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SEPTEMBER 19, Igor. .. .DULUTH- SUPERIOR. Special Correspondence to.the Marine Record. » Deeds. recently filed at West Superior show that J. M Longyear, a Marquette man, is buying heavily of the Wey- erhauser copper ge are ee 060 acres Have saat been transferred, © oy?) _.-The movement! of startle the Head of the lakes has become: 'the prospective feature in the freight market, with ‘the ruling condition in the ore'trade as a close second. The indications now are that a‘ record-breaking movement of wheat down from: Duluth will be made. The shippers have already overbid the ore rates for future cargoés and there is a strong belief that 21% cents will be paid early this week, if some ‘charters are not already made on that basis. ».It-is reported that ‘there is a plan to start in operation the oldiplant at-Duluth, Minn., built by the Ironton Structural “Steel Co. and now belonging to the bankrupt estate of John ° H. Searles, and the West Superior (Wis.) plant. The for- mer plant has'an open-hearth furnace and two trains of rolls making structutal material. Most of the machinery in the latter plant has been removed. ‘The plant originally con- tained two 4-ton converters and two trains of rolls. The heavy gales on Lake Superior during the last few . days have held vessels in shelter and are as a result long oyerdue here, judging from the time they pissed the ‘‘Soo.”” There are So many behind their sailing schedules that it is ‘impossible as yet to get a line on the identity of the steamer which was reported as foundering off Eagle River on Mon- day. The steamer Harlem came in with her cargo shifted somewhat, and her captain reports that he saw many craft seeking shelter from the blow. ' At a directors’ meeting of the Duluth, Mesabi & Northern Railroad Co., the resignetion of F. T. Gates as president and director was accepted and W. J. Olcott was elected pres- ident and A.B. Wolvin director. The resignation of George D. Rogers of New York, as assistant treasurer, was accepted and Charles E. Scheide of New York was elected to this office. The resignation of Edward V. Gary, of New York assist- ant’ secretary, was accepted, and ‘Charles D. Fraser, of Pitts- burg, was chosen to fill this vacancy. This action marks the formal retirement of Rockefeller officials in accordance with control of the road assumed some time ago by the manage- ment of the United States Steel Corporation. Colonel S. M. Mansfield, United States engineer of the Northwestern division, which includes Lake Superior when on a tour ‘of inspection recently to the head of the lakes said: “The Superior-Duluth harbor is one of the biggest, most commodious and advantageous harbor that I have ever seen. In spite of its size it does not appear that any part of it, except perhaps up the river, is at all remote or difficult to ‘reach. The head of the lakes has grown wonderfully since I was last here, over fifteen years ago, but what I have observed more particularly, is the enormous development of lake commerce at this port. The expansion of navigation interests. here has been really wonderful and must impress ‘any man who has been away from here for a considerable time and then returns. “The wind which prevailed on Lake Superior, and in fact through all the upper lake region for the entire week, gave the barge Holley, of the Pittsburg Steamship Co., a hard experience. She was bound up in tow of the Sir William Fairbairn, when abreast of Eagle Harbor the tow line parted and as the steamer had another consort to take care of no assistance could be given the castaway barge. It seems, from the report of her master, that she came to anchor before fees on the reef and thus saved herself. She had first, loweyer, let go both anchors. When the Holley brought ‘up she had drifted forty miles and had been severely buffeted by ' theseas. The Holley was pulled from the reef at Eagle riv- er, and continued on her way to Two Harbors, after the crew had returned toher. The Holley was in the trough of the sea from 3 o’clock Sunday morning to 4 o’clock Monday torning. Only her anchors: holding saved the boat from being a total loss on the reef towards which she was too close for safety. Joseph Sellwood, of Duluth, refers to the discrepancy be- tween the statistics of i iron ore production in 1900 as gathered by John Birkinbine, of Philadelphia, for the Division of Mineral Resources, U. S. Geological Survey, and the figures showing shipment collected each year by The Iron Trade Review. The production in Michigan in 1900, as the offi- cial figires” show, Was 9,926,727 tons; in Minnesota, 9,834,- 399 tons. The shipments in the same year were 9,456,355 tons for Minnesota, and 9,072, 099 tons for Michigan. Min- nesota thus leads by nearly 400,000.tons in shipments, but is THE MARINE RECORD. nearly 100,000 tons behind in production. With 60 per cent. of its properties mined on the open-cut plan; a large per- centage of production in Minnesota stops short with the close of the navigation season, whereas the Michigan mines continue through the year. The argument is made that’ the amount of ore sent to market each year is the proper guage of the position of a Statein the iron ore industry, and on this basis Mr. Sellwood claims pre-eminence for Minnesota. et ee CLEVELAND. