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26 night is dark and the master does not know where he is it is his business to drop anchor and wait for day- light." "But,' interposed a listener, "sup- pose during the night another master in your fleet slips by him and gets safely into the lake, gets unloaded and away again while the other fellow is waiting for a dock." PE ewouldit care son. that, said Capt. Al vehemently, "I'd know by the vessel passages what the rest of the fellows did and if I found that 'only two or three of them slipped by I'd tell him not to try it again. A't the most the fellow that anchors. can only lose a few hours while the fel- low that runs 'on the beach may lose several days as well as give us a lot of trouble. "No, sir, those center ranges are not needed. The center of the chan- nel isn't the only pant of it fit to navigate. If aman knows his business he does not need those ranges. Take Capt. Charlie Galton. He's been with us for 20 years and has never yet had a collision or put his boat on the beach 'or had any kind of an accident whatever. That's because he's a careful man and tikewise is on to his job. He can get along without the range." The International Marine Signal Co., Ottawa, Canada, was represented at the annual meeting of the Lake Carriers. This company is manufac- turers of automatic acetylene gas buoys and beacons. Complications at the Limekilns during last fall have made the lake carriers look very fa- vorably upon acetylene buoys and es- pecially upon the invaluable assistance of the Canadian government in light- ing the channel. Commander Spain of the Department of Marine and Fisheries, after personally visiting the Limekilns in company with President Livingstone and Harry Coulby, placed four buoys at the disposal of the Lake Carriers' Association and they rendered invaluable service at a criti- cal time. 'This circumstance was not forgotten by the association which at its meeting officially extended a vote of thanks to the Canadian govern- ment. The International Marine Sig- nal Co. distributed ia beautiful pamph- let descriptive of its floating aids to navigation. In fact, it was testified that the company's automatic buoys were really floating lighthouses, so powerful is their illumination. The Clark Wireless Telegraph Co. of Detroit gave a demonstration of the Tae Marine REVIEW principles of wireless telegraphy in one of the rooms of the Pontchartrain during the convention of the Lake Carriers' Association last week. It is actually more impressive to witness a demonstration of this kind within the 'walls of a single room than it is to be told "that the vibrations have been caught from a long distance. There is something uncanny about being able to make bells ring in all parts of the room by simply touching the key of a little portable, detached in- strument that one carries around in his hand much as he would-an ordin- ary traveling grip. The Clark com- pany expects by spring to have its stations at Sault Site. Marie and Duluth in commission. . --. Percy Donaldson, of Cleveland, ad- dressed the Lake Carriers' convention upon the subject of the wireless tele- phone. As the hour was late, how- ever, he had practically no opportun- ity to relate what had been accom- plished by wireless telephony or to describe the character of installation. The system, however, is the invention of Dr. Lee DeForest whio has equipped the battleship squadron now leaving for the Pacific coast with the radio telephone It is understood that by means of it Rear Admiral Ev- ans is enabled to talk from his cabin with any of tthe commanders of his fleet. W. I. Babcock and Henry Penton attended the annual meeting of tthe Lake Carriers' Association. The at- tention of vessel owners was directed to the Atlee Flash Whistle signal which is a device for flashing the sig- nal whenever che whistle is blown. The Same movement that blows tthe whis- tle automatically flashes the light. 'This is a palpable boon to masters of vessels as frequently sound does not carry. In the day time this does not always matter because the officer on waltch can usually see the steam, but at night it becomes a matter of the utmost concern. With ithe Atlee whis- tle signal there can be no uncertainty. One of the most interesting exhibits at the convention of the Lake Car- riers' Association was the indicator designed by the Brown Automatic Signal Co, of Port Huron. The dem- Onstration was in charge of Capt. Cyrus Sinclair. The indicator worked perfectly, showing the impossibility of any error in transmitting orders from pilot house to the engine room. The indicator is being manufactured by the Great Lakes Engineering Works, Detroit. George Brown is president, D. M. Sinclair secretary and treasurer, and Capt. Cyrus Sinclair manager of the Brown Automatic Signal Co. Charles Moore and J. J. Lynn, of the Submarine Signal Co. were pres- ent at the annual meeting of the Lake Carriers' Association. They have reason to congratulate them- selves upon the success of their com- pany upon the lakes. Not only have a number of stations bene established at important turning points but the annual report of President Living- stone devotes several pages 'to sub- marine signaling and heartily recom- mends the establishment of a dozen additional stations. There is no doubt that submarine signaling is one of the greatest aids tto safe navigation that has ever been invented. J. E. Rogers, of the Dodd-Rogers Co. of Cleveland, attended the annual meeting of the Lake Carriers' Associ- ation. The Dodd-Rogers Co. have recently opened a department of nau- tical instruments, specializing on the Keuffel & Esser Co.'s products. The company has opened a complete de- partment and is prepared to equip vessels with nautical 'instruments to the least detail. In addition it is at present conducting a nautical school for the benefit of men aboard lake ships. Lynn Bros., of Port Huron, agents Oiewtie: --rheateeldkces tor wthe Welln Quadrant Davit, had a very fine work- ing model of the davit at the Lake Carriers' convention and every vessel owner and master that saw the model was loud in his praise of it. It is probable that a number of vessel own- ers will install this davit on their ships. Over 1,700 of these davits are now in use. George H. Orton, of the Standard Oil Co. of New York attended the annual meeting of the Lake Carriers' Association. ORDER FOR FREIGHTER. John J. Boland, of Buffalo, closed contract last week with the Great Lakes Engineering Works of Detroit for a bulk freighter to come next June. The new freighter be 400 ft. over all, 420 ft. ft. beam and 28 ft. carry 7,500 tons. out will keel, 52 and deep, will