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22 CANADIAN GRAIN SHIPMENTS. The table accompanying this arti- cle shows grain shipments out of Port Arthur and Fort William up to June 30, including kinds, quantities, destinations and nationality of ships. Shipments during July have been un- usually active. Clearances on several days have been between 600,000 and 1,000,000. bushels, while on many days a fleet capable of moving over 2,- 000,000 bushels was lying in port loading or: waiting to load. With the quantity in store at the lake front and interior elevators, with Tae MarRINeE. REVIEW Navigation Co., six of the Canadian Lake line and seven of the Merchants & Lake Superior line are all filled, to their capacity every trip, all of which is an index of prosperity and the wants of the west. COMPLAINT FROM DREDGERS. Editor Marine ReEviEw:--The _ con- tractors who are removing the shoal at the entrance of Buffalo harbor -complain bitterly about the wonder- ful. seamanship shown by some of the captains of the large boats on the lake. These captains, though they STATEMENT SHOWING SHIPMENTS By VESSELS FROM FORT WILLIAM AND PORT AR- THUR FROM OPENING OF NAVIGATION, APRIL 29, 1907 (INCLUSIVE) WITH PORTS OF DESTINATION TO JUNE 30, 1907. neighborhood of 10,000,000 bushels) there does not appear to be any chance of a let-up in the grain carry- ing trade this summer. The indica- tions are that the season will be rec- ord-breaking in this respect. Freight rates have ruled high from the open- ing of navigation and are somewhat better today than they were at the _ opening. The minimum for Geor- Gian Bay is 2. cents; Buffalo, 2% cents; Kingston, 5% cents, and Mon- treal,. 7 cents. . The movement of coal to the Canadian head of the lakes is unprecedented. Both the Canadian Pacific dock at Fort Wil- liam and the Pittsburg dock at Port Arthur are working to their full ca- pacity. The latter dock is regarded as one of the finest receiving plants on the entire chain of lakes and is doing excellent work in the dispatch of vessels. 'The west bound package freight is exceeding all expectations. The three ships of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co., the six of the Northern : Wheat. Oats. Barley. Flax, Owen: Sound, Canadian Vessels 582,233.20 1,263,772;02 95,106.22 95,107.18 - Foreign DO ee ain Uae FUSE a gee PO ae Alte oars Midland, Canadian o DZS OOOS00 ae i Re eee a. i Foreign. ° ee ee ee a i ee, Tiffin, Canadian oe OS OC OOO ree Se ie ea ears Foreign er Oe eee ea ee Depot Harbor, Canadian'. " 2,071,519.40 476,151.10 120 57542 ree Foreign Be ee ue bis Se Foe a ones Collingwood, Canadian se oa AOORU0s 2 OE Soren ee a re ee eae oe Foreign De Ne ee ok Peed es reales GC Oe ee Ores Point Edward; " Canadian ve 91:75166.50 7,000.00 500008 9 2. a a i ea ee Meaford, Canadian a 351,957.40 132,266.06 NO5353506.0 3 en ee Foreign Be ee ig ht ete ets aresiede a eure cke seee « Goderich, Canadian c 1,089,524.50 504,342.00 61,428.00 54.667.26 Foreign ' Cr ee ccs a ae PLR aes ge ES a Thorold, Canadian a BO 65020. a lee gece Boe. Cra a ae Foreign Be ee ah ec ae as eee Kingston, Canadian Bee Bit oc es a een Fee be eee bel dae eels ; Foreign Oe ee ene Gs ec Re as gute eG a ges faie ops a eta sa savas Prescott, Canadian es Re Steis pester Tee NS CORE eee Oc en ere Foreign Re OE Noa ee are sw coke esas Montreal, Canadian ff 4,103,047.50 1,988,011.26 73,873.06 131,635.43 Foreign Ce a Metis saree a Cos a laa crys es BOGE vase wnecanstore Port Huron Canadian . OS SOSNUO ee i ce a Foreign $6 BT AESA Oe a aes ee ce veatve ae were Buffalo, Canadian s V045;,294.00.. oe a ee (a ae fee See. Foreign " 3,902,293.50 969,518.24 BR 02100. 25 See Motal Foss ous ee as 16,050,998.40 | 5,341,062.00 406,858.18 281,410.31 Canadian 'Vessels ....5.0...0.0% 5: 11,834,162.40 4,371,543.10 368,336.36 281,410.31 Foreign Vessels ....-:--eeeeees 4,216,836.00 969,518.24 $3,021 205 2 Gee ce what is still to be marketed by have been warned through the papers farmers (estimated to be in the and by the United States authorities of.the presence of this drillboat, and also having good eye-sight, show their remarkable skill by endeavor- ing to sail so close to the drillboat that they can knock the drills: over- board without sinking the drillboat. This may be remarkable seamanship oy their part; bit it argues a lack of business ability, which renders them unfit for the exalted positions which these great men fill. If most vessels can pass the drillboat per- fectly well, there is no reason why a few of them should be so smart. The result of their smartness will be that they will sink the drillboat and cause a loss of property and life. On Wednesday, July 17, the Yu- ma ran into the drillboat, breaking an anehor and damagineg< a drill frame and narrowly escaping sinking the boat. The captain said he had no idea there. was such a current there, that carried 'him down against the drillboat. If there is such a cur- rent there, these 'captains have been coming into Buffalo long enough to United States know it, and they ought-to take the north side of the drillboat as long as it is working on the south side of - the shoal. On the 18th the Tionesta and the Buffalo each struck the drillboat on the same side--the south side--in- juring a man in one of these col- lisions. Such recklessness is not to be ad- mired; and the assertions that these captains make that they have to strike a certain course, is not borne ont by the. facts: < lf the De Graf, which passed immediately after the last two vessels, could take the north side of the dredge and _ drillboat, there is no reason why the other boats could not have done so. Of. course, if "these high © and mighty lords,of the seas must run into the. drillboat, they must under- stand that they will have to pay the damages. : Tue LAKE ERIE DREDGING Co,, EH. P. Hingston, Gen. Mgr. Buffalo, July 19. WHAT SHE. THOUGHT. Editor MARINE ReEvIEW:--We_ were sitting up on deck having a little chat one afternoon on one of the lake freighters. There were some passengers promenading the deck. As we were coming into Detroit river the mate shouts "take in the log Ole." The ladies stopped to watch him take in the log. 'Evi- dently one of the young ladies thought it was:a spoon-hook for she said "Dear me, 1 think that. is a long ways to drag that without hav- ing a fish on it." We had a good little laugh and I thought I would pass it on. First OJILER. Detroit, July. 16. OLD WRECK CLEARED AWAY. The United States lake survey has received notice that' the United States steamer Hancock, under direc- tion of Col. Chas. Ec kB. Davis, engineer at Detroit, has cleared away the old wreck in Lake Huron north of Thunder Bay island lighthouse so as to leave a depth of 24 ft. over it. This wreck, apparently a good-sized schooner or by the lake survey steamer Search, ly- ing in 30 ft. of water 47% miles N by W % W from Thunder Bay island 194 ft. of water over it before the removal operations. barge, was found during June lighthouse, and had _ only