The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

THE MARINE REVIEW | CLEVELAND VOL. 46 APRIL, 1914 NEW YORK No. 4 The Port of Midland The Dry Dock Has Put ina Busy Season-- A Very Thriving Port and Its Industries The coal dock of the Midland Coal wheat to this elevator, the largest "7 MHE Midland Dry Dock Co., Mid- land, Ont., has put in a busy win- ter, employing upwards of 150 men. The plant is capable of building tugs and other craft up to 150 ft. in length and of doing repair work of all kinds above the water line. The plant is operated by. hydro-electric power with a 24- hour service and is well equipped with air tools of all descriptions. The company recently installed a new set of very heavy rolls, manufactured by Wickes Bros., of Saginaw, Mich., and capable of handling any plate or frame from any steamer on the lakes. The company has also added a large new punching machine from the same manufacturer, giving them two sets of punching machines. The plant is thor- oughly equipped with the necessary machines to do any kind of repair work promptly. The fleet wintering at Midland aggregated 25 steamers and the company made extensive re- pairs on the steamers Collingwood, Glenmavis, Fairmount, Stormount, Empress of Midland, Toiler and Ren- voile. The company installed a new set of boilers and smoke-boxes on the steamer Strathcona, as well as supplying six steel masts to vessels wintering at the port. Growing Fast The town of Midland is growing quite fast and confidence is expressed by its inhabitants that within a very few years it will be, next to Buffalo, the greatest grain handling port on the great lakes. About 40,000,000 bush- els of grain passed through the port during the season of 1913. The approaches from Georgian Bay to Midland harbor have been greatly improved in the past two years. Gas buoys and new ranges have replaced the old ones and the approaches are much safer than they were. The bay is about 6 miles in length and about 2 miles in width and the harbor itself is well dredged with practically 25 ft. of water at all elevators and docks. Dock Co. has been in operation for about ten years and has two whirlies which work in season 22 hours per day and are capable of handling up- to 2,000 tons of coal every 24 hours. The docks have a storage capacity of about 20,000 tons, and have chutes for fuel- ing steamers with a capacity of 300 tons, the price being the same at Mid- land -as it-is. at the Sault' or Detroit Last season the dock handled about 100,000 tons of coal. Vessels of any size can be accommodated,' whether loaded or light. Grain Elevators The harbor is well equipped with grain elevators. The up-town elevator at Midland is a one-legged wooden house with a capacity for storing 1,000,000 bushels, and will average 10,- 000 bushels per hour. During the season of 1913 this elevator handled 4,250,000 bushels of grain. The ele- vator is managed by Nye, Jenks & Co., of Chicago, through the Grand Trunk railway system. The dock can ac- commodate steamers up to 500 ft. in length. The approaches to this ele- vator are from the open lake and there is plenty of water. The Grand Trunk Pacific elevator at Midland is a solid reinforced concrete structure with two legs. The capacity of the elevator is 2,000,000 bushels storage, and the legs will elevate an average of about 25,000 bushels per hour. This elevator is operated by electric motor power and is one of the finest on the Canadian lakes. Last season it received over 14,000,000 bush- els of grain and has elevated 315,000 bushels in 14 hours and 20 minutes. The docks are solid concrete, 800 ft. long. The approaches to this ele- vator are good and the channel oppo- site the elevator is dredged to a width of 300 ft. and a depth of 25 ft. During 1913 the steamer W: P. Snyder Jr. de- livered a cargo of 464,000 bushels of cargo of grain ever transferred on ihe: oreat lakes, \ The Aberdeen elevator at Midland is built of steel, is absolutely fireproof and has a capacity of 1,000,000 bushels. It is a one-legged house with an ele- vating capacity that will average 12,- 000 bushels per hour. The docks are wooden, 600 ft. long, and can accom- modate the largest steamer on the lakes. This elevator last season handled 7,900,000 bushels of grain and is served also by the Grand Trunk Railway Sys- tem. The approaches are from the open lake and the best of water ob- tains everywhere. é Port McNicoll is situated 2% miles from Midland, just around the point in the bay, and is the 'Georgian Bay terminus of the Canadian Pacific. The Canadian Pacific operates a line of steamers between Port McNicoll and Fort William with sailing five times a week. The capacity of the Canadian Pacific elevator at Port McNicoll is 4,000,000 bushels and plans are being prepared for adding another 2,000,000. This is a two-legged house with a ca- pacity averaging 20,000 bushels per hour and is fireproof, being built of reinforced concrete throughout. The main slip is about 9,000 ft. long and 600 ft. wide. The elevators and coal dock are situated on one side of the slip and the freight sheds, each 600 ft. in length, on the other side. This ele- vator handled last season 13,571,000 bushels of grain. Canadian Iron Corporation The plant of the Canadian Iron Cor- poration consists of two blast furnaces with a capacity of about 400 tons in 24 hours. The plant consumes about 200,000 tons of ore annually, but is shut down at present owing to the slump in the iron trade. The port of Midland at present con-. tains about 7,000 people. Penetang, two and a half miles from Midland on