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      U. S. Fleet Lays Up. The fleet of tugs, dredges, scows and other floating property of the U. S. Engineering department used in harbor work in this district has gone into winter quarters at Kewaunee. The fleet consists of the tugs Cumberland, Manitowoc and Marinette. Dredge Kewaunee; ...

      Capt. Olson Retires. Captain John K. Olson, master of the United States lighthouse tender Sumac since 1918 and a member of the lighthouse service since November, 1892, will resign December 31. On retirement Capt. Olson will be eligible to pension at the age limit of 65 and after 40 years …

      General Marine Items. All lighted an unlighted buoys, the Peshtigo Reef and Eleven-Foot lightships in Green bay have been relieved.

      General Marine Items. The harbor tug Green Bay, owned by the Reiss company, and stationed at Green Bay, has gone to Manitowoc where it will be engaged in harbor work during the winter.

      General Marine Items. Navigation into Green Bay has closed, the last boat to clear being the steamer Henry Steinbrenner loaded with grain. The Reiss Coal company had the largest number of lake steamers at its dock during the season, 82 craft unloading there. The steamer John P. Reiss will ...

      General Marine Items. The steamer Stewart, which has been chartered by Frank Heffing, Chicago, from the Roen Steamship company of this city, cleared Thursday of last week for Kenosha, where it will be engaged on its first salvage work. An attempt will be made to recover part of the cargo …

      General Marine Items. While one of the U. S. Engineering department derricks was hoisting a large timber at the government yards in Kewaunee last week, the chain suspending the timber snapped and the timber crashed into the upper structure of the dredge Kewaunee. Although considerable damage ...

      General Marine Items. Milwaukee has the largest fleet of freighters laid up at that port than in any previous years. There are 26 large steamers moored there, which brings the city a monthly revenue of $500 for mooring privileges. Thousands of dollars are spent in laying up and fitting out …

      New Fish Tugs Launched Here The Past Week. Two new fish tugs were launched here the past week, one steel welded and other of heavy wood construction. The former is the Manville L. which took to the water last week Thursday at the Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding and Dry Dock ...

      Local Marine. The big stone carrier W. T. Fitzgerald came in Monday and loaded crushed stone at the Sturgeon Bay Co. quarry.

      Local Marine. C. E. Long, expert compass adjuster, of Milwaukee, was in the city Sunday and Monday adjusting the compass on the steamer Bay State at the Smith ship yard.

      Local Marine. The government tug Cumberland arrived here Saturday with the barge Milwaukee and the latter loaded stone from the beach at the northern end of the county the first of the week. Both craft have been across the lake for some time. The lighthouse tender Sumac took on some …

      Local Marine. The steambarge Swift, of Manistee, was at the Sturgeon Bay dry dock during the past two weeks where some repairs were made.

      Local Marine. The new steel fish tug Jeka, built at the Smith shipyard for The Jeka Fish Co., of Milwaukee, was launched Saturday afternoon. The new tug is 65 feet long with a beam of 14 feet. The craft is driven by a 12x13 ½ steam engine.

      Local Marine. The steamer William Nelson delivered 1,400 tons of Elkhorn coal at the Smith dock on Thursday of this week. The savage is due here the first of next week with a cargo of coal for the city power plant which is supplied by the Smith Dock Co.

      Local Marine. The new steel motor boat Gilbert cleared from the Smith shipyard Saturday afternoon going by way of Green bay to Washington Island for the first run. The Gilbert is one of the neatest little craft ever built at the Smith yards and her trip to Alaska will be …

      Making Net Tests. Marinette -- The Fulmar converted schooner and wartime coast guard boat of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries is in the harbor here running experimental nets of two and three-eights, two and one-half, and two and five-eights inch linen gill nets over a triangular area of about …

      Fish Tug Sold. Two Rivers -- Because the present Wisconsin law restricts fishing to not less than two and five-eights inch mesh nets, it caused, according to its owners, the sale of the tug Faithful by Capt. Henry La Fond and son to Capt. Frank Ropke, South Chicago fisherman. The …

      Completes Final Test. The lighthouse service reports that the new lighthouse tender Violet, built at Manitowoc and completed in August, has completed satisfactorily its official tests. After its tests the tender was sent to Milwaukee where it was outfitted for her long journey thru the Great ...

      Dredge Will Work Here. The U. S. dredge Kewaunee has transferred its work from Milwaukee to Sheboygan and it is reported that when work is completed there it will be moved to the Sturgeon Bay canal where there is some dredging to do.