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MARINE REVINW. 6 Interior of the Northern Line Passenger Ships. Work on the interior of the Northern line passenger steamer North West at the ship yard of the Globe Iron Works Company, Cleveland, has now progressed far enough to admit of an idea being formed of the elegant cabin arrangements that are to be a feature in the ships of this new line. 'The decorators have pre- pared some drawings of parts of the interior of the first ship. Two of these, representing the main stair and a cove in the main saloon, were recently engraved by the publishers of the Buffalo Illustrated Sunday Express, and are here reproduced in connection with small bow and stern views of the boat. Other drawings of attractive parts of the cabins are also being prepared and will probably be illustrated later on. In General. Despite two or three mishaps to shipping, the Manchester ship canal has done much business already, and the prospects of its becomimg as successful as its projectors expected seem more than good. The shipping of the maritime Provinces of Novia Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island continues to show an astonishing decrease. During the last ten years the total ton- nage has decreased over one-third of the whole, or by 330,985 tons ; from 890,810 tons in 1884 to 569,915 in 1893. Dr. Lucius A. Smith, for the past thirty years prominently identified with naval architecture, and since 1853 connected with the Continental Iron Works of Brooklyn, N. Y., died at his late residence in that city on the 5th inst. As superintendent of the Continental Iron Works he built Ericsson's Monitor. He also NORTHERN LINE PASSENGER SHIP NORTH WEST--A COLLECTION OF VIEWS. 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 Jan. 20, 1894: Wheat, bu. Corn, bu. Chica O ences oseese seca 20,280,000 4,543,000 Wal eee ss caveeeseace ere 9,878,000 -- 17,000 Milwaukee. ...........0.+- SOL. OOO. serene ss. WWEELOUy ceetcccr erste eee 1,720,000 44,000 BIOIETEG sos. veka esestones 3 Oe 2,785,000 673.000 ESUTAILO <2. hoc c teen soko. so .cbay 225,000 586,000 Rotalsc:svscasteecusscs, 36,039,000 5,863,000 At the puints named there is a net increase for the week of 351,000 bushels of wheat and 826,000 bushels of corn. A very attractive little triple expansion engine is undergo- ing some alterations in the machine shop of the F: ontier Iron Works, Detroit. It isthe engine of J. S. Newberry's yacht Dawn of Detroit, built by the Herreshoffs of Bristol, R. I. Joy vale gear is being fitted by the Frontier company. superintended the construction of several other vessels for the U. S. Navy, and after the war turned his attention to designing merchant vessels and yachts. He was amember of several en- gineering societies, and in his character as a man was universal- ly loved and respected. Mr. F. W. Wheeler, West Bay City ship builder, is figuring on a contract for steel vessels to go to the Atlantic coast, but he says the matter is not yet in shape to warrant the publication of details. Ifthe order is secured, it will cause a substantial in- crease in the aggregate of tonnage to be built on the lakes this year. An interesting study of the horse power of the whale has been made by the eminent anatomist, Sir William Turner of the Univ rsity of Edinburgh, Scotland, in conjunction with John Henderson, the well-known Glasgow ship builder. 'The size and dimensions of a great whale stranded several years ago on the shore at Longriddy furnished the necessary data for a com- putation of the power necessary to propel it at the rate of twelve miles an hour. This whale measured 80 feet in length, 20 feet across the flanges of the tail, and weighed seventy-four tons. It was calculated that 145 horse power was necessary to attain the speed mentioned.--Exchange.