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August, 1917 THE MARINE REVIEW Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals, general manager of the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp., announced early in July that in the future nothing would be given out as to work on merchant ships. He announced this decision as a war measure, stating that the “government has found it necessary to adopt the policy of discouraging, in every reasonable way, the publication and dissemination of information in regard to mer- chant marine ship construction, that might aid or influence the military plans of the enemy.” he government’s last statement, prior to General Goethals’ announcement, was as follows: The United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. announces that to date it has executed the following contracts for the construction of merchant vessels in addition to the con- tracts previously announced. (See Tur Marine Review, July, page 229.) : Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co., Seattle: Ten steel cargo-carrying steamers complete; first and second steamers to be delivered in June, 1918; third in July, 1918; fourth and fifth in August, 1918; sixth in September, 1918; seventh and eighth in October, 1918; ninth in November, 1918; tenth in December, The ~Foundation Co., Woolworth building,; New York City. Works, Newark, N. J.: Ten wooden hulls; first hull to be de- livered March 1, 1918; the remaining hulls to be delivered one every 15 days thereafter, so that the last hull will be delivered on or before Aug. 15, 1918. Groton Iron Works, 50 Broad street, New York City. Works, a7 Contracts for 176 Ships and Hulls Awarded by Shipping Board and fifth in June, 1918; sixth in August, 1918; seventh and eighth in October, 1918; ninth and tenth in November, 1918 Portland Ship Ceiling Co., 130 Commercial street, Portland, Me. Four wooden hulls. Deliveries: Feb. 1, 1918, March 15, 1918, May 1, 1918, June 15, 1918, respectively. Universal Shipbuilding Co., 25 Broad street, New York City. Works, Houston Ship Canal, Harris county, Texas: Twelve wooden hulls. Deliveries: one and two seven months after com- pletion of the ways; three and four eight months after completing ways; five and six nine months after completing ways; seven and eight 10 months after completing ways; nine and ten 11 months after completing ways; eleven and twelve 12 months after com- pleting ways. McBride & Law, Beaumont, Tex. Four wooden hulls: De- liveries: first hull on or before, March 1, 1918; second hull on April 1, 1918; third hull on May 1, 1918; fourth hull on June 1, 1918. . Newcomb Life Boat Co., Hampton, Va. Four complete wooden cargo carrying steamers. Deliveries; First steamer by Jan. 15, 1918; remainder, one steamer every 60 days thereafter, so that last steamer will be delivered on or before July 16, 1918. In addition to the foregoing contracts, the following contract for the construction of marine engines is announced: Ellicott Machine Corp., Baltimore, 12 vertical triple expansion marine engines, size 22, 37% and 60 x 42. SUMMARY TO DATE 5] E ; : ‘Total number of contracts for ships and hulls executed.... 22 ana aoe ae ee sed ae ee eee Total number of ships and hulls contracted for............ 176 of one hull every two weeks-thereafter but all by Sept. 15, 1918.. ee steel nv BRU aT Be orcta ns tn Da ans ar se gE SRE 38 Shin “Conctramion Ue Riadinw. Col’ 60; Brosdwe Wau Work Complete composite ShipS.......-...ssees cess sees eee 32 Cit res Sneed Cone: Mors randen polas frat hall Complete: wooden “SHIPS i... caves «ces econ een neene 34 ae & Aiea hat, Meh 1s 1818- age bef Topals complete: csi DSc css < bere ye ie crores shee oreo estas ean ene 104 € CLIVETS on .or crore ep. 4 , secon on. or erore Total wooden hulls eB weiley Be wile era e RO wipe elas rar aire) ene)evetatel evened ele tecsetekt 72 March 12, 1918. 5 Total number of contracts for marine engines executed..... 1 hs Gat ey ae es ke Se a Bees Total ‘number of marine engines contracted for............. 12 First and second in February, 1918; third in March, 1918; fourth (Signed) Geo. W. Goethals, General Manager. June Ore Shipments 197 tons on July 1, 1916. Detailed Soo Canal Report sk é receipts are: “. Ore shipments in June proved sur- wes Grosstons . Lhe total freight movement through prisingly large. The boats loaded ee and Port Colborne......