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bs - ys Zesire. City 1n. Dry Dock. ~ Port SIDE or Water Bottom, Lookine AFT. fleet accomplished the movement with ease and could readily have moved more. Wild cargoes of course are scarce. Following is the summary "of shipments; # feo oPort: * July, 1909. July, 1910. pie scriiahes Scte Gece eas oes 884,271 Z2O\V28 pMamdMette ork OG ee. . 5s 450,736 573,632 tetland 22. occ ee. 449,163 718,309 PU DOTIOR icc caer ay wae ss 1,111,533 1,262,468 WOU Oca ee kbc yee ss 2.249.410 2,344,226 Two AT DORSe: ee ees 1,547,912 1,321,531 Ota es eee ee 6,693,025 6,945,289 UOUO AnCrease. Sec os es ns Ws 252,264 To Aug. 1, To Aug: 1, Port: 1909, 1910. Wscanaba (ine oo. ees. 2,016,505 2,464,859 eMargiette 70. ty oe: 870,961 15723287 7: Ashland Sauer eae Coss 1,061,187 2,233,864 POUpeOr 6. ye eS 2257 OL LOK 53,095,303 PP GUith ice ec 5,434,135 7,441,488 fol Wo) Harbors «1.5, 6s... 3,436,452 4,104,158 Cg ee ee 15,395,350. 21,863,549 POA Oe ANCTEASE§.0, ah sire ee one. 6,468,199 Receipts at Lake Erie docks during July were as follows: Port. Gross tons. HUNG. eee ey ee 710,511 ReleVelanc shee Ge Ee eo eee 1,005,263 ROOD ANE er eee Ne Oa ae 1,041,330 HG Ge ee er ie ee he 151,210 PSMA Dla cas tds ss ee 15532;232 PINON. ele et een es 276,382 WOnat a 430,100 PEICOM A se oe ae 45,073 POPROUSKE oe ee a te ee POO ee See ok ay 167,196 PepemOlt ge se ee 20,159 Ota Gee te ee oe ye ee 5,379,456 July Lake Levels The United States Lake Survey re- ports the stages of the Great Lakes for the month of July, 1910, as follows: Feet above tide-water, Lakes. New York. POUDGHORS Go: 601.89 Michigan Maron 60) j 6s... 580.50 ~ Erie Se ees PD rere OL Bie oes 572,35 Pete ee ee aS 246.29 Lake Superior is 0.03 ft. higher than last month, 0.29 ft. lower than a year The Marine REVIEW ago, 0.92 ft. below the average stage of July of the last ten years, 1.30 ft. below the high stage of July, 1899, and 0.13 ft. above the low stage of July, 1892. It will probably rise 0.1 ft. in August. Lakes Michigan and Huron are 0.06 ft. lower than last month, 0.59 ft. lower than a year ago, 0.72 ft. below the average stage of July of the last ten years, 2.93 ft. below the high stage of July, 1886, and 0.60 ft. above the low stage of July, 1896. They will prob- ably remain about stationary during August. id ae Lake Erie is 0:33. ft. lower than: last ~ month, 0.65 ft. lower than a year ago, 0.52 ft. below the average stage of July of the past ten years, 1.81 ft. below the high stage of July, 1883, and 0.89 ft. above the low stage of July, 1895. It will probably fall 0.2 ft. during August. Lake Ontario is 0:17 ft. "lower than last month, 0.87 ft..lower than a year ago, 0.53 ft: lower than the average 'stage of July. of the past ten years, 2.05 ft. below the high stage of July, 1908, and 1.70 ft. above: the: low -stage of July, 1895. It will probably fall 0.2 ft. during August. Tus Francis B. Hackett Phe. tue, Francis 8B: Hackett, built by Johnson Bros., Ferrysburg, Mich., for the Hackett Towing & Wrecking © Co., of Amherstburg, has proved her- self to. be' @ satisfactory craft, es- August, 1910 cutting 12 steamers through the ice from Detroit to the southeast shoal, the Hackett was sent, on Dec. 16 last, to relieve three of the car férries which had been imprisoned in the ice at Detroit for over 24 hours. The Hackett arrived at 10 a. m. and at 3 p. m. had them all in their slips, The next day the Hackett was chart- ered by the railroads for the rest of the winter, breaking the ice in the river and keeping the car slips prac- tically free, making possible the op- eration of the ferries on schedule tite, In: fact, it ts. stated. that: from the time the Hackett began working none of the ferries lost'an hour during the most severe weather. The dimensions of the Hackett are: Length over all, 108 ft.; beam. 25 ft.: depth, 15 ft. She has a bunker capaci- ty of 130. tons. Lake Ship Building Capt. John Mitchell, manager of the Buffalo & Susquehanna Iron Co., closed contract with the American Ship Building Co. last month for a freighter to replace the steamer Frank H. Goodyear, which was sunk in col- liston' with the steamer James B. "Wood in Lake Huron early in the The Goodyear was owned by the Buffalo & Susquehanna Iron Co., which naturally desires to be season. 'Tue: FRANCIS pecially in crushing ice in the De- troit. river during the winter season. She was especially: designed: fer. this service, and has met all requirements in the most satisfactory manner, being one of the best ice-crushing tugs ever stationed on the Detroit river. After B. HACKETT. self-contained as a shipping company. The new steamer will be 552 ft. over aul, 582 dt. keel, 58 ft. beam and 31 ft. deep, having triple-expansion en- gines' and Scotch boilers. She will COMeG OUE Next "year, 'The steamer Wm. C. = Moreland,