Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-14

FREIGHT AID PASSENGER STEAMER
Copper WAS discovered IN Lake Sufer!or in
1875, and five Years Liter the Duke Of Glou-
c-ster and Other yro'liHent EnyI!shmen or
gani1ed cnn.SIy AMI vor1el the zines for
silver Ncar!7 twu centuries later American
capital sou~ Il Investment n iron rliaos In the
w.ldsrnes- N lc same l.;..e and II the creas
Pine fore Is further santa. Ore anA lumber
awaited Transportation, erd sli,s were built
b supply tha detaanl Year b. year they
increased il n'unb + cad vahle, until ut the
pTefea. t-.ir i'' vessel property On To" lckes
Ia e~tiinai II e: ll,Ut.tLal Cbave.snl is tine
creates ssip3uildlng center Bay City ana
IVES; i,sy City ROM n-,fJ sni ir-,. fouov in
tie order gwen Detroit AID lis suburbs,
Buffalo. niiuaukee, Marine City AL the
ports Of Gibraltar and irrn.ou ot the =, ClaT
river There ere about 2.uOU American and
l.5JD Canadian toats on the lakc7i he
LARGEST ,nes are the Owegu and Chenun-.
which run between Buffalo anl Chicago
Taev cost i:-lnUUJ each anil arc 81 feet bong
Their capacity Is 2..iD tarls and they are made
c. stee The largest carrier. tovs-er is the
iron steam large Opnko which Is owned in
Cleveland II WINS hI;ilt in ISL and be- Trans
ported hEi,UgO bush. Is Of wheat. or $3.50 tons
N uilc cargo
the City Of Cit ycllnd. winch mates regular
trips during the se..son between ,eveland
and Detroit She Is finished ard furnished in
a toautiful manner 4. Il cr~t Chn,It t2iOO0O
Notwithstanding the popularity of the
E0rthern cshing resorts Erd tue extent Of the
tract each year the recommendations for gas
sen.,urs Is wretchedly inadequate The reannn
Is that frcightors are riore profitable Fro
ltrI
carry buth passengers and merchandise, do q
very thriving business. during tho months If
June, July and August, end s.aterootns arc
engaged weeks In advance. Chicago. though
the largest city on tic lakes. cuts one Of the
smallest figures in marine circles for the rea-
son that tut very little construction ia dons
there Daring the saas,n Just cios.d s,OGo,-
co tons Of iron orc were shipped from the
Lake Superior region to points south
eat and souta During the same time about
lO.0Do0 bushels If grain and its equiv
alent came down from the upper Ike ports
n Buffalo ana Erie Chicago shipped nearly
all the corn and most Of the oats and b1riey
and Duluth the wheat Considerable grain
-as Also ssnt 10 the leading Canadian po.ts
from Chicago. Recently vessel has been
sent TO Liverpool with a cargo dirst from q
lake port, vhich has occaszoned considerable
speculation e. TO what Will he done In the fu-
ture in this direction However, the uis,ier-
taking did not have the virtue nf originality,
for vessels were plyiag b-e.wesa Liverpool
and tho large ports on Lakes Erie and nichi-
gan nearly forty years eSu. The schooner
Dean, built in Cleveland for C. J Eer>haw,
Ct Chicago, was peri.a rs the first tnat to Gass
the trip The voyage WIS Gl-le by way Ut
the Welland canal and tie ST Lawrence
river The Dean occazior.ed surae surprise in
Liverpool and WIS soid taera. TIE foiios'n2
season the barr {. J Eers..aw was load ID at
Chicago With lumber ard slaves and sailed
over the saIne course with equal success In