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Up and Down the Great Lakes Bulk Freight Declines —Lake Levels — Ore Shipments Less — American & Canadian Grain—Coal Movement—Winter Moorings Ste. Marie Canals, Canadian and United States locks, for the month of November, was 2,626,937 tous which is a considerable falling off from the total traffic of 3,021,831 tons during November, 1933. Grain shipments were 383,944 bushels or 11,518 tons heavier than in Novem- ber last year, but iron ore decreased by 211,210. tons or from 797,243 tons to 586,133 tons; soft coal de- ereased by 214,535 tons or from 886,891 tons to 672,346 tons, A new high record, however, was set for November in the total traffic using the Welland ship canal which amounted to 1,253,412 tons, exceed- ing last year’s total for November by 183,621 tons. A new high record was also set for the season up to the end of November, the total traffic ex- ceeding that for the corresponding period of last year by 75,593 tons. Wheat shipments in November were heavier than in 1933 by 56,890 tons, although for the season to the end of November, they were lighter than last year by 1,073,383 tons or 38 per cent. Barley was heavier by 27,078 tons, corn by 28,224 tons, gasoline by 12,983 tons, petroleum and other oils by 11,934 tons, bitu- minous coal by 25,550 tons and iron ore by 25,613 tons. The total traffic through the St. Lawrence canals during November was 883,598 tons an increase of 108,- 164 tons over the total traffic for November, 1933, when the total was 774,634 tons. Wheat’ shipments through the St. Lawrence canals dur- ing November were 202,196 tons as compared with 218,681 tons in No- vember, 1933; flour shipments were also lighter by 11,760 tons, Barley, corn, oats, and flaxseed all recorded increases. Iron and steel increased by 14,659 tons, gasoline by 25,757 tons, anthracite coal by 33,684 tons and sand by 45,150 tons. Tse traffic through the Sault Elect Donahue Manager On Nov. 27, William F, Donahue was elected manager of the Great Lakes department of. the American Bureau of Shipping, succeeding the late H. N. Herriman who died on Sept. 18. He was selected for this responsible post at a meeting, on that day, of the executive committee of the American Bureau of Shipping, presided over by J. Lewis Lucken- bach, New York, president of the bureau. This meeting was held at the head office of the Great Lakes department at 660 Rockefeller build- ing, Cleveland, For a number of years Mr. Dona- hue had been chief surveyor of the Great Lakes department and was located at the Cleveland office. November Lake Levels The United States Lake survey re- ports the following monthly mean stages of the Great Lakes for the month of November, 1934, determined from daily readings of staff gages: SUPETION ce. i eR: = 602,596 Michigan Fionn .i.iseiisiscivsccae 577.58 St Claes eration anes 572.63 PEO TPVG cio eeu ns ocace as wane enc acuube ve ie laine sears 569.62 INERT O Ss ioree vaste ca seece ees eick eee 242.81 Lake Superior was 0.02 foot lower than in October and it was 0.17 foot above the November stage of a year ago. : Lakes Michigan-Huron were 0.12 foot lower than in October and they were 0.11 foot below the November stage of a year ago, 1.32 feet below the average stage of November of the last ten years. Lake Erie was 0.25 foot lower than in October and it was 0.55 foot be- low the November stage of a year ago, 1.56 feet below the average stage of November of the last ten years. Lake Ontario was 0.28 foot lower than in October and it was 0.63 foot below the November stage of a year ago, 2.11 feet below the average stage of November of the last ten years. American Grain Decreases Reflecting the effects of the drought in the Middle west the past summer, lake shipments of domestic grains declined sharply in 1934 com- pared with 1933 and 1932. Estimates show that the movement of principal grains from the Duluth-Superior, Chicago and Milwaukee ports totaled slightly over 80,000,000 bushels last year, against 128,023,000 bushels in 1933 and 115,933,000 bushels in 1932. This was a decrease of 37 per cent from 1933 and 31 per cent from 1932: All ports shared in the lighter de- MARINE REviEw-—January, 1935 liveries, Duluth showing a drop of about 38 per cent from the preced- ing year, Chicago 27 per cent and Milwaukee 72 per cent. Reduced shipments of the two principal grains accounted for the major share of the decrease in traffic. Chicago moved 11,749,000 bushels of wheat, against 6,959,000 bushels in 1933, but corn shipments dropped from 37,279,000 bushels to 23,947,000, Oats declined from 6,779,000 bushels to 1,849,- 000. Chicago’s total was 37,864,000 bushels against 51,725,000 in 1933. Milwaukee had a light movement of corn, 596,436 bushels against 7,- 778,742 bushels in 1933. Wheat shipments were off from 5,066,540 bushels to 2,547,456. The total move- ment from Milwaukee of 3,852,115 bushels compares with 14,062,999 Ine sO eo. Ore Shipments Decline For the fourth consecutive month ore shipments from upper lake ports during November showed a decrease over shipments in 1933. During the past month of November 484,191 long tons of ore were shipped as com- pared with 784,815 tons during No- vember, 19338, a decrease of 300,624 tons or 38.31 per cent. Ore shipments for the season up to Dec. 1, 1934 amounted to 22,249,- 600 long tons as compared with 21,- 623,898 tons for the season of 1933 up to Dec. 1, or an increase of 2.89 per cent, Shipments of ore by rail from Lake Erie ports to furnaces during the month of November amounted to 801,169 tons as compared with 465,- 200 tons during November, 1933. For the season of 1934 up to Dec. 1, the shipments of iron ore from Lake Erie ports to furnaces amounted to 11,098,768 tons as compared with 11,910,587 tons for the same period in 1933. On Dec. 1, 1934, the balance of ore on dock at Lake Erie ports was 5,248,555 tons as compared with 5,405,691 tons on Dee, 1, 19338. The steamer HrENRY CorT, while attempting to enter the harbor at Muskegon, Mich., on the night of Noy. 30 during a severe gale, struck the north breakwater. The crew were all rescued but the vessel was reported to be a total loss.