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September, 1916 Orleans. With a fleet of five other’ power craft from the Southern Yacht Club, CoRINTHIA was at Pensacola in the annual New Orleans-Pensacola cruise, when the wind, blowing at times as high as 104 miles an hour, hit the port. CorINTHIA suffered between $3,000 and $4,000 damage as a result of being slammed against the side of a steamer anchored to a wharf near her. The crew of the power cruiser fought the storm for more than 30 hours, without sleep or food. Prior to this, SHrrtn, the large power cruiser belonging to I. T. Rhea, New Orleans, and also in the race, rescued 35 men, women and children who had been marooned by the storm on Santa Rosa island. Two schooners, with 70 boys from the Gulf Coast Military Academy on their annual cruise, were saved in Pensacola harbor by being beached. The schooners were badly damaged, but the boys were saved. Fishing schooners, pleasure steamers, tugs, and at least one big deep-sea barque, were sunk or driven on shore by the wind. J. E. Pierce, New Orleans, on SPITFIRE, which was in the power boat race, was saved from death and his boat from destruction by the sinking of a pile-driver barge be- tween SPITFIRE and two large, lumber- laden schooners which were _ being driven down on the power boat by the wind. When the schooners were within 300 feet of Sprtrire, the barge drifted between, was hit by the schooners and all three went to the bottom. Pensacola navy yard docks are reported wrecked, with heavy damage to four hydroaero- planes. At Gulfport, the loss to shippiing will be nearly $100,000, including Ship island damage and the loss of ships at sea which have not returned. The big schooner Mary G. DANTZLER, was lost with Capt. L. S. Foster, his bride of a few weeks, and the entire crew. She was loaded with phosphate rock and probably sank almost as soon as the 100-mile gale struck her. The schooner Cuampion, belonging to A. Edwards, of Bay St. Louis, Miss., also is reported lost. The Norwegian ship ANCENIS, worth at least $150,000, is a complete wreck off Ship island. The four-masted barken- tine, Joun W. Myers, and the pilot boat E. E. Barry, went ashore on Ship island and were badly damaged. Probably a score of small boats, in- cluding the power schooners EMMA Harvey, Beurau D., and Lazosa, and the large schooner CAmpriA, were lost. About 18 men are believed to have gone down with them. Only one man, Ramon Ray, a Spaniard, who was on board CampriA, was saved. Other boats sank with full crews and some passengers. In addition to these it seems certain that Doxie,, Emiry and Marti J. fishing crafts, also perished. Ship island loss is put at $150,000. THE MARINE REVIEW The total loss of life along the coast probably never will be known; especially in the isolated fishing villages, where the only connection with the outside world is by boat, but it must reach into the hundreds. Wage Scale of Unlicensed Men Increased The board of directors of the Lake Carriers’ Association at a regular meet- ing held on Aug. 3, in recognition of the unusual conditions obtaining in in- dustry generally, unanimously decided to make a horizontal advance of $10 per month in the wages of all men aboard ship below the grade of licensed officers, effective Aug. 1. The summer schedule of minimum rates of wages for 1916, published prior to the opening of navi- gation, is therefore amended in this particular to read as follows: BOACSWAUE Li Me cece aes bee eee pe $80.00 Cooks, vessels over 4,000 gross tons... 110.00 Cooks, vessels under 4,000 gross tons. 95.00 DGG COOKS eet wicrbie a aia a ice soe duna pou, canerecenare Alb 60.00 WIAIE OTS se cis cue cunibas sare alain svetseieish cae erect 50.00 POrter eis. een einraseceseneunCerers tapatace Wiesetivans veteteme ss 45.00 Firemen, oilers and water tenders.:... 