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eee wt = = = -- fl NR Activities in the Marine Field Latest News From Ships and Shipyards rn fe UIUC ill Fall Grain Tonnage in Good Demand ONNAGE for early loading in the fall grain trade is in demand. The Grain corporation came into the market on Sept. 9 for capacity to move approximately 4,000,000 bushels. The chartering committee shortly after- ward covered about half that amount and lined up nine vessels to load for Buffalo and two small vessels for Lake Erie side ports. Most of the boats under charter reported for cargoes im- mediately. A number of cargoes will be taken to Fairport and Erie but Buf- falo will get the bulk of the grain and that condition will continue during the entire grain movement. Indications are that grain will be sent forward freely from the Lake Michigan ports but the outlook for the Lake Superior trade is not so good. According to recent re- ports the movement from Duluth will not be nearly as heavy as it was last season. Receipts at the ports at the head of the lakes are small and the wheat is not grading. Only small ship- ments are offered. _The market in other lines has not changed. Ore is being offered freely and chartering is active. _ The boats are getting around fast as the coal movement is light. Ore carriers are experiencing some delay at the lower end of their routes as there is a good line up at most of the docks and a shortage of cars at some norts. Load- ing in the coal trade continues light. * * * While enroute from Detroit to Cleve- land, the power boat TRAVELER was dis- abled and picked up by life savers from the Marblehead station in Lake Erie, a mile off the coast of Kelleys island. * ok * The sand steamer CLINTON, owned by the Kelleys Island Lime & Transporta- tion Co., stove a hole in her bow while landing at the company's dock causing her to sink. The damage is not ex- tensive and the vessel will be repaired immediately. ek ok Frederick A. Menge, formerly owner of a fleet of lumber schooners operating between Chicago and Michigan ports, died Sept. 1 at his home in Chicago. He was 79 years old and a veteran of the Civil war. ee oe Deepening of the western portion of Grosse Pointe channel, Lake St. Clair, is now in progress and vessel masters are required to pass the dredge engaged in this work at low speed. All deep- draft vessels should follow the range and pass to the eastward of the dredge. . : ee H. J. Cahours, chief mate of the steamer SULTANA was seriously injured at Kelleys island recently. He-was stand- ing on the .dock when the tow line of another vessel parted and hit him. He was removed to the hospital at Marble- head, O. His home is in Marine City, Mich. x ley * The steamer W. R. Linn, which ran aground at Cedar reef, Soo river, re- cently was released after lightering some of her cargo. The tug L. C. Sasin and the lighter RELIANCE went to her as- sistance, ek Ok Government engineers and representa- tives of the Pennsylvania railroad re- cently discussed plans for improvements to the Pennsylvania railroad waterfront property at Ashtabula, O. Failure of the railroad to bulkhead its shore front prop- erty has held up improvements for which the port was granted an appropriation of $83,000, government engineers stated. * * * Maj. John L. Crossthwaithe Jr., as- sistant director of operations for the United States shipping board at Cleve- land, was instantly killed on Sept. 5 in Cleveland when an automobile he was driving struck a street car. He was thrown through the windshield and under the rear trucks of the car. Harry W. Crawford, general manager of the Cleveland office, Canada Steamship Lines Ltd., who was riding with Major Cross- thwaithe, was thrown from the machine and badly bruised. Major Crossthwaithe was 43 years old and came to Cleveland from New York three months ago to succeed W. M. Williams as assistant di- rector of operations for the shipping board at Cleveland. He had charge of the loading and movement to the coast of all steamers built on the Great Lakes for the Emergency Fleet corporation. Major Crossthwaithe leaves a widow and two sons. His father is traffic manager of the Atlantic Coast Steamship Co., New York. Major Crossthwaithe served in France during the war. * ** * The steamer D. G. Kerr with 15,527 tons of coal and 413 tons of fuel, a record cargo, grounded in the channel under the New York Central bridge in Toledo harbor on Sept. 6. The tug A. 'C. Harvtne and the lighter Rescur went to the assistance of the stranded craft. Traffic on a number of railroads entering Toledo was tied up by the ac- cident. The Kerr later struck in Lake sh Clais,. ES 2 K The steamer W: A. McGonactez, Capt. John Burns, loaded a record cargo of coal, 15,161 tons, at the Baltimore & Ohio railroad dock at Toledo, Sept. 4, She also took on 380 tons of fuel mak- ing a total cargo of 15,541 tons when she sailed. The previous record was 486 - held by the D. G. Kerr which delivered 14,825 tons. Two days later the Kerr again broke the record, the new mark being 15,527 tons of cargo and 413 tons of fuel. * Ok ok The submarine fog' signal at White- fish point light statiomj*which was tem- porarily disabled, is now in commission. * * * The steamer G. A. THOMPSON in com- ing down the river from the McKinney steel plant, Cleveland, recently struck an obstruction and twisted her rudder. eR He The steamer Coporus, an old lake ves- sel, which was taken to the coast and grounded on Escunimas point, near Chat- am, N. B., last December, was released recently. She leaked considerably after being pulled off into deep water but her pumps kept her afloat. ee ee The Ipa L., a small passenger boat bought at Cheboygan, Mich., was com- missioned to sail between Sandusky and Lake Erie island ports by Capt. John Newman, Sandusky, present owner of the craft. She takes the place of the steamer Cupip which was wrecked in a storm when enroute between Sandusky and Put-In-Bay with a cargo of gasoline last April. wok % The tug L. C. Sasrn and the lighter RELIANCE released the steamer QuEEN City which recently went aground in the Soo river while down bound with a car- go of ore. * * x The steamer Lake FELpEN' was launched at the yatd of the American shipbuilding Co., Lorain, O., Aug. 30. She is being built for the Emergency Fleet corporation. Six more government boats are on the company's ways at its Lorain yard. Oe At Sandusky harbor, two steamers, both light, ran aground recently. They were the SrITHER and the FrtzGERALp. Both vessels were pulled off by the har- bor tue Yare. om oe * The passenger steamer Hurontc, while being taken out of drydock at Port Ar- thur, Ont., was pulled into a dredge by a tug. The Huronic's upper works were badly damaged. - eae The steamer Caprain Dan, which was formerly the Hetca, now sunk in Quebec harbor, is in bad shape according to the underwriters and may be a total loss.. * * x The pilot license of Capt. Ed Lajoy, who was master of the tug SINCLAIR