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History of the Great Lakes
Illustrated, In Two Volumes, Vol. II
Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

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                   C. R. JONES & Co., of which firm C. R. JONES is a
                member, commenced business in Cleveland, in 1891, he having
                for four years previously been connected with J. M. JONES &
                Co., large vessel owners of Detroit, Mich. In Cleveland
                this firm began by conducting a vessel agency and insurance
                business, and since then have owned an interest in and been
                managers of a large number of vessels of different kinds.
                They have catered almost exclusively to the lumber, coal
                and ore shipping trade, and have carried on general
                insurance and vessel business.
                   During 1898 C. R. JONES & Co. were interested in the
                following steamers: Argo, Aragon, W. L. Wetmore, A. G.
                Lindsay, Argonaut, Preston, Rhoda, Emily, Desmond and M. C.
                Neff. They were also interested in the following barges and
                schooners: Charles Wall, John O'Neil, Brunette, Hattie,
                Delos De Wolf, Canton, J. T. Mott and John Magee. It is
                proper to note that at the present writing (1898) Mr. JONES
                is the youngest man in the vessel property in Cleveland, as
                well as being very largely interested in vessel property
                elsewhere. The Argo and Aragon were built by the Argo
                Steamship Company, of which Mr. JONES is the secretary and
                manager. Both boats are new, having been built in 1895. The
                Argo cost $65,000, and the Aragon, which has a tonnage of
                1,072, and which cost $125,000, carries the largest load
                through the Welland canal of any vessel afloat, having
                been built especially for that trade. Her load through this
                canal is 80,000 bushels of corn, or its equivalent.

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