-. ates the Soo canals up to July 1, shows a 12 ca tread pga an ceat os ened asta aoa retire mata tara) the ‘ y 9,639,991 tons at upper lake docks, am Conneaut .......0.0. 60. 0ce er se een es 1,519,860 decline of 5,177,962 net tons from the increase of 132,415 tons over the corre- * Peer Po ra aa ae tonnage moved in the corresponding sponding month last year, which had «= Cleveland .............-.-e ee eeee 1,574,642 period of 1916. Up to June 1, the de- P 8 y ‘ Lorain 750,003 : held the record for the month of June pig, CU ago'ago Cline was 5,442,656 net tons so that the In view of the serious delays from ice cee PeE ONE Me cen eye ni atag ete we ae fleet is slowly cutting down the big and fram ‘other causes in the first Wall" eo. eat oe es : handicap imposed by unfavorable ice last month’s record greatly Cs DOPE hes ap a fae aa 7,577,763 conditions in the early part of the sea- of June, encouraged the men charged with the task of transporting sufficient supplies to keep the country’s iron and steel in- dustry in full operation. Up to July 1 this year, ore shipments total 16,135,135 tons, against 19,615,567 tons in the same period last year. The decline of 3,480,- 432 tons amounts to 17.74 per cent. This year’s total is slightly in excess of 1913, the second best year, the lake fleet up to July 1, 1913, moving 16,125,- 042 tons. The following table shows the June and season’s shipments by ports: Shipments Port June To July 1 Basra Rae Saale 909,804 2,205,297 Li pean Aaterce anes Rae 527,701 625,749 Ashland) 73 ieee 1,176,517 1,909,468 Superior 3! hen ee 2,121,663 3,562,082 Duluth sent eee ee 3,363,211 5,128,894 Two .Harbors. ieee cs 1,541,095 2,739,645 “Votale “eae See wes Bete 16,135,135 1917 increase ...--- ASO AS sis ites a aloes 1917. decrease ..--++ cereeees 3,480,432 Lake Erie Receipts Out of a total of 9,639,991 tons shipped from upper lake ports in June, Lake Erie ports received 7,577,763 tons, as shown by figures compiled by THE Marine Review. The balance on dock July 1 was 4,828,523 tons against 3,983,- Seattle Canal Opened The Lake Washington canal connect- ing Puget sound with Lakes Union and Washington at Seattle, was formally opened by a public celebration held at Seattle July 4. The program included a military parade and a water pageant. The Lake Washington canal, which has been thoroughly described in THE MarInE Review is about 8 miles in length. It cost approximately $5,000,000. It adds more than 90 miles to Seattle’s water front and gives access to ex- tensive nontidal fresh water harbors. The channel of the canal wide and 36 feet deep. capable of lifting larger vessels than any government locks outside of the Panama canal. Puget sound entrance to the canal and form the only barrier between the fresh water lakes, and the salt water. chamber is 825 feet long and 80 feet wide. is 150 feet long and 30 feet wide. Ocean- going craft go through the larger cham- ber in 20 minutes through the smaller chamber in 5 to 10 minutes. son. The total movement so far this year aggregates 22,291,345 net tons against 27,469,307 net tons moved to July 1, 1916. June’s movement aggre- gated 13,225,163 net tons against 12,960,- 469 net tons in June, 1916. The detailed report of the Soo com- merce up to July 1, 1917, and July 1, 1916, follows: EAST BOUND Pa ToJuly 1, To July 1, 1916 1917 Elour; “barrels. Avene i. 1,953,556 2,150,188 Wheat, bushels ...... 84,123,491 67,574,955 Grain, -Dushels: ccc. .2 << 29,714,152 32,192,482 Copper, net tons...... 5 35,809 Iron ore, net tons 18,474,348 14,954,818 3 Pig iron, net tons... 5. Ee) Eis gies ue ar ae is 100 feet Lumber, M. ft. B. M. 85,898 75,188 hin: lock Gen’l merchandse, net € locks are Tort Eee eer re 55,499 51,716 Passengers, number 5,876 2,592 WEST BOUND They are located at the Flour, barrels ....... 205 80 7 Grain, :bushels ....... 1,010 pee Coal, hard, net tons... 616,558 661,948 Coal, soft, net tons... 4,372,197 3,160,853 x 3 Iron ore, net tons.... 5,631 20,145 9 feet above high tide, Mfctd. iron, net tons. soa pease : Salt, barrels ...22+-¢% A The major lock Gent) merch., net tons 396,886 383,844 Passengers, number... 4,753 2,590 The minor or smaller chamber SUMMARY Vessel passages, No.. 7,597 5,980 Regis. tonnage, net... 21,525,367 17,635,878 Freight: and small craft kastbound, net tons... 21,978,577 18,002,968 Westbound, net tons.. 5,490,730 4,288,377 Total frgt., net tons 27,469,307 22,291,345