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me MARINE REVIEW. Next Season's New Tonnage. CONTRACTS IN ALI, LAKE SHIP YARDS FOR DELIVERY OF NEW VESSELS NEXT SPRING: Lake ship builders now have contracts to build during the coming winter, for delivery at about the opening of navigation, forty-nine vessels, valued at $6,909,500. 'These totals, together with the valuable detail regarding the new tonnage which is contained in the accompanying table, were secured through cor- respondence with every shipbuilder on the chain of lakes, and the comparison with fall contracts in previous years is made in accordance with a similar inquiry in the past. The record in both the number of vessels and aggregate value for this year is very much ahead of the two previous years, but it will be found by a glance at the comparative table that in both number and carrying capacity the showing in large freight carrying steamers is somewhat smaller than in any year for six years past. This is due largely to the fact that three of the most important steel yards are crowded with work on the large passenger vessels. Twenty-eight freight steamers and consorts, of 68,470 gross tons within the past few days. The Detroit Dry Dock ee ene built fot Capt. E. M. Peck of tere, ee a H. Brown of Cleveland, a steel steamer, which will be a dupli- cate of the boat for Eddy Bros. of Bay City, now nearing com- pletion at the Wyandotte yard. On Monday the ee Dry Dock Company of Buffalo closed a contract with the Lake Erie Transportation Company of Toledo for a steel steamer to carry 2,500 tons and to cost $170,000. -- The boat will be larger than the S. C. Reynolds of the same line. NOT INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL LIST. Bros., Kingston, Ont, are having plans prepared for an eis ene steamer, Thomas Marks & €o.) Fore Arthur, Ont., are contemplating a contract for 2 2,000 ton steamer, and some Canadian yard will probably get it. The Montreal T'ransportation Co., Kingston, Ont., recently launched a 30,000 bushel barge. The Williams Transportation Company, South Haven, Mich., is completing work on a small passenger steamer. 'The Grand Haven Ship Building Co., Grand Haven, Mich., has a tug and a 120-foot passenger steamer on the stocks. BUILDERS REPORTING NO CONTRACTS. The following ship builders report nothing contracted for or on the stocks: Rogers & Bird, Saugatuck, Mich.; C. C. VESSELS UNDER CONTRACT IN LAKE SHIP YARDS NOV. I, 1892. DIMENSIONS. Capacity of ' A BUILDERS CLASS RPC Sa ee feelent vessels VALUE. FOR WHOM BUILDING. epee Br'dth.| Depth.| 8708S tons. : $100,000 American Steel Barge Co. American Steel Barge Co., W. Superior, Wis......\Steel Tow Barge.................. 265 ae Be Bee 100,000 = : ' American Steel Barge Co., W. Superior, Wis......|Steel Tow Barge...............+ 265 a 55 5975 1007000 " " " American Steel Barge Co., W. Superior, Wis...... Steel Tow Barge..............0.cc00 292 a 55 2'O75 100,000 me 's ae American Steel Barge Co., W. Superior, Wis...... Steel Tow Barge................006- 292 5A ee PEE 400,000 World's Fair Steamship Company. American Steel Barge Co., W. Superior, Wis......[Steel Passenger Steamer........ 361 = fe. abe OBO 70,00 Hurd & Hannenstein, Buffalo, N. Y. Alex. Anderson, Marine City, Mich................... Wooden Freight Steamer... 190, a 1014 387500 U. §. Government, BELL Wayid, se Uicalowm Na een. 2) eer eee JU. S. Revenue Cutter..........! \.| 94% aA pCa Suara 157000 Bhiiareecount JRE, IDE Zio), LesbtiB Oy, INE soscaeoosercsoconis zsedoononcocase Steel Steam Yacht................. cee 49 4M ae 1.300 300,000 Lake Mich. & Lake Superior Transit Co., Chicago. Chicago Ship Building Co., Colehour, Ill ........... Steel Passenger Steamer........ 