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MARINE REVIEW. 4. S SS S ' ' g SPT HBSS DY SSGSSAN GAGS M. A. BRADLEY. President. James W. Millen, Detroit, Mich. John G. Ke ith, Chi Lue S Millen, Detroit, ae x. Keith, Chicago, Tl. VICE-PRESIDENTs: J Frank J. Firth, Erie, I a. V.S. Brainard Toledo, 0. Tae Wilson, Cleveland, O. R.P. Fitzgerald,Milwaukee,W is. Pe "ee soe eee Buffalo, N.Y. Alex. McDougall, Duluth,Minn. ar F 'p, Secretary, Buffalo, N.Y. Geo. P. McKay, Treasurer é Harvey D. Goulder, Counsel, Cleveland nat Me ee een: CASE OF COL. LUDLOW AND COMMANDER HEYERMAN. Although the visit to Washington of Vice-president H. M. Hanna and Secretary C. H. Keep, of the Lake Carriers' Asso- ciation, in the interest of Col. William Ludlow and Commander O. F. Heyerman, who were relieved of light-house duty on the lakes by the light-house board, did not result in these officers being granted a hearing by the board, it has prompted a careful investigation that has convinced the association more than ever that the suspension was the result of a misapprehension as to the acts and intentions of Messrs. Ludlow and Heyerman. Within the past ten days the same officers of the association who visited Washington and consulted Secretary Foster, of the treas- ury department, have made, in company with other leading members of the organization, a most searching investigation of the whole matter, and the result of their inquiry will be pre- sented in a very emphatic manner to the proper authorities. Being convinced that Col. Ludlow and Commander Heyerman acted in good faith and for the best interests of the service, and having the highest regard for their integrity and ability, the association is bound to give the suspended officials its utmost support. te The last issue of the REVIEW contained a Washington letter giving a statement of the case as prepared by some officer of the light-house board and purporting to be a statement from that body. Init the case is without doubt grossly misrepresented, as the facts gathered here will show. A garbled display of the correspondence makes no reference to important telegrams, in which the officers on the Sault river explained in good faith the numerous objections to the obstinate position taken in the Wash- ington office of the board, and asked for orders to proceed to Washington for a consultation. Honest efforts on the part of the district officers to show when it was thought that the matter of expense stood in the way, that the extra lights on the river could be maintained at a cost largely within the amount antici- pated, are also suppressed in this statement, and it is altogether misleading and very unjust. Only one feature of the corres- pondence passing between the district officers and the board, that part of it quoting the law against displaying false lights, might in any way be construed as tending toward insubordin- ation, and it will readily be admitted that even this was not at all out of the way when it is known that the officers had _ refer- ence to their own position and not that of the board in quoting this law; and then, too, their removal had been asked for before this telegram was received in Washington. It may be announced before this case is finally disposed of, that a matter of more im- portance to lake shipping interests than the re-instatement of these officers demands the attention of the light-house board, but it is probably well to await developments before.a great deal is said on the subject. Norwegian Viking Ship. The Norwegian Viking ship, which it is proposed to exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition, will be sailed from Chris- tiania to America. The project is, however, regarded as hazard- ous, notwithstanding that a committee of eleven experienced ship's captains, to whom the question of the feasibility of the idea was submitted, have declared that it is quite capable of ex- ecution. 'he crew will be strictly limited to the number of men requisite to navigate the vessel across the Atlantic, though the full equipment will be made up with Norwegians on the ship's NI ~ arrival at Chicago. Not less than thirty rowers will be required to man the ship for the voyage. It is intended as far as possi- ble, to accept the services of none but educated men, who may be able to take part in the compilation of an account of the voy- age, which is to be published immediately after the vessel's ar- rival in America, the proceeds of which will be used to build a Norwegian sailors' home in New York. Another book to be compiled by the same party will treat of a Norwegian settlement in America 400 years before Columbus. Mr. Thompson on the Canal Toll Question. S. A. Thompson, secretary of the Duluth chamber of com- commerce, had a hand in preparing Senator Davis's bill propos- ing retaliation in the matter of canal tolls between Canada and the United States. He says, with reference to the bill: 'One thing I wish the vessel interests especially to under- stand: That is, that the fundamental object in the preparation of this bill was not to saddle a load of tolls and restrictions upon the vessel business at the Sault canal, in addition to those now in existence at the Welland canal. The intention was to frame a measure, the obvious effect of which would be so unendurable to Canadian interests that they would never allow it to go into effect at all. When the statement appeared in the papers that the president was about to send a message to congress advising retaliation, as one of the officials of the state department ex- pressed it, 'It was not half an hour until the British minister was down to see Mr. Blaine, sent by an urgent telegram from Lord Stanley, asking him to find out what the Yankees wanted and promising that members of the Canadian cabinet would ne- gotiate in regard to the matter.' '"They came, and their negotiations amounted to nothing. Now it is my desire and expectation if this bill shall become a law, that the next time they come to negotiate we shall have the whip hand ; that we shall not be content merely to insist that they shall observe the spirit of the treaty which they have violated so long while they claimed to have observed the letter, but we shall be in a position to compel them to give concessions very much greater than were contemplated or sought to be secured in that treaty, in order to prevent the withdrawal of the privileges which they now enjoy at the Sault canal. Ifthe government takes the stand in this matter which I expect will be taken, we can practically compel them to give us the free use of the Welland canal and allow our goods to be unloaded for American ports at the port of destination. At the same time we must consider the possibility of the act going into effect and therefore it has been framed with the object of throwing business to American ports and American vessels where it will not need any change at all, and putting the burden not merely on Canadian vessels but upon all Canadian merchants doing busi- ness at American ports. 'There is one other point on which I have changed my opinion somewhat on a further study of the language of the treaty. I think it will be possible to put a burden upon Canadian commerce at the St. Clair Flats canal also, although it will necessarily put more or less burdensome restrictions upon our own vessels, which it is desirable to avoid unless it becomes an absolute necessity."' The Brown Hoisting and Conveying Company of Cleveland has built a coal-storing shed at Buffalo for the Reading Railway Company, that has a roof 672 feet long, 354 feet wide and covers 5% acres. A writer in Cleveland contrasts this with the roof over St. Pancreas station in London, which is 690 feet long, and 245 feet wide, but there is no comparison in the case. The St. Pancreas roof is one span without central support, while the one at Buffalo, being for a coal-storing shed, has numerous supports 'and might just as well cover 10 or 20 acres as 5%. Enormous roofs of one span are seldom if ever necessary and are common- ly constructed for architectural display. Plans for a single span roof were prepared for the Sutro Baths at the Cliff House, but Mr. Sutro has wisely concluded to avoid the risks of snch a structure.--Industries, San Francisco. The editor of the MARINE REVIEW has examined Patter- son's Nautical Dictionary thoroughly, and with pleasure recom- mends it to any one having any connection with marine affairs.