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8 MARINE REVIEW. to above were acquired through the relations which the lake trade bears to these branches of the iron and steel business. For several years past, L. C. Hanna, youngest of the brothers in the accompanying group, has had direct charge of the iron ore and vessel business. He has given more attention to details than either of the other brothers. His duties have been very extensive, but alike to other members of the family, he developed the faculty of building up a strong organization by keeping men of ability, at liberal salaries, in charge of the various departments over which he is the supervisor. No manager on the lakes is better posted than he is regarding the iron industry, and especially that part of it pertaining-to the mining aud transportation of ore. Mark Hanna is fifty-nine years of age, H. M. Hanna is fifty-six and L. C. Hanna is forty-five. Among old friends and business associates they are familiarly known as Mark, Mel and Doe. Whatever may be said of the Republican manager by opponents in the political campaign, it is certainly the opinion of business men here, who know him well, that he has no special personal end in view, and that he is a patriot in national politics as he has been in local and state campaigns, always contributing to republican success but never seeking office. Mr, Holloway's Early Life. In the last issue of the Review reference was made to the death of Mr. J. F. Holloway and his connection with marine engineering on the lakes. A letter from Mr. T. R. Hutton, secretary of the Ameri- can Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, treats of Mr. Hollo- way's life before he was connected with the Cuyahoga steam Furnace Co. of Cleveland. Mr. Hutton says: "Mr. Holloway's father was originally from Pennsylvania and marrying there he thought to better his condition by moving to Ohio. Mr. J. F. Holloway was born Jan. 18, 1825, in Uniontown, Ohio. where he lived until he was six years old, when he moved.with his father as a pioneer to what was known as the Western Reserve. The settlement was made on the banks of the Cuyahoga river, near where is now the town of Cuyahoga Falls, which at that time had only six houses in the midst of the wilderness. The place afforded meager opportunities for education at school, but as most of the early settlers were refined and cultured people from Connecticut, many of the standard works of literature were to be had among the families and Mr. Holloway's tastes and appreciaton of the best in literature had its source in his earliest days. He was apprenticed to learn his trade to a firm of engine builders in Cuyahoga Falls and was considered their most capable apprentice. His first absence from home was for a year in Cabotsville, Mass., but at different periods of his early life he was engaged at Wilmington Del., where he designed a steamboat engine; at Cumberland, Md., as manager of a coal mining company ; and for several years he was general manager of a coal mining and iron manufacturing company at Shawneetown, Ill. This company was organized by the firm of Sellers of Philadelphia. He then entered the employ of the Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Co. of Cleve- land and on the death of Mr. W. B. Castle, in 1872, he became _presi- dent and superintendent of the company, conducting the works in the interest of the other stock holders, of whom he stood as a repre- sentative and protector."' Repairs to the Wm, Chisholm. The steel steamer Wm. Chisholm, which was sunk in collision near Detroit with the Oceanica, is again in commission, after spending thirteen days in the dock of the Cleveland Dry Dock Co. When repair bills, amounting in some cases to $20,000 or more, are paid by the insurance companies on wrecks of this kind, that are hurried into com- mission within a couple of weeks, it is difficult to comprehend the amount _ of work involved. But the labor force, much of it of a high-priced kind, that is put onto a job like that of repairing the Chisholm, is always very large. The Globe Iron Works Co. has accomplished a big amount of work within a short period in this case, as shown by the following details: Frames and floors straightened in place, 25; new floor plates, 80; new frames and straps, 115; new stanchions, 10; repaired stanchions, 6; stringer plates straightened and put back, 3; stringer plates, new, 4; waterway and stringer angles, new, 4; fender angles, new, 4; beams, new, 4; side lights, new, 2; new shell plates, 25; rolled shell plates, put back, 52; rolled shell butt Straps, 52; new butt straps, 20; total new pieces, 406. In addition to the above, 100 --s feet of new fender was put on the Chisholm.and half of the after cabin made new. Details are not at hand regarding engine room repairs but it is known that the engine and piping were badly damaged, me new wheel hub was also. supplied. New Sault River Coal Dock, Another steamboat fuel dock on the Sault river seeks the patron- age of vessel men, and offers, upon trial, to prove advantages of the dock, as well as the high quality of coal to be supplied. The dock is known as the Watson coal dock, and is located, as shown jn the accompanying diagram, about a mile above Detour. Such steam. _ ers as the Harvey H. Brown, W. D. Rees, John Craig, Australasia, -- eee re City of Naples and City of Genoa have already taken on fuel at this dock, so that there is no question as to abundance of water and ample facilities. Captains of these vessels all speak of good dispatch and courteous treatment. The dock has 315 feet frontage, with five pockets of 450 tons capacity, in the center, enabling boats bound up or down to stop for fuel without inconvenience. The inside channel by this dock is 30 feet deep, clear through, and is 600 feet wide, with full 22 feet at the dock. The middle ground, composed of clay, is marked for the inside channel by buoys, set in 16 feet of water. The lower end of the middle ground is marked at night by a buoy carrying a light. The Inter-Ocean Coal and Coke Co. of Cleveland, whose officers are connected with this enterprise, announce that they will keep at the dock at all times a liberal supply of the choicest grade of Youghiogheny coal of their own production, to be sold at the lowest market prices. David Barnheisel and Mark H. Hanlon of the Inter- Ocean Coal & Coke Co. are veterans in the steamboat fuel business. They have been asscoiated with this branch of the lake trade in Cleve- and for more than twenty-five years. Miscellaneous Matters, The Harlan & Hollingsworth Co., Wilmington, Del., is putting down keels for two new steel vessels--a ferry boat, 150 feet long, to be engined by the Pusey & Jones Co., and a steam pilot boat, 155 feet long, for pilots of New York and New Jerscy. H. J. McCarthy has been appoined chief steward of the Goodrich line. He will have entire supervision of the steward's department, and will see that stores are properly taken care of and that the table ser- vice is all that it should be on every vessel in the line. Mr. McCarthy was the winner of the first prize for efficiency in the steward's depart- ment while on one of the Goodrich boats last season. Geo. D. Fellows of Racine, Wis., says in a letter to the Review: "I desire to warn vessels seeking shelter in Bailey's harbor of the loca- tion of the sunken schooner Emeline, which was found in mid-lake about a month ago, and towed into the harbor. She lies in 20 feet of water a little to the westward of the range, about three-quarters of a mile §. 8. E. from the north pier. Vessels entering should keep pretty well to the eastward of the range after getting inside the shoals. This wreck should be removed."'