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M=os<A Ri nx US Ship ts si 5 i Jan. 1, 1904. ae Wieat . 0... 6a Te eo eee 14,320,984 Cori. intl co Beare 61,365,077 @ats oe ee _ 33,003,626 47,906,438 "95,618,053 123,593,399 Stocks of Grain in Elevators-- S Same week This week. Last week. last year. WHEdt tee os dd doe 4,081,000 6,884,000 EGE oes thts yoy Bae OOO 4,293,000 5,729,000 (eS. 3. GeGhaces oe OOOO GOO _ 9,129,000: 3,110,000 RY€.. ones eee eyed 703,000 . 675,000 470,000 20,431,000 18,178,000, 16,199;000 e AROUND THE GREAT LAKES. Owing to low water the steamer W. S. Mack, loaded with- iron ore, grounded in Buffalo river last week. Gensen Bos. of Racine, Wis., have been awarded a con--: tact for the construction of a life saving station at Muskegon at $14,700. The freighter ordered by Mr. W..H. Becker of Cleveland will be built at the Wyandotte yard of the American Ship Building Co. The steel steamer Penobscot stranded on Racine reef last week. After lightering 509 tons of coal she was released and proceeded to Milwaukee. The schooner Geo. L. Wrenn, which was tied up for debt at Chicago, was sold by the United States marshal to Geo. B. Carpenter & Co., the principal @feditors for $310. The new crib at the entrance of Toledo harbor is reported . to be in bad condition, due to the action of the' gorges formed. last winter. The crib is a new one and was ee Only? a. a iew months ago at a cost of $100,000. The Union Line steamer Ramapo which went aground off the port at Milwaukee early Saturday was released Monday by tugs. after lightering 130 tons of merchandise, and pro- ceeded to her dock tinder her own steam. land Cliffs Iron Co., which ran ashore on Manitou island, Lake Superior, last week, is in dry 'dock at Cleveland. -Thirty- ~~ seven plates will have to be either: renewed or re- rolled.. The first new wheat to be shipped from the head of: the -- lakes was loaded by Spencer, Moore &'Co. from the terminal - The consignment | consisted" elevator at Duluth. last week. of 20,000 bu. and was taken by the Western Transit Line of Duluth. - The Michigan Steamship Co. advise that they expect to charter or build a steamer to take the place of the Soo City. The business of the company has grown so of late that it is their purpose to put a larger boat than the Soo City on the route. The steamer C. C. Hand of the Gilchrist fleet went ashore on Medeline island, Lake Superior. She was bound down with iron ore and ran out 2 ft. forward. "The steamers Neosha and Mars of the Gilchrist fleet were sent to her assistance. The Great Lakes Dredging Co. has started work on three of the largest cribs ever constructed on the lakes. Each. will be 198 ft. long and will be part of a protective breakwater out in the lake to keep the northeasters from entering the harbor of Waukegan. Through the parting of her wheel chains the oteaee Uganda ran on the west bank of Lime Kiln crossing between the two lightships this week. The steamer ran out a foot but after part of her cargo had been lightered by the Newman she was released by the tug Phillips. The Reid Wrecking Co. of Sarnia has received word that R &£ VW 8 & | 31 eee the steamer Walter L. Frost which has been on South Manitou island since last fall went to pieces in the storm last week. The Frost was abandoned as a total loss when she stranded but later it was thought that she might be raised and the Reid company was about to undertake the job. A power boat for M. J. Steffen of Chicago was Hinde from the yard of the Rice Boat Works, Detroit, last week. It is to be used as a tender for a yacht which the Rice Boat Works is now building for Mr. Steffen. The launch is 22 ft. over all and is equipped with a 8-H. P. Lackwanna engine. On the trial trip in Lake St. Clair the launch made 12: miles per hour. The schooner F. B. Gardner bound up Lake Huron in tow of the steamer D, Leuty was found to be on fire near Forester, Mich., last week. The schooner is totally destroyed and now lies 2% miles above Sanilac. The Gardner was owned by John C. Pringle, St. Clair, Mich., and registered 402 tons. She was built in 1855 and was one: of the oldest schooners on the lakes. . The steamer Cie of Benton. Potbor of the Graham & Morton Line will, as soon-as'the fruit season of Lake Michigan is over, go to the yard of the Craig Ship Building Co. of Toledo to have a new bed plate installed which will raise the machinery about 21 in. for the purpose of giving a more accurate immersion to the paddle wheels than is now possi- ble. The purpose is to increase the speed of the steamer. Bids have been solicited by the lighthouse department for the construction of a new lighthouse tender Aspen: which will bé<Stationed in St. Mary's river. The tender will be 125° tt, vin. over all; 117 ft. 8 in. on the water line, 25 ft. beam and i ft. depth of hold. Bids will be opened on Oct. ns Eig | new tender will relieve the Marigold and Sumac m which have. 'not been able to attend to the work adequately. 'The steamer. Pewaukee was towed to Grand Haven last wee by the steamer Pentland having been discovered off '.. Big Point Sable in a foundering condition. The Pewaukee - was bound from Sturgeon Bay to Ludington with a cargo of "stone. In the heavy seas the seams became loosened and al-+ a Le lowed water to rush in the hold. Despite the utmost exer- The steamer Choctaw, belonging to the. fleet of ie! Ceca . tions of the pumps there was some 4 ft. of water in the hold and it was difficult that fires could be kept going. Much of the cargo of stone was thrown overboard' in an' wee to lighten the craft. €ol. Charles Davis, Soke pent engineer at Detroit, has opened bids for making the experimental cut through Bar Point shoal along the west line of the present channel. The Muir-O'Sullivan' Dredging & Dock Co. of Port Huron bid $20 per hour and the Detroit Dredging Co. bid $32 per hour, both concerns guaranteeing to dig eighty yards per hour for fifty working days. The new cut is to be made to ascertain the nature of material in that vicinity and will be 23 ft. deep with a width of one dredge cut along the western channel line _ from 19,000 ft. north to 10,000 ft. south of Detroit river light: The matter to be excavated is sand and clay and about '50,000 cubic yards are to be removed. The crew of the little schooner Swan had a very trying experience off Scott's Point, Lake Michisan, during a gale last week. Cagt. George H. Genthner, his wife and daughter and one sailor comprising the crew. Capt. Genthner had gone to Chicago early in the day, leaving the schooner at what he considered to be a safe anchorage. About midnight the gale struck the boat, causing it to drag anchors and strike up against an old pier. All during the night the two women and the one seaman worked with pike roles toxkeep the little craft from running against the pier. When morning came fisher- men on shore discovered their plight and at great risk went to their assistance in®a small boat. When rescued the three persons were in water up to their shoulders and were almost exhausted from cold and exposure.