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oS : | MARINE REVIEW. Marine REVIEW. DEVOTED TO THE LAKE MARINE AND KINDRED INTERESTS. jenn eae? PROPRIETORS. . M. ; : 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 Mail Matter. It was not a vessel owners convention that assembled in Washington on Thursday of this week to ask congress for a survey of routes for a ship canal through American territory from the lakes to the seaboard. 'The proposed canal would not put an additional dollar into the pocket of a vessel owner. It is the great and growing country beyond the head of Lake Superior that demands this immense improvement and the benefits are to be distributed to the people of the whole land. Opposition from railways, from southern states and from the city of Buffalo will be> spurred to activity by the convention at the national capital, which now asks simply for a survey, and as Gen. Poe, the father of great engineering works on the lakes, said a few days ago, the men who are now leaders in the lake marine will propably not live to see this big project carried out, but it will come just the same, and the construction of the canal will soon be one of the greatest questions demanding the attention of the American people. CoMMANDER NIcoLL, LupLow U. S. N., whose efficient ser- vices while in charge of lighthouse matters on Lake Michigan commended him most favorably to the vessel interests, has been ordered to command the Mohican, third rate, ten guns, flagship of the Pacific station. 'The Mohican is at Mare Island, Cal., and after repairs will probably sail for Honolulu. lake vessel own- ers, who regretted losing commander Ludlow, know a good officer when they find him as well as the heads of the navy department who have given him such an important command. Do not call the deep water channel throughout the lakes, upon which work will begin next spring, a 21-foot channel. The depth of 21 feet will be reached in only a few places, where a slight increase will be required in order to secure clear 20 feet - throughout. General Poe says this new waterway, properly speaking, will-be a 20-foot waterway, and he should certainly be © considered an authority on the subject. WASHINGTON dispatches announce that the army. court of inquiry now hearing the Col. Ludlow case will probably be in session for several weeks. Friends of Col. Ludlow have no rea- son to fear an exhaustive inquiry. 'They are confident of the re. sult now--that an impartial investigation of facts is being made. Proposed Dry Dock at the Sault. | On a trip to Marquette for iron ore during the past season, Capt. Charles M. Swartwood, of the steamer J. H. Wade, had with him as a passenger Mr. George T. Bishop of Cleveland, who is commercial agent for the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City Railway. Mr. Bishop was impressed with the prospects of suc- cess attending the establishment of a dry dock plant at Sault Ste. Marie, and after an investigation of the subject succeeded in in- teresting Wm. A. Sproul, of Philadelphia, in his plans. talists of New York and Cincinnati have since been enlisted in the scheme, and the town authorities at Sault Ste. Marie show a willingness to give substantial support to any enterprise of this kind. The projectors of the dry dock will leave Cleveland for the Sault Friday evening and if a satisfactory bonus is offered to them may begin work soon on an industrial enterprise long sought by the people of the canal town. Capi- * Dry Dock Managers. Thomas Dunford of Dunford & Alverson of Port Huron, H. J. Mills of Buffalo, Brice A. Miller of the Miller Bros., Dry Dock Company of Chicago, F. C. Starke of Milwaukee and Edward Gaskin of the Union Dry Dock Company, Buffalo, were the managers of docks in lake cities other than Cleveland who at- tended the annual meeting of the Dry Dock Association in Cleve- land Wednesday. 'The two Cleveland dock companies were also represented, and although none of the officers of the Detroit Dry Dock Company or the American Steel Barge Company, operating the new Superior dock were in attendance, it was un- derstood that they would co-operate with the association. Last year's schedule of rates was adopted. Mr. Dunford of the firm of Dunford & Alverson, Port Huron, says that both docks operated by that firm were busy all sum- mer, working night and day. Lake vessel owners who' are gen- erally favorably disposed toward this firm will be pleased to learn that the big investment in the very large dock recently constructed by them has proved a profitable venture, and al- though Port Huron is not favorably located for winter work, they have two boats, the Nelson and Ida Keith, upon which large repairs will be made. 'The underwriters who own the Ida | Keith will sell her. - Mr. Gaskin has also secured work enough to keep the- Buffalo plant busy during the winter, notwithstanding the unfavorable outlook for ship yard work at Buffalo some time ago. Seven Engines and Nineteen Boilers. The Dry Dock Engine Works of Detroit has closed a con- tract with Capt. James Davidson of West Bay City for the ma- chinery equipment of two steamers now under construction at his ship yard One set of engines, according to the contract, will be of the fore and aft triple expansion type, cylinders 20, 33 and 54 inches by 42 inches stroke. Boilers for these engines will be 12 by 14 feet, supplying steam at 160 pounds, with natural draft. 'The second set will algo be fore and aft triple ex- pansion, with cylinders 16, 24 and 38 inches by 24 inches stroke, receiving steam from one cylindrical boiler, 12 feet 3 inches diameter by 11 feet 3 inches long, allowed 160 pounds pressure and fitted with the Howden draught system. This makes seven engines and nineteen boilers which this company now has under contract. Personal Mention. L,. H. Wilcox, who was captain of lake vessels for a number of years, died at his home in Oberlin, O., Tuesday. Mr. Stanley B. Smith of Stanley B. Smith & Co., owners of the big Detroit river coal docks, Messrs. Shaw and Eddy of Bay City, Capt. Geo. McLeod and Capt. M. M. Drake of Buffalo were all in Cleveland Wednesday. Officers of the Orient Transportation Company of Cleveland elected a few days ago are: President, A. C. Saunders; vice- president, L. C. Hanna; secretary and treasurer, J. J. Purcell; manager, Capt. George P. McKay. On Jauuary 1, John C. Fitzpatrick retired from the firm of Mitchell & Co., Cleveland. He will represent the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company at Buffalo. 'The firm of Mitchell & Co. now consists of Capt. John Mitchell, John F. Wedow and Capt. Alfred Mitchell. Capt. F. H. Rae of the Bradley fleet and Capt. John Edwards, formerly master of the excursion steamer Pearl, will command the Cleveland and Buffalo line steamers State of New York and State of Ohio, to-run between Cleveland and Buffalo next season. The selection from many applications are good ones, both men being well known and popular. 'The line will no doubt do a big Niagara Falls excursion business. 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