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422 Iron Ore Shipments The movement of Lake Superior iron ore reached 7,258,413 tons in September, a decrease of 28,817 tons from the movement of September, 1912. Both August and September this year have sent forward less ore than the corres- ponding months of last year, proving' shippers are curtailing somewhat, due in all likelihood to the uncertainty of some blast furnaces over their future require- ments. It has been known that some of the furnaces have been desirous of throwing into next year ore ordered for this year's delivery. However, the to- tal of such cancellations as yet' is un- important. The movement to Oct. 1 totals 39,- 265,484 tons, as against 36,338,382 tons for the corresponding period last year, an increase of 2,927,102 tons. Last year the fleet moved 7,010,219 tons in Oc- tober and 4,072,674 tons in November and to close of navigation in December, a total of 11,082,893 tons. The Novem- ber movement is not expected to equal that of last year. Following are the shipments by ports during September and to Oct. 1, with corresponding data for last year: Sept., Sept., Port. 1912. TONS» BSCAnaDa 00s peer: 770.974 673,591 IND ATCUCELOS so. seein boise 566,178 418,242 Asian. aie aes 757,764 485,174 MUDETION «utc ua ee 2,031,086 2,224,553 Uther ek 1,652,735 1,938,823 Two Harbors .......... 1,508,493 1,518,030 72874280. 7,258,413 1913° decrease «...,.... 28,817 To Oct. 1; To Oct..1, Port. 1912.) E913, WSCHNADA Fico. fs 4,010,985 4,297,223 Matauette (655 2 eso: 2,567,578 2,573,604 Pisani ees ce 3,623,161 3,558.802 SUpeHiGk) 6 ek ks: 11,097,276 10,810,391 Da a a es 7,729,187 9,830,726 PEW TEAL NOLS! ico a as lees 7,310,195 8,194,738 36,338,382 39,265.484 1913 inerease fee. eos : 2,927,102 Lake Erie Ore Receipts Out of a total of 7.258.413 tons. of ore shipped during September, 6,047,- 446 tons were received at Lake Erie ports, distributed as follows: - Ports. Gross tons, uals oe Ce oon ec 697,379 MOTIO oe eae Ses ee ee oe 159,480 Conneant oo ofa. eee es oe 1,233,366 ASDEADUI Es Uy ce. aval selece eels 1,258,741 AITDOTE oe ee lee 296,880 (Cleveland: fe. saa 1,390,349 TEOVAA he ee iio se so sie ook 650,908 MANILOW So oe ae ue ees cae 97,326 Dandusky 6 oe ce ee Ree coarse OCU G 4 ae. 212,865 WCtOIt oi. ee i kes ose 50,152 Total Eales ei tea hier 6,047,446 Commerce of Lake Superior The commerce of Lake Superior as measured by the canals at Sault Ste. Marie measured 10,910,365 tons during September, a decrease of 579,077 tons from the movement of the preceding month, when 11,489,442 tons were moved. The figures are a slight in- crease over the movement of Septem- THE MARINE REVIEW ber 1912, when 10,467,782 tons were moved. To October 1 of the present year 60,073,294 tons were moved as against 51,952,708 tons for the corresponding period last year, an increase of 8,120,- 586 tons. Following is the summary: EAST BOUND. To Oct. 1, To Oct. 1, 1912. 1913. Copper, net tons....... 73,784 72,466 Grain, other than wheat, ' DUshele: 6 eos 6 es oe 29,781.501 63,847,767 Building stone, net tons 2,282 6,181 Piour,: Parrels, 2.0.5.5. 5,222,533 6,722,826 Tron ore; net tons..... 35,090,169 37,986,011 Pigs ifon;.. net tous. ..... 11.994 18,348 Jumber, M. it. B. M.. 487,852 442,829 Wheat; bushels. 3.7... .. 78,173,355) .92,811;578 Unclassified freight, net fONS Goodness weet. 163,278 313,774 Passengers, number 29,899 35,860 WEST BOUND. Coal, anthracite, net tons 1.321,452 2,110,934 Coal, bituminous, net tons 9,544,129 12,610,557 Plour,< barrels... 6. vcs Cake 1,263 Grain; cbushels ...i...... 100 400 Mfctd. iron, net tons... 447,762 262 812 Iron ore, net tons..... 6,660. 32,376 Salt, barrels. 3.0 ee. 486,719 504,659 Unclassified 'freight, net PONS lor cree esas oes 946,675 875,335 Passengers, number 32,603 38,395 SUMMARY OF TOTAL MOVEMENT. East bound, net tons.. 39,613.431 44,005,765 West bound, net tons.. 12,339,277 16,067,529 Total 2 oo. ae ae sh 51,952,708 60,073,294 Vessel passages ....... 