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ii | ¥ 4 it At i‘ 8 MARINE REVIEW. MARINE REVIEW. DEVOTED TO THE LAKE MARINE AND KINDRED INTERESTS. JOHN M. MuLRooney, ©. M. Phaeton 8 Oe, \ PRopRInToRS. Published every Thursday at No. 510 Perry-Payne Building, Cleveland, O. Lake Tonnage from Lloyd’s American and Canadian Insurance Registers for 1890: Number EF heute: Net tonage. Value. PMETICAN:.<.sisesssesioveaceseas 2,053 846,489 $58, 113,300 CANAGIANGG is. 0i0 iiss ssco seis: 647 132,971 3,989,130 TOLAIG sccisdesesckiaskcsites 2,700 979,460 $62,102,430 According to the report of William W. Bates, United States com- missioner of navigation, 46 per cent. of the new tonnage of the country was built on the lakes during 1889. This is a percentage greater than the work of the Atlantic coast and western rivers combined, and almost equal to the whole work on the Atlantic and Pacific coast? In 1890 the tonnage built on the lakes is but very little less than that built on the Atlanti- and seri coast. Tonnage built on the lakes during the past five years was as ollows : No. of boats. Net Tonnage. TES Nic vesetssec esters coutvmieecaweds nus 85 20,400.54 POST hossencuact iver iskadecs wavecaweCeuecuua ts 152 56,488.32 TOS csckvacect ection Crave cs seveskevvaste Hives 222 101,102.87 TSB sSeastdice. ste sacee ey Ales crassieesseens Gsees 225 107,080.30 Tans ceceteus vere aud awl Soci vps swabs weeaey 218 108,515.00 POCA Eins oa lace ee ee 902 393,597.03 Annual tonnage entries and clearances of the great seaports of the world, for 1889: New York, 11,051,236 tons; all seaports in the United States, 26,983,315 tons; Liverpool, 14,175,200 tons; London, 19,245,417 tons. St. Mary’s Falls and Suez canal trafic: Number of boats through St. Mary’s Falls canal in 1889, 234 days of navigation, 9,579; tonnage, 7,221,- 935. Number of boats through Suez canal during 1889, full year, 3,425 ; _tonnage, 6,783,187. Tonnage passing through Detroit river during 234 days of naviga- tion in 1889, amounted to 36,203,606 tons. Ten million tons more than the entries and clearances of all the seaports in the United States, and three million tons more than the combined foreign and coastwise.shipping of Liverpool and London. Entered at Cleveland Post Office as Second-class Mail Matter. THERE is evidently some powerful influence underlying the action of the commerce committee of the United States Senate in failing to make a report on the bill authorizing the Detroit Railroad & Tunnel Company to construct a tunnel under the Detroit river from the city of Detroit to Windsor, Ont., and unless the vessel owners of the lakes take immediate action toward pushing this measure through the present congress, they may find themselves confronted by another bridge bill in the next congress with the attending expense and annoyance of fighting it if not danger of its passage. The Washington influence that is holding the bill back in the interest of a high railway bridge is certainly very powerful or the bill would not remain buried so long in the commerce committee. The house passed the bill unanimously and there is reasonable assurance of its passage in the senate if brought to a vote. The Cleveland Vessel Owner’s Association and the Excelsior Marine Benevolent Association have adopted resolutions requesting the immediate passage of the bill by the senate, and other lake organizations should do likewise. The Detroit Railroad & Tunnel Company has been incorporated by the state of Michigan and presents every assur- ance of beginning work on the tunnel immediately under the provisions of the congressional measure, which is very fair to all interests, in addition to being binding on the company seek- ing the right to construct the tunnel. The claim that the tunnel company lacks stability will not stand. Luther Beecher, one of the leaders of the enterprise, is eccentric in some respects but he is a man of great means and he is ready to put his money into the project. THE supervising inspectors of steam vessels are about to be- gin the work of their anuual meeting in Washington and the association of marine engineers will hold its annual convention there in a few days. Both of these meetings are of importance a to the vessel interests. ‘The engineers’ meeting was so arrang:d as to have both organizations in Washington at the same time. It is expected that the national association of engineers in addi- tion to making some suggestions to the steamboat inspectors re- garding present rules governing the service, will prepare certain legislative measures regarding the trade, but little has been said as to the nature of such measures. ‘The inspectors will consider several changes of special importance to the lakes in the gen- eral steamboat inspection laws and the proceedings of both meet- ing will be watched with interest. Among the Ore Dealers. There is nothing doing among ore shippers or vessel owners who engage extensively in the business of carrying ore, to at- tract attention. The closing of the furnaces in the Chenango and Mahoning valleys has, if anything, made the situation less interesting. It is about certain that the Iron Cliffs and Cleve- land iron mining companies will consolidate and this is about the only announcement worthy of note from the producers. Both properties are among the leaders in the Lake Superior region and the controlling stock in both is held by the same people. It may be necessary to make the consolidation outside of Michigan on account of the laws of that state. Although the money mar- ket shows decided improvement, there is little doing in mining stocks and no signs of better prices. Such of the ore men.as have anything at all to say of next year’s business talk only of a reduced output. In line with the general run of bear arguments the ore dealers figure that there will be at least 2,000,000’ tons of ore on dock when navigation opens in the spring. This would place the year’s comsuption at only 7,000,000 tons, as there was I,000,000 tons on dock when navigation opened last spring and the lake shipments were about 8,000,000 tons. If according to estimates, the requirements of the furnaces during the year to come will be at least twenty-fiive per cent. less than during the year ending with the opening of navigation, it would seem that 5,- 250,000 would be all that should be sent forward from the mines, This, however, is only speculation and it is fortunate that the vessel owners as well as the ore dealers are not pushing mat- ter but have quietly decided to await the outcome of a depressed iron market. : as Cleveland Matters. ite The barge Alaska, owned by J. E. Potts Salt and Lumber : Company,was sold by the United States marshal last week to the N. Mills Lumber Company, for $2,425. The Alaska was engaged in the lumber trade last season. pre (re It is expected that both of the boats building here for ithe Goodrich Transportation Company will be launched early. in March. ‘The steel boat at the Globe yard is fully plated ‘and work on the wooden boat is fully up to expectations. Se The Cleveland and Lakeside Transportation Company has purchased another boat, the Ossifrage, last season in the Detroit river service, for its line between Cleveland and the Lake Erie islands, ‘The Ossifrage will run in connection with the little steamer Lakeside. The Ossifrage was bought through Mitchell & Co. The purchase price is reported at $30,000. The engines of the Wm. Edwards will be compounded at the shops of the Cleveland Ship Building ( ompany. The saving in fuel it is figured, will amount to 20 or 25 per cent. There has probably not been a half dozen single engines put in new steam- ers during the past ten years and far-seeing owners of boats are having their engines compounded. ‘There are two good sides to _this work, it profits the owner and the engine building concern. Capt. H. J. Johnson, who has been very ill for some time — past is disposing of some of his vessel property. He solda quarter interest and control of the propeller H. A. Tuttle to — Capt. Peter Minch for $20,000 and a like interest in the propeller — Business with control to C. F. Palmer for $10,000, When. these transfers were made 1e propelle negotiations for the sale of the propeller. Presley were pending. The propeller V. Swain and conso Helvetia are also on the mabe “ wan sud oe ee