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58 change whatever in the method of wir- ing pulls, and if the entire electric equip- ment should be disabled it would not af- fect the operation of the whistle. A recent instance where the visual sig- nal would in all probability have averted a collision is the case of the Maryland and Tuscarora. It is said that the Mary- land while approaching the 'Tuscarora mistook the New York, lying at the Grand Trunk freight sheds with her lights showing, for another steamer bound up, and the consequent mix-up in signals re- sulted in the collision. The light would have disclosed at once the ship making signal. The Atlee flash light is made in vary- ing sizes, with from four to eight lamps, suitable for ships of different tonnages, has been approved by United States board of supervising inspectors, and can be fitted on any ship having an electric plant. The light can be seen in opera- tion at the office of Babcock & Penton, Perry-Payne building, Cleveland, who will also supply any information desired. LAKE LAUNCHINGS. The bulk freighter Caldera, buil+- ing for the Croxton Steamship Co. of Bay City, was launched from the Bav City yard of the American Ship Build- ing 'Co. on Saturday last and was christened by Mrs. S. P. Cranage, wife of the manager of the steamship com- pany. Whe Caldera is 524 ft: over all, S04 a. keel 54 it beam and 30 i. deep. She has 30 hatches spaced 12 ft. centers. Her engines are triple- expansion with cylinders 2214, 36 and 60-in. diameters by 42-in. stroke, sup- plied with steam from Scotch boilers, (Sie oOinee diameter Jby.r Watt. 6-- in. long, equipped with Ellis & Eaves draft and allowed a working pres- sure of 180 lbs. She will carry 9,000 gross tons. The Caldera will be sailed by Gapt. John McNeill. Hier chief engineer will be W. Merriter. The Bennington, the first of the two package freighters building for the Rutland Transit Co., was launched from the Ecorse yard of the Great Lakes Engineering Works on Satur- day last. She is intended for trade between Ogdensburg and Lake Mich- igan ports and is consequently of Canadian canal size. The steamer is Zoo mitmourn aul, 242 ft keel, 43° ft. beam and 26 ft. 6 in. deep. She will carry 3,500 gross tons. PITTSBURGH STEAMSHIP CO.'S CAPTAINS. The annual meeting of the officials and captains of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. is being held at the Hollenden, at Cleve- land, this week. The meeting opened on Wednesday and-was addressed by Harry TAE Marine REvIEw Coulby, president and general manager, and by A. F. Harvey, assistant general manager. Committees appointed to con- sider various aids to navigation and their recommendations will be submitted at the annual meeting of the Lake Carriers' As- sociation in January. On Thursday, President Coulby announced the ap- appointment of masters for the 76 steam- ers of the fleet. It will be noted that there are very few changes, as follows: STEAMER, CAPTAIN. Ntoars orate ere teeionl ovaye elon sre AS PY Chambers: Neate te erie usta neha A. C. Chapman. IRSA Gapeledoacae me James Leisk. Widener "J.a.+.6.8:-- Fred Hoffman. COmEY "6 Gav's 0ottho.0 Hu aan F. A. Bailey. Vie dee eens acess etistere ts Neil Campbell. Garnareeee susie Richard 'Jollie. Petting sacc0scoc0cne W. H. Moody. Edenborn....... Peas C. Geggenheimer. PT yO Camarines eee) each omer C. H. Cummings. Gatectiorcn we cher teene A. Walsh. Ei ese ry sectemvecais meee tas eee A. J. Talbot IPOVa - Guo on poco 6 he GOL W:. 5G. Wer. INOSeiaeet re tem cierena se FE. O. Whitney. Houghton <..--..-.-- John I. Parke. (Gormelllee crn ere Veo El. Rallby. Nellatte viclits Glamis eeie neers ter teense A. R. Robinson. Prime, 5 c60q000000 John Burns. - Ramegeleiee 95 00ccc000 Sy) Cy Anilloay INIA HO aieemerecinencns pence -/.ore R. F. Humble. [BS ile wanes eeensieveneeusn John Gemmell. \Wieltiiee e1b'S Cmeeeny sieiencn 7 Fred Watson. ANY Iktr tate Intype tenet peelt-ica sacle George Bowen. Se Waeac he Ss wemees sido aioe H. Culp. Wifentralest cae aeteesncrsicne sone: H. J. Regan. cosso0cde J. La Framboise. Seo ate F. J. Crowley. Mauna Loa Superior City Birch cae sos eeearot. vccuepepisccae Andrew Hauser. McDougall" =. .---..