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: THE LAKE FREIGHT OUTLOOK. - Increasing:firmness in grain and ore rates on Lake Michigan, with coal coming more freely to lower lake ' ports for shipment, promises for the conservative vessel “owners the resnlts which they have all along predicted. » They seem justified in refusing to charter for the season at either $1 or $1.05 from the head of the lakes, although the ore dealershad definitely decided to pay nothing higher than the latter rate, even on fall busi, ness. From present appearances the owners will be ‘fully justified in running their boats wild all season, ~ unless better rates on blocks of oreoffers. A large quan- ‘tity of ore on $1.05 contracts has been taken during the week by: Detroit owners. : The supply and demand appear about equal at the héad of the lakes, but shipments have not fairly begun, and with tonnage attracted:to Lake Michigan by better rates there, it-seems that the $1 rate now eagerly paid _ by the ore shippers.must soon advance, as wheat ship- ments from Duluth,: Superior and Fort William con- ‘tinue lively.. During the past week the Marquette *. season rate was.fixed at 95c, which is much better than _ $1 at Duluth. Marquette shippers are just now resist- ‘ing what seems an inevitable advance in the wild rate >from 85¢ to 90c, twoicharters at the latter figure having already been made. This advance is the legitimate re- sult of the Escanaba. wild rate-going to 70c, and ore 'dealersshould prepare themselves for a slow but steady _ increase in the rate for several weeks to come. While grain freights appear weaker at Duluth, the rate at which last charters were made being 2%c, a num- ber of vessels are still loading there with 3c cargoes, for which charters were made about the time of opening - navigation. There is.a good movement from Fort Wil- liam now at 3c, and while the Duluth rate may remain for a time at 27%c, there is no likelihood of the drop of f another fraction which shippers are trying to force. *- The supply in terminal-elevators at Duluth and Supe- ' rior was divided as follows on Saturday May. 2: Belt~ > Hine, 1,255,752; Consolidated, 3,844,961; Globe, 3,792,145; Great Northern, 1,338,229; Superior Terminal, 1,331,248; “Consolidated B, 271,534; Consolidated H, 77,320; total, ~ 14,911,189; in store at Minneapolis, 18,714,967 bushels. At Chicago grain rates have advanced until corn is now paying 2c as freely as the tonnage offers, there not ~ being a very liberal supply of boats. Lumber is stronger all around, and from Duluth rates have advanced over the freights talked of by shippers “at and before the opening of navigation. On coal the figures areas good as could be expected 3 when the slow supply. and the large number of boats re- quiring ballast at this time of year. ing forward much more freely now and vessel agents Soft coal is com- are no longer put to their wits’ end to find cargoes. From Ohio ports to Duluth 35c is being paid, and the same figure rules to Sheboygan, Wis.; Milwaukee coal pays 40c, and hard coal is paying 40c from Buffalo and Erie to Milwaukee and Chicago. _ Package freight. lines are still as badly embroiled as ever, and the difficulties, if not adjusted, may soon ‘ bring on open war, as the Ogdensburg line has taken a position calculated to frighten competitors. meeting has been called, but what the result will be is ~ a conundrum. The Erie canal opened last Saturday with a rate of 3%c on wheat, Buffalo to New York. Rates on all com- modities show an advance, due chiefly to combination of boat owners. - oo or WRECKS AND WRECKING. The steamer S. F. Hodge came near sinking in deep -water off Middle Island, Lake Huron, but was towed - Guto. Thunder Bay, where she sank in shallow water. She was pumped out later and taken to