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MARINE Around the Lakes. Fully 20,000,000 feet of lumber hasalready been shipped by water from the head of Lake Superior. Oscar E. Wilbur of Charlevoix has purchased the steamer City of Grand Rapids from Perry Hanna and others of 'Traverse City for $8,000. A decision in the Sheffield-North Star collision case, which was heard finally in the United States circuit court of appeals at Detroit last week, is expected in about thirty days. 'he Wilson line steel steamer Yuma, which recently. took out of Ashland the largest cargo ever shipped from that port, is now on her way down with 114,000 bushels of wheat from Duluth. It is reported that Hubbard & Canfield of Toledo paid $45,- ooo for the side-wheel steamer Shrewsberry, purchased from Buf- falo parties to be used as an excursion boat between Toledo and Put-in Bay. The Murphy Wrecking Company of Detroit is at work rais- ing the steambarge Roland, sunk last fall with a cargo of stone about two miles west of Rattlesnake island, Lake Erie. The boat was purchased by the wrecking company from the under- writers. In one hour less than four days the Cleveland- Cliffs Mining Company's steamer Pioneer made the round trip, loading and unloading, between Cleveland and Marquette, notwithstanding a loss of an hour at the Sault and three hours more than usual in unloading. The schooner Bertha Barnes, another of the lumber vessels wrecked on Lake Michigan during the heavy gales that pre- vailed early in April, has been released. She was on North Point at Racine and it cost about as much to release her as she was worth. Jt is announced that Capt. James Davidson of West Bay City has .laid a keel for another wooden steamer. This is not surprising on the part of Capt. Davidson. Anybody having the money to spare can build vessels cheaply in times like the present and sell ata profit if they can afford to await improvement in business. -. The next vessel to be launched from the yard of F. W. Wheeler & Co. will be the largest wooden consort on the lakes. The boat is for Capt. Wm. Forbes of Port Huron and is 270x42 x20 feet. 'The Bradley steamer George Stone, which was launched at this yard on Tuesday, alter being stuck on the ways, suffered no injuries on account of the accident. "T lost my consort last February, broke up house-keeping and have since been cast adrift on shore," says a Buffalo engineer in renewing his subscription to the Review, from which he evi- dently expects consolation. As he fails to tell us anything of the qualifications of his lost sailing mate, or even intimate how she was lost, we must hesitate in measuring the degree of com- fort extended. Judges of the United States district court seem disposed to divide damages in almost every admiralty case that is brought 'before them of late. I. S. Sullivan and others, owners of the steamer Rust, some time ago sued the Lake Superior Elevator Company of Duluth for damages sustained by their vessel through a trestle falling upon her while she was at the dock of the elevator company. Judge Nelson of the district court at REVIEW. Duluth now holds that the owners of the steamer, -having had notice that the trestle was unsafe, was equally at fault and so divides the damages. Notices to Mariners. A blue print of the Chicago water front, showing anchorage for vessels, reefs and buoys, including the line of electric buoys, can be had by masters of vessels by applying to the light-house inspector of the ninth district room 1308, Chamber of Commerce building, Chicago, or on board the United States tender Dahlia. Notice is hereby given that the steam fog-signals at South Manitou light station, Michigan, have been repaired and are in operation. A few copies of Patterson's Nautical Dictionary held by the MARINE REVIEW are all that are for sale anywhere, since the destruction by fire of plates and all other material entering into the work. The price, #5, has not been raised. H. CHANNON COMPANY, General Ship Chandlers and Sail Makers, Dealers in Manilla Rope, Wire Rope, Tackle Blocks, Cotton Duck, Anchors, Chains, Etc. 24-26 MARKET STREET, CHICACO, ILL. OWNERS AND CAPTAINS--If you want one of these hand- ooo calenders mailed to you, send your address on a postal card, men- tioning the REVIEW, to PARKER & MILLEN, Detroit, Mich. Headquarters for Ship Plank HE ONLY GANG MILL in the coun- try that makes a specialty of long ' white oak ship plank, ship timber, bridge timber, and dredge spuds, any length and size. One Million teet Long Oak con- stantly in stock. Capacity of mill. 20,000 feet per day. W. C, STILES, Warren, O. Let me get your Patent, 66 TK LL Trade Mark, or Claim for -- a ce you. Honest and Good work is my pride. HANDS A Fr," memceamnanCET EDWARD C. WEAVER, Atty., 900 F. (opp. Patent Office), WASHNGTON, D.C. \ Sa OFFICE. 54 LASALLE ST. CHICAGO ILL. FOOT NO. MARKET ST 18TH ST. BRIDGE, ILLINOIS CENTRAL SLIP "Cc.