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"TAE. MaRINE. REVIEW 21 common justice be withdrawn from every other Amer- ican industry. The ship builders of the United States, engaged in legitimate and honorable employment, are entitled to the same treatment that is accorded to every other American manufacturer. It has again and again been stated that American manufacturers and exporters do not pay sufficient at- tention to packing goods for shipment. Goods des- tined for foreign countries require better and more careful packing than for domestic shipment. The de- partment of commerce and labor has now brought this subject most forcefully to the attention of American manufacturers inits daily consular and trade reports. Special Agent Crist writing from Tientsin, China, describes at length the manner in which goods are re- ceived at their destination and accompanies his descrip- tion with actual photographs of the goods when un- packed. It would be well if every manufacturer and exporter in the United States would write to the de- partment of commerce and labor for a copy of this © report. The report ought to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, probably millions, to the manufac- turers oi the United States. The trip of the steamer John -Stanton from Buffa- lo to Cleveland on Sunday, Jan. 22, will, if the meteor- ological records of the past count for anything, remain a distinct achievement in the history of lake navigation for many years to come. Buffalo as a rule, is the port which opens latest on the great. lakes owing to the congestion of float ice at that port. This year it is the port that has opened earliest because. a great steamer has really cleared from it. LAUNCH OF THE CHARLES S. HEBARD. The steel freighter Charles S. Hebard building at the Cleveland yard of the American Ship Building Co. for the Wilson Transit Co. of Cleveland was launched on Saturday morning last and was christened by Miss Marion Rees. The Hebard is 524 ft. over all, 504 ft. keel, 54 ft. beam and 30 ft. deep. Her hull is of arch construction with thirty hatches. Her engines will be triple-expansion with cyl- inders 23%, 38 and 63 in. diameters by 42 in. stroke, sup- plied with steam from two Scotch boilers, 14% ft. diameter and 1144 ft. long, fitted with Ellis & Eaves draft. Capt. Dawley of Conneaut will command the Hebard and Mr. Fred Harmon of Cleveland will be her chief engineer. Among those who witnessed the launch were: Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Rees, Mr. and Mrs. Walter James, Miss James, H. Maynard Rees, George -Garretson Jr., W. B. Castle, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Upson, Wm. Wellman, H. M. Herriman, Sterling Hubbard, Mrs. Churchill, Mrs. Linn, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Upson, Miss Morton, Dr. Newman Nobles, Mr. Charles Smith, Capt. Edward Morton, A. Thomson, Capt. Joseph Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Har- mon, Charles Beatty, James Ash, Mr. Robert Wallace and. Mr, R.. C. Wetmore. LAUNCH OF THE ZIMMERMAN. The freighter Eugene Zimmerman was successfully launched at-the yard of the Taledo Ship Building Co., Toledo, on Thursday last, and was CLERC by Miss Ruth Sullivan, | daughter of Mri LS, Sullivan, of Toledo, for whom the ves- sel is building. Owing to pressing business "Mr. Eugene Zim- merman, the well known railroad magnate after whom the steamer is named, was unable 'to be present. The Zimmerman is a duplicate of the steamer James P. Walsh, which was built at the same yard last year, and is, therefore, 500 ft. over all, 480 ft. keel, 52 ft. beam and 30 ft. deep. She is built on the arch system of construction with fourteen hatches. Her en- gines will be quadruple- expansion with cylinders 15: 23: 26 and 55 in. diameters by 40 in. stroke, supplied with steam from two Scotch boilers. 1214 ft. diameter and 11 ft. 9 in. long Capt F. B. Cody will sail the Zimmerman. DETROIT RIVER TUNNEL. The special commission of United States engineers ap- pointed to consider the method of constructing the railway tunnel under the Detroit river at Detroit, met in that city this week.' This commission consists of Col. Garret J. Ly- decker, of Detroit; Lieut. Col. Daniel C. Kingman, of Cleve- land; Major James G. Warren, of Cincinnati; Capt. Wm. B. Judson, of Milwaukee, and Capt. Charles Keller, of De- troit. It was determined that the tunnel which is to be built by the Michigan Central railroad, will be of the open trench method. After the railroad, through Attorney Henry Russel and Chief Engineer W. S. Kinnear, had presented its plea for an open trench method, President Livingstone, of the Lake Carriers' Association, said that his association would interpose no obstacles towards the construction of the tun- nel, but on the contrary, would aid it in every way. He sug- gested that the government station a patrol boat at the scene of operations during the progress of the work. Mr. Henry B. Ledyard, chairman of the board of directors of the Michi- gan Central, said that if any hitch occurred in getting an appropriation to defray the expense of stationing the patrol boat, the Michigan Central would cheerfully pay all bills. _ Construction bids will be asked for in a few days, and Chief Engineer Kinnear says that some of the contracts will be awarded within ninety days. Actual work will consume about a year. The gradient of the tunnel will be 2 per cent against west bound traffic, which is largely empty cars and 11%4 per cent against east bound trains which are composed. largely of loaded cars. The formal report of the board of engineers will be pre- pared by Capt. Charles Kellar, the junior member, and will be forwarded to Washington for approval. After the hear- ing President Livingstone took the members of the board of engineers to the Detroit club for lunch. GROWTH OF AVERAGE CARGOES. -_ Figures of the Duluth, Missabe & Northern road, for thé past ten years, show the increase in annual average cargoes loaded there to have been as follows: Gross Tons ; - Gross Tons Ore Ore _ Average - Average Year "Cargo Year Cargo WOOS. ee ae 1,800 TOOK, 402; Poe 4,459 T8908 eee) - 2,202 T0027) 4,899 1807 3s ee, 3.556 1903. oss ee & TOOS 5. aa aR1F * OOA 28) in ee 5272) 1005 Ge a TOO5. 445 ee , OL 1000. a 3,783 The board of directors of the Maritime Association of the Port of New York is anxious to increase the member- ship of that body to 1,200. Its present membership is 985. At the last monthly meeting the board drew up an amend- ment to the by-laws of the association which has been submitted to the members to vote on providing for. the waiving of the initiation fee of $100 upon payment of $15 until the membership should have reached 1,200.