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TAE Marine REVIEW : | 25 bronze bushes. The tail shaft is of delta metal and is fitted with two ball bearing thrust blocks and a gun metal three-bladed 17-in propellor. The entire installation of the engine, gear box, steering column, and control is lined up and fixed to a bed plate consisting of 4 inch channels as shown in the illus- tration; thus making a complete unit in itself which can be fitted in a boat without the more difficult and unsatisfactory operation of lining up in place. TWO MORE STEAMERS FOR CLEVELAND CLIFBS. The Cleveland Cliffs Transport Co. closed contract this week with the Great Lakes Engineering Works of Detroit fortwo 10,000-ton steamers to come out next July and Au- gust. 'The steamers are to be 550 ft. over all, 530 ft. keel. -56 ft. beam and 31 ft. deep, but there is a stipulation in the contract that the dimensions in so far as one of the steamers is concerned, may later be changed. They will be built upon the arch system of construction, -with side tanks. In letting this contract, the company has stipulated for triple-expansion engines of somewhat greater power than it has been customary of late to put in lake steamers. The Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co. is especially prompt in profit- ing by experience, and the decision to give the new vessels engines of greater power is influenced by the lesson of the late great storm on Lake Superior, when it was clearly. manifested that the great steamers had not sufficient power to care for themselves in a storm of such violence. Pres- : ident Antonio C. Pessano and Sec'y John R. Russel, of the the Great Lakes Engineering Works, were both in Cleve- land this week, arranging the details of the contracts. This _ makes a total of six bulk freighters and a car ferry that the Great Lakes Engineering Works has under order for next season's. delivery. ' TOTAL MOVEMENT OF IRON ORE. The ore shipments for 1905 have exceeded all expec- tations. The total movement to Dec. 1 has been 33,071,844 tons, an increase of 12,211,624 tons over the season of 1904. To this total of the present year, however, must still be added the December shipments, which will approximate 500,000 tons. The movement this year will therefore be 6,000,000 greater than the record-breaking year of 1902, when 27,500,000 tons were moved. To these figures, of course, must still be added the total movement by rail, so that the maximum movement for 1905 will probably be 34,000,000 tons. The astounding significance of these fig- ures can be appreciated by looking backward a few years. Following were the shipments by ports during November and during the season to Dec. 1, with shipments for last year 'given. for comparative purposes: Nov. Nov, lo Dee. 1, To Dec: o, 1904. 1905. 1904. 1905. Escanaba «4. 554,991 630,463 3,506,923 5,176,385 0 ee a, 400 2 a, Marquette .2. ... 318,209 294,040 1,806,891 2,925,250 Asvland: 6 43.5 307,742 -- 420,346 2,260,087 3,460,120 MUORTION <,...... 649,809 468,827 4,132,064 5,043,234 Pet 628,961 871,730 4,574,012 8,767,706 Two Harbors 683,349 649,823 4,500,872 7,690,149 Orel f,.1.. os 3,203,008 3,341,229 20,860,220 33,071,844 12,211,624 1905 Increase.... 138,168 MR. W. H. BECKER ORDERS FREIGHTER. Mr. W. H. Becker 'gave a contract to the American Shipbuilding Co., for a freighter to come out' July next. The new steamer will be built: at Cleveland, and will be 440 ft. over all, 420 ft. keel, 52 ft. beam and 28 ft. deep, and will carry 7,500 tons of ore. She will have triple-ex- pansion engines, 22, 35 and 58 in. cylinder diameters, by 42-in. stroke. She will have two Scotch boilers, 13 ft. 9 in. diameter and 11 ft. 6 in. long, allowed 170 lbs. pressure. She will be built on the arch system of construction, but her water ballast will not extend along the side, being con- fined purely to the bottom. CHICAGO GRAIN REPORT. | Chicago, Dec. 5.--Grain freights are. closing the season quietly here at 2% cents Buffalo corn and some hold at Buffalo business reported at 234 cents per bu. The ship- ping of the past week was light and thus distzibuted: Via all rail lines of flour, 113,095 bbls.; wheat, 188,630 bu.; corn, 1,037,824 bu.; oats. 1,484,537 bu. and barley, 280,074 bu. And via lake to Buffalo and other American ports of flour, 72,300 bbls.; wheat, 402,700 bu.; corn, 317,000 bu. and oats, 80,000 bu. The navigating of wooden-hulls expiring today by rea- son of insurance limitation it looks that prompt chartering will not be continued to any extent. Nevertheless, cargo underwriters are disposed to support any final shipping effort by extending insurance on approved vessels sailing up to midnight of Dec. 8 at special rates. Interest is turning to winter storage and for the most part shippers figure upon an active call for vessels shortly after Jan. 1. No rates have been suggested as yet, but there is promise of a heavy corn movement to Lake Michigan elevators, whereas present indications point to a comparatively light supply of vessel capacity. Last year the visible supply, exclusive of liners, aggregated closely around 22,000,000 bu. Lake and rail shipments. _ This Week Last Week Same Week last year Wheat .1..3 5). 591,330 230,479 525,080 OLN: aia ee 1,354,824 1,353,074 2,302,253 OMS ee ae 1,504,537 > 92,175,150. 826,009 Rye) we ee 15,095 (25,302 17,709 Batley aug fe 280,074 268,501 140,362 Lote area: 3,806,760 4,053,112 3,812,013 Flour. oe. 185,432 (Bbls.) 171,619 121,056 Shipments since | Same Time Jan 1, 1905. last year Wheat pie Lee. 12,840,984 16,714,917 Corn (C07 eee. 86,367,685 68,688,558 Oats 50... 59,639,002 44,179,832 RY (360). 1,070,865 L473 917 Barley... oe, 6,126,521 " 5,320,413 Foal 3. 166,045,057 136,377,437 PIOUL sor. ee 6,765,921 (Bbls.) 6,697,731 Stocks of grain in elevators! This Week Last Week Same Week last year Wheat. saw ven cs 9,120,000 8,812,000 3,867,000 COM 0 siete 1,899,000 1,513,000 1,328,000 Oats "12,648,000 13,205,000 9,104,000 RYG 7) eee ee 649,000 | 646,000 443,000 Batlevr ccc 6 ese 251,000 352,000 138,000 Pola eer ek 24,567,000 24,528,000 14,880,000 TAKES FORMAL POSSESSION OF PLANT. The Toledo Ship Building Co. took formal possession of the plant of the Craig Shipbuilding Co., at Toledo on Sat- urday last. The deal was entirely closed before moon. The officers are Alexander McVittie, president and assistant treasurer; H. S. Wilkinson, secretary; Lyman C. Smith, treasurer; Charles B. Calder, general manager; Frank E. Kirby, consulting engineer; Howard J. Shephard, cashier. Steps will be taken at once to make the plant capable of constructing and caring for the largest craft on the lakes. COMMERCE OF SAULT STE. MARIE CANAL. The statement of the commerce of the Sault Ste. Marie canals, prepared by the superintendent of canals, shows a total movement for the year to Dec. 1, of 43,000,473 tons. There is, of course, to be added to these figures, the De- cember movement before the total of the year can be secured. This is by all odds the heaviest season that the canals have ever had.