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8 3 MARINE REVIEW. MarINeE REVIEW. DEVOTED TO THE LAKE MARINE AND KINDRED INTERESTS. JOHN M. MuLROONEY, pees PROPRIETORS. F. M. BARTON, a } HOMER J. CARR, - - - Associate Editor and Manager Chicago Office, 210 South Water Street. Published every Thursday at No. 510 Perry-Payne Building, Cleveland, O. SUBSCRIPTION--$2.00 per year in advance. Convenient binders sent, post paid, 75 cents. Advertising rates on application. The books of the United States treasury department contain the names of 3,510 vessels, measuring 1,063,063.90 tons in the lake trade. In classification of this fleet the lakes have more steamboats of 1,000 to 2,500 tons than the combined ownership of this class of vessels in all other sections of the country. 'The classification is as follows: Class. Number. Tonnage. OLCATHN VOSSEIS ace cechaicesadescsesdasscnacvasese 527 652,922.25 Sailiticevesselss. cis, dae sanes: meets tae todss nes 13272 328,655.96 Canale oats nc carnec ee ctr eines ides cs Slacoe done 657 67,574.90 BAGS CSen ec sisccenneccumeencee aemalan coe -teeemietsin sissies 54 13,910.09 TO Calle gaae ee acthct cde town ness eaadonatioss 3,510 1,063,063.90 According to the report of William W. Bates, United States com- missioner of navigation, 46 per cent. of the new tonnage of the country was built on the lakes during 1889. This is a percentage greater than the work of the Atlantic coast and western rivers combined, and almost equal to the whole work on the Atlantic and Pacific coast. In 1890 the tonnage built on the lakes is but very little less than that built on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Tonnage built on the lakes during the past five years was as follows: é No. of boats. Net Tonnage. MOS O Sera tetenenaceseis ve csaenene snuhcaiacige in dees 85 20,400. 54 MO Oi sconces cet ioisc's Jalvs vieth at auiamseanen aos one 152 56,488.32 MOS Sever saciinetcns viice cuter scan MORen a oe Bee: 222 101,102.87 OOO Wont io lskatsaacl dons vancese quire camnane aedee 225 107,080.30 MSO Olas aanin sets: s occcenp tases tome ee ask eens 218 108,515.00 MNO CAN oe Soe cette sees ew oreo tee 902 393,597.03 Annual tonnage entries and clearances of the great seaports of the world, for 1889: New York, 11,051,236 tons; all seaports in the United States, 26,983,315 tons; Liverpool, 14,175,200 tons; Iondon, 19,245,417 tons. Tonnage passing through Detroit river during 234 days of naviga- tion in 1889, amounted to 36,203,606 fons. Ten million tons more than the entries and clearances of all the seaports in the United States, and three million tons more than the combined foreign and coastwise shipping of Liverpool and London. St. Mary's Falls and Suez canal traffic: Number of boats through St. Mary's Falls canal in 1890, 234 days of navigation, 10,557; tonnage, net registered, 8,454,435. Number of boats through Suez canal during 1890, full year, 3,389; tonnage, net registered, 6,890,014. Entered at Cleveland Post Office as Second-class Mail Matter. BRADSTREETS has recently printed some articles that have. undoubtedly resulted in a great deal ofbenefit to lake commerce, and that journal is, asa rule, well informed in matters pertain- ing to the lake marine. An editorial in its last issue, reporting conclusions of the Detroit convention, is liable, however, to re- sult to the disadvantage of lake interests seeking appropria- tions from Congress for channel improvements. 'The editorial, which was evidently written from a poor report of the proceed- ings of the convention, says that, "the bill recently introduced into the United States Senate providing for an appropriation of $10,000 to be expended by the United States engineers in the determination of the feasibility of making a ship-canal connection between the waters of Lake Erie and the upper Ohio river was approved, and Congress was requested to formulate a definite plan whereby the convict labor of the several states may be con- centrated and utilized in the construction ofa ship canal from some point on the eastern shore of Lake Erie or Lake Ontarlo to the seaboard as soon as the most available route can be deter- upon by the engineer corps of thearmy." 