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56 FREIGHT SITUATION. The season of navigation is practi- cally over though a few vessels will operate in the coal trade until next Sunday under excessive insurance. Ore shippers were through some time ago, being so well supplied that the rate closed as it had begun, at 75 cents. Coal rates have, of course, during the week been marked up, but the excessive insurance absorbs a great part of the profit, the extra in- surance alone amounting to about $1,700, for: a: trip. .On- some' of these belated coal shipments $1 is being paid. Several of the larger compa- nies, notably the Pittsburg Steamship Co. and the Cleveland Clifis Co. are through, and their boats will be laid up by the end of the present week. Complete. ore figures are not yet available, but with one port missing, 3,080,570 tons were sent forward dur- ing November, which is an increase of 470,716 tons over the correspond- ing period last year.: The missing port will probably add over 1,000,000 tons to these figures, making the total shipments for the year safely 41,500,- 000 tons. PIG IRON SITUATION. _An increase of interest in iron and steel lines as a whole is noted and a better feeling predominates. Curtail- ment of production, however, has by no means ended. It is estimated that 65 per cent of the steel mill capacity of the Carnegie Steel Co. is now idle. More inquiry for pig iron is being made, although the market continues to sag.. An improvement is notice- able in tin plate. The monthly blast furnace statistics of THe Iron TRADE Review show the production for No- vember to be 1,815,224 tons, against 2,359,690 tons in October. The num- ber of furnaces in blast Dec. 1 was 227, against 314 in blast Nov. 1. © DODD-ROGERS NAUTICAL SCHOOL. The 'Dodd-Rogers Co., 1926-1936 Hast Sixth street, Cleveland, O., will open a school of navigation upon the close of the lake season. The school will be known as the Great Lakes Nautical Institute and will be under the supervision of A. D'A. McNevin. During the past three or four years great interest has been awakened in the subject of lake navigation and the Dodd-Rogers Co. have established a department of nautical instruments, carrying everything necessary to the safe navigation Of a ship. EE. H. Me- Nevin will be established by the com- pany at the Sault for adjustment of compasses .and will be on call be- TAce MaRINE. REVIEW - tween Port: Huron'and "Duluth.. The Great Lakes Nautical be completely equipped for thorough instruction in lake navigation and it is hoped to interest not only masters and mates, but the younger element in the course as well. CAPT. UBERROTH'S GOOD SER- VICE. Capt. Uberroth, commanding the rev- enue cutter Tuscarora, has earned the approbation of vessel owners generally in cruising along the shores of Lake Su- perior this fall for the purpose of seek- ing and aiding vessels in distress. This is a new departure for the Tuscarora but one with which marine men are heartily in accord. The advantage of having a relief ship at hand is readily appreciated. The entire south shore of Lake Superior from the Sault to Duluth has been chosen by Capt. Uberroth as his cruising ground, as it is along this stretch of 'water that the majority of fall accidents occur. Capt. Uberroth will continue his cruise until the close of navigation. AROUND THE GREAT LAKES. The steamer Monohansett, which burned on Lake Huron recently, is a total loss. The Weitzel lock of the Sault canal was closed to navigation for the sea- son last Thursday. The Stannard Rock and Huron Isl- and lights, Lake Superior, have been extinguished for the season. The steamer Iron King and barge Tron Queen are being stripped at Milwaukee where they will be tied up for the winter. Capt. John Duddleson, of the steamer Waldo, has recovered from his recent illness and is again: in command of the steamer. The grain elevators at Duluth were very busy on Friday of last week, load- ing 1,302,000 bu. of wheat into four steamers going to lower lake ports. A dispatch from Buffalo is to the ef- fect that during 48 hours, Dec. 1 and 2; 1,295,000 bu. of flax and 1,256,248 bu. of wheat were received, while coal shipments during the same period amounted to 49,- 100 tons. The steamer Scranton, of the Mitchell fleet, struck against the pier head at Ash- tabula last Sunday while being towed out of the harbor, stern first, and broke her wheel and quadrant. She had to be taken back for' repairs. The hull of the steamer Lizzie Madden, which burned on Saginaw Bay recently, is ashore at Little Char- ity Island. The hull is a total loss, but it is hoped that the engine and boiler can be saved. Commodore R. D. Bucknam, form- Institute' will' erly master of a whaleback on' the great lakes, now naval adviser to: the Sultan of Turkey, has been promoted to the rank of rear admiral with the title of pasha. President Livingstone, of the Lake Carriers' Association, has announced that the annual meeting of the lake carriers will be held at the Hotel Ponchartrain Jan. 9. The executive committee of the association will meet on Jan. &. The steamer: Socapo, upbound with 10,000 tons of coal, stranded on the breakwater shoal at Buffalo last Sat- urday, owing to thick fog. She was released the following day after light- ering 500 tons of her cargo, which was later reloaded. The bulletins of the Submarine Signal Co. show that the steamer J. H. Sheadle has picked up the Point Au Pelee sound signal at a distance of six miles. . The steamer Thomas F. Cole picked up the Detour station at a distance of three miles. The new tug A. C. Harding of the Great Lakes: Towing Co.'s fleet will be stationed at Port Huron. during the winter. The tug George Nau of the same fleet has been chartered by the Pere Marquette Steamship Co. and will be operated at Ludington. The steamer: City of Glasgow | of the Hutchinson fleet, laden with coal, ran on Peshtigo Reef last Thursday during a snow flurry, the light at this point having been removed two weeks ago. The steamer was: released on Saturday, and is not thought to be damaged. The steamer Wm. M. Mills of the Weston Transit Co.'s fleet carried a record cargo of wheat last week from Duluth to Buffalo. Her cargo con- sisted of 416,000 bushels of wheat. This beats the record of the steamer W. B. Kerr made on May 4 last when she brought down 402,000 bushels. The east chahnel at the Lime Kiln Crossing, Detroit river, used by up- bound boats, will be closed Dec. 5, in order that contractors may complete the work of cutting away the rocky ridge left between the east and west channels. After this date all vessels will use the west channel until the close of the season. : The Schnorbach Co. of Muskegon, Mich., was awarded the contract for building the government breakwater at Ludington on their bid of $631,000. The work will consist of an exten- sion of 1,800 ft. on the north side and 2,000 ft. on the south side. This will give Ludington harbor a_ thor- cughly modern breakwater, the con- struction of which will take six years. Capt. James Reid, of the Reid