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_ Around the Lakes. jen, of Saginaw, has been i iler in- Ste dils: lah appointed boiler in umpt - McDonald have contracted to build 200 feet of T at Agate bay, Lake Superior, for $23,400. tkinson, president of the Metropolitan Lumber aoe . 1a prominent citizen of Escanaba, died last week. - To convert the steamer Toledo into a modern freight without the old-style wooden arches costs : : ase doaciat et it $7,000. “The work | “sos mga sg ete and steamer Britannic have ken on wheat cargoes at Chicago—freight and stora for Buffalo delivery. is i aie The Milwaukee Boiler Company is buildin i ror ae : g a 12X14 marine boiler for Rieboldt & Wolter, of Sheboygan, to go into the new dredge which the firm is having built there. Union sailors at Milwaukee will remain a part of the Knights ol Labor although the Chicago organization seems to favor affili- n with the American Federation of Labor. S Capt. Robert Gillies, formerly of the Isaac May fleet, will ommand the schooner Sweetheart the coming season. Capt. steamer J.C. Pringle. Ashtabula attempted to launch a tug last week and took a whole day at the job. In the morning one of the laborers was badly injured and shortly after dinner the foreman was sent home under a doctor’s care. Later in the day a third man was thrown into the river and there is no report as yet that the tug has been floated. A party of surveyors under the direction of D. H. Muehle has been engaged for ten days past in surveying the mouth of the Saginaw river and locating the sand bars. They have com- pleted the work for nearly a mile back from the dummy light- house, and will continue until a chart of the river is completed as far up as Saginaw. z Cleveland Matters. — Capt. W. C. Richardson, who has been confined to his home for some time on account of severe illness, is again giving atten- tion to business. Capt. David Gerardin will be advanced in the Northwestern Transportation Company’s line to command of the steamship Fayette Brown next season. Messrs. Rose & Lazier, of Duluth, have formed a partnership in the vessel brokerage business. They called on Cleveland ac- quaintances during the week. “It is expected that the steamer Dakota, the wooden boat building here for. the Goodrich Transportation Company, will be ready for service about the middle ot May. She will run be- tween Chicago and Grand Haven in connection with the City of Racine. Capt. Thomas Wilson, Valentine Fries, Capt. George Stone, Henry D. Coffinberry, Robert Wallace, Capt. P. G. Minch and H. D. Goulder, are the directors of the Ship Owners’ Dry Dock Company elected Tuesday to serve for the ensuing year. C apt. Thomas Wilson was elected president; Capt. George Stone, vice- 4 president; Gustav Cold, secretary and H. D. Goulder, treasurer. The twelfth annual report of the Sailors’ Floating Bethel Society recently issued, shows that some genuine charitable work is accomplished by the chaplain and superintendent, Rev. J. D. Jones. In addition to the services held at the bethel, 165 River street, the chaplain conducted a large number of funerals and relieved numerous cases of destitution in families of lake faring men. The work is largely supported by local marine men, _ Capt. Thomas Wilson being president and W. D. Rees, treasurer. Expenditures for the year were $4,611. XP A peas ScreNTIFIC AMERICAN and SupP- all one year for $15. Write to Ma- ne Building, Cleveland, O. ENGINEERING, London, PLEMENT, MARINE REVIEW, | RINE REVIEW, 510 Perry-Pay » who was on the Sweetheart, will go as mate of the MARINE REVIEW. . ‘New Vork, treasurer. The delegates numbered over fifty and repre- . dressed the meeting. ‘The supervising inspectors, who were also mittee ot the house was also appealed to on legislative measures. Excelsior Marine Benevolent Association. At last Saturday’s meeting of the Bnffalo lodge, Capt. Daniel Coughlan was initiated. Capt. J. M. Todd, the secretary, was presented with a combination gold pen and pencil, a neat double inkstand, anda handsome paper cutter. Capt. Welcome de-~ livered the charge, and the recipient made a happy response. On Wednesday, Capt. D. P. Dobbins delivered a lecture on the. signal code and life-saving service. It is intended to have other lectures on pertinent subjects,such as marine insurance, charters’ and contracts, wrecks and collisions, weather observations, and so OU. eee Cleveland lodge, No. 4, now has 150 members and the list is being increased every week. : Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association. At the sixteenth annual convention of the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association, just closed in Washington, John H. Gal- - wey, of Detroit, was re-elected president for a term of two years. Other officers are: E. W. Tucker, of San Francisco, vice-presi-” dent; J. H. Harris of St Louis, secretary, and George Uhler, of. sented all sections of the country. Officers report showed an in-. crease in membership during the past year of over 40 per cent. During the course of the convention a resolution favoring the : American shipping bill was unanimously adopted, and Congress- _ man Farquhar, leading advocate of the bill, together with James A. Dumont supervising inspecter general of steam vessels, ad- in session in Washington last week, were informed as to the de- sires of the engineers regarding rules and the commerce com- © Great preparations have been made for the tenth annual social gathering of the Cleveland engineers and their friends. at Haltnorth’s hall tomorrow (Friday) evening. The annual ball: and banquet is always attended by a great deal of good feeling. Officers of No. 47, of Sault Ste. Marie are: Arthur Adams, past president; Peter Kelly, president; George Comb, vice-presi- dent; Joseph M. Beauchamp, treasurer; Jamcs Grive, financial secretary; Peter Kelly, corresponding secretary; Norman Rains, recording secretary; Henry H. Evens; chaplain; David Sebas- tain, conductor; William Tate, doorkeeper; John McDonald, Robert J. Condlon, Arthur Adams, trustees. Meetings are held every Thursday in room No. 8, First National Bank block. James M. Graham, who died in Buftalo a few days ago, was one of the best known marine engineers on the lakes. Three years ago he held the position of chief engineer of the United States light-house tender Haze. A branch was organized at Sturgeon Bay recently. There are fourteen members. Death of Capt. J. W. Hall. Capt. J. W. Hall, of Detroit, who has of late years been en- gaged in marine work for the Detroit Journal, died in that city on Saturday last. Capt. Hall was connected with the lake marine all his life and had compiled in scraps book form, a his- tory of commerce from its commencement up to the present time. He was born in Fort Erie, Ont., opposite Buffalo, in 1813. During the year 1816 his father, Cyrus Hall,: was owner of the brig Sir Isaac Brock and schooners Elizabeth and Union, From 1820 to 1834 Cyrus Hall carried on a forwarding business. Dur- ing this period J. W. Hall acquired a knowledge of sailing and in 1832 shipped on the Schooner Comet, trading between Buffalo and points on Lake Erie as far west as Cleveland. His first charge was the schooner Billow, jn -1844, and he afterwards commanded the Thomas Corwin, the Emeline, the De Witt Clin- ton, the Sandusky, the Harriet Calvin, and the brig J. R. Gidd- ings. He quit sailing in 1858.