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MARINE REVIEW. | 0 Opening Carrying Charges. Representatives of the several ore sales agencies in Cleveland have within the past few days entered into negotiations with furnace men for the sale of ore, but a buying movement has not as yet set in. Various features of the situation are dealt with elsewhere in this issue. One marked feature of the feeling among all vessel owners is the fact that none of them are figuring on what their neighbors may do in the matter of season contracts at $1. They all say that they will not accept the dollar rate, no matter what others may do. As 3 cents is now freely offered on grain out of Duluth for either one or two trips, it is not probable that the wild rate"on ore from the head of the lakes will be less than gr. At Es- canaba the situation is different. A large fleet in Chicago will tend to weaken the Escanaba rate, and shippers are figuring on getting Escanaba vessels at 55 cents for the first trip. Rates on first trips with coal have set- tled at 50 cents to Milwaukee and 4o cents to ports at the head of Lake Superior. Winter Traffic on Lake Michigan. During the past winter the business of the steamship lines that are operated in connection with railways on both sides of Lake Michigan has been far in excess of all previous winters. The lines did not possess facilities equal to the offerings of freight or the business would have been much larger in volume than it was. No figures are at hand cover- -ing the traffic eastward from Manitowoc and Kewaunee, but statistics showing the movement out of Milwaukee will serve to indicate the vol- ume of this winter commerce. For the four months beginning Dec. 1 and ending March 31 the steamers trading to east-shore points carried out of Milwaukee 1,307,261 barrels of flour, 255,874 bushels of wheat, 1,- 911,329 bushels of oats, 1,128,211 bushels of barley, 5,000 bushels of rye and 24,849 bushels of millfeed. Grand total of grain 3,300,414 bushels. During the month of March alone these steamers carried 391,515 barrels of flour, 1,191,803 bushels of grain and 5,328 tons of millfeed, besides con- siderable quantities of malt, hay and general products. Appointments of Masters and Engineers. Thompson, E.1L., Delta Lumber Co., Detroit: Steamers--City of Berlin, Capt. John Buie, Engineer Samuel Braund; Ionia, Capt. Daniel Nelson, Engineer John Bloom; Pahlow, Capt. Daniel Ogden, Engineer John Hartman. Schooner--Delta, Capt. H. H. Schaffer. Corrigan, James, Cleveland: Steamers--Australasia, Capt. R. C. Pringle; Bulgaria, Capt. J. W. Brion; Caledonia, Capt. A. H. Gain; Italia, Capt. C. H. Kummings. Schooners--Northwest, Capt. William Doudy; Tasmania, Capt. G. G. McElroy. The assignment of Capt. Brion to the Bulgaria and Capt. Gain to the Caledonia is not definitely fixed. These two masters may change places. McLachlan Transportation Co., Port Huron, Mich.: Steamer--Kittie M. Forbes, Capt. J. L. Bradshaw, Engineer Geo. Smith. Schooner--Mary E. McLachlan, Capt. J. W. Hiesmer. Kelley Island Lime & Transport Co., Cleveland: Steamer--Albert Y. Gowen, Capt. Charles Smith, Engineer Charles C. Smith. Jackson, G K., Bay City,Mich.: Steamer--D. Leuty, Capt. ----_----, Engineer Joseph Badore. Schooner--R. Botsford, Capt. Sharron. Smith, L. P. &J. A., Cleveland: Steamer--Margaret Olwill, Capt. John F. Brown, Engineer Wheeler. Schooner--Baldwin, Capt. Berry, W. J., Port Stanley, Ont.: Tugs--A. V. Crawford, Capt. H. Deming, Engineer Robt. Wood; Snowstorm, Capt. A. C. Brown, Engineer Jno. EK. Brown; Ruby, Capt. Jno. Ellison, Engineer Sam'l McKenzie. __ Minneapolis, St. Paul & Buffalo Steamship Co., Buffalo: Steamers-- Nebraska, Capt. Peter Thompson, Engineer Joseph Taylor; Geo. H. Dyer, Capt. William Jameison; Engineer G E. Robinson; Geo. J. Gould, Capt. C.M. Cottrell, Engineer Geo. Butler; John Pridgeon, Jr., Capt. D. N. Sherwood, Engineer John Morgan. 'Connolly Bros., Buffalo: Steamer--Connolly Bros., Capt. A. eh, Schooners--F. B. Gardner, Capt. John Allen; Ogarita, Capt. M. B. Pridgeok. Rice John, Buffalo: Steamer--R. Mills, Capt. Philip Broderich, En- gineer T. F. Patrick. @ Fries, Valentine, Shinrock, O.: Steamer--Wm. Edwards, Capt. J. M, Johnson, Engineer Moses Blondin. Schooners--Golden Age, Capt. Daniel Stalker; M. W. Paige, Capt. Charles Hubbard; Charles Foster, Capt. John Higgie. Owen Line, H. H. Clough, Manager, Elyria,O: Steamers--Parks Foster, Capt. Geo. E, Merrett, Engineer Peter Marquox ; Ira Owen, Capt. J. Q. Owen, Engineer Hugh Buchanan. Jones, C. R., & Co., Cleveland: Steamers--New steel steamer build- ing at Detroit, Capt. F. W. Stenton, Engineer P. Whalen; Rhoda Emily, Capt. Geo. McCullagh, Engineer John Mclaren; Argonaut, Capt. C. H. Woodford, Engineer F. Craig; Leland, Capt. Jas. Mara, Engineer A. Smith; Argo, Capt. Geo. L. Cottrell, Engineer John Golden ; Preston, Capt. Wm. J. Harlow, Eugineeer - ----; Desmond, Capt. F. L. Hunt, Engineer W. Westbrook. Schooners--- Gian Wall, Capt. James Silverside; Sunshine, Capt. A. Carter; De Wolf, Capt. D. R. Parsons. Merchants Line, G. E. Jaques & Co.,Agents, Hamilton, Ont:: Dteantaly --Arabian, Capt. Oliver Patenaude, Engineer Walter Scott; Acadia, Capt. John Clifford, Engineer James Brown; Lake Michigan, Capt. J. S. Moore, Engineer J. Belanger; Cuba, Capt, R. Chestnut, Engineer D. L, Foley ; Melbourne, Capt. Hy. Chestnut, Engineer Thos. Milne; Ocean, Capt. J. V. Trowell, Engineer A. Ramsay; Persia, Capt. I. H. Scott, ee Wim, Kennedy! i Montreal Transportation Co., Kingston, Out.: Stearn ere= deere! Capt. John Gaskin, Engineer Geo. Henderson; H. F. Bronson, Capt. Jos. Murray, apineeone Hepburn ; Glide, Capt. John Doyle, Engineer Geo. Tuttle; Glengarry, Capt. Jas. W. Mawdesley, Engineer Chas. McSorley ; Jessie Hall, Capt. Chas. Martin, Engineer Alex Barton; Jas. A. Walker, Capt. John Boyd, Engineer Geo. Boyd; D. G. Thomenm Capt. James. Murray, Engineer John Evans; Bannockburn, Capt. A. McMaugh, En- gineer H. Thurston. Schooners--Kildonan, Capt. F. Lafrance; Minne- dosa, Capt. John Irwin; Selkirk, Capt. Charles Staley; Winnipeg, Capt. John Cornwall; Dunmore, Capt. John Phillips; Melrose, "eee James. Fleming. Benham, C. E., Cleveland: Steamers--Nahant, Capt. W. P. 'Besham; y Quito, Capt. J. W. a alleceniye H. B. Tuttle, Capt. J. H. McLeod ; W. P. Thew, Capt. Ben. Tripp. Red Star, White Star and Star-Cole Lines, Detroit: Steamers--Grey- hound, Capt. B. C. Baker, Engineer M. McMillen; Darius Cole, Capt. W. E. Comer, Engineer W. Dubois; City of Toledo, Capt. Geo. King, En- gineer Geo. Curtis; Arundel], Capt. John Stover, Engineer C. H. McCar- tier; Idlewild, Capt. J. Lockridge, Engineer R. Medear. Association of Masters and Pilots of Steam Vessels. Benjamin F. Perkins, grand secretary of the National Association of Masters and Pilots of Steam Vessels, is meeting with unusual success in his work of organizing harbors of this association on the lakes. Members of the Ship Masters' Association are joining the organization quite freely, although they do not intend, of course, to give up membership in the lake body. The harbor in Cleveland, which was organized on Saturday last, and which took over all members of the Lake Pilots Society No. 1, will be known as Cleveland Harbor No. 42. Officers are: Captain, W. A. Collier; first pilot, Alexander McLaughlan; second pilot, Thomas Allen; purser, C. E. Benham; captain's clerk, Lee Brogan. Among the officers appointed by the captain of the harbor are: Chaplain, Samuel W. Gould; starboard quartermasters, Wm. Clendenin and F. Dennis; port quartermasters, H. Carter and Wm. Allen. Mr. Perkins says of the organization: "Tt is expected that every port on the lakes will be organized this year in this national association. The insurance features of the organization are very broad and liberal to its members and the amount asked for each assesment is small, only 25 cents at death or disability. The total amount collected from these assessments is paid over to the beneficiary. No sal- aries are paid to any officers for the management of the insurance. Any member who} joins the insurance has the privilege to withdraw at any time by paying up the amount due at the time of withdrawal, but he still retains his membership in the organization. He can also affiliate with the insurance again later on, if he so desires, and receive a renewal of his policy. Any white person twenty-one years of age holding a license issued by the United States inspectors of steam vessels is eligible for member- ship. Persons holding special license are also accepted. The organiza- tion is also desirous of including in its membership owners of vessels, as well as presidents, general managers and superintendents of steamboat or steamship lines who may hold a license. These men give tone to the or- ganization and it is our desire to prove to our employers that we are organ- ized in their interest. By their joining with us we get their good will and influence, and we hope to show them that in the harbors of this organiza- tion they can find the best material from which to select officers for their steamers--men upon whom they can rely to protect their property ae in- crease their business. "We believe that the 600,000 people who travel on steamers dishig the year will feel more safe when they know that the men who are in charge of- steam vessels are skilled in their profession. There is no profession on the face of the earth that carries with it graver responsibilities than that' of a master or pilot. He has the care of a great number of lives and a vast. amount of valuable property. At times an error of judgment in his calcu- lations migh send many lives into eternity without a moment's warning. But he is not infallible. He is bound, however, to observe ironclad laws. and rules which are by no means perfect. But this association hopes and' expects, with the aid of congress and the supervising inspectors, to im- prove these rules so as to make them as near perfect as is possible to have them. The members ofthis association, who are all of them practical in the profession, believe that they are the proper persons to be consulted when changes are proposed in navigation laws. The association does not in any way interfere in the matter of wages."