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g ee THE MARINE RECORD. IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW INDUSTRIES AT SAULT STE. MARIE—THE FALLS WILL BE DRIED UP—ALL SURPLUS OUTFLOW UTILIZED. A resume of the work now being carried out at Sault Ste. Marie has been compiled and from the particulars given up to date we take the following: _ At Sault Ste. Marie eight dredges have begun work on an approach and channel for the great ore receiving and ship- ping dock the Clergue companies have decided to put in. These docks will be above the Canadian lock about a mile and near the site of the charcoal furnaces and initial steel plant, now nearly ready for operation. A site has been chosen farther up the shore at the long point that sweeps out into the ‘‘Soo”’ river, for the proposed additions to the steel making capacity of the company. This will be im- proved later. The great power canal of the Michigan Lake Superior Power Co., on the American side of the rapids, is about completed so far as the excavation is concerned, though it will take a long time to clean up the bottom, line the sides of the canal for the lessening of friction, cut out the ends that now hold the water back and complete the power house. The turbines will be started up next summer: Work on the mammoth power house is progressing very fast. The foun- dations are allin, the steel work hasrisen one story, the steel and masonry receiving chambers are done and the tur- bines are being placed very fast. A number of them are al- ready in and ready, while many more are on the ground. Bach of the eighty is expected to develop more than 600 horse power, making an installation equal to.that at Niagara, Excavation of the wide forebay—1,400 feet across at the power house end—is done and the sides are being lined with timber and masonry. This power house is the largest steel erection under construction in America today, there being more than 6,000 tons of structural material in the building. To aid in this construction six traveling derricks are placed upon tracks on the top of the steel work and are in Constant use. In addition to them, hydraulic riveters, etc., are in continuous occupation. The masonry curtain of this build- jng along the river front is up one story and will be pushed up as fast as the three remaining stories of the steel work can be raised. Excavation for the third power canal, the second upon the Canadian side, is well started, and will be pushed, as there is need of the rock to be taken therefrom. This rock is going into the various buildings under way about the chemical end of the works, in connection with the sulphur and nickel works as well as for the wall of the steel mills up the river. : These steel mills will bein operation, rolling about 500 tons daily, in two or three months. The foundations for two charcoal furnaces of 150 tons daily capacity each are in and the substructure is raising as rapid'y as the material can be brought and put in place. Steel ore cars of 50 tons capacity are being constantly re- ceived for the Helen mine railway and are forwarded to the mine by shipload. Those cars are now stenciled ‘“‘Algoma Central & Hudson Bay Railway,” as is all the rest of the rolling stock of the company. The main line of road northward from the Sault is being steadily pushed north- ward, and is expected to make a connection with the Helen mine, 100 miles north, this winter, so that ore can be brought down at any season to the works at the Sault. The Helen mine road itself is being pushed northeasterly to the new Josephine mine and to a connection with the main line at the point where surveys show the junction work has com- menced at this Josephine mine and that property is expected to make some shipments next year. A careful sampling of the Helen is showing a better grade of ore than had been auticipated, and it looks as though careful mining, such as can be’ carried forward when the property is more fully opened, will furnish a bessemer grade. i! With the approaching completion of the American canal and the drain upon. Lake Superior that will thereafter result, it was necessary to hasten the work upon the proposed dam across the Sault rapids. This dam has been under way now for a month and the concrete piers are about completed for a fourth of the width of the river. The dam follows the line of the Canadian Pacific’s international bridge. The concrete piers are closely spaced and will be connected by steel shutters, etc., that will