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ee MARINE REVIEW. IT The "Soo" Line Steamers--Hard Coal Freights. Special Correspondence to the MARINE REVIEW. Burrao, N. Y., March 30.--The difficulties between Alex. McDougall and the "'Soo"' line had to leak out after all. It was known here quietly months ago that there was going to be trouble, but interested parties said that it would be best to keep quiet, for McDougall was too proud of his whalebacks to go into a lawsuit with the people for whom the Pillsbury and Washburn were built. It really looks as though this were true, for the prospect now is that he will take them back rather than fight. Even if he does that he will have to stand the loss consequent on their light carrying power. Had _ his scheme to capture the flour trade of the lakes succeeded he would have been glad of the chance, but now it is different. The 'Soo' line is not expected to make any move towards getting more vessels till the whalebacks are off their hands. The demand for rebate comes so near to eating up the boats that it looks as though there was a determination to throw them up. Our vessel men kick because Ohio has made such a low coal rate. They still refuse 60 cents to Chicago, though there are shippers ready to pay it. The fact is coal is coming in rapidly and shippers would like some tonnage to save them the necessity of stocking it and then picking it up again. The rate is pretty sure to be made. Vessel owners are trying to force a good rate by re- fusing to load at opening rates and thereby relieve the docks before a rate is made. They show their wisdom for once. Capt, Dan McLeod, who is down from Detroit, reports that the decision to mention no vessels in the register this year unless their owners paid their tonnage dues was not carried out. Everybody but the underwriters who put through the foolish resolution knew that it couldn't be enforced. Still vessel owners are coming forward quite liberally and paying up. The Western Tran- sit Company paid up this week... In a line of that size the amount makes a very pretty figure. The move of the trunk lines to pool the grain brought by the lines to Erie and Buffalo is a very neat one, but it was born of desperatiom for all that. Such pulling and hauling, cutting and slashing as there has been was enough to force any kind of an agreement. It is stated quietly that if this plan succeeds the package freight, east-bound, will also be pooled. There really seems to be hope for Oswego. If thé Ontario & Western makes it a shipping point for hard coal as announced that will be one boost. It is reported that the Canadian steamer Seguin with the schooner J. B. Mer- rill and another consort to be picked up were chartered to carry lumber from Georgian Bay to Oswego at $2.75 for the season. The Ontario & Western is preparing to ship coal by lake from here, but hasn't any jogall plans perfected yet, or any coal here. The friends of Capt. C. W. Brown, who know the terrible cea he has passed through in his long illness at Cleveland, will be pleased to learn not only that he is on his feet again, but has a boat to sail. When the Lehigh line appointments were made the Cayuga was left out as if for some such emergency as this. Capt. Brown, having been in the Northern line, he was well known to Manager Gordon, who now gives him the Cayuga to sail. Bliss of Tonawanda has sold his raft towing tug Samson to the Perry Lum- ber Company of the Sault, where she will go into the same business. The price Is not made public. Plans for Elevators at Kingston and Prescott. Special Correspondence to the MARINE RSVIEW. Kinaston, Ont., March 30.--Not a few interested in marine matters be- lieve that the withdrawal of the discriminatory canal tolls from grain vessels discharging in Kingston will be beneficial to Ogdensburg, hence there was no surprise when a Kingston paper announced that the Montreal Transportation Company was considering the adyisability of placing a floating elevator at Prescott, Ont., across from Ogdensburg, and securing a portion of the trade. The rate from western points will be the same. Steamers can easily go down the river, but it is felt that schooners will still make Kingston the discharging port, as river navigation for sailing vessels is not free from dangers, and cargo insurance will be much higher than to lake points, The capitalists interested in the elevator scheme for Kingston are pushing ahead. They have interviewed the government and asked. that the site of the Tete Du Pont barracks, adjacent to the present quarters of the Montreal Transportation Company, be granted them, and an elevator to cost $150,000 will be reared. They have promised to give storage for grain for from eight to ten days free. Since the Kingston deputation has waited on the govern- ment the Prescott men who also talk of building an elevator mane asked for the consideration of their claims. Official Numbers and Tonnage. The Bureau of Navigation, E. C. O'Brien, commissioner, reports official numbers and tonnage for new steam vessels on the lakes as follows: Selwyn Eddy, Port Huron, 2,846.14 tons gross, 2,164.11 net, No. 116,555; City of