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MARINE REVIEW. Vora CLEVEEAND, GO JULY 26, 164 No. 4. Money for Canal Surveys. Contrary to expectations the United States senate added to the river and harbor bill appropriations aggregating $35,000 for canal schemes that were not recognized in the bill as it passed the house. 'The first of these appropriations is one of $5,000 to defray the expense of examining former reports of government engineers and determining the most feasible route for the Chesapeake and Delaware canal, Then there is $10,000 provided for the examination and survey of a route for a canal connecting Lake Su- perior with the Mississippi river. The third project is one encouraged by Senators Sherman and Brice of Ohio for a canal to connect Lake Erie and the Ohio river. Although this scheme has repeatedly been pronounced worthless by representatives of the lake interests, the Ohio senators seem determined to encourge in- terior t wns of their state in the mistaken idea that it is possible to se- cure a part of the lake business through such a canal. Thesection of the bill covering this scheme is as follows: "That the secretary of war is hereby authorized and directed to appoint a board of three engineers of the army whose duty it shall be to survey the Miami and Erie canal, the Ohio canal and such branches thereof, and such river and stream channels as may, in their judgment form available portions of a continuous canal connecting the waters of Lake Erie with the Ohio river through the state of Ohio, and to report as to the feasibility and advisability of improving and widening such canal to 70 feet at the water line, and déepening the same to 7 feet, and by construction of new locks not less than 150 feet in length and 21 feet in width, with a capacity for vessels of at least 280 tons burden, and to report to the next session of congress with detailed plans and an estimate of the cost of such improvement; and $20,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the cost of said survey, is hereby appro- priated. Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to commit the government to proceed with the construction of said improvement." Corrected Charts. The statement that certain revised charts of the St. Mary's river and Lake Superior, which are being prepared under the direction of Gen. Poe, corps of engineers, U.S. A., Detroit, would be ready for distribution in a few weeks is premature, as indicated by the following, which is a part of a letter from Gen. Poe on the subject: "I fear some misapprehension has gone abroad with reference to these revised charts. Those pertaining to the St. Mary's river, (including Hay lake channel), have been extensively corrected in manuscript and forwarded to Washington where the engraved plates will be corrected. How long this will require I do not know, but I feel sure that it will be done as quickly as possible. I think, however, that it will take more than a few weeks. The chart of Lake Superior on one sheet is still in the draftsman's hands in this office, and is likely to be for three months longer, or more, depending upon the interruptions to which the work is subjected. After itis sent to Washington it must be reproduced either by photo-lithography or engraving, and that will take some time, so that I greatly doubt whether it will be issued this season. As the newspapers have stated that it will be published within a few weeks, which is an impossibility, I trust you will correct the erroneous rumor, the origin of which is unknown to me. Certainly no such information has emanated from this office." Lumbermen Got in Their Work With the Senate. When Cleveland officers of the Lake Carriers' Association read in the REVIEW last week a copy of the raft towing regulations contained in the river and harbor bill, as amended by the senate, they were astonished be- yond all previous experience in legislative matters. They realized that the bill had not been properly attended to in Washington, and that the lumbermen, through senatorial influence, had so amended the rafting regulations that vessel owners will probably insist on having them stricken out of the bill altogether, and go all over the subject again in congress, if changes can not be made in conference before the measure comes up for final passage. As fixed up in the commerce committee of the senate, and as passed by the senate, the bill places no limit on the size of the rafts in St. Mary's river, although the board of engineers ap- pointed to investigate the subject had recommended a limit of 600 feet in length and 60 feet in width for rafts passing through that waterway be- tween Sault Ste. Marie and the head or Mud lake, at a point two miles below the Encampment crib light. For rafts passing through the Detroit and St. Clair rivers the senate increased the limit of size from 100 feet in width and 1,200 feet in length, as recommended by the engineers, to 200 feet and 2,200 feet respectively. It will readily be seen that these changes, especially the absence of any limitation in thesize of raftsin the St. Mary's river, practically amount to an abandonment of the most important featuresof the regulations Since the senate's action in the matter has been understood, numerous. telegrams and letters, urging that the regulations as adopted by the house be insisted upon in conference, have been forwarded to Waehington, and it may be that the quiet work of the lumbermen in the senate committee on commerce will be overcome, but this can not be done without a great effort. " Time Schedule of the North West. Several inquiries have been received regarding the time schedule of 'the Northern line passenger steamer North West. According to schedule the boat, bound up, should MeayerBiitialoyeinestas,Seercceseassesces seas araoe =. cue aaeeeete 9p. m. 'ter Cleveland Wiedities daysretcnncaeaeracerat scooters 8 a.m. "Detroit, eh ae Oe eee cL aeaae ate doers eee 3p. m. fe Ssauleste Maries sets day sierco esos rencercstes 12 noon Arrive at Duluth, shridaysissaan ct susctssetencent' hegecteeaes 8 a. m. Bound down the lakes, her time for arriving at stopping points is as follows : Arrive: Salt ste. Marlen SatUGG ay.Ga.) sescdocned- scenes hance 12 noon {Sm DeTLO tty -S Ul May. Se.tcseuaianatin caine canes eee 10 a. m. io Cleveland SuniclayiSusscsssecne se stoecseenie tees eee 5 p. m, C- -Buttalo; Mondays! 2.2. sacoucticdnanncsstssces: ocak ecaqanents 6 a.m. Eastern standard time at Buffalo; all other ports central standard time. The Eddy Leads in Ore, Grain and Coal. The big straight-back steamer Selwyn Eddy, owned by Eddy Bros. of Bay City, delivered 4,252 net tons of hard coal in Chicago Tuesday from Buffalo, and now leads all lake vessels in big cargoes carried through con- necting waters of the lakes. Her records are: 3,897 gross or 4,364 net tous of ore, Escanaba to Ashtabula; 130,820 bushels of wheat, Detroit to Buffalo; 4,252 net tons of coal, Buffalo to Chicago. The excess of ore over coal is due largely to the practice among lake steamers of taking ona supply of fuel at the lower port to last for the round trip, and thus car- goes in vessels bound down the lakes are in nearly all cases larger than taken up. In connection with these records it may be well to notethat the Eddy is not, however, to be credited with the largest cargo ever carried on the lakes. This distinction still belongs to the Minnesota line steamer Mari- tana, which carried 4,260 gross or 4,771 net tons of ore from Escanaba to South Chicago, a trade in in which the draft of water permits of probably any vessel on the lakes being loaded to full capacity. Millions Carried on New York Ferries. It is estimated that the yearly passenger trips on ferry boats between New Jersey and New York number 70,000,000; that the total for all New York ferries will exceed 170,000,000; that the number of boat trips equals 1,800,000, and the number of teams carried 5,000,000. All this im- mense traffic is carried on with remarkable safety. The lamentable acci- dent to a Staten Island ferry boat, some twenty years ago, and a single collision afford the only cases of death from accident on record among North river ferry passengers. There have been other cases of death, but such as are not directly connected with the risks of the business, such as falling down companionways, being run over by teams, etc.-- Col. A. E. Stevens in Cassier's Magazine. Some idea may be had of the immense quantity of material used in the construction of the great Forth bridge when it is mentioned that it requires about fifty tons of paint to cover it, and that the area to be so dealt with means something like 120 acres. Notwithstanding that since the bridge was opened about 200 trains have passed over it daily, the wear and tear are scarcely perceptible, and the inclinations and deflections are quite unchanged. "Country Homes" is the title of a pamphlet issued by the Nickel Plate road, giving alist of places open to summer boarders along the south shore of Lake Erie. Write for a copy. Aug 30