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MARINE REVIEW. 11 Commissioner of Navigation, It was expected that Mr. EK. T. Chamberlain, United States com- missioner of navigation, would be on the lakes this week and would take up with officers of the Lake Carriers' Association a discussion of Sault river regulations, making a trip to the Sault for the purpose of satisfying himself as to conditions from personal observation. Mr. Chamberlain was, however, unable to make the lake trip, and it i 18 y, probable now that Mr. Harvey D. Goulder, counsel for the association will go to. Washington during the latter mae of the. present week to E. T CHAMBERLAIN, U. S. COMMISSIONER OF NAVIGATION. represent the vessel interests in the matter. until after the close of the present season of navigation, and "Mr. Goulder's trip to Washington now will have to do principally with fmes that have been imposed on a large number of stédiers.' factory manner, ness to conduct the affairs of his office, as far as they relate to the lakes, in accordance with the best interests of the majority. He is a young man and has had 'no special training in shipping matters, but he 'has displayed sound judgment in his dealings with lake vessel men: He is a native of Albany, N. Y., and previous to his appointment of commissioner of * navigation by -- President Cleveland 'was: So ae ie newspapers of that city. Ship Yard Matters, The side-wheel steamer Corona, latest: of the Canadian'excursion Steamers, owned by tthe Niagara Navigation Co. of Toronto, is now on the route between Toronto and points on Niagara, river below the falls. The Corona is 277 feet over all, 270 feet on the water line, 32 feet moulded beam, 59 feet beam over guards, and 18 feet 6 inches depth of hold. Engines are of the inclined compound condensing - direct acting type; with cylinders 454 and 85 inches diameter, by 66. inches stroke. They are expected to develop about 2,000 I. H. P. Her paddle wheels are of the feathering type, 20 feet 6 indhies in diameter » outside of buckets, the buckets having a face of 9 feet 8 inches. Steam is Supplied by six boilers, 8 feet in diameter and 16 feet long. 'There. are two spearate fire holds, with three boilers in each. There is steam Steering gear anda large electric light plant. She has a carrying capacity of 2,000 persons. with considerable rake, give the vessel a fine appearance. Some time ago it was said that the American Steel Barge Co. of two whaleback barges brought from the coast recently. Now it is said that all of these plans have been put aside by the directors of the cleared up. s Saturday, Sept. 5 5, is the day set for launching the second Rocke- : ler Steamship atthe Wyandotte shipyards of the Detroit Dry Dock 0. She is to be named Robert Fulton. Considerable work is yet There was no intention, anyhow, of taking up the question of a change of any kind i in the rules : "There is little question of a final settlement of the rules, later on, in a satis- Mr. Chamberlain has at all times shove a willing- -- Two smoke-stacks, one aft of the other, would build, on its own account, another 400-foot steamer and would - also 'build a: second dry dock. Other work "included the lengthening: "ompany, who were to use their own judgment in the matter, and that no new work will be undertaken until the. political atmosphere 1s i vege is 160 and valuation $5,500. to be done on this steamer, and although a force of nearly 600 men are working, it is doubtful if launching will not have to be delayed a few days. The steamship Sir Wm. Fairbairn had steam on her en- gines on Saturday last and everything was found satisfactory. '"Dhe Fairbairn will be ready for commision. by' 'the end of the present week, Supt. Thomas Bristow of the Cleveland Ship Building Co. paid a" short visit to his old home and friends at 'Wyandotte on Sunday last) L. P. & J. A. Smith of Cleveland have a good tug for outside -- purposes, for tending dredging plants or for wrecking in the Chancy -- A. Morgan, built from the steamer Riverside, which was in service on -- the Detroit river for a number of years. manager of the Cleveland Tug Co. room and quarters for a large crew, and as her power is late: on will" be fast. Her engine and boiler are practically new. - The boat is named for the 'An extension of time on the work of constructing the revenue s cutter Walter Q. Gresham has been granted to the Globe Tron Works -- Co., Cleveland, by Chief Shoemaker of. the revenue cutter. service. -- The boat will not now be finished until. Noy. 1. plans of all details, and these plans must in every case be passeee upon. and approved in Washington as the work progresses. ee Some repair work is going on right along at Craig's steel el iron ship yard, Toledo. On Monday the car ferry steamer Shenango No. 2 was released from the dock after she had received a new wheel, , and repairs to her shaft. She struck an obstruction of some: kind at... Ashtabula. The steam barge Shrigley is now in the dock and will re-. ceive new steel arches. : The only new vessel given a aire in ane Saenee: aineiene ae the Inland Lloyds Vessel Register is the tug Wm. Stone, built at Ver- _ million and owned by J. Stone and others of Delroy. Her net ton- She is rated Al}. Favorable to Howden Hot Draft. | Denon Dry Dock Co., Detroit, Mich, --Gentlemen = am. pleased. to state that the ome system of hot blast draft, placed. in our | steamers City of Alpena and City of Mackinae by your company, is.. giying most excellent satisfaction. In comparison. with the natural. _ draft: furnaces in other steamers of about. the same power owned by : our company, its advantages are very , apparent, , _ The boilers in these two steamers are fully 25. per cent. smaller: 'than. those. using only: nat- , - when she averaged 15.3 miles an hour for the entire distance. _ say they are ready to accommodate the Owego or the Chemung When- " _ pensates for the cost of the apparatus. ° ' Office Detroit & Cleveland Steam Nay. Co. about 40 feet that has ever been 'around the horn.' had a load for the same dock a short. time ago and the tugs spent about ural draft but consume a correspondingly,.less, quantity of fuel, with. the advantage of being able to burn either: hard or soft coal. . I consider , that. the difference in weight and the,saying, of fuel more. 'than, com, D, Larter, anit aes . » + General 1 Mgager.. Detroit, Mich., June 23, 1894. "dippers seg eae eta A Buffalo correspondent says: "The big freicht steamer Centur- ion was here recently with a part cargo of ore, 2,000 tons, consigned to the Buffalo Furnace Co 'around the horn,' as it is called, and it took | E the tugs the greater. a of an afternoon to move her through that sharp turn in Buffalo creek. The Centurion is the largest vessel by The Schlesinger as mueh time on her as they did on the Centurion. Everybody on the Centurion is elated over her recent fast run from this port to Duluth, They" ever either of these fast liners show up for a race.' A liberal export demand for grain has caused a lake movement - - that has néver before been equalled during the summer months, Dur- \ ing two weeks ending Aug. 28, the grain shipments out of Chicago ' aggregated nearly '8,000,000 bushole 'Receipts of grain, including » flour, at' Buffalo to- the first of September are said to foot' up 107;000+." ; 00 bushels. ' are sufficiently reliable to show that receipts are full tenmillions greater than they were at this time a year ago.» The Buffalo figures are not entirely accurate: but. theses { Hard 'coal shipments: out of Buffalo have also been quite heavy of late, exceeding those for . last season thus far by 87,345 net tons: Teleets are. on sale Aug. 81. and Sept. 1 to 11, Ae extremely fe rates via the Nickel Plate road to Toronto Canada, account the Inter- national Fair, Sept. 1 to 12, and are routed via Buffalo and Niagara Falls. ~ : 285 Sep #0 She has an abundance of deck Unusual delays i in government work of this kind are caused by. regulations which call for