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124 Obituary Joseph Sellwood died at his home in Duluth on Tuesday, Feb. 24, of Bright's disease. . He had been in rather poor health for the past two years but his condition was not re- garded as serious untfl about Christ- mas last. Captain Sellwood was one of the pioneers of the northwest and a self-made man in every sense of the word. He was born at Cobaiwall, -Eng., Dec. 5, 1846, where he had been em- ployed in the tin mines. He came to this country alone in August, 1865, and within two months thereafter went into the Lake Superior iron country, securing employment at the old Ogema mine, now a part of the Maas mine in Ontonagon county, Mich. He remained in the copper country until 1870 and then entered the employ of the New York Mining | Co., operating at Ishpeming on the Marquette range. It was not long be- fore he began contracting to mine ore by the ton, hiring his own men. Beginning with a part. of the old New York mine, his contracts grew until they embraced most of the mining at the New York and Cleveland mines, in which Samuel J. Tilden had a con- siderable interest. Notwithstanding his great activities in iron mining, he also found time to establish a general store at Ishpeming which still op- erates under the name of Joseph Sell- wood & Co. When the Gogebic district began to be explored, Mather, Morse & Co. sent Sellwood to open the Colby mine. He also opened the Brother- ton mine for Pickands, Mather & Co. . on the Gogebic range. Mr. Sellwood had an inherent ability to mine at low cost, and was among the first to see the advantage of the steam shovel proposition. Mr. Sellwood later or- ganized the Brotherton Mining Co., in which he acquired a one-fourth in- terest, becoming president of the company. This ownership continued until the sale of the property to the Lackawanna Steel Co. Sellwood then obtained a lease on the Sunday Lake mine. In 1886, Mr. Sellwood went to Minnesota and opened the Chandler mine for the Chicago & Minnesota Ore Co., dividing his time between the Vermillion and Gogebic ranges. Cap- tain Sellwood remained at the Chand- ler mine until April, 1892, when he went on to the Mesabi range to pick up properties for the Minnesota Iron Co., and as a result of his explora- tions the company bought the Nor- man, Fayal, Auburn, Genoa, Iron Chief, Moose, Canton and Cloquette THE MARINE REVIEW mines, all of which are now held by the Steel Corporation. In 1898, Mr. Sellwood left the laine nesota Iron Co. to look after the ore interests of the American Steel & Wire Co. In the interests of this company he opened the Sauntry, Al- pena, Clark and Chisholm mines on the Mesabi range, the Atlantic on the Gogebic range, the Moore on the Marquette range, and the Cuff mine on the Menominee. When the Steel Corporation was formed, Sellwood left the employ of the American Steel & Wire Co. in order to pick up proper- ties for himself and independent in- terests, in which he was eminently successful. He gradually branched out into other lines of endeavor and was president of the City National Bank of Duluth, the First National Bank of Ely, the Bank of Two Har- bors, as well as being the controlling . factor in: the First National Bank of Bessemer, Mich. During the latter part of his life he also went into ves- sel property, building the steamer Joe S. Morrow, naming the vessel after his: young -erandson. He leaves. a widow, two daughters and a_ son, Mrs. Charles L. Mershon, Mrs. L. W. Leithhead and Richard M. Sellwood. The Chamber of Commerce and Merchants' Association of Honolulu. gave an elaborate welcome to the steamship Matsonia, of the Matson Navigation' Co.'s fleet at Honolulu on Feb. 2. Several addresses were made. J. A. Kennedy, president of the In- ter-Island Steamship Co., made an address in which he predicted the rapid development of the port of Honolulu after the completion of the Panama canal. Mr. E. Faxson Bish- op, president of C. Brewer & Co., of Honolulu, traced the development of the Matson Line. The Kingsford Foundry & Machine Works, Oswego, N. Y., has received from the Isthmian Canal: commission a contract for 14 Kingsford high effi- ciency centrifugal pumps aggregating 2,200 H. P. for the permanent pump- ing stations at Miraflores and Ancon. All these units will be equipped with Kingsford's auto-water balancing de- vices, the government accepting the same in place of the marine thrust bearings originally specified. J. A. Martinolech, Dockton, Wash., is building a passenger steamer 135 ft. long, 23 ft. beam and 8 ft. deep, for the Washington Steamboat Co,, Seat: tle. gine. .to Chase Mfg. March, 1914 Marine Patents Copies of any of these patents can be oh tained by sending 15 cents in stamps to Siggers & Siggers, patent lawyers, Suite 11, National Union building, Washington, D.¢: 1,087,162--Marine Propiilsion Mech- anism. Ole Evinrude, Milwaukee, Wis., assignor to Evinrude Motor Ca. Milwaukee, Wis. 1,087,203--Propeller. Julius William Walters, Glens Falls, N. Y. 1,087,273--Internal Combustion En- Howard B. Burr, Mason City, Ia., assignor by mesne assignments, Co., Mason City, Ia., a corporation of Delaware. -1,087,352--Life - Saving Apparatus. John C. Cox and Lowry Arnold, At- lanta, Ga. 1,087,387---Lubricating Means for Two-Cycle Internal Combustion En- gines. Hermann Lemp, Lynn, Mass., assignor to General Electric Co. a corporation of New York. 1,087,566--Internal Combustion En- gine. Hugo J. Bachman, Denver, Col. 1,087,660--Emergency Ship Brake. John H. Hyde, Tacoma, Wash. 1,087,681--Internal Combustion En- gine. Washington I. Phifer, Collins- ville, Tl. 1,087,858--Life Boat Toboggan. . William H. Wickham, Seattle, Wash. 1,086,390--Buoyancy Device for Ca- noes, Boats, etc. Uriah -R. "Miller Salem, - ©... assignor to the We Mullins Co., Salem, O., a corporation ~ of Ohio. 1,086,608--Skimming Propeller Skee. Thomas €. Moore; San Pedro Cal 1,086,791--Internal Combustion En- gine. Karl Steinbecker, Charlotten- burg, Germany, assignor to General Electric 'Co.,;° a corporation of New York. 1,086,792--Internal Combustion En- gine. Karl Steinbecker, Charlotten- burg, Germany, assignor to General Electric €o., a corporation of New York. 1,086,793--Internat Combustion En- gine. Karl Steinbecker, Charlotten- burg, Germany, assignor to General Electric: Co., a 'corporation: of New Y ork: 1,086,953--Internal gine. Percy George Tacchi, London, Eng. 1,086,989--M arine Maurice Bouchet, 1,087,057--Ship Hay Wood, Combustion En- Acton, Safety Device. Paris. Pranee: Protector. Shirley Corsicana, "lex. The Japanese house of representa- tives has adopted the budget providing an appropriation of $62,000,000 spread over five years for the expansion of fhe navy.