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The lakes are assured of their trade. The dominant commodities are such that they cannot be moved as cheaply in any other way and if they are not moved by the ships they are not moved at all. Ship building, ship repairing and ship owning will always be fairly profitable enterprises on the lakes, having lean years, of course, but averaging well throughout the decade. It is regrettable that there is little encouraging to report about the coast yards. It would seem as though the proximity of the opening of the Panama canal would have stimulated ship building in both Atlantic and Pacific ship yards, but the returns do not indicate that it has. In fact, only two vessels can be directly attributed to the construction of this great ditch. Of course, a few vessels are building for coastwise service, but they would probably be built anyhow. dition may be due to the fact that congress has closed the canal to railroad-owned ships. There is some reason to believe that the Southern Pacific and the Great Northern would have placed orders for ships to utilize the great waterway if they had been permitted to do so. At any rate, it is quite clear that inde- pendent interests are exhibiting no eagerness to take 2 - THE MARINE REVIEW This con--- January, 1914 advantage of the commercial opportunities afforded by the canal. It is clear, therefore, that whatever ships utilize this waterway will be existing vessels and not those that have been brought into being by reason of it. It may be several years before the canal will by reason of its existence cause the development of a large fleet of American ships. It will all depend upon the com- merce offering. It was not expected that the com- merce of the canal would be very large for a few years to come, but it certainly was expected that its comple- tion would be awaited by some fine new steamers that were especially constructed to take advantage of it. Of course, all that is said in the foregoing has to do solely with commerce. There is no doubt that as a means of national defense the Panama canal is worth to this country all that it has cost. It may never be used strategically at all, probably never will be, but there is solid satisfaction in the fact that it exists. Our splendid isolation makes a foreign war on Amer- ican soil an impossible thing, but if circumstances should ever develop whereby the mobilization of the entire fleet should be required on the Atlantic or Pacific coasts, the canal will prove a wonderful military aid. VESSELS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN LAKE SHIP YARDS FOR 1914 DELIVERY AMERICAN SHIP BUILDING CO., CLEVELAND, O. Dimensions in feet. « oe 8 u = a Bie oe : : 3 og Di : : go 2 a3 e = ae : imensions ey 4 ° oa oc y o S BS Dimensions of of boilers, . 3 s a bo a H ° hs Q A engines, in. ft. and in. A n oO For whom building. Rass. Str: 29%, Port Arthur. Noronic B80. (362 52. 28.9 | 4710 58.58 x 421 (4) 15,6 x 11.6 Howden 200 PA ee Nav. Codtd:. ' ollingwood, Ont. Port Arthur. Bilk rt. | 625. 604.59 32 24, 39,65 x 42 16.0 x 11.6 Ellis & Eaves 170 12,000 Nae Interests, Toronto, i § nt. oraings 20% Bulk Frtr, 524. 504-54 30 22%, 36, 60 x 42 13.9 x 11.6 Ellis & Eaves 180 9,000] A. T. Kinney, Cleveland, O. Wyandotte. : Bulk Frtr. 27. 244 43. 23 18, 29, 48 x 40 12.0 x 11.6 Howden 170 3,000 Beers Hall Coal Co., . gdensburg, N. Y. Cleveland... Bulk Frtr, 524 504 54 - 30 234, 38, 63 x 42 15.4% x 11.6 | Ellis & Eaves 180 9,000 me Richardson & Co., 3 ok eveland, O. orains. <.% Bulk Frtr. pea S04 54 2.30 2314, 38, 63 x 42 15.4% x 11.6 | Ellis & Eaves 180 9,000} Va. Steam'p Co., M. A. Han- na & Co., mgrs., Cleveland GREAT LAKES ENGINEERING WORKS, DETROIT, MICH. Pecorse... -.: Car Ferry S00 53385" 56 20.6 (2) iti ; 4 Scotch Positive Grand Rapids & Northwest'n : HCOLSE sans Car Ferry Bb02 2338.5 56. 320.6 eee os -- eo ee Lene oC le eee Self-unload- 1912; 31, 52° x 36 13.2 12 0 heated Se ae Re i a re | wht Ge ttncton teh : ; ' andotte Transportation Ashtabula... ra Str! 282: = 274.3% 43,622 3 oe tee, Oe Sek Pole i. a eo ae ass. dtr. i Heorse.. 2.3 S. American See BOL CAT 18 oe ar ay eae Bilis si su ee oe Oe Coan : ; chicag th & Georgian 4414, 64x36; 14.0 x 12.0 heated 2 Bay Transit Co., Chica: oo Bulk Frtr.* 524 dy 0x 12° eate 215 say Transit Co., Chicago | 5042 54: 30 23%, 38, 63 x 42 15.4%4 x 11.6 Positive Mahoning Steam. Co., M. A. heated _180 9,500 Hanna & Co., mgr., Cleve. COLLINGWOOD SHIP BUILDING CO., COLLINGWOOD, ONT. Collingwood.| Bulk Frtr. | 550 529 3 ) 58 31 24, 40, 66 x 42 13.0 x 11.0 Howden 185 10,000/ St. Lawrence & Chicago St'm Collingwood.| Steel Dump | 130 ... 30 11 ae Os Seren ny 3 . Sco eer Pee heres oP oe ene Toronto parties. ollingwood. ass. and 14622 1372 2 oe re ee ed | 1214 21 34 x 21 276 x 110 Natural 185 Pelee & Lake Erie Nav. Co., : f . Pelée Island, Ont. POLSON IRON WORKS, TORONTO, ONT. = Toronto... 3 Hopper fe St 16 yr tee | teens : 500; Quebec Harbor Commission Nosonte,. acl SHobpee 9 408 6: 28 9 oh oe "Som eres 6 we Quebec Harbor Commission era uoy Str. mG 155° 30-13 1 I euvyd.éa; 4, 22%, 38 x 24 10:0 11.0 Howden 180 102} Canadian government. KINGSTON SHIP BUILDING CO., LTD., KINGSTON. ONT ee Kingston... 2 Steel | Se : Dany Scows | Bias aise | Ree Oe i Se ea 500| Department of Public Works, cu. yds. Ottawa. : MARINE IRON WORKS, STATION A, CHICAGO, ILL Chicago, <=... 8 | | 116 28. 19 | a 48.0 x 14.0 Natural 17 Fruit C = : loca: | 0 a0} Honduras Fruit Co. MANITOWOC SHIP B ss oe aa oer ~ I UILDING & DRY DOCK ©CoO., MANITOWOC, WIS. el Tug Gye 13 17, 36 5 : = i x 30 see vane Assisted 130 von. | erie, Railroad: Anthracite fuel, _---- *Isherwood system of construction.