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in iron ore ae head some inquiry from furnace- the past week for prices, but it is evident that the market, notwithstanding the strong feeling as to its ‘does not as yet warrant purchases of ore at advanced prices, and the ore dealers answer that they are not ready to give figures on next season’s business. ‘The ore companies are un- a doubtedly making preparation that will mean a production of _. 10,000,000 tons of ore in the Lake Superior region during the coming year if the market will warrant it. Dock facilities on Lake Erie and at Chicago will care for 10,000,000 or even I1,- : 000,000 tons if the business in iron demands it. Duluth is expected to have in store at the opening of navi- gation about 19,000,000 bushels of grain, and rates for winter storage and delivery in the spring indicate accordingly, the strong feeling with regard to next season’s business. Chicago grain shippers are offering 514 cents on wheat and are now load- ing afew boats at that figure, but most owners are holding off for a higher rate, At Duluth the steamers Gilchrist, John Mitchell, Harper and barge Northwest have been loaded on a 6 cent rate for wheat and the steamer Nimick on a 6% cent rate for flax seed. ‘The steamer Elphicke has a cargo of wheat ata 7 cent freight rate, taken on with the expectation of making de- livery before navigation closed. The S. R. Kirby and City of London also wintering at Duluth are held at 8 cents. New Circuit Judges. President Harrison has appointed the new circuit judges who will have final jurisdiction in admiralty cases. Vessel - owners of the lakes were very much interested in these appoint- ments, for the reason that two of them, at least, the judges for the Cincinnati and Chicago circuits, will after July 1 next pass finally on nearly all cases arising from accidents on the lakes. The appointments for these placesare Judge Taft in the Cincinnati circuit and Judge Woods for Chicago. It is understood, of course, that the new circuit courts made up by these appointments will consist of the present circuit judge of the district with the new judge and a district judge, any two of these being empowered to pass upon all cases coming before the court. Judge Taft is a son of the late Alfonso Taft, attorney general during the ad- ministration of President Hayes. He is only thirty-three years of age but his ability has already gained for him a national reputa- tion. Judge Woods is at present one of the United States dis- trict judges of Indiana. Democratic newspapers throughout the country are assailing him on account of his decisions in what are termed the “Indiana blocks of five cases,” but there is no doubt that his appointment will be confirmed by the United States Senate. All the judges have been of greater or less prominence pro- fessionally, and the fact that two of the six appointed are demo- crats shows that President Harrison does not consider the ap- pointmeuts of federal judgeships as political in their nature. It is to be hoped that this precedent will be followed in future ap- pointments. Judge Blodgett of the United States district court, Chicago, who has heard a great many lake cases during his long service on the bench now talks of resigning and another judge- ship appointment will fall to President Harrison. Judge Blodgett would undoubtedly have been among the circuit judges just ap- pointed but for his age. He is considering the advisability of accepting the presidency of a big life insurance association now heins organized in Illinois. A recent order given to Samson Fox & Co., Leeds, England, embraces 204 corrugated furnaces, to be used in the two new Cunard steamers, to be constructed at Fairfield. ‘The number indicates the immense horse power to be used on these vessels, The Continental Iron Works of Brooklyn, N. Y., is the sole manufacturer of corrugated furnaces in the United States. “MARINE REVIEW. - : Report of Experimental Trip, MADE UPON SCREW STEAMER E. P. WILBUR TO THE BUILDERS, THE GLOBE IRON WORKS COMPANY, CLEVELAND, O., [BY GEO. C, SHEPARD.| Curves FROM Taste N24 12.66 13 13.58 13.62 13.46 13.81 18.46 14.04 14.33 14.97 14.15 15.54 Miles per hour. As interesting and fully as important as the indicated horse power is the indicated water consumption, computed from the same diagram. The ratio constant x terminal : mean effect- ive pressure after being corrected for clearance and compression is an expression for the efficiency of that cylinder in terms of pounds of water used per‘horse power per hour. The mean ef- fective pressure used in the calculations is the aggregate effect of the steam reduced to piston of the cylinder we are at work upon, and to facilitate computation, we used Thompson’s Table of Constants. The particulars for indicated water consump- tion are to be found in the following table V. TABLE 5. PARTICULARS OF INDICATED WATER CONSUMPTION. o Aggregate M.E.P. i Indicated Water Bea Rev. educed to Terminal on Consumption. No.| 2 ee TP, ® Min nay wl lH. P.|M.P.|L.P. ||H.P. | M.P. |L. P. ||/H.P. | M.P.|L. P. 1 154 80.5 1,357.4 157.1| 70.7} 27.31) 95.9} 32.3 9.9 || 18.2} 14.6] 12.7 2 145 83.5 1,561 198.4| 78.1 | 30.2]|-108.1 | 35.5) 10.8)) 15.4|).14.2 7 12.2 3 142 78 1,209.7 165.2 | 65.2) 25.1|| 89.1) 29.5 8.7|| 15.4} 13.6 | 11.7 4 130 76.7 1,115.7 155.4 | 61. 23.6 |} 80.3} 29.1 8. 14.9| 14.4] 11.4 raf T7 1,187.9 157.41 61.9| 23.9]| 843] 27.7 8.4|| 15.1} 12.9 | 11.8 7 135 82.5 1,359, 175.3 | 69. 26.7 || 97.1] 32.7 9.5 || 16.8 | 14.9 } 12.3 8 140 82.5 1,427.7 184.3 | 72.5 | 28 97.9| 33.1} 10.1 || 15.9) 14.48} 12.5 9 135 80.6 1,310.7 173.3 | 68.2} 26.41) 91.5] 31.1 91|| 15.1] 14.5] 12. 11 120 73. 1,011.7 147.7 | 58. 22.1 || 76.3) 28.3 7.4|| 14.7) 18.5} 11.4 12 120 70.5 947, 144.5| 564}. 22. 73.1 | 25.9 7.7 || 14.51 14.1 | 11.7 13 150 78.5 1,324.2 180.1} 70.9} 27.4|| 94.7] 32.3 9. || 14.8) 14.1 7 1.1 14 142 76.5 1,243.3 By 68.1} 26.3||. 87.5 |, 30.3 8.5|| 14.3) 13.7 } 11.8 15 155 78 1,354.1 184.9 | 72.7] 28.1)}) 97.9} 33.1 9.2|| 14.9] 18.6} 11. 16 155 79. 1,424.3 192. 75.5} 29.2|| 97.5] 33.5 9.6 || 14.2} 18.1-} 11.1 7 155 78.7 1,421.9 191.8 | 75.5] 29.2|| 95.1} 32,7 9.2 |) 14.) 12.7 | 10.6 18 150 80, 1,498.2 199, 78.5 | 30.3 || 99.5] 35.9} 10.4) 14.6 14.4 | 11.9 19 140 79.5 1,385.1 185.6 | 73. 28.2 || 94.7 |. 33.5 9.5 || 15.1} 14.5.) 11.7 20 150 8 1,521. 199.7 | 78.6| 30.4|| 102.7} 37.1} 10.7]; 15.3) 14.38 | 12.5 21 145 76. 1,196.8 167.7 | 66. 25.5 || 84.3] 30.7 8.6 || 14.2} 14. 11.3 22 153 1,600.1 || 204.9} 80.7 | 31.2]| 109.1} 89.5] 11.6}]) 16.4) 15.8 | 12.7 [ro BE CONTINUED.| Horipay Rares.—The Nickel Plate makes one fare for the round trip, Dec. 23d to Jan. 1, inclusive, on account of holidays. Returning limit to June 5, 1892.