The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-06
LAKE ORE STRIKE
AFFECTED COMMERCE ON
INLAND WATERWAYS.
Shipments Considerably Reduced During
July as Compared with Correspond
ing Month of Last Year.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-Lake
during July. as measured by the receipts
OF leading classes of merchandise at the
) various ports. on the whole show consid-
cradle gains, both as compared with Ike
figures for the earlier months OF the year
and corresponding periods of the two pre-
ceding years.
The strike in the Lake Superior ore
region, hich affected both the handling
and mining OF iron ore, while curtaihns
considerably the shipments OF iron ore
from Lake Superior ports. did not result,
however. in the decrease of the commercial
movement as a whole. Total receipts our
ing the month, II. O9S. S7S net tons, were o
per cent. In excess of 1906 and ~ per cent.
in excess of corresponding 1905 hgures.
Receipts of iron ore from domestic ports,
which were 5.692, 234 gross tons during July,
1906, show a shrinkage of about a quarter
of a million tons. to b,46S.147 gross tons.
Figures for the seven months OF the year
--16, 969, 273 gross tons-compPre raVoraply
with the corresponding 1906 f1g~ures-l6,252,-
1853 gross tons-all the larger receiving
ports. with the exception of Ashtapuia'
Lorain and Toledo, showing considerable
gains as compared with 1906 receipts.
OF the total receipts for the current sea-
6Ohf 41eOOutCO0 EIVES AOAAts -
cent, are credited to Lake Erie ports,
chiefly Ashtabula, Cleveland, Conneaut,
Buffalo. Fairport and Erie, while receipts
at Lake Michigan and other ports. mainly
Chicago. for the seven months of the sea-
son were about 2,2S2, 440 gross tons, or less
than IA per cent. of the total receipts.
Among the July receipts at Lake Michigan
ports, 6.993 gross tons are credited to In
diana Harbor. the site of the new steel
of 4ha TTpftod Cfatac Ctool C0rnOro-
ton.
The effect of the strike in the Lake
Superior o%reregion is seen even more
from comparative traffic figures of
the SAUL Ste. Marie canals. which
to 1888, 236 net tons in July, 1907,
as against 7,732,7n net tons during July,
1906. The quantities of iron ore. which
passed through the canals during the
month are stated as 4,524, OBJ net tons, com
pared with 1851, 1855 net tons for July, 1906.
The most interesting point revealed by
the figures is the increase in size of the
vessel plying on the Great Lakes.
increase, for one year merely,
amounts to over 100 tons, and is the best
sign of progress in the economical
handling of the constantly growing lake
traffic.
OF the total arrivals during the season
is credited with 1903 vessels, repre-
a tonnage of 1856, O04; the port next
in order of Importance appears to be
Chicago. with 3,271 vessels and a tonnage
of 3,675, 853; Milwaukee, which reports 2,763
vessels of 3,642, 1923 tons arrived during the
month. takes third place, while fourth In
order of Importance Is Buffalo, which re-
ports LAB vessels, representing a tom
mage of 2,914,007. Superior, with LTD ves-
sells of 2,90S, 1888 tons, and Cleveland, with
1900 vessels of 2,SS2.5S1 tons are the only
other ports whose arrivals aggregated
more than 10000 900 tons for the seven
months of the season.