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PRELIMINARY REPORT SUBJECT TO REVISION COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF LAKE COMMERCE through CANALS AT SAULT STE. MARIE, MICHIGAN AND ONTARIO for the Seasons of 1944 and 1945 Items Vessel passages:...... Number Propellers: 2.2... z Number Barges, ete. 2-6. Number Unregistered....... Number Registered Tonnage... Net Lockages. .2..2..5.5; Number Passenvers: 2 5. Number Hreight #: 2.5623. Short Tons Wood Products: PIUpWOOd 653552). Parmber oo oe ee phimneles (22 ee Vegetable Products: lout ee, Wheat. 3.0000 Grain, other than wheat........ Mineral Products: Copper: lake. Cs ee ee Copper, electrolytic..........:. VAN 2 Scrap lnen) = 8 Coal solts2 oe harden Total traffic for Season Season 1944 1945 23,503 22,408 21,081 20,268 883 849 1,539 1,291 87,939,138 86,932,007 17,801 17,474 47,666 46,044 117,238,031 113,276,450 431,602 608,386 0 3,166 0 0 100,979 108,330 12,226,567 14,454,100 2,505,508 3,136;223 0 +0 0 0 0 0 82,806,592 78,127,764 235,597 174,845 81,033 151,368 16,020,512. -- 13:310;733 401,746 532,157 57,579 67,582 724,122 929,401 770,454 838,934 864,338 831,743 1,402 1,718 *Includes broken stone, gravel and sand. The United States canal was opened 25 March 1945 and closed 15 December 1945; season 266 days. Increase or Decrease Per cent Amount In- De- crease crease 1,095 813 a4. 248 1. 1 LOO7,1381 327 1,622 3,961,581 176,784 41 3,166, 0 7,351 'c 2,227,533 18 630,715 25 0 0 Oo. s 4,678,828 .. 6 GO, 152) oe. 26 70,335 87 e DIAG TIO |. LZ. 130,411 32 e 10,003 17 205,279 28 68,480 S - 32,099 =... 4 S16 25 ae WWNHH OPP Or The Canadian canal was opened 2 April 1945 and closed 4 December 1945; season 247 days. Compiled at St. Marys Falls Canal, Michigan, under the direction of Colonel Allison Miller, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. VESSEL DISPATCH DULUTH-SUPERIOR COAL DOCKS--To Close Of Season 1945 Average Total Average Per 1000 Dock Tonnage Cargoes Cargo Detention Dispatch Tons 853,212 82 10405 766:40 9:21 54 DMS PR 695,231 62. 11213 628:15 10:08 54 ' 962,752 101 9532 1893 :05 18:45 1:58 Berwind: 2334.6 3 968,403 100 9684 1737235 17:23 1:48 558,485 56 9973 1155:40 20:38 2:04 REISS. 3 489,355 44 . 11121 1001:55 22:46 2:03 743,012 101 7356 1606 :45 15:55 2:10 Aemth oo. 703,803 94 7487 1492:00 15:52 2:07 924,349 93 9939 2116:00 22:45 2:17 Pittsburgh ose. 916,631 94 9751 214725 22°51 221 479,129 51 9395 1162:00 22:47 2:26 Cleve: Clifis.. 2.2.2.0... 258,941 27 9590 666 :50 DEAD 2285 930,417 123 7564 2664:20 21:40 252 Carmecies 795,327 97 8199 2310:05 23:49 2:54 2,306,154 281 8207 7084:45 25:13 3:04 NW-Hannas 2.0020 ae. 2,154,859 261 8256 6274:20 24:02 2255 395,389 53 7460 113135 21221 2352 Northern 25 405002. 377,346 48 7861 1117:30 QA 2:58 850,383 94 9047 2704:10 28:46 Sil Iland. oe 657,054 68 9663 1981:50 29:09 3:01 704,823 86 8196 2160:50 25:08 3:04 Great Lakes). 2020.) 700,273 86 8143 2210:50 25:42 3:09 242,998 34 7147 1194:50 35:09 4:55 PaR i oe 194,924 29 6722 889:05 30:39 4:34 9,951,101 1155 8616 25640:40 22:12 2:36 TOPAL. 3. 8,912,147 1010 8824 22457 :40 22:14 2-31 DM & IR 207,419 29 7152 382:05 13311 1:60 Two Harbors. .< 22.2% 2.4 200,137 25 8005 414:10 16:34 2:04 J. E. HARNS Engineer-in-Charge From Pittsburgh Steamship Company DULUTH OFFICE Upper figures show comparative results for 1944 339