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26 MARINE REVIEW. [January 30, -- AROUND THE GREAT LAKES. Mr. J. W. Conrad of Toledo has been appointed general agent of the White Star line. Capt. H. F. Loftus, who was in the steamer H. E. Packer last season, will sail the steamer W. W. Brown, which will be launched at South Chicago Saturday. Capt. John F. Ivers, who was in the David M. Whit- ney will sail the steamer Admiral. The Tunnel City Boiler Works of Port Huron is making repairs costing about $2,000 to the boiler of the steamer Tempest, owned: by Thos. Lester and others of Marine City. The Tempest will be otherwise repaired, to put her in first-class shape for another season's business. Capt. J. H. Buchanan of Erie has been appointed assistant superin- tendent for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. He will be located in Cleveland. Capt. Buchanan, who is a young man, was master of the barge Magna last season and laid up a number of the consorts of the Pittsburgh com- pany's fleet last fall. As in other branches of the lake trade, the insurance companies are figuring on establishing their business for the coming season on last year's basis. It is now deemed certain that there will be no change to 'speak of in rates or policies on standard steel and wooden ships. If there is a change at all it will be in the form of higher rates on low-grade vessels. The steamer Kennebec and her sister ship, Kahwana, the latter build- ing at the yard of the Jenks Ship Building Co. at Port Huron, have been engaged for the ore trade between Escanaba and South Chicago during the coming season. These vessels are owned by F. B. Chesbrough of Emerson, Mich. They have been chartered by the Iroquois Furnace Co. Two freighters will be launched at lake yards Saturday. The steamer W. H. Gratwick, building for the Etna Steamship Co., of which Capt. John Mitchell is manager, will go into the water at the Cleveland yard of the American Ship Building Co. and the steamer W. W. Brown, named -for the manager of the United States Transportation Co., will be launched 'at South:Chicago. A bit of ancient history in the form of a bill of lading has been ex- hibited recently in the office of Brown & Co., Buffalo. It is dated Oct. 28, 1863. The vessel isthe barque Superior, A. S. Gotham, master, and ' her cargo consisted of 19,500 bushels of wheat shipped from Chicago by E. K. Bruce and consigned to. P. L. Sternberg & Co., Buffalo. The freight was, "only" 10% cents a bushel. : The steamer building at Detroit for the Franklin Transportation Co., of which Mr. D.'R. Hanna of Cleveland is president, will be named for William F. Fitch, vice-president and general manager of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Co. The barge building for the same company at Buffalo will be named for Alexander Maitland, manager. of the mines for the Republic Iron '& Steel Co. »Officers of the Licensed Tugmen's Protective Association, elected at the annual convention in Cleveland during the past week, are: President, Capt. Charles McCarle, Chicago; first vice-president, M. J. Burns, 'Cleve- land; second vice-president, C. J. Kitchen, Cheboygan; third vice-presi- dent, J. R. Cook, Sault Ste. Marie; secretary, Harry H. Vroman, Buffalo; treasurer, Charles.Gagnon, Two Rivers. : The Milwaukee works of the American Ship Building Co. has quite a job in repairs to the steamers Muskegon and,.,Pere Marquette No. 3, which stranded at the entrance to Ludington harbor. Both steamers are badly damaged, and the last named ship may be turned over to the underwriters as a. total constructive loss.' Until last fall the steamers of the Pere Marquette fleet were only insured against fire and: collision. A steel lighter of about 1,300 tons capacity, with revolving derrick and sther equipment for wrecking purposes, will be built for the Great Lakes Towing Co. by the Jenks Ship Building Co, of Port Huron at a cost of about $40,000. The Great Lakes company has about completed arrange- 'ments for the purchase of the wreckers Favorite and Saginaw and will 'next season be practically in control of wrecking business on the lakes. Invitations have just been issued by the Bertram Engine Works Co., Ltd., of Toronto to the launching of the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co.'s passenger steamer Montreal, which will take place Feb. 3 at 3 