Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-03
SEPTEMBER TRAFFIC
 ON HE GREAT LAKES
Falling Off in COmpadsop With Operations of Same
 Month Last Year

lfed by the volume of freight ship ments between domestic ports on the Great Lakes aggregated 10.720, 460 short tons. compared with 1l.S92.4I2 and le.527. s65 short tons shipped during September. 1910 and 1909 re- spectively. Reports to the Bureau Of Statistics of the department Of Com merce and Labor show smaller monthly figures for all classes of merchandise except hard coal and miscellaneous freight than those reported year ago. The season totaled 56,3i4. S26 short tons, as against 6S,iS5.753 short tons in 1910 and 57.06O,153 short tons two years ago. The shipments of iron ore dur ing the month aggregated 5032. .94S long tous,, compared with COOS. .6S2 long tons during September. 1910. The largest losses are shown by Du- luth and Ashland. while shipments from Superior and Marquette docks appear to have been larger then last year. The total season shipments of iron ore to the end of September are given as 24l06.SiS long tons, indi- eating 8 decrease of over 10 million tons as compared with the 1910 ship ments Of he total iron ore received during the present season, I9,019,777 long tons are credited 10 Lake Erie ports and 1922, 6S9 long tons to Lake Michigan ports. With the exception of Conneaut and Lorain all the larger receiving ports show considerable de- creases from last years figures.
 The shipments of soft coal during the month, chiefly from Lake Erie ports, aggregated 2,314,7S2 short tons compared with 2,457. 721 short tons reported for September 1910. Over one-half of these shipments proceed ed from AshtabUla and Toledo. The months shipments totaled 12.S2S. sos short tons, as against 13,697, ,705 short tons reported last year. Du- luth-Superior and Milwaukee were the principle destinations of these shipments. taking abOut two-thiTds of the total receipts. The September shipments Of hard coal. 455.716 and 3,262, soc short tons respect lively, mainly from Buffalo, ET ie. and Oswego, were in excess of the corresponding 1910 shipments. Practically all of this coal was des- tined to Lake Superior ports, chiefly Duluth-Superior. which are credited with ,209 SOC short tons and to Lake Michigan sports chiefly Milwaukee and Chicago where .yl7,749 short tons were landed.
 Lnmber shipments during the month and season, l42,6S6 and Sf3, 40S NJ feet, respectively, show small CT totals than the year before Of the total shipped during the 9 months Of the present season. 333, ,GS0 NJ feet proceeded from Lake Superior. 4l9- 725 M feet from Lake Michigan ports and 5S.6S5 M feet from Lake Huron ports. The domestic grain shipments during the month totaled 20,435.715 bushels. as against 21.271,72S bushels in September 1910 Of the total shipped, 6.033,GT9 bushels was wheat; S,57O.T26 bushels corn: 22SS.S91 bush els casts: 2,960, ,9S7 bushels barley: 526, SGT bushels rye; and 1l4,514 bush els oats; 2.960,9S7 bushels barley; 526,867 bushels rye; and 114.574 bush els fiaxseed. The season shipments of grain to the end of September to- taled 92,Sl3.l5O bushels, compared with 7S,S63, ,433 bushels reported the year before. all the principal grains except barley and fiaxseed showing larger figures. Smaller totals both for the month and the season are reported for all the other enumerated articles, viz, -four, salt, copper, pig iron and iron manufactures. The shipments or unclassed, including package, freight, both for the month and season, 36S.367 and 6,277 .462 short tons. respectively, show con siderable increases over 1910 figures.
 The vessel movement in the dom estic trade during September com prised 10I5S departures represent ing 14,025. sos net tons register. as against 9,S97 departures and 14,743.- 014 net tons register in September, 1910. Departures for the months comprised 60,S00 vessels of 79,j1l, ,42O net tons register. as against 59,S3S vessels Of S6.907.5l2 net tons register in 1910. It Is thus seen that while the number Of active vessels increas- ed. the combined tonnage Of these yessls decreased, due probably to the smaller number Of trbs made by larger ore-carrying boats.
 The freight movement through the Sault Ste. Marie canals for the month 7.949,S44 short tons, was smaller in volume than in September. 1910 and 1909, when S,79O, 374 and 9.277 .192 short tons were reported. The de- crease affects the eastbound move ment only, tn westbound tonnage composed largely of hard and soft coal--showing large gains over the corresponding totals for the two pre- ceding years. The vessel movement trough the locks, comprising 2,659 boats Of 6.176.324 net tons register. was considerably lighter than in the two preceding years. The freight movement for the months of the canal season totaled 39,42S,16 short tons. a quantity 19 per cent less than in 1910, but slightly larger than in 1909.
 The September freight movement by way Of the Detroit river aggregat- ed S.313,419 short tons, as against 9.6OO, ST short tons reported in Sep tember 1910; both the north and south bound movements were lighter
 than last year The total freight movement for the season to the end of September is given as 4l,543,S65