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the connecting waters of the lakes. tee, $50,000; Muskegon, 000; Marquette, $80,000; Petoskey, $20,000. MARINE REVIEW. 3 lron Mining. VALUE OF LEADING STOCKS. Quoted by Chas. H. Potter & Co., No. 104 Superior St. Cleveland, O Stocks. | ed. ar Ve oe : Cleveland--Cliffs Iron Compan ade eee $ a epee Ghamipion Dron Company. ....siccicseecceess Sn Sg gece Eee nediler Iron Companyic....ccceccscccssc., 25 00 Me a es on feexcom Iron Company... 25 Ov . 49.5 Ae oe Lake Superior Iron Company................. BPeGGirs dasstaiatl. ae me Mimmesota tron: Company icc sosciueduveceuses 100 00 Pop dnG Se Pittsburg Lake Angeline Iron Co ......... 25 00 50 = Be a Ne mub leon Cami pany...i....ktasl... 25 00 op . i om PGT AU tee secccentess vcctt Rett mute Cee trie ee to, 25 00 Beet nih é 00 Ee Mone emim yeh TOON: VR n eres scatlil od.) aeiGaRe Lali a ingest oa ae IB Rolie rote cee. e. oy anes cathaasde fies mend Sos 25 00. ss thee 275 Mego CUBR erred ssh casi. bos teas cis ke skas oe 25 00 2 25 B 50 _ About 100 companies with an aggregate capital authorized by incorporation rights of about $200,000,000 have been organ- ized since the Mesaba boom was started. A few leaders in Du- luth, St. Paul and Minneapolis are interested in the larger por- tion of the companies. The Duluth & Iron Range Railway is negotiating with contractors for the construction of a branch to a few of the prospects that give promise of shipping, some ore during the coming season or early in 1893. . At the Chapin mine there is about 200,000 tons of ore on the surface and space for stock piles is crowded so that the work- ing force at the mine has been. materially reduced. With the opening of navigation a full working force may again be put on but the condition of the ore market will undoubtedly have most to do with determining action in this regard. "The mine is now producing about 1,200 tons a day and "dead work" is going on without interruption. The Illinois Steel Company, which has taken the entire product of the Monitor mine, Crystal falls, for some time past, now controls that property as well asthe Paint River in the same district. 'The former owners of. the Monitor had been in- volved in financial troubles over property. Nog shat atthe Chandler, 732x10 feet inthe clear, was sunk 116 feet in February. Since the fire the mine has been hoisting about 1,000 tons a day. River and Harbor Appropriations. Notwithstanding the opposition of Congressman Whiting and Weadock of Michigan, the bill reported to Congress by the river and harbor cemmittee contains an appropriation of $400, ooo for the begining of work on the channel of 20 and 21 feet in If the. bill is passed as reported by the committee the lakes will get about $750,000 more than they had from the last Congress. The bill appropriates altogether $20,700,000, which is about ¢ 300,000 less than the amount covered by the bill reported by the committee in the last Congress, and nearly $4,000,000 less than the amount of the bill which became a law in the last Congress. Following is a list of appropriations of $10,000 and over for lake harbors: . New York--Buffalo, $300,000; Dunkirk, $20,000; Charlotte, $25,000; Ogdensburg, $40,000; Owego, $30,000. Pennsylvania--EHrie, $40,000. Ohio--Ashtabula, $70,000; Cleveland, $100,000; Fairport, $35,000; Huron, $15,000; Port Clinton, $10,000; Sandusky City, $41,712; Toledo, straight channel through Maumee Bay, $200,- 000; Conneaut, $25,000. Indiana-- Michigan City, outer harbor, $30,000; inner har- bor, $15,000. hae: oe Ilinois--Calumet harbor, to maintain existing work, $15,- 000; Chicago, $72,000; Waukegan, $25,000. , Michigan--Charlevoix harbor, $10,000; Frankfort, $10,000; 4 tt . < Ap Grand Haven, $40,000: Grand Marais, refuge, $30,000; Manis $7 5,000; Ontonagon, $20,000; Sand Beach, refuge, $150,000; St. Joseph, $50,000; South Haven $10, 7" = ft + = : OF hw. 3 Wisconsin--Green Bay, $10,000; Kenosha, pie Ge waunee, $20,000; Manitowoc, $18,000; Milwaukee, refuge; $75,- at ' 000; Milwaukee harbor, $14,000; Ee a ee and St. Louis bay, $70,000; Sheboygan, $20,000; Ashland, p45," 000. i a Minnesota--Duluth, $80,000; Grand Marais, $10,000; Agate bay, $30,000: Opening of the Straits and Canals. Last spring a general opening of navigation was delayed on account of the dull outlook in freight matters and it would seem now as though the weather will not permit this spring of an opening even as early as that of a year ago. Vessels will move as early as possible on account of paying grain freights offered all winter. Dates of the opening of the different connecting waterways for a long period of years past are as follows: STRAITS OF MACKINAC. 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I9 TOVQ™, cont. s en ceets aes May 75 DEC 5--| MOOG oa c.t te deentre-~ April 17 Dec. 16 LOWS go dtdaneiaeees: May, age Dec The Wadena's 10,000 Mile Voyage. The following letter from F. B. Smith, chief engineer of the steam yacht Wadena, to Robert Wallace, vice-president of the Cleveland Ship Building Company, builders of the yacht, will prove interesting : . f ABOARD STEAM YACHT WADENA, GIBRALTAR, Feb. 25, 1892. We had avery good passage across, although considerable time was lost in port and 7,000 miles were covered hetween New York and Cadiz. I have not had a particle of trouble with the machinery, while we have averaged right along about 16 statutes miles or between 11 and 12 knots an hour. Iam very much pleased with the Magnolia metal, it works fine and if I were building an engine for myself to run I would put itin. We have only taken one tin out of the connections since we left Cleveland and we have been nearly 10,000 miles, and they were pretty loose when we started. I stopped at Cape de Verde islands to clean the boiler. { didn't wish to take any chances, as we used considerable salt water. I found only about 1-64 inch scale on the crowns, and hardly a particle of grease, so you see we are taking good care of that part of our plant, and I find that to be the principal-care in ocean marine engineering. The Wadena has proven to my full satisfaction that she is the best sea boat that I was ever aboard. We left Barbadoes, with our bunkers filled and sixty-five gross tons on deck. She was loaded right down to the port-lights at the engine room. We met a strong trade wind and quite a lump of sea, but she went along as prettily as a duck on a mill- pond, ands very little water came on deck. It is wonderful how quickly and gracefully she will rise over the top of a wave. I would feel perfectly safe in going to any part of the world in this yacht with a good captain. F. B SMITH.