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Lake Carriers Expect Big Year Annual Meeting and Banquet Held at Cleveland— Slight Increase in Draft—To Erect Memorial to Livingstone—Insurance Rates Increased annual meeting of the Lake Carriers association held at Cleveland April 21 told the members that in spite of the limited season of navigation the bulk freight move- ment on the Great Lakes in 1926 attained a new high record of 121,- 289,502 net tons of. iron ore, coal, stone and grain. It was also pointed out that the average load draft per- missible on the Great Lakes during 1926 was only 18 feet 8% inches, 9% inches less than the permissible draft: in 1923 the previous record year, when more than 121, 000,000 net tons of bulk cargo was moved. A slight increase in draft is looked for this season. That the fleet had been able to break all previous rec- ords with less loading depth is due, according to Mr. Ashley’s report, to the addition of longer and wider ships and the elimination of smaller ves- sels, also by the marked increase in loading and unloading facilities com- bined with unsurpassed car _ service. Since 1923, 24 steamers of an ag- gregate capacity of 290,200 tons ca- pacity or an average of 12,100 tons each have been added to the ore carrying fleet while at the same time 12 steamers of an aggregate ca- pacity of 41,000 tons, an average of 3425 tons were dropped. Divided Deck Watches J S. ASHLEY, president at the A ruling from the attorney gen- eral calls for the enforcement by local steam boat inspectors through revocation or suspension of the li- cense of the master of that pro- vision in the seamen’s law which ealls for a division of watches, three for engine room crew and two for deck crew. Such division of deck watches is .unnecessary under con- ditions on the Great Lakes and is not in accord with the wishes of the seamen on such vessels, it was pointed out by Mr. Ashley. However, it is a law and the shore captains committee of the association rec- .ommended that it be put in force. The association, therefore, passed a resolution recommending to its mem- bers “that deck crews be divided in- to watches and stand their regular watches while at sea. On boats where a boatswain is carried it is recom- mended that he be assigned to the mate’s watch. Where there is an unequal number of men the extra man 16 J: S. ASHLEY Re-elected President Lake Carriers Officers Lake Carriers’ Association President J. S. Ashley Vice President L: -@: Sabin General Counsel Newton D. Baker Secretary and Treasurer George A. Marr Executive Committee J. S. Ashley, chairman, H. S. Wilkinson, Os i: Butchinson;: He * Coulby,:- GC. Dyer, J. J. Boland, G. A. Tomlinson, J. C. Evans, A. E. R. Schneider, A. F. Harvey, H. K. Oakes. Alternates J. T. Kelly, A. C. Sullivan, A. W. Thom- son, W. P. Schaufele, W. H. McGean, J. B. Ayers, James McAlpine, A. H. Fer- bert, W. G. Stewart, A. E. Cornelius. Directors Cleveland J. S. Ashley, J.-B. Ayers, F. A. Bailey, Carmi A. Thompson, Newton D. Baker, Fayette Brown, C. C. Canfield, H. Coul- by, R. W. England, A. H. Ferbert, A. F. Harvey, C. L. Hutchinson, Charles O. Jenkins, John T. Kelly, Joseph S. Woods, F. I. Kennedy, A. T. Kinney, Walton H. McGean, H. K. Oakes, C. J. Peck, H. A. Rock, L. C. Sabin, W. P. Schaufele, A. E. R. Schneider, George M. Stein- brenner, H. C. Strom, W. G. Stewart, A. W. Thomson, G. A. Tomlinson, George H. Warner and George A. Marr. From Other Cities J. J. Boland, J. C. Evans, J. B. Rodgers and A. E. Cornelius of Buffalo, H. F. Hughes and A. C. Sullivan of Chicago, C. D. Dyer and W. P. Schneider Jr., of Pittsburgh and H. S§. Wilkinson of Syracuse. MARINE REVIEW—May, 1927 is to mate’s watch.” The city of Duluth has under con- sideration the replacement of the aerial bridge over the canal, between the city and Minnesota point, by a lift bridge. Mr. Richards, city at- torney of Duluth, and J. E. Harring- ton, of Harrington, Howard and Ash, consulting engineers, Kansas _ City, responsible for the plans of the pro- posed lift bridge, appeared at the Lake Carriers’ meeting, showed il- lustrations of the new bridge and explained its operation with the view of getting the support and approval of the Lake Carriers’ association in presenting the project for final ap- proval to the United States engineers. After brief discussion it was de- cided to refer the matter to a com- mittee composed of members of the shore captains committee augmented by two or more lake captains in active service. This committee will meet with the designer of the pro- posed bridge and representative of the city of Duluth. A recommenda- tion will then be made to the Lake Carriers for action on the proposal. The manager of the Cleveland Cliffs fleet, A. E. R. Schneider, cited examples of the absolute worthless- ness of the present grain bill of lading insofar as it is intended to protect the vessel owner and he urged the association to give serious consideration to this subject with the view of obtaining a more equitable bill of lading which would meet con- ditions both here and in Canada. A. A. Wright, president of the Do- minion Marine association, Toronto, Ont., said that the present bill of lading worked even greater hardship on Canadian vessel owners and that his association is now ready to co-op- erate in the suggestion made by Mr. Schneider. This matter will be defi- nitely taken up by respresentatives of both associations. be assigned to the Memorial to William Livingstone A monument to the memory of William Livingstone, first president of the Lake Carriers’ association and for twenty-five years its leading spirit, has been proposed. Mr. Coulby pre- sented to the association a sketch of the memorial. It is proposed to erect a shaft of stone to be used as a lighthouse and to be located on Belle Island, Detroit. A statue of Mr.