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Show 1 1 vc Commerce Lf 1 of the, Great lUteifl! ! fi A IKpii" : t GYV prospective events I' HEi' U'r- 'i.lfii tW'W til' 7 .V. combining to dl I jxjbjyj VPA jtSSShw W.T j JK'J "f"' nnsalted trai K-?V' 'VsV1" fV TkaU SLf5 iJ'' nd to the remark- frwX Wl?' f A? M i7-L VTwvV able commerce of PVtl-tiV H A ) g-HrL j till. thousand-mile JlA". V? j ' ' J .jw M iNvwT-kW VVL irS-t Inland waterway V ?Y f r 1." .4 (V f- j A 1' J VIS r'''R among these atiinu I 1 , e -ijy' .iTS3i'X.W U "t2SwJ Z.."'.! V I lnt. of rpulnr Inter- f ' P- 3SJ S' V Hous being made to honor Con.mo 4 I-"! fii - AftX F I vCl7fV-- doro IVrry. In. hero of lhal met slg. L -..? .' C 'Uii& vSr ..-I 11. A -rA U i V5V V, P S of Lake Krle. It Perry, mo,. S5S3 jjt ?". .Wk-r-r' than any other one man. who has glv- - L-.T... - Ng . f- r ' ft torlr.l anni.li of lh. republic fully - P1KlTKCSVZj!nW SE-V-'V n keeping with the pmtic these in. iiVii KLv X-"A'H-iCik-v. jtVria.- .V ? land sc.. ,jy , th, commercial ,-r?laae-,as X chronlcl. of th. nation I TT1 Sjy -- ,T? I frJf JVHL' r J2g.tH t Th. on. hundredth annlv.raary of L fe V - ' .'' C ' ' . iVST-L-C I hi r""S pwparatlona are undTr' .y for th. ' ' K-i'J Jj Jx bftJ-a-.a H, 1 J t-X&.-V3r! ration of a mnlflrrnt I'.rry me- ' . ' J l ''Vt . ' f v'V ' V1 " " f Viy-li nd aflor th. ylctory ov.r the llrltl.h aCKk;y7 iJ ' Cytf on lka Erl.. Th. m.morlal which II " ' 'JjJL::'7,';:4 1 '"l " ' ' 'i;. As II ,M rrHtiK inrnl mndurn to will tak. th. form of a low.rlnc ahaft It JWIWifi. : i' ; 1 itC1 "rrylim of th. nn-au-it po.iibi. ud a muMum biilldlnR will atand on l . v v , Jvr- l tfi '?tV J ' i)ft0r 'unl of rrelRbt and. more liiipor-th. liiipor-th. amall lathmu. ronnectlnx th. two tUi- f .71 lllV''y JlJA "d.Ti p...lbl. th. fin-wUona fin-wUona of on. of th. principal III- VM lt VfA j 1 itF P'4n.nt of lh. marv.ltiualy .cononil-and. .cononil-and. al Put In Hay. Thla choi.n alto :VLJ I " rtn- - At- ' IV j ''v"1 Jtrfrfitl3 H1" n'1 "ladln machln.ry.-to machln.ry.-to of additional Int.rnt from th. fact L I II fV',;r .'fi X? -- jyP tif' A2 "-ndun.pt.ra" which dump coal Into that It waa h.r.. after th. naval lc- NSj-Ji f' ""V'KI ' ' rr m""" tory, that American troops unriur Uen- T V i j 'V -fin.f 2tS & ml kutotnallc unloadcra" which lnw ral William H.nry Harrison w.r. or- j . S.,.; ',' . . tr vlm slmll" rab buck.ia Into RanluMl and drilled preparatory to lh. t' ' sSt.'"''1 .S1I h"t,m'"P up t.n tuna of Iron or al battl. of th. Thames and the enptura m ' ' B1" " rtTry " ' "" of Detroit. Furthermore th. momorlal V ' JltfV dnttuBl deposit It either on stocl will be unique In that th. towerini AX ... . . pilaw n waltliiR railroad cara. T haft will be mad. to aorta aa a llajht- ft 4' -nlmUwv I fadkU' the nperailtn of lho. ill boua. of th. first ordor. Th. Museum . Ht l.v iXjkV ' ZlVrV.l 4pia VBinlmai. dock labnrera It I f Hl.torlo luilrs will be a ball of fin. , , 1 zVOU-T v- Cj.'.VvV faWa'i of rours. to have numnii proportlona. wlthapward of Vooo l1-" tt sVit. 'i'n tb. deck of tb .blp. A square feet of floor .pao. and finally ' . 'J t-V J m? r A'v ''mi litF fciKKtJ of fsct th. IsUst approe there will be . memorial for the l.- stTT frfg TlX Z7 'rn r,f Uk. frelicl.ter present. American and British officer, and f JlA T tWs 'KfST iW '1 bid lln.j of bstches sel as close I sailor, buried on the Island. aV--llcfc J't " j Jb oih.i as possible, and ea.h hale Another current topic tbnt bna fo- sy.f7;; ..- A Wv ' '.., . ' 1 n endlna almost tbe full width eused popular attention upon the feb ft .blp. ' This renders It easy lor th treat waterway on our northern bor- 1 . . . ' ' 1 1 F 1 '" " . . h.nlrkl unlnailera to reach, wit dor I. th. Improvement, designed to ckvwj, . ' ,lr stlj! nniers. I e.ery nook an uX'm "T. "11 "'e lock' q-r of the c.mo .pac. and all thi 4 GsfsV KVKRAI. recent or VSs.