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ARINE REVIEW. * - V0u; 111, CLEVELAND, OHIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 18or. INO. 1. Dockage at Upper Lake Ports. Footed up, the above figures show a frontage of 43,751 feet, The Iron Trade Review furnishes figures showing the ore or between eight and nine miles. With an average width for the and coal handling facilities of upper lake ports. The dockage coal docks of 275 feet, and for the ore docks of 40 feet, the total of leading ore shipping ports is as as follows : amount of space occupied by these docks is 5,559,915 square feet. . SS The total storage capacity is 2,533,275 tons, and the total daily FS be | 3 | 7 Ei & & ees handling capacity is 123,700 tons. Ee | : | ee | eh ls 3 Bu ¥ Similar statistics for Lake Erie ports, collected last summer, BS oe S | So Pac eS |e showed a total frontage of ore docks of 45,549 feet, with a total eo = | as |S E &) > |S square feet area of 10,148,150, a daily handling capacity of go,- é o- a A an a i 970 tons, and a storage capacity of 6,485,000 tons. SS [ery Coal RNS : easy Pe In connection with this summary, drawings of the leading ARG PARP BOER 6 es cccc . 3,550| 47 34,000] 10,000] 303 | 50 [50 ore shipping ports are presented on this and the following page, Pea MATA os eee iciessaacscssteseescss 8,588] 43 78,000] 25,000]. 702 | 43.7 146 ‘ : ; PINTETUICTLG 05.5 ais cs hss w snusetiaawanwe 9,788} 40.75 |. 73,485| 21,100] 774 | 41.75 |47 for which Aad es indebted fo. the, Fry Trade Review. ‘They Escanaba ........5. OO ren, eg 7,800] 38 97,790] 30,000] 726144 148 show an immense line of docks and harbor improvements in the fC ee Ce ee 29,27 Ob sins sacs 263,275 86,100! 2,605 |.....066 e coustrucHon of waits moe « —— nave hes expentied. ~—— SSS SSS SS = = SSS SSS e ee) = By a i PEE 3 L—— Ss —<- 2 Ing T= Ss 7 a oe =< —F > tee ———_ aay, ACOAL DOCK ar ' en —— S / W SUPERIOR. 5 a ae E STN Be ee eed — Hf By SSS ey | Ze—_ ER : ss a a : SSA ie eas. ; Fy d oY VIEW OF DULUTH AND SUPERIOR HARBORS. A like summary of the coal dockage at leading receiving A Wonderful Ship Yard Record. 1 ports is as follows : The Globe Iron Works Company launched another big . LL) a a one maame ee < egeicuma we steel steamship, Tuesday, the eleventh in 1890 and the twelfth vs = i ° o within. the year between December.1889 and December 1890. . cael ane as'¢ ms . . . My So 1 A, oP] o, o When it is considered that every one of these boats will carry end D Yv . . . s 6G 5 3 9 me oS 2,400 to 2,650 gross tons, and that their combined carrying “ SI . . . ~ 2 oe B0 a= ee ae capacity is about 31,000 gross tons, with an aggregate value of bal > " A ° . Ba o i mm ° ea E at least $2,500,000, this record is certainly unequalled by any < D a 7, other ship yard in the country. The steamship launched, Se j Z ee Tuesday, is the Briton, the fourth of a fleet of six boats building weet. |, Sect || Tons. | Tons, for the Menominee Transit Company. She is in every respect cane 50,000 8o0c “-2 z cert Weal Ganewor... 12 — ma SE ape igs Eee 5 a duplicate of the boats already launched and fully described. Maan sini ses <-- 1,310 | 275 125,000} 2,400] 360,250] 9 They are 296% feet keel, 312% feet over all, 4o feet beam and 4 | 5 5 eS cr 24% feet moulded depth, with triple expansion engines and all a TPR conse cose canndng tt foie roess 14025 | 714.2 _|2,270,000| 37,60014,370,8751123 other improvements contained in the big steel craft of the lakes.