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fore only intensified. If it is not a law of the land before the holidays we shall be greatly disappointed; but we are as confident of its passage at the coming session as one can possibly be of an event still locked in the unknown of the fu- ture. THE PRESIDENT AT PANAMA. When President Roosevelt reaches the Isthmus of Panama and contemplates the "big ditch' which the United States is digging across that comparatively small neck of land that divides the two great- est oceans, and thinks of the hundreds of millions of dollars of American money that will be expended upon alien soil: for the promotion of the world's commerce, he will but be all the more determined to do all in his power to insure its being used by a large, growing and _prosper- Lhe canal is being built for the promotion ous American merchant marine. of commerce; the convenience it will afford to our war ships is but an in- cidental advantage. The years that will be consumed in the completion of this great highway of commerce, that will connect more closely than ever our Atlantic with our Pacific coast states, our great Mississippi val- ley with our equally great coast states, may also be wisely consumed in the up- building of a great, powerful and effi- cient merchant marine under the Amer- ican flag. Coincidentally, the recent trip made around the South American continent by Secretary of State Root has but more strongly than ever impressed the pres- ident's chief adviser with the necessity of better, more frequent, more prompt -communication with the republics of the south. The first and most effective step that can be made in that direction is through the establishment of a large of of steamships, making number lines swift American frequent, regular and prompt voyages between the great republic of the north and its sisters of the south. This is a consummation, as was recently shown in our columns, most strongly desired by the statesmen of our sister republics. Everything, therefore, points, all the more unerringly to the early and pro- longed renewal of American shipping ac- tivity, with the accomplishment. of that wood ever taken to that port. _ consigned to the Tonawanda Board & ""TAE. MARINE. REVIEW shipping revival that will not alone greatly increase and make far more stable our immense export trade, but that will afford that much needed, or, as Jeffer- son so tritely said, that essential instru- mentality of national defense--an Amer- ican merchant marine. AROUND THE GREAT LAKES. The steamer Pathfinder, which was ashore near White Rock, was put in dry dock at Cleveland. The whaleback steamer Colgate threw off her wheel in Mud lake, and had to © be towed to her destination. The Canadian steamer Bickerdike is on the rocks three miles below Alex- andria Bay, St. Lawrence river. The Anchor line will discontinue re- ceiving freight at Cleveland for all points at the close of business Nov. 21. The steamer Iowa, of the Goodrich line, stranded at Hill's Point last week, in a fog. It was necessary to lighter her. The steamer Philip Minch, laden with iron ore, ran aground off the entrance to the Buffalo & Susquehanna Iron Co.'s docks at Buffalo recently. The steamer George Peavey was towed to Detroit last week for repairs to her steering apparatus. Her wheel was broken when she grounded. | Capt. William McCarter, of Buffalo, has been succeeded as master of the schooner Mingoe, of Buffalo, by Capt. Thomas B. Sharrow, of Detroit. Under the ruling of the underwriters lumber steamers can have but one towon Lake Superior after Nov. 1. This .has caused several tows to go into ordinary. Reports from the Welland' canal ports say the canal is pretty well cleared of the congestion which had menaced nav- igation on the waterway for several days. The Manitowoc Dry Dock Co., Man- itowoc, Wis., has been awarded con- tract for the construction of a new fire tug for the city of Chicago. General Superintendent A. A. Schantz, of the Detroit & Cleveland Co. says that the new passenger steamer, building at Wyandotte, will ke launched New Year's day. The steamer Resolute has Tonawanda with the first cargo of pulp- It was Paper Co. The improvements to the channel en- trance at the Canadian canal, Sault Ste. Marie, have been completed. The chan- nel now has a uniform depth of 21 ft. and is widened by 75 ft. The plant of the Ship Qwners' Dry Dock Co., Chicago, was formally turned reached | 23 over. to the American. Ship Building Co. last week. Mr. John Smith becomes general superintendent. O. W. Blodgett, of Bay City, has made arrangements to winter twelve vessels at North Tonawanda. Several of his boats are nowelaid up at that port. A number of them wili be rebuilt or re- paired. The revenue cutter Fessenden, well- known on the great lakes, was severely damaged at Key West during the recent hurricane. She was thrown against the dock and one of her paddle wheels was crushed. All gas') and can buoys from Port Huron to the mouth of St. Mary's riv- er are being removed by the lighthouse tender Marigold. Wooden spars_ will replace them to remain until carried away by ice. The Superior Coal & Dock Co. un- loaded the steamer John J. Albright at the new dock at Connor's Point in fifteen hours, working with three Mead rigs. During that time 6,900 tons of soft coal were unloaded. Lake coal shipments from Buffalo for the month of October aggregated 357,- 218 tons. August holds the record here so far this year with a total shipment of 471,627 tons. During September 365,- 450 tons of coal were shipped. The crew of the' barge Cahoon were completely exhausted when picked up off Port Austin by the steamer Homer Warren. For three days they were prac- tically without sleep in the desperate ef- fort to keep the barge afloat. Win. ; E Corey; United States Steel president of the Corporation and Harry Coulby, president and general manager of the Pittsburg Steamship Co., inspected the Steel Corporation property at the port of Conneaut last week. Wireless telegraphy will form one of the courses to be taught at the nautical school conducted. by 'hieut. "WW. J." Wilson at room 1624, Masonic Temple, 'Chicago. It is understood that fifty-six pupils have already enrolled in the school. The Milwaukee Trust Co. has been appointed receiver of the Chicago -- Transportation Co, commonly known as the Chicago & Milwaukee line. The trust company will act as receiver for the transportation company at Milwau- kee only. +e : Capt. Harry Gunderson:-of the steamer Henry Steinbrenner, reports passing on Nov. 6, a dangerous derelict about 6 miles E. N. E., from Richmondyville, Lake Huron, and about 18 miles on. the course from Harbor beach to Detroit river. He says there was a large mast with broken part floating alongside, hull of derelict 8 or 10 ft. under water.