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14; Shoals, Lights, Fog Signals, Etc. has been undergoing repairs at Miller Bros. dry dock, Chicago, that will cost about $14,000. Capt. Daniel Murphy says that his boat was about half' way between Squaw island reef and Lansing shoal when she struck. The-Lake Carriers' Association has been endeavoring for two or three years past to have aids to navigation of some kind estab- lished in this vicinity. "It would seem that this accident should be eyidence enough of the necessity of having the,place marked., Vessel | captains report as a dangerous obstruction, to navigation off, Chicago harbor the new crib recently sunk in the lake off Chicago avenue.. The, crib is used in the construction of the new waterworks tunnel, and according to. reports of several captains is not lighted at night. 'The captain of the Ogdensburg Transit Co.'s steamer H. R. James reports that he came very near striking the crib while running at. full speed. . Welland canal authorities have issued an order restricting the draft of vessels passing' through the canal to 13 feet 6 inches. It was formerly, 13 feet 9 inches, : Notice. of a fog signal at North Manitou light station il be. received with a great deal of satisfaction by vessel masters trading to Lake Michigan. About Nov. 20 a 10-inch steam whistle will be estab- lished at the light. station in course of construction on the point making off to the eastward from the southeasterly part. of North Manitou island, to sound, during thick weather, blasts of five seconds duration. separated by silent intervals of twenty-five seconds. About. Noy. 16, the light and. fog bell towers on the south pier at: the harbor of. Frankfort, east side of Lake Michigan, will be moved along the extended pier toa point near its outer end, and about 600 feet from their -present positions. The light will be Shean and. the fog I bell sounded, each from its respective tower as heretofore. On. account of a. leak i in the gas buoy 'established by the Canadian government at Southeast shoal, near Point Pelee, Lake Erie, the supply of gas has given out. peas than was expected, and as provisions for. refilling. these buoys will not be made until spring, it has been thought best to remove the unlighted. one, in order to avoid the danger > As a result of striking bottom near Squaw island, Lake Michigan, ; tHe oO dertsenihe Transportation Co.'s wooden steamer' Wm. A. Haskell ° MARINE REVIEW. SS aN of some vessel running into it and. simking it. The '"blinker" on the middle ground in Pelee passage is still lighted and i is, of course, the more important of the two buoys. New iron furnace interests at Buffalo and Tonawanda are gradu-° ally increasing ore shipments to the lower end of Lake Erie. The' Tonawanda Iron and Steel Co.'s new stack at North Tonawanda, which was put in blast afew days ago by an electric spark from a: wire connected with the home of President-elect McKinley at Canton, ° will have a daily capacity of about 250 gross tons of foundry iron. It.is 80 feet high and 18 feet diameter at the base. It is equipped with three. of the Kennedy-Cowper type of hot blast stoves, each 80 feet in: height by 18 feet in diameter. The blowing engine is. the: largest ever built. It was designed especially for this plant. by Julian Kennedy, engineer, and built by the Lake Erie Engineering Works of, - Buffalo, The engine is over 40 feet in height and weighs 385 tons. It embodies several new principals and. has excited considerable unter) est in iron circles. ' Menibers of the Civil Engineer's Club: of Cleveland talked of ' shipping and ship building at their meeting Tuesday night.» The dis- cussion was based on a paper read by Joseph R. Oldham: Mr. Oldham® _ directed special attention to the great age of the U.S. 8. Michigan, * the only war vessel on the lakes, which he claims is the oldest steamer now in active service in the world. The Michigan was put together at. Erie, Pa., fifty-two years ago. This was before the celebrated Great Bein had crossed the ocean, and in the same year ae Le first Cunard steamship made mes initial trip to Boston. Lie Immediately following the election directors of the Carnegie Steel Co, decided to push the work of completing into Pittsburg the Con-:, neaut ore and coal railway, in which they became interested some time.: ago. The extension and improvement of this railway, with the terminal facilities at Conneaut, is said to involve an expenditure of $3,500,000. : It is also announced that the Carnegie company will proceed with the building of two additional blast furnaces and will expend more than half a million dollars in improvements at its plant. Expenditures of all. kinds authorized at the company's works exceed $1,250,000. Air is Cheap--Che ae rt! paper FUEL Is DEAR=VERY DEAR! Six Boilers with Howden Hot 'Dratt appliances now in Side-Weeel Steamer "ity 'of Buffalo. Dimensions of each boiler--12 ft. 6 in. diameter by 12 ft. length. HOWDEN "USE AIR AND SAVE FUEL! | eee in operating expenses on Lake Ships. must. come, from. reduced coal bills. No great saving can be made in labor: cost, and provisions are already low. But fuel bills can be lowered and cheap coal used to advantage by adopting Modern Methods of making, steam at low cost. No manufacturer of pig iron would to-day think of running his This same competition demands advanced practice in the operation of ships. furnace without a hot blast. Competition would not permit it. The same principle is applied in the HOT DRAFT Now in use on Lake Steamers aggregating over 40,000 Horse Power. CAN BE APPLIED TO OLD SHIPS AS WELL AS NEW ONES, No. complicated machinery. Cool engine rooms and cool fire holds. Estimates readily furnished for application of this draft to any steamer. Dry Dock ENcINE Works, DETROIT, MICH.