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between Japan 476 Aug. 7, at a point near mid-channel, abreast of the north pier light, at Calu- met harbor, South Chicago. Two men were lost. The company at once placed buoys and stationed a gasboat to warn all passing vessels. Also an_ efficient light will be maintained by the com- pany until the boat has been floated. os. *& The steamer Taurus, coming in light from Ashtabula during the storm early in the morning, Sept. 6, hit the west arm of the breakwater at Cleveland and damaged three or four plates. After an y STEAMSHIP. service between Boston and Japan is about to be inaugurated following a visit" to the New England port of Captain Hinokuma, representing one of the largest steamship companies in the Orient which now operates a_ service and the Pacific coast. Captain Hinokuma said it is planned to send general cargo vessels of about 10,000-ton capacity through the Panama canal in connection with the proposed route. Yokohama and Kobe are_ the shipping and receiving ports of the enterprise. Terminal 'facilities at Bos- ton have been assured, it is said. eee A new steamship service between Boston, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland by the Nova Scotia Lines, Ltd. is being arranged and the initial sailing is ex- pected to take place at an early date. Waterfront privileges have been secured and F. C. Chapman, for years connected with the Plant line, is spoken of as general manager for New England. * * * After running the gauntlet. of sub-: marines since 'the war the Leyland Line steamship WINNIFREDIAN, in the Boston- Liverpool service, stranded on an island off the north Atlantic coast and. may be given up as a structural loss. * * * Two-mast schooner WesLey AszorTT, built at Ellsworth, Me. in 1870, has been purchased by D. W. Simpson, Bos- ton, and will be fitted for the provincial trade. * * * Four-mast schooner Hesper, built for Rogers & Webb, Boston, by the Crown- inshield Shipbuilding Co., Fall River, Mass., is about ready for her maiden voyage. Ye ee Two additional inspectors have been added to the steamboat inspection serv- ice at Boston on account of increased business in connection with the merchant marine. eo ke Ow Two-mast. schooner ETHEL F. Merriam, built at Boothbay, Me., in 1889, has been sold by F. Nolan:to Splane Bros., Bos- ton, who will convert the vessel into a water boat. eK Oe The new fishing schooner Rusu, run- ning out of Boston and owned by the Commonwealth Fisheries Co., has been sunk by a German submarine. . The THE MARINE REVIEW examination had been made the Taurus left for Toledo where she docked for repairs. P x kk Freight handlers at Buffalo have been on strike twice during the last few weeks. The first strike, which was called Monday, Aug. 12, was settled when W. J. Connors agteed to pay the men for the time they are obliged to wait in case the boat to which they have been called is late. He also agreed to pay them for shifting. This is in addi- tion to the regular 60 cents per hour 00000 i TR 0 vessel was valued at $40,000 and Capt. Frank Quodros was the master. ES cS * Richard Bateman, nearly 50 years in service of shipping firms and lately with A. C. Lombard's Sons, Boston, is dead. ok * * Three-mast schooner MetissA TRASK, built at Brewer, Me., in 1880, has been purchased by the Boston Shipbrokerage Co. from the Dominican Transportation Co. and will be placed in the coast- wise trade. ie ok Owners of the steamer T. E. Dorr have received $20 per 1000 feet on a cargo of lumber from Jacksonville, Fla., to Boston. Before the war $6 was regarded a high rate. ok ok 7K Two Boston sailing vessels, the Avon and TIMANDRA, are long overdue on a passage from Atlantic ports to the River Plate. The Avon was commanded by Capt. J. S. Schmiesser of Boston and the TimANnpRA's master was Capt. Rich- ard dee or: Yarmouth, N.>S: ¢ In» ship- ping circles, belief is expressed that the square-riggers were sunk by raiders. * ok ok _ Copper mines at Blue Hill, Me., long idle, are now being worked and furnish ore cargoes for many coasters destined to Boston. Kok x The Ross 'Tow Boat Co., Boston, has purchased tug W. H. Gatrison of the Cole Dredging Co., Fall River, the ves- 'sel having been built in Boston in 1892. ek * _ The new United, States life-saving sta- tion, being built at a cost of $60,000 on Grande Isle, La., is virtually com- pleted, while ground has been broken for the high-power federal wireless sta- tion which is to rise alongside the new home of the coast guards. The station building is concrete and steel, set on deep concrete foundations, so as to be able to withstand the storms which frequently sweep over this island. A crew of 12 men and their officers will be stationed there. Land for both sta- tions, life-saving and wireless, was donated to the government by John Ludwick, a planter and merchant of Grande. Isle. NE ae Ok Peter Sandifort, a worker in shipyard No. 12. of the Foundation Co, Neg Orleans, is under arrest on charges of October, 1918 straight time and 75 cents per hour for overtime, Sundays and holidays which they are to be paid. The second strike occurred on Aug. 27 when the men on the Lehigh Valley dock demanded that a certain foreman be discharged. This man recently caused the arrest of a Polish workman who had struck him. The walkout caused considerable incon- venience as there was a quantity of government freight urgently needed for war purposes waiting to be unloaded. Soldiers were called upon to unload this government freight. Coast I willful injury and destruction of war property, and of attempting to delay war work. Sandifort is the first man to be arrested ' in Louisiana on this charge. He had been working in a lumber yard at Bogalusa, La., and was arrested and tried there on the charge of attempting to incite negro workers to strike and thus delay production of ship timbers. Evidence against him was not strong enough, however, and he was acquitted. Agents of the department of justice followed Sandifort to New 'Orleans, where, two weeks ago, he ob- tained employment in the Foundation Co.'s machine shops, and almost im- mediately, according to the government's charges, resumed his efforts to foment trouble and delay work on the plant. Penalty for this offense is a fine of not more than $10,000 or not more than 30 years in prison. oe The city council of Beaumont, Tex., has granted a lease for 11 acres of city waterfront land to J. J. Schultheizer for the establishment of a yard for the construction of wooden barges for the government and of wooden ships for private contract. The land in question takes in the yards of the Henry Piaggio company, which have been used for more than a year for the construction of big auxiliaries for the Italian gov- ernment and for individual shipowners. The last of these barks, City or DaLias, was launched Aug. 27, and Mr. Schul- theizer is to take over the Piaggio equipment, thus getting. possession of much machinery and shipbuilding tools almost impossible to obtain at present. In addition to the Piaggo plant, the new owner gets enough ground to en- able him to set up eight ways, which, when completed, will make this one of the largest yards in the Texas district. Mr. Schultheizer announced that he had been assured of contracts for six large barges for the government as soon as his plant is ready for work. ok Work has commenced in the yards of the Mississippi Shipbuilding Corp. at Biloxi, Miss., on two 1500-ton auxiliary schooners _ for mse "in 'the gulf. trade. Biloxi, with three shipyards on the Bacy bay, is now endeavoring to obtain government aid for the deepening of the channel around Deer island, so that larger ships may be launched. The yards are equipped to build freighters, but owing to the shallow channel, are unable +o get them to sea when completed. 'The Mississippi. cor- poration also has plans prepared and bi ae a ira aaa large -