Detroit for re- pairs. A large leak at her stern is given as the cause of the trouble. Her entire cargo of corn was wet, but as the water was promptly pumped out and the air kept out, little or no damage was caused by swelling. The four. columns of the steamer Argonaut’s steeple compound engine snapped. suddenly about 10 ’oclock -Sunday night, when the boat was off Port Washington, Wis.; two men were sent ashore-in the yawl for a tug, which towed the Argonaut to Milwaukee. The tug Welcome then took her to South Chicago for repairs. The Argonaut is one of the boats over the ownership of which there is a dispute. She and Rhoda Emily were . paired and put in condition for service. Another THE MARINE RECORD. sold to C. R. Jones and others by J.-R. Whiting, at that time manager of the Escanaba & Lake Michigan Trans- portation Co. The stockholders refused to recognize the sale, and instituted proceedings to annul it, but the purchasers already had possession of:the boats, and even joined interference. i The tug Wisconsin, which foundered in Lake Erie last week, was raised last Saturday by the Cleveland Towing Co. and taken to Lorain. Then it was found that a plank, evidently damaged by ice had given way. She will be taken on to Toledo as soon as possible. The tug Boynton, with a full wrecking outfit, includ- ing four big pontoons, has gone to the Sault to raise the Mark Hopkins, which was sunk in collision in that river last season. The hull and machinery of the tug Gladiator have been raised at the Sault by Capt. Moiles, and taken to Saginaw, where she will be rebuilt at once. The steamer G. W. Morley, of the Hawgood & Avery Line, bound from Chicago to Prescott, Ont., struck a rock near Clayton, N. Y., which cut her planking through. She set her pumps to work, but finally sank in an exposed place.. Wrecking outfits have been put at work on her. She lost her forefoot and part of her garboard strake and wet at least 10,000 bushels of grain. On Wednesday evening of last week the steamer Fannie C..Hart was slightly damaged by fire while lying at her wharf at Sturgeon Bay. The loss on the wet corn cargo of the schooner M. McLachlan amounts to $6,621.46. The wet portion was sold for 6c per bushel, a loss of 25c; and all the rest, amounting to 69,370 bushels was assessed 13%¢ on account of dampness. The loss. of the Northern Light’s deck cargo of flour from fire and smoke, proves not so heavy as as first reported, ‘the loss being about $1,000, instead of $10,000, as first thought, The old steamer Fountain City was partly burned late Tuesday night, at Sturgeon Bay, while -being re- The loss is abont $6,000. She was owned by John Leathem, of Sturgeon Bay, and B. F. Davison, of Chicago. The 25,000 bushels of wet corn on the Morley was sold, by order of Capt. George Mcleod, for 18c per bushel. Messrs. Parsons, of Buffalo, and Robert Logan, of Cleveland, held a survey on the North Land, and ap- praised her damages by the recent fire at $13,000. ELD oa President Brown and Secretary Keep, of the Lake Carriers’ Association, at Washington, trying to hasten the work on the new lock at the Sault. rast = ww, Lake Carriers’ AssociaTION. To consider and take action upon alligeneral questions relating to the navigation and. carrying’business of the Great Lakes, maintain necessary shipping offices and in general to protect the common interest of Lake Carriers, and improve the char- acter of the service rendered to the public. PRESIDENT. J.J. H. Brown, buffalo, N. Y. ; VICE PRESIDENTS. H. H. Brown, Cleveland. C. A. Eddy, Bay City. J. W. Millen, Detroit G. G. Hadley, Toledo, W. P. Henry, Bufialo. James McBrier, Hrie. J. G. Kent, Chicago, Conrad Starke, Milwaukee, G. A. Tomlinson, Duluth. F. J. Firth, Philadelphia. Frank Owen, Ogdensburg. SECRETARY. Cuar.es