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10 3 MARINE REVIEW. MARINE REVIEW. . DEVOTED TO THE LAKE MARINE AND KINDRED INTERESTS. Wan ia oe PROPRIETORS. HOMER J. CARR, : Associate Editor and Manager Chicago Office, Western Union Building, 110 LaSalle Street. Published every Thursday at No. 516 Perry-Payne Building, Cleveland, O. 'SUBSCRIPTION--$2.00 per year in advance. Convenient binders sent, post paid, 75 cents. Advertising rates on application. Entered at Cleveland Post Office as Second-class Matl Matter. ONLY one move of importance with reference to the Cana- dian canal tolls has occurred within the week. Secretary of State Foster called to a conference in Washington on Tuesday several representatives.of shipping interests from differents parts of the lakes. 'The object was to talk over the terms in which . the proclamation of the president should be issued, under the joint resolution of congress relating to the discriminating tolls, should it become necessary to issue the proclamation by reason of the failure of the Canadian government to relieve American commerce from such discrimination. It was intended that the conference should be private, and it was so as far as its delibera- tions are concerned. It was reported after the meeting, how- ever, that Secretary Foster is of the opinion that no internation- al complications may be expected as a result of the passage of the retaliation act. He says that while the act would seem to call for some sort of proclamation from the President warning the Canadians of the retaliation which would result from future discrimination against American vessels in the thatter of tolls through the Canadian canals, it is probable that when the mat- _ ter is properly laid before the Canadian government the situation will be appreciated, and a satisfactory adjustment will ensue. The rumor from Ottowa that an order in council had been issued abolishing all canal rebates and placing grain transhipped at Ogdensburg and other American ports on an equal footing with tranship ments from Kingston is officially declared to be prema- ture, but such action is likely to be taken at a meeting of the Canadian cabinet to be held before the close of the present week. New York is getting ready for a canal convention next fall and the Merchants Exchange of Buffalo makes a show of enthu- siasm by voting $500 for the expenses of the gathering and in- - viting business men to contribute to the fund. It is a case, though, of closing the barn door after the horse is out. With. appropriations in the river and harbor bill of $3,000,000 toward a deep water channel on the lakes and $2,000,000 for the Hud- son river, the time is ripe for vigorous action in the next con- gress regarding the bill for ascertaining the feasibility and cost of a ship canal from the great lakes to the Hudson river. 'The advocates of this project will not be found wanting in the next congress, as with every day of discussion pertaining to the great scheme there is evidence of its growing strength. Buffalo can not prevent action by the next congress with reference to a sea- board outlet for lake commerce and will have few sympathisers even in New York state for its little scheme of diverting atten- tion from the present national movement by calling for a state gathering that can accomplish nothing in the way of canal im- provement. New York is already restive under canal expenses. Cooperation with Canada in the St. Lawrence route may be sought by the general government, but in any event the ques- tion of a canal from the lakes to tidewater is one that must soon demand the attention of this entire country. 'THERE will be a stated meeting of the light-house board on Sept. 5, and it may be that a special meeting will be called in advance of that date, when the restoration of the relieved dis- trict officers on the lakes, Col. Ludlow and Commander Heyer- man, will be asked for. 'The recent action of four members of the board in organizing themselves into an executive committee and giving partial approval to the action of the district. officers, after having given Col. Ludlow a hearing, is proof of how these 'members may be expected to act at a full meeting. Secretary Foster is undoubtedly willing and anxious that justice be shown to the relieved officers, and the civilian members of the board, 'Professor Mendenhall of the coast survey and .Col. Franklin of -- 'the Steelton Iron Works, Baltimore, may be expected to vote for reinstatement in a case where it is so plain that the board's 'action was based on a misapprehension of the facts. Exacr figures on the commerce passing the city of Detroit in the Detroit river can not, on account of existing customs reg- ulations, be secured this season any more than in past seasons, but it will be admitted by everybody who is informed regarding lake statistics that close to 30,000,000 tons of freight will be car- ried by water past this point during the eight months of naviga- tion from April to December of this year. Consider first a ton weight and then a million of tons, or a million of dollars, or a million of anything, in fact, that will assist in comprehending the meaning of the term. It would take 2,600 years putting away a dollar a day to save a million dollars. Anyone engaged in the task would now find their work about at an end, if they had been born 700 years before the beginning of the Christian- era. What a wonderful volume of freight, then, in this thirty millions carried in lake vessels during a, single season. Rumor again has it that the owners of the City of Paris and City of New York, who agreed in the bill passed by Con- gress granting American register to these steamers to build two vessels of equal dimensions, have let.a contract to the Cramps - of Philadelphia, for three ocean greyhounds that will be even larger and more powerful than the Paris or New York. 'This is a contract that is certain to go to some American builder. Major H. H. RuFFNER, United States engineer in charge of river and harbor work in the Buffalo. district, asked of his own account a few days ago for the views of Buffalo citizens relative to proposed changes in breakwater construction. A few more -- such government officials are wanted on the lakes. Such of them as have consulted the interests of the people, in whose ser- . vice they are engaged, have lost nothing by their action. St. Mary's Falls Canal Traffic in July. Freight passing through the St. Mary's Falls canal during the month of July aggregated 1,926,210 net tons, of which 1. 826,239 tons was eastbound and 599,971 tons westbound. 'The traffic was divided as follows: Eastbound. Westbound. CO alle ss sectasa gtk ce her gaes owueRee ease on hoe ene 542,003 tons. POU eeacne sv ecmaetanaccqeers pear 792,289 bale: 110 bbls. Grin. .scdoscesscsas once ten meet La Sree ee 8,890 bu. @ont. oa iaesne cies can tgemee eae eeee 2 9 OSes Ste as a NVea tet a drawatsnwa, taesacesateaeenes 4 556, i USOe DU et oa ee ceae Building stone, ..cecst. cect a 5 393 tons. donneboonse 2 Coppers aes iiecn nde cgsanmiae mes 10,913 TONS: Seaeiec sce sohe Wisi Wahu ne Cai Once. ctm-a aera eee 4,833 tons. DROW 10Y 6) ssesanacatancasessacestsese cat \982;706: tons: © .e.s:..c: Tron, WOU Orciceisewleeciscione cose Geen pete 4 LGR tOnSi- = ees gete Saltire vice aig area eee eee ee 25,767 bbls Tram bei: Pascoe oe 72,234 M feet ......0. ee NULVOU SONORA caters ey eee eta te ae LOOMtOns\ a. coe aaa Unclassified freight.................. 22,304 tons. 49,554 tons. Passen SEMss ccc dot rage ea 3,319 a 425 This is more freight than has ever passed through the canal in a single month. Official Numbers and Tonnage. ry The bureau of navigation, E. C. O'Brien commissioner, assigned official - numbers and passed upon oe tonnage of the following ice vessels during the week ending Saturday, August 30: Ste: am--City of Naples, built at West Bay City, Mich., and hailing from Port Huron, Mich., 2,109. 37 tons gross, 1,772.53 net, No. 126,899 ; Chicora, built at Deer and penning from Detroit, 1,122. 92 tons gross, 708.15 net, No. 126, 902; Buena, built at Benton Har- bor, Mich., and h: ailing from Chicago, 16. 29 tons gross, 11.44 net, No. 3,558. ene -shae Fly, built at ae Beach, Mich., and hailing from Port Huron, Mich., 6.05 tons gross, 5 5) net, No. 115,278, 5 tiles Ba