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Activities in the Marine Field | Latest News from Ships and Shipyards New Vessels Sought from Lake Yards AKE trade continues to move along in full stride. Railroad service has been excellent all season with ‘the result that vessels have had _ excellent dispatch. Iron ore and coal snipmems have thus been materially aided. Up to July 1, iron ore shipments were 16,- 006,000 tons, more than double last year’s record. Coal shipments have been run- ning above a million tons a week for somne time, and up to July 9, the total was 10,778,638 ‘tons, greatly exceeding last year and slightly above the 1921 record. The grain trade is quiet. * * * Inquiries for more vessels are before lake shipbuilders and prospects are bright for several orders, even though the price level is well above that prevailing a year ago when the first rush of orders came to the lake builders. Henry Ford is definitely known to be interested in get- ting two new vessels. His company is now served directly by lake vessels, the CLETUS SCHNEIDER on July 11 delivering the first cargo. The route is up the newly dredged River Rouge. * * * The new 600-foot freighter CHARLES M. ScHwas was launched at the Cleve- land yard of the American Shipbuilding Co. on June 30. The first of the two diesel-electric freighters building at the Ashtabula, O., yard of the Great Lakes Engineering Works was launched July 3: She*is the Twin Port and. will operate for the McDougall interests of Duluth between that port and New York, using the New York state barge canal from Oswego. In winter she will operate in Atlantic coastwise and West Indies trade. Her sister ship, Twin Citres, will be launched soon. a ee The steamers NorTHWIND and Briton, taken to salt water during the war, have returned to the lakes. They made the passage of the canals in sections which are being joined at ‘the Ashtabula. O., yard. rs eee lans are announced for the opening in August of direct service between Chicago and other lake ports and north- ern European countries. Norwegian in- terests and vessels are interested in this service, * Ok Ox Capt. Joseph Corcoran, aged 81 years, died at Erie, Pa., on July 16. He. had cost her 'two weeks operation. served on the Atlantic, coming to the lakes in 1887. He sailed the schooner CotumBiA, thus beginning a 20-year service with the Anchor line during which he was master of the LycoMING, Mawonty and CONEMAUGH. *k *K * The new steamer FRONTENAC, built at the Ecorse, Mich., yard of the Great Lakes Engineering Works for the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co., has been placed in commission. Po ee Lake accidents have been few de- spite the heavy volume of trade. Re- cently the passenger carrier SEEANDBEE struck an obstruction at Buffalo which The barge ashore in the St. Lawrence river. The QuEEN Clty grounded in the Straits of Mackinac. The Luzon grounded in the St. Clair canal. The NIAGARA grounded in the Soo river. The METCALFE went ashore near Port Colborne. The CoruNNaA went ashore below Morrisburg. The W. B. SCHILLER which was. sunk, is in dock. *K * * The United States lake survey reports the monthly mean stages of the Great GLENELLEN went LAKE FREIGHTER OF UNUSUAL TYPE WHICH IS PROVING SUCCESSFUL. IN SERVICE. SHE IS THE A. E. R. SCHNEIDER WHICH WAS PURCHASED BY THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE WAR, ALTERED AND STRENGTHENED FOR OCEAN SERVICE. THE ARMISTICE ENDED THE PLAN TO FLOAT HER THROUGH THE CANALS ON HER SIDE, AND SHE WAS REBOUGHT, LENGTHENED AND ADAPTED AGAIN FOR LAKE TRADE 318