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MARINE REVIEW. Li A Cathode Ray Photograph. A great deal of attention is being given to the new cathode ray pho- tographs. The intense light shows through substances that are con- sidered opaque, discovering and showing such objects as the bones ina man's hand, or the outline of the brain in his head. The REVIEW sub- mits an alleged examplé of this photography. The object is the new tug C. L. Boynton, which is known to be very close to the heart of the gentleman. whose portrait also appears in the picture--Capt. Robt. P. Thompson, formerly of the tug Brockway and now manager of the Thompson Tug Line, Port Huron. In view of the fact that the Boynton is among the finest tugs on the lakes, and one of the largest of her class, it would not be difficult tosum up arguments against the genuiness of the picture, as a sample of results obtained from the new X ray process, but it represents Capt. Thompson's estimation of his new boat. The Boynton is 95 feet over all, 22 feet beam, and 10 feet deep, and has a com- pound engine 17% by 34 by 30 inches.. Directed Against Canadians on Lake Steamers. Marine engineers throughout the country are certainly availing themselves of every opportunity to pass the Squire bill, which requires full citizenship and makes all engineers officers of steam vessels. Reso- lutions and memorials are being forwarded to congress from all sections of the country, and on the lakes now the. bill is being urged from the standpoint of danger involved in permitting Canadians to hold place in the engine rooms of lake vessels. The following memorial covering this feature of the subject has just been forwarded to congress by Cleveland engineers: '""We, the members of association No. 2 of the National Marine En- gineers Beneficial Association, most respectfully petition your honorable body for the favorable consideration of the bill relating to marine en- gineers, presented by Senator Watson C. Squire. We desire to impress your honorable body with the justice of the measure as affecting our rights as American citizens, and also with its advisability as a safeguard to American shipping and American property in case of war. We sub- mit: "First.--That it is but justice to the citizens of the United States who are engaged as engineers in the merchant marine, and whoare compelled, as such, to pass a rigid examination before our United States inspectors, to receive a license permitting them to practice their art, that they be protected by law from foreign competition and cheap labor while acting under such license and as American citizens. -- Second.--While it was the evident purpose of the bill passed some time ago subsidizing American steamers carrying the mailsto build upa safeguard, by having in time of war first-class steamers officered by loyal citizens, still the fact remains that by perversion of the spirit of the law it is now but necessary fora foreign engineer to declare his intentions before securing a license to assume control of the most vital part of the ship. And last.--That the close proximity of Canada to our points of ship- ping on the great lakes renders it possible for foreigners to obtain li- censes.as engineers in charge of the motive power of American ships, and earn their livelihood in competion with American citizens,and at the same time retain their residence and citizenship in Canada; and as it has been shown conclusively in the last few months that this frontier would be an important point in case of war with an unfriendly power, we con- tend that as the safety of our ships is dependent in a large measure on their motive power, this power should only be entrusted to the care of men who have no affiliation with any foreign power and whose citizen- ship is fully completed." 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 Feb. 29, 1896: Wheat, bushels. Corn, bushels. Chicago eines lasddesSuesele 19, 9.05000 3,928,000 Dulttthisansiscccueeeee ee pate 11,450,000 102,000 Milwaukee: csscsevss¢itiosnscosaseees oe) 996,000) oo fuse cate te nee Détrolt:iccsucet is ee 295,000 12,000 ToleG Opzcdssesaseee goss oes he aa 371,000 757 ,000 Buffalosics.2 seh. Oas. bas. DER ve .» 1,825,000 91,000 Total icvibsaadrg canteen 34 667,000 4,890,000 As compared with a week ago, the above figures show at the several points named a decrease of 466,000 bushels of wheat and an increase of 649,000 bushels of corn. On Feb. 29, there was afloat at Chicago 281,000 bushels of wheat, 4,574,- 000 bushels of corn and 793,000 bushels of oats; at Buffalo, 259,000 bushels of wheat, 223,000 bushels of oats and 250,000 bushels of barley; at Duluth, 512,000 bushels of wheat; and at Milwaukee 176,000 bushels of wheat and 120,000 bushels of oats. New. Engineering Journal. The Western Society of Engineers, which has headquarters in Chi- cago, has begun the publication of a journal. The first number is highly complimentary to the society. It contains as a supplement, several pro- files designed to show the shallows and obstructions along natural water routes, from Chicago and Duluth in the west to Quebec and New York in the east, via. the several great lakes and their connecting waters, the St. Lawrence river and the Champlain-Hudson valley, all referred to mean tide at New York. The scale adopted is 10 feet vertical to each cen- timeter, and one mile per centimeter horizontal. This first number of the journal also contains an article on dry docks of the great lakes, by A. V. Powell of Chicago. The office of this publication is at 1737 Monad, nock block, Chicago. Sei Largest Harbor Tug Business on the Lakes, Information has been given out concerning the acquisition of the tug interests of Ashtabula by the Ashtabula Tug Co., which is managed by W. A. Collier, general manager of the well-known Vessel Owners' Tow- ing Co. of Cleveland. This makes a total of sixteen tugs managed by Mr. Collier, and owned by acompany composed largely of the principal vessel owners of Cleveland. There is hardJy a tug company on the lakes with such strong financial backing, and there is certainly no com- pany whose interests include the control of one fourth as many modern freight steamers. While there is no intention of forming a general com- bination, the two companies are thinking seriously of placing four pow- erful tugs at the Sault the coming season. This, as well as the Ashtabula move, is in the line of furnishing better service for the vessels controlled by the stockholders. One fare for the round trip, March 9th, 10th, and 11th, is the rate via the Nickel Plate road to Columbus, Ohio, for the Republican state con- vention, from all points in Ohio. 24-Mar. 10, --