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'iw AR OF oe KR © WV 3 of = 27 cover $83,000 odd, and interest from June, 1904, an agreed ainount, or in the alternative $150,000, for fraudulent repre- sentations and acts. Owing to certain charges made in Novem- ber, 1903, an investigation of the accounts were made, and upon the special auditor's report the Long contract of the company was broken. When H. C. Hammond, the new presi- dent, and H. H. Gildersleeve, the new manager, got possession of the books they found that the dividend declared in 1903 had not been earned, but had been paid out of the reserve fund, and that the allegations that the ex-president's firm had enjoyed special freight rates as against other shippers, that their customers were granted free transportation on the com- pany's boats; and that supplies for the steamers were pur- chased from the president's firm without giving other firms a chance, and other charges were fully borne out. As a result the late J. J. Long agreed to settle the affair by the payment to the company of $83,000 odd. Before the date when the pay- ment was to be made his body was found in the Don river, Toronto. All efforts to recover the money from the estate have failed, hence the action. A company has been incorporated at Ottawa for the pur- pose of constructing a dam across the southern outlet of Lake Tewnskaming, and to erect wharves, docks, etc., on the shores of the lake. The promoters of the company, which is styled the Temiscamingue & Mechiskan Dam Co., are Sir A. P. Caron, CG. B. Powell, R.-J. Devin, RV. Sinclair, |. A, Ellis of Ottawa, Ont. E. B. Eddy, and W. H. Rowley of Hull, Que. The site of the proposed dam is near Temiscamingue, Que., the terminal point of the Canadian Pacific railway branch line from Mattawa, Ont., at which point lake naviga- tion commences. The effect of the dam will be to raise the level of the lake to such an extent as to enable larger vessels to be used on the lake and the navigable rivers flowing into it, viz., Opemican, Montreal, Whabis and Blanche; and main- taining its waters at a uniform level all through the season. The principal trading points on the lake are Temiscamingue and Ville Marie on the Quebec side, Haileybury, New Lis- kiard on the Ontario side, and Tomstown, Ont., some 20 miles up the Blanche river. There are two lines of steamers carry- -ing freight and passengers between Temiscamingue, Que., and New Liskiard, Ont.; two freight and passenger steamers run between New Liskiard and Tomstown, Ont., and there are numerous tugs and barges engaged on the lake and rivers. Outside of package freight, the principal trade is lumber. The Ontario side from Haileybury north and west is being rapidly settled, nearly 3,000 families having taken up land within the last three or four years. South and west of Hailey- bury some very rich mines have been opened up, and con- siderable mining development is looked for. The Kippewa lakes, in Quebec, and Lake Temagami, in Ontario, can be reached from Lake Tewnskaming, and both districts are being largely visited by tourists from the United States. The On- 'tario government has just completed a line of railway from North Bay to New. Liskiard, 112 miles, touching the lake at Haileybury, and is extending the line for 100 miles northerly to Lake Abitibbia. CANADIAN VESSELS CLASSIFIED According to the Railway & Shipping World the number of steamers registered in Canada on Dec. 31, 1903, was 2,410, having a gross tonnage of 338,251 tons. An examination of the list