p. m. ' The Montreal will be the finest side-wheel steamer in the Lake Ontario- St. Lawrence trade. A banquet to be given by the Bertram company to officers and directors of the navigation company at Conkey's, Toronto, will follow the launching. In the death of Ernest Victor Clergue the family suffers its first break by death since it came to America and settled at Bangor, Me. He was born at Bangor, March 20, 1858, and for the past seven years had been identified with his brothers, Francis H. and Bertrand J., in the develop- ment of the Clergue associated industries at the Sault. Ernest Clergue was especially identified with the Helen mine at Michipicoten and the consequent construction of the Algoma Central railway to reach it. He went to Chicago for treatment for heart trouble three weeks before his death. The funeral was held at Bangor. ee _ Transfers of vessel property: Steamer P. J. Ralph and consort Har- old, Chas, Beyschlag of St. Clair to Calbic Transportation Co. of Chicago, 'Capt. James A. Calbic, manager; steamer J. D. Marshall, J. C. Perene of South Haven to A. C. Wanwig and others of Chicago; steamer Hennepin, public. sale, to Capt. Davis of David Vance & Co., Milwaukee, $18,100: 'barge W .G. Perry to Pittsburgh Coal Co. of 'Cleveland, to be used as a lighter in Cleveland harbor; steamer B. W. Blanchard, A. A. Parker of Detroit to C. W. Kotcher of Kotcher Lumber Co.; steamer Mark Hop- kins (ashore near Long point, Lake Erie), O. W. Blodgett and under- writers to H. W. Baker, wrecking master, of Detroit, $8,500. Corrigan, McKinnie & Co. of Cleveland has secured control of another property on the Mesabi range, the Phenix. The fee is owned by -Herman Sibley of Rochester, N. Y., and the lease was owned by the ' Phenix Mountain Iron Co., of which A. C. Hubbell and Thomas A. Mér- ritt were the principals. The lease was sold by them to Corrigan. Mc- Kinnie & Co. for a bonus of about $110,000, ahd EOE Ge Raa The»sminimum of output for this year is said to be about 50,000 tons) and -- (pe 'yedr' thereaft r 100,000 tons. Messrs. Merritt and Hy ibiyellttag tel e lease since last May and have shown tp a deposit of about 3,000,000 tons of good Bessemer ore. The Phenix property is situated a few miles east of Hibbing. Vise ing. 'the recent annual meeting of the association in Cleveland. trom, Central America. i ote od FIVE-MASTED SCHOONER PRESCOTT PALMER, The New England Ship Building Co., Bath, Me., launched the fiye- masted wooden schooner Prescott Palmer last week. She is of the same general type of the other schooners of the Palmer fleet and is of the fol- lowing dimensions: Length, 288 ft.; beam, 46.2 ft.; depth of hold, 27.2 ft,; gross tonnage, 2,811. The most marked peculiarity of the Prescott Palmer's construction is the introduction of steel belts which strap the vessel from stem to stern. While this is not a new feature in marine con- struction, it is new in schooner construction on the Atlantic seaboard and the builders of this vessel believe she is the most heavily and closely strap- ped vessel ever built. Extending from one end of the vessel to the other, and along the gunwale, is a belt of steel 85% in. wide and % of an inch thick, which serves the purpose of the sheer-strake in the steel vessel, Beside this belt there are 164 other straps which run diagonally from kee] to gunwale. These are bolted at every intersection, and to every frame which they cross and to the belt-strap. It is claimed that by this method of construction a vessel so equipped will be stiffer and stronger in a sea- way, and will be in less danger of severe injury should she at any time be driven ashore or run on a reef. The diagonal straps will prevent the danger of hogging, forming, as they do, trusses throughout the vessel's frame. The system and method of this iron trusswork are what gives the vessel the right to be classed as a "semi-composite" craft. The Prescott Palmer has three decks, with a flush maindeck, which insures greater safety for the crew in handling the vessel and in all ways is the best design, The five masts of Oregon pine are each 118 ft. high, and the topmasts are 62 ft. more. The spanker boom is a splendid long and slender stick, be- ing 82 ft. in length; the other booms are each 46 ft. long. With such sail fixtures the schooner will spread over 11,000 yards of canvas, and will make a stunning figure