70.00 Wheelsmen-lookoutsmen ..........0005 70.00 Ordinary: SGAmien Ca agile sais Grew acer sae 47.50 Coals paSsersusiey veo cic Wise otis seca sa orn oe bis > 45.00 Barges. Mates on barges not less than ten dollars ($10.00) per month more than’ seamen on the same vessel; and donkey men five dollars ($5.00) per month more than seamen. Mates’ wages on tow barges of the large class (vessels which paid their mates $73.00 a month last year) $90.00 per month. Able-bodied. seamen on tow barges $70.00 per month. The engineers on tow barges carrying tow- ing machines $90.00 per month. The cooks on tow barges the same wages as the seamen on the same barges. Ordinary seamen on _ barges $47.50 per month. It was also recommended that the question of additional remuneration for the licensed officers be taken up at a meeting of vessel owners to be held later and it was the sense of the board of directors that just recognition should be given to their efficiency under the exacting conditions obtaining this year and that the additional compensation for licensed officers should take the form of a distribution from profits at the close of the season. It was also decided that the coal pass- ers should be worked in three shifts on all boats upon which it is practical to do so and that they should be regarded as part of the engine room crew. Ore Movement Breaks Records The movement of 9,750,157 gross tons of iron ore from the Lake Su- perior district during July, established a new record for monthly shipments on the Great Lakes; being 242,581 tons in excess of the record made ir June, and 1,300,577 tons greater than the record made in May. Shipments for the season up to Aug. 1. aggre- 313 gated 29,365,724 tons, compared with 24,329,460 tons shipped to Aug. 1, 1913, which was record year in the ore trade. If shipments ‘during the remainder of the season equal those for the same period in 1913, the total movement for the season will be over 54,000,000. However, considering the monthly gains which have been made so far over the 1913 movement, to- gether with the favorable conditions obtaining all around in the ore trade, it is estimated that the 1916 move- ment will approximate 55,000,000 tons. Following are the shipments by ports, with corresponding data for 1915: July, July, Port. 1915. 1916. Bscanaba 3; fo eee aa 813,870 1,044,368 Marquette). cee 567,358 680,779 Ashland Ha APR EA Hepat 708,285 1,302,682 Supehor. er cae care es 1,286,402 1,986,631 Duluth onion es 2,414,649 3,012,492 Two Harbors fis 2o8 1,413,456 1,723,205 Total iro wien ble letee¥ lag lacye 7,204,020 9,750,157 POVGy increase. sls ee ee Wate 2,546,137 To Aug. 1, To Aug. 1, Port. 1915 1916. Mscanaba. 45 ee okay 2,062,700 3,647,192 Marquette: 22 2 in 1,114,360 1,834,919 Ashland Osis Came he 1,870,077 3,506,945 SUPEHOTGN vac co ss 3,064,002 5,865,546 Duluthiecs: sree ee hie 6,710,460 9,338,482 Two--Harbots sik. 3,903,704 5,172,640 : 18,725,303 29,365,724 1916 increase ....... 10,640,421 Soo Canal Commerce The report of the superintendent of the Sault canals for July shows that 14,048,404 tons of freight passed through the Canadian and American canals during that month. This movement is the heaviest for any one month on record, exceeding the previous record, made in June, by 1,087,935 tons. Vessel passages dur- ing July numbered 3,938, an average of 127 per day. A summary of the total movement of freight through the canals up to Aug. 1 is published herewith. EAST BOUND. To Aug. 1, To Aug. 1, 1915 1916. Copper, Net tons... 63,290 44,854 Grain, “sbushels.° 2.2.02 16,788,171 43,063,265 Bide. . stone, ‘net: tote, ie. oc) sha ee Bloury, barrels oe 3,068,037 3,426,777 Iron ore, net tons.... 18,097,758 28,046,522 aes seat ae tilah Daeg werebe = umber, tt. 218,203 138,985 Wheat, bushels ..:... 38,626,478 116,031,294 Unclass. frt., net tons. 131,919, 99,892 Passengers, number .. 12,475 12,956 WEST BOUND. Coal, anth., net tons.. 994,226 983,458 Coal, bitu., net tons.. 4,781,615 6,733,159 Blour, barrels) 7.3... 4)9. 0 100 3,165 Grain, bushels’ ....... 31,250 2,560 Manuf. iron, net tons. 95,595 76,472 iron. ore; net ‘tonsa. .04, oes 17,503 Salt; 2 barrels.iy ie 297,406 374,072 Unclass. frt., net tons. 474,203 592,859 ’ Passengers, number 11,937 12,196 SUMMARY OF TOTAL MOVEMENT. East bound, net tons.. 20,472,730 33,057,028 West bound, net tons.. 6,390,641 8,460,683 26,863,371 41,517,711 Vessel passages ...... 8,547 ‘11,535 Registered tonnage 21,519,915 31,803,886