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MARINE REVIEW. Vow 2V:. CLEVELAND, OHIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1892. No. 6 Lake Freight Outlook. _ About fifteen boats have been chartered during the past few days for a first trip with wheat from Dnluth at 4 cents, and some tonnage has been placed at the same rate for storage of corn at Chicago and delivery at Buffalo with the opening. These are the most important features of the freight market, as pig iron - makers and iron ore dealers are still apart in prices, and there has been very little, if anything, done in contracts for ore, out- side of that covered at $1.25 from Aseland and Two Harbors, immediately following the heavy sales to steel makers. There is more ore to be had at $1.25 from the head of Lake Superior, _but vessel owners refuse to take it on contracts running through the entire season, their main objection being the prospects of low water. Not more than 100,000 tons at an outside has been covered from Escanaba at the even rate of $1, although it is more than probable that a large amount of tonnage could be secured at that figure, if ore dealers and furnacemen could settle on prices and prepare for the year's business. It is understood that the basis upon which a few sales of non-Bessemer ores have beeh made is $3.85 and $3.90. This represents an advance of 25 to 40 cents, about equal to that on Bessemer ores. Duluth had 7,399,059 bushels of grain in store on Saturday and 400, 703 'bushels afloat. Bids on a Revenue Cutter. The Craig Ship Building Company of Toledo was rather un- fortunate in bidding for the coustruction of the revenue cutter Hudson, a small boat to be used on the coast. The Craig com- pany was lower by $20than John H. Dialogue of Camden, N. J., on the general bid, but $50 per foot above the latter on the 'three-foot extension or lengthening plan, called for as an altern- ative in the specifications. The Dialogue bid is the lowest on the extension plan and, although the matter has not yet been definately settled, it is more than probable that this plan will be carried out. Following are the bids: Name of Builder. Amount.) Extra for lengthening. M. A. Sweeney & Bros, Jeffersonville, Ind .............:.serseoees $51,000 |$500 per fOOt............s000e Cowles Engineering Company, BrOOlsly nie We AM occ seca recs casecioseves ses 47,440 | 200 Deg Re gee cae eeies Samuel J. Moore & Sons Co., ZA SRN a) ck cote cetrer senses ese eectinet 46,750 | 150 sean egetestenerers Pusey & Jones Company, SV UU Se PeNEL IDE ee conde ccnsann nn ater nans 46,505 | 150 Oe i nian eens ce C. Reeder & Sons, Baltimore, Md.........). 41,485 | 125 ROMEIGED ES clits Soca F. W. Wheeler & Co., Suc e Nest Baty Chir, MI CMa rccc ahah, a0 nar 40,000 | 175 oO Tr Sse mattaen acm _ Atlantic Works, East Boston, Mass...... 38,832 | 500 eae ae eee ore 0 Craig Ship Building Company, SING CL Ca wee des cals ns Rieti gbiowt tweets 36,480 | 200 Se FR anecdote a John H. Dialogue, Camden, Wes |isciccsec- 36,500 | 150 CS ies eee tzen rath es Legislative Measures. It would seem that the Wisconsin senators, Messrs. Sawyer and Vilas, are very much interested in the enactment of a law that will secure complete statistics regarding the commerce of all lake ports, as both have introduced duplicate copies of a bill pre- pared by the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce about a year ago, and which provides that all vessels in the coasting trade must report through master, owner or agent every time they enter or leave any port, whether taking on cargo or not. 'This measure has been printed several times in the REVIEW and is known to be unsatisfactory to some portions of the lake trade. It may | become a law, and, as it is the duty of vessel interests to secure the passage of some measure of this kind, attention should now _be given to this matter. Mr. McMillan in theSenate and Mr. Stephenson in the House have both idtroducéd bills asking for an appropriation of $275, - ooo for the construction of two revenue cutters for Lakes On- tario and Michigan. 'The treasury department will make a great effort to have Congress grant this appropriation. A billintroduced in the House by Mr. Andrew seeks an amendment in the statutes providing for the purchase and reg- istry of foreign-built ships by citizens of the United States for employment in the foreign carrying trade, but not in the Amer- can coastwise trade. If there was any possibility of this bill passing the Senate and the president, it would undoubtedly meet with vigorous opposition from the shipbuilding interests on the coast. Lake shipbuilders, and vessel owners would also have reason to fear it, as English built hulls suitable for trade between United States and Canadian ports might come up the St. Lawrence, although it is not expected that Canadian ship builders could compete with the American plants on the lakes for the building of a few boats engaged i in this trade. Congressman Newberry has introduced a bill appropriat- ing $75,000 for the improvement of the' United States marine hospital at Chicago. A Name Was Against Him. Capt. Weinecke of the North German Lloyd steamer Eider, which stranded off the Isle of Whight a few days ago, was on his first voyage with the boat. Itis safe to say that he will never again have command of an Atlantic liner, although he was probably not to blame for the vessel going onto a reef in an impenetrable fog. One accident of this kind is a great bar- rier to the future of a vessel master in a passenger ship. On the White Star and other leading lines masters are compelled to work their way upto the big liners from freight boats, and in past vears sail boats, owned by the different companies. Their salaries are not large considering the great responsibility. Most of them are paid about $3,000 a year and may increase this probably another $1,000, through privileges granted them. A strange story is told by a Cleveland gentleman having business with the Atlantic passenger companies, about a captain in the White Star Line who had been working his way up from the in- ferior boats, and was disappointed in seeing men of shorter ser- vice than he had given in the line promoted on several occasions. He asked a friend to plead with Mr. Ismay, general manager of .. the line, in his behalf. "He is an excellent man,' said the general manager, "and I am very sorry that circumstances are against him. His name is Williams and no master of that name can be promoted to the _ charge of any of our passenger boats."' A master of the name of Williams had met with an accident in that line. . A note from West Bay City says that Mr. George F. Wil- liams, superintendant for F. W. Wheeler & Co., has resigned his position,