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1O SAULT CANAL COMMERCE FOR 1895. General Superintendent Wheeler, of the St. Mary’s Falls Canal, has completed a report supplementary to that published in THE RxEcorD at the close of last sea- son. This report gives the estimated values of all freight passing through the canal last season as follows, articles at their. ports of the values being upon destination: ITEMS. Quantity, a ibd Valuation, | Coal, hard, net tons. i cs. cosedeses 400,477 | $4.25 19 1 872,027.25 Coal; soft, MEONE ecto eer 2,133,888 2.40 5 121,324.00 Flour, barrels seid lds MaOLWEL » leew TG Ce 8 902,302 3.75 33,883,632.50 Wheat, bushels...... .....- ..| 46 218,250 65 30,041.862.50 Grain, other than wheat, bu. } 3,328 694. | .B0 4 164,347 00 Manufactured i iron, net tons 73,663 50.00 3,883,150 00 Pig iron, net tons,,......... aey 26 676 13.00 346,788.00 Salt, barrels........ 2,699,919 “15 202 439.25 Copper, net tons... 107 452 200.00 21,490,400 00 lron Ore, net tons 8,062,209 2.77 25 332,318.93 Lumber.M, ft., B. M..is.cc0s-+s oo ncicle 74,700 12.00 8,888,400.00 Silver ore and bullion, net tons. ine 112.00 11,209.00 Building stone, net fons 23,876 10.00 238,760.00 Miscellaneous "mdse., net tons.......... 463,308 6000 | 276,798 480 00 $159,575,129.43 Average value per ton, $10.60 The number of registered craft which used the canal during the season was: Bacerad F peoha . CLASS, No, Tonnage. | Tonnage. Passengers. | Valuation. American Craft. Steamers,......... 485 466,948 10,140 915 22,189 $84,759,100 SA eg eta cia tie gels 334 210,801 4 349,759 | ....2-e0s0es 6.099. 700 Dotaloi. cf sia 819 677,474 | 14,490,674 22,089 | $10,858,800 Canadian Craft Steamers ,......... 37 20 421 440,559 9 467 $ 1,839 500 Sails... eeceeeeees 21 10,475 TULA NO elke eee cee 194 500 _.Total., pe cave 1208 30,896 555 471 9,467 ar $ 2 034 000 The fot Seon: Serica by American unregistered craft amounted to 5,655 tons in 139 passages, making an average of 40 1,367-2,000 tons of freight per passage. The amount of freight carried to and from Lake Su- perior in 1895 was 15,062,580 net tons, which is an in- crease of 1,866,720 net tons, or 14 per cent in compari- soi with the season of 1894. The average distance carried was 830 miles, giving a ton mileage of 12,502,- 548,983. The total freight paid, including cost of hand- ling, was $14,238,758.02, The average cost per ton was 94%c. The average distance freight was carried in 1894 was 828.1 miles, and in 1893, 831.9 miles. The freight charge per ton per mile for last season was 1.14 mills in 1894, the advance being due to the higher freights on bulk cargoes. The following table gives in detail the average cost of carrying the different classes of freight: . Freight Freight ITEMS. Quantity. Rare Chace Coal, net tons, 2,514,362 7 $ 952,513 94 Flour, barrels.......- .| 8,902 302 14 1,246 322.28 Wheat, bushels. . .| 46 218,250 044 2,,033,603.00 Grain, “other than wheat, “bushels 8,328 694 045 374,791.23 Manufactured iron, net tons,¢ epancin » 73,663 1.50 110,494.50 Pig iron, net toms. ..,. 06.00. ee-e eee eee 26,674 1.05 28,007.70 Galtebarcelss coe. ccs ees cscncese en 269,919 13 35,089 47 Copper, met toms... .... cece cern seen ees 107,452 1.66 178,370 32 Iron ore, net tons,. ...... PoE eieatee aioe 8,062 209 .82 6,611,011.38 Lumber, M, ft., B: M............+-0-- 740,700 2.00 1,481,400.00 Silver ore and bullion, net tons.,...... 100 2.33 233,00 Building stone, net toms,,...,.....-.-- 28 876 1,20 28,651.20 Miscellaneous, mdse,, net toms,....... 463,308 2.50 1,158,270.00 $14,238 758 02 The Canadian freight amounted to 566,251 tons, which is 334 per cent of the total freight carried. The cargo records were made by the steamer Penob- scot, which carried 4,294 tons in a single cargo, and the schooner Aurania, which carried 4,392 tons. There were three propeller cargoes of over 4,000 tons, the ag- gregate being 12,666 tons and the average 4,222; four cargoes over 3,500 tons, aggregating 14,763, and aver- aging 3,691; ten cargoes of over 3,000 tons, with a total of 32,408, and an average of 3,241 tons; 38 cargoes of more than 2,500 tons, aggregating 100,358 tons, and averaging 2,641 tons; and 101 cargoes of more than 2,000 tons, the aggregate being 228,611 and the average 2,263 tons. In sail vessels and barges there was one cargo exceeding 4,000 tons (the Aurania’s); four cargoes exceeding 3,000 tons—a total of 13,120 and an average of 3,280 tons; 16 cargoes of 2,500 tons and upwards—ag- gtegating 41,248 and averaging 