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MARINE REVIEW. It Capacity of Lake Erie Ore Docks. From the 1897 Blue Book of American Shipping. Copyrighted. More than 8,000,000 tons of iron ore is now unloaded annually from vessels to docks, or transferred direct into cars, at Lake Erie ports. In 1895 the receipts aggregated 8,112,228 tons; in 1896 the total was 8,026,432 tons. Of late years the tendency has been to transfer the ore direct from vessels to cars, thus saving the expense of a second handling, and it is thought that the time is, not far distant when storage capacity will be increased at furnace plants, so that little, if any, ore will be stored on Lake Erie docks. The figures just quoted will serve to show the great capacity of ore docks at Lake Erie ports, which are in most cases equipped with machinery capable of unloading vessels of 5,000 tons capacity in a single day. Names of dock companies and dock managers, together with a description of machinery on each of the docks, are printed here- with. From these same ports about 6,500,000 tons (net) of coal, anthra- cite and bituminous, is moved annually to upper-lake ports, but the ma- chinery used to transfer the coal from cars to vessels is not the same as that used for the ore. BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N. Y. Buffalo Furnace Co., F. E. Bachman, manager, M. A. Hanna & Co., of Cleveland, sales agents.--Four McMyler cantilever machines, which are movable; will work hatches of 16 feet centers and over. Capacity of plant, 90 to 140 gross tons per hour, depending upon vessel and kind of ore. It is expected that rock dredging in Buffalo Creek will be com- pleted in May, 1896, so as to provide 19 feet of water over the rock from city zero. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co., Erie Basin, W. A. Fleming, western freight manager.--Six-rig Excelsior hoist, built by Ex- celsior Iron Works Co., Cleveland; capable of unloading 2,000 gross tons in ten'hours. All rigs can be worked on any vessel having hatches of 24 feet centers or less. No storage room. Rochester & Pittsburg Coal & Iron Co., W. H. Hazen, dock super- intendent, 694 Ellicott Square Bldg.--One Brown hoist of two legs and five Excelsior revolving derricks. Minnesota Dock Co., C. E. Hebard, superintendent, operated by Pickands, Mather & Co., of Cleveland.--Five McMyler revolving derricks on dock and two of same type on lighters. The latter are for steamboat fueling business and are available for handling ore when required. Lehigh Valley Railroad, Tifft Farm, A. C. Lanctot, agent.--Two Brown hoists with three legs each, two McMyler rotary derricks, and one 40-ton derrick. Buffalo Dock Co., Blackwell canal, office 65 and 66 Erie County Bank Building --Six McMyler rotary derricks and tramways for storage service. Tonawanda Iron and Steel Co., North Tonawanda.--Brown hoisting and conveying plant of four legs. ERIE, PA. Erie & Pittsburgh Ry., H. T. Raser, superintendent for M. A. Hanna & Co., of Cleveland.--Twelve Brown hoists of 1896 design. Philadelphia & Erie Ry., Davis Rees, agent.--Five McMyler revolving derricks of 1890 design; all in good order and capable of unloading 2,500 tons per day of twelve hours. Carnegie Dock, J. L. 'Burnett, superintendent for Pickands, Mather & Co.--Brown hoisting and conveying machinery, twelve legs. CONNEAUT, O. Pittsburg & Conneaut Dock Co., E. Day, superintendent.--T wo rown rigs of three legs each, one King rig of two legs, and six revolving es also two King rigs of two legs each under construction, May, ASHTABULA, O. Pittsburg, Youngstown & Ashtabula Ry. Co., (Pennsylvania side), co. B, Raser, superintendent for M. A. Hanna & Co.--Three plants, one of which has ten legs and two of which have eight legs each. Two of these plants, built by the King Bridge Co., of Cleveland, are modern in every Way and can be divided up to work any number of hatches. The third is Stationery, 24 feet centers. There are also on this dock nine revolving derricks, which can be worked any way in which they are fitted to vessels. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. Co., J. P. Manning, agent.