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t2 MARINE REVIEW. 560,213 net tons of iron ore, 3,780,143 barrels flour and 38,816,- 570 bushels of wheat. In bringing this review of early days to a close, it may be proper to call attention to the fact that the early navigators of Lake Superior, among which we find the names of Captains Stanard, John McKay, Bendry, Smithwick, Wood, Brown, John Stewart, Reed, Jack Wilson, Lamphier, Clark, Averill, Angus, Redmond Rider, Caldwell, Spaulding, Easterbrook, Sherman and Ripley, as pioneer masters, are entitled to credit for the great skill manifested in successfully navigating its unknown waters, unaided by any reliabie charts, light-houses, or other governmental aids to navigation. It may be truthfully said "they builded better than they knew," for they, in connection with the early explorers and the successful investors and seekers for mineral wealth on the shores of Lake Superior, first gave birth to the thought that that lake might be made a part of one of the great highways of commerce between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. They traversed unknown and unexplored waters with a success that was worthy of the enterprise, energy, watch- fulness, care, and skill manifested in their vocation, for, as we now recall, there was but one 'fatal casualty occurring among them, from the opening of navigation on Lake Superior in 1844 'to the opening of the canal in 1855. This was the loss of the schooner Merchant, commanded by Capt. Brown, sailing from Sault Ste. Marie for Copper Harbor and other ports, in the season of 1847. Neither she nor any of her crew or passengers were ever heard from Asa matter of historical reference it may be said that the first light-houses on Lake Superior were built as follows: At Whitefish point in season of 1847; Copper Harbor in 1848; Eagle Harbor in 1850; Ontonagon in 1852, and Marquette in 1853, while the first surveys of the south shore of Lake Superior, within the limits of the United States, were not commenced un- the year 1855, and charts thereof were not issued until some years thereafter. Work of the Ship Yards. A fish tug, the Elk, launched Saturday at Grand Haven by Capt. Kirby is 9 feet longer than the Deer. She will be engined by S. F. Hodge & Co. - The steamer, W. B. Morley, of about 1050 net registered tons and valued at $100,000, was recently launched from the Morley yard, Marine City, and is now receiving her engines at Detroit. Hurd & Hannenstein, Buffalo, have finally awarded the contract for their new steamer to Alex. Anderson, Marine City, Mich. She will be a lumber carrier 190 feet keel, 35 feet beam and 13 feet deep. A steamer for the Williams Transportation Company,South Haven, Mich., will be launched next week. She will get her engines at Grand Haven-from Bloecker & Co. 'The boilers are from Johnston Bros. Tracks for the traveling crane at the yard of F. W. Wheeler & Co., West Bay City, Mich., have been lengthened 350 feet. Work on the three steel steamers for D. C. Whitney of Detroit Mitchell & Co., and the Hawgood & Avery 'Transit Company, Cleveland, is progressing rapidly. One is in frame and will soon be ready for plating. The most important contract closed during the week was for a steel steamer 302 feet and 3 inches over all, 284 feet keel 38 feet beam and 24 feet deep, to be built by the Globe Iron Works Company for the Lorain Steamship Company, which owns the steamer Vulcan. The engines and boilers have not been decided upon yet, but will probably be of the same size as oe in the Vulcan, 27 and 50 inches the boilers being 9 by 14 eek In addition to the whaleback passenger boat, the American Steel Barge Company has four tow barges under way, two of them well advanced on the stocks and material being prepared for the other two. These boats have been spoken of as merchan- dise carriers, and strangely enough the barge company proposes to use them in carrying flour and other merchandise through the Welland canal. All of them will be of canal size (265 feet) and the company has the steamers Bartlett and Thomson on the lakes, also of canal size, to tow them. 'The new boats will have seven gangways on each side and winches on deck for hoisting and lowering cargo into the hold. eS FT Se SS SSeS ES James Davidson's latest schooner, just beginning service, is named Aberdeen. Capt. James Galvin of Buffalo has purchased the lumber barge Dan Rodgers from Keenan & Gilbert. Henry Lay of Sandusky has purchased the tug HK. C. Oggel from Capt. S. O. Day of Muskegon for $1,050. ~ H. M. Loud & Sons of Oscoda have purchased the steamer Charles A. Street from W. A. Loutit and others of Grand Ha- ven and Chicago for $40,000. It is claimed that the Vandalia line of steamers on Lake Michigan will not be abandoned as soonas the Minnie M. and Lora aresold, but that two or more steamers will be built at West Bay City that will specially suit this trade. Gen. Poe says that a great deal of time has been devoted to preparation of plans for the deep channel between Buffalo, Chi- cago and Duluth and that with his next monthly report infor- mation necessary to the issuance of specifications will be sub- mitted. : The St. Lawrence river steamer Sylvan Stream was sold for $20,000, about one-fourth of her cost,to Folger Bros., Kingston, by Homer B. Stevens of Rochester, receiver of the Genesee River and Lake Ontario Navigation Company. About $10,000 _ will be expended in refitting her. Vessel captains and crews running into Chicago need not be alarmed if they run through an uncanny stream of light some night. 'The search light on top of the world's fair transporta- tion building is in operation and is powerful enough to illumin- ate Michigan City across the lake. The light was manufactured by Schuckert & Co., Nuremberg, Germany. H. D. Turney and others now operating large coal docks at Ashland and Manitowoc for handling bituminous coal are figur- ing for dock property in Duluth. They have options on two or three sites in Duluth and will invest a large sum of money in both land and equipment. The aim is to reach through Duluth a large consuming territory that can not well be covered from Ashland. | Customs officers at Marquette are dealing severely with masters of small steam craft violating laws regarding lights. Licenses of Edmond Allie and Jessie Goodwin have been sus- pended for ninety days, and John Parker whose license had ex- pired will be called upon by the United States district attorney to appear before the federal court. Inquiry into the matter was caused by a tug capsizing a row boat resulting in the drowning of a man. 'There was received at Milwaukee by lake during September 73,527 tons more of anthracite and 5,279 tons more of bituminous coal than during the same month in 18or. Receipts tor the season to Oct. 1 at that port are not, however, as large as in 1891. The total to Oct. 1, 1892, is 527,632 tons of anthracite and 222,433 tons of bituminous, or a total of 750,065 tons; to Oct. I, 1891, 555,969 tons of anthrecite and 207,442 tons of bi- tuminous, or a total of 763,411 tons. Customs house reports on the receipts and shipments of iron ore and coal'at Ohio ports are not complete, but they will serve for comparative purposes. On Oct. 1 these reports show re- ceipts of ore at Cleveland, Ashtabula, Fairport and Lorain ag- gregating for the season 4,474,041 gross tons, against 3,128,718 gross tons on the corresponding date in 1801. Shipments of coal from these four ports to the same date foot up 1,447,863 net tons against 1,177,248 net tons during the same period in r8or. Capt. George Breckenfeld, keeper Racine life saving station, has been making soundings in the harbor and finds it in a de- plorable condition. From the north pier light-house west 100 feet and for 60 feet into the river there js not over 5 feet of water. On the south side for a distance of more than roo feet and 20 feet into the river there is not over eight feet of water. This leaves a channel barely wide enough for a loaded vessel to enter. In this channel there is about 1 3 feet of water.