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M A RF ON CU R- EB VY: A ef OF 21 suffices for 614 persons altogether, so that with a ship's com- plement of 200 men, the vessel may carry 1,138 persons, Power is provided by two vertical quadruple-expansion engines of the Hommer type balanced on the Schlick system and supplied with steam from two double and three single boilers mounted in two watertight compartments and working under Howden's forced draft. --_--__--_--. WOLVIN'S REMARKABLE UNLOADING RECORD. Whatever may be the earning record of individual ves- sels on the great lakes during the present season, that of the Augustus B, Wolvin will undoubtedly be fair notwithstanding the low rates prevailing. The career of the Wolvin up to date is certainly that of the ideal tramp, for her movements have been more variable than those of the ordinary steamer. When she was launched at Lorain she took on 9,904 tons of soft coal for: Duluth. Then she went to Two Harbors and took 9,727 gross tons ore to Buffalo. From there she pro- ceeded to Milwaukee with 10,569 net tons of hard coal and then went light to Escanaba. At Escanaba she loaded 10,973 gross tons of ore for South Chicago and then went to Duluth - light. Then she loaded 9,945 gross tons of ore for Conneaut. With this latter cargo she was drawing when she left Duluth 18 ft:-to. in. forward and 1O-1t;.3 ii -att. "OT course, she wads drawing something less than this when she reached the rivers owing to her consumption of fuel. She drew 20 ft. in her record cargo of 10,973 gross tons of ore from Escanaba to South Chicago. Her cargo record to date is therefore as fol- lows: 9,904. net tons, 1,800 Ibs. soft coal Lorain to Duluth. 9,727 gross tons iron ore Two Harbors to Buffalo. 10,569 net tons hard coal Buffalo to Milwaukee. 10,973 gross tons iron ore Escanaba to South Chicago. 9,045 gross tons iron ore Duluth to Conneaut. The Wolvin in her last trip to Conneaut established what is likely to be the unloading record for ore for some time. Her cargo of 9,045 gross tons was unloaded in precisely 4 hours and 30 minutes by four Hulett clam-shell machines and four Brown electrical machines working together. The Wol- vin has been at Conneaut since Friday night but was com- pelled to wait her turn until Monday morning. At 7:20 o'clock Monday morning the eight buckets began working upon her and at just 11:52 o'clock the last bucket was hoisted from the hold and the whistle of the big steamer signaled for a tug. She had been completely unloaded without any hand labor whatever. No such work has ever been done before on the great lakes. The nearest approach to it is the record of the James H. Hoyt when 5,200 tons of ore were taken from that steamer by the four Hulett machines in 3 hours and 52 minutes. The Hoyt, like the Wolvin, has her hatches spaced 12-ft. centers. The Toledo cargo record for coal was broken last week also by the steamer D. M. Clemson of the Provident Steamship Co.'s fleet which loaded 8,441 tons 1,700 Ibs. of soft coal, giv- ing her third place in lake cargo records. Following are the cargo records to date. Iron Ore--Steamer Augustus B. Wolvin, owned by Acme Steamship Co., A. B. Wolvin, Duluth, manager, 9,945 gross tons or 11,138 net tons, Duluth to Conneaut; steamer Augus- tus B. Wolvin, owned by Acme Steamship Co., A. B. Wol- vin, Duluth, manager, 10,973 gross tons or 12,285 net tons, Escanaba to South Chicago. Steamer Wm. Edenborn, owned by Pittsburg Steamship Co., Harry Coulby, Cleveland, man- ager, 8,807 gross tons or 9,864 net tons, Escanaba to South Chicago. Steamer Sahara, owned by Globe Steamship Co., G. A. Tomlinson, Duluth, manager, 8,411 gross