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August, 1911 TAE MARINE KEVIEW Fic. 6--STEAMERS BEAVERTON AND DUNELM IN Dry DocK WITH 291i PLENTY oF Room TO SPARE, Fic. 8 Tur DuNnrLM ENTERING THE Dry Dock on Apri 15. bottom. The Strathcona also came in for bottom repairs. general express gratification at the es- tablishment of this plant at Port Ar- thur, as it is proving a great conven. lence to them. The 'Inland Seas" Capt. George P. McKay, treasurer of the Jake Carriers' Association, was browsing in his library a few days ago when he ran across a little volume which took him back to the. days of long ago.. The title page bore the inscription "Presented to George P. McKay by J. Disturnell on board the steamer Pewabic June 6, 1865." The title of the book is "The Great Lakes or Inland Seas of America, being a complete guide for the pleasure traveler and emigrant, with maps and embellishments." Capt. McKay then remembered that John Disturnell usually took atrip with him every year and compiled a little vol- ume devoted to lake trade. The book carries quite a number of advertise- ments in the rear pages, which prob- Vessel owners in. ably paid the cost of printing. The book opens with a description of the geography of the great lakes and then preceeds to deal with its com- merce. Some of the statistics given as stupendous make very amusing reading these days. For instance, he states that the grand total of ore shipments from 1855 to 1864, a period of ten years, amounted to 852,683 tons, which was accounted a con- siderable commerce. It is considered nowadays a mighty poor pace if con: siderably more than a million tons are not moved in a week. He has assembled, however, a great deal of information ahout the various cities along the chain of lakes, all of which make interesting reading. For in- stance, the population of Buffalo is stated to be 81,000, Chicago 109,000, Cleveland 36,000, Detroit 45,000 and Milwaukee 45,000. The various pas- senger routes are also defined. The hook closes with a list of the com- panies developing the iron and cop- ser mines of the Lake Superior 're- gion. It is a very interesting little volume and is probably the first di- Fic. 9--THrE DUNELM ON THE KEEL BLOCKS WITH THE WATER RUNNING THROUGH THE DAMAGED PLATES, rectory of the great lakes tc be pub- lished. Bulk Freighter Harvester Launched The bulk freighter Harvester, build- ing for the Wisconsin Steel Co., the lake end of the International Harvest- er Co., was launched from the Lorain yard of the American Ship Building Co, on jny 1s. ine built on the Isherwood system of construction and is the third bulk be constructed on this Harvester is freighter to system on the great lakes. The new steamer is 545 ft. over all, 525 ft. keel, 58 tt: beam and 31 ft. deep. pected that she will carry 10,000 gross tons of ore, as her beam is two feet greater than the usual lake freighter of this length. She is the first steam- er to be built for the Wisconsin Steel Co., and her forward quarters have been fitted somewhat elegantly for the convenience of guests. Her aux- It is ex-