275 ri D404 9/800 160,000 C. W. Elphicke and others, Chicago. Ill. Chicago Ship Building Co., Colehour, Tll...... ..... Steel Freight Steamer............) 287 7 ee , 15,000 Garkin, Stickney & Cram. Carkin, Stickney & Cram, H. Saginaw, Mich...... AW @GI@ TN, ANTE cco co nacecencqcossonasn 78 au io eee 13000077 30°00 Raildeapioe Accounts Curtis & Brainard, Marine City, Mich................ Wooden Barge............066 se 195 5 13 1'000 200° 000 Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Michigan Ry. Craig Ship Building Company, Toledo, O............ Car Ferry Steamer... ............. 261 5 , 30°000 City of Detroit, Mich. Craig Ship Building Company, Toledo, O............/Steam Fire Boat... c.cccccceseee [esses cee |eceereseetee [eee oe ees Br ANaon Witson Transit Go. Clevalande de Cleveland Ship Building Co., Cleveland, O......... Steel Freight Steamer............ 340 42 ois ee, SCE M. A Bradles- ant otheraeGlavclanaeoy Cleveland Ship Building Co.. Cleveland, O......... Steel Freight Steamer............) 324 42 a 2, Ren 395000 Bday coud Liv City NCE Doott De TR Co Dea ae sidieae coo eae Eee Sbeomer Pee eaa ee ah b 24 4,000 225,000 Capt. EH. M. Peck, Detroit, Mich. "4 etroit Dry Dock Co., Detroit, Mich.................. eel Freig CAMER.........-+- : 4 ' Dy a : : am Nav. Go., Detroit, Mich. Detroit Dry Dock Co., Detroit. Mich Per cd Steel Passenger Steam ete ae ss zy serttetseseecencen acess Ee Detroit & Uleveland Steam Nav. Co im ene etroit Dry Dock Co., Detroit, Mich.................: teel Passenger Steamer........ : Oo Pal [Soke cana ee oes i ; lo, N. Y. Detroit Dry Dock Co., Detroit, Mich.................. Steel Freight Steamer............ 310 42 x 2,200 se Westend net ee Ae Mich, Detroit Dry Dock Co., Detroit, Mich.................. Wooden Ferry Steamer.........| 300 G2 | DA nn ence enenereeneceeseere 15'000 Caipatniolee Wena Mich. Detroit Dry Dock Co.. Detroit, Micn.................. WOO Gem STO sees ates ee srg [sec fe gee panne a eS Ray City, Mich. Davidson, James, W. Bay City, Mich................. Wooden Schooner................65 "212 39 2°10 60°000 mM LG ee Ce te ee Davidson, James, W. Bay City, Mich................. Wooden Schoonet................5 #212 35 o 2'100 60°000 ne a (ice 7 Davidson, James, W. Bay City, Mich.................. Wooden Schooner................+. #212 35 1G 5100 60°000 % s 6 ae a a cso eS ae pes City, Ae pc ea ae ooo Sones Kite eee ee ce i A 9'800 150°000 mi fe eat ie avidson, James, W. Bay City, Mich.................. OOMENs Shean GC ieees-eseeseeneaees ' Pes ; a : Ce nee EES ee fee ; ; Se ge meee eee Eassenece pleamer Mae a ra ai Seah taser cee Sines J ames J. Hill, St. Paul, Minn. Globe Iron Works Co., Cleveland, 0...................- teel Passenger Steamer........ HOO Hie Aes Pe cea asian: Pee ac aalas ' ; ; se Globe Iron Works Co., Cleveland, 0.................... Steel Freight Steamer............| 302 38 24 2,500 no Lorain Steamship Cea 0. Heath, HE. W., Benton Harbor, Mich.............:..... CD ere ere rete alae eee lace odesesal aso == ayy [ores a : Naan n eines TGs. onaconoee Hamilton Bridge Co., Hamilton, Ont.................. Steel Passenger Steamer....... dll 26 BUG alt cas whence a eee at ; et ee Jamiga i0 5 ; is Kirby, T. W., Grand Haven, Mich......................: Saar oats eee een re 97 19 A aren tert ane tere 2,00) - W. a Re eres Montreal Transportation Co., Kingston, Ont.....|Steel Passenger Steamer........ PAS) oecre Soarca| fo 26 fp [recite 150,000 Montreal Transportatio . Murphy, Wm., Baker St., Buffalo, N. Y.............. Wooden Excursion Stoeamer..| 185 38 Wak ecteece yeast 90,000 Buffalo Parties. Murphy, Wm., Baker St., Buffalo, N. Y.............. Wooden Excursion Steamer..} 97 li 7 | sencesesnesessasrene ove 10,000 Wm. Murphy. Murphy, Wm., Baker St., Buffalo, N. Y.............. Wooden Excursion Steamer.. 