The Detroit times., 1916-01-20
LAKE TRADE
IN 1916 TO
BE BRISK

'ND year for that trade TODAY.
lake shipysrdt are crowded with or.
I IeH inr 1915 delivery. several OF
them 1ulk freighters OF che largest
|typt The surplus OF tonnage. So
painfully acute a few years back has
been absorbed apparently"
Thirty four Lew vessels Of 5000
/ tons or more capacity the report
showed are now under construg.
I uon iu lake yards for 1916 delivery
/ OF these 10 viii de sent into service
! en- the lakes While the others will
/ go into coast service or foreign
I trade.
OF the vessels 5eiu- constructed
for great lakes use. seven are OF H.
0u0 tons capacity. while several 9th
| ers are uearly as large President
| Livingstone remarked upon The
growth Of tonnage owned by inde-
pendent interests. as compared with
that OF interests owning their own
mines or furnaces
From the beginning ot 1902 to-
the close OF 1915 he said. vessels
agRregating 2SI,609 gross tons
have been built for independent In
| terests. as against vessels having "a
carrying capacity ct $4,000 gross
tons for interests thar have their
own mines or furnaces or both
Loss OF life on the great lakes
showed a heavy increase due 90 the
. Easuand disaster iu Chicago last
June. TIE total number OF lives
lost during the wear was >3l. OF
which sl2 We're on the Esstland
Vessel losses during the year to-
tailed II. OF which eight were steam
.rs. one barge, one schooner, and
one tug. Fire caused four OF The
losses. laundering four collision one.
,tranding one, while one was crush
cd I'm the ice.
The volume Of bulk fright hand
led on the great lakes during 1913.
the report declared, was 50 lsj.Ns5
net tons. as compared with L 93S..
COB tons IN 1914 and i0o0lS464 tons
in 1918. The coal movement for the
year showed q decrease OF l05l.0yy
net tons from that Of 1914 and de
crease OF more taan 1000 Q0J nct
tons from 1913.
ore movements on the lakes dur.
ing the past year was second only
10 the banner wear OF 1913. the re.
vort indicated. The movement for
| The season was 4t.31SSo4 tons. as
compared with 32.02t.S97 tons for
( 1914 and 4s,07047s for 1913
The grain ;rsde on the lakes dur
I ing 1915. the report said, was eX-
-~emely heavy Insofar as Lake Su-
rfrior was concerned. but shipments
/ lell of from Lake Michigan ports.
/ Grain shipments for the year totaled
Iss6I6s052 bushels, as agains; 53I.-
[ I-l5g4s bushels tn 1914 OF the 10
|tal movement. more than 22o.oo909o
bushels came from the Superior
/ sorts
Renewed criticism Of the sesmen'
labor act. which became operative
Nov vas voiced 5y President Liy
irgs.ouo He -ermed the law, the
most important issue H0w confront
( ing The assoe.a''on.
eThe rU aas been modified TO
( many respects insofar as 30 affects
1 deep sea- sailing by department. rul-
/ nEs." SIR. Livingstone said such
provisions as can be construed as
1plIca.., 90 the lakes have under
4 ron, 90 modification by any ruling
(, is Pc confusing measure that
. .np practical thing 20 do would be
90 exempt the lakes from iJs pro
visions altogether. and devise a new
measure exclusively applicable 10
The lakes There Is no question but
hat this association is willing 10
meet the government more than hall
asy on any reasonable proposition.
/ The business Cf the lakes 81 season.
able. being limited 90 eight months
a. the year and provisions ap.
pHcaBIe 20 all-yeer service
/ .anuot with success, or Justice be
applied 20 g. Our experience with
/ ID during November was sufficient 20
rrove it- Impractical character
AvoidabIe accidents on the Great
lakes have been greatly reduced,
and viii have been brought 70 a
minimum after another years cam
uaign Of education, members of The
. crews have beel taught 20 put their
spare time 20 profit they have learn
ed the lesson o' thrift through the
lake marine savings plan and the
makeup OF ihs crews has been on O
higher standard and an has been
accomplished through the Welfare
york Of Tho Lake Carriers a-eocia-
I lion. according ID H -head.s. oI
/ cleveland. vice president OF ne as
socistlon. and chairman OF tHc vel
sare commiIfe. Vho attending fhe
. annual meeting OF the lake carriers
u the Stauer SIR -Ueatis i- an
/ Official of the e,algCUF Iron
I Co. which operates arza feet OF
I freigntDra
The assembly .gum have been
used to good ad 20 aF hundred
Of mon said SIR shasdle besides
being place. for recreation and pro
6t ffe assembly room have been
the means OF finding work for men
Who could fHd ua openings aboard
skip.