The Detroit times., 1910-12-05
TONNAGE ON LAKES
At HIGH MARK
Figures for 1910 Promise To Exceed
Those of Previous Years by
Striking Margin.

WASHINGTON, Dec 5.-Commer-
cial movements on the Great Lakes
during October, as measured by the
volume Of shipments between domes-
tic lake ports, reported to the bureau
OF statistics OF the department of
commerce and labor, totaled 10.649,-
2S7 short tons, compared with H.
01S,212 short tons shipped during
October, 1909. Owing TO the earlier
start in lake navigation during the
present season and the heavier ship
ments during the earlier summer
months, the season record for the 10
months of 78,944,640 short tons ship
ped, exceeds by far the correspond
ing 1909 figures OF 69,078,365 short
tons, as we'll the earlier record fig
ures for 1907 OF 73,413,990 short
tons. If the shipments for the com
ing two months reach total of only
eight million tons, as against 11.9
million tons shipped during the cor
responding period last year, the total
shipments for the season will be in
the neighborhood of eighty-seven mil
lion tons, or about three and one half
million tons in excess of the 1907
record total
The decline in the monthly figures
of lake shipments is due largely to
the smaller quantity of ore shipped
during the month from the upper
lake ports. This quantity was 4,786,-
53l long tons, compared with 6,496,.
003 long tons for October, 1909. OF
the monthly total over 50 per cent
was shipped from Duluth-Superior,
over 20 per cent from Two Harbors,
and over II per cent from Escanaba.
Port deliveries of ore during the
month aggregated Sol ,259 long tons,
of which almost IS per cent is credit
ed 10 Lake Erie ports and the rest
TO Lake Michigan ports. The season
receipts OF iron ore to the end OF
October are stated as 3S,3SS,162 long
tons, compared with 34,569,354 long
tons received during the correspond
ing period In 1909. o fthe total, over
50 per cent was unloaded at Lake
Erie ports and the rest at Lake Mich.
igan ports. The Chicago district in
GLIDING Gary and Indiana Harbor, re-
ceived, for the 10 months of the pres
ent season, total of 6.499, 43
long tons, as against 5,999, 469 long
tons In 1909, 1t is noteworthy that
the 10 months receipts at Gary for
the present year, ,677, 943 long tons,
show decrease as compared with
the 1909 figures, while those at the
other two ports show substantial in
creases.
The October shipments of hard
coal, chiefly from Buffalo, Erie and
Oswego, aggregated 532,119 short
tons. The season shipments to the
end of October are stated as $500
563 short tons, the largest total for
the period ever reported to the
bureau. OF the total receipts for the
season about one-third is credited to
Duluth-Superior; the other large re-
ceiving ports of this article being
Chicago and Milwaukee. The October
shipments of soft coal, 2,554,114 short
tons, were also unusually heavy, APP
parently in anticipation OF an early
closing of navigation during the pres
ent season The largest shipping
ports for the season in the order of
their Importance were Ashtabula
Toledo, Cleveland, and Lorain, which
are credited with over rs per cent OF
the total 10 months shipments of l6,-
251,819 short tons. OF the season re-
ceipts, 15,909,916 short tons, about 81
per cent Is credited to Lake Superior
ports and over 40 per cent to Lake
Michigan ports.
The lumber shipments for the
month. 1900 M feet, were consid-
erably lighter than during the sum
mer months and show a loss of about