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68 Order Large Freighter from American S. B. Co. A new vessel, to be the largest ore carrier on the Great Lakes, has been ordered by the Interlake Steamship Co., Pickands Mather & Co. managers, Cleveland. This vessel will be built by the American Shipbuilding Co. at the Lorain, O. plant and will be completed and ready for service early next summer, She will be 630 feet in length over- all, 65 feet in beam and 33 feet deep. On a draft of 20 feet this steamer will carry 13,800 long tons of cargo. Over 5000 tons of steel will be re- quired in building her. The usual type of triple expansion steam en- gine will be used with cylinders 25%, 41 and 67 inches in diameter and 42 inches in stroke. Boilers will be of the water tube type. MARINE REVIEW Five new vessels of the largest size _ have now been ordered by the Inter- lake Steamship. Co. since August 1925, all contracted for with the American Shipbuilding Co. The first two, the Cot. JAMES PICKANDS and SAMUEL MATHER were delivered at the start of the season this year and are in active service. The third vessel, the WILLIAM McLAUCHLAN was launched Oct. 7, and the fourth, RoBERT Hos- SON, was launched Oct. 30. These two will be ready for the opening of navi- gation in 1927. With the addition of these five freighters about 300,000 long tons November, 1926 carrying capacity per season has been pete a the Interlake fleet. This fleet wil include 20 first-class steamers 7 of which are 600 feet in length, and is the second largest on the great lakes. The new steamers coming out next season will replace the Vessels of smaller class sold to the Paterson’s Steamship Ltd. : Employment will be furnished for a large number of men at the Lorain plant, the new order making six large steamers under construction or to be built for 1927 delivery. The Kinsman Transit Co., Inland Steam- ship Co. and the Bradley Transporta- tion Co. each have a vessel building. The Bradley boat, a self-unloader, will be much the largest boat of her class, being 6388 feet in length overall. Ocean Freig ht Rates Per 100 Pounds Unless Otherwise Stated Quotations Corrected to Oct. 22, 1926 on Future Loadings NOTE: FREIGHT RATES STEADY WITH MARKED INCREASE TO SOME PORTS New York Cotton to Grain Provisions (H. D.) Liverpool...... 6s Od-7s $0.50 $0.50 London....... 6s Odt 0.50 BSS Oslos Sere ccd $0.30 0.45 0.50 Copenhagen... 0.32 0.45 0.40 Hamburg...... 0.35 0.35 0.50 Bremen....... 0.30 0.35 0.45 Rotterdam and Amsterdam.... 0.35 0.32% 0.60 Antwerp...... 0.30 0.32% 0.40 Havre. cs..64. 0. 30-35 0.50 0.45 Bordeauxz...... 0.30 0.50 0.45 Barcelona..... é 12.00T 0.30 . Lisbon...... me # 0.65 0.40 Marseilles. .... Seats 0.55 0.30 Genoa...... 0.35 12.50 0.40 Naples........ 0.35 12.50 0.40 Constantinople. 0. 35-40 17.00T 0.75 Alexandria..... has 17.00T 0.75 Algiers........ gic 0.75 0.50 Dakar .i.6.366 Aare 15.00 Capetown..... Open 20 00 Buenos Aires... aca 20.00T ees **Riode Janeiro ett 22.00T Pernambuco... es bs 22.00T Havana....... 0.2214* 0.50 Sagi Vera Cruz..... ees 0.30 0.35 Valparaiso..... ave 1.07 ge aes San Francisco. . ee 0.35 to 0.70 Spite Sydney........ He 18.00T 1 25 Calcutta...... eiste 0.60 T—Ton. {Per quarter of 480 lbs. tLanded. ttHeavy products limited in length. *Extra charge for wharfage, **Plus $0.50 surcharge on all rates to Rio de Janeiro on account of congestion. General cargo ttFinished REMARKS _ From North Pacific Lumber Flour cu. ft. 100 Ibs. steel Freight Offered Ports to Per m. t. 0.35 $0.40 $0.75 $7.00T*** Very good San Francisco........... $4.50 to 5.00 0.35 0.40 0.75 7.00T*** Very good South California......... 