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10, MARINE REVIEW. Old Revenue Cutters. = The old revenue cutter Johnson, which is to be sold at auction in Cleve- land shortly,had just come into port,and a party of veterans in the Per- ry-Payne building, Cleveland, were swapping reminiscences. Thomas Fitzpatrick was one of them. He is among the oldest of Cleveland vessel owners, but still gives attention to the management of a couple of ships. "I was engaged as an engineer on the lakes," he said, "when the Andrew Johnson, with three other wooden vessels, the Fessenden, Sherman and John A. Dix were builtin 1864. John Sher- man, who has always been a great friend of the revenue cutter service, secured an appropriation of $1,000,000 for the service at the time. The Johnson and Dix were built in Buffalo, and the Fessenden and Sherman on the old river bed in Cleveland by the late E. M. Peck and Stephen Kirby. Stephen Kirby, who is now living in New York, is the father of Frank E. Kirby and F. A. Kirby of the Detroit Dry Dock Go. The beam engines of both the Sherman and Fessenden were built by Fletcher & Harrison of New York, now the W. & A. Fletcher Co., and they were of a very substantial kind, involving the best of workmanship. I was engineer of the Sherman for seven W.S. Phelps, A. L. Fitts, Lower Lake Huron Cut, With the completion of all parts of the new 20-foot cut at the lower end of Lake Huron, it would seem that the light-house officials should take some steps to have this channel properly lighted. It jg quite generally agreed that the best aids to navigating the channel would be new range lights properly located on Point Edward, The vessel interests, can not be expected to undertake this expense, inad di. tion to numerous private lights which they are already maintainin in other places, but it is more than probable that if the United. States light-house officials will take up this matter with the Canadian marine - department they will be able to induce the dominion officials to pro- vide funds for the erection and maintenance of suitable range lights on Point Edward, which would not be very expensive. -- # In the meantime it may be well to direct the attention of yesse] masters to present conditions. Col. Lydecker says that, as the entire channel for a width of 2,400 feet has been completely dredged, there ig no longer any necessity of vessels holding so closely to the Canadian, or eastern side of the cut. He says that vessel masters insist on doing this on account 'of their experience before the channel was completed, , C. A. Benham, J. H. Reynolds, D. E. Stevens, J. G. Souer, H.C. McCallum, Sangatuck, Toledo, Cleveland, Port Huron, Duluth, West Bay City, Detroit,. Harbor 34. Harbor 43. Harbor 42. Harbor 46. Harbor 44. Harbor 45. Harbor 47. Z - Chas. E. Tooker, A. E. Gore, Wm. S. Durkee, W.S. Van Keuren, Benj. F. Perkins, K. T. Griffin, ©. H. Brinkerhoff, --- » Port Jefferson, New York, Grand First Pilot. Grand Captain. Grand Captain's Clerk New London, New York, __. Harbor 38. Harbor 12. Harbor 8. Harbor 1. Andrew Aronburn, J. W. Cann, G. B. Hussey, Luther B. Dow, C. B. Conine, T. G. Aldrich, James Blodgett; -. >, Savannah, Brooklyn, Providence, Grand Purser. Jersey City, Brooklyn, Pensacola, Harbor 36. Harbor 11. Harbor 13. Harbor 6. Harbor 5. Harbor 21. Grand Officers and Captains of Principal Harbors, American Association of Masters and Pilots. years and saw the machinery taken out of her. It was first put into the side-wheel steamer Alaska, owned by J. P. Clark of Detroit, and is now in the side-wheeler Frank E. Kirby, which holds the record for the fast runs between Detroit and Put-in Bay. The engines of the old _ Fessenden are in the steel steamer of the same name, which is still in the revenue cutter service on the lakes. The hull of the Sherman, which was used as a lumber barge, was sunk only ashort time ago in the vicintity of | the Detroit river by collision with one of the steamers of the Wilson line. The John A. Dix is in Chicago, boarded up and practically abandoned, after haying served as an excursion boat since leaving the revenue cutter service." The large single-sheet chart of Georgian bay, just issued by the British admiralty, was prepared from the surveys on which Staff Commander J. G. Boulton, R. N., has been engaged for several years past. This chart may be had from the Marine Review for $1.75. The price is higher than is usually charged for navigators' charts, but this one takes the place of probably ten sectional charts and is corrected up to date. ¥, although they are now taking chances of getting over too far and strik- ing the last bank. This danger is increased, he says, by the fact that in a westerly or northwesterly gale the lightship stationed to mark the upper entrance of the cut is likely to be carried too far to the east and thus misguide the pilot. In order to swing easily in the seas she, hangs on a very long chain, and can be carried far enough, to decetve. the pilot, who sticks to that side too closely, At the same time the light-ship will not deceive he says, if vessel masters bear in mind the. ' width of the channel and use it accordingly. A neat invitation from the Globe Iron Works Co., Cleveland, announces that the steel barge Antrim, building for the American. Transportation Co., of which H. G. Tener of Pittsburg is general _ manager, will be launched at 11 a, m., Saturday, May 8. Army and navy charts of the lakes are kept in stock by the ; Marine Review, Perry-Payne building, Cleveland. The Review has excellent photographs of lake ships. abe ea ae 2 te, ee ee