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34 one of the best money-makers of her size on the lakes. 'Other work at the Ship Owners' plant is as follows: Steamer Jesse Spalding, repairs to ten or twelve bottom plates; P. D. Armour, bottom calking and general repairs; T. W. Palmer, repairs to stern and new floor; Major, new hatch combings and general work; Black Rock, general re- pairs; Ravenscraig, repairs to bottom plating and four or five new frames; City of Paris, general repairs; Parks Foster, Ira Owen and P. P. Pratt, general repairs; N. J. Nessen, Mueller, City of Marquette, Empire State, fireboats D. J. Swenie and Illinois, in drydock for general repairs. Of the railroad line fleet, the Seneca of the Lehigh Valley Line has received repairs to her bottom plating and the Tuscarora, a new pilot house, foremast and general repairs. The Anchor liner Schuylkill was in dry dock for repairs to the stern bear- ings, the Conemaugh has received new upperworks and the Susquehanna has received minor repairs. Only small work has been done to the Auburn, Arabia and Syracuse of the Western Transit Line. The McVittie, James and Langdon of the Rutland Line will not require much work. The Che- mung and Owego of the Union Steamboat Co.'s fleet will receive new anchor davits, and the latter some repairs to bot- tom. Considerable work will have to be done to the bow of the barge Harold, which was in collision at the Sault, but the survey has not yet been held. President R. J. Dunham states that his company has considerable other work in prospect before the opening, the details of which will not be known until the vessels are at the ship yard. At Knudson, Jenks & Co.'s ship yard on the north branch steel arches are being put in the steamer S. M, Stephenson, formerly a tow barge. 'The boat is also being calked all over. The steamer Thomas Cranage is receiving new side planking, new floor and calking all over; steamer Madagascar, some new planking and calking; steamer Cuba, all new upper- works and general repairs; barge Annie M, Peterson, new stern, the result: of a collision with the steamer Niko; steamer W. M. Eagan, general work. Repairs on the steamer Niko, consisting of a new stem and some new sides, will be done later. At the Chicago Ship Building Co.'s plant on the Calumet river the largest contract for repairs is that on the steamer W. L, Brown, which was on the rocks of Lime Kiln crossing last fall. Thirty-six bottom plates had to be taken off, re- paired and replaced, and thirty plates were faired in place. Twenty-five pairs of broken frames were repaired, stern bear- ings refilled, new wales put on all around. The steamer aiso received a new wheel and repairs to machinery. The Canada Atlantic liner Arthur Orr, which was strained in a blow in November, had twenty-six topside plates taken out and re- paired, ten plates faired in place, thirty pairs of broken frames repaired, and the sheer-strake doubled over the gang- ways. She also received new steering cables, new stern brackets and repairs to boilers and engines, Following is other work at the yard: Steamer J, R. Langdon, machinery re- pairs; Scranton, repairs to shoe and bottom; Wawatam, new bow from 12-ft. line down, repairs extending back to col- lision bulkhead; Capt. Thomas Wilson, main deck altered to suit clamshell unloading apparatus and repairs to bottom; Ilinois, repairs to hull; James Watt, new bow from 16-ft. line to deck, result of collision at Conneaut; Saxon, new steel spars and repairs to frames. Fourteen steamers of the Pitts- burg Steamship Co, are laid up in the Calumet, and all will receive minor repairs during the winter. Since the launching of the steamer Duluth of the Western Transit Line in November, the only new work at the yards has been the building of the passenger steamer Missouri for ie ae ee Line. Supt. A. J. 'Smith states that w ready to launch at any time, but owing to MARINE REVIEW the heavy ice in the river and slips tugs have been unable to get to the ship yard to remove boats which are in the way. The Missouri is to be ready for service May I5. At the repair yard of the Great Lakes Towing Co. Supt. 'Thomas Johnson has given a number of boats of the local fleet extensive repairs. The Dickinson has received new upperworks and steel deck frames; Monitor, new decks and upperworks; Perfection, general hull repairs; Protection, new planking, frames and new decks. The Morford and Hackley, which have been engaged in the crib work, have both been in for repairs as the result of their ice-bucking, Hardly any work is being done on passenger steamers in Chicago harbor, most of the boats laying up for the winter at other ports. At Benton Harbor the Graham & Morton Line is remodeling the Holland, formerly the City of Milwaukee, which will give the boat sixty additional staterooms on the upper deck. The cabin of the Argo is being remodeled from amidships aft, increasing its width from 11 to 16 ft. WORK AT CLEVELAND AND LORAIN. Considerable repair work is under way at the Cleveland yard of the American Ship Building Co. Contract has just been received to lengthen the steamer Republic 72 ft. and to make other changes in her that will cost about $70,000. The Republic is 292 ft. long and the addition will make her 364 ft, long and give her three more hatches. She was built for the Republic Iron Co., but was sold two years ago to the Cam- bria Steel Co. When she comes out she will virtually be a modern steamer with 50 per cent. more carrying capacity than she has at present. The Wm. E. Reis, which broke from her moorings during the flood in the Cuyahoga river last year, will have her boilers changed. Two new boilers will be put in her and her engine cylinders reduced in size. The purpose of this is to reduce her power, which is greater than is necessary, and consequently to economize in fuel. The same process will be done to the steamer Hanna, also belonging to the Mitchell fleet. A new boiler will be installed in the Louisiana and also new cylinders for her fore-and-aft engine. The whaleback No. 201 will have a new boiler placed in her. The steamer James H. Eads, belonging to the Steel Corpora- tion, will have her boilers rebuilt and new furnaces put in complete. Her stern, which was also broken when she ran away from her moorings with the Reis and Moore, will also have to be repaired. Repairs to her will cost about $3,000. It is estimated that it will require about $20,000 to repair the John W. Moore, as her bottom needs extensive rebuilding. The steamer Mary McGregor is having a new boiler put in and undergoing other repairs that will cost about $10,000. The steamer H. D. Coffinberry is in No. 3 dock having x new stern put on at a cost of about $8,000. The Burrows is in dock No. 2, undergoing calking and replanking. The tug Henry is being overhauled including repairs to her hull and the installation of new boilers. At Lorain the steamer Henry Steinbrenner is having new plates put on and undergoing repairs to her stern bearing. The boilers of the Robert Fulton are being rebuilt and new furnaces put in. The Holden and the Peck which were carried away in the flood at Lorain during January, will be taken to the dock as soon as the sunken dredge, which now obstructs navigation, is removed from the river, As far as new construction is concerned, the Lorain and Cleveland yards are well up with their work. There are only two steamers on the stocks at Cleveland and one in the water, and there are only two on the stocks at Lorain and also one in the water. The ones on the stocks at Lorain are of primal importance, being the s60-footer for Capt. A. B, Wolvin and the 494-footer for George Tomlinson of Du- Pa The Wolvin steamer will be launched some time in pril.