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32 DEVOTED TO EVERYTHING AND EVERY INTEREST CONNECTED OR ASSO- CIATED WITH MARINE MATTERS _ ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. Published every Thursday by The Penton Publishing Co. CLEVELAND. BUFFALO ....... Pieces cas 932 Ellicott Sq. CHICAGO (iis dees cece 1362 Monadnock Blk. CINCINNATI ....... NEW YORK sa..ee0 PITTSBURG DULUTH. ug vec er scie cis' 124 Government Place. .1005 West Street Bldg. Hegelcs evcestecgs. 921" Park Bldg, 411 Providence Bldg. Correspondence on Marine Engineering, Ship Baers and Shipping Subjects Solicited. Gchuciiton, Ue Se and Mexico, $3. 00 per annum. Canada, $4.00." Foreign, $4.50. Subscribers can have addresses changed at will. Change of advertising copy must "reach this office on Thursday preceding date of ~ publication. The Cleveland News Co. will supply the trade with the Marine Review through the regular -channels of the American News Co. ; European Agents, The International News Company, Breams Building, Chancery Lane, London, E. C, England, Entered at the Post Office at Cleveland, Ohio, -- as Second Class aged June 6, 1907, SAULT STE. MARIE CANAL. _ In point of commerce the Sault Ste Marie canal is the greatest artificial wa- terway in the world. During the few months in which it is possible for it to be open, over 50,000,000 tons of freight passes through it. that during the present year over 60,000,- '000 tons will pass through it. Anything, therefore, affetting this canal is of much interest to the entire country. Attention has been directed, to it during the past week, owing to the fluctuations of water obtaining there. The stages of water have been very low this year, so that some of the steamers have scraped the sill in passing through the lock. This led the canal officials to limit the draught at first to 18 ft. 10 in, but it has now been increased to 19 ft. 4 in. The modern carrier on the great lakes will carry 100 tons of freight on one inch of water, so tict a reduction in draught of from 5 to aN guers" day auction. It is quite probable' TAeE MARINE REVIEW ea" pe Ae reg pe Fee: 6. inche meahs) Scdivid finkage in her cargo carrying capacity. However, the canal officials are véfy wise in safe- guarding the locks from possible injury. - The delay of even a day in the operation of the locks has become quite a serious matter. Years ago when the canal -was a state affair the board of control once proposed to close it in August for three weeks for repairs. Such a condition to- day, however, would paralyze industry over 1,000 miles of territory. OBSOLETE CRAFT. From time to time the British govern- ° ment disposes of a fleet of out-of-date warships by auction, the goods going to ithe highest bidder, as in a common "One of these peri- odical saual auctions. occurred lately, oni cruisers, gun and torpedo boats being knocked down at bargain prices. 'The valuation set. on some of the larger ships by the bidders might cause the un- initiated to wonder, but when it is known that- the ships cannot leave the British Isles, must be broken up within a stipu- lated time, and are only sold to reputable bidders, the outside world ceases to won- der why such ships, not twenty years afloat in several cases, are sold at scrap- heap prices. Tt does crew to man the modern ship, and, at the not require a much larger rate the British government is' building, the demand for men would greatly ex- ceed the supply; hence the disposal of the obsolete craft.' Perhaps it is not a pity that the laws as to the disposal of these ships by the successful bidders are so stringent, as some of these third-rate powers would be equipping themselves. with a navy at remnant-counter prices, and there is no knowing where such a matter would end. The sale of "obsolete" army rifles to the benighted heathen, by private par- ties, put the weapons into hands seem- ingly peculiarly adapted 'to doing. con- siderable damage with the "gaspipe." That the United States government, in disposing of their obsolete. and other- wise useless material, overlooked the scrap-heap in the Brooklyn navy yard, have is now being brought to the at- tention of the public by the rumored res- utrection of the first submarine boat built in this country. After fifty years of neg- rearly lost lece vand gradual decay, the Intelligent Whale, . movéd from the companionship | of the scaled and painted, will be re- surrourding junk and placed. amongst tha other. interesting exhibits. on the greersward of 'the 'navy yard.' The castial 'visitor to: the navy yard may have noticed the discarded plunger, and being unaware of its sad _ history, never gave it a second thought. Such is fame. After several years of postponements, the consent of the government was ob- tained by the inventor to make an offi- cial trial of his submarine, somewhere in the sixties. The boat was brought to the Brooklyn navy yard, where the test was to take place, but never had an offi- cial trial. On the morning previous to the arrival of the committee the inven- tor, Halstead, in a preliminary trial his life, The "boat. was beached without any ftirther experiment- ing, and there it has lain, an° object of mild interest: to. this day. ' FREIGHT SITUATION. The ore fleet during May demonstrated magnificently 'its ability to cope with the increased movement necessary to be made during the present year if 42,000,- 000 tons are to be shipped--and. this too in the face of numerous obstacles as the carriers have been bunched at both ends of the route during the month. Yet during May, 5,621,285 tons of ore were moved, a gain of 1,316,331 tons over May of last year, thus overcoming the serious handicap of the late start. Shipments to - June 1 are. 6,252,261 tons, a gain of 499,- 921 : tons. over the same period: last year. apnea » ports were as follows: May May 1906. 1907. Escditabar sy rics ees - 6803490 - 722,516 MarquettG 2264 niece ee 319,171 366,826 tS UNG Ia ah Ch som ak os isn helene teks ~ 497,760 479,924 Superior oy eo ye 657,924 994,504 Duluth, Sosy eee eee 1,140,761 1,835,921 Two. Hatbons ore 1,008,838 1,221,594 4,304,954 5,621,285 To Tune 1, To.June 1, 1906. 1907. WSCanabat. aca voc eee 923,744 1,014,339 Marnduette: sion ea ee 404,397 376,873 ASHland eee es cats 632,062 495,194 Superior ee ev, ers oe otk 868,187 1,101,183 Duluth ot cote ees" 1,524,404 1,937,830 woo Harbors, oie eo). 1,399,546 1,326,842 5;752,340 6,252,261 It will be comparatively easy for the fleet to handle a movement. of. 6,000,000 tons and over during the summer months. Coal is moving freely, but the rates are practically. the same as they were at the opening of navigation, that is to say, 30 cents to the head of the lakes, 40 cents to Milwaukee and 35 cents to the smaller ports on Lake Michigan. lifty cents has been paid on' small car- goes to Milwaukee by one shipper,' but the great bulk of the movement is at the old rates.