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i6 MARINE REVIEW. MARINE REVIEW. DEVOTED TO THE LAKE MARINE AND KINDRED INTERESTS. Chicago Office, Western Union Building, 706 Phoenix Building. Published every Thursday at No. 516 Perry-Payne Building, Cleveland, O. SUBSCRIPTION--$2.00 per year in advance. Single copies 1ocents each. Convenient binders sent, post paid, 75 cents. Advertising rates on appli- cation. The books of the United States treasury department contain the names of 3,657 vessels, of1,183,582.55 gross tons register in the lake trade. The lakes have more steam vessels of 1,000 to 2,500 tons than the com- bined ownership of this class of vessels in all other sections of the country. Th number of steam vessels of 1,000 to 2,500 tons on the lakes on June 30, 1892, was 321 and their aggregate gross tonnage 534,490.27; in all other parts of the country the number of this class of vessels was,on the same date, 217 and their gross tonnage 321,784.6. The classification of the entire lake fleet is as follows: Gross. Class. Number. Tonnage. Ste atntveESSels seienscicccedccs oncedscdedscmastssees 1,631 763,063.32 SAMMI SAV ESSE L Sesriem ctiabislssecirimeu sree ecrnsnsse'eie 1,226 319,617.61 WartalMOOAES wecnesccse oss nsccen By eeeciiee sence 731 75,580 50 VAG NGS eemtestsitaercemoctinsirteraccetictierciieasersicvciaesi ss 69 25,321.12 BIRO CELINE SUDIE. POM owe seeteess cad 3,657 1,183,582.55 Tonnage built on the lakes during the past five years, according to the reports of the United States commissioner of navigation, is as follows: Number. Net Tonnage. PRU SS Sees cen ie ccc seieloctecasi stescineoseasc isis 222 IOI, 102.87 MSG QeMeeeines cme tists tseterse setts cbecssere 225 107,080.30 MEQ OM sesteerstemrecstien:csecstmouildeee~'sosts 218 108,515.00 SOM eee eects eee see ceisoctoneneieceasse 204 - 111,856.45 WSC) Omenemeniocidencosece eset nerncrence cess 169 45,168.98 MO talewwcesscdossnerccnincssccsess 1,038 473,723.60 ST. MARY'S FALLS AND SUEZ CANAI, TRAFFIC. St. Mary's Falls Canal. Suez Canal. 1892, 1891. 1890. 1892. 1891. 1890. No. vessel passages 12,580] 10,191} 10,557 3,559 4,207 3,389 Ton'ge, net regist'd| 10,647, 203]/8,400,685|8,454,435||7,712,028 8,698,777|6,89¢ 014 Days of navigation... 223 225 228 365 365 365 Entered at Cleveland Post Office as Second-class Mail Matter. IN THE MARINE REVIEW, issue of July 13, some comment was made on the delay in that portion of the 20-foot channel work known as the Bar point section, which is in the vicinity of Amherstburg, Ont. Although it was expected that the work on this section, as well as all other sections, would begin as early as possible after the opening of navigation, it was well into the mid- dle of July before the contractors were given permission, by ac- tion of the Canadian Privy Council, to take machinery and sup- plies for doing the work into Canada free of duty. In the mean- time there was some anxiety about progress on this section of the big channel, and the REVIEw, in the article in question, said in substance that it was hinted that the contractors, Messrs. L. P. and J. A. Smith of Cleveland, had prompted delay, by bringing to the attention of Mr. George Gott, collector of customs at Am- herstburg, the question of the dredging being in Canadian waters. There was no intention of intimating that Mr. Gott, who is known to be one of the most obliging and faithful customs officers in Ontario, had done anything to delay the improvement, as the article was written after a talk with one of the Messrs. Smith, who gave no serious consideration to the claim that they were not in a hurry to go on with the work. It is but just to Collector Gott, who is not looking for credit in the performance of duty, but who understands the benefits of this improvement to both Canada and the Uuited States, to say that he did all in his power, within the faithful performance of duty, to secure the vigorous prosecution of the work, and the delay was due to the matter. having to go through the regular channels of government super- Vision: A SHOR' tite ago the weather bureatt established on the lakes a branch for the collection of information regarding cur- rents, winds, waves, etc., and now the hydrographic service has located an office in Chicago. 'The representatives of the weather bureau have gone along modestly with their work, on the basis that through the assistance of masters and owners of vessels they may fathom some of the mysteries connected with these great bodies of fresh water. The Chicago office of the hydrographic service will do well to act likewise, bearing in mind all the time that success with their work will depend largely upon the assist- ance they will get from the men who sail the ships, and who, it must be remembered, lay no claim to any knowledge of the seience of navigation. Simple things and simple methods must be used here to create an interest in the work undertaken by both of these branches of the government service. As a result of the assistance given the weather bureau by vessel masters who have thrown hundreds of bottles overboard in all parts of the lakes during two seasons past, the bureau is now about to publish a chart showing the drift of all of the bottles that have been found, and indicating the direction of currents on the several lakes. This map will at least be interesting to the men who have had a hand in creating it, and will be an incentive to further assist- ance from them. Mr. N. B. Conger, marine agent of the weather bureau, who is located at Detroit, is about to distribute more of these bottles in continuation of this work, and should have the assistance of all vessel captains. WHEN it was announced some time ago that the New York Ship Building and Engine Company had been organized under the laws of New Jersey, it was not generally understood that this company is intending to construct high speed torpedo boats, yachts, and other speedy craft, entering the same kind of | business as Yarrow, Thorneycroft and others on the other side of the ocean. It would seem that there is room for such enter- prise, the more so on account of the semt-official announcement that the new concern will be supported by the navy, as far as the officers of that service can consistently, aid private corporations of its kind. 'The company acquires the business of Gardner & Mosher, and starts out with the exclusive right to manage and sell the new type of hull, quadruple expansion engine, and water tube boiler with which the name of that firm has been connected. The New York office of the company will be at No. 1 Broadway, and the works at Hoboken, N. J. Names connected with the management of the company are a guarantee of. its strength. The directors are Messrs. Edwin A. Stevens, George E. Weed, William Gardner, John B. Roach, William Rowland, James F. Cox and C. D. Mosher. Stocks of Grain at Lake Ports. The following table, prepared from reports of the Chicago board of trade, shows the stocks of wheat and corn in store at the principal points of accumulation on the lakes on Aug. 5, 1893: Wheat, bu. Corn, bu. CN CAMO, rele aes ce aciie os 18,846,000 1,544,000 TO sa Clas tate = 2 bars Sti wyar cee sick AGC TeOOOie = 1S wsaseete NMG a teees mae. ioe cot ove 1,065,000 3,000 DSU HO ite aie Axis ihe scien 55 2 871,000 2,000 MOLE dopa muha oske) cesses! 1,467,000 210,000 Buell Ore os ait oh agate. dees os 1,741,000 233,000 EOLA ie pieaGuane << 53 28,317,000 1,992,000 At the puints named there is a net increase for the week of 3,830,000 bushels of wheat and a net decrease of 418,000 bushels of corn, Hendricks' Architects' and Builders' Guide and Contractors' Directary of America for 1893-4 has been received. It contains 170,000 names and addresses, classified under 800 headings. It is complete and correct and-the only work of its kind pub- lished. It is worth many times its cost for circular purposes alone, not considering its value as a work of reference. By addressing S. KE. Hendricks & Co., No. 52 Broadway, New York, a copy will be sent for examination. 'The price is $5.