16,543 17,472 Net i 43,198,450 registered tonnage. 41,127,004 Protesting Against Lafollette Bill The meeting of passenger steamship men which was held at the Hollenden in Cleveland on Oct. 29 to protest against the passage of the LaFollette seamen's bill was quite representative. A competent cxmmittee was appointed to set forth clearly the facts concerning the measure in the belief that when once the public understands its utterly impractical nature insofar as inland waters are concerned, public sentiment will demand its amendment. Among the leading men present were: George A. White, of the Hudson River Day Line, of New York; Stevenson Taylor, of the Fall River Line, of New York; T. F. Newman, of Buffalo; W. F. Her- man and Harry R. Rogers, of Cleveland, of the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co., A. A: Schantz and: D. C. Metintyre, of the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co., of Detroit; J. C. Evans, of the Anchor Line, Buffalo; A. W. Goodrich, of the Goodrich Transportation Co., Chicago; J. S. Morton, of the Graham & Morton Transpottation €o.,. of Chicago, Ed: Dustin, of Ashley & Dustin, of Detroit; C. F. Bielman and Frank E. Kirby, of Detroit; Harvey D. Goulder, of Cleve- jana: LL. €. Waldo, of Detroit; Jo M: Mulholland, of Cleveland, and E. H. Duff, of Washington, D. C. The H. W. Johns-Manville Co. has opened a new office and warehouse in Galveston, Tex., making three offices in the Lone Star state--Houston, Dal- las and Galveston. November, 1913 New Atlantic Transport Liner The Atlantic Transport line recently gave an order to Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland, for the construction of a steamer to be known as the Min- nekahda, to be 620 ft. long, 66 ft. beam and of 16,000 tons register. The new steamer will apparently be a very de- lightful one to travel on as the com- pany has decided to install outside rooms with hot and cold running wa- . ter, an elaborate lounge and veranda cafe. The Minnekahda will be a triple screw vessel and will make the voyage between London and New York in eight days. The Union Iron Works, San Fran- cisco, Cal., is building a floating cais- son for the 'Isthmian Canal Commis- sion of the following dimensions: Be- tween vertical ends, 112 ft.; extreme length, 113 ft.; depth at sides, 65 ft.; breadth molded, 36 ft.; breadth at top deck, 18 ft; draught, light, 32 ft.; draught, extreme, 61 ft. All machin- ery will be electrically operated. The caisson will cost $400,000. The Union Iron Works, San Fran- cisco; Cal. is. building' an oit.. tank steamer for the Associated Oil Co. on the Isherwood System of longitudinal > framing. The tanker will be 410 ft. long, 52 ft. beam and 27 ft. deep and will be equipped with triple-expansion engines and Scotch boilers, fitted with Dahl oil-burning system. The wreck of the steamer W. C. Richardson, which sank outside of Buffalo harbor on Dec. 9, 1911, was blown up on Oct. 9. During the past two years repeated attempts have been made to recover the hull without success, and as it was in the direct pathway of vessels, it was deemed wise to destroy it altogether. The Pittsburgh Steamship Co., fol- lowing its settled policy, is disposing of its smaller class of tonnage. During the month it sold the steamer W. H. Gilbert to the Lakewood Steamship Co., managed by Hutchinson & Ca., Cleveland, and the steamers Griffin, Wawatan and La Salle to Thomas Morrison, of Cleveland. The Lehigh Coal & Navigation Ca. which operates canal boats in eastern Pennsylvania in connection with its coal properties, has entered the mar- ket for 21 steel canal boats, one to be delivered immediately and the rest to be completed by April 1 next. The boats will be about 90 ft. in length and will call for from 50 to 75 tons of steel.