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difficulties It is usually the unex- sition, as the which might arise are many, pected, also, that happens. The de- tails of the breakdown having been given, To: return to our engineer. he described how he would make the repairs, illustrating his remarks with a rough pencil sketch, the ability to make a rough "working" sketch being also a ne- cessity at this examination. His repair was a quick and substantial job, but far from neat and artistic. It was not, also, the inspector's particular method, the engi- neer being no diplomat. The inspector listened attentively to the description, but with rather a deprecating air, and said: _ "Yes, your method is fair, very' fair indeed, but don't you think that this"-- (hurriedly sketching on the pad his pet theory) --"would be a much' superior method, even if it took more time?" The engineer looked closely at the in- spector's sketch, then said, "Yes, that is certainly a much superior job, and would be all right 'out east,' '\ where you have the stretch, but on the North Atlantic, where I put in my time, you are never sure of same weather for months the weather two hours at a stretch, so we have todo a. repair in a' hurry." There are so many points to consider in repairing a disabled set of machinery, the distance to port, the stresses and strains to which the repairing will be subjected, the likelihood of encountering What would not be suitable in one case might be suitable heavy weather, ete. in another, Therefore, -accompanying 'the descrip- tion of the repairs that were successful, let us have a description of those that. ought to have been, but were'nt. SUBMARINE SOUND SIGNALS RECOMMENDED. The committee of captains appointed to make recommendations for the safety of navigation has been made a permanent affair and will be known as the Lake Carriers' Auxiliary Committee on Aids to Navigation. Capt. John Lowe of the Pittsburg Steamship Co.'s fleet is: chair- man, and George A. Marr, secretary of the Lake Carriers' Association, is secre- tary. : One of the most important recommen- dations that the committee has made is that of advocating the installation of | submarine sound signals at several..im- portant turning points on the lakes, namely, Southeast shoal, Lake Erie; De- at. a, "TARE MARINE. REVIEW tour, Lake Huron; Thunder bay island, Lake Huron; off Crisp point, Lake Su- perior; Devil island, Lake Superior; Point Betsy, Lake Michigan; South Chi- cago, Lake Michigan; Poe's reef, straits of Mackinaw, Lake Michigan. Mr. Harry Coulby, president and gen- eral. manager of the Pittsburg Steam- ship Co., has advised the Submarine Sig- nal Co. of Boston to send an expert to Cleveland with a view of equipping a number of its steamers with submarine signaling apparatus. It has not yet been determined what steamers will be so equipped, but the business will be speed- ily closed after the representative ar- rives. It is probable also that the Cleve- land-Cliffs Iron' Co. will adopt the sys- tem on some of its vessels. NEW IDEA IN BULKHEADS. M. W.,. Aisbitt and J. W. Shotton, 47 Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, have re-- cently taken out a patent dealing with bulkheads, tanks and compartments of a cargo vessel. The description is' best understood by reference to the diagram -printed herewith. Below the main -deck of the vessel the space is divided by a vertical longitudinal bulkhead E and be- tween the main deck and upper deck A the space is divided by two longitudinal bulkheads F* and F' including a com- partment G. The sides Ft and F® are preferably 'sloped together near the bot- tom, The wing spaces H* H'* are in com- munication with the lower portion of the hold, being specially adapted for grain cargoes. The compartment G may be used for ballast, cargo or passengers. The entire structure, it is claimed, forms an efficient longitudinal girder. GRAND LODGE SHIP-MASTERS' ASSOCIATION. At the annual convention of the Grand Lodge of the Ship-Masters' Association at Toledo last week the following of-: ficers were elected: Grand President, M. G. McIntosh, Detroit; grand vice presi- dent, Anton Christensen of Milwaukee; -- ae : > bids for raising the' steamers Hurlburt grand secretary, E. G. Ashley of Toledo; grand treasurer, A. J. McKay of Detroit. Among the important aids to naviga- tion recommended was the establishment. of a light-house with necessary signals three miles off Milwaukee harbor. A resolution was also adopted recommend- -- ing the establishment of a retirement fund for the crews of life-saving stations. Jo AROUND THE GREAT. LAKES. The convention of»the grand' lodge of | the Ship Masters' 'Association will' be held in. Milwaukee next year. f President Harry Coulby of» the" Pitts- butg Steamship Co., will leave for Eng- land néxt week, for a brief vacation. The steamer Robert Fulton of the Pittsburg Steamship Co.'s fleet is at' No. 1 dry dock at Cleveland for repairs to her stern bearing. Capt. Thomas Burns, who was mate with the late Capt. Joseph Power on the steamer, G.' J. Grammer last year, Was: been appointed master of the steamer. The bulk freighter building at the Cleveland yard of the American Ship Building Co. for Pickands, Mather & Co. will be named in honor of the late Jay C. Morse, who was a member of the firm. The keel for the bulk freighter, Milin- okett, building for James Davidson and H. L. Shaw of Bay City,*has been laid at the Ecorse yard of the Great Lakes Engineering Works in the berth vacated by the launching of the steamer Thomas F. Cole. The bulk freighter under construction at the Ecorse yard of the Great Lakes Engineering Works for Pickands, Mather & Co. of Cleveland will be named in honor of D. O. Mills of New York, who 'is interested in the Lackawanna Steel Co.of Buffalo, Judge Swan of the United States dis- trict court at Detroit has decided in favor of the Ball Brothers in the Lynn-Ball Brothers collision in St. Clair Flats Ship Canal in 1905. The libel against the Lynn' was for $5,000 and the Pittsburg Com- pany has filed a cross-claim for $7,000. The Schlitz Brewing Co., Milwaukee, has closed contracts for electric hoisting machinery for its coal dock on Commer-_ cial street. The new dock will be 440 ft. long, 180 ft. wide, with a handling -- capacity of 100,000 tons of coal. The ap- paratus will enable it to unload the larg- est cargo in thirty-six hours. : The package freighters Scranton and Lackawanna have been chartered by the Anchor Line for the season of 1907. The Lackawanna and Scranton were pur- -- chased by the Buffalo Transit Co. from' J. J. McWilliams last fall. The Lacka- wanna went on the breakwater at Cleve- _ land, but was completely repaired in dry -- docks at Cleveland. ce & The underwriters have rejected the W. Smith and Wm. Nottingham which | were blown ashore in the storm at Buf-_ falo. Capt. Harris W. Baker of Detroit bid $63,000 and the Reid Wrecking Co. of Sarnia - $59,000. Capt. Baker states that there is only 12 in. of water on the lake side of the two boats and that it will be necessary to put ways under them and _ dredge a cut 1,000 ft. long.