The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-18
THE ARGO
AS FINE IA STEAMER OF IT'S
KIND AS ANY in THE
UNITED STATES.
The Company Well Pleased With
the Work of the Con-
tractors.

From the Toledo Blade of the 9Th:
The new steel passenger and freight
steamer Argo, just completed at the
Craig Ship Building yards for A.. Booth
u Co, will make her maiden trip tomor-
row. She will run down to Sandusky.
where she will take on cargo of cement
for Duluth.
The vessel will be run on passenger,
freight and mail line from Duluth to
Port Arthur, Canada, 'and other north
shore points on Lake Superior. Her
route is popular summer excursion
line for Minneapolis, st. Paul and other
northwestern people. She will be OPP
Grated by the United States and Do
minion Tranaportat1o Co., w. Vernon
Booth. president; ii. a. Brigham, traffic
manager.
The contract for the Argo was award.
ed to the Craigs in competitive bidding.
@. w. Turner, Superintendent Of the
Booth company, has been in the city
three weeks, looking after the finishing
touches. He is we'll pleased with the
vessel, and he has this to say about the
Craigs:
I. They have not only followed specif-
cations, but they have willingly made
many changes in order to turn us out a
good boat. I cannot speak in high
enough terms OF the work done by the
Craigs. We are considering the matter
OF building another boat for different
route, and if we do so the Craigs will
get the contract.
we are coming a long ways from
home to have a boat built, but the work.
manship warrants the STEP" B
The contract price for the Argo was
M the neigh borhood Of 100000. In ad-
dition to this the Booth company has
expended nearly 81, 900 IN this city for
the furnishings and equipment. Every
piece OF furniture that went into the
new bout was boughtln Toledo.
The Ago has been built to take the
place of small and less pretentious
boat. which has built up trade along
the north shore OF Lake Superior that
has been highly gratifying to the COM
pany which has been operating her. The
line y owned by a. Booth 6 Co, Of Chi
cago, which concern first put their
steamers on this route more especially
4 on account Of the fishing trade OF Lake
4 Superior, In connection with this, q
lively passenger and freight business
{ has developed, within comparatively
short space Of time, and thus call has
been made for steamer Of the size Of
the Argo.
This new boat, which was designed by
her builders, is typically q lake passenger
propeller, OF the upper cabin type, hav-
ing all the good points Of the older
and more familiar vessels of this class,
with mary modern ideas Incorporated in
her construction as practiced at the
present day. Watre-tube boilers, triple
expansion engines, electric lights, steam
stearing aear, go to make the Argo as
fine steamer Of her kind as any IN the
United states today
She is Noa 81 in the list Of the ship
building coInpany's productions, and
win compare fayorably with any Of the.
many excellent vessels turned out by
the Craigs. lEhe hull is Of the best
quality Of operh hearth steel, construct
ed Ia accordanche with the classification
society's rules. Her length over all is
1856 feet, bredtM Of beam 81 feet and
depth OF hold 121ss feet. Her gross tom
mage is 1889 and net tonnage 740.
The engine Is Atriple expansion, hay
ing cylinders Is, 25 aaqa ~ inches in di-
ameter ! y q inches il ztroke, which il