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March, 1925 for an early opening of navigation this spring. There are 39 blast furnaces drawing their ore supply through Gaty, South Chicago and Indiana Harbor. On Dec. 1 only 25 were active, compared with 38 at this time. At Gary the Illinois Steel Co. will have about a month’s supply on its docks May 1, but with a dock a half mile long and three bins, even 500,000 tons of ore looks thin. The Federal and Iroquois furnaces will take in ore at a good rate as soon as the season opens. No shutdowns from lack of ore are in sight but the low stockpiles run up! the cost of handling. Nee ee AVORABLE weather and ice condi- tions but only a fair business has been the experience of the Goodrich Transit Co., which maintains winter schedules between Chicago and Michigan and Wisconsin points. Chicago and Holland, Benton St. Joseph. Daily service has tained between Chicago and semi-weekly between Chicago and She- boygan and Manitowoc, and _tri-weekly between Chicago and Grand Muskegon. MARINE REVIEW _ Low water at Holland, Mich., compelled the abandon- ment of the tri-weekly service between Harbor and been main- Milwaukee, Haven and 105 and black funnel and white upper works. The Ciry or Granp Rapips, a Graham & Morton steamer formerly on the run from Chicago to Michigan City and Hol- land, will take the Muskegon and Grand Haven run with the AraBAMaA. The IN- DIANA, which the Crry or Granp Rapips supplants, of Chicago and make northern points will take week-end runs out during the week. Appointments of masters and engineers for the 1925 season for the Goodrich the former Graham & Morton steamers, will be made Some: changes in engineers are in prospect, owing to resignations, but all masters will bring out their last sea- The Graham & Hor- ton fleet, which formerly has been all white, will come out this year in the regular Goodrich colors—black with red line, which now includes shortly. son’s commands. * * * i bills are being introduced in the legislatures of Illinois and In- diana to create the Interstate Port Auth- ority of Illinois and Indiana. authority, consisting of three represent-. atives of each state, would govern the development of Wolf lake, in the Calu- met district at the IlJlinois-Indiana line. Federal engineers have estimated that for a small sum the lake could be dredged. This port Ocean Freight | Rates Per 100 Pounds Unless Otherwise Stated Quotations Corrected to Feb. 18, 1925 on Future Loadings NOTE: FREIGHT RATES STEADY WITH SLIGHT CHANGE FOR GRAIN +tFinished REMARKS New York Cotton General cargo to Grain Provisions (H. D.) Flour cu. ft. 100 Ibs. steel Freight Offered Liverpool.... 2s 6dt $0.50 $0.30 to 0.45 $0.21 $0.40 $0.75 $7 .00T Fair London...... 2s 6dt 0.50 0.45 0.21 0.40 0.75 7.00T Fair Obloscc. sins: $0.18 0.45 0.40 0.27 0.42% 0.85 7.00T Fair Copenhagen .. 0.18 0.45 0.40 0.26 0.42% 0.85 7.00T Poor Hamburg.... 0.12 0.35 0.38% 0.22 0.37% 0:75 8.00T Poor Bremen...... 0.12 0.35 0.45 0.22 0.37% 0.75 8.00CT Poor i a Po 0m 0 a 070 7,50T Fair Antwerp. .... 0.10 0.32% 0.35 0.22 0.35 0.70 7.00T Poor Havre... 