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g MARINE REVIEW. Contracts for Dredging Work Costing $3,340,000. Special Correspondence to the MARINE KEVIEW. Dertroir, Mich., Dec. 15.--Dredging contractors from all parts of the lakes have been here for several days past bidding on the different sections of the 20-foot channel project, between Duluth, Chicago and Buffalo, which in- volves an expenditure of $3,000,000, exclusive of engineering expenses, esti- mated at $334,000, and on which the work is to extend over a period of three years. With bids opened on five of the eight sections, it is certain that the lowest figures are all below the engineer's estimates, so much so, that it is now positively assured that the entire work will be put under contract for the maxi- mum width of 800 feet. In the following summary of bids on the five sections for which proposals have been opened, the prices given are per cubic yard and the lowest figures are marked with « star: ~ > Mood |H_ co lo.-sclSedy ea eS|9Ss |aSs jase siohss Soge aoe Soe Basho -oes BEsol>Rad| Sag Sa ru cc ah BIDDERS Rae s| Sos ORs eSueascs cases false wal teala eS SHodlSae [sk |CSSciNg sx SESe|S55 |Sng |ssezloees BR Rene jae |BO" asa e Cents. | Cents. | Cents. | Cents.| Cents. Ree Orame LD) Chr Olticessccos asiie ie acoa ieee $2 74 23 34 37 38 ee ceees eomithy Cleveland rete cor. ere ee 5 00 29 bis | *18 42 James Rooney, Toledo................. oe eeee 37 ; 16% BU Galerie Carkin, Stickney & Cram, Saginaw.................... 3 86 27 26 58 42 OPHES Gamleer aa COmmVEWialKG@G ma.sscteen cet cces sec c|= cones 29 ' 24% Bee Sep Mat eet NVerArmIVIr Crillli Secure mane ONC ACO ee reece ee eee een Pee aeey 41 DAE ee aia ae Hingston & Woods, Buftalo.............cccee.ccccceeseeeee 4 18 28 23 Desa eet 1 Dis 1p AONE UROL, JAN OR ICN Gaisooii dacnocdebacoaoactegencbe riodsebass lies odieetic 32 23. DOR arate Hughes Bros. & Bangs, Syracuse...... ...cceccseceeee | cree 21 9-10 24% AAS el ere BReyaame Lo See Ole Opes eser si eens cece ieee: UA 8 Cee tere eal| etre ee beeen cae AS SD MISS GkT Ollie eke eee eee eee esooe? QGP Ala weeccsen el naan tell cae PACLeTATI eID) ChrOlitiee ss essere cease secrete sce |e sanecsee Merenoact 24. vyeeee | ares C. E. Mitchell & Co., Ludington, Mich...............] .-- | 18 9-10 74 -|*25 9-10 McCollin & Lee, Essexville, Mich... .............ceeece0e | cereee | eee 25 eo el ecarcads Je ED rev In alco eeu oO) peters ee tee tate en eset ice alee re eect ee a NCO Tn MIEN Val ree bs Uhh ea eee eee ene cen eter BAe ee ticcetae learn | eee 42 DUMP Arica SU live UthAlOl sss el we oOOs cel Gees teed etree rece ot (aN oral | ie es There was evidently no attempt at a combination among the bidders, and if there had been, at least as regards the first and most important sections upon which proposals were opened, some surprises would uudoubtedly have fallen to the knowing ones. Hughes Bros. & Bangs of Syracuse, N. Y., who are engaged in constructing the Sault lock, were not looked upon as competi- tors but they submitted an important bid on the Grosse point work. It was thought that some eastern dredging concerns would try to secure a portion of this work, but E. R. Seward of Albany, N. Y., is the only bidder as yet showing up, whose place of business is distant from the lakes. J. Shad- dock of Beaufort, N. C., who has been here all week, also intended to seek a portion of the big job, but his idea was to bring machinery from the coast and construct scows here, which would undoubtedly bea losing undertaking, as against the strong competition encountered on the lakes. Mr. E.S. Upham of Williams, Upham & Dougherty and 8. O. Dixon of Racine, Wis., are also here, although they have not as yet appeared as bidders. On the most important section, the work at Grosse point flats, which in- volves the removal of about 2,900,000 cublic feet of clay, gravel and sand, the the price asked by the successful bidders, Breyman Bros. of Toledo, was 6 cents a yard less than that of the next lowest bidder, which would be equal to about $175,000 on the job. The Messrs. Breyman had dug holes all over the section before putting ina bid. They own the largest dredge in the United States and are in every way capable of carrying out the contract. They already have under contract 2 $100,000 job on the government straight channel work at Toledo. L. P. & J. A. Smith, whose successful bid on the section at the mouth of the Detroit river is very low in comparison with other bids, also took the pre- caution of going over the channel very carefully at this point, and are un- doubtedly fully aware of the kind of material to be removed. Wheat and Corn in Store at Lake Ports. The following table, prepared from reports of the Chicago board of trade, shows the stocks of wheat and corn in store at the principal points of accumulation on the lakes on Dec, ro, 1892: Wheat, bu. Corn, bu, CHICAS Ocean tae ee chin 10, 703,000 4,583,000 JONCORd cermene erees conic arn as: ROVS 37 OOO gov ee VG yao eae ene 2,158,000 9,000 IEthOl Bree ot eee a oie 367,000 54,000 SOLE OM eases ne 3,525,000 176,000 BUA @ atest tiie: caetereee ss 4,998,000 618,000 AUSTEN Bali ie rents 32,288,000 5,440,000 PATTERSON' S NAUTICAL DICTIONARY ($5) AND THE MARINE REVIEW ($2) BOTH TO ANY ADDRESS IN UNITED STATES OR CAN- ADA FOR $6. IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE DICTIONARY THE REVIEW WILL REFUND THE MONEY. St. Mary's Falls Canal Commerce. through the St. Mary's Falls canal shows a wonderful increase over all previous years. It is enough to note in connece- tion with the full statement printed below, ee ane freight tonnage of the canal for the season just closed aggregates 11,214,835 net tons, a gain of 2,325,- 574 tons, or 26 per cent., over 1891. In the registered tonnage passing through the canal there is a gain of 27 per cent., and the value of freight shows a pro- portionate increase, although the price per unit ou flour, wheat and grain has been reduced for the present season. We are indebted to Gen. Poe for the following comparative statement of the canal commerce : COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF COMMERCE THROUGH ST. MARY'S FALLS CANAL, MICHIGAN, FOR THE SEASONS oF 1891 AND 1892. Again the statement of commerce SEASON. INCREASE. DECREASE. ITEMS. Designation. ae ; | 1891. 1892. ||Amount. Fax Amount. py te FESSCISSeee eae Number........ 10,191 12,580 2,389 eee Pie gee ae Number pee 5 ines 6 aiees Bei ae ' ror| Otis... et tons...... »400, 686 047,20: 246,51 qTenaeee taehee aired Net tons ae 8.888, 759 1214.33 2,325,574 5 Clits ; 95,896 ||....-02. oe Com a eee Nei tons 2,507,532 | 2,904,266 || 396,784 MIGUR Ye A ite eas Barrels......... 3,780,143 | 5,418,135 || 2,627,992 Wihteaitetee one ec encnrss Bushels........ 38,816,570 '40,994,780 |) 2,178,210 Grain, other than wheat.|Bushels........ 1,032,104 1,666,690 Coree Manufact'd and pig iron.) Net tons...... 69,741 101,520 31,779 Saltz er eae Barrels.........|| 284,528] 275,740 41,212 COpPen Aes eee eee Net tons...... 69,190 64,993 See Mir OMsORGreasc ste stees Weeweees Net tons...... 3,560,213 4,901,182 1,340,919 IO Gt seater case M feet. B. M.|) 366,305 | 512,844 || 146,539 SIIWETRONC seeeeeseeeensenes Net tons...... eealeip)l 1,930 199 Building stone..............--- Net tons ..... 44,080 39,698 ai seceh eee (b) Unclassified freight..|Net tons ...... 417,093 459,146 42,053 } TG eesti cee coe 8,737 Nore (b) Included in the item of nn- Nene Sees Ste ear fees tae 12 Claes ed see 490 i hatin' tons of wool and 626 tons Unregistered ...- ecu bens Ole TO Ua ace es 12,580 Canal was open to navigation during the season of 1891--225 days. Canal was open to navigation during the season of 1892--233 days. TABLE SHOWING THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF FREIGHT THROUGH ST. MARY'S FALLS CANAL, MICHIGAN, DURING SEASON OF 1892. ITEMS. Designation.| Quantity. Eee oa Valution. Coal, (hard and soft)... ...|Net tons......| 2,904,266 | $ 3 50 | $10,164,931 00 OUI ee eee ...|Barrels.......- 5,418,135 4-00 21,672,540 00 WihG@atisece re costes ...|Bushels. 40,994,780 75 30,746,085 00 Grain, (other than wheat) ..|Bushels. 1,666,690 56 933,346 40 Manufactured iron. ad Net tons 59,772 50 00 2,988,600 00 Pillai Ones ere Net tons 41,748 17 00 709,716 00 alt..... ...|Barrels......... 275,740 1 00 275,740 00 CODD Clie esses ote es eu eges ac eeeeees Rs Net tons...... 64,993 | 200 00 12,998,600 00 ERONC OGG As, eae ek oe eee Net tons....... 4,901,132 350 | 17,153,962 00 UNA DOR ke, oe eee nes See M feet, B. M 512,844 18 06 9,231,192 00 ULVETROGer Adee CUNO Meese seteeneneeeteete Net tons..... 1,930 | 153 79 296,814 70 DST GHIMN EES OMG Reese seer Net tons...... 39,698 10 00 396,980 00 (Umiclassitvedmirele imeem ese Net tons ...... 459,146 60.00 27,548,760 00 $135,117,267 10 Norme--The price per unit is based on the estimated values used in 1885, ex- cept in case of Flour, Wheat and Grain, where prices of 1892 are used. Average Value per ton of frelehitcnc.o1. ene ee $12.05. At the Works of the Detroit Dry Dock Company. At the Wyandotte yard of the Detroit Dry Dock Company four big steel steamers, contracted with the past two months, are allon the ways, and at the Orleans street yard, Detroit, the monster wooden car ferry is nearly ready to be launched. 'The Selwyn Eddy, steel freight carrier launched at Wyandatte on Wednesday of last week, is also at the Orleans street yard receiv- ing boilers and machinery. 'These six steamers, no one of which will cost less than $200,000, and all coming within the output of the company for less than a single year, certainly indicate a most active season in the different departments of the plant of this company. Of the four steel steamers on the stocks at the Wyan- dotte yard, two are the side-wheel passenger boats for the Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Company; the third is the pack- age freight boat for the New York Central Railway, and the fourth a coarse freight steamer for Capt. E. M. Peck and others. Every day a car load of from 15 to 20 tons of finished plate is re- ceived for these four boats, on.a contract with the Cleveland.Roll- ing Mill Company for 2,500 tons of this material. Although work on the two Detroit & Cleveland passenger boats, which will cost about $300,000 each, was not begun until late in the fall, the builders say they will launch one of them in a few weeks, and will have both in commission on the opening of the passen- ger season in June next. The dry dock company has prepared plans for another big dry dock and will very probably begin con- struction early in the spring.