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. MARINE REVIEW Published every Thursday at 418-19 Perry- Payne Bldg., by the Marine Review Pub. Co. VoL. XXI. CLEVELAND, O., JAN. 4, 1900. Subscription $2.00 a year. Foreign $3.50 a year. No. 1 TWENTY-FIVE MILLION TONS. WONDERFUL SAULT CANAL RECORD—OOMMEROCE FOUR TIMES WHAT IT WAS TWELVE YEARS AGO—ALMOST DOUBLED IN FIVE YEARS. Not even the vessel owners of the lakes themselves realize the full meaning of the announcement that twenty-five and a quarter million tons of freight passed to and from Lake Superior through the canals at Sault Ste. Marie (Canadian and United States) during the season of 1899. This is just four times as much freight as passed the Sault in 1888, twelve years ago. In five years the freight tonnage has been almost doubled, as the figures for 1894 were 13,195,850 tons. The wonderful growth of traffic in this waterway is best shown by the following table giving the number of tons of freight moved and the registered tonnage of vessels for twelve years past: Total freight, Registered tonnage net tons. of vessels. ROO ee oe eet ernie. Sok Ms Sine a eee 25,255,810 21,958,347 HS OS oe ne eee nC eeele corre Sis ls 6g, ok ce 21,284,664 18,622,754 ISLOEE SS Se eee rene, Ce er 18,982,755 17,619,933 A BOOM ERR Nae hs ence ee ee eben 16,289,061 17,249,418 a Ret RE oe ea Sie Cane cet a ek) Oe aiag BO 15,062,580 16,806,781 TOA ee a a ee 13,195,850 18,110,366 Ue ree ke es Aa ue sees Cet s 10,796,572 8,949754 Ue SR Go a cae aca uae ee 11,214,333 10,647,203 Deaf PR SERN EAR aa ter Eanes Ne Re 8,888,759 8,400,685 SCO) 0 IS Oe pcp GO ee ny eG ten 9,041,218 8,454,435 RRO tect OR kOe Chad Acero ales 7,516,022 7,221,935 J, RIG A Sa eee ra AN re canes ect ee 6,411,423 5,130,659 The Canadian canal shared only to the extent of about 12 per cent. in the record of twenty-five million tons moved during 1899. The figures are 22,252,189 tons moved through the United States canal, as against 3 003,671 tons: through the Canadian canal. The full summary of the year’s commerce, as reported by the war department officials in charge of the United States canal, is as follows: COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF LAKE COMMERCE THROUGH CANALS AT SAULT STE. MARIE, MICHIGAN AND ONTARIO, FOR THE SEASONS OF 1898 AND 1899. SEASONS. Increase| Decrease ITEMS. Designation, 1898. 1899. Per cent.| Per cent. Vessels :—Steamers......... Number 12,461 14,378 Ba) is ere te SH En eee Number 4,449 4,776 Piel cae ers Unregistered...| Number 851 1,101 Ae Ae ect ren PASSENGETS........0-2eeeeeseeee Number 17,761 20,205 Ie A velletnrerions Tonnage :—Registered....| Net tons} 18,622,754 | 21,958,347 DBS ce rounace Wreighit).c...) 5 Net tons} 21,234,664 | 25,255,810 TOs ere PASSENGELS......022-0ccnereeees Number 43,426 49,082 eye 2] eee Coalse Sard: cicceccssees0ss Net tons 540,843 841,281 HOS eae. Sto} i eae aR ears Net tons} 3,235,607 3,099,606 |......... 4 128 for vn cke at aciaee Been GRE cee Barrels 7,778,043 [BR V2 ics eee rset 9 AVINGAE thoes f ecco ora ca simatic Bushels | 62,339 996 | 58,397,335 |......... 6 Grain (other than wheat)| Bushels | 26 078,384 | 30,000,935 1S a nuloreian te Manufactured. & pig iron) Net tons 250,170 214 585 | ........ 