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94 a decrease of 1,204,357 gross tons is shown. The total coal movenient in 1918 was 33,337,127 net tons against 33,- 160,262 in 1917. Last year’s shipments included 29,388,422 net tons of soft coal and 3,948,705 net tons of hard coal. The total grain movement in 1918 was 245,292,954 bushels, or 6,548,- 680 net tons against 262,855,601 bush- els, or 7,161,716 net tons in 1917. The iron ore traffic on the Great Lakes from 1913 to 1918 is completely shown in the accompanying tables. In 1918, a total of 61,156,732 gross tons of ore was shipped from upper lake ports. This is a slight decrease over the amount shipped the previous year, which was 62,498,901 gross tons, the decline being 1,342,169 tons or less than 2 per cent. Of the total ton- nage of ore carried in lake freighters, Lake Michigan ports received 11,609,- 822 and Lake Erie ports 48,183,015 gross tons. The amount of ore on Lake Erie docks at the close of navigation in 1918 amounted to 10,- 455,122 gross tons. This is a slight ~ Tron Ore Traffic on Great Lakes in 1918 IRON ORE SHIPMENTS FROM UPPER LAKE PORTS, GROSS TONS THE MARINE REVIEW increase over the amount on dock on Dec. 1, 1917, when 10,326,349 gross tons were stocked. : Shipments of iron ore from Lake Erie docks to furnaces from May 1 to Dec. 1, 1918, amounted to 43,349,912 gross tons. The shipments from these docks between Dec. 1, 1917, and May 1, 1918, aggregated 4,704,330 gross tons, making total shipments of 48,- 054,242 gross tons from these docks to furnaces in the year ended Dec. 1, 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 Escanaba ..2.....4. 6,774,969 7,156,854 7,457,444 5,649,289 3,664,451 5,399,444 Marquette .......... 3,457,054 3,207,145 3,858,092 3,099,589 1,755,726 3,137,617 TAT Saati ae 7,565,608 7.597.841’ 8.057.814 5,146,772 3,363,419 _ 4,338,230 Superior, 11... 0... 14,068,341 13,978,741 12,787,046 8.342.793 11,309,748 13,788,343 Se ae ee 20,567,288 20,567,419 21,837,949 15,437,419 6,318,291 12,331,126 Two Harbors ........ 8,723,472 9,990,901. 10,735,853 8,642,942 5,610,262 10,075,718 foil 2.5 61,156,732 62,498,901 64,734,198 46,318,804 32,021,897 49,070,478 IRON ORE RECEIPTS AT LAKE ERIE PORTS, GROSS. TONS | 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 Deiels 5 ge 444,936 418,151 425,579 459,877 «382,564 + ~—«368,001 Pee oe: 2,608,497 2,445,602 2,035,160 1,158,374 773,711 ‘1,084,215 BN ec 1,620,712 1,631,395 1,324,112 695,865 «617363 +~—«687.485 pei 3,494,370 3.831.244 4,613,929 3,517,258 1,677,988 3,709,213 Cleveland ........... 9,681,882 9,077,161 10,669,745 7,504,697 5,519,698 8,812,583 Fairport ........... 1,853,465 2,311,179 2,580,647 2,001,103 1,558,134 2,037,196 Ashtabula .......... 11,001,574 10,251,304 11,474,268 7,813,101 5,318,788 8,336,126 Conneaut ....... 5... 6,650,895 8,729,754 9,588,341 8,573,509 6,263,480 7.949.308 ISS i iat are 1,809,619 2,079,227 1.525.031 709,875 260,991 +~—=«»'713,904 Bits 02 3c oo 8,845,775 7,843,215 7,432°920 5,339,724 2,913,273 5,506,691 Port Colborne ....... 171,287 194,627 138,240 196,077 166.665 ........ Hoe le oe 48,183,015 48,812,859 51,807,272 37,967,460 25,402,655 39,099,647 IRON ORE RECEIPTS AT LAKE MICHIGAN PORTS, GROSS TONS 1918 1917 «1916 1915 1914 1913 So. Chicago, Ill...... 6,113,492 7,030,174 7,740,877 4,195,976 3,060,587 5,572,866 E. Jordan, Mich...... 33,940 | 35,792 | 38,573 | 37,658 38,158 28.444 Boyne City, Mich..... 34,137 44,437 «43,788 +~—= 40,401 50,098 45,028 Elk Rapids, Mich... ee ee te ee eee DRAB oie Milwaukee ......-.-. 166,626 224,570 "239,219 187,286 «93121234591 Ind. Harbor, Ind..... 1,413,392 900,692 793,215 689,226 —««6 61054. 