regulate the flow of the stream. This dam will be completed by the time the American canal is ready for water. Instantly the flow over the rapids will be greatly reduced With the additional drain that will come with the second Canadian power canal the flow over the old channels will be nearly dried up and the historic Soo rapids will be a mere memory. The company’s railway projects east of the Sault, in the Sudbury country, are progressing, and there are now several pyrotite miners there in preliminary operation for this con- cern. These and other developments are progressing as fast as possible. It means a vast expenditure and an enormous machinery of organization. This organization reaches far beyond the limits of the Sault and the immediately surround- ing region, and if it could be laid bare would present a magnificent example of heroic activity and foresight. Mr. Clergue is not building for the immediate future, vast as that is, but for a very considerable period, and as time progresses and the foundations laid far down are built upon and come into view, the work now being carried forward will assume its true importance and its real connection with the scheme of Canada’s advance and development. ———<—$—< re ae STATISTICAL REPORT OF LAKE COMMERCE. THROUGH CANALS AT SAULT STH. MARIE, MICHIGAN AND ONTARIO, FOR. THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1901. EAST BOUND. BigAT.. mebdn Ue sya en wget) Articles. U.S. Canal. Ranadinn Total. Copper, net toms.......... II,113 I,202 12,315 Grain, bushels............ 1,260,600 290,000 | 1,550,600 Building stone, net tons... 7,544 1,035 8,579 Flour) barrels. vst: 923,596 151,929 | 1,075,525 Iron ore, net tons:........ 3,109,314 161,832 | 3,271,146 Iron, pig, net tons........ 3,298 234 3,532 Lumber, M. ft. B. M...... 173,866 822 174,688 Silver ore, net toms........ ac he Agee Wheat, bushels........... 1,616,017 484,213 | 2,100,230 Genl. Mdse., net tons.....|: 12,578 5.110 17,688 Passengers, number....... 4,280 2,723 7,003 WEST BOUND. Coal, hard, net tons. ..... 106,508 7,830 114,338 Coal, soft, net tons....... 604,527 575358 661,885 Flour, barrels............ hela Tae Shue Grain, bushels............ Dats 3,600 3,600 Manf’d iron, net tons..... 19,133 7,130 26,263 Salt, barrelsic cs. a6s. we 44,199 10,580 54,779 Genl. Mdse., net tons..... 59,534 11,829 71,363 Passengers, number....... 4,731 2,577 7,308 Freight: Hast bound, net tons...... 3,596,310 | 209,042 | 3,805,352 West bound, net tons..... 796,332 86, 133 882,465 Total freight, net tons... ..| 4,392,642 295,175 | 4,687,817 Vessel passages, number. . 2,596 635 3,231 Reg’d tonnage, net tons...| 3,716,843 277,453 | 3.994,296, Compiled at St. Mary’s Falls Canal, Michigan, under di- rection of Lieutenant-Colonel G. J. Lydecker, Corps of En- gineers, U. S. A. Joseph Ripley, Assistant Engineer and General Superintendent. orn or or STATEMENT OF THE VISIBLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN. As compiled by George F. Stone, Secretary Chicago Board of Trade, September 7th, Igor. RYE. | BARLEY CITIES WHERE WHEAT.| CORN. Oats. ‘STORED, Bushels. | Bushels. | Bushels, | Bushels. | Bushels. Buffalo I 100,000] 1,145 000 544,000 87.000 83,c00 Chicago.... 4,852,000] 6,969,000] 1,610,000 260,000 I,000 Detroit .... 332.006 67,000 102,000 219,000 6,000 Dulut. 1,611,900 636,000 425,000 405,000 152,000 Fort William, Ont.. 130) ,01'4) |g, MARS Car Pai. eb IMEC ba ae atatel [PE eerie Milwaukee........ mdb ILI,000 322,000 403,000 22,000 31,0c0 Port Arthur, Ont.... POOOO eee luce soca PROT Ga BOLEIG: yietos Votes 855,000 617,000 915,000 352,006 6,000 Toronto ...........+. BSO00| 5. Say asieie aie 3 F000) crac gone 9,000 On Canals. {| 390,000] 378,090] — 399,000].......... 10,000 On Lakes.........45 1,388,000] 1,372,000 98,000 29,000 140,000 OH WISE RIV OieS octane ci etcnaly cetiiegienl esa pees cre rere se cw belie Mc. at Grand Total..... 