shows that of these 2,021 were built in Canada, 275 in the United States, and 75 in Great Britain, and of the re- mainder some details are wanting in order to classify them properly. They include ten built in Canada, seven in the United States, and two in Great Britain, in regard to which the year of building is not given; four built in Hong Kong, one each in Sweden and Norway, and fourteen in regard to which neither the date of building nor the country where built is given. Of the 2,371 of which full details are given, the fol- lowing table shows the year when built, and whether in Can- ---- -- ada, the United States or Great Britain. It would be inter- esting to know when the British or United States built ves- sels were placed on the Canadian register. Year. Canada. Great United Total. Britain. States. LOOSE. UL OAy ig Gs Gea ee 07 2 3 102 TODS a i ea ee 113 5 9 127 TOOLS ieee oe ee 106 I 9 116 LOOG ue py ce ae 109 t II 121 OOO ine ee ese 87 I 5 93 S08 ee ee ae 107 3 17 127, TOOF oie Ahn ea 96 O 8 99 TOG ers Gi onc aee es 73 I 8 82 ESOS here ew) eae ee 69 I 3 72 TBO 220d a he ee 80 I 3 84 TOOS oi a eee ee 82 4 15 IOI L802.) a eee eee 70 oO 3 79 TOOL yo ee ee 76 2 10 88 1800 eee 80 5 7 92 [OOO hess ope ee ee 66 5 5 76 TSO8 CC Ee a ee oe 4 a) i QI TOO7 Ov eee a ees ee 65 I 8 74 TOSO eC Cae is 69 I z LOGS fs vic Dae eer et 45 I on 5I TOOL OS ee 51 eZ 10 63 OOS eee a 47 5 2 54 EOOO 6 vee ou AR a en ee a 4O I 6 47 TOBE is ae ee ee 27 4 8 49 TEOO se Ee ae eas 35 2 7 44 TO os oe en Ur tae eee 27 I 7 35 VORB ME i ce es 25 oO 4 29 1O77. ict Oa oe ee 15 2 5 22 DO7 OL cass ciccut oO ee 18 oO 5 23 TOS che ae ee 18 3 7 28 TOTAL ee Gr ae 23 O 14 27 TO73 UA er ee eee 17 I 9 27 NO72 as A eer oe 20 O A 24 LOT ey ae 14 2 5 22 LOZO Sh ie ey ae 15 I 6 22 TS00) Ce ee y) I 5 13 TOOS ee ae ee 10 O 4 14 1807 oe eS Cl ee 7 I 5 13 TOO0 a eee Ae one a 6 oO oO 6 EOOG oo OE ie eee 3 I 4 8 TOO. oc Rae ene 5 3 5 13 TOOF A ee eee ee ee x2 0 5 7 TOG 2 eh eS a 3 O 4 a POOL oo heen, Pi eee <2 I I 4 TOSO oS. eg ee ee es I O O I [S50 0G CaS h cite ee ee I I oO 2 FOAG Ge See ee eee ee I oO oO I [SAG S22 fee ose I 0 0 I TOAA' be uke ec ee I O 0 I 2,021 75 275 2,371 The tonnage of 2,407 out of the 2,410 steamers on the list is given. Of these over 1,800 are under 100 tons gross, and they include not only tugs, fishing steamers and small trading steamers on the inland lakes and rivers, but a large number of pleasure craft. A large proportion of the vessels built in the United States and borne on the Canadian register belong to the class of pleasure steamers of less than 10 tons gross, while the British built steamers figure largely among the big bulk freighters. A classification according to tonnage shows: Under:to' tons: eross. en ee 548 Over 10 and under s@ tons eross' ee OSI Over 50: and: under 100 tOnS Rosse i i ee 338 Over 100 and sunder. 200: tons grosses. si 198 Over 200 and under, 300 tons progs: 605 i 96 Over, 300. and under 400 tons eross. 2. rel ie 57 Over 400 and Under s0o dons eross. 2.0 44 Over 500 and under. 600 tons *efoss:. 7.0 913 32 Over 600 and. under yoo toms erdss{3., 3 23 Over.700 and under 800 tofis erase. 0) io 20 Over 800 and under 000 tons eross..2.-555 2. 19 Over 900 and under 1060 tons erase. 7.02242, 20 Over 1,000. ani undef 1,500 tetis @foss;- oO). 4. 23 Over.-3,500..and .under.2,000 tons eros.) oo ap Over: 2,000. and under 2,500 'tons oross.<° 037. 6 Over 2,500 aid. under: 3,000 tons: gross.3. 3) 5 Over 3,000 atid: under 4,000 tons ofoss....2 07, 4 Over 4,000 and under:.5,000 tons e1r6s6: 3 I 7/ ~