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REVIE MARINE VoL. XIII. CLEVELAND, O., APRIL 2, 1896. Lake Hull Tariff for 1896. Following is the schedule of insurance rates on hulls adopted by lake underwriters atthe meeting held in Buffalo recently. One year after another rates are materially increased on low grade vessels. It would certainly seem that A2 vessels will be compelled to run through the com- ing season without insurance on account of this tariff: VESSELS OF Al AND Al% CLASS--SEASON APRIL, 1 To DEC. 10. Al jA1y% Steel steam vessels................0ceeees All valuations............... $3 50 |......... Wooden steam vessels................60 SIOOO0O:. «. Beevers 4 25 |$4 75 $ 60,000 to $100,000 ........ 4 50 | 5 00 $ 30,000 to $ 60,000........ 4 75 | & 25 Below $30,000........... ..+ 5 00 | 5 50 Steel sail vessels..........:...cseesesseeees All valuations............... 4 50 | 5 00 Wooden sail vessels............:.:0s0s0s. $30,000 and over............ 5 50 | 6 00 Under $30,000................ 6 50 | 7 00 Total loss and general aver- ) 25 per cent. off steel. age, including collision, \ 20 per cent. off wood. Ten per cent. off for double bottom sheathed steel boats. Seven-eighth collision clause subject to $500 deductible average. Partial loss subject to %4 of 1 per cent. deductible average, but not less than $250 in any case. VESSELS OF A2 AND LOWER CLASSES--SEASON APRIL 1 To ps&c. 1. a o © o he ae eee ES 2 ° ae Valuation in policy. 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Aealigte 43/1... 534 | 7 5 AD eet e seers souls pees | me~= sesce aie Bi face 6% | 741 6 AOI) Me eee sins lage te ite Sleitdct ons 6 eels TES ae ee ee eee ae Seale a [LC ealocs ceailesteneleeatios GA. ses 734| 9 9 Total loss and general average deduct 20 per cent. Lake Carriers' Matters in Washington. President J. J. H. Brown and Secretary C. H. Keep of the Lake Car- riers' Association, who have been in Washington for several days past, have been giving attention not only to the Detroit river bridge bill but to all other legislative matters in which the association is interested. Secretary Keep wired the REVIEW today (Thursday) as follows: "The Detroit bridge bill is likely to be put on passage in the senate any date. Senator Vest stated several days ago that it would be called up very soon. Senator Sherman returned yesterday. He will speak in opposition to piers in the river and will probably offer an amendment to the bill abolishing piers in the channel, and providing for a single span" bridge. Senators Nelson and Davis of Minnesota, and other opponents of the bridge piers, are not hopeful of defeating the bridge bill in the senate. 'The attitude of the commerce committee will, they believe, con- trol enough members to pass the bill in that body, " The bill authorizing the immediate construction of North Manitou light-house will be favorably reported in the senate today. " Assistant Secretary of Treasury Hamlin has.the matter of stationing 4 day and night customs officers at Mesabi dock, Duluth, under advise- ment, with prospect that officers will be provided at the dock to issue. clearances. 'General Craighill, chief of engineers, will get an immediate report from engineer officer at Detroit as to the necessity of dredging the 'middle ground' at Black River, Port Huron. He will also decide the question as to whether any part of the 20-foot channel appropriation can. be used to do this work. , "The matter of regulations in St. Mary's river is in the hands of the commissioner of navigation and the chief of the marine service to frame regulations governing vessels and rafts in that river. These officers de- sire lake navigators to send them at once carefully worded rules which they deem necessary in the interest of safety. 1 SHER "The river and harbor bill has not as yet been made public. It is understood that the amounts actually appropriated are small, but that the lakes are well taken care of in putting many important projects on the contract system." Lake Freight Matters. David Wallace and others of Lorain, who own the steamers Vega and Vulcan, as well as the steamer Robert Wallace and consort David Wallace, have engaged all of these vessels on what are practically full season con- tracts. The Vega and Vulcan will carry ore from the head of Lake Su- perior for M. A. Hanna & Co. at $1 and the Robert and David Wallace are -- placed with the J. H. Outhwaite & Co. for Marquette ore to Nov. 1 at 90 cents. These contracts were made several days ago but the information was not given out. The same owners have contracted with A.C. Saun- | ders & Co. to take a block of ccal from Ohio 'ports to the head of Lake Superior, but it is understood that the rate in this transaction will de- pend upon future contracts. Capt. James Davidson of West Bay City, who took 100,000 tons of dollar ore several months ago, has also con- tracted with H. D. Turney tocarry 50,000 tons of coal from Sandusky - and Toledo tothe head of Lake Superior at 4214 cents. A year agohe took a large quantity of Lake Superiorcoal at 32% and 35 cents, The. steamer C. B. Lockwood is chartered for a first trip with coal, Cleveland to Chicago, at 50 cents, and it is understood that a few other vessels en- - gaged to take single cargoes of coal to Milwaukee will probably get 50 cents, although charters are for the going rate. Notwithstanding these ore contracts, it can be said that the ore deal- ers have not as yet tried to make sales. They are just ready now to ap- proach the furnace men on the subject of sales. The Wallace boats, re- ferred to above, have been engaged in carrying ore for M. A. Hanna & Co since they were built, and the charter on that account is surrounded by circumstances that counteract materially its importance as a transac- tion establishing a market rate. It is not looked upon as such, ard on the contrary it is certain that the feeling among vessel owners against anything less than $1.10 is much stronger to-day than it was two or three weeks ago. The serious problem of low water is the great cause for this feeling. Contracts made thus far have not started a general movement towards closing up the business of the coming season. If the ore dealers, who are about to offer their product for sale, find fur- nace men ready to buy as they were a year ago, vessels will be paid more than $1 on ore; if sales are delayed, the outcome will be uncertain, and more ore will probably be covered at dollar freight, but the great bulk of tonnage in the ore trade will run without contracts rather than accept the low rate. Declarations of this kind have been heard from vessel owners many times in the past, andin the face of them they have taken the rates to which they objected, but the certainty of a heavy movement of freight under any circumstances this season makes the situation exceptional. The British warship Penguin, while engaged in making 'deep-sea soundings between Tonga and New Zealand, recently, is reported to have got bottom at 5,155 fathoms. The deepest sounding previously made was by the American warship Tuscarora off the northeast coast of Japan, when bottom was reached at 4,655 fathoms. - Capt. Daniel McLeod, manager of the Inland Lloyds Register, de- sires to direct attention to two errors of print in the book. Valuation of the steel steamer Marina should be $160,000 instead of $100,000, and that of the wooden steamer Roumania should be $95,000 instead of $85,000. "ROPER'S LAND AND MARINE ENGINES,' BOUND IM MOROCCO WITH FLAP AND POCKET, WILL BE MAILED TO ANY ADDRESS FOR $3.50 SENT TO THE MARINE REVIEW, CLEVELAND, 0. NOt gas