97 17 To [estsritetesreeeseecseee 10,000 Builder s Account. Polson Iron Works. Owen Sound, Ont................. Steel Revenue Cutter......... pele 125 19 Oe esate ease cere 40,000 Canadian Government. Polson Iron Works, Owen Sound, Ont............0.. Steel Revenue Cutter ............ 125 22 Cee eee ees 42,000 f : Rieboldt, Wolter & Co., Sheboygan, Wis ..... ..... Rio ee ee ener ae: enna 75 14 7 stseseeesesnesseeasaees 6,000 Gus. Gunderson, Sheboygan, Wis. Simpson, Capt., Owen Sound, Ont.................. .... Wooden Passenger Steamer..|............[e--22:sseee|eseerseeeeee 1,200 100,000 North Shore Navigation Co. Smith, Abram, & Co., Algonac, Mich.................. Wooden Tow Barge ............... 170 34 11 970 30,000 AGW Comstock, Alpena, Mich, Union Dry Dock Co., Buffalo, N. Y........0...c000.. Steel Freight Steamer............ 270 40 24 2,500 170,000 Lake Erie Transportation Co., Toledo, 0. Wheeler. F. W., & Co., W. Bav City, Mich.......... Steel Freight Steamer............ #328 42 2474 3,200 215,000 Mitchell Transportation Co , Cleveland, 0. Wheeler, F. W., & Co., W. Bay City, Mich.......... Steel Freight Steamer............ *360 45 25 3,700 230,000 Hawgood & Avery Transit Co., Cleveland, O. Wheeler, F. W., & Co., W. Bay City, Mich.......... Steel Freight Steamer............ *360 45 25 3,700 230,000 D.C Whitney, Detroit, Mich. Wheeler, F. W., & Co., W. Bay City, Mich.......... Wooden Freight Steamer...... #99() 41 23 2,400 130,000 Hawgood & Canfield, Cleveland, 0. Wheeler, F. W., & Co., W. Bay City, Mich..........)Wooden Schoonet................. #950) 41 18 2,500 75,000 Colin McLachlin, Detroit, Mich. * Keel length. 68,470 6,909,500 capacity, will, however, be added to fe' fleet of this class of vessels in the spring. The following table shows the number and value of con- tracts on Nov. 1 of this year as compared with contracts on the The totals represent simply the winter work of the ship yards and not their entire work for the same date in previous years. several years: te Number Capacity r : WINTER OF of boats. | pross tons. Valuation. HUB GsUt sc Sr renee tes ee 31 65,750 | $4,074,000 LSBU SBS ar estes ene 60 108,525 | 8,325,000 USG880, 2 ee 59 100,950 | 7,1242000 eROe i ee ee 56 124,750 | 7,866,000 BOO Ol tei ee see 33 77,950 | 5,337,000 SO UEODE ak Pee ees acres oa 45 76,000 | 4,896,000 son ontees ee a 49 68,470 | 6,909,500 Pn 338 632,395 | $44,581,500 TWO LATE CONTRACTS. Two important contracts included in the above list have Fowles, Fort Howard, Wis.; William Dulac, Mount Clemens, Mich.;. Milwaukee Dry Dock Co., Milwaukee, Wis.; C. T. Mor- ley, Marine City, Mich.; R. W. Linn, Gibralter, Mich.= Woe: Roberts, Marine City, Mich. Work in Ship Yards throughout the United States. For several years the MARINE REVIEW has presented each fall a report of new work and contracts in lake ship yards, giving tonnage and valuation and name of party for whom craft is build- ing. This report, on account of its reliability and the informa- tion it contains, is valued by vessel owners and concerns all over the country having business relations with lake ship build- ers. Such a report this year is given on another page. In view of the interest created by work of this kind on the lakes it was thought worth the trouble to collect information of a similar character from all the yards in the United States, something that has never been attempted by any marine paper, because of the labor and expense attached. 'The result is not entirely satisfac- tory, but the information given below will be found to cover the larger yards on the coasts and rivers, reports stating that ship building on both coasts is unusually dull. For convenience the naval work has been included in a table, showing yards where it