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October, 1913 Commerce of Lake Superior The commerce of Lake Superior as measured by the canals at Sault Ste. Marie reached 11,489,442 net tons, being lower than the movements for June and July and only slightly in excess of that for May, due, of course, to the lesser movement of ore owing to the strike on the dock. The move- ment to Sept. 1 totals 49,162,929 tons as against 41,484,926 tons for the cor- responding period last year, an in- crease of 7,678,003 tons. Following is the summary: EAST BOUND. To Sept. 1, To Sept. 1, 1912. 1913. Copper, net tons....... 60,772 65,931 Grain other than wheat, ysiels- 6.60. & veec ae oe 25,046,811 55,241,355 Building stone, net tons 2,282 5,973 Flour, barrels ........ 4,029,959 5,315,495 Tron ore, net tons..... 27,749,944 30,782,186 Pig iron, net tons..... 11,974 18,348 Saber, M. ft.:-B. Mi. 387;691 359,491 Wheat, bushels ....... 60,866,933 72,096,467 Unclassified freight, net WTS oa ko gars ones setae © 128,196 267,802 Passengers, number 25,264 31,288 WEST BOUND. Coal, anthracite, net tons 926,926 1,809 401 Coal, bituminous, net tons 8,063,094 10,553 201 Mourn, barrels... 5. Ges 763 fenain, bushels. 2s. . 6... 100 400 Mfctd. iron, net -tons.. 366,989 219,921 Tron ore, net tons..... 3,188 32,376 - alt, barrels" 2... 6... 405.742 448,272 Unclassified freight, net MOIS ice eos ca ole setae 748,628 723,991 Passengers, number 27-5350 34,276 - SUMMARY OF TOTAL MOVEMENT. East bound, net tons... 31,315,627 35,656,964 West bound, net tons.. 10,169.299 13,505,965 41,484,926 49,162,929 Vessel passages .....-. 13,330 14,290 Net registered tonnage. 32,896,057 35,074,194 Iron Ore Shipments August ore shipments totalled 7,- 677,601 gross tons, a decrease of 82,647 tons. from the movement of August, 1912, and a decrease of 526,815 gross tons from the July, 1913, movement. This slump, of course, 1s at Superior, Wis., where the Allouez dock was working throughout the 'whole month at practically 50 per THE MARINE'REVIEW cent efficiency owing to the strike. Shipments from that port during the month aggregated nearly 1,000,000 tons less than normal, and some hin- drance occurred also at the Missabe dock at Duluth. Had it not been for this the August movement would un- doubtedly have exceeded the July movement. The movement to Septem- ber 1 totals 32,007,072 tons as against 29,051,152 tons during the correspond- ing period of 1912, an increase of 2,- 955,920 tons. Following are the com- parative figures: August, August, Port. 1912. 1913. Escanaba «es. ...55, 2.9: 761,717 964,288 Marquette. 332 sae. oe. 570.586 598,861 Ashland .... vey. 761,539 809,597 Superior =. 42256 es 25397 ,985 "1512-425 Duluth: oo. wie ae 1,690,650 1,957,239 'Lwo Harbors -7....0.. 4. 1,578,221 1 835,191 Total: 2.3 eee ea 7,760,248 7,677,601 1913. decrease, <=... 82,647 To Sept. 1, To Sept. 1, Port. 1912. 1913. Hscanaba ss oe ee 3,240; 011 23,623,632 Marquette: c.c ee 2,001,400. 2,155,363 Ashland = .......-ses ease 2,865,397 3,073,628 Superior «Givi ices. oe. 9,066,190 8,585,838 Duluth: 33ers 6,076,452 7,891,903 'Two. Harbors: «i345 6. << 5,801.702 6,676,708 Total: sativa ee 29,051,152 32,007,072 1913: ancrease <.... ec: 2,955,920 Lake Erie Ore Receipts Out of a total movement of 7,677,601 gross tons of Lake Superior iron ore during August, 6,075,726 gross tons came to Lake Erie ports, distributed as follows: Port. | Gross tons. Buffalo' 2266253 oe ae 876,409 Bie oo 3 a eae ee eee 98,706 Connealt <a ce i ee ees 1,184,390 Ashtabula 3232.5. 33.3. 1.291,293 Fairport. 320s. cers os see 358,718 Cleveland *2.3- 235,34. 1,404,946 Lorain (oss es ee ee 578,230 Wiuron 2 iS ene 98,500 Sandusky. 66s res ee ee Toledo 1501337 Detroit (22 5. oie eee ee 34,197 6,075,726 OFF. Sold to Russian Volunteer Fleet The steamship Novgorod was re- cently sold by Messrs. Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson to the Russian Volunteer Fleet Association. The Novgoroa. is 402° it: lone, -- 90 it; 6 "4m broad and has a 'mola. ed. -depier of 30s; -ft: =. 5 -in. Ene engines of the well-known Neptune type of Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, are triple-expansion and are designed to drive the. ship when fully loaded with 7,600 tons dead- weight at a speed of 11% knots per hour. The engine room's outfit and provision for auxiliary machinery are unusually ample. The Novgorod is built to the highest class of Lloyd's classification and Odessa is her port of registry. In addition to carrying cargo the Novgorod has accommodation for 30 first-class passengers and over 1,000 emigrants. The latter are quartered in the main 'tween decks and part of the poop, where a fully equipped hospital is also provided. The first- class passengers have their rooms in the bridge house amidships. The ad- joining dining saloon is elegantly pan- eled and furnished in polished oak. The captain, officers and engineers have commodious cabins on the bridge deck. Rooms are also provided for the ship's doctor, a paymaster, appren- tices and a stewardess. The seamen and firemen are quartered in the fore- castle on the upper deck. Every at- tention has been paid to the com- missariat department, seeing that in addition to the saloon kitchen there is a galley in the forecastle for the crew and also two separate galleys' for the emigrants. The ship has elec- tric lighting and steam heating throughout. \ Accidents on the Lakes The Year Has Bow Marked With Few Accidents and Underwriters Should Have a Profitable Year EREWITH is published a H tabulation. of accidents that : have occurred on the lakes since the beginning of the year. The Year has not been marked with any- thing serious, either in property OF in the number of lives lost. The total losses so far have been the steamer Uganda on April 18; she was cut through by ice in the Straits of Mack- naw and foundered. The barge Iron "Gty was struck by the steamer Thomas F. Cole in the St. Clair river near Russell island and was practic- ally cut in two on May 3. The barge Allegheny ran ashore in a heavy storm at Crisp Point, Lake Superior, on June 6 and became a total loss. The steamer E. M. Peck was de- stroyed by the explosion of her star- board boiler at Racine, Wis., on June 11 and 'she is a constructive total loss. Seven members of the crew were killed. The barge Annabel Wilson foundered in Lake Erie off Dunkirk on July 12, drowning two members of the crew. The barge Crete was in collision with the steamer F. B.. Squire in the St. Clair ship canal and was sunk, becoming a _ constructive total loss. The barge Donaldson filled with water and sank in the outer harbor at Cleveland, on Aug. 17. The first accident of the year hap- pened to the steamer Saxona when on Jan. 4 she struck the wreck of the