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: MARINE REVIEW. » ake Canis: oe = 2 2 ar STOW. wget ISSO eo Sood eo qe" = _M. A. BRADLEY. President. James W. Millen, Detroit, Mich. John G. Keith, Chicago, Tl. i Frank J. Firth, Erie, Pa. W.S. Brainard, Toledo, O. . VICE-PRESIDENTS: 4) Thomas Wilson, Cleveland, O. R.P.Fitzgerald,Milwaukee, Wis. Peter F. Miller, Buffalo, N.Y. Alex. McDougall, Duluth,Minn. tharles H. Keep, Secretary, Buffalo, N.Y. Geo. P. McKay, Treasurer, Cleveland, O. oe M Harvey D. Goulder, Counsel, Cleveland, O. At a meeting of the association a short time ago, Secretary Keep was instructed to visit Washington and express to the officers of the light-house board the desire of the lake carriers relative to certain aids to navigation, for which appropriations were made in the last sundry civil appropriation bill. Mr. Keep makes the following official report of his visit to Washington to President M. A. Bradley of Cleveland: "JT had a very satisfactory interview with the light-house board. Commander Coffin was out of the city, but Admiral Greer, chairman of the board, and Capt. Mahan, engineer sec- retary, were present. With regard to placing the government ~ lights at the Lime-Kilns, I was told that the matter would be 'taken up very promptly. Commander Woodward of Buffalo will have charge of the matter. He has been away from Buffalo but I have written him fully and will see him as soon as he re- turns. I have no doubt he will make an effort to buy the float- ing lights from Duff & Gatfield, and secure their services in looking after them. Capt. Mahan stated that in his opinion the board would have no hesitation in reimbursing the Lake Carriers' Association to the extent of the money expended by them in maintaining these floating lights, since the date of the passage of the sundry civil bill. This matter comes under Com- mander Coffin's special charge, but Capt. Mahan said that he would take it up with him immediately upon his return to Washington, which is expected on the 31st inst. "With regard to Ballard's reef, Capt. Mahan said that one of three small light-ships authorized by the sundry civil bill could undoubtedly be placed there at the opening of navigation next year. 'This will provide the necessary light on Ballard's reef until a permanent light on a caisson is built as recommended by the light-house board. 'With regard. to Green bay light-ships, Capt. Mahan said that four could not be built with $60,000. The three ships - which were built a year and a half ago for service near the Straits of Mackinaw cost the government $15,000, and the con- tractors lost money upon them, and Capt. Mahan says that sim- ilar boats to these could not again be built for $15,000 each. Moreover he says that the lighthouse board is not satisfied with thes2 boats, and would not duplicate them on any account. He thinks, however, that three light-ships of suitable character can be built with the $60,000, and says they can undoubtedly be placed where the Lake Carriers' Association decides that they are most necessary. Hesuggests that a careful letter be writ- ten to the light-house board, urging the building of three ships, and describing with care the location where they should be sta- tioned; such letter to be accompanied by a chart upon which the three stations are suitably indicated. One vessel must necessa- rily be stationed at or near EKleven-Foot shoal, but the board is at perfect liberty to place the other two at whatever point they are most needed, whether in Green bay or near one of the dan- gerous reefs in the vicinity of Mackinaw or elsewhere. I sug- gest that the matter of recommending the stations for these light-ships be turned over to a small committee of experts. Capt. McKay would of course be a member of such small com- mittee and doubtless its chairman, but I think the matter had better be very carefully considered. Such committee ought to consult with Capt. Reed and Commander Ludlow, the inspect- ors of the ninth and eleventh light-house districts, and ought to endeavor to secure their approval of the committee's plan before sending the committee's report to the light-house board. 