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Up and Down the Great Lakes Status of Code—Final Ore Shipments—Lake Levels —Grain—Coal Movement—Propeller Club Meets for shipping on the Great Lakes; no change has occurred, up to the time this is written, since the state- ment issued by the Lake Carriers’ as- sociation on Dec. 1. This statement was as follows: “The shipping code for the Great Lakes was up for hearing before Wil- liam H. Davis, deputy administrator for NRA., on Nov. 28, in Washington. Representatives of the various inter- ests involved were given opportunity to discuss all of the features of the code, which has been in the hands of the administrator since Oct. 23. The code has been taken under considera- tion by the administrator and his ad- visers, but a decision has not yet been reached upon the form in which it will finally emerge from NRA _ headquar- ters. “The Lake Carriers’ association in endeavoring to formulate a procedure for collective bargaining with the men on the vessels in its membership, had expected to make announcement of these plans today. As the terms of the code are still unknown, it has been found impossible to do so. “It is hoped by the Lake Carriers’ association that final action may be taken by the administrator so that an- nouncement may be made on Jan. 2, 1934. Seamen of Lake Carriers’ ves: sels are requested to read newspapers of that date for further announce- ment.” RR er stinvin. to the status of a code Ore Shipments Complete During November, 1933, and includ- ing 5938 tons shipped in December, shipments of ore from upper lake ports amounted to 784,815 gross tons as compared with 250,310 tons for the month of November to end of the sea- son 1932. The figures for the total movement of ore to the end of the season 1933 can now be given and are 21,623,898 gross tons (2240 pounds per ton). This compares with a total movement of ore for the season of 1932 of 3,567,985 gross tons. Balance of ore on docks at Lake Erie ports on Dec. 1, 1933 amounted to 5,405,691 tons as compared with 5,- 191,114 tons Dec. 1, 1932. The total ore movement of this year, though less than for the year 1931, compares quite favorably. In that year 36 a total of 23,467,786 gross tons of ore were moved, as compared with 21,- 623,898 gross tons for the season of 1933. The movement in 1933, how- ever, was considerably less than half of the movement of ore in the season of 1930 when 46,582,982 tons were moved. All thoughts are now turned to the possibility for the season of 1934. It is generally anticipated at this time that the movement in 1934 is likely to be greater than for the present year. To what extent this will be so, must depend on the continued recovery in business. November Lake Levels The United States Lake survey re- ports the following monthly mean stages of the Great Lakes for the month of November, 1933, determined from daily readings of staff gages. Feet above Lakes mean sea level Superior tacit acacia 602.81 Michigan-Huron ............ BGaOk SES Clair ee eee cea 573.26 IBIS Geek ee os 570.18 OMUATIO sea eeeese tees 243.43 Lake Superior was 0.04 foot lower than in October and it was 0.34 foot above the November stage a year ago. Lakes Michigan-Huron were 0.14 foot lower than in October and they were 0.21 foot below the November stage of a year ago. Lake Erie was 0.41 feot lower than in October and it was 0.386 foot below the November stage of a year ago. Lake Ontario was 0.42 foot lower than in October and it was 0.95 foot below the November stage of a year ago, 1.57 feet below the average stage of November, of the last ten years. Canadian Grain Shipments The board of grain commissioners of Canada, Fort William, Ont., on Dec. 9 issued a statement subject to revision, on the total movement of grain from Fort William and Port Arthur, Ont., for the season of naviga- tion of 1933. A total of 114,415,463 bushels of wheat moved to Canadian ports, of which amount 80,132,301 bushels went to Canadian lower lake ports and 26,607,197 bushels to Mon- treal; the remainder being divided be- tween Quebec and Soral. The move- MARINE REVIEw—January, 1934 ment of wheat to Buffalo was 35,975,- 145 bushels and to other United States ports 4,401,346 bushels, making a to-. tal to United States ports of 40,376,- 492 bushels. Wheat direct to Eu- rope totaled 170,777 bushels; making a grand total for the season of 1933 of 154,962,732 bushels of wheat. The movement of oats amounted to 12,120,998 bushels, all going to Can- adian ports, 10,356,141 bushels of this amount being shipped to Cana- adian lower lake ports. The move- ment of barley amounted to 4,075,822 bushels all going to Canadian ports, 3,194,063 bushels of this amount going to lower lake ports. Flaxseed in the amount of 631,598 bushels went to Canadian ports and 565,116 bushels to American ports, making a total movement in flaxseed of 1,196,715 bushels. The preponderance of rye was shipped to American ports amounting to 2,037,458 bushels whereas only 182,- 796 bushels went to Canadian ports. Of the grand total movement of bar- ley malt amounting to 28,716,260 bush- els no less than 18,001,470 bushels were shipped to American ports while 10,714,790 bushels went to Canadian ports. Of the movement in screen- ings, 16,641 tons went to Canadian ports and 25,585 tons were shipped to American ports making a grand total movement of 42,226 tons of this com- modity. Shipping circles on the Great Lakes are unanimous in approval of the se- lection of Capt. R. W. England, chair- man of the shore captains’ committee and a director of the Lake Carriers’ association, as advisor to deputy ad- ministrator, W. H. Davis, who is in charge of the hearings on a shipping code for the Great Lakes under the national industrial recovery act. The steamer MARTIN MULLEN, of the Pioneer Steamship Co., operated by Hutchinson & Co., had the honor of officially closing the ore shipping sea- son on the Great Lakes when she docked at Cleveland Dec. 5, with the only cargo of ore shipped in the month of December. She brought in 5938: tons of ore taken on at Escanaba. Early in December the number of freighters holding grain in Buffalo harbor totaled 68 as compared with 64 vessels in the winter grain fleet last year.