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that port for New York last week to be docked for examination and ré- pairs. The Wacousta brought a car- go of iron ore from Newfoundland to Philadelphia, and sustained some dam- age by heavy weather. She will: re- turn to Philadelphia after the. fre- _ pairs are made to load a cargo of wheat for the Mediterranean. The Cuban government steamer Cor- reos was towed into Norfolk last week, having suffered considerably from the effects of heavy weather. Her deck housings and fittings were smashed. The Correos sailed from New York and-.was. caught in the storm short of provisions. The British steamer Irada, which sailed from Galveston on Dec. 5 for Liverpool, has been totally wrecked on the southwest point of Mizzen Head, coast of Ireland. Captain Rob- erts, a stewardess ;and four. sailors were drowned. The remainder of the crew of 35 .saved themselves by climbing the face of the cliffs. The steamer was driven ashore by heavy weather in a dense fog, and was load- ed with cotton. She was 501 feet long, 59 feet beam, 33 feet deep and of 5,334 net register. The steamship Cheyenne, a new vessel built for the bulk oil carrying trade. :-on the North Atlantic,; in England, left Newcastle-on-Tyne on Dec. 21 for Philadelphia. She belongs to the Anglo-American Oil Co. The Cuban steamer Camaguey ar rived at New York last Friday with her port quarter damaged through collision at sea with the steamer Julia Luckenbach. The Luckenbach was bound for Porto Rico from New York, and after the collision proceeded to Newport News. The Major Reybold, one of the old- est river vessels, atrved at Camden overdue through stress of weather. last week from Salem, N. J., on her last run. The Reybold will be broken up for the old material in her hull. She was built at Wilmington in 1853. The Cunard liner "Lucania arrived at New York on Saturday somewhat She had 2,400. sacks of Christmas mail. This year's oil exports from Phila- | delphia, will exgeed those of 1907 by +: Usevetal million gallons. Both - 1907 - and 1908 are among the banner years - of the port's oil shipments. The ex- _ gallons, "TRAE. MaRINE. KEVIEW ports this year have been 422,000,000 a gain over last. year. of nearly 5,000,000 gallons. This does not include shipments to the West Indies and South America. The Cunard Line €eclines to con- firm the reports that the steamers. will begin calling at Cherbourg, France, as well as at Queenstown. Ireland, on their eastward voyages, commencing next spring. The mat- ter has been discussed by the direc- tors of the line for some time, the ad- vantages of landings at Channel ports having becoine apparent to all of the trans-Atlantic lines, who nearly all have taken advantage of it. QUESTIONS FOR MASTERS AND MATES.--NO, 22. 325.. The vafiation is. six. degrees - westerly, the deviation four degrees westerly, the compass course is NE, what is the true course? 326.. Am on the course from Chi- cago to Pt. Betsey, and after running 60 miles on the course find by an azi- muth that compass course is % of a point in error, how many miles am [ . from the real course and how much must I alter course to counteract this error of 3% point? Figure 'this out without chart, parallel ruler, etc. 327. In a calm steaming 12 miles an hour, steering SE, what is the ap- parent direction and force of the wind to those on board? 328. Wind from SW with a veloci- ty of 11 miles an hour, what direction and elocity will the wind apparently be. to. those. on board of a: vessel steaming 11 miles an hour steering NE? 329. Wind north with a velocity of 25 miles an hour, what direction and velocity will the wind apparently be to those on board of a vessel steaming 12 miles an hour and steering aes north? 330. Vessel steaming 10 miles an hour steering east, the apparent direc- tion. of the wind to those on board is south with a force of 20 miles, what is the true direction and velocity of the wind? 331, The. compass and the correct magnetic course NEX%4 N, what is the deviation and which Ways. it? 332. Pitch of propeller wheel is 14 ft., what should speed of boat be per hour with engines making 90 revolu- tions per minute and no slip of wheel? 333. This same boat actually makes 12 miles an hour, how much is slip of wheel equal to and what is the per- course is NE centage. of slip? road & Transportation Co. 334, Is the slip of the wheel as great running slow as when running fast? 335. A steamer making a speed of 10 miles per hour has a course of SW to make good, what must she steer in Order to counteract a current set- ting NW at the rate of four miles an hour? 336. Vhe true course is S by W, the deviation is % point easterly, and the compass course is S % W, how much is the variation and which way is it? 337. If "you . fetched. to he west- ward of the course from Presque Isle to Detour, how could you determine it from sounding in thick weather? 338... Why is 4t ordinarily. that a boat makes better time going south along the west shore of Lake Huron than coming north? 339.. How could you. tell. in clear weather whether your ship was being influenced by a current or not? ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS FOR 'MASTERS AND MATES.--NO. 22. 325. NE 4 N (326. 4.4 miles from course. course 14 point to counteract the er- ror. : , : 327. SE 12 miles: 328. Apparently no wind. 329. N 37 miles. 330. Sey Y% W 23 se 331. 34 point westerly. p 332. 12.4 nautical miles: or knots. 14.1 statute miles. 333.. lwo. mules per Bee or let percent, 334. No. 335.: SONV- 336. No variation. 337. By getting soundings of 42, 27, 25, 22.and. 17 tatnoms. 338. The current sets south along the shore and the boat is going with it; ' 339. By the. drift of the. vessel as indicated by the angle her wake makes with the fore and aft line of the ship. By the log line. By cross bearings along shore. The American. Bridge Works at its Ambridge plant launched recently a tow- ing steamer for the Louisiana Railroad & Transportation Co. The steamer. was christened Sarah Edenborn and is 135 ft. long, 32 ft. beam and 5 ft. deep, being of the stern wheel type with a 24- ft. wheel. The bridge company is also building a barge for the Louisiana Rail- to be named Naples and to be towed by the _ Sarah Edenborn. Alter eae