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M. A, BRADLEY. President. James W. Millen, Detroi i e i i Frank J. Firth, Erie, foie ieee W. S. Dine Toles Phomas Wilson, Cleveland, O. R.P.Fitzgerald,Milwaukee,Wis : 5 Peter F. Miller, Buffalo, N-Y. Alex. McDougall, Duluth,Minn, Charles H. Keep, Secretary, Buffalo, N.Y. Geo. P. McKay, Treasurer, Cl Ja Harvey D. Goulder, Counsel, Cleveland, O. oes VICE-PRESIDENTS: As had been expected, the finance committee at its meeting on Saturday last adopted in full for the opening of the present season the schedule of wages put in force at the opening of navi- gation a year ago. 'The schedule of a year ago was higher than the opening rates of previous seasons, and the vessel owners have shown a liberal spirit in again adopting these rates, as it seems certain now the contract rates of freight for the season on iron ore will be lower than they were a year ago, whatever the out- . come of wild freights may be on grain, coal and other freight. The schedule as adopted is as follows: LAKE CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION. WAGES, ADOPTED APRIL, 8, 1893. ° Engineers employed for full season. Season wages. First class--Metal steamers having water bottoms and triple . Per month. expansion engines: ChiePengine ers cress. car carne ooh a eee ree » $115 to $125 ECON Gear oe res eae AEA aR Gus tkbh Packs APES ENE RE 75 to 80 Second class--Metal steamers not included in the first class and wooden vessels with triple expansion and with compound engines, except the smaller boats, which may be put in the third class: OMEN INCITS 15.1 ota. eee att eavorinanetee. sates sents Kate 100 to 145 SECON = 2845 LEC Rade tees RBCS E, Lal tice Sonos OA 70 to 75 Third class--Smaller boats with high pressure or low pres- sure engines, or with compound engines, covering all boats not included in the first and second classes: Chick CugiMeCerscs ce: wes ssexts denice on Matas th Ceca swen tee eeen 80 to 100 ECON atl ete o tere: MO UR EES ha Mg ioe eRe ee Sar Ee Cre 60 to 70 Other help on steamers employed for full season. IRS Gera Les. esse fete Sa eee eer poeslasae castro ses 60 to 80 Second ceases iar Seales SBR Deca pi el Moe Gea ar 45 to 60 @OOks so: . scot ric so ae SR Lace PEW RR eh cae 4 Satsorse nae an 4510 59d Steamboat help employed by fhe month. Per month, EVEN ONG Est oo. sticautenices ques meeee ner Sete Tar mete b ete ror ect .-915.00 to 20.00 aEST SETA Onl eens cease SA aro eb eee eo ee ant CR Bec dae 30.00 to 37.50 Wheelmen:..:......00....00 yea chia ae sacha eats 30,00-to 37.50 SG COUT ES oe shea A CIN ese TES i par wos aunt aE cleo taut 30.00 to 37.50 Deckshandesoss. tages ce See Renee eee 15.00 to 20.00 Oilengee cn ccct so saoe. bones ees aS aR Cee eRe eae Asi ieaae SE 30.00 to 37.50 Firemen engaged in fitting out and laying' up, $1.50 per day, without board. ; gs pk ast 234 4 On consorts and sail vessels. ; tg isha abesseectsascwcs eee eresce seen Se taped neice bee cles eae $42.00 to 60.00 Second: "os42 tee bonis LAC pea eh eeeene BSR RSs hese 37.50 to 45.00. Cooks.......:.3¢ LSet eine ae es AY BGs Bini «bass ate. 80.00 to 37.50 ASVER THEM vaeaces SO GeE Oca adh Sreoelt cabalobaepes Ec ARS eh GER aa eRune 80.00 to 37.50 OVS cence aeons cons race eee sas suede se atte or cee ae areas 15.00 to 20.00 One result of the meeting in Detroit last week of vessel owuers and representatives of the log rafting: interests, at which arguments bearing upon the size of rafts were presented to a board of army engineers, will certainly be of great benefit to masters of lake vessels, who are now very much troubled by conflicting lights.and fog signals. At the Detroit meeting, the question of lights on rafts came up, and the lumber men agreed nin sea ar ti10¢ Ssupjeue Ua asa vessel masters in attendance cu... James Stone, commniodore of the Bradley fleet of Cleveland, who was a member of the committee of vessel owners, was delegated to outline a rule covering all that the vessel owners want in the way of a fog signal and lights for the raft towing boats. Capt. Stone has since prepared this rule and has forwarded it to Mr. Keep, chairman of the vessel owners' committee. The proposed . tule provides that instead of the steam whistle now in use boats towing rafts shall use for a fog signal the whistle known as a screecher, which is to be operated under the rules and regula- tions now governing the use of the steam whistle during thick weather on steamers having a tow of any kind. 