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1 MARINE REVIEW. Tips from the Man on the Dock. Do you know that not every sailor who rises in his calling until he has held a mate's position for a_ number of years will necessarily make a good master? Not because he has not suf- ficient intelligence, or has not had sufficient experience to learn his duties. Some men have no independeut executive ability ; they lack independent judgment. I have seen excellent mates who were failures as masters. I remember one instance well, a man who had had twenty years experience as boy, man and mate, and who was considered a good officer, and yet when given a vessel to sail he got her ashore in a fog on his first trip. In describing the accident to me he said: "T hove the lead and kept it agoing and I felt I ought to go about, but I had been so used to calling the 'ole man' in such weather that I kept her running until she got ashore. I don't want any more captain in mine. A mate's berth is good enough for me. I'm all right if I know I can fall back on the 'ole man', if necessary."' ; ears : He was used to leaning on some one, and when he found him- self without his support he became what we call "rattled" and lost his judgment. Many an accident is chargable to that kind of a mate. kK *k *k *k Now, I want to tell you of another class of mates who, as the man said, "have got too much judgment." They are the kind that have the big mouths and the big feet, and they fre- quently put both to bad use by putting one into the other. They are of the class that are "away up" on the kind of nautical "lore" that is used in addressing deck hands in a loud tone of voice, and they frequently emphasize this by a more liberal use of feet and hands. 'They are sometimes called first class mates, but their chief virtue consists in hounding men until in sheer desperation, or from fear of personal violence they do (in the presence of their tyrant) more work than they would do under better treatment, but who when so treated work under compul- sion but without interest. I heard one of these mates one time, while the steamer was being brought to the dock, havea dialogue with some negro deck hands. "Shtick out that line theyre, you paircel of apes, git a move on ye, ye moonkeys" "We stick dat line out, but we's no apes, boss, and don you fergit it." *'Ah, go long wid ye, yere a pack o' baboons."' It is this kind of a mate that flourishes best on the passenger and package freight steamers. But when it comes to navigation and dealings with shippers, consignees and business men, when a man's good judgment and good manners count, such a man is not fit to take command of any vessel. ie * * * Talking about mates with hands, feet and voice but whose brain it might be difficult to locate, if you went to look for it outside of their mouths, I want to say that there is still another kind of mates that are not likely to make good masters and it is because they are almost the opposite of the latter. 'This one is the oily, smooth and sanctimonious fellow. He seldom swears when any one can hear him, and has few of the common so called "vices" of the average seaman. He is the goody, goody fellow who has little to say when in the presence of those above him in rank, but who can talk when with his kind. He always says "'sir"? at the end of everything, and he does so out of habit even when it is only arope's end. He will do what he is told if it is not too hard or too dangerous to execute, and if it is, he will try and sneak out of it some way. He usually lacks courage and most always sound judgment and good hard sense. He, too, is not fit to command a vessel. If he sailed one he would lack "'sand" and others would beat him out of his turn at the dock, and the coal consignee would delay his vessel and 'bluff' him out of the demurrage. * * * * Talking of the use of "sir' in repeating an order reminds me of the story told me by old Capt. Bill Campbell. He was a big, bluff fellow with a kind heart, and at one time witha big fist and an awful thirst, and while quenching the latter, not unfrequently he made dangerous use of the former. 'Telling the story, he said: "One fall I made up my mind I wanted to sail salt water, *cause I'd never been off the lakes, just to see how it felt. So when I laid up in Buffalo in the fall I took a trip to New York and shipped in the bark Hector, bound to South America. The first day out it was my trick at the wheel and she was sailing 'full and by'. The 'ole man' was on the cabinand after awhile ee ree sung out to me 'let her luffa little'. I sung back 'let her luff a little', and gave her a couple of spokes. The 'ole man' looked at me and again sung out louder and more sternly, 'let herluffa little'. I very promptly called back 'let-her luff a little', andI gave heracoupleofspokes more. I had hardly got the words out of my mouth when, in a voice of thunder, he sung out, 'let het luff a little, you'. Nothing daunted, I sung out, 'let her luff a little, you', and Ino more than said it before I had to dodge a belaying pin that he aimed at my head, and he followed this up himself, and of all the tongue lashings a man ever got, I got the worst, and do you know what he made all that fuss about? No, of course, you don't. Well, it was just because I didn't say, 'let her luff alittle, sz". Around the Lakes. Three whalebacks, the steamer Mather and consorts 111 and 129, delivered 266,069 bushels of wheat in Buffalo a few days ago from Duluth. ra The Review of Reviews, July number, contains a short but interesting sketch of James J. Hill's services as manager of the Great Northern railway system. vy F. W. Wheeler, of West Bay. City, A. A. Parker and: Capt. James Millen of Detroit, and Capt. F. D. Herriman of the Bureau Veritas were among visitors in Cleveland during the past week. - After bringing down the largest cargo of ore ever taken out 'ot Ashland, 3,118 gross tons, the Whitney steamer Merida, built by F. W. Wheeler & Co. of West Bay City, was unloaded. Sat- urday at the Cleveland & Pittsburg docks, Cleveland, in a little less than thirteen hours. . In a few days the Cleveland Ship Building Company will deliver the stee! steamer Alva to her owners, Mr. M. A. Bradley and others. This boat, built in accordance with the rules of the Bureau Veritas under inspection by Capt. F. D. Herriman, is es- pecially strong in general construction. Bids for a fire boat were opened in Cleveland Wednesday. Proposols were received from only two concerns, the Craig Ship: Building Company of Toledo and Thomas Manning Sons & Co, of Cleveland. It is more than probable that a contract will be made with the Cleveland company. 'The boat will be one of the finest in the country. Mr. W, A. Livingstone, who has been appointed successor to the late J. T. Whiting as general agent of the Western 'Transit Company in Detroit, is probably better known among leading vessel owners than any young man on the lakes. He has had the advantages of practical training in shipping matters from boy- hood and has made the best of the opportunities offered him. Mr. Sinclair Stewart, surveyor for the United States standard register, will go up the lakes on the steamer Mariposa on her next trip from Cleveland, returning on another steamer of the Minnesota company's fleet, in order that he may inform himself and report to the association on the performance, both light and loaded, of the large steel steamers in the ore trade. In return- ing he will take a steamer bound to South Chicago and vigit the yard of the Chicago Ship Building Company and the World's Columbian Exposition. Two estimable women, wives of lake men, died in Cleveland during the past week. Mrs. Chapman, wife of Capt. Chapman of the Menominee steamer Briton, died at the family home, No. 222 Beach street. 'The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Jones, who isso favorably known to vessel owners: and masters in Cleveland, and was largely attended. Mrs. W. F. Sauber, wife of the well known marine engineer of Marine City, died at Huron street hospital, where she had been for some time under treatment. The funeral took place in Marine City Wed- nesday. 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, Ete. 24-26 MARKET STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. »