14 Salt 2iceee eke ances Barrels 301,560 316,336 (Dread ee PPG COpper ...scceeeeeseeceeecr eens Net tons 124.226 120 080 = bevcrasoss 3 TOU OLGripcscscsvesesccsce ness Net tons] 11,706,940 | 15,328,240 oy Ne React Pers Otscare cs s.ceue see sec M.ft.B.M 895,485 1,038 ,057 LG ecaccisk SilVer OLei tives: ccsecer ese Net tons 0 ABin: (Gisccueslenere tee Building stone ............... Net tons 4,670 BOOGS se LoOde lnc cst ss Unclassified freight......... Net tons 623,146 587,484 |......... 6 The United States canal was opened May 2and closed December 18, 1899; season, 231 days. The Canadian canal was opened April 26 and closed December 20, 1899 ; season, 239 days. SMALL PROPORTION OF FREIGHT THROUGH CANADIAN CANAL. The following table will prove interesting as showing the division of traffic between the two canals—Canadian and United States—and also the division of freight east and west bound: ITEMS. Designation. | U.S.canal. |Canadiancanal| TOTAL. Freight : : East bound ......... Net tons. 18,338.253 2,281,281 | 20,619,534 West bound......... Net tons. 3,91 3,886 c 722,390 4,636,276 (Total freight... ...:<.65:- Net tons. | 22,252,139 3,008,671 | 25,255,810 NI EGHEISS-Cagcs onee fescue ene Number. 16,480 3 775 20,255 Registered tonnage.....| Net tons. | 19,021,489 2,936,858 | 21,958,347 —_—+— The condition of L. M. Bowers, manager of the Bessemer Steamship Co., and who is ill at his home in this city, remains about the same. It is hoped that he will be able to get out to take the air in one or two weeks, but his recovery may be a matter of months. Mr. Bowers’: scores of warm friends in Binghamton, Cleveland and elsewhere hope it will be as speedy as possible—Binghamton Republican. IRON ORE ON DOCK, OUTPUT FROM LAKE SUPERIOR REGION DURING PAST YEAR WAS 4,500,000 TONS IN EXORSS OF 1898, BUT STOOKS ON LAKE ERIE DOOKS ARE ONLY HALF A MILLION TONS MORE THAN THEY WERE A YEAR AGO. ~ Although the output of iron ore by lake and rail from the. Lake Su- perior region for the year 1899 exceed 18,500,000 tons (gross tons in all cases), and was full 4,500,000 tons in excess of the 1898 output, the stocks on Lake Erie docgs with the close of navigation were not quite half a million tons in excess of stocks on these docks a year ago, and they were about 400,000 tons less than at the close of navigation in 1897; this, too, as against receipts at Lake Erie docks of 15,222,187 tons during the past season, compared with 11,028,321 tons in 1898 and 10,120,906 tons in 1897. In view of the enormous consumption of iron ore that has been going on for several months past, and which is certain to continue throughout the winter, this condition certainly warrants the general expectation that stocks will be cleaned up next spring as they have never been before. Complete returns from ore dock managers at. Lake Erie ports show receipts at these docks for the past season of 15,222,187 tons, while the amount on dock with the close of navigation is 5,530,283 tons. As shown by figures presented May 1 last there was on dock at Lake Erie ports at the opening of navigation in 1899, 2,078,254 tons of ore; add to this the receipts during the season just closed 15,530,283 tons, and we have a total of 17,608,587 tons; deduct 5,530,283 tons, the amount now on dock, and we find that the shipments to furnaces between May 1 and Dec. 1, 1899, were 12,073,254 tons, against 9,059,829 tons during the same period in 1898 and 7,453,684 tons during the same period in 1897. It will