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log underrate or will it overrate? 201. You are steering SW, Vat. a@a Wly when north star bears due north by ; samé compass, how much and which way is the deviation? 202. The circumference of the earth at the equator is, in round numbers, 25,000 statute miles. The earth "turns" this off in 24 hours. The parallel of 60 degrees is just_one-half of the circle of the equator: At what rate of speed does the earth turn on the parallel of 60. degrees? Why should it not turn as rapidly as on thé equator? | 203. Does the sun rise and set. north or south of true east and west this season of the year? 204. If it were possible for an? ob! server to be situated directly over the true north pole in mid-summer, what would be the true bearing of the sun at any time? QUESTIONS FOR WHEELS- MEN AND WaATCH- MEN.--NO. 14. Give all shoals and principal -- land- marks passed on either hand. In taking courses to make good the magnetic course you should take the mean varia- tion from point of departure to destina- tion. 142, If. heading'. on;,~Grassy ranges, Detroit river, your steering com- pass read N3gE, what would. be .the compass course from Lake Huron light- ship to a point 4 miles E of Sand Beach main light with same .compass - and in same trim? 143. f heading on South Grosse Isle channel ranges, Detroit. river, your steer- ing compass read NxW54W,. what would. be thé compass é¢ourse from a point 4 miles. E of Sand Beach main light to a point 4 miles E of Thunder Bay island light, with same compass and in. same trim? - 144. Having stern of boat on Nechink Isle ranges, Sault river, compass. head- 'ing NWxNY4N, what would be the com- pass course from a, point 4 miles E Thunder Bay island light to Frying Pan and Pipe island ranges, with same com- pass and in same trim? 145. If heading on Neebish ona ranges, Sault river, your compass read SExS¥%S, what would be the com- pass course from a point 2 miles SExS of Detour light to a point 4 miles E of Thunder Bay island light with same . compass and same trim. 146. If stern of vessel was on South Grosse isle channel ranges, Detroit river, compass heading SxE3@E, what would be the compass course from a point 4 miles E of Thunder Bay island light to a point 4 miles E of Sand Beach main light, with same compass and same trim? _ : 147. Having stern of vessel on Har- island "TAE MARINE REVIEW wood Pt. ranges heading on Dark Hole ranges, Sault river, your. steering com- _ pass. reads S, what would be the com- pass course from.a point 4 miles E of Sand Beach main light to Lake Huron lightship, with Same, compass and same trim? 14a... 1+ feadias on Aeros ranges, Detroit river, your steering com- pass reads NxE%4E, what would be the compass course from Lake Huron light- ship to a point: 3 miles WI4N of Cove island light with. same. compass and same trim? : ae 149. If stern of. boat is on Ambherst- burg ranges, Detroit river,, heading SxW34W, what. would be the compass course from a point 3'miles WI4N of Cove island light' with same compass and same trim? yc: 150. -Where 'are the Harlem, Gorsica and Northwest shoals? QUESTIONS FOR OILERS AND WATERTENDERS.--NO. io. gi. Is it wrong for a feed-pipe to enter the bottom part of a boiler, and why? 92. In what way are safety valves sometimes found defective? 93. Which is the best way to run an escape pipe from a safety valve? 'o4. Name an advantage'. if escape pipes were dispensed with. 95. What causes the seams of a boiler to leak? 96. What causes boiler oe to frac- ture? 97. What is> meant Px a clnpeistte feed pipe?" 98. What defects, if any, ae hea 99. Allowing 15 per cent slip, what will be the: progression of a-steamer per hour with a propeller having 15 ft. pitch turning 70 revolutions per minute? 100. The steam pipe is 6 in. in diame-. ter, and runs inside the boiler, the. part , inside has slots 3 in. long and MA in. wide. How many of these slots must there be to make an area equal to double the sectional: area of pipe, and what are open- ings placed in this pipe for? CONDITION OF STATE OF OHIO. The passenger steamer State of. Ohio is still.on the rocks at Rattlesnake is- land, heavy weather preventing the wreckers from working. Her. condition, however, is not as bad as the news, a~ pers have represented. Capt. Cyrus." H. Sinclair, representative of the "under- writers,-left the steamer with" two com- panions in a small boat in a heavy sea to go to the Beebe House at Put-in-Bay . for provisions. About midway over the boat. . was capsized. They were "nearly spent when a tug put out from Middle _ firm of Dalliba, Corrigan & Co. ea 33 Bass andrescued them. Capt. Thomas Johnston, assistant_ to the president: of the Great Lakes Towine Co., and -Capt. Philip Broderick, local manager, reached the wrecked steamer on Tuesday morn- ing on the tug T. C. Lutz, with the' in- tention. of having the wrecker Favorite and the Lutz pull on her should the conditions be favorable. It has contin- ued too rough, however, to do any work. BARGE PASADENA WRECKED. The'barge Pasadena was dashed to pieces just outside the shelter of the Lake Superior ship canal at the base of Keweenaw Point on Monday, the crew managing. to reach shore after a desperate struggle. Two members. of the crew were, however, drowned. The Pasadena was in tow of. the steamer Gladstone. Just as the entrance to the ship canal was reached the tow line parted. The Gladstone made the en- trance to the canal, but the Pasadena was kept up by the waves and dashed against the rocky shore. : Fler cargo "of coal was insured by Pickands, Mather & Co. The Pasadena was 250 ft. keel, and 4o ft. beam and was built in 1889. Both vessels were owned by M. A. Srey: of Cleveland. DEATH OF JAMES H. DALLIBA. James H. Dalliba, for a third of a century a prominent figure in the iron ore industry of the great lakes, died Oct. 8, in New York city, aged about 55. -pome few years ago he was stricken with locomotor ataxia and te- tired from active business, removing to New York where he resided at the time of his death. Mr. Dalliba's first connections in the ore industry were -- with the Cleveland Iron Mining Co., now a part of the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co., in the early 70's, was located at the mines at Mar- quette, Mich. About 26 years ago he removed to Cleveland, forming a part- nership with C, F. Stewart, and a few years later became a member of the After a few years in this connection, he joined the force of Pickands, Mather & Co., Cleveland, leaving it in turn to go with the Lackawanna Iron & Steel Some ten years ago he returned to Pickands: Mather & Co., in which firm he became a partner.and contin- ued in this connection until ill health forced him to abandon business duties. about two years ago. For a time after his removal from Cleveland he con- tinued as New York consulting repre- sentative of, the firm. He was a man of splendid character and his business associates are lavish in their Praise of his many good qualities. -- alae "when he. .