Captain O’Brien, Mate Morley and Dick O’Brien leave us.
Re-employ steward deck hands.
Captain Welch assumes command.
2:30 p.m. – Take on 25 tons coal.
Alter engines and exhaust to run high pressure.
Provisions taken on.
Lay at wharf until daylight.
Found no time to visit places of interest.

Wednesday, October 31, 1900
Daylight - strong N.W. winds
Pilot came aboard 6 a.m. and we left wharf immediately.
Weather fair, clear and warmer.
Noon - weather same, wind moderated.
3:00 p.m.-Three Rivers abreast.
Running very slow.
Firemen having trouble with the Sydney coal
that we took on at Quebec.
9:50 p.m. – Came to anchor.
Pilots do not pass this part of the river at night, he says.

Thursday, November 1, 1900
6:00 a.m. – Hoisted anchor and got under way.
Weather overcast and cool.
Montreal 10 o’clock.
Noon - Started to lock through the Lachine Canal.

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