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14 MARINE REVIEW. Around the Lakes. The whaleback steamer Colby and three barges from the coast are now oun the way up to the lakes. Clemens Reiss, president of the C. Reiss Coal Co., died at his home in Sheboygan, Wis., Monday. Mr. Reiss had an extensive acquaintance among vessel men and shippers on the lakes. Capt. Charles Wallace of Cleveland, who quit sailing some time ago to enter the employ of O. S. Richardson Fuel Co., was in Cleveland a few days ago in the interest of the big Chicago concern. Shipments of hard coal out of Buffalo during May aggregated 284,281 net tons. For the season to June 1the shipments foot up 330,989 tons, which is 71,201 tons more than was shipped up to June 1, 1895. The steel steamer building at the works of the Union Dry Dock Co., Buffalo, for the Union Steamboat Co. is to be called Ramapo, after a station on the eastern division of the Erie railroad. This has been the plan of naming the Union liners for some time past. i An act authorizing the construction of a life saving station at Port Huron received the signature of the president, a few days ago, but it may a few years before funds are appropriated for the station, unless the matter is followed up by Michigan representatives in congress. The gas buoy promised for Toledo is now in operation. It is painted black and shows a fixed white light. Itis located in the place of the second-class can buoy, No. 1, about 20 feet southeasterly of the south- east bank of the straight channel from Lake Erie into Maumee bay. John I. Evans has been appointed freight agent of the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co., to succeed. Harry R. Rodgers, who has resigned to accept a position with the B.& O.Ry. Mr. Evans has been in the freight department of the C. & B. line for three years and is familiar with the work. At Detroit on Sunday Capt. C. C. Blodgett, for forty years conneeted - with the lake marine as sailor and owner, died from acold contracted in Cleveland two weeks ago. He was atone time connectedin business with Capt. E. B. Ward. He was born at Conneaut, O , sixty-eight years ago. Saveral years ag? he sold his vessel property and devoted himself to the care of his large and improved property interests at Detroit. The Globe Iron Works Co. is making repairs at the Ship Owners dock, Cleveland, on the steamer Choctaw, necessitated by her collision at the Sault with the new steel steamer I. C. Waldo. The hole in the Choc- taw's side seemed big enough to row a yawl into it when the water was around her in the dock. Repairs will probably not be finished within two weeks. There are about twenty new plates and eight frames to be putin. The job will cost about $10,000. One of the Buffalo papers says of Niagarariver navigation: 'The water began to come up as soon as navigation opened and it has contin- ued to improve, so that it is now quite safe torun the river with a draft of 13 feet, unless there is an east wind, and all but the deep draft boats go when they like without especial risk. So far, a few tows have had to lighter here, but the reports of striking bottom do not come in, and if. the season goes on asit beganit will be as favorable as last season, which was the first for a long time when the Buffalo dry docks were not given a large amount of work from this source." i As had been expected, J. C. Gilchrist of Cleveland has purchased the wrecked schooners Moonlight and Kent from Capt. Jay Hursley, who released them from the beach near Marquette. The Moonlight is very little injured; apparently not any more thanif she had been tied toa dock all winter. Mr. Gilchrist pays $13,500 for the two vessels, and bears the expense of towing them to Cleveland, as well as docking expense incurred since they have been in Cleveland. He certainly has two cheap vessels in this bargain, and Capt. Hursley can have little left on his wrecking job, as he paid $7,000 to the underwriters for the vessels while they were ashore, Considerable repair work will, of course, be necessary on the vessels before aclass can be obtained for them, so asto make them insurable. The Stewart Explosion. Capt. W. E. Rice of the steamer Rhoda Stewart has been disturbed about erroneous reports that have gone out regarding the boiler explo- sion aboard his vessel on Lake Huron, recently. Kverybody who knows Capt. Rice is aware of the care that attends everything in his charge, and it is certain that nobody deplores more than he does the loss of life that occurred aboard the Rhoda Stewart. The boiler was inspected by the government officials at Port Huron on May 13, just ten days previous to the accident. It was a steel fire-box boiler built in 1880 and allowed 90 pounds of steam, but not more than 85 pounds had been carried in it at any time of late. . It has been overhauled several times and was specially overhauled before the opening of the present season of navigation. . When in Cheboygan, before leaving on the trip on which the accident occurred, a stay bolt and two rivets