The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-10-05
GREAT GAIN SHOWN In
LAKE COMMERCE REPORTS
Month Of August was a Record Break
er in Volume OF Business on the
Chain OF Lakes-New Mutual Liner
North Star Successfully Launched
at Detroit on Saturday.

Lake commerce during the month OF
August, 1909, as indicated by the fig
ures Of total domestic shipments from
all lake ports. was larger tAan during
any month for which reports have been
received by the bureau Of statistics OF
the department of commerce and labor
az Washington. The August ship
ments in the domestic trade OF all
kinds Of merchandise aggregated H.
J43.057 net tons. compared with l0.065,-
44s net tons shipped during August.
1905 and l2I25,459 net tons shipped
digging August. 1907. the latter figure
being the largest monthly total here
toforc recorded boy the bureau The
unusually large shipments OF iron ore
are mainly responsible for the large
monthly total The monthly shipments
OF grain and haNsegd were below the
August shipments for last year and
the same is true Of the combined hard
and soft coal shipments for the month. .
The total August movement OF I
freight through the Dctrot river. 81
"-nfntu Aa'A AAAAr HANsN NA.'.HH~ "a -tAA ~
gain over the correspondent zoos total
n 1862 SOC net tons Gains shown
only in the figures OF the sOuthbounG|
movement. The figures OF the north
bound movement were over 100000 tons
short OF the August, 1905. figures. be-
cause 81 the smaller coal traffic re-
ported FOR the month. The total freight
traffic for the season % the end Of
August 33245.750 net tons. was almost
one-third larger than the correspond
ing 1905 total The vessel movement
through the river % August 81 COM
priscd 1875 passages representing
"a net tonnage OF z5.253S33 tons. a mil
lion tons in excess OF the correspond
ing total for the Sault Ste. Marie ca
nails.
North Star is Launched.
The Detroit Free Press OF sunday
said concerning the launching or the
New North star of the Mutual Transit
Co, which wiz boz regular caller at
Portage lake:
Master Edwin :. Lloyd II Buffalo.
the son OF General Superintendent W.
T. Lloyd OF tho Mutual Transit CO..
was the center Of interest at the
launching OF the steamer North Star
az the ST. Clair plant of the Great
Lakes Engineering Works yesterday.
As the representative 81 tho Mutual )
Transit Co, the lad named the ship as
IL left the ways. and saw TO II that il
was well christcncd.
There was much regret that the
Buffalo party did not include Presi-i
dent and General Manager c.. NJ Head
of the Mutual line. but Mr.. Head was q
not able 20 come 10 the ceremony
His absence balanced that Of President s
Antonio G. Pessauo Of the Great Lakes z
Works. who is In the east o
The North Star is the third ship %
10 be launched this year for the rapid j
" growing nect OF tho Mutual Transit -
Co, and is practically % duplicate of u
he stanch steamers North Lake and ~
North Sea, that went in early in the u
ear. and that now are in commission. U
'he North star is $50 feet on the keel
nd will carry about 1000 tons Of 10
roight. She viii come out ut the d
opening OF navigation in 1910 y
The Mutual Transit Co. has rapidly 81
ushcd TO the front ranks Of the pack 10
ge freight lines and with the new 'l
hips all In operation the line next y
ear Will be in position 10 care for it's 80
rattle IN potter shape than ever. u