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May, 1910 per month, or $90. The schedule for the balance of the crew follows: Porters; to: Octin Lint as $30.00 Porters, Oct. 1 to close of navigation... 35.00 Firemen, oilers and water tenders, Oct. 1. 52.50 Firemen, oilers and water tenders, Oct. ito. close of .navigations, 42,0)... 65.00 Wheelsmen-lookoutsmen, to Oct. 1...... 55.00 Wheelsmen-lookoutsmen, Oct. 1 to close of. navigation= cc sheet 65.00 Wheelsmen, to 'Oct: cles. 454 oe 50.00 Wheelsmen, Oct. 1 toclose of navigation 65.00 Lookoutsmen, to. Oct. deci oe 50.00 Lookoutsmen, Oct. 1 to close of navi- PAtON esos eee eet SU ca 31.50 Ordinary -seameén,. to Oct. 210. ee 31550 Ordinary seamen, Oct. 1 to close of nay- dWatiON ss icra ces Pee aes o/b ove ai els a enneyeg 40.00 Wages of seamen, firemen, oilers and water tenders employed in fitting out shall be $2 per day while they are not 'boarded on vessel. Wheelsmen-lookoutsmen are men who stand a three-hour: trick at the wheel and three hours watch on deck each watch. Wheelsmen are men who stand a trick at the wheel, but will not watch. Lookoutsmen are men who stand a watch on deck but cannot wheel. Handymen, where carried, same wages as firemen. ORE SHIPMENTS DURING APRIL. Ore shipments during April were the heaviest on. record for that month, 1,520,305 tons having 'been moved. .This record has been ap- proached 'but once, when 1,447,386 tons were moved, in April, 1906. Last year, during April, the mines were not prepared to ship, only 55,794 tons being moved. Following were the shipments by ports: ORE SHIPMENTS DURING. APRIL. April April Port. - 1909. 1910. Escanaba: ssa caie hee 47,123 223,025 Margiette cise ee ane aa 135,559 Ashland: jae ve oe eee 3,671 218,703 Suberiot.7=-; to) a as ee 355,307 Dultath yy Gan ee ee ee 309,427 'Pwo! Panbors:) i i453 oes cee ee 278,284 Total: ey eens 55,794 1,520,305 1910; "Inerease (. 34 ces a6 1,464,511 ORE ON DOCK MAY 1. Statistics gathered from the various dock managers at Lake Erie ports show that the amount of ote on Lake Erie docks May 1 of the present year was 5,444,080 tons, as against 5,370,268 tons in 1909, an increase of 73,812 tons. Thése figures are exclusive of April receipts at Lake Erie ports. The total rail shipments from Lake Erie ports to furnaces during the winter season (Dec. 1 to May 1) aggregated 3,521,709 tons, viz: On d i ts, ee: 4, Toda re eee ences 8,965,789 On dock: May 1, 198020) oiss oe 5,444,080 By it f , winter -- of 1909-10 : 2 oe pe sSetewiw ce ae ere 3,521,709 Adding these winter shipments to 30,- April, "as TAE MARINE. REVIEW 077,304 tons, the amount shipped to fur- haces during the navigation season of 1909, gives 33,599,013 tons as the entire consumption of ore from Lake Erie ports during the year ended May 1, 1910, as against 20,524,523 tons for the year ended May 1, 1909; as against 31,692,446 tons for the year ended May 1, 1908; as against 30,099,769 tons for the year end- ed May 1, 1907; as against 28,984,358 tons for the year ended May 1, 1906; 20,057,070 tons for the year ended May 1 1905; 18,739,995 tons for the year. end- ed May 1, 1904; 21,905,251 tons for the year ended May 1, 1903; 17,216,065 tons for the year ended May 1, 1902; 14,465,- 260 tons for the year ended May 1, 1901; 15,882,881 tons for the year ended May 1, 1900; 12,122,982 tons for the year end- ed May 1, 1899, and 10,209,488 tons for the year ended May 1, 1898. The following table gives the amount of ore on dock at the close of naviga- tion last year and the opening this year: ' May 1, Dec) 1: Ports, 1910. 