tons or 9,420 net tons, Duluth to South Chicago. Grain--Steamers J. H. Reed and D. G. Kerr, Provident Steamship Co., A. B. Wolvin of Duluth, manager, 275,000 bu. ---- ---- ------------ a of wheat each, equal to 8,250 tons (2,000 lbs.), Duluth to Buf- falo; steamer D. M. Clemson, Provident Steamship Co., Harry Coulby, Cleveland, manager, 336,365 bu. of barley, equal to 8,073 tons, Duluth to Buffalo; steamer Rensselaer, Pittsburg Steamship Co., Harry Coulby, Cleveland, manager, 151,000 bu. =~ of wheat, 94,000 bu. barley and 55,155 bu. of oats (300,155 bu. in all), equal to 7,668 tons, Chicago to Buffalo; steamer Mataafa, Pittsburg Steamship Co., Harry Coulby, Cleveland, manager, 185,399 bu. of corn, 40,000 bu. of rye and 43,600 bu. of wheat (268,000 bu. in all), equal to 7,619 tons, Chicago to Buffalo. Coal--Steamer Augustus B. Wolvin, owned by. Acme Steamship Co., A. B. Wolvin, Duluth, manager, 10,569 net tons of anthracite, Buffalo to Milwaukee; steamer Augustus B. Wolvin, owned by Acme Steamship Co., A. B. Wolvin, Du- luth, manager, 9,904 tons, 1,800 lbs. of bituminous, Lorain to Duluth; steamer Sahara, owned by Globe Steamship Co., G. A. Tomlinson, Duluth, manager, 8,906 tons, 200 Ibs. soft coal, Lorain to Duluth; steamer James H. Reed, owned by Provi- dent Steamship Co., A. B. Wolvin, Duluth; manager, 8,029 tons, 1,400 lbs. of soft coal, Toledo to Duluth. CRUISING RACE FROM CHICAGO TO MACKINAC. The longest cruising race for the largest prizes ever given in the west will be sailed on Aug. 3 by the Chicago yacht club from Chicago to Mackinac. Besides silver cups to the winners in each of the schooner, sloop, and yawl classes, and a prize for the best kept log book, offered by the Chicago club, the Mackinac yacht club has hung up a purse of $1,000 in gold to be divided among the winners. The course is 331 miles in length, 1 mile longer than the New York yacht club's course from Sandy Hook: to Marblehead. The start will be at 5 P. M. Aug. 3. Vessel captains are requested to note the names of any yachts they may encounter en route, and report name and location to the Chicago yacht club by telegraph, charges collect. Yachts will fly their signal flags by day. The inter- est in the race is so general that the course of many passen- ger steamers will be changed to give their patrons a view of the race. The following yachts have entered: SCHOONERS. Signal. Name. Owners. CRAY aca Mistral (3.03248.057. Dwight Lawrence. CHA ees Hawthorne........ John McConnell, Geo. O.- Clinch and Charles E. Fox. CKAT ........ Alice ..............Ogden McClurg and H. H. Wait. _SLOOPS. CMAB s.20. 05: Vanebitia'.-. 2... Wm. F. Cameron. CMARB. oe Vencendor......... Fred A. Price. CLAZ oes Sitett oo. ee Alex Stewart, Murdoch MacLeod and F. J. Canty. YAWLS. CLAK es Nahiia 6) c25 2 Fleet Capt. Campbell and Dr. Elliott Carpenter. © CEAD= 3253; Atcadia. 2.52223 Rear Commodore Wm. L. Baum and : Alex. Robertson. CMAD........ PaOniS ..463 4o5 76. Jno. B. Berryman. CRAW 3) Name ee Fayette F. Soule, Chas. E. Soule, Jr. and Fred W. Hill. CMAG 3.2: Windward......... Paul Springer. Yawls Navatee of the Milwaukee yacht club, Coloma of the Macatawa yacht clitb, and the sloop Neva of the Columbia yacht club are also entered. Bennett & Schnorbach, Muskegon, Mich., who are moving the breakwater at Racime Harbor, Wis., have one-half the cribs raised and expect to complete the moving of them this year. They have eight divers working continually upon this 'work. Fire broke otit under the ways of the battleship New Jersey at the yard of the Fore River Ship & Engine Co., Quincy, Mass., last week, but was put out withott damage by the fire department of the yard.