The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-21
.fIFTY-ONE new
BOATS IN 1910
EIGHTEEN MORE ARE UNDER
CONTRACT FOR 1911 DELIVERY
AND ADDITIONS ARE
PROBABLE.

. During 1910. exclusive of Canadian
yards, lake ship yards launched nifty
one vessels. of which twenty were bulb
freighters, three package frclghters
two passenger steamers three car fer
Iries, one river ferry. one lumber steam
err twelve tugs three lighters. one
lighthouse tender, one sand sucker. two
dump scows, and two gold dredges. the
Marine Review says. OF this program
the American ship Building company
! launched twenty four of which ten
were bulk freighters. one passenger
boat six tugs. three package freighters.
two car ferries one river ferry and
one lighter. The Great Lakes Engin-
ecring Works launched nine bulk
freighters; the Toledo ship Building
company. one lumber steamer; the
Manitowoc Dry Dock company. two
lighters, one sand sucker and two
dump scows ana the Racine Boat Man
ufacturing company, one lighthouse
tender.
The twenty bulk freighters have
carrying capacity of 1945OO gross tons |
in single trip, or 3.S9OOO0 gross tons
ia an average season of twenty trips
The ship yards OF the great lakes
have eighteen vessels under construc-
ton for 1911 delivery including five
bulk freighters, one car ferry. two pas
songer steamers one excursion steam
er two oil tenders one fuel lighter.
one car float, two lighthouse tenders.
two light vessels. and one quarantine
steamer OF this program the Ameri-
IAN ship Building Co. is building eight,
he Great Lakes Engineering Works
ne, the Manitowoc Dry Dock Co one.
he Racine Boat Mfg. Co. three. the
'oilingwood Ship Building co. four and
he Kingston ship Building co. one.
AR ferry Ann Arbor No. was deliv-
red to Ann Arbor railroad by the Tole-
20 ship Building Co. on Jan. 1, so that :
he is stricken from the constructive
ST, though she properly belongs i'm the :,
9l1 delivery program.
Excluding Canadian tonnage the p
'ur bulk freighters included in this y
rogram will have carrying capacity Il
$4,000 gross tons of ore in a single -
lip, or 100000 gross tons in an aver :,
&c season Of 20 trips. -
In the past nine years bulk freight "
IS having "A carrying capacity of A. G,
5000 gross tons of ore have been Q,
lded to the lake feet The 1911 pro @,
am as so far announced will increase in
lis TO 41,54S.OOO tons. This is prac nj
'aIly equivalent to the movement of ol
es during 1909 and 1910. Moreover Ia
is generally known that additional w
ntracts are pending For instance nj
e Pittsburg Steamship co. has been d,
thorized by the United States Steel
operation TO build two 600-footers
d it is likely that Mr. Coulby. presi-
mt and general manager of the COM
ny, will let the contracts i'm the near 49,,
Jure. w. =. Snyder ct Pittsburg. u,
S also had plans drawn for an addi- Io
N to his fleet I'm the shape of two g..
'-footers, though probably not more ~
m one of them will be built for 1911 mo
livery. 1t is an interesting commen- -,
y that not a single bulk freighter "a
building for Independent interests. Of,
ey are all for interests identified -,
IN iron ana steel making Appar- ~,
Ivy the independent owner desires
It the business shall absorb the pres
tonnage before he adds To IT, The
plus Of ships was quite acute dur in,
1910. t