The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

MISCE 50c 60c Bfio 50c 35c 45c 40c oOc 85c 45c 30c 40c. 30c 40c 30c 40c 30c 40c 30c 30c 35c 30c 30c 30c 30c 30c 35c 30c 30c 30c 30c CONTRACT COAL RATES 1900-1914 Lake Erie Ports to Lake Erie Ports to Year Duluth & Superior Lake Michigan 190 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1006 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 L915 BOATS THAT HAVE BEEN LENGTHENED Str. Alberta (Can.) .................................42 foot 1911 America ......................................28 " 1911 Athabasca (Can.) .............................3G " 1910 Bellville (Can.) ................................25 " 1905 Brown, Fayette ............................... 1896 Castalia .....................................72 " 1905 Chippewa .....................................21 " 1910 City of Bangor ................................72 " 1905 City of Chicago ...............................28 " 1905 Str. City of Buffalo ................................64 feet 1904 Columbia .....................................30 " 1911 Crowe, Geo. R. (Can.) .........................72 " 1910 Curry, S. S....................................72 " 1905 Dahlke, H.....................................10 " 1911 Grammer, G. J.................................72 " 1905 Iloyt, James H................................48 " 1910 Huronic .....................................60 " 1915 Indiana ......................................22 " 1915 Inland (Shortened) ............................80 " 1914 Islander ......................................24 " 1912 Lakeside ......................................20 " 1905 EOUS Bge. Lewiston .....................................20 " 189-7 Masaba (Shortened) ..........................52 " 1912 Orr, Arthur ...................................4X " 1899 Penobscot ...................................96 " 1906 Puritan .....................................40 " 1907 Republic .....................................72 " 19041 Spokane .....................................60 " 1892 Victory .......................................72 " 1905 Waldo, L. C...................................72 " 1905 Wyandotte....................................60 " 1910 Constitution .................................72 " 1905 WEIGHTS OF DIFFERENT WOODS IN BOARD MEASURE Estimate on 1,000 feet of Dry Lumber Lbs. White Oak ..............3.863 Red Oak ................3,396 Black Walnut ...........3,176 White Walnut ..........2,121 Cherry .................3,023 Ash ....................3,400 Black Birch .............3,131 Beech ..................3.6 11 Yellow Poplar ...........2,197 Maple ..................2,782 Hickory ................4,3 13 White Ash ..............3,000 Whitewood .............2,197 Hasswood ..............2,350 Rock Elm ...............3,613 Norwav Pino ............2,521 Lbs. White Pine ............ 2,100 Yellow Pine, short leaf . 2.S26 Yellow Pine, long leaf . . 3,800 Cypress ................ 2.300 Redwood ................2,18'> Gum ................... 5,070 Dry Lath ............... 502 Cedar Shingles .......... 203 Pine Shingles ........... 248 Norway 6 inch fencing ...6.900 White Pine fencing .....2,500 White Pine % ceiling ....1,120 Piece Stuff, pine .........2,560 Norway Pine % floor .. .2.375 White Pine % floor ......1.900 READ CAREFULLY EVERY ADVERTISEMENT IN THIS DIRECTORY