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° | MARINE REVIEW. The Frank Rockefeller and Consort. Capt. Alex. McDougall, inventor of the whalebacks and general man- ager of the American Steel Barge Co's. works at West Superior, is of the opinion that the wha'eback steamer Frank Rockefeller and her consort, No. 137, are among the strongest and best constructed vessels ever turned out of alake ship yard. A cross sectional drawing giving sizes and weights of material iu these two vessels is presented herewith. The one drawing : serves for both ships. They are to bethe property of the bargecompany. The steamer was launched several days ago and the barge is now about ready for launching. The steamer is 380 by 45 by 26 feet and the barge is 360 by 45 by 26 feet. The steamer has triple expansion engines, with cyl- inders of 23,38 and 63 inches diameter by 40 inches stroke, and three Scotch boilers 12 feet in diameter and 13 feet long. Each of the boilers has three 38-inch furnaces and the working steam pressure is 175 pounds. K 324" ron aL 2ak™ To 2ah®conwngn ~ anny ae Ne V2hX Arr, =~ 65) Fork L w | 'Te 20 "for? we Aer a kx alex sX_ * Pare x x 10 STRINGER 44"xK 2o In nearly all cases it favors the valuable steamer as against the oor man's vessel. But the Minnesota law is, nevertheless, more accept. stile to all vessel owners than the laws of some other lake states, on ac. count of the low rate of 3 cents a ton. A copy of the = was recently re. ceived from a Duluth vessel owner. It is designated chapter No. 248, general lawof Minnesota, 1895," and stripped of the usual legal introduc. tion is as follows: : "Sec.1. That in consideration of an annual payment into the state treasury by the owner of any steam vessel, barge, boat or other water craft, owned within this state, or hailing from any part thereof, and employed in the navigation of international waters, of asum equal to 3 cents per net ton of the registered tonnage thereof, such payment shall be received in lieu of all taxes and said steam vessel, barge, boat or other water craft shall be and the same is hereby made exempt from all further texation, | tion. ty HATCH 6-O _._~-+--~->| Decn Flarina Le * -- Fae eT vi 7 " + - : sano ean. Na eee ie : L-- . 3 J 4 rN a = ------ K 122 ' 3 x oe ee x3" 164 tox sh abh ieee : 2 TANK-PTARG IN 19- * COLECRTILIEEL FO AKA 10% oie ELE Nea ] a " * | y H i BEArS 70% 4h x 30 Bes 4 Feer Ararr | «= a : a : hee 24 for At wd i | el ; H 207 ar Enos LOM | | SCANTLINGS | I ae * 3 Z Facies CAI ASS For AL, Nstor. | rene, * . 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Taxation of Vessels in Minnesota. All ships of the Rockefeller fleet are to hail from Duluth. Although the minagement of these vessels does not admit that this action is taken on account of a tax law in Mianesota that is favorable to ships, it is quite certain that the question of taxation had a great deal to do with the matter of listing these vessels at Duluth, while the management is in Cleveland, A Minnesota law approved April 2, 1895, makes the taxes of vessels in that state only 3 cents per net registeredton. By this law big steel steamers, that are of great value on account of their costly machinery and their ability to move large quantities of freight very rap- idly, have a decided advantage over steamers of moderate value and especi- ally over sail vessels and tow barges. The tonnage of the big steamer that is valued at $200,000 or $250,000 is in some cases scarcely more than double that of alow grade lumber barge that would not be worth more than $20,000 or $25,000. This is the objection to the tonnage system of taxa- either state or municipal, upon the payment of the sum herein provided. "Sec. 2, The owner of any steam vessel, barge, boat or other water craft, hailing from any port of this state, and employed in the navigation of international waters, desiring to comply with the terms of this act, shall annually on or before the first day of July file with the state auditor a verified statement in writing containing the name, port of hail, tonnage, and name of owner of such steam vessel, barge, boat or other water craft, and shall thereupon pay into the state treasury a sum equal to 3 cents per net ton of the registered tonnage of said vessel, and the treasurer shall thereupon issue his receipt therefor. "Sec. 8. The state treasurer shall annually, on or before the first day of December, pay into the county treasury of any county wherein 18 located the port of hail of any steam vessel, barge or other water craft complying with this act one-half of all money so received from any vessel or water craft whose port of hail is within said county." i 5