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. People living along the lake shore east of Cleveland were interested in watching a group of waterspouts on Monday. The C. & B. and D. & C. lines will make no more day- light trips. The night trips will be made until December. The passenger steamer Urania ends her season between here and Canada this week. The service has been more successful this year than ever before and the route is becom- ing more favorable as it is more widely known. On Thursday night the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co. will take a party of one hundred Odd Fellows, living in Boston, from Cleveland to Buffalo. ‘They have been attend- ing the grand lodge meeting in Indianapolis, and are on their way home. The light-ship Kewaunee, purchased by the Lake Carriers’ Association for South-east Shoal, Lake Erie, is all ready to’ be placed on her station and will proceed there under her own steam. Capt. McKay, representing the Lake Carriers’, examined the boat and her equipment and believes that she is inthe best shape possible. He believes the lights may be depended upon for Thursday night. He will stay on the boat to insure good service until Saturday, when he will re- turn to Cleveland. The launching of the new steel steamer, William S. Mack, which was to have taken place at the Lorain yards of the American Ship Building Co., has been postponed until Sat- urday. The boat was to have been launched Wednesday but owing to the funeral of the late president it was post- poned. The boat is all ready, however, and could have been launched at the appointed time. The Mack is owned by W. F. Mack, of Cleveland, and is named after Mack’s father. She is 366 feet long and 45 feet beam. The life-saving station was inspected this week by Capt. Chapman, superintendent of the roth district, whose head- quarters are in Buffalo, During the inspection Capt. Motley brought up the question of a new boat for the station, and it is possible that a recommendation will immediately be made that such a boat be sent here for fall use. The in- spection passed off creditably, and, as is well known in local circles, the Cleveland station is one of the best conducted in the service. Capt. Motley and his splendid crew render in- valuable service to the community, and they are thorough: in their duties as protectors of the port. There will be no work done on the coal and ore docks at Lake Erie ports Thursday. A meeting of the dock managers was held and aresolution recommending that all the work on the dock be suspended the day of the president’s funeral was adopted. Telegrams were received from managers at Toledo, Buffalo and other ports that were not represented at the meeting stating that they «vould do whatever was agreed on by the local managers. The managers of some of the docks had issued orders to close the docks down before the meeting was called. This will have a tremendous effect on the shipping business but the occasion peeees the cessation of all but the most necessary labor. Reports of the iron ore movement shows that during August there were received at the principal Lake Erie ports 3,602,005. tons. During August, r900, the movement amounted to 2,911,622, showing therefore an increase for the month of August this year of 690,383. The report also shows that the total shipments to Sept. 1 was 12,263,436 tons, as against 12,366,022 tons up to Sept. 1, 1900, showing therefore that the shippers are still 102,586 tons behind what they were a year ago. When it is considered that at the opening of August the shippers were 792,969 tons behind the movement to that same date a year ago the same totals will easily be reached by the close of this month, and the 20,000,000 ton mark be the season’s work, _—_——— oe Ir has been computed by geographers that if the sea were emptied of its waters and all the rivers of the earth were to pour their present floods into the vacant space, allowing nothing for evaporation, 40,000 years would be required to bring the water up to its present level. LAUNCH OF. THE: MINNETONKA. | The steel steamer Minnetonka \ was successfully launched from the Cleveland yards of the American Ship Building Co. on Saturday last i in the presence of a large numberyof. ‘Sight- seers. The Minnetonka, built for the American Navigation Co., was. ordered last J anuary by. eastern capitalists. repre- sented by Charles E. & W. F. Peck, of New York. The new boat was christened by Miss Marion Wetmore, daughter of Mr. R..C. Wetmore, secretary, and treasurer of the ship- building company. The Minnetonka, which ‘will engage in trans-Atlantic ser- vice, will carry 7,000 tons of cargo with about. 1,000 tons fuel capacity on 25% feet draught at 10 knots speed. She is 450 feet over all, 430 feet keel, 43 feet beam and 35 feet deep. She will have four Scotch-type boilers fitted. with Howden draft, and triple expansion engines, ‘capable of de- veloping about 3,000 horse-power, The new ship will cost about $450,000 when completed. Finishing work will be rushed as fast as possible, and she will be ready to, start for the coast the latter part of next month or early in November. The second steamer building for the American Navigation Co., which .is a sister ship of the Minnetonka, will be iauuohed this fall, but she will not be ready to sail for the coast until next spring. : ro oo or LETTERS AT DETROIT MARINE POST OFFICE SEPTEMBER 18th, Igor, To get any of these letters, addressees or their authorized agents will apply at the general delivery window or write to the postmaster at Detroit, calling for ‘‘advertised” matter, giving the date of this list acd paying one cent. Advertised matter is previously held one week awaiting delivery. It is held two weeks before it goes to the Peed Letter Office at Washington, D. C, Anst John, Curry Allen G. T., Siemens Baker Wmi., Preston: Burk Conrad, Maida Benjamin Fr’ ‘nk: L., 2 Baldwin. 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M. —_—_—_—— SE : Mr. Louis Cosrx, superintending engineer at the Harbor: Improvement Works at Port Colborne, states that the con-: structors, Messrs. Hogan’ & MacDonnell, are making good” progress with the new breakwater. The work of sinking: the cribs for the breakwater, which is to be 5,800 feet in length, was only begun about ten days ago, but already five cribs are in position. - It is hoped to complete the structure by the end of the season of 1902. -It will be a magnificent piece of work. Dredging to a depth of 22 feet will be’ carried on in the ‘harbor, so: as to give 20 feet for safe. navigation.