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E MARI REVIEW. VOL. V1. Cost of Running a Modern Lake Steamer. Mr. George H. Ely of Cleveland was one of the delegates from the Amer- ican Society of Civil Engineers to the Fifth International Congress on Inland Navigation, held in Paris last month. Mr. Ely read a paper on the Great Lakes of North America, which has not as yet been printed here, but which is a most interesting document. The following statement, dealing in detail with the operating expenses and earnings of one of the Minnesota Steamship Com-. pany's steel steamers, the Manola, during the season of 1890, appears as an appendix to the paper: MINNESOTA STEAMSHIP COMPANY STEEL STEAMER MANOLA. MRM UNG lat erne ueconceleschcmlcesdives tc desaus cavecess 292" 54/7 STH UI ROMO Satta sins cae veiw deve Soccscsinavcassae O08" 5377 Brae ACUUbMerre sees atMtac nice Sai sae (cee posh <oeciisoriavsseép es AQ! a DUE PLU TOU CM eo icnedevicradcesecedcseacoecesvscesssscse 24" 6 BIZ solr GVMMCCTs ce. cacecn.e te ossk 0 doo Riccehasseamees een 247, 387 and 61/7. Ee tia Ketan h ek SS Sees caa s exoief Sick ylers «dt aceiawen 42/7 Two boilers of 14" 0' diameter, 12' 6" long. One wheel of 14' 0" diameter, 16' 6' lead. Size water bottom 3/ 4" deep, divided into six compartments,independent of collision bulkhead. Capacity water bottom, 800 tons. Estimated hor:epower, 2,000. STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS STEAMER MANOLA, SEASON OF 1890. Per ton Receipts. Amount. freight carried, MORONS ecb g vicsaces sedate osene Ecepbcrestits 2s $93,738 25 $1.317 HIG epee Ree aCe e eiceer sr ged Acta csaa 2 iecencct Sundry sources............... en tecke Bie eee eh ae ea, ee Sk abe" Gross earnings...........0... seeeeesereeneseeeees 93,738 25 | 1 BU 7 : Per ton Disbursements. Amount. freight carried. HG ote atest ence sees goes: bude eames hareetich $14,427 14 $0.203 Oil cee s.: Paar Meee ae oa 86382 (0.012 Machinery and boiler repairs and supplies 1,182 54 0.017 Cabin supplies and provisions.............0.+5 3,304 98 0.046 JF ilesoms bias: (ob Weg os: aie tere sc Hae e meae GWE 75 0.226 fanailere Paireeee ss. 5 ke pees oe eereien) eet 149 34 0.002 PO eres ta tare ale et a Ae oe 744 00 0.011 Chandlery:../....--- ei oeen chee eae ee monet ne 1,328 37 0.018 pe UnICTAVAIS OUINC CRE ean ooarssct ees nce raenat 886 24 _ 0.012 NBS Onreare emma see oo cos gee a eR 2ileeert 0.141 ROU eNtirts CeeN cee nahn hei oo y ese econ 623 44 0.009 Wapiranee ic,00.500 2. eet mer a2 ae 5,471 21 0.077 Mota OX PCMRESeH We sd tenet esdcne de $00,114 20 60.774 Net CAO eS: -ccc. pe arene $38,624 05 30.543 Gross BGR as Gy eUy, (ancdadiss Su ow cian noe ahead ches dl $ 422 24 Operating expenses per day ............sssseseeseeeees reeds 248 25 Neue iinnmmoss pen dey wal tsasiseie. doles Sasok. ak 173 98 Percentage of operations to earnings .......ccccccceseeeeeeee 58 79 WUE OE MeD bn) pele MULE I..-<. eee isdces klddcsues so sihee bee 0.00078 Operating expenses per ton per mile.............c.cc0e 0.00046 eNemermnings sper tom per: mile.idceciii..ssccadaiids codacks ek 0.00032 Himmings per mule travelled. :.0...00 00 ideebeseeti sient. 1.853 Operating expenses per mile travelled.........ccccceee ee 1.090 Net earnings per mile travelled...............0-:seceessseeeee 0.763 reMpMMMes sirawelled..,\..c.2.G-ss fac sesecd adel dddeaak las 50,584 PVE BRUITICHMPNEE CORY bese locoresvacsceseet cseseenovocl fontes 2275 MGM DERI OGs.. kus, cccleleesiekveeeaistcesencovdecduccoeeke 71,170.690 tons MiGus mreioht carried: Gné mile .....c2.....cc.cckseceeecdeeusecs 3,600,078.861 tons Averare speed per hour lights.:.....0.c.0ts.keecdecceeess 12.72 miles Average speed per hour loaded............s:ssscceeseeeeseeees 11.85 miles General average speed per hour ...............ccccssessereees 12.25 miles PRrMMMCOTIGS ONE SCC. s ts et.vcs elie de. doles allies deeecs bles ce 5,028 tons Average tons fuel used per trip..........0..c0cccleeeceseees 184.553 toms Average amount of fuel per mile light.................00 209 Ibs. Average amount of fuel per anile loadedii... 5. s.tcesect 226 Ibs. General average amount fuel per mile v.02... 218 lbs. Avernpe fuel per ton per mile ..........