H. Kuxp, Buffalo, N. Y. TREASURER. Grorar P. McKay, , COUNSEL. Harvey D. GouLper, Cleveland, 0. Cleveland, 0. VESSEL TRANSFERS. The following transfers of vessel property have been reported: Schr. C. N. Ryan, whole, by B. B. Inman, of Superior, to Samuel Neff & Sons, of Manitowoc, consideration not given. Tug EF. H. Stanwood, whole, by B. B. Inman, of Supe- rior, to C. D. Thompson, of Port Huron,. consideration not given. Steamer Chief Justice Waite, whole, by Arthur B. Fry to Detlef Hanson, Tacoma Beach, Green Bay, $15,000. Steamer City of Windsor, whole, S. T. Reeves to Kirkwood, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., $4,500. NOTES. THE battleship Massachusetts is a record breaker and the Cramps are justly proud. Some life-saving stations are being equipped with bicycles for patrol service: Fat F. MARION CRAWFORD, the novelist and member of the NewYork Yacht Club, has bought the schooner Ezra Nye, formerly a Sandy Hook pilot boat, and will use her asa cruising vessel. She isa fine little craft, and is to fit out at Pouillon’s for the Mediterranean, where Mr. Crawford has a residence. ‘The boat will be kept on the other side. Charles Bertun, the former captain of the steam yacht Nereid, has been appointed sailing master of the schooner.—American Ship Builder. —OO nD aa Ama marine engineer, have been ship-mates with the Penberthy Injector on four or five different boats, and would safely say that they are the best injector that I ever used. H. P., Detroit. REPORT OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAFFIC TO AND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, INCLUDING STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES AND .CANADIAN CANALS AT SAULT EAST BOUND. STE. MARIE, MICHIGAN, AND ONTARIO, ~ 1896. 1895. U.S. | Canadian U. S. |Canadian aoe Canal Canal. Total. Canal Canal. Total Copper, et TOMS iii AS i corals aaeiotiie trcdoetes OTIS TE ed 3,808 3,808 665 665 Grain, other than wheat, bushels ................. 577,000 B27 OOO esac tnk scale nepal ot pete PUTlGiMsIStOnes Mel CONS Mae eisiiees siyss seohs ee nol kee ees RE accion cae a aera Aco Sie MicupiBarvelst Ie Aah, SoC sl ye See ie 269,000 | Not open} 269,000 36,90C | Not open 36,000 eomsore Net TOUS Ness cevisicc mcs oe he ea 79,316 to PO BIGHD 2), EET RY isa a e S n Prone piey MettOnes + wa cc 5 eee dusk 375 oor ees Ural es aoe els MAVIS AS. cies a. | aah. ceed. MAVIGAGIs. JE tae. . WME Mts MEL et ee ee ee 504 tion. 504 492 tion. 492 MILVOIMONE, HEC LOUS ON so ves cts cee he cic deine vce tl chide cect ee nae ee ce ean crs ive eae a | Mc eeoaa Wikeat, bushels. Honda Pere ASS BOF . | 2,092,250 2092 ZS0e i Marna Tarte vee tee eeee tees Unclassified freight;met tons. sacs sions te eee? 518 518 842 842 TEAM MCE sity cine cate ci erate nuana eae cates! dias ae 22 22 37 37 WEST BOUND. Coalsthard); seb tonsia 80. Oo Aes, CS ORR eS 2,620 PP OA es eee ric et erases fea Mi Rolie oe Coal (soft) s met tonSrig s sctavictia ws whcsied vob tid. oO) 80,044 80,044 5,145 5,145 HA GHD ARTOIS eos icy ae Mic ee oti urs ok 12 | Not open 12 he ateaeey Notiopen| sisii.: 52. GrAaIn DUSMelse cs aieatn ce Cer ss cue On he Mis 1,109 to a Ue (2 Ral ge or en eee COM | asnpesmers Manufaeturea arom, net tons. oss ea ae cs 500 | naviga- OOD asec nas sie ae HaAVIP aq? |e ee ce maligubarrelsuctsiss ys staan, SEE. I. OO! 11,520 tion. 11,520 3,150 tion. 3,150 Unclassifiedsireiobt, net. tons seccasicjnsti st. veaoit ces 9,082 9,082 25181 2,181 PEARCE CES Coe ci Scab ao. gn are aioe hoe se crate 41 41 28 28 East bound freight, net tons... .::......0....65 ESS32 78) ee eee 185,178 co PS 7) Irae aberrant 5,992 West bound freight, nettons ....5.........% 93,998 hak: nee. 93,996 FiWOG. 32 BE 7,906 TRAE NGG ce esses Coe etwecla sedis Ags + Wgutdeebone tie hha 279,174 & coope gees aiate co baar gape 13,898