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1903. ] MARINE REVIEW AND MARINE RECORD. 3t _ AN OBJECT LESSON. Editor Marine Review:--The following figures by decade years bring home to us a realization of what we are yearly losing in freights on our imports and exports which are not carried in American vessels. 'The figures represent millions of dollars: In Amer- In foreign Imports. ican vesels. vessels. T8606 5 ea 228 134 LOJOV ee eee 153 309 PRSOU OO ae ee 149 503 TSOO Ae, ee 124 623 1QOO ESS ys ee 104 701 TOOL? SOs ee reas 8 03 683 1002 er OO te ee 102 744 Exports. : TOOO Se ee 279 121 TSVOW Es eh aa 199 320 TOO. se ie 109 720 1800. 2) ee ee 77 747 LOCO. ess ie ee er Oo 1,193 TOOT. 2 ee 84 T,2O1 | 1002) Oe 83 74. Then take our total imports and exports for the forty-three- years, 1860-1902: FO isniports is American vessels. 0.6.25. ye ek $ 6,369,000,000° Poeootts if American vessels' 0.6. eyes 5,27 1,000,000 'otal an. American-vessels oc nt a $11,640,000,000° Wpors am) foreion: vessels. of tel ee $18,722,000,000 Papers Mioloreign wessels. 5.41. ue Sates 25,664,000,000 Lotal- in 'foreign' vessels' 62.069. ee. eds $44,386,000,000 On all of which $44,386,000,000 we lost the freights by reason of our lack of ocean merchant marine. In other words we have paid foreigners for carrying over a thousand millions yearly of our foreign commerce. It is up to congress to stop this heavy annual drain on our national resources. WaLteR J. BALLARD: Schenectady, N. Y., April 20, 1903. Before President Roosevelt left on his western trip he took the first step in an act of international courtesy which was com- pleted at Kincardine, Ont., last week. Eight gold medals, given in recognition of their bravery in saving the lives of the crew of an American schooner, were presented in the name of the president by United States Consul Shirley of Goderich to citi- zens of Kincardine. + On the night of Oct.°7, last, in. a ter- rific gale, the schooner 'Ann Maria, bound from Cleveland to: Milwaukee with coal, was wrecked. off Kincardine. Citizens gathered om the lake shore determined to attempt a _ rescue. Four men entered a small boat, and after great exertion took the crew aboard. Just as the boat started to return a wave filled the rowboat, and its occupants were thrown into the water. There followed a long, hard struggle with the storm. Wm. Ferguson, one of the rescuing party, and four of the schooner's crew were lost. 'Thomas, John and Walter McGraw, the remaining rescuers, succeeded in regaining the wrecked vessel, dragging two Ameri- can sailors with them. Another boat was sent out, and rescuers and rescued were brought ashore. The eight principals in the rescue were given humane society medals, but not until recently was it known that President Roosevelt had given attention to their efforts. The United States steamer Visitor on Saturday, April 18, stopped at Starve island reef where an examination was made of the wreck of the schooner A. Mosher which stranded on this reef in the latter part of November, 1902. On Dec. 1, 1902, the vessel was found. lodged on the peak of the reef. A short time after this it disappeared, and it is now found that a large amount of wreckage lies on the bottom just south of the reef. A portion of one of the spars projects about 1% ft. above the water, 150 - ft. south of the reef. So far as found, all the wreckage lies between the red can lighted buoy and the reef, and is therefore not a menace to navigation. It is, of course, possible that some parts might have drifted far from this location but it is not con- sidered likely that any parts which would not drift ashore will be found outside the red can buoy. A red flag has been nailed to the stump of the spar and arrangements will be made for the removal of such parts as can be reached. The Great Lakes Laundry Co. at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., has been reorganized with a capital stock of $36,000 and the election of the following offices: William F. Everett, president; MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN ALBERT C. JAHL, General Manager, 100 William St., New York, U. S. A. W. C. Everett, secretary and treasurer; Ed. Crisp, vice-president and manager. 'he laundry is most auspiciously located to do the work of the marine trade, and the keeping of clothes and lin- ens cleanly works out to a respectable figure in the cost-sheet of a steamer. An altruistic spirit prevades this laundry for it takes excellent care of its employes and even provides a rest room for the women. It is equipped throughout wiih the finest of machinery, its mangles being the product of the New Yorx Laundry Machine Co. 'The machinery is run by a 50-H. P. high- speed automatic engine and the water is suppliel from a hot water heater of 10,000 gallons capacity per day.. The laundry has its own gas plant complete and can either-use.gas or elec- tricity for heating irons. ee Mr. P. E. Stevenson, formerly with Gardner & Cox, ,naval architects and yacht brokers of New York, has gone into the polish business and is now president of the Williams & Sanders, Mfg. .Co., with offices at 29 Broadway, New York. The company. manufactures superior liquid polishes for both finished metal and woodwork, which being entirely devoid of acid is guaranteed not to stain or injure anything with which it may come in con- tact. It removes grease, bituminous coal smoke stain and all manner of dirt and corrosion, and is especially recommended for use on shipboard and in railway cars. . The company furnishes a free sample can of polish for either wood or.métal, where a trial is desired before a purchase is made. . : Joseph Lenert, No. 157 Division street, Chicago, has made special arrangements for a large grocery trade among the: -ves- sels this season. He will make a point of special 'servicé for the marine trade, and to this-end has secured a flew gasolind yacht and has provided an-extra telephone/.that is-to be used ex-- clusively for vessel orders. aia On Wednesday the Monroe C. Smith, building at the Lorain yard of the American Ship Building Co. for the United States Transportation Co., was launched. Miss Bessie Smith of Syra-- cuse, N. Y., christened the steamer. The Monroe C. Sinith is: one of the vessels building to the order of the late Capt. W. W. Brown. ' The five-masted steel schooner building in the yard of Arthur? Sewall & Co., Bath, Me., has been named Kineo. ' She' will be launched early in May. Hoes "VULCABESTON" CONCAVE and CONVEX PACKING RINGS Used by representative. power stations and steam plants for the Piston Rod, Re- ciprocating and Corliss Valve Stem and Throttle Stem Packing on stationary en- gines. Will not score the rod. Readily conform to any uneveness in the rod and greatly reduce friction. : Made in pairs Concave and Convex split diagonally. opened laterally and sprung over the rod. This formation tends to press the Convex Rings closely to the rod and the Concave Rings to the box, pre- venting leakage of steam at either side. Practically indestructible. Will pack sat- isfactorily against high pressure or super- heated steam, and work perfectly in vacuum. SEND FOR CATALOGUE "V"' a ROPE PACKING Braided from pure Asbestos yarn vulcanized with Rubber. 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