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AT HEAD. OF THE. LAKES, Duluth, Sept. 3, 1906.--For some time past the Allouez docks have been com- plaining of a scarcity of boats which has not only reduced shipments but has crowded the docks uncomfortably for storage space. At the Missabe docks the same condition has been true inter- mittently but there in turn the docks are congested by the arrival of a fleet of boats as during last week from Friday morning to Sunday when fifteen boats were there continuously and two were held up in the bay. Loading was also delayed because of the lack of proper ores for some of the cargoes. These conditions are not unique, but are par- ticularly aggravating following close on delays aggregating 48-hours from weath- 'er conditions. The transfer yards laid out at Proctor where the scales are lo- cated, have since they begun to be used two months-ago proved of great assist- ance in handling the ore. Now the various ores for the different groups which are loaded out of certain docks are separated out of the trains at Proc- tor, avoiding the necessity of transfer- ring on the docks as formerly. The new 550-footers Mather and Rid- dle were loaded at the Duluth docks for the first time last week and the load- ing was carefully watched to note the adaptability of the 60-foot beam to present loading devices. The Mather used. sections in loading two feet longer than ordinary, and, while she -- will be able to be loaded only at docks No. 3 and No. 4, no difficulty was experienced. The shipment record for August is as fol- lows: "TAE Marine REVIEW increase this year, nearly a million of that has been gained at the ~Missabe docks, With one-half of the new No. 4 dock working the attempt will be made to ship 2,000,000 tons from Duluth dur- ing September. Compared with the total shipment of 754,934 bushels in grain trade a week ago, only 680,558 bushels were moved from the head of the lakes during the week under review. The receipts and shipments of grain compare as_ below. The rate still remains at two cents to Buffalo. Receipts Shipments. Aug. 25. Sept. 1. Aug. 25. Sept. 1. Wheat 98,430 73,027 264,246 420,906 Corn 707 14,147 Oats 70,383 139,286 182,108 89,932 Barley.. 96,781 107,528 . 62,157 85,066 Rye. .5 33250" 0,525 Flaxseed 98,983 95,056 246,423 70,507 During the past week the Page Trans- portation Co. was incorporated at Du- luth to operate the schooner M. W. Page, formerly registered at Detroit for O. W.. Blodgett of Bay City. Herbert R. Spencer, Fred P. Houghton and David W. Stocking were the incorporators and the capital stock which will probably be in property as provided far in the char- ter is to be $50,000. The Inter Ocean Steamship Co. of Duluth, of which G. A. Tomlinson is president, has amended ~ its certificate of incorporation so that the capital stock is now $300,000, On the afternoon of Aug. 31 the stern of the Lafayette from the twelfth hatch | back was towed into Duluth by -- the steamer Colgate, Capt. A. G. McLeod, and the tug Zenith. It was a novel and a difficult task bringing the hull in, and over two hours were required to navi- TWO. 2 8 Harbors. Duluth. Superior. Total. Age at, 06... ee 431,486 563,211 191,097. _--i1, 185,794 Ae i 0s i 426,037 '4908,720° 233,011 .- 1,153,368 bie es oe, 5,499 64,491 *42,514 112,454 De 1,256,883 1,585,922 906,960 -- 3,749,765 Pe Os ee ae 1,251,365 1,419,221 700,988 3,371,574 eee ee. 68,510" -- 100,701 205,072 378,191 Tl TO es 1,288,625 1,783,086 917,761 3,980,472 Oe 31,742 197,164 10,801 . 239,707 Poa oept. t, 1006. 2.8 5,122,036 6,518,430 3,578,496 15,218,962 Total to Sept. 1, 1905. Fie oe es 5,018,358 5,533,597 3:220,979 13,772,934 Nie a ae 103,078 984,833 357,517 ~--«1,446,028 *Decrease. _ There are eel noteworthy facts brought out in the above table, principal- ly that the shipments from each of the three docks were less in August than in July and the total falling off amounted to 239,707 tons. It also appears that: the Allouez docks handled less in the past ten days than in any other seven days during the month, However, the ship- ments during the first three weeks of the month last year were so small that the total for August, 1905, was less than this year's total by over 200,000 tons, It is easy to see where the great activity is when we note that of the 1,466,028 tons gate the last few miles into the canal. The wreck is now resting on the bottom in Howard's pocket near the ship yard, awaiting the work of transferring . the machinery. The method of raising her was described in the Marine REVIEW of August 2 The strike of the freight handlers at the Duluth docks has been settled, and the men have returned to work accepting the straight 35 cents an hour. The situa- tion as it is nowis set forth ina state- ment by superintendent E. C. Blanch- ard of the Northern Pacific. "The men have voluntarily returned _ 33 to work, without any concession having been made on the part of the Northern Pacific, except that when the strike was inaugurated and we found ourselves short of men, we advanced the wages from 30 to 35 cents an hour. All condi- tions and customs are the same as in the past. The strike was very honor- ably conducted by the men and there will be no discrimination against them unless their actions warrant it in. fu- ture. But the men who have worked on: the Northern Pacific docks during the strike will be retained as long as they desire and their services are satisfactory, in preference to men who ape for work after August 28." Printed notices will be none at the Northern Pacific docks as follows: "All men who have worked on. North- ern Pacific docks during the -- period from August 20 to 28 inclusive, will be retained in preference to men hired after August 28. "The wages during the balagee of the season of navigation, 1906, will be 35 cents per hour for all hourly men, with other conditions the same as in the past." The congestion of coal boats at this port has been materially relieved during the past week, but there is less storage | space unfilled on the docks and some grades of coal are well filled up. Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd., launched from their ship building yard = at Whiteinch, Aug. 20, a large steel screw steamer for the Indian service of the Anchor line, of the following dimen- s.ons: Length, 440 ft.; breadth; 53 ft.; depth, 32.6 ft. molded; with a ross" tonnage of 6,200 tons, and a dead- weight capacity of 8,000 tons.. The vessel, which has been built to the highest class of the British Corporation, will be fitted with triple-expansion 'en- gines, the cylinders being 29%, 49 and 81 in. in diameter with four feet six inches stroke, and will have three large double-ended boilers. There will be ten powerful steam winches, one of them, with warping ends, being placed on the poop for facility in ee the vessel in port. The United States army transport | Sheridan, is ashore on Barber's Point, island of Oaku, on which Honolulu is located. She is lying broadside ex- posed to a heavy surf. The Sheridan. was formerly the British steamer Massachusetts. The steamer Samuel Mather, on her maiden trip, loaded 11,028 gross tons of ore at Duluth for South Chicago. The Mather is 550 ft. over all and 60 ft. beam and was built at the Wyan- -- dotte yard of the American Ship Building Co. ;