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ALPHABETICAL INDEX, FOR PURPOSES OF REFERENCE. PAGES. "A cents worth of fuel, a ton of cargo, a hundred and seventy miles, at 13.2 miles per hour"------------------------------------------.......... 49- 60 Addresses of owners of lake vessels------------------------------------------- 8- 40 Armour, Phillip D., story of sinking and rebuilding-------------------- 123 Average daily rates of the Chicago-Buffalo grain freights------------- 219 Average Lake Freight Rates___________......-_........------------- 217-218 Business addresses and names of lake vessel owners__________----- 8- 40 Canals and routes from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic coast_____ 225 230 Capital invested in Lake Superior Iron mining and distribution _. 214 Comparison of rates on wheat and corn with iron ore----------------- 219 Comparative statement of tonnage built and shipments of chief commodities----------------------------------------....._........--------- 2 to Cylinder sizes of lake engines---------------------------------------------------- 175 Departments of the Detroit Dry Dock Company and Dry Dock Engine Works____________________________------------------------- 81- 82 Description and illustrations of the Dry Dock Engine Works engine and boiler building plant and the metal ship building plant at Wyandotte--------------------__________________________ 85-111 Diagrams of the plants at Detroit and Wyandotte----------------------- 83- 84 Dimensions and tonnage of lake vessels----------------------------...... 8- 40 Dimensions, description and illustrations of the dry dock plant of the Detroit Dry Dock Company_____________________________ 113-128 Dry Dock Deck Engine________________________________________ 171-173 Engineer's reports of the steamers Pioneer and City of Alpena____ 231-233 Engines and Boilers built by the Dry Dock Engine Works_______ 164-170 Engines and Boilers built by the Dry Dock Engine Works, dimensions and particulars___________'_____________________________ 44- 45 Erie canal-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in Facts on Lake Commerce----------------------------------------------......._ 220 Formula for finding fuel consumption of lake steamers.....______ 219 Freight passing the St. Mary's Falls Canal---------------------------------- 210-212 Fuel Consumption of Lake Steamers____________________________ 219 Grain freights, Chicago to Buffalo______________________________ 219 PAGES. Grain receipts at Lake Erie ports since 1878_____________________ 210 Harvey H. Brown, steel steamer, report of performance-------------- 49- 60 History of the Detroit Dry Dock Company for the past twenty-three years----------,_________________________________________ 177-188 Howden Hot Draft System_____________________________________ 61- 73 Illustrations___________________________________________________ 236 Iron mining and distribution, capital invested___________________ 214 Iron Ore Shipments, seasons of 1892, '93 and '94__________________ 213 Iron Ore Shipments since T878, by year__________________........ 210 Kasota, story of sinking and rebuilding_________________________ 126 Lake Carriers' Association members' addresses__________________ 221-224 Lake commerce, facts and figures_________.....__________________ 220 Lake freight rates, averages for twenty years_____.....___________217-218 Lake Ship-building for seven years-------------------------------------------- 2t8 Lake Steamer Lines and Fleets, alphabetical list_________________223-224 Owners of Lake Vessels, names and addresses______-------------------- 8- 40 Particulars of different types of vessels built by the Detroit Dry Dock Company------------------------------------------------------------------- 1S9 208 Progress in Marine Engineering----------------------------------------...... 176 Propeller wheel------------------------------------------------------------------------- 174 Ship Building Statistics----------.........------------------------------------- 218 Steam vessels, dimensions and tonnage_________________________ 8- 40 St. Lawrence canals, dimensions of locks, length, etc------------------- 111 St. Mary's Falls Canal Traffic, seasons of 1892, '93 and '94......._. 211-212 Vessels built by the Detroit Dry Dock Company, dimensions and particulars_______________________________________.......___ 42- 43 Vessels of all kinds built by the Detroit Dry Dock Company, described and illustrated-----------------------------------------......____129-163 Vessels, steam and sail, owned on the Great Lakes_______________ 8- 40 Vessel tonnage built on the lakes, by year, since 1857_____________ 210 Welland canal-------------------------------------------------------------------------- in Weights of different kinds of grain per bushel__________________ 219 Wheat, corn and iron ore, equivalent rates______________________ 2T9 234