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MARINE REVIEW. if ast week aggregated 157,745 tons. A 1,000,000-foot raft in tow of the tug Goldsmith went ashore in Green Bay and destroyed $1,000 worth of pound nets. When a storm came up lines were run ashore on Chambers' island and made fast to trees, but they parted. The number of whalebacks now inthe carrying trade on the lakes is surprising. Twelve of them passed Port Huron within twenty-four hours last week. 'They were the steamers Mather, Wilson, Bartlett, Hoyt and Colgate, and the barges ror, 103, 105, 115, 116, 117 and118. Of ten vessels that cleared from Duluth last week six were whalebacks, and their cargoes aggre- gated 510,048 bushels. Gen. Poe has been authorized to advertise for proposals for the deep waterway project between Chicago, Duluth and Buffalo. Bids will probably be opened some time next month and sub- mitted to the secretary of war immediately, so that the contract can be let about Dec. 1, giving the successful bidders time to prepare for the beginning of work as soon as the ice breaks up in the spring. Local Inspectors Fitzgerald and Chapman of Milwaukee have revoked the licenses of Captains C. B. Coates and Bernard Wilds, who were in charge of the steamers Douglas and Alice H. Wilds when they collided in mid-lake off Milwaukee, in June last, resulting in the sinking of the latter boat. The testimony showed that Capt. Coates of the Douglas had abandoned his watch to an unlicensed lookout twenty minutes previous to the collision, and was in. his room when the boats came together; also that Capt. Wilds saw the masthead lights of the Douglas twenty minutes before she struck, but could not see her side lights, owing to the mist lying low on the water, and yet neg- lected to sound his whistle as a warning of impending danger. In fact, no whistle was sounded by either steamer, and both were running at full speed. As a result of Col. Wm. Ludlow's duties being lessened and those of Gen. O. M. Poe increased by the former officer being relieved of light-house work, Gen. Casey, chief of engineers, . has ordered the transfer from Gen. Poe's department to that of Col. Dudlow of all government work on the rivers and harbors of lower Michigan, excepting that of the deep water channel. This gives Col. Ludlow control of the Sand Beach harbor of refuge, Cheboygan river, Thunder Bay harbor, Au Sable harbor, Saginaw river, Black river, Clinton river and Rouge river. The transfer will be completed on or before Nov. 1. Col. Ludlow's new duties will take up a part, if not all, of the time which was formerly given to the light-house department. At the same time the change will enable Gen. Poe to give more of his time and attention to a supervision of what is known as the northwest division, of which he has been chief officer for the past three years. Work of the Ship Yards. City of Kalamazoo is the name given to the passenger steamer launched on Saturday last by the Williams Transporta- tion Company of South Haven, Mich. Again it is said that the Crystal Beach Steamboat Company of Buffalo will either build or purchase a passenger boat to re- place the steamer Pearl, taken to Chicago for the world's fair service. Lighthouse officials were so pleased with the lighthouse tenders Lilac and Columbine, that they have decided not to de- duct $8,000 forfeiture for delay in delivery, which was due to failure to receive the steel plates from the mills. The steamer Wyandotte, built by the Detroit Dry Dock Company for the Clark estate, to replace the small steamer Riverside in the service between Detroit and the islands and towns down the river to its mouth, began daily trips last week. The boat is entirely satisfactory to its owners and is said to be very fast. 'he Riverside, which became the property of the dry dock company upon the delivery of the Wyandotte, has been sold to W. F. Sullivan of Detroit. She takes the place of the City of New Baltimore between Detroit and Marine City. F. W. Wheeler & Co. of West Bay City are informed that the last of the four light-ships built for the government has reached its destination on the Atlantic coast near Charleston. The tug W.G. Wilmot, built by the same firm, was taken through the St. Lawrence river and canals last week on her way to New Orleans. The new schooner building by Wheeler & Co. of West Bay . City for Colin McLaughlin and others of Detroit will be 10 feet longer and 2 feet wider than the John C. Fitzpatrick, thus mak- ing her by long odds the largest schooner on the lakes. An in- terest in the boat was recently sold to John Heisner and Capt. George Harper, both of Bay City. Capt. James Davidson of West Bay City is quoted as saying that, in addition to the work already under way at his yard, he expects to put down several more keels for wooden boats this winter. He began work this week on another schooner. If the present freight rates hold out to the close of the season it will not be surprising to see other builders of wooden boats, as well as Capt. Davidson, begin work that will increase very materially the large amount of tonnage already under con- tract. Electric Lighting on Lake Steamers. All of the best class of steamers, both passenger and freight, now leaving lake ship yards are equipped with electric lighting plants, and the business has reached the highest degree of per- fection. The dynamo shown in a supplement accompanying this issue is the product of the Fisher Electric Company of Detroit, who have made a specialty of steamboat lighting, and have plants on nine-tenths of the steamers equipped in this way. The list includes every class of lake carriers, and as shown in previous issues of the REVIEW, the work of this company has been earnestly recommended by every owner who has hada vessel equipped by them. The Fisher Company takes special pride in the fact that they have never been compelled to have an electrician accompany a steamer after a plant has been installed. _ This company has just completed the lighting plant on Ann Arbor car ferry, No. 1, building at the yard of the Craig Ship Building Company, Toledo, and it is expected the boat will leave for Lake Michigan this week. As these car ferries are heavy wooden boats the use of incandescent plants was recommended by the underwriters, so as to reduce the risk from fire to the minimum. Hach boat will have a dynamo and direct connected engine, capable of operating 150 incandescent lamps, and a 5,000 candle power search light. All of the ponderous machinery for driving these boats is located below the main deck and the electric apparatus will therefore be in constant operation as long as the boats are in service. The tracks on the main deck are lighted by seventy-five incandescent lamps, enabling employes to examine at all times the appliances used for securing the cars to the deck. The boats are divided into seven circuits, and the crew's quarters, dining room, kitchen and all departments have electric lamps. Trade Notes. The steam yacht Comanche, illustrated in this issue, is in every way the production of a lake shipyard. 'The elegant fit- out, which it was at first thought would have to come from New York, was furnished by J. W. Grover & Sons. Warrington water tube boilers will be put in the Dunham tug Mollie Spencer at Chicago and she will have her engines compounded. Capt. Dunham says: 'Water tube boilers have been in use in yachts around this city for the past three years, but have not been used in large lake steamers ortugs. It is an inovation with me, but I have come to the conclusion that sooner or later a water tube boiler of some kind will come into general use where high pressure steam is needed for compound or triple expansion engines."' Capt. E. W. Dorsey of the Goodrich line, whose latest command was the steamer Indiana, from which he retired last May on account of illness, died Tuesday at his home in Chicago. Secretary Keep of the Lake Carriers' Association, Secretary Thompson of the Duluth chamber of commerce, Hon. F. W. Wheeler of West Bay City, and C. A. Macdonald of the insur- ance company of Crosby, Macdonald & Co., Chicago, were all visitors in Cleveland within the past few days.