The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

May, 1909 "TAE MarRINE REVIEW 103 Port OF PorTLAND'S SECTIONAL FLOATING Dry 000. cu.. yds. per day. - The daily.,cost of operating the dredge Columbia is $280; the daily cost of operating the dredge Portland is $160. In 1903. the dredge Columbia, working 12 months, excavated: 2,191,124... cu....yds....of.. cay and sand from the ship channel at a cost of $67,//8.93, or 39. cémts per ¢Us yd. Table III, published herewith, shows in detail the cost of the dredg- ing. Portland Dry Dock. The dry dock of the Port of Port- land is a sectional floating dock, 468 ft. in length, 82 ft. in width between wings, 25 ft. depth of water over keel blocks, with 10,000 tons dead weight lifting capacity. The dock will take vessels up to 500 ft. in length. The rates for using the dock for 24 hours are as follows: Steam Vessels on Gross Tonnage. Up fo. 999. tons. <i... 24 1,000; to: -1,999' "tons... sie... 21 2,000 to 3,999. tons. ../5267> 5) 18 4,000 tons: and: over......-... 15 cents per ton. cents per ton. cents per ton. cents per ton. Sailing Vessels on Net Tonnage. Wp te 599 tons. 220. i SoS. 19 cents per ton. 6802 te = 999° tonssk... ivf. <. .17 cents per ton. G00 tons and' over..icss.:.- 15 cents per ton. Minimum charge for any vessel, $40.00. Additional charges, specified in the tariff, are made for lay days in the dock. ~ In 1907, 61 vessels were docked, the | largest being the steamer 'Terje Vie ken; 3,579 tons; "in 1908, 41 vessels were docked, the largest being the steamer Madura, 4,484 tons. She-icharter .of:.the Port. of ,,Port- land, section 5, paragraph 4, of. the Revision and Amendment of. 1901, reads: "4. That said dock shall be so located and: constructed as that at ex- treme low water in the Willamette river, the same shall admit vessels drawing 25 ft. of water; provided, al-- ways, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorize the. Port of Portland to carry on tie work of repairing, cleaning or paint- ing vessels; but, that under such rules, regulations and charges as the said Port of Portland may make, the said dock shall be. at all times open. to various mechanics of the city of Port- land for the performing of stch work." The port merely furnishes the dock; it does not repair vessels. Will Operate Towing Service. When the towing service is organ- ized the Port of Portland will oper- ate steel sea-going bar tugs and steel, stern wheel river tugs. The bar and Dock. river pilots will be employed by the -port commission and the port charges ° will be' as low as any other similarly situated Pacific harbor. The com- mission will do no local or conmer- cial towing, but will confine itself strictly to towing deep sea vessels, to and from the ocean. The security of traffic and harbor improvements secured by the Port of Portland has encouraged the invest- ment of private capital in other ship- ping facilities so that- today Portland has one of the best equipped harbors in the west. There are 22 ocean docks in Port- land, with a minimum depth of wa- ter of 25 ft.; the depth at the princi- pal docks is from 30 to 40 ft. These docks are located so that the ships in entering or leaving the harbor pass but one drawbridge; this is the double track span of the Spokane, Port!and & Seattle railway, which has a c ear- ance of 230 ft. on each side of the draw pier, with a vertical c'earance at low water of 56% ft. The largest dock is that of .the.S. P. & S. Ry,; this pier is 900 by' 170 ft. in size, two stories high. It is fitted with a grain elevator and cleaner so that the grain can be taken from cars in bulk, put