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1903.] fo MARINE REVIEW AND MARINE RECORD. | 23 AVERAGE EREIGHTS ON THE GREAT LAKES, The Marine Review presents, with the close of another season of lake navigation, the usual summary of lake freights. The ten- dency of late years to keep the "wild" or daily rates throughout the season about equal to the figures at which contracts are made for season business has robbed the lake freight market of much of the interest that was attached to its fluctuations. In all the past season there was only one change in ore freights, a drop of 5 cents from the contract figures, and no change in coal freights until vessels were loading final cargoes in the last two weeks of the season. The different summaries of average rates follow: AVERAGE DAILY RATES OF FREIGHT ON THE GREAT LAKES, 1903. 1902. 1901 Cents. Gents... Cents: Iron ore, Escanaba to Ohio: ports:,...... 60.9 58.8 63.9 Iron ore, head of Lake Superior to Ohio ports) gross ton. .; 6.46 havi sia. 80.9 a9 2 89.3 Iron ore, Marquette to Ohio ports, gross PONTE. Col Se es 72.4 66.1 78.7 Wheat, Chicago to Buffalo, bushel........ 1.4 15 1.4 Wheat, Duluth to Buffalo, bushel........ I. 1.9 2:3 Soft coal, Ohio ports to Milwaukee, net ton 50.7 40.7 48.9 Soft coal, Ohio ports to Duluth, net ton.. 41.5 34.5:.5 > 2403 Soft coal, Ohio ports to Portage, net ton. 40.0 31.8 30.5 Soft coal, Ohio ports to Manitowoc, net ton 45.9 41.9 48.1 Soft coal, Ohio ports to Sheboygan, net ton 45.9 41.9 45.3 Soft coal, Ohio ports to Green Bay, net ton 50.7 46.7 48.7 Soft coal, Ohio ports to Escanaba, net ton. 45.0 41.4 46.0 Hard coal, Buffalo to Milwaukee, net ton. 48.1 42.3 50.2 Hard coal, Buffalo to Chicago, net ton.... 48.1 42.3 50.2 Hard coal, Buffalo to Duluth, net ton..... 38.1 32.8 38.4 Lumber, head of the lakes to Ohio ports. .257.6 254.9 266.0 AVERAGE DAILY FREIGHT RATES, TEN YEARS ENDING WITH 1903. Cents. Iron ore, head of Lake Superior to Ohio ports, gross ton.... 85 Iron ore, Marquette to Ohio ports, eross tote. ic. cen 734 tron ote; Escanaba to: Olio ports, gross ton... ..... cs... c. 61% Soft coal, Ohio ports.to Milwaukee, net ton. .... 0. ....5.¢.5 45 Sott teal: Ohio, ports.to Fiulith, nev ton... 5.66 eee 35 Hard coal, Buffalowio Chicd@o, mek ton. . .vess bei oes cu 46 lard coal, Buffalo te Duluth, net ton. 6.55 66... peers 32 Wheat, Chicago to- Buffala, bushels... 43 oss. nes View 65 4 154 AVERAGE RATES ON WHEAT PER BUSHEL FROM CHICAGO TO BUFFALO, Rate, Rate, Rate, Year. cents. Year. cents. Year. cents. ROO. rs ss 9.89 OA 4.03 1S88. 25 os 2.56 BOOT eo 11.53 POVG. oes ee, 3.42 TOGO! ss eos 2.51 1862 10.49 POTD, Oe Ls 2.90 O00 8 1.96 IGA Ge es 7.51 TOP Oe os 3.972 TOOT 2c. we de Udy. 9.58 POO Geo ee 3.07 TBS). ee 2.19 eos. 9.78 170. a 4.74 1803, Gee 1.66 TWOO Us can 0s 12.34 TOOOE. G55 es 5.76 S804 ey. 127 107 oe 6.07 PhSis es 3.44 130556 ia 1.07 Tome. ais 7.14 Tee as: 2.50 TBOO TS 1.70 Tee0: es. 6.81 conse 3.41 A607 1.56 1270, er eS 5.88 fod ee 2.18 S06 res 1.53 BO Ae 7.62 Too 2.02 150020. 29% eee, 11.46 OOO... 5 ees 3.68 OOO 6. hy 1.79 yy et 7.62 Toy ss at? TOOT 265 142 1002. i 1.51 Average forty-four years, 4.62 cents 1003) 246. 1.41 Charges to vessels for shoveling, trimming and tallying weights of grain amounted to $4.66% per 1,000 bushels in 1903. © RANGE OF LAKE FREIGHT RATES ON WHEAT FROM DULUTH TO BUFFALO. Year. Rate, cents. Year. Rate, cents. EGG ee ch 1.6 TOO oe 144@3 ioe Dacia ia ks 1.9 1808 ices. 1%4@3% TE ee 23 10s. i... 2%4,@4 Pe 2.0 TOOT Fo acs: 134@90% TWO oo es es 3.6 IBOO ees 2 @5 TOG 6. ee, 1.8 TOD. cc eee. 2 °@s5 TO kee es 1.75 TOS Cs es 2 @5 Oe, 212 TOOT eee ee 2 @8 ee a 3.50 TORO es cas 31%4@8 Figures for nine years past represent average of daily rates for full season ; previous to 1895 the rates are highest and lowest in the different seasons. AVERAGE OF DAILY RATES ON SOFT COAL FROM OHIO PORTS TO CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ESCANABA, DULUTH, GREEN BAY AND MANITOWOC. Mil- Es- acl oe pone th, a woc. Year. bles a poate ae cents. oe 48% 39 37% 49% 48 Ee a ee 54 39 36% 50 51 66 Ge 434. ay 29% 32% 32 OO os ee ee 28% 20% 26 30 gu 5 mae 28 a, a 2814 2842 We... 69 58 45% 66% a TOOG 8. AS 40 40 45 2 eee a 46° 38 48% 48 Mee i cee 40% 41% 34% 46% 42 ee ee 50% 45 412 50% 46 Ay. for ten years. 