reconstructing the scow Kellogg. This craft will not be ready for service until next spring. The steamer Edward Buckley was floated from the sectional dock on Saturday and she immediately proceeded ...

      Among our callers during the week was Capt. Chas. Gnewuch, owner and master of the steamer Buckley. Capt. Gnewuch, who is a resident of Manistee, Mich., has been sailing the lakes since he was sixteen years old, and he is now upward of sixty, has had a long and steady …

      Items of General Interest. Officials of the Union Dry Dock Co., Buffalo, N. Y., report the outlook as promising for an exceedingly busy season. Among work in hand, in addition to a large volume of repairs, is the steel steamer (duplicate of the Buffalo) for which a contract was recently …

      The American Steel Barge Co. has sold the whaleback steamer City of Everett, which was built at Everett, Wash., in 1895, to the Loebig Manufacturing Co. of Cateret, N. J., the consideration being, it is said, $200,000. The vessel will be used in the transportation of phosphate from Port Tampa, …

      Ship Yards of the Great Lakes. The Chicago Ship Building Co. has begun the purchase of a large number of tools for the extensive addition that is to be made at once to its engine plant. At an expense of about $30,000 (including tools) an addition of 80 feet is …

      First Contracts of the New Year. Maj. Clinton B. Sears, United States engineer at Duluth, has invited bids for constructing 8,000 feet of revetments and 1,750,000 cubic yards of dredging at Houghton, Mich.

      First Contracts of the New Year. Burger & Burger of Manitowoc, Wis., have practically completed the tug Alphard, building for Peter Schroeder of Two Rivers, Wis.

      Sales of vessel property reported within the past few days on the lakes are: Steamer Petoskey from Northern Michigan Transportation Co. of Chicago, to Hart Line of Green Bay, Wis., $45,000; steamer Carlos Reitz and barges Agnes L. Potter and John Mark (lumber tow), from Nesson & Dovel to R. …

      After considerable effort on the part of officials of the Lake Carriers' Association, there is reasonable assurance that some of the private lights in the St. Mary's river will be replaced next season, even at the opening of navigation, by gas buoys. The representatives of the vessel men s arted …

      The Consolidated Elevator Co. of Duluth has let to the Barnett & Record Co. of Minneapolis a contract for an addition to its elevator "E" of 500,000 bushels capacity. The contract includes a 1,000 horse power engine. The price is supposed to be about $120,000, the work to be completed …

      Important improvements projected by the Great Northern Ry. Co. are reported from the head of Lake Superior. The lease of the coal dock now occupied by the Ohio Coal Co. on the Wisconsin side of the bay at West Superior expires on May 1, and the dock will from that …

      To Manage Ships on the Pacific. Stewards of the Goodrich Transportation Co., Chicago, are: Steamer Virginia, Edward F. Hobert; Iowa, B. Lohse; Atlanta, Chas. McKaig; Indiana, Wm. Reardon; City of Racine, Gavin Watson; Georgia, C. B. Hamilton; Chicago, Charles Pinsoneault; Sheboygan, Burton ...

      March of Progress. It is understood that the steamer Osceola has been chartered for the coming season to the Lake Michigan & Lake Superior Transportation Co. of Chicago, and that the steamer Wyoming has been secured for the line operating between Port Huron and the head of Lake Superior....

      Transfers of Vessel Property. Steamer J. H. Prentice and consorts Middlesex and Halsted, Shores Lumber Co. of Ashland, Wis., to Soper Lumber Co. of Chicago, $30,000; barges Alert and Advance, Stephenson Lumber Co. to Leathem & Smith of Sturgeon Bay, Wis.: passenger steamer Juliet. Benjamin ...

      Output of the Ship Yards. P. H. Studer of Detroit, Mich., has nearing completion for Congressman Carlos D. Shelden of Michigan, what it is claimed will be the fastest gasoline launch on fresh water. She is 57 feet in length and 6 feet beam, and will cost $3,500.

      Output of the Ship Yards. Berger & Berger of Manitowoc, Wis., are building a steam barge for Johnson & Denessen of Green Bay, Wis. The vessel will be 92 feet in length by 22 feet beam and will be used in freight service on Green bay and Lake Michigan.