4.50 to 5.00 0.30 0.42% 0.85 7.00T Very good. Hawaiian Islands........ 9.50 to 10.50 0.35 0.424% 0.85 7.00T Very good New Zealand........... 16.00 to 19.00 0.40 0.37% ~= 0.75 8.00T Mery ‘00d ‘Sydney es feckce eoeek 12.00 to 14.00 0.35 0.37% 0.75 8.00T Very good Melbourne-Adelaide..... 13.00 to 14.50 Oriental Ports........... 10.00 to 11.00 0.40 0.35 0.70 7.50T Very 800d Ogiental Ports (logs)..... 14.00 to 16.00 0.35 0.35 0.70 7.50T Very 00d Pery-Chile.:...¢00000085 12.50 to 14.00 0.35 0.40 0.75 8.00T Very good” South Africa.....00.500¢ 16.50 to 18.00 0.35 0.40 0.75 8.00T Fair Ooba ooc ks 15.00 to 16.00 10.00 —12.00T— 8.00to 15.00T Fair United Kingdon ss 70s io 850" 7.00T —20.00T— 7.00T ° Good’ uteed Kingdom (les). 7 6.00 —20.00T— 5.50T Fair : dae noe Gala pedicle : Baltimore-Boston range. .$14.00 to 15.00 7.00 —20.00T— 10.00T Fair Florida Range.......... No rates 7.00 —20.00T— 10.00T Fair Buenos Aires.. 14.00 to 15.00 0.40 —20.00T— 9.00T Very Rood ise i ees ce ; ; 0.40 —20,00T— 9.00T Very good Ki es hea and Wheat 0.40 —20 00T— 10.00T Very poor see RUnen 14.00T —21 00T— 10 SOR co Vere goad Gaeetpers tea gee eee 13.00T —20 00OT— 11.00to 18 OOT Very good Ro es —20.00TT 8.00T Very good 8.00T 20.00 to 2200Tt 7.00to7.70T¢ Very good 9 00T —22.00T—t 9.70Tt Very good 0 221%4* Ae ene 4 00* Good 0 25 0.52% 1.05 0.30%00.35 Good 0 70 0.45 0.80 10 OOT Good 0.50 to 1.10 deus eee 0.25 tc. 080 ~=‘“ Fair 18 OOT 18.00-24 OOT 9.00-12.00T Fair NOTE: Dighterage rates on fuel in New 10 0OT —16, 00T— 10.00T Fair York reduced from 634 to SMe Principal Rates To and From United Kingdom 8 Grain, River Plate to United Kingdom... 29 Cval, South Wales to Near East....... Coal, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires.. Manganese Ore, Poti to Philadelphia... 3.70 ee ee er ry i oad = Bunker Prices ***Plus 15 per cent. per barrel. Owing to the coal stoppave in Britain no outward freight rates or bunker prices for coal or pig iron are quoted. General cargo rates to Havana change daily and are omitted for d the time being. 6 After Nov. 1 rates to Marseilles 10 and Algiers will go up 15%. 6 Rates to Calcutta are subject to change without notice. Cotton goes only to Bombay, At New York At Philadelphia Other Ports Coal Fue! oil Diesel engine Coal Fuel oil Diesel Eng, oi oston, coal alongside alongside oil alongside trim. in bunk alongside sloupnide _ oil fee et gee per ton per barrel per gallon per ton per barrel per gallon barealis Fa $1.77 Nov. 18, 1925 5.50@5.60 1 70 5 00c Dec. 18, 1925 5.15@5.50 1.71@1.744% 4 89@5 Ie Hampton Roads, coal. per _ Dect 18:.. 5 60 1.70% 5.00 ap 20.. os. 5 50@6.25 1.71@1.79 § 0g: 5 nee f.0.b., piers 37" 25-7.50 jan SPs ts 5.50@6.25 1.75@1.80 5 25 Feb. 18 .., 5.80 1.78@1.86% 5 14@5.50 July 9 — Cardiff, coal, per ar. 18 5 60@5.80 80% 5.50 Mar 18..... 5.00@5.25 1.80@1.86% 5 40@5 65 Ca oe ob Te Se oe 5.25@5 60 1.80@1.81% 5 75 NDS s oo) wes 5.25 1 77@1.86% 5.90@5 93 London, coal, per ton. ..—s -d ay 1952 5.25@5 60 1 80% 5.88 May 19..... 5.25@5.70 1 82@1.86% 6 15@6 38 Antwerp, coal, per ton .—s -d ie 18 .... 5.50@5 60 1 80% 6.08 june $B 4.°0@5 15 1 80@1.86% 6 15@6 43 Antwerp, Fuel oil, per ton 778 6d uly oe 5 00@5 60 1.80% 6 08 Bly; 20 ses 5 10@5.50 1 74@1 81% 5 09 @6 15 Antwerp, Diesel oil per Mer 12. 5.00@5.60 1 81% 6 10 Aap 22.752: 5.00@5.25 1.69@1.741% 5.75@6.17 Wee ea Sept. 18 . . 5 45@€ 00 1 81% 6 05 Sept.18 . 5.00@5.35 1 74@1 7414 6.14% British ports, Fuel oil...72s 6d Oct. 22, 1926 7.25 @7.50 1.70% 5.86 Oct. 22, 1926 7.25@7.50 1.74@1.8014 5.66@5-88 British ports, Diesel oil. .878 6d