455/259 iy ind 3,848,295 3,883,082 2,718,185 2,421,924 1,631.564 23657551 Peal es oe 11,609,822 12,118,747 11,573,857 7,572,471 6,109,019 _—-8,701.732 IRON ORE ON LAKE ERIE DOCKS DEC. 1, GROSS TONS 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 Molde 55 se 399,839 399,479 394,869 «311,799 +~—«580,600 ~—«-3.49,047 AMOURRYE acura otnety a Giem eran es Cine Lets Ee A 1,871 2,471 2,472 Aired 26.8205 607,238 556,765 590,743 «558,692 «488-769 ~~ 44154 Lom 828,384 978,108 1,076,105 824.988 «548097 —=—«6 94.704 Otdind coo 2,117,176 1,914,071 1,936,906 1,795,962 1,757.543 _1,930.720 Wairport ...:.....0.. 510,855 536,580 474980 413,994 406,124 478,014 Ashtabula .......... 3,292,738 3,435,624 3,266,752 2,870,204 2,749'315 _3,203'807 (anneal? Ses 1,703,701 1,544,706 1,363,550 1.216.686 1,160,639 _1/248°030 Ws i 439,094 519,698 625,198 ~=—« 589/355 4g4'4e7 —'5 946 13 ities ks 525,947 441/318 438,712 826.800 «234880 ~—-«3:19°794 NE ee ree, 10,455,122 10,326,349 10,167,760 8,910,351 8,407,905 9,261,676 1918. Comparative figures are: 5,- 395,528 gross tons between Dec. lp 1916, and May 1, 1917; 43,258,742 gross tons between May 1 and Dec. Le 19175 48,654,270 gross tons in the 12 months ended Dec. 1, 1917. Taken as a whole, the season just passed was an uneventful one for in spite of the speed necessary in trans- porting freight with a reduced fleet, serious accidents were few. The effi- ciency of operation that was made possible through co-operation _ per- mitted the ore movement to be com- pleted early and to be held at the minimum necessary for furnace opera- February, Average Ore Cargo cieoeeeee OSOL |. LIU 6.0 cies 6 evere aie a6 2:00 000 BMUOU Sf ON a 6 6 perereata eeee eee 6 VOR E: i IMR enc tie. tena aus a wd eee 6 ee UOMO ©. LOU see 0 eee ete 60a eee, 90 ORE. ROE 0 5. 0 ee aoe eee ee ee ee USEF $j$BMIVUL ewes snsae Eee e- 8.6 eee! OE LO i OI ee ee ete eee ee a 606 OOOO) no RODS ase e eaean ciete,e eee 6:0 8AM is SOOO, eiciatevanwmere weed ee ee OOM) (ROP 4 ve cee whet ecaee D. M. & N. docks only up to 1910. All docks 1910-1918. tion. The grain movement was re- tarded since elevators and other stor- age facilities on the Atlantic sea- board were congested through inabil- ity to secure ocean tonnage. Owing to these conditions, many vessels car- ried storage grain cargoes early -in November, thus losing an extra trip, At the end of the 1918 ‘season, 12] vessels were docked at Buffalo with 40,385,269 bushels of grain aboard. At Georgian bay ports, Goderich, De- troit, Toledo, Fairport, Erie and Port Colborne there are 71 vessels holding 23,856,929 bushels of grain. By the first of November, the boats had practically met their emergency transportation problems. The bulk of the ore had been transported, esti- mated requirements toward the end of the season being pared to release vessel tonnage for imperative needs. Only 4,279,025 tons were handled in November against 7,333,828 tons in November, 1917; and 6836 tons in December against 911,475 tons in De- cember, 1917. The ore movement showed a comparative increase on Nov. 1, 1918, of 2,617,273 tons over the same period of 1917 but at the close of the season the 1918 total showed a comparative decrease of 1,342,169 tons. The results of the 1918 season on the lakes are a tribute to private man- agement.” Freight demands were met at a time when national necessity de- manded such a result. Rates have advanced somewhat during the past few years but the cost of transporting bulk freight on the Great Lakes is approximately one-tenth the lowest freight charge over the railroads. From the head of the lakes to Buf- Buffalo Grain Receipts 1918 1916 Plours: bblsn* =. cr 6,607,997 6,957,482 NVHOAt Se bu ec 68,267,376 138,668,781 Corns. Diy ac se. 2,027,920 3,527,207 OOK DU sen ms 13,544,256 22,036,301. Hanley, Spe: ec 3,244,636 11,709,053 RYGpe DUNE tim 7,992,097 1,477,346 Wotale bu. ees. 95,066,284 177,418,688 Flour to wheat, bu 33,039,985 34,787,160 Flaxseed, bu. ..... 2,956,409 9,564,147 ——_—— Grand _ total, bu. . 131,065,678 221,769,995