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8 MARINE REVIEW. Important Features of Customs Laws. A Canadian vessel putting intoa port of the United States on the lakes for coal or supplies of any kind must enter and clear at such port, and the same requirements apply to vessels of the United States bound to or coming from a Canadian port. This rule may seem unnecessary, and it is undoubtedly violated ina great many cases, through a lack of knowledge on the part of either vessel masters or collectors of customs, but it is the law, nevertheless, as proven by some correspondence that has just come to hand. On June 8 last, Mr. George H. Hopkins, collect- or of customs at Detroit, wrote Secretary Carlisle, of the treasury department, as follows: "I beg to enclose herewith a communication this day re- ceived from a coal dealer of this city. He states that the prac- tice of this port, which requires a vessel from a foreign (Cana- dian) port toa United States port, which stops at this port to coal en route, to enter and clear, is not enforced in other dis- tricts upon the lakes, and that in requiring said entry and clear- ance the dealers here are discriminated against in their business, for the reason that vessel captains decline to put in here for coal, when they can avoid entry and clearance at other ports, and thus save the fee. If this statement be correct, I would ask if my in- terpretation of the law is incorrect, or if the instructions of the department set forth in decision 5,632 have been changed. If not, then I beg to suggest that it would seem unjust that the law should not be enforced at all ports alike." In reply to the foregoing communication the department states that the Detroit collector is correct, and that the decision numbered 5,632 is still in force. This decision is dated March 30, 1883, and is as follows: 'A foreign vessel putting into a port of the United States, either on the seacoast, or northern and north-eastern and north-. western frontiers, and taking on coal and other stores, must enter and clear in all cases, whether the stay be less than twenty-four hours or not. 'The only exception to this rule is that of a vessel in distress, when, instead of the usual entry, there will be made a protest under section 2,891, revised statutes. _ "'Coastwise vessels of the United States putting into port for coal and other stores will be governed by laws relating to the coasting trade, but such vessels arriving from or departing for foreign ports and taking coal and other stores must enter and clear."' In accordance with the latter paragraph in this.decision a vessel of the United States taking coal from Cleveland to Port Arthur or grain from Chicago to Kingston, would be compelled to report and clear if stopping for fuel at Detroit or any other intermediate port of the United States. Chicago Office of the Hydrographic Service. In answer to an editorial in last week's issue of the REVIEW, relative to the aims of the new office of the hydrographic service at No. 1,621 Masonic Temple building, Chicago, George Ps Blow, U.S. N,, in charge, says: "The object and intention of this office is to assist the lake sailor, as we have already assisted the seafaring men on the At- lantic, Pacific and Gulfcoasts. To do this intelligently, it is first necessary to learn a great deal of the conditions governing lake navigation, and we will depend upon the assistance and co-oper- ation of the lake sailors to obtain this information. 'T'he advice contained in your editorial is most excellent, and the policy there outlined has always been the policy of the hydrographic office." Mr. Blow invites masters of vessels to call at his office when in Chicago. A Reputation for Honest Work. We some time ago asked a well known ship builder of San | Fraticisco how it was possible that Harland & Wolff's at Belfast had attained such eminence among European ship yards. His answer was: " I will illustrate it by a circumstance that hap- pened not long ago. One of the White Star steamers was in pott here, and the chief engineer wanted a door in his depart- ment divided transversely, so he could open the top part inde- pendently. We sent a man to cut the door in two, and when he had sawed into the edge a little way he struck iron. Thinking it was a nail or screw he turned the door around and sawed in on the other side, and again struck iron. We then examined the door, and found it contained an iron plate let into the stiles, and covered with wood panels outside. There was no sign of iron when the door was finished. It was careful, honest work, and that is what has built up the Belfast business."--Industry, San Francisco. Stocks of Grain at Lake Ports. The following table, prepared from reports of the Chicago board of trade, shows the stocks of wheat and corn in store at the principal points of accumulation on the-lakes on Aug. 12, 1893: Wheat, bu. Corn, bu. (UES Figioo Ss nddononeeneaccant 18,525,000 1,555,000 TO ENE ee ne eeice ste eee eee =e Bt OW OCON 9 Fieraeren Milwattle@e Realities ek <2 6 1,069,000 3,000 DEthOltesncss- ses esaeee a seule 815,000 2,000 TO] COIs hioes hs ata oe ae ook ae eid 1,178,000 76,000 Briel Oesans coc actsnietsh tose 1,395,000 373,000 Mota ees ead: 26,797,000 2,009,000 At the points named there is a net decrease for the week of 1,535,000 bushels of wheat and 10,000 bushels of corn. Trade Notes, The American Shipmasters' Association of New York, pub- lishers of the Record of American and Foreign Shipping, classed during the past week the shin Aryan, screw steamer Knicker- bocker, and three-masted schooner Mary Sanford, all American. At Lorain, O., Mr. Ed. EK. Fuller recently opened up the Lorain Machine and Repair Shops, which are located close to the several coal and ore docks at that port. 'The shops are equipped with machinery sufficient for ordinary repairs, and engineers will undoubtedly find it to their advantage to give Mr. Fuller a trial when needing repairs in Lorain. The new 60-foot double-engine naphtha yacht Truant has just been delivered to her owner, Mr. H. L. Terrell, who will use her on the Shrewsbury river for the balance of the season, and send her to Florida later on. She is a marvel of comfort and elegance, and completely fitted for extended cruises. Her build- ers, the Gas Engine & Power Company, of Morris Heights, on the Harlem, claim she made over ten miles an hour ona long trip. Her power is two 12-horse power naphtha motors. A supplement to the United States Standard Register of Shipping of New York, just issued, contains particulars of thirty- eight lake vessels, of which twenty-two have been built under inspection or classed under special survey, by the association publishing the register. Of these latter the greater number are big steel vessels like the Northern Line and Lehigh Valley steamers, Centurion Maritana, and_others which are given star ratings for twenty and twenty-five years. Another edition of H. R. Worthington's general catalogue, including illustrations of the firm's world's fair exhibit has been published. Engineers in charge of pumping machinery can secure one of the books by addressing W. D. Kearfott, No. 54 Frankfort street, Cleveland, O. It will be of interest to Americans to learn that Worthington pumping engines are to be used for the water supply of the city of Osaka, Japan. By the placing of this order there is literally a " girdle 'round the earth" of Worthington pumping engines, these machines hav- ing worked their way as far east as China up to the time of the awarding of this last contract. The marine department of the Maryland Steel Works, Spar- row's Point, Md.,was ably represented at the Chicago congress by Mr. Frank B. King. His discourse on the paper contributed by Consul O. Schlick of Hamburg, Germany, on vibration was masterly and interesting. Mr. King is a graduate ot one of the polytechnic universities of Baltimore. After finishing his educa- tion there he entered the ship building works of Messrs. Wm. Cramp & Sotis of Philadelphia, from which he subsequently with- drew to become the supetintendent of the Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock of Baltimore. From these works he became the manager of the more extensive plant of the Maryland Steel Works, where the Alabama, a fine specimen of naval architecture now running between Baltimore and Norfolk, was produced recently.