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336 building for the Jones &~ Laughlin Steel Co., Pittsburg, was launched from the Lorain yard of the Ameri- can Ship Building Co. on July 27 and was christened by Miss Esther More- land, niece of the man in whose hon- or the steamer was named. The More- land is in the 600-ft. class and will be managed by W. H. Becker of Cleve- land. This completes the program of new construction at the Lorain yard. The package freighter Allegheny was launched from the Wyandotte yard of the American Ship Building Co., on July 9, for the Anchor line. She was christened by Miss Thayer, daughter of John B. Thayer, third vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad. The Allegheny is 372 ft. over all, 350 ft. keel, 46 ft. beam and 30: ft. deep: Commerce of Sault Canal The July movement of freight through the canals at Sault Ste. Marie reached the total of 9,975,173 tons, the heaviest on record, the June move-. 'ment being 9,839,872 tons. The move- ment to Aug. 1 of the present year has been 30,302,244 tons. Following is the summary: EAST BOUND. To Aug, 1, To Aug. 1, 1909, 1910, @opper, net tons... ... 51,945 58,025 ' Grain, other than wheat, Dushels. 2 sea ee 11,324,761 20,646,429 Building stone, net tons 980 1,877 BOUT Dates aegis sare 2,393,394 2.959177 Tron ore, net tons..... 14,540,764 21,096,934 ie ton, net (tons. .... 11,374 13,785 Lumber, M. {t..B..M.. 223,122 285,342 Wheat, bushels 2.0... 23,088,460 27,729,066 Unclassified freight, tons. 70,522 68,084 Passengers, number 12,936 13,664 WEST BOUND. Coal, hard, net tons... 629,981 815,070 (oal, 'soit,-net' tons. ... 3)315,236. 5,425,430 PO Uti > "DatrelsS> cuss. s 250 1550 1,100 (Geain, bushels)... 2... | 500 2,100 Manufactured' iron, net POMS es oie ea clars es a esee 198,437 214,561 Tron ore, net. tons..... BOZO en cuisiens Salt. Pparrels; s.064 ees. : 364,142 324,704 Unclassified freight, tons 406,225 561,196 Pe aGSEMR CTS ces oes 5 «0's 13,858 16,406 SUMMARY OF TOTAL MOVEMENT. | Hast. bound, 'tons... .' 16,213,999 23,237,769 West bound, tons...... 4,610,034 7,064,475 MOTOR ei hie s sss 20,824,033 30,302,244 Vessel passages to Aug. 1, 1910, were 9,957 and the net registered tonnage, 24,854,860 Obituary Joseph Howard, manager of the DeLaney Forge & Iron Co., of Buf- falo, died at his home on July 28. He was born, April 27, 1828, at Bury, Lancashire, England. He came to this country with his father and mother and the others of a large fam- ily when 14 years of age. The fam- ily settled in Fall River, Mass., and it was there at a blacksmith's forge that he laid the foundation of his THE MARINE REVIEW practical knowledge in the working of iron and steel. His ability was so generally recognized by the forge trade 'in America that, when an or- ganization of the trade was made a few years ago and needed as chair- - JosepH Howarp. { man of its executive committee a thoroughly practical forgeman, Mr. Howard was unanimously elected to this position, and he. directed the practical workings of this organization for years. He went to Buffalo in 1868 to take an interest in the De Laney Forge & Iron Co. Simee then he has con- tinued actively to direct the 'practical workings of this institution. Mr. Howard married Miss Grace Crighton on Dec. 20, 1849. From this union three sons were born, two of whom survive him, Albert J. Howard and David C. Howard. Mrs. Howard died, February, 1899; in July, 1899, Mr. Howard married Mrs. Caroline' Crighton, a cousin of his first wife. She died on May 2, 1900. Around the Great Lakes EE, 4G. Todt. 'formetly. associat- ed with the Manitowoc Dry Dock Co., at Manitowoc, Wis., has entered into business for himself at No. 9388 Ewing avenue, South Chicago, IIL, operating a general machine shop. The plant is near the Ninety-second street bridge, making it handy for marine repairs. The new enterprise is known as. The EE. G, Vode Ce. William Livingstone, president of the Lake Carriers' Association, is spending the summer in Europe. During the month the ship yards have had some large repair jobs, not- August, 1910 ably the steamer John A. Donaldson, which struck in Little Rapids Cut, damaging 36 plates. She was re- paired at Lorain. The L. C. Hanna, which went aground at Kettle Point, damaged 44 plates, and the Stein- brenner naturally required consider- able rebuilding after her collision with the Berwind. The owners of the wrecked steamer Henry Steinbrenner have reached an agreement with the underwriters and will take the steamer back. She was sunk in collision with the steamer Berwind in Mud Lake last fall and was abandoned as a constructive to- tal loss. The underwriters paid the wrecking and repair bills and it is understood will allow the owners $20,000 demurrage. This is allowed on the understanding that the owners make no claim against the Berwind. The same underwriters: were inter- ested in both risks. Col. C. McD. Townsend, government engineer with headquarters at De- troit, will make a survey of the De- troit river with a view of determin- ing the cost of straightening the chan- nel from Fighting island to a point where the Amherstburg and Living- stone channels converge. This is a stretch of 5 miles in which there are at present four turns. General Davis, who preceded Col. Townsend at De- troit, advocated the straightening of this channel just before his retire- ment, saying that the cost of doing so would be shight.. President Coulby, of the Pittsburg Steamship Co., has sold the wrecked Steamer, J, B. Trevor, to. F. S. Wiley, of Port Arthur, who, with Capt. Alex. McDougall, will endeavor to float Her, Fhe' Trevor went ashore on Isle Royal, Oct. 13 last, and has been iere since .Capt.. W. ° W.. Smith, marine superintendent for the Pitts- burg Steamship Co., endeavored to salve the vessel last fall, but aband- oned the attempt after being driven away by rough weather several times. The -Frevor was built in 1895 at Su- merigr, and is 308 {t, keel and 38 ft. heam. In the description of the new lake steamer Thomas J. Drummond in our July issue we omitted to mention that this vessel was designed by Messrs. John Reid & Co. under instructions from J. E. McLurg, marine superin- tendent to the Algoma Central Steam- ship Line. The contract for the ves- sel was also placed through Messrs. John Reid & Co. and supervision of the hull and machinery during con- struction undertaken by their Glas- gow Office. poe