on the water when ald the kites are set and draw- The provision for the officers and crew is of the usual Palmer pala- ciousness, the cabin being finished with quartered oak and mahogany panels throughout. The forecastle contains accommodations for eight men, and is light and comfortable. The midship house contains the galley, mess room, quarters for the second officer, and has the latest novelty in an ocean-going ship--a large refrigerator capable of containing enough fresh supplies for a long voyage, with a plentiful supply of ice, which is taken in through a hatch in the main deck, and thereby makes life on board a Palmer much better than in the ordinary run of schooners. The fresh water tanks hold 8,000 gallons, and the vessel has an equipment of four Warren pumps. The engines are two in number of the link-motion, reversible type, one being forward for handling the cable, and the other at the after hatch for handling cargo, as well as for duty in making sail. These engines are of great service on such a heavily sparred vessel, doing the work of many men. The chain cables are of 23% in. 1ron, and the anchors are of the usual number and type for such a vessel. The standing rigging is of the vety heaviest sizes, and the running rigging is of the best Plymouth cordage. The vessel was designed by Mr. Palmer himself, who is accustomed to make the plans and drawings for all the vessels in his fleet. ; : The next vessel in the Palmer fleet to be launched will be called the Paul Palmer, and will also be a semi-composite craft, not so large as the Prescott Palmer; she is now about half built in the yard of Hon. George L. Welt at Waldoboro, Me., where the Fannie and Baker of the same fleet were built. LAKE CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION. _. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Lake Carriers' Asso- ciation in Cleveland, Wednesday, an advance of 10 per cent. was made in the salaries of shipping masters. The salary of Capt. George P. McKay, who is treasurer and also chairman of the committee on aids to naviga- tion, which was $1,800, was made $2,400. Capt. McKay devotes all his time to the work of the association. Counsel Harvey D. Goulder's salary was advanced from $1,500 to: $2,500 and Chief Shipping Master A. R. Rumsey was given an advance of $200, making. his salary $2,400. During the coming season shipping offices willbe maintained at Cleveland, Chi- rere eke Buffalo, Ashtabula, Milwaukee, South Chicago and Con- neaut. It was decided to admit Canadian tonnage to membership in the association and Capt. McKay was instructed to take the matter up with: all owners of Canadian vessels on the lakes. A communication from Major D.C. Kingman, United States engineer at Cleveland, relative to rules and regulations to govern the opening of . drawbridges over the Cuyahoga river, was referred to a committee consist- ing of Captains L. H. Weeks, W: W. Smith, George P. McKay and Ed- ward Morton, who will confer with Major Kingman. Mr. Harvey L. Brown, the new secretary of the association, attended 'this meeting of the executive committee. Appointments of Lake Carriers' Shipping Masters are: A. R. Rum- sey, Chief shipping master, Cleveland; William Wall, assistant, Cleveland; ansom, chief shipping master, Chicago; Gordon Ratteray, assist- ant, Chicago; L. T. Rumsey, South Chicago; William Jamson, Milwaukee; Edward Nesbitt, Buffalo; Charles Fisher, Conneaut; William Dibble, Ashtabula; Patrick Mitchell, Toledo. ke With several important repair jobs in hand at the works of the Ship Owners' Dry Dock Co., Chicago, and-with more in sight, this company 1s assured of a very active condition of business throughout the winter. The steel steamer Tuscarora is in dock for a new wheel and is to have ten or twelve plates and several frames renewed. The Appomatox is to undergo extensive repairs and the J. H. Prentice is being calked and -- thoroughly gone over. The steamer City of Venice is also down for recalking. Mr. W. W. Watterson, superintendent of this yard, was elected second vice-president of the Dry Dock Association of the great lakes at The Engel & Fagersten Chemical Co. of Chicago, manufacturers of | Neptune anti-fouling compound, received a few days ago.a trial,order for their boiler.compound from the German government and.an order also 4 1 For navigation charts apply to the Marine Review.