45 eS, 35 44% 43% i Milwaukee. ee Cong att Hoke Sarin net tons and handled without charge to vessel. AVERAGE OF DAILY LAKE FREIGHT RATES ON HARD COAL FROM BUFFALO TO CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND DULUTH DURING TEN YEARS PAST. Chicago, Duluth, Year. : cents. cents. TBQ4. SUL a ed ee 46 25 BORN AE a a eee ee 590 24 BBOG, Sate Bs ee et 36 24 1807. hb OU, POE es 29 26 (BOS a ee a, 28 23 TOOG. Soa ee a3 49% EQDO. OSL EO ee 48 3014 LQOL iia. eevee tae eee le 50 38 TQ02i te a as oe Mi OE a 42 33 TOO. re AV shes yee ve ee gr 48 38 Avérage for ten years). .05. oe 46 32 Rate to Milwaukee practically same as to Chicago. Hard coalis net tons and is handled without charge to vessels. AVERAGE FREIGHT RATES ON IRON ORE PER GROSS TON, FROM PORTS NAMED TO OHIO PORTS--TABLE COVERING WILD AND CONTRACT RATES FOR TWENTY YEARS PAST, Ashland and other Escanaba. Marquette. ports at the head of Lake Superior. Wild Wild Wild or Con- or Con- or Con- daily tract daily tract daily tract Year. rate. rate. rate. rate rate. rate, LOBA caer, esr $ 87. <. $1.10 $r08.. «$1.35 - $445 Sieve LOS6 oo aes 78 .9O .98 1.05 1.25 1.15 ISSO: 3. he ees ia ee 1.05 1.51 1.20 1.78 1.20 TOO 6 es 1.59 1.40 1.87 1.63 223 2.00 LBSBieie secadk 1.05 .9O 1.30 145 1.43 1.25 1G80;: sors ork ig 1.01 1.00 1.19 1.10 1.34 1.25 TBQO Jaki wees 89 1.10 1.07 1.25 EZ 1.35 TOOL ee wane 238A 65 1.02 .9O Tere. 1.00 1802 rr ae 74 1.00 .98 115 1.15 1.25 TOs ie. 50 85 71 1.00 OF 1.00 180d A Cis 47 .60 .60 80 78 80 LOO6 ch iss i 55 92 75 1.3 80 SOO 6s cs Cys 52 70 66 05 4 1.05 ESO2 es 45 45 55 65 57 .70 TOQCi cei Cok BI 45 .60 .60 62 .60 TBOGs ert es .95 .50 1.08% .60 1.29% .60 1D00. Gay avs aad 69% 1.00 78 1.10 844 1.25. LOGI. acces 64 .60 79 70 89 80 TQO25) i ae 59 .60 .66 .70 07 a5 EGOS 2s ase, 61 '65 2 75 81 85 Charge to vessels in 1908 for unloading iron ore was 21 cents per ton. The wooden vessels that required trimming paid an additional charge of about 8 cents per ton for that service. Average ore rates for the entire period of twenty years: Escanaba, contract 80 cents, wild 79 cents; Marquette, contract 97 cents, wild 95 cents. Average for past ten years: Escanaba, contract 61 cents, wild 61% cents; Marquette, con- tract 76 cents, wild 73% cents; Ashland and other ports at the head of Lake Superior, contract 82 cents, wild 85 cents. URGING ENLARGEMENT OF WELLAND CANAL. Among the things which Canadian marine interests are now agitating is one which has to do with the enlargement of the Welland canal to accommodate the 6,000-ton steamer. It is pointed out that ocean freights to Europe have generally been, and from geographical reasons and other conditions will probably continue to be, somewhat lower from United States ports than from Montreal. Canadians believe that the wonderful advantage that the United States possesses is the cheapness with which grain can be taken to Buffalo in large steamers.' It is claimed that if the steamers could extend the full voyage to Lake Ontario the greater part of this disadvantage would be done away with. The comparative facilities would then be: By the United States route a steamer of 6,000 tons for 900 miles to Buffalo and barge of 1,000 tons for 450 miles to New York. By the Canadian route a steamer of 6,000 tons for 1,100 miles to the east end of Lake On- tario and barge of 2,000 tons for 170 miles to Montreal. This presentation of the case certainly appears to place the advantage with Canada. Complete abolition of canal tolls is also advocated. MILWAUKEE GRAIN SHIPMENTS, A Milwaukee dispatch credits that port with having shipped by lake in 1903 4,615,138 bu. more grain than in 1902. The fig- ures are those compiled by the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce and are as follows: 1903. 1902, Oats kee 6,239,658 2,035,132 Batley oi ee 4,549,765 3,000,774 CORN Fee ee 1,087,3 792,959 WAG. coos ee eee 568,585 705,229, RVG cs he 483,050 783,132 FOIS hiss es ane 1 a 8,313,226 Wheat and rye show a decrease in shipments of about 300,- 000 bu. each, but the increase in oats amounts to over 3,000,000 bu., and in barley to almost 1,500,000 bu. While lying in Presque Isle bay the schooner Homer sprung a leak and settled to the bottom in 18 ft. of water. oe