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'as follows: President, Frank B. Ander- 'son; first vice president, R. P. Schwerin; 'second vice president, Capt. John Barne- 'son; third vice president, C. C. Moore; secretary, C. C. Henion; executive com- 'mittee: George W. Dickie, James Mc- Nab, Fred C. Parker, Andrew Carri- 'gan, F. W. Van Sicklen, J. A. Mc- 'Gregor and James Rolph Jr. LAKE FREIGHTER ON THE ISH- a" ERWOOD SYSTEM. For nearly a year past' Harry Coulby, president and general manager 'of the Pittsburg Steamship Co., has been considering the advisability of 'building a bulk freighter upon the Ish- 'erwood system of longitudinal construc- 'tion. He has gone quite carefully into the matter and is impressed with its 'advantages over the transverse system. 'About. two mouths or more ago J. W. 'Isherwood, the designer, visited Cleve- 'land. and submitted to "Myr: 'detail plans for a bulk freighter to be 'constructed after | his design, These 'plans were sent to Lloyds - Society of London and, with slight modifications, Lloyds adjudged the matter of sufficient importance to send c Buchanan, assistant chief ship surveyor, to this country with the plans. He, together with James H. "Mancor, Lloyds chief suzveyor for the United States, spent two weeks 'during - October on the great lakes in consultation with Mr. Coulby and the ship. builders. Both Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Mancor recommend the longitudinal system | highly, claiming for it the joint 'advantage of greater strength with less weight. and consequently greater carry- ing. capacity. In fact, Mr. Buchanan 'estimated that in a 600- footer 500 tons 'of material could be saved. Lloyds So- ciety makes no Secret of its desire to have a ship to survey on the great lakes and as Mr. Coulby is much impressed with the data submitted to him, an in- teresting announcement along this line may be expected. The Isherwood system was described in THE Marine Review June 4, 1908. In this system of construction the fam- iliar closely spaced transverse ribs, are omitted and the transverse strength is obtained by fitting on the shell and deck plating a series of strong trans- verses at widely spaced intervals. These transverses extend completely around the sides, bottom and deck of the ship and are slotted to allow of longitudinal frames and beams being fitted continu- ously throughout the transverses. The new system enables the steamer to be built of greater strength than ordinarily, and at the same time the dead-weight carrying capacity is considerably in- 'approved. 'eral years 'been marked with the ~Coulby the however, "rivers standing this delay, however, THE Marine REVIEW creased, the construction is simplified and all parts are readily accessible, re- ducing maintenance repairs to a min- imum and offering greater facility for damage repairs. : LAKE ORE SHIPMENTS. The lake trade is enjoying a period of old-time prosperity. Not for sev- have the closing months scramble for tonnage that now exists. For the first time in' two years the vessel owner does place his ships. The shippers are quite willing to do the calling. Ore rates have been restored to the basis of 1907, that is to say 75 cents from the head of the lakes, 70 cents from Marquette and 60 cents from Escanaba. The ad- vance, however, has not made tonnage more plentiful as, in fact, nearly all 'available tonnage is tied up on contracts. The pleasing thing about the advance, from the vessel owners' standpoint is that it is likely to con- tinue throughout 1910, when, as every- one admits, all ore records will be broken. In fact, had it not been for the anxiety of a few of the smaller vessel owners to get cargoes during the slump of 1908, the freight rate would not have been cut at all. The month was marked by a series of most peculiar storms, embracing the whole chain of lakes and tieing up scores. of the largest carriers in the for nearly a week. Notwith- 6,625,801 tons of ore were moved and the 7,000,- 000-ton mark would easily have been passed had weather conditions been fa- vorable. Following is the summary of ore shipments during October: Port Oct. Oct. Oct. 1907. 