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to MARINE REVIEW. MARINE REVIEW. DEVOTED TO THE LAKE MARINE AND KINDRED INTERESTS. Published every Thursday at No. 516 Perry-Payne building, Cleveland, O. Chicago office, (branch), No. 706 Phoenix building. SUBSCRIPTION--$2.00 per year in advance. Single copies 1ocents each. Convenient binders sent, post paid, 75 cents. Advertising rates on appli- cation. The books of the United States treasury department contain the names of 3,657 vessels, of1,183,582.55 gross tons register in the lake trade. The lakes have more steam vessels of 1,000 to 2,500 tons than the com- bined ownership of this class of vessels ift all other sections of the country. The number of steam vessels of 1,000 to 2,500 tons on the lakes on June 30, 1892, was 321 and their aggregate gross tonnage 534,490.27; in all other parts of the country the number of this class of vessels was,on the same date, 217 and their gross tonnage 321,784.6. The classification of the entire lake fleet is as follows: Gross. Class. Number. Tonnage. WLCAMIEVESSE Sie ee cacs ceiving snciesWatdetecemesosusess 1,631 763,063.32 RO AIMMIPORNVESSEI Sts cocecer ctoan coe osie cease iat its nese 1,226 319,617.61 Canal boats........... Rereneneten ede tereectarsnece ee 731 75,590 50 BAG PES. ses remtesticbiels on Shes os ave ons 8 shalianiak wteoes ds 69 25,321.12 MOC ales ate any Reese see coool svevet eas cs 3,657 1,183,582.55 Tonnage built on the lakes during the past five years, according to the reports of the United States commissioner of navigation, is as follows : Number. Net Tonnage. TESS Reet ese sierl ede cadtlede oes end ances 222 IOI, 102.87 MOSO sioosttssnas stnses otioean aces wale cab aabes deat ees 225 107,080.30 OQ Oe ae nce eoenecteiuet agetoet sos onetc nestle es 218 108,515.00 MOL seen dase c ees sino ctaaisaltnuie acid bitran eters 204 111,856.45 BOO Deve satonc nce ts dee ncswasia: scce, seestere ces ose 169 45,168.98 MGtald sestess: eke eeidenasshetess 1,038 473,723.60 ST. MARY'S FALLS AND SUEZ CANAL, TRAFFIC. St. Mary's Falls Canal. Suez Canal. 1892. | 1891. 1890. _||_1892. | 1891. | 1890. No. vessel passages : 12,580} 10,191) 10,557 3,559 4,207 3,389 Ton'ge, net regist'd/10,647,203/8,400,685|8,454,435 |7,712,028 8,698,777|6,890,014 Days of navigation.. 220 225 22 365 365 365 Entered at Cleveland Post Office as Second-class Mail Matter. . BUFFALO managers of the ake Carriers' Association, who are in the majority on the legislative committee, have thought it advisable to have the association as an organization take no action in the matter of petitioning Congress relative to tariff on iron ore. The reason advanced has reference to dealings with Congress in the future, when, as the Buffalo members believe, it will be well to show that the association has never taken part in questions of a political nature. A vote of the general associa- tion would undoubtedly overrule this action of the legislative committee, but the vessel owners had, however, already given expression, as individuals, to their views on the proposed re- moval of the tariff. Protests have been sent from all of the lead- ing lake cities, and now that it seems about certain that ore is to go onto the free list, another great draw-back to next season's carrying trade is presented. Additional uncertainty and inac- tivity must follow. 'The indications are that figures relative to iron ore on Lake Erie docks, which will be made up shortly, will show more unsold ore, both Bessemer and non-Bessemer, than there was at this time a year ago, notwithstanding the re- duction of about 3,000,000 tons in the output. 'This means that only the largest mines will be worked during the winter, and these with reduced forces, so that the future of the vessel busi- ness, as viewed from present conditions, is even worse than it was before the opening of the season just closing, which has been the most disastrous in the history of lake business. Jams W. Ellsworth of Chicago and Calvin Morris of Cleve- land, well known soft coal producers, have made large purchases of coal lands in West Virginia on the line of the Chesepeake & Ohio Railway. Large quantities of West Virginia coal from along the line of the Baltimore & Ohio are already being shipped _to the north-west by lake, and if it is the intention to open up to lake business this new district on the Chesapeake & Ohio, the operators of the Pittsburg & Hocklng districts may look for active competition. The Chesapeake & Ohio, with its Vander- | _bilt connections, and under the direction of Mr. M. E. Ingalls, is a pushing company, and the great wealth of coal in West Virginia will be made to furnish it westward traffic, while its export business from Newport News continues to grow in com- petition with northern Atlantic ports. CuIcAGo vessel owners take little interest in the schemes proposed for regulating freight charges through concerted action on the part of all owners of "wild" carriers. It must be ad- mitted that the vessel owners of other lake cities as well as Chi- cago have serious doubts about the possibility of a combination being effected, but the Cleveland men who want it succeeded in consolidating the old Lake Carriers' Association and Cleveland Vessel Owners' Association, although many were of the opinion that that combination could not be effected. IN vIEw of the several accidents that have occurred during the past two seasons at the Lime-Kilns crossing, Detroit river, the suggestion of Mr. Wm. Livingstone, Jr., that the cut shoud be widened from 440 to 600 feet, is worthy of consideration, and the subject will undoubtedly be taken up at the coming general meeting of the Lake Carriers' Association. As many as ten vessels have been known to meet in this cut at one time. In a paper on "Fast Ocean Steamships," in Cassier's Mag- azine for December, Dr. Francis Elgar, prominent English naval architect, draws an interesting comparison between the famous Great Eastern and the latest type of modern ocean steamer as ex- emplified in the Cunard liner Campania. Capt. Edward A. Webb. Edward A. Webb,brother of H. J. Webb of the firm of H. lit Webb & Co., ship owners and brokers of Cleveland, whose death was announced Monday, had been employed by his brother for | a number of years and was probably as well posted in lake mat- ters as any man in Cleveland. He wasa well known figure in this old brokerage house, and vessel owners from all over the lakes who have met him in business dealings will hear of his death with sincere regrets. Little was ever said in the office of H. J. Webb & Co., that he did not hear, and a wonderful memory, coupled with a natural liking for the busine<s, served the firm and himself well on many occasions. In an office look- ing after the interests of many vessels in different parts of the lakes, questions of importance from shippers, owners and others, relative to the whereabouts of different craft, are asked at all times of the day, and "'Ed" Webb, as he was familiarly called, was probably better able to answer such questions than any man in a like position in the numerous offices engaged in the same line of business. He will certainly be missed in the office of H. J. Webb & Co., and kindly remembered by a very large circle of friends among lake-faring men. He lost his wife from the same cause, typhoid-pneumonia, just three weeks previous to his own death. Entirely unassuming in manner, he was seldom, if ever, heard to speak of himself, but he had an army record of which any man might feel proud. He served all through the war of the rebellion, beginning as a private volunteer and com- ing out as a captain. He thus had full right to a title lavishly given to men in all branches of the lake business, but unheard of in connection with his name by many people who knew him well, until after his death. FIFTEEN PHOTOTYPES OF THE LATEST LAKE STERAMERS AND A PICTURE OF THE GREAT EASTERN, NEATLY BOUND, FOR 50 CENTS. WRITE THE MARINE REVIEW, no. 516 PERRY- PAYNE BUILDING, CLEVELAND, O.