'This last suggestion was made by Admiral Greer, who says it would save much time and many possible complications. We don't want to recommend to the board stationing the light-ship at some point and then have the board refer the matter to the in- spector, and the inspector report dead against our recommenda- tion. In such a case the board would have to follow its officers' report, although they seem very anxious to meet our wishes so far as possible."' ACTION RELATIVE TO THE WESTERN RESERVE DISASTER. A special meeting of Cleveland members of the association was held on Monday last, to take action on the death of Capt. P. G. Minch and others lost in the Western Reserve accident. The meeting was largely attended and several of the older ves. sel owners spoke feelingly of the high regard held for Capt. Minch and the officers of the vessel. Capt. Thomas Wilson, Capt. J. H. Palmer and Mr. Harvey D. Goulder submitted ap- propriate resolutions which were adopted by the association. Record of Speed and Big Cargoes. [ Masters or owners are invited to report improvements on this list. ] Iron ore: Maritana, Minnesota Steamship Company of Cleveland 4,260° gross, or 4,771 net tons, Escanaba to South Chicago; Maryland, Inter-Ocean Transportation Company of Milwaukee, 8,663 gross, or 4,103 net tons, Escanaba to South Chicago, draft 17 feet 4 inches; Western Reserve, Peter Minch of Cleveland, 3,314 gross, or 3,717 net tons, Escanaba to Ashtabula. Grain: E.O. Pope, Eddy Bros. of Bay City, 125,730 bushels of corn, Chicago to Buffalo, draft 14 feet 8 inches; Western Reserve, Peter Minch of Cleveland, 112,431 bushels of wheat, Chicago to Buffalo; W. H. Gilcher,J. C. Gilchrist of Cleveland, 114,982 bushels of corn, Chicago to Buffalo. Speed: Owego, Union Line of Buffalo, Buffalo to Chicago, 889 miles, 54 hours and 16 minutes, 16.4 miles an hour; Saranac, Lehigh Valley Line of Buffalo, Buffalo to Lime-Kilns, 240 miles, 15 hours and 10 minutes, 16 miles an hour. lron Mining. VALUE OF LEADING STOCKS. Quoted by Chas. H. Potter & Co., No. 104 Supertor St. Cleveland, O. Stocks. Par Value. Bid. Asked. Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Comipany.............. $100 00 Pecans $ 70 00 Champion Iron Company........:-..sesseeerees D5ROO en, a vease ae 58 00 Chandler Iron Company...........-.s.ceeeeeeee 25 00 43 00 45 00 Jackson Iron Company.........ceccseeeeseeeeces 25 SOOt Hg ce erences go oo Lake Superior Iron Company...............+ 25 OO. ea eens 43 00 Minnesota Iron Company............0.-------0 100 00 73 50 77 00 Rittsbusch < Lake Angeline Iron Co... = 25500) 2 rn nea eee Republic Iron Companiy......-..-......-......- D5 eOO} | ieee eae I2 00 PNG MAN ATT teosct xe ete soisn's ve tclesecicidep elmer sineteine esireiets D5 OO yg tama sdenaens Giesce aes Sectioue Mitty tree c.5. occur cpr oee eee 25700 aaa 5 00. SHPO AEVAWON saxccakesunodendba. or bodbne seobedndes onodcs 25 00 2 00 2 50 ite Lg se seaee reece a oc ae te settle eae ete 25 00 2 25 2 50 PURO LAR eres cent ions: vce doce cles tae. Go pusemie een oeone 25 00 S25 Pees Shipments of iron ore from Two Harbors up to and includ- ing Wednesday, August 31,aggregated 778,597 gross tons,of which 446,118 tons were from the Chandler, 327,101 tons from the Min- nesota, 2,525 tons from the Pioneer and 2,853 tons from the Zenith mine. On the same date shipments from Ashland ag- gregated 1,505,187 gross tons, divided among the different mines as follows: Ashland 146,131 tons, Aurora 213,448 Colby No. 2, 42,921, Rand 17,049, Tilden 160,872, Taylor 14,640, Globe Ashland 5,309, Iron Belt 108,822, Montreal, south vein, 1,161, Montreal, north vein, 22,961, Palms 39,459, Section 33, south vein, 2,362, Section 33, north vein, 3,133, Anvil 1,696, Broth- erton 74,417, Comet 25,049, Carey 22,324, Newport 76,109, Imperial 3,451, Norrie 293,523, East Norrie 138,204, Odanah 2,249, Pabst 36,658, Eureka 5,084, Sunday Lake 40,116, Wind- sor 18,938. The Wyoming Iron Company, controlled by the Hum- phreys and other leading fee owners of the Mesaba, is said to have made three leases recently as follows: 'To A. J. Decker & Co., eight forties at $40,000 and royalty of 30 cents a ton, les- sees to mine a minimum of 25,000 tons annually; to John 7. Jones, one forty at a royalty of 50 cents a ton, lessee to mine a niimum of 25,000 tons annually and mine to be worked at full capacity while capable of paying lessor a profit of 25 centsa ton net; to Parkersburg Iron Company, three forties at a royal- ty of 50 cents a ton and bonus of $30,000, lessees to mine a minimum of 50,000 tons annually. Here are the minimum outputs of Mesaba range mines for next year, as reported by one of the mining papers, and said to be covered by leases: Biwabik, 300,000 tons; Hale, 50,000; Cincinnati, 150,000; Virginia, 50,000; Duluth, 100,000; Mesaba Mountain, 400,000; Ohio, 150,000; Weimer, 50,000; New En- gland, 50,000; Lone Jack, 50,000; Wyoming, 50,000; total, 1,- 450,000. N. D. Moore is reported to have paid to A. E. Humphreys, John McKinley and others, representing the New England Iron Company, $50,000 cash, as advanced royalty ona lease cover- ing twenty forties on the Mesaba, from which the minimum pro- duction is to be 150,000 tons per annum.