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AT HEAD OF LAKES. Duluth, Oct. 9, 1906.--The shipment of ore from Mesabi and Vermillion. range ports fell.off materially during. the -past week. .Throughout the week: there was a scarcity. of boats at upper lake docks; due: largely to delays at Lake Erie ports in unloading and in loading coal. At the end of the week, however, a consid- erable number of coal cargoes - were waiting at this end to unload and sev- eral»-boats: were five and six days; un- loading. Some of the coal docks were empty at the same time, however, that two or three boats were lined up wait- ing for another dock. that quite a saving could be accomplished by an agreement between do¢ks whereby a dock that was open could be used by another that was. crowded especially : where the same: kind of coal is handled 'at both places. The receipts of coal tiis year have been over a million tons. in excess of the shipment at this time last year, but on the other hand. stocks at this end are lower than last year,, be- cause of the large increase in demand. At Port Arthur and Fort William the quantity of coal in sight before the close . of navigation promises a stringency in the supply during 'the winter, but it seemS impossible to forward it' ahy faster. At both ends of the route the output of the mines has had 'to be checked to accommodate it to the supply °°. of boats and cars.. The ore mines dur- ing the past week were for a couple of days when boats were particularly scarce shipping practically nothing, and the 'coal mines haye been in a somewhat similar position. The figures showing the ore shipments indicate a large increase over last year, despite the lessened activity, much of which. gain was made during the last two days of the week. The. figures are: Two Harbors, 225,035 tons; Duluth, 350,- - 088 tons, and Superior, 179,644 tons, a total of 754,067, or 104,308 tons less than the same week in September. During the same week last year the shipments were: Two Harbors, 231,480 tons; Du- --luth, 258,329 tons, and Superior, 164,977 tons, an aggregate of 654,786 tons. The. gain during the week over last year was 99,281 tons. The total shipment for 1906 _ from these three ports is 19,743,162 tons, against 17,318,171 tons last year, an in- crease of 2,424,991 tons. - In connection with the leasing of the, Great Northern ore land to the United: "States Steel - 'Corporation many predic- tions of tremendous shipments next year . "have been made. 'There is no' real reason for this. A bigger factor in the increas-. ing of shipmetits-next year than the ore deal will be: the few docks at Duluth 'and Superior: and the added boat ton- : "nage. The increase resulting directly It would seem: TAe Marine REVIEW from the recent transfer will pass over the Allouez docks entirely, will amount only to approximately 1214 per cent of the docks' total shipment, and will add less to the ore movement than the open- ing up of some individual mines have. It will mean that about 150 more boats of the Steel Corporation, line will load at Superior than have in the past, a fact which in the matter of dispatch will-be a considerable advantage as the Allouez docks have. been considered with the 27 which is the normal amount. Predictions are that one-third less grain will be ship- ped as the result of the inadequacy of _the railroad. ----- WRECK OF ADA MEDORA.: In attempting to enter Buffalo harbor in the gale of Oct. 6, the lumber Jaden schooner Ada Medora ran on the north breakwater, the impact causing her seams to open and the vessel to fill with water.. The crew escaped to the break- docks at Ashland and Two Harbors as the fastest on the lakes. The grain rate continues at 234 cents from Duluth, with slightly declining re- ceipts during the first week of the month. For September the total re- ceipts and shipments were close to a mil- lion bushels in excess of the figures last year. For the week ending October 7, 1906, the receipts were 4,124,467 bushels and the shipments 3,359,394 bushels. Compared with this statement the re- ceipts and shipments for the same week last year show that 4,184,054 bushels were handled in and 4,181,701 bushels handled out. The comparative statement for the past two weeks is as_ follows, showing that the stocks at the head of the lakes continue to increase : Receipts. . * Shipments. ipeSepts: 29. Oct; Sent, 29: : Oct... 7. Wheat .-- é 2,842,741 2,701, nee 1, 825, 317 (2: 250, 247 POON 6 9,830 7; 137 (RTT ihe ans Solis , Oats - .;-.2 187,645 264, 570 173 3493. 18, 830 Barley. 583,060 "574,507 578, 802 368, ores aRye = 1730 27,801 22,371 et iat ; Flaxseed 444,995 554,731 247 285" "66088 A serious congestion exists at Bors William in the matter of moving grain cars. Delays all along the Canadian Pa- cific between Winnipeg and the Canadian head of the lakes have been augumented so that the condition is practically one of a.grain blockade. Only about 150 cars a-day are being moved instead of 300 THE BARGE ADA MEDORA ON THE BREAKWATER AT. BUFFALO. water and were afterwards taken off by the life savers. Shortly after the ac- -companying photograph was taken, the Medora was pounded to pieces and is now sunk with only her spars visible. RECORD FOR GRAIN CARGO. The steamer B. F. Jones.loaded 370,- 273 bushels of Duram wheat at Duluth Tuesday noon. It was. shipped by the Ames Brooks Co. D. T. Helm & Co, agents, at 234 cents: This is the lake record for a grain cargo. TRADE NOTE. ~C. 'Lee Cook' Manufacturing Co., Louisville, Ky., has recently put' out an excellent 'little catalog for © Cook's metallic packing for steam, gas or air. The © catalog contains a complete description of metallic packing manu- factured by this company. The cata- log is -well illustrated with ~ fine wash drawings. 'In 'the rear pages of the catalog are given a list of con- cerns that are using this packing. Among the concerns sing it on the lakes are the Detroit, Belle Isle & Windsor Ferry Co., Detroit, and the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., Chi- cago.