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Canadian Grain Shipments From Upper Lakes Shipments of grain from Fort Wil- liam and Port Arthur, Ont., from Oct, 15 to Nov. 14 inclusive, were as follows: Wheat to Canadian lower lake ports. 11;771,11%- bushels; to Montreal, 1,618,297 bushels; to oth- er Canadian ports, 392,162 bushels; to Buffalo, 6,815,928 bushels and to other United States ports, 1,628,100 bushels. This makes a total of 22,- 220,604 bushels of wheat shipped via lake vessels from Fort William and Port Arthur from Oct. 15 to Nov. 14, both inclusive. During the same period oats moved from the same ports in the following quantities: to Canadian lower lake ports, 853,654 bushels; to other Can- adian ports, 29,172; to Buffalo, 250,- 000; and to other United States ports, 813,761. The movement of barley was as follows: to Canadian lower lake ports, 665,003 bushels; to Montreal, 238,714 bushels; to oth- er Canadian ports, 39,495; to Buf- falo, 180,000; and to other United ‘States ports, 1,469,054 bushels. The only flaxseed moved was 59,187 bushels to Canadian lower lake ports. Only 60,000 bushels of rye moved to ‘Canadian lower lake ports during this period. Screenings moved as _ fol- lows: to Canadian lower lake ports, 416 tons; to Montreal, 1600 tons; to Buffalo, 1026 tons; and to other United States ports, 3580 tons. The conly movement of barley malt was 2,701,310 pounds to Montreal. The grand total in all kinds of grain shipped via lake vessels from Fort William and Port Arthur, Oct. 15 to Nov. 14, both inclusive, was 26,934,921 bushels; and 6622 tons of screenings. Ralph M. Dravo Dies Ralph M. Dravo, 66, president of ‘The Dravo Contracting Co., Pittsburgh, ‘and chairman of the board of Dravo Corp., died Nov. 11 at his home in Sewickley Heights, Pa. Mr. Dravo entered the employ of Illinois Steel Co., in 1889, after he ‘graduated from Lehigh university. ‘Later, he worked for the Carnegie Steel Co.’s Edgar Thomson works at ‘Pittsburgh, but shortly thereafter, ‘joined his brother in the F. R. Dravo & Co., which the brother had founded. The concern has since grown to be -widely known both in the building and marine fields. Mr. Dravo was a direc- tor of Dravo-Doyle Co., Keystone Sand & Supply Co., Union Barge Line ‘Corp., Davison Coke & Iron Co., and the Pitt National bank, all of Pitts- ‘burgh. He was also a director of a number of other companies. He was a member of the Carnegie Hero Fund commission and one of the ‘trustees of Lehigh university. Numer- ous social clubs in Pittsburgh made up the balance of his affiliation. J. D. Berg has been elected chair- man of the board and V. B. Edwards has been elected president of the Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, succeeding the late Mr. Dravo. A. W. Dunn was elected exceutive vice president of the Dravo Corp. J. S. Miller was elected president of the Dravo Contracting Co., Pitts- burgh and at tht same time, W. K. Fich was named president of the Dravo-Doyle Co., Pittsburgh. Captain Fried Appointed Supervising Inspector In the appointment of Capt. George Fried as supervising inspector of the second district with headquarters at New York, President Roosevelt has se- lected for this important post one of America’s outstanding shipmasters. Time and again he has been the cen- tral figure in notable rescues at sea. Until recently he was master of the United States liner WASHINGTON. His last connection with a rescue at sea was on Oct. 18 when, as command- er of the WASHINGTON, a lifeboat from that liner picked up five men from newsreel company’s airplane after it had come down on the sea in damaged condition. For this service Captain Fried and chief officer Ralph C. Dooley and ten members of the crew were awarded the first distinguished serv- ice medals of the United States lines. In referring to the appointment of Captain Fried, Daniel C. Roper, secre- tary of commerce, pointed out that as supervisor of the second district he will be in charge for the government in the greatest shipping center of the country including New York, New Jer- sey, Philadelphia and Long Island. Mr. Roper said in part: “He will be responsible for the in- spection of new vessels, and the an- nual inspection of all steamships in the area, for the enforcement of the regulations governing fire prevention, fire drills and the training of crews. Foreign vessels as well as American flag vessels plying the ports in the dis- trict will come under his supervision. He will be in charge of all licenses, the promotion of merchant marine officers and investigation of marine accidents in the district.” Captain Fried succeeds Crone, retired. John ~ i. The Melbourne Steamship Co. Ltd., recently placed an order with Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., England, for a large passenger and cargo carrying motorship for Austra- lian coastwise service. The new ship, over 10,000 tons gross, is to be about 472 feet long and 65 feet, 3 inches in beam. She will have a cargo capacity of about 8500 tons and a speed of 17 knots. Accommodations are to be provided for about 400. MARINE REVIEW—December, 1934 Coal Shipments Heavier Than Last Year Bituminous coal shipments via lake vessels from Lake Erie ports from the beginning of the season up to 7 a. m. Nov. 19 amounted to 33,336,305 net tons of cargo and 1,060,939 net tons of bunkers, giv- ing a total of 34,397,244 net tons. This is an increase of 3,770,990 tons over the same period last year and it is 10,744,122 tons more than the movement for the same period of 1932. It is also 3,629,937 tons more than the movement for the corres- ponding period of 1981. These figures have been prepared by the Ore & Coal Exchange, Cleveland. During the same period in 1933, the cargo coal moved amounted to 29,685,766 tons and the bunker coal 940,488 tons, making a total of 30,626,254 net tons. Also in the like period of 1932, cargo, bunkers and total bituminous coal shipments were respectively 23,076,930 tons, 576,192. tons and 23,653,122 net tons. For the same period in 1931, cargo, bunkers and _ total were respectively, 29,816,156 tons, 951,- 151 tons, and 30,767,307 net tons. Average shipments of bituminous coal for each of the five weeks end- ing 7 a. m. Nov. 19 totaled 921,720 net tons of cargo, and 25,977 net tons of bunkers. Anthracite coal shipments on the lakes for the season up to Nov. 1 amounted to 534,385 long tons. For the same period in 1933 the amount was 359,717 long tons, and in 1932, the amount was 253,753 long tons. Ship Welding Instruction It is estimated that a total of about 650,000 pounds of welding electrodes will be required in build- ing the two heavy cruisers and the four 1850-ton destroyers that the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. has under contract from the United States navy. The peak labor load will include about 200 welding operators. In order to train a sufficient number of competent welders, the company has set up at its Fore River plant a welding school. This school is con- ducted by the foreman of the weld- ing department. About 200 hours of training are required to develop an operator sufficiently to pass_ the qualification test. The course is carried out in ac- cordance with a welding manual de- veloped at the plant and which con- tains the following chapters: Metallic are welding, fundamentals; general safety precautions; how to run a bead; handling the are; placing the are accurately; filling eraters smoothly; flat tee joint; flat lap joint; and many others. ao