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a being in full blast. * prevails on the range with freezing tem- _ docks. 32 AT HEAD OF, THE LAKES. Duluth, May 13.--The' harbor here is © continuing very 'active in the effort to compensate for the tardy opening al- though the mining of ore is far from Cold weather still peratures every night so that much of the ore is frozen as it comes to the - On the other hand, the loading of coal at lower lake ports is delaying "the arrival of boats at this end and the quantity of coal carried is lengthening the time consumed generally on _ the round trip. One mining company oper- ating several mines whose ore is car- ried by associated vessel interests has had to resort to stocking ore at its shaft mines and to holding back work in open. pit because of delays | in handling coal cargoes. An idea of the amount of coal being handled can be gained from the -- receipts so far this season at the Duluth- Superior harbor which amount to 707,519 tons, of which: 923, 034 tons | were received at Superior. The effect of delays in completing the vessels now under construction being felt but it is expected that the end of May will see this year's ship- ments on even terms with last year. Boats have not had the use of No. 5 dock at Two Harbors up to this time, and will not until about June 1, added to which the usual troubles connected with operating a new coal dock now be- ing experienced by the Duluth & Iron Range railroad are holding boats at - Two Harbors longer than under ordi- nary circumstances. Particularly is this true of the Stecl Corporation boats, a number of which are tied up there. During the week from May 1 to May 7 docks made'large gains in the ship- ment of ore and as the rain for which both mining and farming interests have been looking for to loosen up the ground, has come it is probable that the expectation of record shipments will be realized providing a fair amount of good weather prevails. While wheat for July ~and September hit the dollar mark in Duluth today, the crop 'situation is not Critical for farmers in this district claim that as good a crop as last year. may still be raised with favorable. con- ditions from now on. The ore shipment figures for the week May 1-7 are as fol- lows: Duluth, 310,370 tons against 210,- 936 last year; Two Harbors, 212,182 tons against 218,269 tons in 1906; Superior, 193,257 tons against 112,738 tons in 1906. _ This means that on the 7th Duluth was 182,300 tons behind last year, Two Har- 'bors 291,546 tons behind, and Superior 23,066 tons behind, an aggregate of 496,- 912 tons as compared with 670,778 tons a week ago. The interesting feature both in the figures of last week and this is also. JAE MARINE REVIEW is the increased shipments: from the Al- louez docks jthis. year as contrasted with a year ago. The Pittsburg Steamship Co. has in- stalled a whistle signaling system .at Two Harbors for the convenience of its boats.. A code has been prepared: made up of long and short blasts which pro- vides a certain signal for each boat. All of the company's boats run the Two Harbor course and when they arrive off of that point they blow the boats' sig- nal which is repeated by the dock fol- lowed by blasts indicating whether the boat is to put in at Two Harbors or go to Duluth or Superior. If the boat goes to Two Harbors still other signals in- form the boat captain at which dock and on which side his boat. is Heretofore boats coming into Two Har- bors have had to come within hailing. distance of the dock for orders. An excellent performance was made at the Boston Coal Dock & Wharf Co. in unloading the Harvey D. Goulder last -- week, carrying 10,500 tons of Hocking three-quarters (bituminous) running into the slip the boat grounded -and for half a day only two rigs could © be used. For the balance of the time the six rigs were used completing the Soe a ihe CO D. Seal dock ab unloading in, 20 hours and 35 minutes of actual working time or at.'the rate of 84 tons a minute. ~ The rigs are two of the Wellman- Seaver-Morgan, type and four of the Brown hoist and their record for the performance was a little better than 85 - tons per rig per hour. Considerable has been said sbbue low water this spring and - one zenprt quoted level is all of a foot low. "Boats at. this port, however, are loading to. 18 ft 11 in. and a little more, and the 'only point that is being watched is at Sailors'. En- campment in St.. Marys. river. On Saturday last the. steamer R. L Ireland, wrecked. off..Ashland last ~ fall and afterward towed to. Duluth with great difficulty for repairs at the Super- ior shipyards, left here with her first cargo of ore, having been towed over to the dock from Superior the day previ- ous. AROUND THE ,GREAT LAKES. The barge Yankee which sank at the B. & O. slip at Sandusky has been raised and towed to Johnson's Island for repairs. The tug Kelderhouse which ran aground near Dunkirk, N. Y., has been abandoned by the underwriters as a total loss. The steamer Joseph C. Gilchrist which was in collision with the steamer John Sherwin. in paired at Buffalo. the ice is being re- coal. In ing ,The coal cargo of the barge Mel- 05 which sprung a leak while being towed to St. Ignace, has been sold to S. C..McLouth of Marine City: Wm. McCullough, of Port Huron, has been given contract forthe re- moval of the machinery of the steamer Pilgrim on the beach near. Port Huron. The contract to raise the: passenger steamer Mascotte, sunk. at. her dock at Hancock, has been given by'the under- writers to the Reid Vi eeGe Co. of Sarnia. The steamer iene Age broke : her rudder in the Detroit river while bound up with the schooner Cobb in tow. The steamer put in at Sandwich with the Belp of the tug Industry. to! tie | up.) Work" "will be' started next week by a the government contractors in dredging eons outiance to the pathae "will be wideued and several shoals removed. Judge D. E. Haven has given a de- cision to Sudden & Christensen of San Francisco for $20,000 salvage for tow- the disabled steamer City | of Pueblo into port on Dec. 30, 1905. A survey. is being. made by the gov- ernment steamer, Visitor of the chan- 'Toledo... Ft is. desired to enlarge the channel from 400 to 500 ft. in width and 21 ft. in depth. . The contract for the improvement of Manitowoc Harbor has been let to the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., at a figure./ per cent lower than the low- est bid received in the competitive bid- ding... This was $213,000 with' only $200,000 available. The: Lake Shore Co, - Navigation which will operate the steamer City of Cleveland. between Cleveland, Toledo and Cedar Point this year, has ar- ranged to dock the boat-at J. M. Dew- ey & Co.'s dock. at: Toledo. | James Squires, of- St. Clair, Mich, has purchased: the "steamer Oregon which has lain partly submerged in Menominee river at Milwaukee for nearly a year. After a general over- hauling she will engage in the lumber trade. As a result of the government. tak- ing possession of its Water street property at Sault Ste. Marie, the Kemp offices will be removed to the lower dock and the tug office will go to the old ferry dock on the Seymour estate. The schooner S. B. Pomeroy is -on the bottom of the Black river just north of the Lorain dry dock of the American Ship Building Co, She had taken on a load of 800 tons of soft coal at the B. & O. Whirly dock when she began to sink. The tug Harvey D. Goulder was summoned and towed _her into shallow water.