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King has accepted aposition with Parker &Millen. The latter firm will take the place ofthe former as agent for the Charlton Line of tugs, consisting ofthe Balize and Onaping. Complaint has been made frequently during the past two seasons of navigation regarding delay in getting the foghorn on the mainland at Pelee, Lake Erie, in operation in thick weather. The apparatus is not ofthe kind required at such an important point, and the Canadian Department of Marine has in view the establishment ofa new steam horn. The John Doty Engine Company, Toronto, has begun the construction ofa side- wheel passenger steamer for the St. Catharines, Grimsby &Toronto Navigation Company. She is to be ofsteel and iron, 180 feet long, 44 feet beam, engines to be 1200 horse power, to have accommodation for 600 passengers and will cost $75,000. It is expected thatshewill befinished and incommission bythemiddle ofJime next. The Dominion Government is about to place three new cruisers on the upper lakes. One will be located on Lake Superior and one at least on Lake Huron. These boats,it is claimed, are intendedsolely as revenue cutters to protectthe fisheries on these lakes from the illegal and destructive gill and pound nets. Hon. Mackenzie Bowell, Minister of Militia, denies thatthis is in violation of the Washington treaty which allowed a certain number ofboats to be maintained in these waters by each nation. These cruisers,he explains, will merely be fast light boats. They will not be heavily armed, butwillcarrysimply the light armament necessary for their own protection. There is no intention, he claims, either on the part of England or Canada, to violate the treaty in any way, nor would the substitution of the old boats by newoneshave that effect. The Constance is 125 feet long andone of the new vessels hasa rambowandspecial attention hasbeenpaidto thearrangement of her brmkers in order to protect the machinery from the shock. Two vessels of the Constance type are now afloat. The type ofvessel ismore formidable than any of the revenue cutters ofthe United States, and the fact that England isbuilding these semi-war shipsfor lakeservice has not escaped the official attention of the U.S. March 11, 1892 The excursion steamer Gazelle has been sold by W.O. Ashley and others to Buffalo parties for$9500. Capt. John Edwards has bought an interest in the steamer Pearl and will again sail her. She will run out ofBuffalo. 10 r 'I m r ^ ' r n • 1 IL r̂ I I Capt. P. Kerwin ofPort Huron has sold the schooner Sligo to the Thomson Lumber Company ofWindsor on private terms. The propeller Canada has been sold by Capt. Fairgraves ofHamilton to John Nesbit and will be used for towing coal barges from Toledo to Point Edward. Four steel boats are incourse ofconstruction atthe Wyandotte. Mich., yards at the same time. The Eddy Bros.' new monster will be 362 feet 6 inches inlength, 28 feet longer than the E. C. Pope, with 42 feet beam and 24 feet depth ofhold. The company is figuring on afourth boat to be the exact duplicate of the one for the Eddy Brothers. In case the contract is not secured, the company will go ahead and build the steamship for themselves. So there will be avast amount ofwork at the Wyandotte yard for a long time to come. The company are experiencing considerable difFiculty in getting asufficient number offitters, notwithstanding they have advertised extensively forthisclass ofmechanics. March 18, 1892 The steamer City of Windsor is being thoroughly refitted for the season at Windsor. Capt. Moofe will again be in command. The various steamship agents in Montreal are thinking ofgoing to Ottawa to petition the Government to allow the rebate on grain coming through the Welland Canal andtranshipped at Ogdensburg to Montreal. A committee ofMilwaukee steamboat men has appealed to the U.S. District Attorney, asking that the employment ofCanadians on lake steamers there be prohibited. The Attorney concluding that he was powerless to act in the matter, the boatmenwill appeal to the Solicitor of the Treasury. Work on the new ferry boat for the Detroit, Belle Isle & Windsor Ferry Company is progressing nicely at the Springwells dry-dock and it is expected she will be ready for launching in afew weeks. When completed she will be as fine a boatof her class as canbe foimd. Capt. C.C. Allen left Cleveland for Chicago this week to fit out the steamship Castalia. John F. Jones is mate. Capt. D. Girardin is in Buffalo and will bring the steamship Fayette Brown to Detroit to fit out. Capt. D.J. Dimcanson will sail the steamer JmeH. Farwell, with Robert McMillan as mate. Capt. D. Nicholson will again sail the steamship Tom Adams, with Frank Hackett as mate. Frank Auffret will be mate on the Wocoken and John Horsley will be mate on the Philip Minch. The crew ofthe Fayette Brown will leave on Monday for Buffalo. 11