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Activities in the Marine Field Latest News From Ships and Shipyards Bt) Séason Finds Demand bt Low Mark up in the middle of July as a result of the falling off in de- mand. Line ups at docks had been get- ting larger, generally, with declining call for tonnage to move ore, coal mud erain: The grain shipments dropped and the increase in ore load- ing hardly was perceptible. The cut of $1 per ton in the price of ore failed to stimulate any active increase in buying. Continued furnace largely was responsible for this. Coal shipments slowed up toward the end of June and it was predicted they would be even slower in the middle of July. The railroads have been in better position this year, due to the general business depression, to supply cars at docks and at elevators with the re- sult downbound traffic has been un- loaded in record time, keeping very few of the lake carriers waiting to unload their cargoes. At times the docks have been without the customary line of vessels waiting to discharge their cargoes. The boats have been able to take @oa|--laster than the railroads. have been able to deliver it, which has re- sulted in considerable depletion of stockpiles. with ore, the boats dumping it faster than the cars have been required to 'move it forward to furnaces. ek Oe Me tonnage was being tied Loadline legislation now pending be- fore congress was the subject of con- sideration at a special meeting of ves- sel men held at the offices of the Lake Carriers' association in Cleveland July 11 preparatory to the hearing in Wash- ington July 14. * * The steamers A. E. McKinstry and 'KEYBELL collided in the Welland canal July 7 with slight damage to the star- board bow of the McKinstry. ook * The tug Marne, built recently at 'Cleveland has been delivered to South 'Chicago and the tug NortH MHArsor transferred from South Chicago to To- ledo. xo ok | Ck Following the example in cutting the 'steamer ANDASTE 20 feet shorter in the Ecorse yard of the Great Lakes En- gineering Works, other vessels are to be shortened to Welland canal size. em When the steamer Emory L. Forp delivered 14,000 tons of coal in Mil- waukee in the week ending June 28, she established a record for the largest car- go of coal ever dumped there. om The lake steamers NorTHERN WAVE, inactivity The reverse has been true BY MYERS L. FEISER NorTHERN LicHt, NorTHERN KING and NorTHERN QUEEN, operated in the At- 'lantic by the shipping board, have been sold to the Gulf Transportation Co. for $20,000 each. kw oe Colliding with the steamer Boston off Eagle Harbor, Lake Superior, late in June, the steamer HENry PHIppPs was forced to go to Lorain for a number of repairs. Ok Wireless equipment has been placed aboard the HARRY: YATES; the -T...H. WICKWIRE Jr., the Louis R. Davipson and the Rosperts. These four vessels are the first of the fleet of 11 owned by Boland & Cornelius, Buffalo, to be so equipped. x x Tangled lines caused the helmet of Damon §S. Godfrey, diver, to slip while 25 feet under the surface at Sault Ste. Marie and he was drowned. HOO ke oe Record time was made by the steamer HARVESTER when she recently left South Chicago for Superior, Wis., loaded and started on her return trip.. Only 66 hours had elapsed. wee Quartus A. Gillmore, ore dock su- perintendent at Cleveland for the Cen- tral Furnace Co. of the American Steel & Wire Co., died recently at his home in Cleveland. He had been superintendent for 20 years. He was born in Lorain, Feb. 3, 1861. His son, T. A. Gillmore, is superintendent of the ore dock at Huron and agent for the Great Lakes Towing Co. at that port. * 1k Oe Capt. John M. Wheeler, Great Lakes navigator and master of several small vessels, died recently at his home in Sandusky. He was 54 years old. ek Early in July, George A. Marr, secretary of the Lake Carriers' asso- ciation, sent out notices to masters which read as follows: "On or about July 20, the light on Lake Huron light vessel will be changed to group flashing of 1000 candlepower, showing a group of two flashes over 10 seconds, thus: Flash, eclipse two and one-half seconds, flash, eclipse seven and one-half seconds. "The fog signal will sound thus: Blast two seconds, silent 18 seconds. "Submarine bell will sound a group of five strokes every 19 seconds. "Poe Reef light vessel is to be ver- manently replaced by a new light vessel about Julv 20. It will show group flashing white lichts, two flashes every 10 seconds of 480 candlepower, 376 40 feet above water. "Fog signal will be a 10-inch steam whistle sounding a blast every 20 sec- onds, blast two seconds duration. "Submarine bell will sound a group of five strokes every 20 seconds." *K aK * Another notice to masters read: "Range lights have been established at: Calcite. Mich. The» lights are io- cated on the south side of the har- bor, in range with the south pier. The outer light is located on the flux loading bin, the inner light is located on top of the screen house. Inner light 20 feet higher than outer one. Outer light 80 feet above lake. Inner 100 feet above lake. Both lights are red--and very high power (electric) lamps. The lights are 600 feet apart and the range can be seen at least 10 miles very plainly. The range takes a boat about 100 feet north of the government gas buoy (flashing red) located off the harbor. Range S. W. by We tk x Sherman J, Sexton, Chicago, 'has been elected a member of the board of directors of the Great Lakes Transit Corp. succeeding William <A. Prime, New York, resigned. '+e The steamer Cape ETERNITY, bound from Thorold to Montreal with a party of United States and Canadian govern- ment officials, had some machinery trouble and was forced into Toronto. * *K *K The United States lake survey re- ports the monthly mean stages of the Great Lakes for the month of 'June, 1921, as follows: Lakes Feet above mean sea level May June Superior 2. 2)... 602.12 602.43 Michigan-Huron 2... 580.58 580.58 Sit Clow... -...:,.575.63 575.69 Pe eee. . 573.09 573.02 tat oe 246.68 246.61 Lake Superior is 0.31 foot higher than last month, 0.21 foot lower thana year ago 0.10 foot above the average stage of Tune of the last 10 years, 1.00 foot be- low the high stage of June, 1916, and 1.19 feet above the low stage of June, 1879. Lakes Michigan-Huron are at the same level as last month, 0.27 foot low- er than a year ago, 0.31 foot below the average of June of the last 10 years, 3.02 feet below the high stage. of June, 1886, and 0.68 foot above the low stage of June, 1896. During the last 10 vears the June level has averaged 0.3 foot higher than the May level, and 0.1 foot lower than the July level. Lake "Frie is 0.07 foot lower than last month, 0.54 foot higher than a year