1909, . MNoledoian oe se oe ee 366,631 332,456 Sandusky: 4) ere eae ks 22,468 39,557 FON? es ae een. 336,693 477,323 ToOndin? ve eee Oe 205,445 407,129 Cleveland = 3.30 ha Ge 985,725 1,547,142 Dairporbvscas ue cee vas 541,299 867,640 Asitabula ses cok ves wks T,609;931 2,594,359 Coxmeauth nas i avciers si ee 461,365 1,411,002 UPTO Ie Asoc c as eueaoninete care 550,187 788,046 Bartalon carey eas ats 364,336 501,125 Lotal es ve aed wee 5,444,080 8,965,789 APRIL COMMERCE SAULT CANAL. The commerce of Lake Superior was handled exclusively by the Canad- jan' Jock at' Sault' Ste. Marie' during the American locks were out of commission. The total com- merce amounted to 1,958,913 tons, dis- tributed as follows: EAST BOUND. Articles. Total. C i Met LONG 2). a othe oe ere 5 447 Ciain DW oe se ThGfe wa secs oe 4,549,528 Hloun.< "bbls o.. yas eee sa adie te eee 386,583 Trom, -Ofe; met tOnsS< so. ewe es 937,049 Pigesiron, net "LONSiAihs see ee ne 1,850 Tcumber; MM, ft. -B. eM ae. nee 6,025 Wheat bus esis scien eae | 7,926,518 General merchandise, net tons....... 4,270 Passengers, number 2. es resin 218 WEST BOUND. Coal, hard, net tones si 44k ie 179,596 Coal soit; net. .40uS. ic. whee a we 360,327 PIOUT UDDIS. ewes ke sieeaee eek oe 400 Manufactured iron, net tons........ 24,833 Salt. "DUG se ces eee rere css 46,676 General merchandise, net tons...... 62,070 Passengers. number: 14% 06 see Gaga 396 SUMMARY. ° * Vessel passages, number..........-. 768 Registered tonnage, mnet..........-- 1,812,404 Freight :-- Mast bound, met fons, ...5: sys 1,325,379 West <bound, net fons.:,.5.-....; 633,534 Total - freignt vk cs se eee css es 1,958,913 203 LAKE MICHIGAN ORE RECEIPTS. Out of the total shipments of 1,520,305 tons of ore from the mines during April, 179,911 tons went to Lake Mich- igan ports. The receipts of ore at the various Lake Erie ports are not yet all in. Following are the Lake Michigan receipts: : ' South: Chicago; Mh: 20 se ee. 155,754 Gary, -dndyrig on ae ee ee 10,877 Milwaukee, (WiSii gd. ic oa se ee Indiana » Harbor, "ind, 22.5332. 7,794 Elk; Rapids, "Mich? 3), 3 6. ae, 5,486 Fruitport, Mich. i702. fis Sceeae Bast: Jordan, ~Muicht 97.07. a ee nen Boyne: City, (Mich. 7... 22 Gece ee DT Ota ak Ce cee Oe ee 179,911 LOADING FOR POE LOCK. The draught at the Poe lock is 18 it. agi against 18-40 8. 4ni for {ie Canadian lock. As nearly all of the big vessels were loading for the deep- er draught the opening of the Poe lock did not mean very much when it came to relieving congestion. The members of the Lake Carriers' Asso- ciation have now agreed to load one- third of their vessels for the Poe lock, and President Livingstone has been instructed to issue a circular to that effect. The new loading arrange- ment will become effective May 16. RULES FOR SAULT CANAL. There have been several conferences this year as to the rules for the move- _ ment of vessels through the locks at Sault Ste. Marie, and Superintending Engineer Ross of the Canadian lock has prepared the following rules to govern the movement of boats: All downbound vessels, when wait- ing for the lock, must tie up at the north side of the entrance or at the south pier beyond the bend. All upbound vessels, when waiting for the lock, must tie up at the south pier, below the bend, unless otherwise directed by the linesman on the pier. Linesmen will be stationed on the south lower entrance pier and on the north wall of the upper entrance just below the bend and on the _ south upper pier. The duties of these linesmen are to take lines from vessels until they get their own linesmen ashore, and to direct the movement of the vessels. They are not expected to carry the lines ahead beyond the limits of their beats. All vessels using this canal must take their turn, and if traffic becomes congested so that there is not room at the piers for all waiting vessels the latest arriving vessels must come to anchor in the river until there is room for them in the entrance. No vessel must attempt to pass or