'This is all a mistake, as the resolutions referred to, as well as several others of a special nature were all buried in their reference to the committee on resolutions. The call for the Detroit convention was framed with a view to avoiding all schemes, through which localities sought special aid. It was highly successful in this regard. past been doing some business out of Gladstone. Ir is evident that the war department is not pleased with the responsibility placed upon it by that portion of the last river and harbor act pertaining to obstructions in the navigable waters of the United States Last week acting Secretary Grant sent to the Senate the reply of the war department to the resolution of Senator Dolph, which was prompted by the Canal street bridge trouble at Chicago. 'This resolution asked the department to state whether the provisions of the river and harbor act of 1890 in regard to the obstruction of navigable rivers was being enforced, and if not, why not? The reply was prepared by Chief of Engineers Casey. It contains a list of the bridges which were considered obstructions to navigation and in which alterations so as to render navigation through or under them reasonably free and easy were ordered to be made. With reference to that part of the resolution directing a report as to what, if any, further legis- lation is required to secure the prompt enforcement of the pro- visions of the act the acting secretary says he concurs in the remarks of the chief of engineers that the law has not been in force long enough to ascertain its practical effect or whether further legislation will be necessary. Wrru Congressmen W. E. Haynes of Ohio, T. A. E. Weadock and S. M. Stevenson of Michigan on the river and harbor com- mittee the lakes have not fared badly. 'Two of these, Messrs. Haynes and Weadock, are members of the majority and they can be depended on to do all that lies in their power for the interest of lake commerce. Chairman Blanchard of Louisiana as. well as Mr. Henderson of Illinois were among the Congressional party that made a tour of the lakes last summer. They were given an opportunity to study the commerce of the lakes and both of them were very earnest in expressing opinions as to the © magnitude of the business between Duluth and Lake Erie and their desire that liberal appropriations should be granted for further aids to navigation. THE house committee on rivers and harbors, in which the lakes are very much interested, is constituted as follows: N. C. Blanchard, Louisiana, chairman; T. C. Catchings, Mississippi; Charles Stewart, Texas; R. K. Lester, Georgia; R. H. Clarke, Alabama; W. E. Haynes, Ohio; T. A. EK. Weadock, Michigan; W. A. Jones, Virginia; Charles H. Paige, Rhode Island; Samuel Byrnes, Missouri; T. J. Henderson, Illinois; Binger Hermann, Oregon; S. M. Stephenson, Michigan; W. A. Stone, Pennsylvania; J. A. Quackenbush, New York. Roger Q. Mills of Texas is chairman of the committee of commerce. ALL vessels not having names on their bows are now subject toa fine. The time allowed for this change was within the year 1891 which has just gone by. Customs officers on the lakes may not enforce the law until the opening of navigation next spring, but they have not said that they will not do so. 'The names must be painted, or carved and gilded, in Roman letters in a light color on a dark ground, or ina dark color on a light ground, and to be distinctly visible. 'The smallest letter used shall not be less in size than four inches. Whaleback Package Freighters. It is given out by the American Steel Barge Company that the two whaleback package freight steamers building at West Superior are to run between Gladstone and Buffalo in connec- tion with the "Soo" railway, which has for two or three seasons The "Soom is the American line of the Canadian Pacific, and through a com- pany now being organized in Milwaukee, Canadian Pacific inter- ests will control the boats. They will be 320 feet long, 42 feet beam and 25 feet deep. 'The increase over other whalebacks in the depth of these boats is said to be on account of the gangways, which will be so constructed as to take in a part of the "tumble- home" portion of the hull. ; 3 ee Ae jog ij ea are ol ies oo Si a a Ties eh aT SAMS Ns