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Coal Shipments Greater Than Last Year Bituminous coal shipments via lake vessels from Lake Erie ports from the beginning of the season up to 7 a.m., Sept. 17 amounted to 24,- 521,194 net tons of cargo and 796,- 551 net tons of bunkers giving a to- tal-of 25,317,746 net tons. “This is an increase of something over three and a quarter million tons over the same period last vear and it is over ten and a half million tons more than the movement for the same period of 19382 and is also about three and a half million tons more than the move- ment for the same period of 1931. The figures used were compiled by the Ore & Coal Exchange, Cleveland. In the same period during 1933 the cargo coal moved amounted to 21,399,481 tons and the bunker coal, 647,190 tons, making a total of 22,-~- 046,671 net tons. In the compar- able period of 1932, cargo, bunkers, and total bituminous coal shipments were, respectively, 14,419,704 tons, 356,025 tons, and 14,775,729 net tons, For the same period in 1931, the figures for bituminous coal ship- ments in cargo, bunkers, and total were, respectively, 21,123,207 tons, 697,730 tons. and. 21,820;937 net tons. Average shipments of bituminous coal each week for the four weeks ending 7 a.m. Sept. 17 amounted to 1,053,347 net tons of cargo, and 38,538 tons of bunker. This is a de- crease from the average weekly ship- ments for the four preceding weeks of 114,196 tons of cargo. Horatio N. Herriman Dies Horatio N. Herriman, vice presi- dent and Great Lakes manager of the American Bureau of Shipping, died at Charity hospital, Cleveland, Sept. 18, after a short illness. His character and personal qualities had endeared him to all classes of men engaged in shipping and shipbuilding and to his colleagues in the bureau. He was also held in the highest respect for his professional attainments. Perhaps no other individual possessed so com- prehensive a knowledge of the tech- nical features of the design and con- struction of lake vessels. In the early years at the beginning of his career, he had the good fortune to be asso- ciated with W. I. Babcock and John A. Ubsdell, men of exceptional talent in marine engineering and naval ar- chitecture. He was the naval architect in the comparatively recent conversion of five large Great Lakes bulk carriers to self-unloading vessels, the last of which, the CONSUMERS POWER, was completed in June. All of these ves- sels have been remarkably successful in service. Many other successful vessels, now sailing the Great Lakes were built to his designs and under his supervision. He had a fine heritage of American sea tradition. His father, Capt. F. D. Herriman, was one of the famous old American clipper ship masters. He also had a unique and cosmopolitan training in his early youth. Born in 1875 at Liverpool, England, during the sojourn there of his family, where his father was in charge of a dry dock, he was educated in England and France. At the age of about 18, he returned to the land of his forefathers and after serving for a time as draftsman in a Great Lakes shipyard, and a brief business career in Chicago, he became associated with his father in the Great Lakes Register which the latter had founded in 1896. The Great Lakes Register contin- ued as an independent bureau, for the listing and classification of ves- sels on the Great Lakes, until 1916 when it was consolidated with the American Bureau of Shipping, Mr. Herriman being made a vice presi- dent and manager for the Great Lakes. He was chairman of the com- mittee, appointed by the United States shipping board during the War, for supervising the reconstruction of ves- sels for war service. He was a mem- ber of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. One of his avocations was amateur theatricals and he possessed marked talents as an actor and singer. He was a charter member of the Hermit club and took a leading part in its annual shows, both as author and actor. He was known for his good fellowship, a devoted friend, a true gentleman. Mr. Herriman lived in Cleveland and is survived by his wife and a sen, HoN: Herriman: Jr.; 21. MARINE REVIEW—October, 1934 Canadian and American Lake Grain Shipments From Aug. 15 to Sept. 14 inelu- sive, shipments of grain from [ort William and Port Arthur, Ont., via lake vessels were as follows: Wheat to Canadian lower lake ports, 8,551,- 566 bushels; to Montreal, 1,317,735 bushels; to other Canadian ports, 27,185 bushels; to Buffalo, 6,947,- 280 bushels; and to other United States ports, 2,025,978 bushels. This makes a total of 18,869,672 bushels ot wheat shipped via lake vessels from Fort William and Port Arthur, from Aug. 15 to Sept. 14. During the same period oats moved from the same ports in the following quantities: to Canadian lower lake ports, 1,008,592 bushels; to Mon- treal, 118,643 bushels; to other Ca- nadian ports, 118,014 bushels; and to United States ports, other than Buffalo, 326,646 bushels. The move- ment of barley was as follows: to Canadian lower lake ports, 240,575 bushels; to Montreal, 239,830 bushels; and to United States ports, other than Buffalo, 1,270,697 bushels. The only rye moved was 248,926 bushels to United States ports, other than Buffalo. During the same pe- riod screenings moved in following quantities: 2043 tons to Canadian lower lake ports, 1852 tons to Buf- falo and 612 tons to other United States ports. The grand total in all kinds of grain shipped via lake vessels from Fort William and Port Arthur, Aug. 15 to Sept. 14, both inclusive, was 22,441,595 bushels and 4507 tons of screenings. Shipments from American Ports August grain shipments by lake from Chicago totaled 7,526,000 bushels of wheat, corn and oats, com- pared with 4,499,000 for August, 1933. The total movement of grain from Chicago by lake since the open- ing of navigation to Sept. 15 amount- ed to 28,069,000 bushels. Shipments were headed by corn with 18,864,000 bushels, with 8,021,000 bushels of wheat also moved. Grain shipments from Duluth to Aug. 31 were smaller than during the corresponding period of last year. The water movement to Aug. 31, 1934 was 26,423,934 bushels against 32,748.418 bushels in the correspond- ing period of 1933. The biggest de- crease was shown in wheat, move- ment of this grain dropping from 18,928,479 bushels to 11,360,149. Shipments of corn and barley showed little change while the movement of oats this year was more than double that of a year ago. Anthracite coal shipments on the lakes for the season up to Sept. 1 amounted to 443,685 long tons, while for the same period in 1933 the amount was 236,188 long tons. 35