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MARINE REVIEW. 13 of five locks at Lockport atg9 a.m. Permission was obtained to run six milesan hour. At 2p. m. passed Tonawanda, and at 4 p. m. passed the last lock on the canal, Black Rock, and at 5 p. m. tied up in Buffalo. Distance run, 63 miles; locks passed, six." The above is furnished through kindness of Capt. How- ard Pattsrson, who gives the following information: At Rochester thereare many sharp turns and hoisting bridges, with only 11 feet under them; whistle three times for opening signal. From the Battery, New York, the distance to Troy is 160 miles, and a six feet draft is safe to either Albany or Troy, as well as through allthe locks. Boats drawing less than three feet need no pilot up the Hudson river. The canal has seventy-two locks, and is 352 miles long. It can be entered at either Albany or Troy. 'The channel is 70 feet wide on the surface and 56 on the bottom. All locks are r10 feet long. Before entering the first lock a vessel must procure a pass--the canal is free and there is no toll to pay. Speed is regulated to 4 miles per hour, but permission to run 6 miles may be obtained from division superintendents. Yachts may strike spars and tow through the canal for $25 or $30.. The total lockage amounts to 650 feet be- tween Albany and Buffalo. Bridges area half mile apart usual- ly in open country, but very close in cities and towns. When approaching closed lock gates blow three whistles. The charts of the Hudson river printed by the government only show the channel as far as Hudson City. Beyond that they advise the services of a pilot, as the channel changes from season to season. Pilots may be obtained at Catskill landing or at Hudson. 'The pilotage fee from Catskill or Hudson to Albany is $5, and return car fare for the pilot is 75 cents. _ From Catskill or Hudson to Incase it is decided to feel. Troy the pilotage fee is $r more. the way without a pilot, great care should be used to avoid the shoal dykes, on either side in some places, and just below the water. 'The channel is very crooked, going from side to side, and no one should attempt to run it at night. Publications. Hendricks' Architect and Builders' Guide and Contractors' Directory contains over 150,000 names, addresses and business classifications comprising builders and contractors of material and construction. The arrangement of index and _ classification of manufactured articles, material etc., makes it handy asa book of reference. It is published by S. EK. Hendricks & Co., 44 Broadway, New York. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus by Wash- ington Irving, complete and illustrated, is a standard book and full of interest, especially in view of the world's fair. No one ean thoroughly appreciate the coming exposition without know- _ ing something of the man who discovered this country. Ir is more interesting than fiction. Any captain, engineer or mate sending two yearly subscriptions to the REVIEW will receive a copy of the book bound in paper, post paid. The Engineers' Epitome is the third of a small series of hand- books that are free from technicalities and are to be comprehended _ by a man of average ability in mechanical matters. Mr. C.B. Calder, chief engineer of the Menominee line of steamers, said after examining the Epitome: "Most of the engineers on the lakes could take the book at the beginning and work through it with a little perseverance, and when they were through they would have gained something that would be valuable to them, and they would be better engineers." Key to Engineering, Common Sense in Making and Using Steam and the Epitome--the three making an engineers' library--can be obtained for $1 from the Mason Regulator Co., 10% Central street, Boston, Mass. New Tonnage. The only new tonnage contained in the supplement of the, Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register for October is the Columbia, built by Robertson at Grand Haven, 73 net tons and valued at $7,500, and the Seattle, built by H. Still, Oscoda, 331 net tons, and valued at $30,000. 