-- Docks Nos. 1 and 2, operated by Minnesota Dock Co., (Pickands, Mather & Co.), Ed. S, Henry, superintendent, have Brown rigs of ten and twelve legs, respectively. Dock No. 3, operated by Angeline Dock Co., GJ. 13%, Outhwaite & Co.), J. H. Burton, superintendent, has one Brown rig of six legs and five McMyler rotary derricks. Dock No. 4, operated by Superior Dock Co., (Oglebay, Norton & Co.), J. E. Savage, superintendent, has One Brown rig of six legs, six McMyler rotary hoists, and six hoists made y Variety Iron Works, of Cleveland. Dock No. 5 has a Brown rig of six €gs, but in May, 1896, a car-dumping machine for loading coal was being erected on this dock, and if successful the dock will probably not be used. for ore. Dock No. 6, operated by Mahoning & Shenango Dock Co., (J. H. Outhwaite & Co.), J. H. Burton, superintendent, has Brown rigs, eight legs, and three McMyler rotary derricks. FAIRPORT, O. Pennsylvania & Lake Erie Dock Co., Wm. Truby, manager.--Five Brown rigs, two of four legs each and three of three legs each. The three "gs of three legs each can be used together or separate. There are also on this dock eighteen McMyler revolving derricks, which are used for Unloading direct into cars. CLEVELAND, 0. N.Y., P. & O. Dock Co., M. Riley, superintendent.--Nine Brown plants of three rigs each, making a total of twenty-seven rigs. All are portable and can be divided up in any way desired. Three to nine vessels, according to size, can be unloaded at this dock at one time. Cleveland & Pitstburg Dock Co., M. Andrews, superintendent.--One plant of eight legs, five plants of three legs each, and one plant of four legs, all of Brown type and modern in all respects. Machines can be moved to accommodate any number of hatches. Cleveland, Canton & Southern Railroad, H. R. Moore, general freight agent.--Five McMyler rotary hoists, three of which are rigged for un- loading ore; capacity, 1,350 tons per day. C.C. C. & St. L. Ry. Co. (Big Four), A. J. Ehrler, agent--This com- pany does not make a specialty of ore business at Cleveland, but has two McMyler rotary derricks on lower flats that can be applied to unloading pig iron in transit for shipment via their line. Cleveland Rolling Mill Co., A. S. Chisholm in charge of ore business. --Six rigs, Murgatroyd patent type, of two legs each, at Central blast fur- naces; quick working and modern; can use four rigs on one vessel or two rigs on each of two vessels. . River Furnace.--Eight dredge cranes, built by Noble & Hall, of Erie, Pa. About four of these cranes can be used to advantage on a vessel. Valley Dock, operated by Pittsburg & Chicago Gas Coal Co., J. A; Donaldson, agent.--Five McMyler rotary hoists, capable of unloading a vessel of medium size in twelve hours. LORAIN, O. Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railway Co., E. M. Pierce, agent.-- Brown hoists, six legs, erected in 1895, and of improved type; also, nine revolving derricks, of McMyler and Excelsior manufacture, handling buckets of two tons capacity, and one revolving derrick handling buckets of five tons capacity. Five of the two-ton revolving machines will be bunched in future at one station and four at another, permitting of either four or five of these machines being worked on large vessels. At the five-- ton revolving machine there is a double track, which permits of eight cars being worked at one time in loading coal. This same arrangement pre- vails at both the four and five machine dock. At the stations where four _and five two-ton machines are located, either ore or coal can be handled to advantage, but the rotary plant having five-ton buckets is used for coal. HURON, O. Huron Dock Co., O. Steadman, superintendent.--One hoisting and conveying plant of four legs and six rotary derricks, all of* McMyler manufacture. ; SANDUSKY, O. C.C. C. & St. L. Ry. Co. (Big Four), A. Raine, agent.--Seven revolv- ing derricks of Excelsior type. ~ Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, B. A. Galleher, agent--One plant of seven legs, called "Beckert" derrick; can be moved to suit hatches. TOLEDO, O. Toledo & Ohio Central Ry. Co., J. W. Reisinger, agent.--Three un- loading stations with three revolving derricks for each. Derricks are of Excelsior and McMyler kind. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Ry. Co., A. W. S. Irvine, agent.-- Three McMyler rotary hoists capable of handling about 125 gross tons per hour. : Hocking Valley Docks, R. J. Mifford, superintendent.--Eight rotary derricks. = We Unclaimed Letters. Letters addyessed to names of persons below, without the cor-. rect name of the boat remain unclaimed at the marine post-office, Detroit, Mich.: John Anderson; John Ball; John Billinghast--Str. §. 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