3. 0.16 0.50 0.35 0.27% 0.40 0.75 8.00T Poor, Bordeaux.... 0.16 0.50 0.35 0.27% 0.40 0.75 8.00T Poor Barcelona.... 0.20 to 0.25 12.00T 0.30 10.00T —12.00T— 10.00T Good Lisbon....... 0.20 0.65 0.40 7.00T —20.00T— 7.00T Fair Marseilles... . 0.16 0.55 0.30 6.00 —20.00T— 5.00T Slow Genoa....... 18.50 12.50 0.40 8.25 —20.00T— 10.00T Fair Naples....... 18.50 12.50 0.40 8.25 —20.00T— 10.00T Fair Constantinople 0.27 17 .00T 0.75 0.32% —20,00T— 9.00T Fair Alexandria... . None .17,00T 0.75 0.32% —20.00T— 9.00T Fair Algiers....... 0.22 0.75 0.75 0.40 —20.00T— 7.00T Very Slow Dakar. > ccse° ae TA SOT ike 12.00T —20.00T— 10.00T Fair Capetown.... 8.00T TZ OOT oe ks 10.00T —12. ooT— 9.00T Very Good Buenos Aires. _—........... PS,O0 to 20007 os acess 18.00 to 20.00T¢ 8.00 to 8.80T Slow **RiodeJaneiro ...... 19.00to 21.00T ...... 7.00to7.70T 19.00 to 21.00T¢ 7.00 to 7.70Tt Fair Pernambuco... _...... Ce OO eS ee eas 9,.00T —22.00T—t 9.70TT Fair Havana...... 0.22%) t00.2734* 0.424% ...... 0.22%* 0.54* 1.08* 0.20* Fair Vera Cruz.... 0.25 0.40 0.45 0.25 0.52% 1.05 0.30 to 0.35 Fair Valparaiso.... sss DOR roe 0.70 0.45 0.80 10.00T Fair San Francisco. ...... 0:40't0'0.70) 2.83... 0.50 to 1.10 wets 2.50 0.55 to 1.00 Good Sydney 525 Sees 18.00T 2.50 18.00T 18.00-24.00T 9.00-12.00T Good Caledttac.. cs. Ooi. 16.00T 0.60 12.00T —16.00T— 10.00T Good —_ F ‘: oducts limited in length. *Extra charge for wharfage. as gos al aw eePlus ST OO pichene oe 4, Dre abt Tanera on account of congestion. Principal Rates To and From United Kingdom s d Grain, River Plate to United Kingdom..... 2 6 Pig iron, United Kingdom to New York Coal, South Wales to Near East.......... 1 0 or Philadelphia.........++- eee hae Coal, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires....1 0 Iron ore, Bilbao to sy ae eit oe auc Oes i Agaa a Manganese Ore, Poti to Philadelphia....... $3.30 Iron ore, Huelva to Phila. or Balto... 11 0 Bunker Prices At New York At Philadelphia i i i Fuel oil Diesel oil Sotiide feet plate sf inbunk. alongside aiongside per ton per barrel per gallon Ay bast - rouheeag ee a ; A -63 @5. an. 9, 1924...$5. i : . lea, ees Lee se ee ee £a5@s.as 1935 $41@5.65e Dy: 221; et ae 4.50@6.25 1.814% 5.16@5.65c Vo Dhoccesees £8508. Hea PRIA beats 5,25 @6.05 1.86 11 $.15@5.50¢ ee. 4 5 ete 206 5°41@5.65 Be 3B, 1925. Ee 0s 18614 $.50c Pe 18, 1925.. 5.25@5.80 2.10@2.25 5.9@6.9 From North Pacific Lumber Ports to Per m. ft. San Francisco.......... £5.00 South California....... 5.00 to 6.00 Hawaiian Islands....... 10.00 to 12.00 New Zealand.......... 17.00 to 20.00 Sydney ++» 13.00 to 15.00 Melbourne-Adelaide.... 14.00 to 16.00 Oriental Ports......... 11.00 to 12.50 Oriental Ports (logs).... 10.00 to 11.00 Peru-Chiles.. 0.54... . 12,00 to 14.00 South Africa.....2¢ 5.2.2 17.00 to 18.00 Cubasa cs 14.00 to 16.00 United Kingdom....... 80s to 90s United Kingdom (ties).. 70s to 80s Baltimore-Boston range. $14.00 to 15.00 Baltimore-Boston range. HOU G ri eae Not quoted Buenos Aires........... 14.00 Flour and Wheat U. K. and Continent (gross ton).......... 358 to 408 Other Ports Boston coal, per ton . $6.75 Boston, oil, $1.69