-00.cccccsceseesesenes 14 02. SMM EMUMET DS VeyiaA Cage. cc Uda. ses)écs~o5-acsdebeeeed ivhalesens 30 Average size BRERA Soc enoeess ccksk cast ccdssbictaceedvcacbecdecs 2,295 332° tons Average draft water, Sault canal........... iv: eneeteen ere wee ee TO CAL OFF CLEVELAND, OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER rf, 1392. No. 9. AV ELUE GTUMTS MON CMM Gates acu yenessecet oscsestantre stant te s 7; hours Average time Unloading: .c1.ss+ccess6.< i abewee me cote eee s 12 hours ANVEERAE planes logy aval bhake® GENEEC Hs. Gaouars oubdnonaeeoonerres koe s 193 hours Average tons loaded per hout-ere.cs1.s.s9utee ns tertes oe: 306.244 tons AVErHse tOMsIMlOAGed per MOltsass<sstecdive lec dteste ee. 191.712 tons Everave onssnandiled: Neon NOUN seis tette tte 235 $929 tons CUE Clim CMSA WT Kea mneae. esas Liter ass tes eee rates tent ce tre 175 days ACUTE MONaNe WIM sO ORUs mete eeuy sue ee eert eres ete. ane * 47 days EXCHMAlehiine sm (COMM ISSUOM se qte ee eeceneeee te eee, 222 days Ber cent. Of ime, saultuoercn-ateree ine ne ea ate: oe 78.83 ery Cents Ob tine ia pontyeeceaec eect e aecede-cs tn oe: ZAG iM} AVeraee: NUMVeH crew euch mii esses: sceasiseCemes ee ose 23 Average wages crew each trip ............ Bo SPR Eee $334 05 Pecan i teg obs Gay tc] NOME A Ye), bi, Socos ase gquaerx bopSde boca schaceocleceoe 7 day 94 hours Average! milleaee) Pere tripmncn scredess searaseeer er poneeeest 1,686 Lloyds Classification of the Whalebacks. When William Doxford & Son, ship builders of Sunderland, Eng., some time ago proposed to build a steamer of new struc- tural features, embodying some of the principles of the Ameri- can whaleback, opposition to the plans was shown at Lloyds and it was generally understood that such vessels would not be registered by the big British institution of underwriters. 'The question is again brought up through the formation of an En- glish company, the Whaleback Steamship Company, which will shortly begin the construction of vessels under rights secured through the American Steel Barge Company. It would seem, however, that the whaleback company will go on with the build- ing of vessels, even though Lloyds should absolutely refuse to register any of them. A correspondent in Fairplay of London, who is probably one of the stockholders in the new English company, says in discussing the question: "The effect of this indisposition of Lloyds to thoroughly go into the new systems brought forward will finally be to strengthen other classification societies, which do not object to deal more seriously with these matters than Lloyds seem to have done _ hitherto. Ship building is one of our most important industries, and unless our ship builders keep well ahead of other nations by cheapness of production and large carrying capacity, foreign competition will not be long in taking a considerable share of our ship building work away. The Germans and French have already built fast trans-Atlantic liners equalling the best productions of the Clyde, and they have the advantage of cheap labor, which will tell in. time. Our only chance is to improve the type of vessels we build from year to year by taking advantage of all the sound . features which inventors may bring forward.' Case of Personal Injuries. In the United States circuit court of appeals, fourth circuit, -acase was hearda short time ago, in which a stevedore sought damages for personal injuries. The stevedore was driving a winch on thesteamship Serapis at Baltimore. The cogwheels were uncovered, and the workman, while looking at the hatch back of him, put his hand between the wheels where it was crushed. 'The winch had no covering over the cogwheels, with which winches are now customarily made, but was in good or- der of its kind. 'The stevedore had worked at it for several hours before the accident and knew all about it. The mate had warned him to be careful. The court dismissed the libel, hold- ing that the stevedore's negligence was the sole cause of the ac- cident, and ruling that where a workman is employed to do cer- tain work with a machine which he fully understands, though it may not be of the newest pattern, and may require more care than newer patterns, but nevertheless is in perfect order of its kind, he takes the risk ofall accidents which may befall him in its use.