- pro.pectlv. events ar. combining to dl-AV dl-AV ro,'t esivclal alien HL lr;l "on J"l now to our jTX ureal tinsalted seas coinmerr. of SJrXJHf-, ,hl" thousand-mile jVjjrisHi? Inland waterway ,'.;v'' Fontnott. erhaps. amnnit thew al I mil SsMuaa lants of populnr Inter- 'st ar. th. preparations prepara-tions beln made to honor t'op.mn dope IVrry. Ihe hero of that mo.l significant sig-nificant historical .vent. ito lint tin of Lake Krle. It was Perry, mor. than any other on. man. who has given giv-en th. (ireat Lakes a placo In the historical his-torical annuls of th. republic fully In keeping with Ihe prestige these Inland In-land seaa enjoy In the commercial chronicle of the nation The one hundredth nnnlveranry of Perry . victory I. arouchlng and preparations are under' way for the erection of a magnificent Perry memorial, me-morial, overlooking Put-ln-llny. where Perry's .hip. were harbored before and after th. victory ov.r the llrltl.h on I-ake Erl.. Th. memorial which will tak. th. form of a towering ahaft and a museum building will stand on the smalt lathmus connecting th. two sections of one of the principal Islands Isl-ands al Put In Hay. Thla chosen sit. la of additional Interest from Ihe fact that It waa here, aftor th. naval victory, vic-tory, lhat American troops under (Jen-ral (Jen-ral William Henry Harrison w.r. organised or-ganised and drilled preparatory lo lh. battl. of the Thames and the capture of Detroit. Furthermore the momorlal will b. unique In that lh. towering hart will be made to serve aa a lighthouse light-house of th. first ordor. Th. Museum ef Hl.torlo suites will be a ball of An. proportlona. with upward of ..000 square feat of floor apao. and finally there will be a memorial for tbe American and British officers and sailors buried on Ihe Island. Another current topic that baa fo-cused fo-cused popular attention upon the treat waterway on our northern border bor-der la the Improvement, de.lgned to Increase the rapacity of Ihe locks al Raillt HI lllurl. Tk. HI. Mary', river at ,h. aul, or "he W" J U to popularly termed. I. lo ,. Great 1 ae'a wha U- Panama canal will b. to oceanic traffic, and U Bault canal already ,jy. d,.,ln'on of passing mor. tonnng. during ,h. ,Knt season of navigation than the f.inou. 8uecan.l do during th. full twelve month.. What reel Hit" ..'.' be,w,n ,-k '"roo and Uh. 8u- E.n1.. . i!! W!lh lh current "P-osloo of facilities It la difficult to forecaat And. 'finally, much comment has been precipitated precipi-tated by the rumnre In the newspaper, that the recent activity of the I'nlted Btatea government against certain trust, and particularly the steel trust served to nip In Ihe bud a very ambitious plan for amalgamating under one ownership prac tlcally all of Ihe great modern freight-carrying vessels on tbe Great Lakes. Even aa It Is the cargo carrier, of th. Inland seas are owned or controlled by a relatively amall group of Interests compared to the diverse Inleresta that bave a band in our oceanic commerce. But parhap. that la du. to th. clrcumstanc. lhat tb. commerce of the .Great Lakes la so largely restricted to uch commodities aa Iron ore, coal, grain and lumber and the men who make use of the raw material produced In tb. lak. district find It profitable to own ships to an eil.nt not paralleled In any other field of water-born, commerce. Tbe commercial Interest of lb. Great l.akea bar. for years enjoyed on. point of superiority ov.r all th. other burden-bearers on the globe Freight Is carried more cheaply on Ihe Ureal I-akcs than anywh.r. .Is. In th. world. It la only on-ly fair to uplaln at th. outset, bow.v.r. that this Is due not solely lo tbe monster ships employed. the largest ever floated on fresh water. and to th. economical manner In which these craft are operated. A secondary factor of great Importance I. found In the marvelous dork machinery and equipment which has been perfected In tb. lak. region for mechanically loading and unloading cargo. transferring the coal or ore from railroad cars to the bold of a ship or vice versa. To such lengths has this been carried that In the raae (if some commodltlra th. transfer of cargo la wholly automatic and It la claimed that the Iron ore la not touched by human hands from ihe time It la mined In Wisconsin or Minnesota until It la fed to the blast furnace, at Plltaburg or Houth I'hlcugo. or Gary, Ind , or some other center of Ihe steel manufacturing Industry. The ships of lh. Great Lakes, alike to their courier part, on aalt wnter, hav. been