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FREIGHT SITUATION. Inclement weather and especially west- ern' winds, which have seriously lowered the water at the Lime Kiln crossing, have interfered greatly with the ore trade dur- ing the last few days. Few vessels have arrived at Lake Erie docks and practically everything in port has been cleaned up. The water at the crossing reached the low stage of 17 ft. 8 in. on Tuesday and held up more than a score of large car- riers. A number of the larger carriers are taking-grain cargoes. A diversion of some of the modern carriers to this trade can be expected from now on. Coal is still slow in going forward, owing to the shortage of cars. Following are the ore shipments by ports for the month of Sep- tember and to Oct. 1, with data for cor- responding periods last year: TAE Marine. REVIEW 1. Five of the steamers will be of the 7,000-ton class, -and will be duplicates of » less than a half million dollars. the steamers W. G. Pollock and Joshua Rhoades. They will therefore be 440 ft. over all, 420 ft. keel, 52 ft: beam and 28 ft. deep. They will have triple-expan- sion engines with 22, 35 and 58-in. cylin- der diameters by 40-in.: stroke, supplied with steam from Scotch boilers, 13 ft. 9 in. by 11 ft. 6 in, fitted with Ellis & Eaves draft, and allowed a working pressure of 180 pounds. Three of' the steamers will be of the 8,000-ton class, being 500 ft. over all, 480- ft. keel, 52-ft. beam -and 30 ft. deep. They will have triple-expansion engines, with cylinder diameters 2254, 36 and 60. 'in. by 42-in. stroke, suppliéd' with steam from Scotch boilers, 13 ft. 9 in. by 11 ft. 6 in., fitted with Ellis & Eaves draft and Sept. Sept. To-Oct. 1, To Oct.-1, Port 1905. 1906. 1905? 1906. Richa 4 eee 706,490 833,681 3,925,355 4,270,292 Marduetie. 32 ice 2 ce 377,623 411,582 2,259,834 2,120,519 NSTI Cee eo ess ce hoes Oe eee Se 437,843 384,968 2,586,194 2,636,025 Sgierbe ee ee 698,752 869,678 3,866,778 4,448,174 Dut Gasca ee on ce. ce ae 1,197,887 1,750,116 6,787,378 8,334,388 Wawo® PLAT DOTS syn oe oie a ee £,0:15,955 1,179,635 6,048,067 6,341,357 4,434,550 5,429,660 25,473,606 - 28,150,755 1906 ancrease 355353. COU SES va ts ° 1,004,110 2,677,149 CONTRACT FOR EIGHT STEAMERS. The largest and most important single ship building deal ever closed on the great lakes was made this week by Mr. J. C. _ Wallace, president of the American Ship allowed a working pressure of 180 lbs. Associated with this large order for steamers is the taking over of the plant of the Ship Owners Dry Dock Co., of Chicago, by the American Ship Building Co., the details having been arranged be-- . known, but are believed to be somewhat The Ship Owners Dry Dock Co. was owned by Moses Taylor and other interests as- sociated with the Lackawanna Steam- ship Co., and will probably therefore represent part payment for the new steamers. The plant of the Ship Own- ers Dry Dock Co. is located on the north branch of the Chicago river at Halsted street, operating three dry docks, the 'largest of which is 480 ft. on the keel blocks. The taking over of this plant gives the American Ship Building Co. control of every ship yard and dry dock on Lake Michigan, with the exception of the plant of the Manitowoc Dry Dock Co. | STEAMER EDENBORN. The steamer Wm. .Edenborn which _is'in No. 1.-dry dock, Cleveland, will be there for the balance of the month. She was broken in two and will prac- tically have to be rebuilt amidships. Her frames are twisted and- bent where she rested on the rocks and a space about 35 ft. amidships will have to be entirely replaced. With the ex- ception of this there is practically no other damage to be repaired though while she is in dry dock she will be generally strengthened throughout. When she comes out of the dry dock, ic ' THE STEAMER EDENBORN' ENTERING THE RIVER ON SPLIT ROCK, LAKE SUPERIOR, Building Co., whereby the company will build for the Lackawanna Steamship Co. eight freight steamers for 1907 delivery. The last steamer is promised for August tween Mr. Moses Taylor of the Lacka- wanna Steel Co. of Buffalo, and Mr. J €. Wallace in New York this week. Tlie exact terths of the transfer are not AT CLEVELAND, AFTER HER EXPERIENCE ' fe NOTE THE HUMP. IN HER. ; ; ee she will be as: staunch as when. she was launched. The accompanying photograph shows the. hump in her caused by the 'break. -- - a