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MARINE REVIEW. The Freight Situation. Eighty cents is the wild rate on ore from Ashland and Marquette and 55 cents the rate from Escanaba. ‘The ore com- panies are still selling some ore and it is difficult to get at the aggregate of sales, but reliable estimates are in the neighbor- hood of 4.500,000 tons. A few season contracts to carry ore from Escanaba have been made within the week and one of them is reported by the shippers at 7o cents. It is said that in another case the rate made was 75 cents but this is not given out by either of the parties to the contract. These figures show an advance over some former contracts, as a large amount of ore had been covered at 65 cents. Notwithstanding the fact that there was approximately 2,400,000 tons of ore on Lake Erie docks when navigation opened this spring, the surplus has been more than discounted by the delay on account of the strike of dock laborers. At this time last year there had been brought down approximately 2,000,000 tons of ore. Add to this 900,000 tons on dock at the opening in 1890 and there was a total of 2,900,000 tons on June 15, 1890, as against 2,400,000 tons on dock at the opening in 1891, with an addition of only 450,000 tons brought down to June 15, 1891, or a total of 2,850,000 tons. This means that the docks are now practically in the same condition they were in 1890, with the supply of pig iron well cleaned up and an iron market clearing itself. Another very important matter to consider, however, in conection with freights, is the increase in lake tonnage during the winter. This is partly met by a low stage of water and indications of a heavy movement in wheat. Duluth is still wanting some tonnage for wheat, having about 2,500,000 bushels in store, and the rate has been raised to _ 2cents. Lumber is not plentiful at the head of Lake Superior, but the rate to Buffalo and Chicago remains at $2. Freights on ‘soft coal are unchanged on the basis of 60 cents to Chicago and Milwaukee and 50 cents to the head of Lake Superior. ne An Eastern View of Side Launches. _ A correspondent of the Engineering and Mining Journal, who attended the recent meeting of mining engineers in Cleve- laud, writes in this way of the side launches peculiar to the lakes: _ “A 3,000-ton iron ship, 289 feet long between perpendiculars, for carrying ore, was on the ways here, about ready to be launched, The method of launching the boats into the stream, which is but fifty or sixty yards in width, is unique. The ship is launched sideways and drops plump into the water off the skids, the latter tilting a little as she reaches their ends, which project but a few feet into the water beyond the bank. The superintendent says he would not return to end launching under any circumstances, as by this method with the skids but twelve feet apart, the ship is sustained on many more points of support than by the former method until the moment of entering the water. The resistance of the water against the side prevents excessive tipping, and after a roll or two the boat lies perfectly quiet.’’ A New English Boiler. “It is the opinion of many engineers,’’ says Industries of London, ‘‘that not much additional progress will be made in marine engineering until a decided advance has been made in the design of the steam generator. A new boiler, the invention of Mr. H. B. Buckland, of the Hamburg Chambers, Newcastle, and to which he has given the name of the ‘‘Stanley”’ boiler, was subjected to an experimental trial a few days ago, in the presence of a number of engineering experts. The boiler is spherical, the lower portion being reversed to form the crown of the fur- nace, the combustion chambers, three in number, taking away direct the greater part of the gaseous products and passing them through the upper tubes into the smoke boxes, and thence to the funnel, Large lower tubes are also provided in the lower _ shipbuilding firm has begun work on improved bulk er: : _ which will carry oil from Philadelphia to Bombay and Calcu portion of the boiler to take away part of the gases, which are returned through the ordinary tubes into the combustion cham- ber. ‘Ihe sides of the furnace and bottom area distinct structure, so that the boiler has practically a ‘‘dry-bottom,’’ the lower water spaces forming a feed-heater, any steam generated passing direct through piping to the steam dome or receiver. This arrangement is claimed to be very advantageous, as the sediment deposited in boilers is often mischievous in its action, and in the ‘‘Stanley’’ boiler, as all the feed-water is first passed into the lower structure or foundation of the boiler proper, no deposit is likely to be made in the latter, and it will be much more economical to renew the foundation portion of this boiler than to effect repairs to an ordinary marine boiler injured by overheating of plates, or. by pitting, due to feed-water deposits. In any case, it is probable that the longevity of the main portion of the Stanley boiler will exceed that of the present type of marine boilers.”’ Cleveland Matters. The light-house board gives notice that there will be dis- played from the fog signal building at the Cleveland breakwater light station, for the information of the life saving crew in case of wrecks near the breakwater, a red light at night and a white flag in the day time. The Straightaway, a steel steam yacht 94 feet long and hav- ing a cabin nearly herentire length, was launched a few days ago from the yard of the Cleveland Ship Building Company. The hull, which was rebuilt, was constructed by David Bell of Buffalo several years ago for Detroit parties but had never been used. Isaac Bearinger, Kast Saginaw lumber merchant, bought the hull and will soon have a good steam yacht. The bridge accident at Cleveland, last week, through which one person was killed and several others badly injured was a very sad affair but it will probably be pronounced unadvoidable ’ in court. The propeller Queen of the West, Capt. Benjamin Chambers was proceeding up the river and was given a signal by the tenders of the Columbus street bridge to pass through. After signaling the vessel the bridge tenders found it impossible to swing the bridge and a danger signal was immediately run up. It was too late to stop the boat, however, and the bridge and ap- proach were shattered. Books Received. A second edition of the ‘“‘ Hand Book of American Repub- lics,’revised and enlarged has been sent out by the bureau estab- lished to furnish information of commercial interests on this continent. Persons who applied for the first volume and were not furnished with it can now be supplied with the revised volume. A large and comprehensive lithograph map of the geologi- cal and natural history survey of the iron ore regions of Minn- esota has been published by W. H. & H. V. Winchell, Minneapo- lis, Minn. It isa companion map to the book, “Iron Ores ot Minnesota,” recently published by the same parties. * The Wm. Powell Co., Cincinnati, present a neatly framed photograph of the cylinders of a triple expansion engine showing a signal oiler with four sight chambers. ‘The Cleveland Ship Building Company is local agent for the oiler and they are re- ceiving orders regularly. Engineers can send their address on a postal card to the Powell company, and if favored with a picture they will be well pleased. A prospectus of the Coxheath Copper Mines, operated by the Kastern Development Company, Milk Street, Boston Mass, has been received. The mines are located near Sydney, Cape Breton, N.S, and the deposits are endorsed by eminent metallurgists and experts. Some stock can be purchased and if you are inter- ested they will send you the prospectus. . Pps now engaged in carrying Russian ports. An En There are 120 tank steamshi in bulk from United States and returning with jute and hemp.