Kalamazoo, Grand Haven, 728.19 tons gross, 529.05 net, No. 126,949; C. J Lorman, Detroit, 41.89 tons gross, 20.95 net, No. 126,948. Maxine Review for one year and Patterson's Nautical Dictionary for $6. Appointments of Masters and Engineers. Bradley, M. A., Cleveland, O: Steamers--New steel steamer, Capt. Joseph Holmes, Engineer W. W. Tyler; Gladstone, Capt. B. H. Jones, En- gineer Harry Talbot ; Hesper, Capt. Henry Peterson, Engineer Gilbo ; Pas- adena, Capt. L. Stough, Engineer Wm. Wilkie; M. B. Grover, Capt. Paul Surrett, Engineer Wm. Angel ; City of Cleveland, Capt. C. Moran, Engineer L. Walley ; Henry Chisholm, Capt. John Wysoon, Engineer Irwin Morrison ; R. P. Ranney, Capt. Paul Howell, Engineer Albert Eggert ; E. B. Hale, Capt. W. E. Morris, Engineer Michael Taylor; J. S. Fay, Capt. Robt. Kerr, En- gineer R, 8S. Hanna; Fred Kelley, Capt. Thos. Delargie, Engineer S. F. Hunt; Superior, Capt. Chas. Ahlstrom, Engineer P. Lamar; 8. E. Shelden, Capt. Chas. H. Tift, Engineer Gus. Helbing ; new steamer building at West Bay City, Capt. M. Mulholand, Engineer C. M. Williams. Schooners--Ad- riatic, Capt. Harry Brock; A. Cobb, Capt. P. H.Smith; John Martin, Capt. N. Gifford ; D. P. Rhodes, Capt. Geo. McLeod; Alva Bradley, Capt. Geo. Richards ; Thomas Quayle, Capt. Robert Anderson; Sandusky, Capt. E. P. _ Spear; 8S. P. Ely, Capt. Arthur Wilson ; Negaunee, Capt. L. C. Cole; M. R. Warner, Capt. W. B. Williams; S. H. Kimball, Capt. J. Bridge; Southwest, Capt. E. B. Smith. Gilchrist, J. C., Cleveland, O.: Steamers--City of Genoa, Capt. J. L. Weeks, Engineer Wm. Mitchell; City of Naples, Capt. Geo. Bell, Engineer Chas. Sharp; John Craig, Capt. Chas. T. Gunderson, Engineer John J. Birney; A. P. Wright, Capt. C. C. Tousley, Engineer Thos. Bluett; R. E. Schuck, Capt. O. Olsen, Engineer Wm. Lawrence; J. C. Gilchrist, Capt. Henry Moody, Engineer John Parks; John B. Lyon. Capt. F. A. Bailey, Engineer Barney Wood; Cumberland, Capt. John Thompson, Engineer H. Stone; Columbia, Capt. J. E. Miles, Engineer C. N. Allbee; Hiawatha, Capt. J. C. Byers, En- gineer Fred Fitzgerald; Oregon, Capt. Fred Goodell, Engineer Wm. Johnson; Waverly, Capt. Amos C. Reimers, Engineer Stephen Newnham. Schooners-- H. D. Alverson, Capt. H. Gunderson; B. F. Bruce, Capt. W. H. Landgraff; W. L. Crosthwaite, Capt. Frank Perew; Verona, Capt. Philip Duroy; S. H.. Foster, Capt. D. C. Sullivan; R. B. Hayes, Capt. J. P. Minskey; M.S. Bacon, Capt. John Farwell; T..P. Shelden, Capt. Horace Fisher; Michigan, Capt. Charles Olsen. Anchor Line, Buffalo, N. Y.: Steamers--India, Capt. F. D. Osborne; China, Capt. C. Mason; Japan, Capt. H. Cronkhite; Gordon Campbell, Capt. James Niland; Philadelphia, Capt. A. E. Huff; Codorus, Capt. John McCarthy; Schuylkill, Capt. John Doherty; Mahoning, Capt. Chas. Christy; Susquehanna, Capt. M. Riley; Clarion, Capt. Joseph Corcoran; Lehigh, Capt. J. H. Berow; Alaska, Capt. M. Rowan; Lycoming, Capt. L. Wright; Cone- maugh, Capt. H. O. Miller; Conestoga, Capt. Frank Bloom; Delaware, Capt. P. O'Neil; Juniata, Capt. D. Rider; Wissahickon, Capt. H. Durker. . Hart Line, H. W. Hart of Green Bay, Wis., Manager: Steamers--Fannie C. Hart, Capt. H. W. Hart, Engineer Charles Dennis; Eugene C. Hart, Capt. C. B. Hart, Engineer Richard Crandall; C. W. Moore, Capt. Ole A. Hansen, Engineer James Dunlap; Welcome, Capt. P. Rowlette, Engineer George Coulter. Benham, C. E., Cleveland, O.: Steamers--Nahant, Capt. John Mullen; H. B. Tuttle, Capt. E. Detlefs; Pease, Capt. Thomas Sloan. Schooners--Queen City, Capt. Gabriel Knight; Richards, Capt. Wiltiam P. Benham; Planet, Capt. Frank Parsons. Tug--C. E. Benham, unassigned. Sloan & Cowles Excursion Line, Buffalo, N. Y.: Steamers--Puritan, Capt. Abner G. Gilbert; Pilgrim, Capt. John O'Brien; Gazelle, Capt. George Swift; Vision, Capt. Wright Taxter; Edwards, Capt. Louis Shalloe. Yacht-- Alex. Sloan, Capt. Goorge Robinson. Wex, Peter, Buffalo, N. Y.: Steamers--Inter Ocean, Capt. Peter Wex; Cormorant, Capt. Lawler. Schooners -- Richard Winslow, Capt. Dennis Gallagher; Charles Wall, Capt. Winchester. American Transportation Company, Fairport, O.: Steamers -- Alex, Nimick, Capt. A. H. Reed, Engineer Charles Allenwood; John Harper, Capt. H. L. Mills, Engineer C. M. Stoddard. é ; White, W. J., Cleveland, O: Steamers--Britannic, Capt. Ira B. Mans- field, oe Wm. Eddy; Quito, Capt. Chas. H. Little, Engineer, H. W. Davis. Canadian Steel Barge Company, Limited, Port Arthur, Ont.: Algonquin, Capt. James McMaugh, Engineer Samuel Brisbon, Port Arthur and Duluth Steam Packet Company, Port Arthur, Ont.: Steamer--Cambria, Capt. Peter Olson, Engineer H. O' Reilly. Parker, C. L., Detroit, Mich.: Steamer--R. Martini, Capt. Thos. Van Stan, Engineer H. F. Rosenkrans. Steamer-- Announcement of the transfer of the steamers Roswell P. Flower and Frank IL. Vance from the Milwaukee Steamship Company, in which Capt. David Vance is a leading stockholder, to the Riverside Transit Company of Chicago, means simply that the owners of these boats are listing them for taxation at a place where municipal authorities do not compel vessel owners to pay sewer tax, school tax and levies of various kinds, of which they should bear no part.