28 440,0C0] 13,123,000] 7,378,000] 1,645,000] 663,000 Corresponding Date, t * EQOO Miiaiivieiee »sivlea’s =< 51,735,0-C| 5,357,000] 38,825,000 831,000 457,000 Increase for week. 652,00¢ 447,000 477,000 156,000) 119,000 Decrease ‘‘ SP BREN ae Bila else waiy.ol an Fives Sinin gee edhe MibiMeinue Gk ole NE While the stock of grain at lake ports only is here given, the total shows the figures for the entire country except the Pacific Slope. NTE trees . SEPTEMBER 12, I9goI. NOTES. AN exposition for accident, sanitary, and life-saving ser- vice is to be held at Frankfort October 5 to 21. The exposi- tion is to be exclusively scientific. Visits of workingmen will be arranged, as the chief aim will be to benefit those engaged in industrial pursuits. ‘ A RECENT bulletin of the Lick observatory confirms an earlier announcement that Polaris is a triple star. The bright star—the North Star—moves about the center of mass, of itself and a dark companion star in 3 days, 23 hours, 14 minutes, These two stars also move slowly around a third. dark star in a long period. CoMMERCIAI, AGENT HAMILTON reports from Morris- burg, Ont., that his mail is filled with letters from all parts of the United States, asking information about trade, etc , in Canada. He thinks that our merchants are making a mistake in not sencing more representatives to that district. The field is open; there is no duty on samples and no tax is required. All kinds of American goods are in demand, on account of their finish and material. THE Lake Submarine Torpedo Boat Company, capitalized at $1,0c0,000, and using the patents of Simon Lake, of Bridgeport, Conn., has decided to establish a shipyard avd machine shop there for building submarine. torpedo boats. While the plant is being established the Pacific Iron Works will builda boat for the company, which will be used in demonstrating the value of the type to the Naval Bureau of Construction and Equipment at Washington. Avorp procrastination as you would the devil and his works. ‘‘All things come to him who waits” is not only a mischievous sentiment, but afalsetranslation. The original proverb reads: “All things comes to him who knows how to wait;’’ whose patient, persistent hand shapes the march of events towards his desired goal; who in time of peace has prepared for war, and, knowing that the raceis neither to the swift nor the battle to the strong, keeps on running and never ceases to fight.—Unknown Exchange. _ ‘JENKINS Bros.’ VALVES”’ are known to be of the highest quality, being manufactured by Jenkins Bros, of New York, with branches in all principal cities. They are made of the best metal, and bear the firm’s special trade mark stamped on them, without which none are genuine. Be-- sides this well known specialty they have the steam pack- ing, which is pronounced by users throughout the world as the best joint packing manufactured. It weighs 30 per cent. less than many other packings. Itis therefore much cheaper with equal durable ability. Tux contract for the erection of a million bushel elevator, to be located midway on the harbor front of Montreal, has been granted by the Board of Harbor Commissioners to J. A. Jamieson, of Montreal, for $642,000. Thisamount comes out of the $1,000,000 loaned to the Board by the Dominion Government for elevator construction, The tenders submitted were: J. A. Jamieson, Montreal, $642,0c0; The Barnet and Record Company, Minneapolis, $820,000; McDonald Engineering Co., Chicago, $975,000; A. F. Chapman & Co., Buffalo, $1,090,000. THE first tidings from Capt. Baldwin, the Arctic explorer, reminds those interested in the various expeditions in search of the north pole, that half a dozen Arctic companies are out and are liable to be heard from any day. Returning whalers to England are expected to bring news of the Peary, Sverdrup and Banandahl expeditions, and Russian dispatches will be the earliest source of information respecting Capt. Wellman and Biron Toll. Capt. Baldwin’s chances of reaching the pole are considered by experts of the Royal Geographical Society superior to those of any other explorer, owing to the fiae equipment of dogs for the sled j urneys over the ice. THE New York Evening Post says: ‘‘The renewed and apparently well-founded report that the Interoceanic Can uJ The new building: must be completed and ready for use by April 1st, 1902. : ‘£ Commissioners now strongly favor the Panama route, ang, may recommend it to the President if a satisfactory transfer of the property can be arranged, is in line with the informa- tion which comes to the Evening Post. We understand, in fact, that a formal offer is before the Commission to turn over the Panama Company’s concession and plant to the, United States, or to any American corporation, on terms t be fixed by disinterested appraisers. isa slight hitch about the matter on the part of some of the directors in Paris, but that this isin a fair way to be got over.’’ This vindicates the judgment of General Abbot, who has all along contended that the purchase of the Panama Canal was the proper solution of the question of an isthmian canal. We believe that there