2,578 tons; and 21 car- goes exceeding 2,000 tons, the total being 45,612, and the average 2,172 tons. The greatest number of miles run during the season is to the credit of the propeller Masaba, of the Minne- sota Steamship Co,, of Cleveland, and amounted to 45,481 miles. The greatest amount of freight carried by a single THE MARINE RECORD. vessel during the season was by the propellcr Mariposa, of the same line, aggregating 90,703 net tons. The greatest number of mile-tons for the same season is to the credit of the Maritana, of the same line, and is 75,287,054. It is found from the reports of the watchmen sta- tioned at. the head and foot of the canal that vessels were delayed at the canal during the season 83,208 hours, or an average of 4 hours and 59 minutes. It also appears from the records that the railway swing bridge across the canal did not delay navigation in a single in- stance during the entire season nor was the passage of trains delayed by boats. EEE ee NOTiCE TO MARINERS. GHANGE IN POSITION OF RAINS WHARF RANGE LIGHTS The Canadian Department of Marine and Fisheries gives notice that prior to the opening of navigation this year the masts from which the range lights at Rains wharf, in the river St. Mary, Ont., are exhibited, were moved to an alignment about 80 feet northward of the old alignment, so that the range lights are now in the same alignment as the American range lights at Point of Woods, and mark, as nearly as may be, the axis of the improved channel. The front range light now stands on the shore north of Rains wharf. The lantern is elevated 21 feet above water. The rear light mast stands 436 feet S.B. % E,. from the front light. The lantern is elevated 26 feet above water. In other re- spects the range is unchanged, and the two lights in one guide through Dark Hole Passage as before. CABOT HEAD LIGHT AND FOG ALARM. The Canadian Department of Marine and Fisheries gives notice that alight and fog alarm station, estab- lished by the government of Canada at Cabot Head, on the west shore of Georgian Bay, in the North Riding of Bruce, Ont., will be put in operation on May 18. Magnetic bearings are: Lat. N. 45° 14! 45’; Long. W. 81° 17’ 25’... ‘Lhe lighthouse stands on the top of the cliff, about one-third of a mile (nautical) eastward from the entrance to Wingfield Basin, at the point of Cabot Head which projects farthest north on the ordinary course of vessels. The site is level and elevated 35 feet above water. The light building consists of a tower and dwelling house combined, built of wood, painted white. ‘The square tower rises from the east corner of the building, and is surmounted by an iron lantern painted red. The height of the building from the ground to the vane on the lantern is 45 feet. The light will be a group revolving white light, show- ing three bright flashes with intervals of. 20 seconds between their points of greatest brilliancy, followed by an interval of 40 seconds during the greater part of which the light will be obscured, the light completing a revolution in 80 seconds. It is elevated 80 feet above the level of the bay and should be visible 14 miles from all points of approach by water. The illuminating ap- paratus is catopric. The fog alarm building is located on the beach, about 200 feet eastwardly from the lighthouse. It is a square, wooden building painted white, with duplicate horns projecting from a gable in the northeasterly front of the building. These horns are elevated 20 feet above the water. The fog alarm will consist of blasts of a horn oper- ated by steam and compressed’air of 8 seconds’ dura- tion with intervals of 40 seconds between them. The boiler and machinery are in duplicate, so that in case of an accident happening to one part it may be promptly replaced by its duplicate part. ROUND ISLAND LIGHT STATION. Notice is given by order of the Lighthouse Board that, on or about May 15, 1896,a light of the fourth order, showing fixed white, varied by a white flash every 20 seconds, will be established in the structure recently erected on the extreme northwesterly end of Round Island, Straits of Mackinac. ‘The light will illuminate 315° of the horizon lying between NNW. 4 W. through westward and northward to WNW. 4 W—bearings froma vessel. ‘The focal plane of the light will be 53 feet above mean lake level, and the light may bee seen 1434 statute miles in clear weather, the observer’s eye 15 feet above the lake. The light will be shown from a black lantern sur- mounting a square red