'The lights for raft towing boats, according to the proposed rule, are to be two bright headlights, placed in a horizontal position at a right angle with the head of the steamer, instead of two vertical lights now in use on all steamers having tows. These lights are to be of the same character as the headlights used on steamers towing vessels. They are to be not less than 20 feet above the pilot house and at least 8 feet apart, and to show all around the MARINE REVIEW. 7 re See / " -- s by fo "+a of the lakes are now pe ee Sales taken tor a porting signal, this new pia vi wasn, --- steamers adopt the whistle known as a screecher for fog service. would seem to settle the difficulty of distinguishing, without complication, the different kinds of craft. Secretary Keep has already begun to collect information from vessel masters relative to damage sustained on account of the raft trouble, and when the . question of regulating the size of rafts in connecting waterways is settled, it is expected that this matter of fog signals and lights will also be disposed of. Other members of the committee as- signed to this duty with Mr. Keep are Harvey D. Goulder, Jas. Corrigan, Capt. W. S.° Mack and Capt. James Stone. Repre- sentatives of the rafting interests, who will try to agree with the vessel owners in making recommendations to the army engineers as to what kind of a bill should be passed by Congress, are R. A. Alger, F. W. Gilchrist, B. Boutell, Temple Emory and &. O. Fisher, with S. A. Fisher as secretary. In addition to the order of the association that Secretary Keep furnish all owners with copies of the rule of the steamboat inspection service governing the speed of vessels in narrow chan- nels, so that they may be distributed among masters and posted in pilot houses. Gen. Dumont of the inspection service has directed local inspectors to make requisition for a sufficient num- ber of copies of the rule to furnish each licensed master and pilot in their district with a copy. There will therefore be no excuse for failure to live up to the rule, which has all the force of law. This week there was a car load of specimens of iron ore sent from Lake Superior mines to the world's fair, Chicago. Some of the pieces were magnificent samples, those of the hard ore mines being especially attractive. The slate and magnetites of the Re- public and Champion mines will command the attention of those interested in the mineral exhibit, and none of the ores from the whole world can give better results in metallic iron than those sent from this section. There were also many hundreds of ounds of fancy specimens of iron ore sent to make up a cabinet at the fair.--Iron Ore. Some trading is reported sin stocks of Mesabi iron mining companies listed on the Duluth stock exchange. Following are prices said to be offered on leading stocks, the par value being $100 in all cases excepting those marked with a star, which. are $25 par value: Biwabik $28, Cincinnati* $1.05, Cosmopolitan 15 cents, Clark 40 cents, Great Northern $10.35, Keystone 1 5 cents, Kanawha $1.65, Lake Superior* $3, Little Mesabi $1.50, Lincoln 40 cents, Mountain Iron $75, Minneapolis 15 cents, Mesabi Mountain $19, Shaw $4.75, Washington 15 cents. For stock in the Security Land and Exchange Company, $10 par value, $22 is said to be offered. Alfred Merritt is reported as saying that the Mesabi road, in which the capitalists controlling the American Steel Barge Company are interested with the Merritt family, will handle 1,500,000 tons of iron ore during the coming season. If it were not for such wild claims as this the Mesabi boomers, as well as the producers of ore in other regions, would not be compelled to hold out until the time for shipment has arrived in an effort to get fair prices for their product. ---- SRE TIRE