1908. 1909. Fscanaba 779.626 739,924 928 175 Marquette 359.662 306.622 528.195 Ashland 381,507 498.802 714.271 Superior 1.176.027 644.175 1,003.956 Datuth oe... 2.002.256 1,700,447 2.002:861 Two Harbors 1,283,576 1,179,140 1,448,343 6,482,654 5,099,110 6,625,801 Port To Nov.1, To Nov. 1, To Nov. 1, 1907. 1908. 1909. Escanaba 5.253.043 2.746.116 4.930971 Marquette 2.701.812 © 1.177.730 > 2507 712 Ashland ~~... .. 3,103.838 2.019.948 3.136.275 Sunerior «» 6.747,945 2.903.619 5.747.454 Warligth es 11.998 539 7 931,568 11.850 038 Two Harbors. 7,326,684 4.946.091 8, 092,884 37,041 861 21,730, 072 36 265 334 The movement of ore during No- vember will be heavy as shippers are making every effort to create a record. They are handicapped, however, by low stages of water, some of' the larger carriers being 1,000 tons short in their cargoes. : At the solicitation of the trade, ore receipts at lower lake ports will here- after 'be compiled monthly, not only for Lake Erie but for Lake Michigan not have to leave his office to dumping 800 tons, or 18 cars. November, 1909 as well, Lake Michigan. having latterly become an important ore receiving lake. Following are the tables of re- ceipts on both lakes for September. and October. LAKE ERIE. PORTS. : September. October. Buffalo Vira bine waco SOC O373 900,541 Conneaut ose ess 1,138,306 979,842 Heri es ena ie pres 151,661 243,651 ASiit abla: oy cia gat 1,489,368 1,292,889 'Paimpotts ssi eee. Ste 309,214 287,155 Gleyeland 2k Se Wey 1,063,967 982,360 EGraith Soi a os es 460,272 433 681 Pron: 6 26 eee ee Ge 49,785 43,689 Sandusky Vicek wale sees 3,079 8,009 POlGdO ss eeste cis ae ee cas 261,581 262,599 WDEEROIL. 2. tes ses eee one 28,801 18,492 5,876,401. © 5,452,908 LAKE MICHIGAN PORTS. ; September. October. Sotth= Chicaco;> Hi as. 713,400 545,120 Bruttport,. Mich... .. 9,474 6,804 Bik: *Rapids;: Mich 40. 21,310 17,508 Milwaukee, Wis......... =; 38,119 28,982 Endiana Harbor, Ind. .; 28,342 26,691 Gary, shea nien ss cute kes 2 340,000 311,424 'Bast _ Jordan, -Mich:.... 10,482 8,185 1,161,187 944,714- Exact data relative to the loading of the steamer William E. Corey in 39 minutes at Two Harbors on Oct. 10, is now at hand. The cargo had all been arranged for before hand, 9,311 gross tons of Pioneer ore hav- 'ing been placed in 33 pockets of the new steel ore dock, these pockets cor- responding to the 33 hatches of the steamer Corey, and the balance of 800 tons held over the pockets. The loading com- menced at. 2:17 'p.m. and -by 2756p. Mm ihe Ol ~ erose tons (mine weight) had been poured into her hold and-the chutes raised to the dock. It required but 24 minutes to run; 'the 9311 .tons of orethat 'the pockets contained and the remaining time of 15 minutes was required in It will be noted that the Corey did not have to shift. CONTRACTS FOR LAKE SHIPS. Lake ship yards have under contract 24 vessels for 1910 delivery, James C. Wallace, president of the American Ship Building Co., closing last week orders for four bulk freighters to be of the popular 9,000-ton class, being 524 ft. over al!, 504 ft. keel, 54 ft. beam and 30 ft. deep. The names of the contracting parties are for -the present withheld. This makes 15 ves- sels that the American Ship Building Co. has under order for next season's delivery, 11 being bulk freighters, two package freighters and two passenger boats. The Great Lakes Engineering Works has under order eight vessels, seven being bulk freighters and one package freighter. The Toledo Ship Building Co. is also building a bulk freighter. Sieh Deas Baa A LT ess pe ee At ak aia ie ee ceed in Summers ore cars .