were found to be leaking. The boiler was blown off anda boilermaker engaged to put in a new 'stay bolt and new rivets. Hewas instructed also to thoroughly examine everything about the boiler before the vessel left port and he didso. The Stewart was down to Presque Isle when the explosion occurred. The injured men were not taken off by life savers but by the passenger steamer City of Alpena, which came alongside the Stewart in answer to distress signals sometime after the accident. Capt. Rice instructed the officers of the Alpena to spare no expense in making the inj ured men comfortable and in looking after them at Cheboygan where the Alpena was to leave them ashore. Capt. Rice also proposed going with the injured men, but Capt. Lightbody of the Alpena said there was no need of his leaving his ship, The life savers rendered important assistance to the Stewart in looking after a tug to tow her into port, but they saw nothing whatever of the injured men. Cargo and Speed Record--Lake Freight Ships. The Mutual Line Steamer Coralia has carried from Escanaba to Ashtabula, on a draft of 16 feet 1} inches, a cargo of ore that is larger than the big cargo which the S. S. Curry carried between Escanaba and South Chicago on 18 feet draft. Following is the correct record : Iron ore--Coralia, Mutual Ttransportation Co. of Cleveland, 4,738 gross or 5,307 net tons, Escanaba to Ashtabula, draft of 16 feet 1' inches; S. S. Curry, Hawgood & Avery Transit Co. of Cleveland, 4,569 tons gross or 5,117 net tons, Escanaba to South Chicago, draft of 18 feet. Lake Su- perior cargoes--Schooner Aurania, John Corrigan of Cleveland, 3,928 gross or 4,399 net tons, Duluth to Ashtabula on 14 feet 4 inches draft. Grain--Selwyn Eddy, Eddy Transportation Co. of Bay City, 130,820 bushels of wheat, Detroit to Buffalo; steel schooner Martha, Minnesota Steamship Co., 163,00) bushels of corn, South Chicago to Erie on 15 feet 4 inches; S.S. Curry, Hawgood & Avery Transit Co. of Cleveland, 246,673 bushels of oats, Chicago to Buffalo. Coal--S. S. Curry, Hawgood & Avery Transit Co.'of Cleveland, 4,535 net tons bituminous, Conneaut to Gladstone; Selwyn Eddy, Eddy Bros. of Bay City, Mich., 4,252 net tons anthracite, Buffalo to Milwaukee. Speed--Owego, Union Line of Buffalo, Buffalo to Chicago, 889 miles, 45 hours and 16 minutes, 16.4 miles an hour; Centurion, Hopkins Steam- ship Co. of St. Clair, Mich., Buffalo to Duluth, 997 miles, 67 hours and 50 minutes, 14.7 miles an hour. Morison suspension furnaces, made by the Continental Iron Works, Brooklyn, N. Y., were put into the steamer W, H. Gratwick No. 1, recent- ly, by the Howard & Roberts Boiler Works of Buffalo. This type of fur- nace has also been supplied recently to the Atlantic Works, East Boston, for the steamer Ethelred; Union Iron Works, San Francisco, for the steamer Queen; Hugh Ramsey, Perth Amboy, for United States light- house steamer Rose; E. Hodge & Co., East Boston, for steamer Saxon. They have also supplied the Harlan & Hollingsworth Co., Wilmington, with a plant for the Montauk and City of Chester. The Nickel Plate road sells homeseekers' excursion tickets to the south, June 16, July 17 and 21, Aug. 4 and 18, Sept. 1 and 15, Oct. 6 and 20. For detailed information write any agent of the Nickel Plate road, or ad- dress B, F. Horner, general pessenger agent, Cleveland, O. 108-30 REASURY DEPARTMENT, Office of Gen- _ eral Superintendent, United States Life- Saving Service, Washington, D. ©., May 28, 1896. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until 2 o'clock p.m. of Wednesday, the 24th day of June, 1896, for furnishing supplies required for use of the Life-Saving Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897; the sup- plies to be delivered at such points in New York City, Grand Haven, Mich., and San Fran- cisco, Cal., as may be required, and in the quantities named in the specifications. The supplies needed consist of Beds and Bedding; Blocks and Sheaves; Cordage; Crockery ; Furni- ture ;Hardware ;Lamps, Lanterns, etc.; Lumber, Medicines, ete.; Paints, Oils, etc.; Ship Chand- lery; Stoves, etc.; Tools and Miscellaneous ar- ticles; all of which are enumerated in the Specifications attached to the form of bid, etc., which may be obtained upon application to this office, or to the Inspector of Life-Saving Stations, 24 State street, New York City; Super- intendent Eleventh Life-Saving District, Grand Haven, Mich., and Superintendent Twelfth Life-Saving District, New Appraisers' Stores, San Francisco, Cal. Envelopes containing pro- posals should be addressed to the "General Superintendent U. S. Life-Saving Service, Washington, D*C.," and marked on the out- side "Proposal for Annual Supplies." The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, and to waive defects, if deemed for the interests of the Goverment, S. I. KIMBALL, General Superintendent. STKAM YACHT AMADIS... Will be for charter to private parties for long or short cruises on the lakes or to the sea. ; Address for particulars, ; G. H. KIMBALL, 95 Adelbert St., Cleveland, 0.