'Ihe Columbia is owned by Rudoc and others, Frankfort, Mich., and the Seattle is owned by the builder, but hails from Au Sable. lron Mining. VALUE OF LEADING STOCKS. Quoted by Chas. H. Potter & Co., No. 10g Superior St. Cleveland, O. Stocks. Par Value. Bid. Asked. Cleveland--Cliffs Iron Company.............. $100 oo Perret $ 65 oo Chari Tone lLOms Companies: tice. snecsececets PASAG Ohi ee ak SE ROE 58 00 Shandlendnonm Companys. css she etre ene 25 00 45 co 47 00 JacCkcon shone Gomi paniyescse sete sen eck D5LOOMSS Fie ene eee te Yake Superior Iron Company...........,..-. PSY OO rete adress 4I 00 Ns Ghavanessyonvel GRO (Crosog ob a 67 tdced anos sonsedeeontn OO! OO mttaer 75 00 EteS Dio Mesos ken A celime lon Ca. 2g. 25" OO, i ie ee ee Republic iron Comipamiyees wee -. mes. ese PUSI C10 mata ep On DRONES I2 00 ASHE i erosegse: dame sten rere 8e, aneeey eines DOO cee eee uihecae eect' Section Mitirtyetmnecetn a css hela. cee DISROO Ge, ri heee trees 5 00 BROGHCTUOM 4 amse eetcass ous creme ee eee 25 00 2 00 2 50 LEON IBS ies Re ues tere ec ae ae eee Oe ee, 25 00 Beas 2 50 ANIT OT Aas canted Genoa eee tren nae niet see 25 00 SreQhtaer eee meee The action of the Minnesota Iron Company in purchasing powerful machinery for reducing its hard ores,--and the new order at the Lake Angeline mine, whereby the men will be worked in eight hour shifts, are prominent changes in the Lake Superior mining business that will be watched with considerable interest. The managers of the Lake Angeline mine are of the opinion that by the eight-hour plan as much ore can be mined with the same force of men. 'The men are now divided into three shifts instead of two, and the mine is worked during the entire twenty-four hours of the day. The miners are pleased with the change. 'Ihe company has made the change as an ex- periment, and will give it a three months' trial. Shipments of iron ore from Two Harbors up to and includ- ing Wednesday,Sept. 28, aggregated 953,132 gross tons,of which 546,829 tons were from the Chand 'er, 394,754 tons from the Min- nesota, 2,525 tons from the Pioneer and 9,024 tons from the Zenith mine. On the same date shipments from Ashland ag- gregated 1,821,753 gross tons, divided among the different mines as follows: Ashland 165,120 tons, Aurora 256,294, Colby, No. 13-759, Colby, No.2, 51,650, Rand 17,700, Milden 194,782 Iron Belt 128,948, Montreal, south vein, 3,383, Montreal, north vein, 27,527, Palms 52,205, Section 33, south vein 4,619, Sec- tion 33, north vein 3,133, Anvil 1,696, Brotherton 88,620,Comet 33,707, Carey 28,063, Newport 104,262 Imperial 5,803, Norrie 347,959, Hast Norrie 166,619, Odanah 3,193, Pabst 44,447, Eureka 6,675, Sunday Lake 41,684, Windsor 26,673, Jack Pot OeF Te It is said that Peter Kimberly, who will conduct extensive mining operations on the new Mesaba range, has been figuring with the American Steel Barge Company for transporting his ore next season. Mr. Kimberly may have sought the opinion of Capt. McDougall and others relative to the probable cost of carrying ore next season, but is not probable that he will make any transportation contracts until the coming winter, when con- tracts will undoubtedly be made according to the usual custom. Neither is it probable that the officers of the barge company would consider a freight proposition just now, unless it was one decidedly favorable to them. When the time comes it will be found that the transportation of ore from the Mesaba range will be cared for just as the ore from other ranges is handled as regards freight matters. Ferdinand Schlesinger is said to be making arrangements for shipping Chapin ore over the St. Paul road to Gladstone. Mr. Schlesinger may, as reported, have no love for the Chicago & North-Western company, but this story lacks strength from the fact that the present ore docks at Gladstone could care for only a very small portion of the Chapin product. The Ohio Iron Company has sold its lease of the Ohio mine to the Kimberly syndicate. 'The consideration was $105,000, and as the Sheridan-Wemer people paid only $25,000 for the same it will be readily seen they have made a splendid profit. The Kimberly syndicate seems bent on securing several of the very best mines on the Mesaba.--Vermillion Iron Journal. PATTERSON'S NAUTICAL DICTIONARY ($5) AND THE MARINE REVIEW ($2) BOTH TO ANY ADDRESS IN UNITED STATES OR CAN- ADA FOR $6. IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE DICTIONARY THE REVIEW WILL REFUND THE MONEY.