brick dwelling two and one-half stories high, with red shingled roof. The tower and dwelling stand on a brick pier 40 feet square, rising eight feet above the water. The geographical position of the light will be given later. ORE STOCKS ON DOCK. Figures communicated to The Iron Trade Review di- rectly from Lake Erie docks show that stocks of ore at Lake Erie ports May 1st were the smallest since 1892, the total being 1,949,698 tons. This is 693,282 tons less than on May 1st last year and 638,672 tons less than: on May 1st, 1894. Though shipments from some of the — docks have been light the past winter, others have re- — duced their stocks considerably. It is to be taken into account, moreover, that the stocks remaining on dock Dec. Ist last were about 400,000 tons less than on the same date in 1894, much more “direct”? ore than usual — going to the furnaces in the navigation season of 1895, Another element in the account which makes it impos- sible to judge from dock stocks how much ore stands be- — tween the furnaces and the new supply, is the amount — of ore on hand in furnace yards. With some furnace companies, notably one important interest in the Pitts- burg district, this amount is considerable. How rapidly the stocks on docks will be worked off depends much upon the particular requirements of furnaces in piecing out their regular mixtures. Some of these dock ores are standard and will be readily taken up under conces- sions sufficient to make the price to the furnaces the same as on direct ores. Other lots are not readily sal- able and may stay on dock for sometime. Inthe figures for May 1, 1896, given below, we have excluded any cargoes of 1896 ore delivered at’ Lake Erie ports before May 1: CLOSE OF NAVIGATION. OPBNING OF NAVIGATION, PORTS, c f Dec. 1, | Dec.1, | Dec.1, |}. May1, | Mayi, | May, 1893. 1894, 1895. 1894. 1895. 1696. Toledo. ,., 92,911 96,157 113,132 44,500 Sandusky.. 78,439 77,004 | 34,375 65,772 Huron .,.. 89,000 147,632 101.000 56,791 Lorain,...| 201,632 493,733 224,264 170 391 Cleveland .| 1,163,930 | 1,441,785 | 1.200 792 821,923 Fairport...| 578,033 660,980 605 470 811,494 Ashtabula | 1,296,481 | 1,439 119 | 1 301,302 762,138 Conneaut, 91,037 199,365 292,460 68 485 Huerta 359,827 454,233 335,718 222,094 Buffalo 109 170 94,239 207,199 64 781 Total....| 4.070 710 | 4,384,247 | 4 415 712 || 2,688,380 | 2,812,980 | 1 949, 9,698 The total rail shipments from Lake Erie ports to furs naces in the winter of 1895-6 will appear by using the totals of the above table thus: ae GROSS TONS. On dock at Lake Erie ports Dec. 1, 1895...... 4,415,712. On dock May'l, 1806:.0s 00s, 2 ee 1,949,698 By rail to furnaces in the winter of 1895-6.... 2,466,014 Adding to this the shipments to furnaces in the season — of navigation in 1895 (including consumption of fur- naces at Tonawanda, Buffalo and Cleveland, taking ore < direct into their yards), which amounted to 6, 339,496 — tons, we find that the total shipments tothe furnaces — from Lake Erie ports in the year ending May 1, 1896, were 8,805,510 gross tons, far the largest on record. — rr ar TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL NOTES. The Edward P. Allis Co., Milwaukee, Wis., will furnish the Northwestern Elevated Railroad Co., Chicago, three horizontal, cross-compound condensing engines of 2,500 horse-power each and one 1,200 horse-power engine of the same type, with armatures for electric generators built on the main shaft of eachengine. The railroad is — to be operated exclusively by electric power on the third- rail system. The contract covers all pumps, heaters, separators, connections, pipes, etc. The company will also furnish a 1,200 horse-power horizontal tandem com- pound condensing engine to the Metropolitan Street Railroad Co., Kansas City, Mo. Proposals are being invited until May 22, 1896, for — steel-framed construction and repair shops at the United States Naval Station, Port Royal, S. C. Intending bid- — ders can obtain plans and specifications upon applica- tion to EK. O. Matthews, Chief, Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. a Thecontract for the Toronto Gas Works, Toronto, Canada, has been divided equally between the Yough- iogheny Gas Coal Company, of Cleveland, and Brinker — & Jones, of Buffalo, N. Y. The amount of the vontraes is 38,000 tons. The contract for furnishing 12 fog signals a aim boilers for use in the ninth and eleventh lighthouse districts, has been awarded to Thomas Kingsford, off, Oswego, N. Y., at his bid of $14,380, sa