be noted that there is a difference of 2,679,171 tons between the water shipments from upper lake ports (17,901,358 tons) and receipts at Lake Erie ports (15,222,187 tons). This difference represents the ore that was moved by water to South Chicago and other points on Lake Mich- igan. In 1898 the water shipments to South Chicago and points other than Lake Erie ports, aggregated 2,622,467 tons, and in 1897 they were 2,094,739 tons. AOS ees Following are the tables showing receipts at Lake Erie ports and amounts on dock during five years past: = IRON ORE ON LAKE ERIE DOOKS, DEC. 1], GROSS TONS. Ports 1899 1998 1997 1896 1895 1894 Toledo 186,422 146,768 | 194.644 | 115,999 | 113,132 96,157 Sundaake ee oe 23°184 48,500 78 59,491 34375 77,004 On 164.480 130'932 | 930,099 | 200.675 | 101,000 | 147,682 Lorain... 337/822 324.034 17°55 231 288 24 23°733 Cleveland. | 4500'806 | 1.175.970 | 1,478'355 | 1,419/311 | 1,200,792 | 1,441°785 Fairport. "| "@g9"147 719794 | °395'312 | 773,905 | _ 605.4 660,98 Ashtabula ch 1,902°598 | 1,732.671 | 1,835,694 | 1,441;666 | 1,301,382 | 1,489,119 Conhentibs 463.808 288,101 0°805 | ‘275.800 | 292468 | 199.365 Hie ser ae 430167 | 484'871 | 355,222 | 335,718 | 454,233 Dufalo cc 192°681 121,620 | 1113660 82.967 | 207.199 94239 otal oc. 5,530,283 | 5,136,407 | 5,928,755 | 4,954,984 | 4,415,712 | 4,834,247 IRON ORE RECEIPTS AT LAKE ERIE PORTS, GROSS TONS. Ports 1899 1898 1897 1896 1895 | 1894 792,348 414.012 | 416,438 | 301,794 | 260,730 | 158,384 87,499 136,200 79°792 58,667 12°361 93'043 263,600 126755 | 198,931 | 226,51 146,442 | 172.775 1,112;946 536,086 | _ 355;1 qwi'445 | 2147219 | _ 150,424 Cleveland. “| gtogo’ssn | 9,645,318 | 2,456;704 | 2,813,170 | 2,812,370 | 1,624,573 airports, cose: 1241013 912°879 | 1,008,3 41.446 14,617 | 976 222 Ashtabula... 3'341'526 | 2,684°563 | 3,001,914 | 2,272,822 | 2,474,791 | 1,987,722 puna 2'390,696 | 1;404,169 05°307 | 327,623 44,067 | 237,905 Sees ae 1'309'961 | 12092'364 | 1,311'526 | 847/849 | 811,89 | 624,438 Pacey tat ees \ 1,530,016 | 1,075,975 797,446 | 545,101 719,742 | 395,339 Rote acca. 15,222,187 | 11,028,821 | 10,120,906 | 8,026,432 | 8,112,228 | 6,350,825 NEW BATH BUILT SCHOONFR. The schooner Mary Wy Bowen which will be launched in the near future at the yard of the New England Ship Building Co. at Bath, Me., is the third five-masted vessel which has gone into the water at that port within a year. The Bowen is 233 feet in length, 46 feet beam and 22 feet depth. She is of 2,156 gross or 1,907 net tons burden. The vessel is of ocak construction and her masts, each 110 feet in height. The captain's apartments are aft and are finished in quartered oak and sycamore. The Bowen was built for J. A. Bowen of Fall River, Mass., and will be commanded by ‘Capt. Whitman Chase, Jr., of Taunton, Mass. The vessel, which, by the way, is the 281st launched from the yard of the New Eng- land company, is fitted with a full modern equipment including a steam windlass, two wrecking pumps and two anchors weighing respectively 5,000 and 6,000 pounds. A new fuel will be tried on the steamers now under construction for the Asiatic service of the Hamburg-American company. The new fuel is a semi-fluid petroleum, which is imported from Borneo and is not liable to spontaneous combustion. It economizes space and permits of a reduc- tion in the number of firemen.