gradually growing In .Is. aa ye. re bav. gon. by. However tbe depth of certain channel, connecting lh. lake, and other considerations will preclude lh. possibility possi-bility of lh. lengthening process going on Indefinitely Indefi-nitely as It appears likely to do In the rase of ocean going craft. The 1.000-foot stoamer wblrb la already "In sight" lu Ihe .volution of trans At-lantlc At-lantlc navigation will probably never have a parallel par-allel on fresh water and, Indeed. II Is more tbsn likely that present-day lak. cargo ships coma pretty near representing mailmum, although there Is no doubt that our Great Lake paaaenger ships will go on Increasing In alia and lusury aa more and mora people com. to realls. lhat a trip "up th. lakes" or "down the lakes" baa a variety and fascination not equalled by a voysg. across lb. Atlnntlc. Th. freighters of th. Or.at Ijikes are without a counterpart on tbe other waters of the globe and they are a source of continual wonderment to foreigner, traveling In thla country. and. In dede. lo most of our own cltlsens who reside In sections of the country away from tbe Inland aeaa. Th. most common type of lak. carrier. lh. approved pattern for tbe ore and coal trade which la the mainstay of lake commerce. la a long vessel with rounded ends. No deck Is laid on the main-deck beams In the rargo hnlda and the bridge, mast and deck-houses are bunched al lh. .itr.m. forward end of the vessel whereas th. engines and propelling machinery are al th. extrem. oppostt. end. leaving practically tb. entire en-tire length of tbe hold free for cargo siorag. bla odd arratiKeinrnl cunduces to "carrying of the greatest possible stunt of freight and, more I in I or- - yet. It rende rs possible Ihe em-pltnient em-pltnient of Ihe marvvlously econoiul-ca econoiul-ca kadlng and unloading machinery. "erl dumpers" which dump cosl Into Infold at the rat. of a car a nilnut. sin Automatic unloaders" which low-sr low-sr vm shell" grsb bucket. Into a bikl'op up ten Ions of Iron ore at i la. S lit It aloft, carry It to lh. dndiill deposit It either on slink pllseSn walling railroad cara. To (artkUrT the nprratK n of tho. gt-gnat gt-gnat lilmlmai. dock labnrera II I. i-aftssrl of rours. to hav. num.mns lansfin Ihe derk of tb. ship. As I fcit of fscl th. Istest approved tern t,f lak. freighter presents a kS Una. of bstches sel aa close lo nfh oihcV as possible, and eath hatch a ending, almost tb. full width of ft i ship. 'This renders It easy lor lh. r banli-sl unlosilcrs lo resch. with th ir steeil ringers, to every nook and M n'er of Ihe cargo space and all lhat la nece.nsrf complete Ihe Job oi uniosniii. an-r an-r the ..' "c uuloador. bav. concluded , oner-allona oner-allona Is to" I ,m" ,ql""1 of " shovels abt "I" -l'n "P ,n ruM luoun, 01 ore or cnl '""d by th. automatics. Ice llnilisile season of navlnullon on Ihe Hikes to eight orl-ne months and thla makee lively work necer y when there la much IrelKhl lo b. moved buck nd forth between Buffalo and Chicago Chi-cago or in . or between Intermediate ports. In an aveii season an average cargo steamor will make a -aat Iwenly round Irlps on Ihe ma rin. blghwat lhal encompasses nearly one-third of all Ihe fn i water on Ihe globe The season s Journeylngs . I Hie ordinary freighter would In the aggregns more than equal a voyage around the world i ke lake ships sr. Intensely modern In every reijrcl. They are constructed entirety of steel; linked by electricity; steered and healed by stenm; at( have almost all Ihe "filings" to be found on sir! of the oceanic cargo ships In any quarter of tm globe. The first lake cargo car-rlers car-rlers had a rapacity of only a few hundred Ion., but so raplLwae the development of thla claaa of shipping thai within a a.or. and a half of yeara the poneer. of lake navigation who had continued U service were rubbing their eyes to reallr. the angnltude of veswls around all hundred hun-dred feel In length and with a carrying capacity of nine thomsnd to ten thousand Ions. And. most surprising fill to many pePlB- u ,ne clrcum-stonce clrcum-stonce thai -se ships when fully loaded do not In mo.l Inljices drsw more than eighteen to twenty f'e'lj waier. |