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Purchased)B1side oI the Coiutnbusav slip, has been purchased by Charles R. Melville, president, for The Sandusky Islands Steamboat Co., owning and operating* the steamer Chippewa dn the Sandusky and Lake JBrle islands - * \ * * •run, and becomes the steampr’s permanent home.Details of the deal have not as yetbeen formally announced and the purchase price has not been disclosed. -It is known, however, that the company has wanted the dock for many years and that negotiations just concluded, have been runningover a period of ■ from ten to fifteen yfears.The dock was established in 1856 by a pioneer citizen from whom it received the name it carries at the present time, and for many .yeat thereafter was the scene of commercial fishing activity that went far to give Sandusky her reputation as one of the greatest if not the greatest fresh water fish ports in tjjfl world;.A warehouse was built on the dock which long was occupied by Gallagher Bros., flour and feed producers and dealers, still in business on Water-st. The old structure however, was razed yeax’s ago to make room for the waiting room that was ex'ected..by the G, A. Boeckling Co.^ 1 when the dock was taken over under* a .lease, to become the Cedar Point docks in Sandusky.the tornado of June 28i 1924,'v ‘ fj The Cedar; Point company’s lease expired the . following year and ; tfc$ company, shifted bapk to the docks bn(the west side of ? the f Cpluthbus* av - slip, whence it had ^ cpine, the premises5 ' having been ^greatly1 Jim-proved by the erection of the large t passenger ! sheds that stand at the' present time. . JWhile Cedar Point-boats were pulling up at and leaving the Post docksthe Chippewa and her precedesspr;v (Turn toPage Six—Np, 2) ; ^KNEVINS KILLED INDEFENSE OF NAMEOF SISTER, CLAIMPrisoner, Who Throttled Cellmate At Cleveland And Died In Chair .Alter. Accept in Catholic Faith. ToldMotive 01 Murder,COLiUMBUS, July 2 — James T. Nevins, former lakes sailor and self-styled tough guy wns •I ,T. * *electrocuted in the state penitentiary last niglit for the murder of Don C. Prentiss, former Detroit automobile salesman.The once defiant prisoner died unflinchingly and with a silent prayer on his lips. Only an hour before he was baptized a Catholic
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Sandusky Star Journal
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Tue, Jul 02, 1929
Page 8
Full Page
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Sandusky P.
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