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6 MARINE REVIEW. M. A. BRADLEY. President. James W. Millen, Detroit, Mich. Jo Frank J. Firth, Erie, Pa. W.S. Brainard, Toledo, O. hn G. Keith, Chicago, 1. R.P.Fitzgerald,Milwaukee, Wis. Peter F. Miller, Buffalo, N.Y. Alex. McDougall, Duluth,Minn. Jharles H. Keep, Secretary, Buffalo, N.Y. Geo. P. McKay, Treasurer, Cleveland, O. ees a) Harvey D. Goulder, Counsel, Cleveland, O. VICE-PRESIDENTS: {Ft Wilson, Cleveland, O. Within a few days the committee recently appointed by the association to confer with the light-house board, relative to the location of light-ships to be secured through the Eleven-Foot shoal appropriation, will meet the inspectors of the three light- house districts on the lakes. At least three light-ships will, it is expected, be obtained from this appropriation, and the act permits of their being placed anywhere on the lakes. Two of them are absolutely necessary in the Eleven-Foot shoal vicinity. The interests of that locality are also trying to hold the third vessel, on the claim that Eleven-Foot shoal, Poverty passage, Drisco shoal and Peshtigo are all daugerous places, badly in need of lights. The most important argument in favor of re- taining the light-vessels in the Green bay district is in the fact that the original appropriation was for that locality ; the appro- priation is all needed there and to divide it with other places where the government is bound to provide aids to navigation would be establishing a bad precedent. Buffalo vessel owners want one of the vessels located on Poe's reef and have so pe- titioned the committee, while at Detroit there is a sentiment in favor of dispensing with the Point Edward ranges, now a private expense, by placing a light-ship to mark the shoals at the lower end of Lake Huron, near the entrance of the St. Clair river. The light-house inspectors as well as the committee of vessel owners have an important question on hand. \ North of the Beavers, Lake Huron, on the course of the great bulk of traffic on that lake, is the Squaw island light-house, recently constructed and ready for service. The place is not lighted, however, and it is understood that the reason assigned from the light-house board for delay is a lack of funds for main- tainance this fall. Vessel masters have called the attention of the association to the importance of this light, especially during bad weather in the fall, and it would seem that the light house authorities might be urged to in some way provide the small amount of money required for its maintainance. The funds could probably be drawn from a surplus at other places. The light is most important to Lake Michigan commerce. Western Reserve Bodies Recovered. HARRY STEWART--THE ONLY SURVIVOR. Six passengers and captain and crew of twenty, making twenty-seven in all, were lost with the Western Reserve. Of this number seventeen bodies have been recovered, five of the seventeen being those of passengers, leaving Bertha Englebry of Vermillion the only passenger missing. Five of the twelve bodies of the crew recovered are known. They are Capt. Myers, Mate Fred Engalls, Wheelman Carl Meyers, Watchman Daniel Forbes, and one body from description furnished is thought to be Herman Klaasen, Huron, O. This leaves seven bodies to be identified. One, a fireman named Tom, was buried at Sault Ste. Marie, the others being buried along the shore west of Deer Park life saving station. In order that friends may identify and remove bodies if they wish, the following descriptions and loca- tions of the graves have been collected from letters and tele- grams to Phillip Minch from Capt. Frahm of the life saving station. First body buried --Man supposed to be between_thirty and forty-five years old, 6 feet, sandy mustache, bald on top of head, probably an engineer or steward. Buried 8 miles west of station. Second--Man supposed to be thirty years old, dark hair, small sandy mustache. about 5 feet ro inches, weight about 175, probably fireman or oiler. Buried 814% miles west of station. Third--Man from twenty-five to thirty, blonde; probably a deck hand. Buried 10 miles west of station. Fourth--Deck hand or fireman, about 155 pounds, sup- posed to be thirty-five years of age, dark complexion. Buried 125% miles west of station. Fifth--Body supposed to be Schuyler Stewart of Algonac, Mich. Buried 6% miles west of station. Sixth --Body found 11 miles west of station. tion furnished yet. This leaves ten more bodies to be found. Following are names of those known to have been on the boat but not yet ac- counted for or identified: Charles LeBeau, second mate; W. H. Seamen, engineer; Charles Wills, second engineer; Bert Smith, steward; George Davis, assistant steward; Robert Simp- son, oiler. 'The names of the deck hands and firemen on the previous trip are given below, but two of them left the boat, and which two is not known: S. TIT. Hatten, John Latcham and Horace Borough, firemen; Daniel Stickney, R. Longfield, Al- bert Davenport, Daniel O'Connell, M. Coffee and John Wilson, deck hands. Capt. Frahm, the keeper of the life-saving station, has ably managed the work of caring for, describing and interring in cof- fins the bodies found, taking care to mark trees, so that the graves may be located at any time. 'That it is not roughly done is indicated by the detailed description of the interment of one unknown body. After filling the grave the captain ordered his crew to kneel and he offered up a prayer. 'There may have been more eloquent sermons preached in some church before a large assembly of friends, but probably none more sincere than the simple prayer uttered on the desert shore of Lake Superior over the form of an unknown fireman or deck-hand. 'The cap- tain adds that this work comes within the scope of his govern- | ment duties and that no especial thanks are due him. No descrip- Work of the Ship Yards. The American Steel Barge Company's new dock at West Superior was tested last week. It fills in one hour and can be emptied in two hours. 'The steamer Neshoto will be the first boat to enter the dock. Itis stated that the barge company will build during the coming winter four -whalebacks, designed es- pecially for the Duluth-Buffalo flour trade. Work has been commenced on a barge at the company's yard at Everett, Wash. The contract for a steel passenger steamer, 275 feet keel, 295 feet over all, 42 feet beam and 24% feet deep from spar deck and 32 feet from hurricane deck, for the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Transit Company, has been secured by the Chicago Ship Building Company. 'The state rooms will be flush w:th the sides, leaving no promenade on main deck. 'The price oe to be $300,000. She will run from Chicago to Sault Ste arie. The dimensions of the two new Lake Superior passenger steamers to be built by the Globe Iron Works Company have been decided upon. They will be 360 feet keel, 380 feet over all, 44 feet beam and 34 feet deep. The size of the engines have not been determined but they will be large enough to develop. 6,600 horse power. 'There will be two engines for the twin Screws. p ive spar arrangement is not known. 'There is a general impression that these boats will be ready for next season. They will not be completed until the season of 1894.