-- John Nahrstedt. idabittg ya niterapeeaesesrtenentesren ten Cs jf Garant iui to ries cee eee cess aac poo, G, Wiavanie, BIESSETICibeasie teenie cee terarene W. S. Hoag. i SiiGimengs Go s00 cause oad M. K. Chamberlain. (Goraliia tere ews oiesasvers W. H. Campau. Stephenson .......... H. G. Harbottle. NUN alt teem eieeies aimed) sieces= Vinee eee leletatat tes Greseeme (Citisy soooa050 Frank Rice. Coli eerie assis J. W. Morgan. ley igeepcctscnersns reo ae E. M. Smith. Bakken gates sciscntetexe se George Bell. UIT See Esenee rel teusiomech W. B. MacGregor. Feira li elem Cat tayauratetenteieetier toile James Burr. Mirai Comat iene satis: Cc. A. Weitzman. BirlOSSOM ~ooosoogooeon John Noble. sities acters secede shaetous ener George Banker. @Oween Citivas sages A. C. Smith. Aer hie © tay etree reece H. Gegoux. BAGS: ~~ soopucccasboo ro A. Montague. Roclkioreier saoocoocon A: G. McLeod. iNMifettait ctr clement meremerenorer W. P. McElroy. IMMA WPIDYORE) "7516-0 6 6 d'8'0,0 6-00 C. D. Secord. Gilbertiaawsen exits ce A. W. Burrows. Conteris arkass aoe John Ferguson. Ned Sonnet ret tases eee Cullen: Britormenrrecwks Stee oes George Holdrid<e. Genintangemterstcn cheese C.. Bell. FLOM aitigeaee ener eerste cr irae George Randolph. SaOngseiarosead Sete ee George Ames. Coronary | vicat sere Georse McCallum. GOnsicarennch cas se ee W. E.. Stover. Mamolage ish neacaiesa st S. E. Meeker. WiraiiSkal es Piscine scscaene as A. R. Thompson. Mianiubateeeis cas ces C. S. Boyce. MeO eaters Nelcer eet ir Thomas Wilson. Miaipinvcateecn rites cates ee A. E. Bartel. IMTS NOES. «piste prolate aaee oe BE. L. Sawrer. Palmer ieee tcl eA aa beh: Dan McGillivray, Woolvanes 22k: George Reece. Colaation sre, sor ak John McGarry. meViathenue me ee cee tne George Burt. PRREVOtanGh easton eee H. Walker. Gamibriaoe pe snes ps F. W. Light. Copia ca eee W. F. Hormig. VOWS He rer aa eters anoees M. J. Storey. Bae S alll tskienettr circa W. FE. Warner. VWwiekwr altars armen sica, eae H. T. Kelley. ANOTHER REMARKABLE FAMILY. As a sequel to the reference in our last issue to the Dupuie family, a cor- respondent sends us the following: William Purvis, a native of Arbroath, Scotland, after following the- sea for many years, beginning as a mere lad, came to the lakes, married and settled in the townyof Kincardine, Ont. and when the lighthouse on Great Duck island, Lake Huron, was built he was appointed its first keeper, which position he filled until superannuated, after 21 years of service. He is the father of five sons and five daughters, all living. Every one of the boys took to the water, and, with one exception, became masters, and later, owner, and is today sailing his own boat, and in some cases owning oth- ers besides. The exception is the young- est of the family, Edward, who is chief engineer of the steamship Jas. S. Dun- ham. Every boy is 6 ft. or over, is a sailor through and through in the very best sense of the term, and not one has ever used liquor or tobacco. 'Consider- ing the comparative isolation in which this family was reared and the difficulties of education, the record is phenomenal. RECORD OF THE ROGERS. The record made by the freighter H. H. Rogers of the Pittsburg Steam- ship Co.'s fleet during 1907 was phe- nomenal. She traveled 44,000 miles and carried 323,567 gross tons of. ore. She delivered 29 cargoes, the. average cargo being 115157 o20ss tons. -Her largest cargo was 13,333 tons, which she took from Escanaba to South Chi- cago. This is a. better record: than that made by the steamer Wm. FE. Corey in 1906, though the Rogers made one trip less than the Corey. The Corey carried 302,547 gross tons, or 21,020 tons less than the Rogers' record. Though the Rogers made one trip less than the Corey she carried enough more ore to make two car- goes for the latter steamer. The av- erage cargo of the Corey in 1906 was 10,085 gross tons. The largest carrier on the lakes in 1890 was the Manola of the old Min- nesota fleet. 'During that year she made 30 trips and carried 66,000 tons of ore. The capacity of the Rogers therefore is nearly five times as great as that of the largest carrier in 1890. © The Rogers is 600 ft. over all, 520 ft. keel, 58 ft. beam and 32 ft. deep. Capt. Benjamin Cameron, who has been the keeper of the Kenosha life saving station for more than 28 years, has sent in his resignation. His rep- utation as a life saver began nearly 60 years ago, lle saved two lives in 1844 in Chicago harbor. When the Kenosha life saving station was open- ed in 1879 Captain Cameron was ap- pointed keeper. He received a medal for bravery from Lyman J. Gage, then secretary of the treasury, for his work.