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ta? MARINE Ship Yard Matters. Two steel vessels, tow barges of a kind suited to the lower St. Lawrence trade, are to be built by the Canadian Locomotive & Engine Co. of Kignston for the Monrtreal Transportation Co., also of King- ston. Ship builders of Chicago, Cleveland and other cities in the United States submitted bids on these vessels, and Robert Logan, naval architect of Cleveland, has been consulted in matters -pertaining to their construction, so that is probable that the Canadian owners were certain of their ability to secure Canadian register for them, if a con- tract was let here, but the order was finally placed with the Kingston firm. Mr. Alfred Smith of Cleveland will look after the interests of the owners in the building of the vessels. They will each be 179 feet long, 35 feet beam and 13 feet deep. The Canadian Locomotive & Engine Co. has no ship yard but they have a large water front and also an equipment of boiler shop tools that will serve for the building of these barges. The first launch of the several steel tow barges that have been under way at the yards of the Chicago Ship Building Co. during the winter took place on Saturday last. The vessel is the Carrington, 386 feet long, 44 feet beam and 26 feet depth of hold. She is named for Mr. Carrington of the Chicago grain firm of Carrigton, Hannah & Co., who is interested in her, as well as in one or two other vessels built of late in Chicago, The Carrington will be owned by C. W. Elphicke and others and will be commanded by Capt. Geo. Trotter. She will tow behind the steamer Geo. N. Orr, which is also managed in the office of C. W. Elphicke & Co., Chicago. Although it seems only a short time since the Chicago Ship Building Co. was organized, this vessel is the twenty-sixth on the company's list of new ships. Such a record certainly speaks well for the management. Capt. J. W. Martin. Capt. J. W. Martin, marine superintednent for the Flint & Pere Marquette Ry. Co., who died at his home in Milwaukee on Sunday last, stood very high in the estimation of officers of the company with which he was employed. He had been instigative in increasing the business of the company , on Lake Michigan, and with the completion of a big steel car ferry, the Pere Marquette, which was built mainly as a result of his efforts, he was in position to prove himself one of the most successful managers in this branch of the lake trade when death came very suddenly. His death was due to an attack of ppeumonia, the result of a cold brought on through exposure while guarding the company's interests at Ludington during the recent strike of freight handlers. Capt. Martin was a native of Milwaukee, and but forty-one , years of age at his death. When quite young he entered the marine service and was very favorably known at every port on Lake Michi- gan. He bought an interest in the steamer Roanoke and sailed her a number of years, and at one time was interested in a Chicago tug line. He was with the F. & P. M. Co. only four years, but had accomplished a great deal in the improvement of its lake lines during that short period. HK. M. Mellvain has been appointed general sales agent for the Bethlehem Iron Co., with headquarters at South Bethlehem, Pa. He was formerly assistant to the president and purchasing agent. CMCC BAY | OMIT rae ean Le) | \ Ml end over REVIEW. RAILROADS CONTRACTORS RO 300 "ine WELLS LIGHT. ~ Il Trade Notes. A new advertisement in this issue calls attention to the fact that the Bethlehem Iron Co., So. Bethlehem, Feaieai5 manufacturing sheared and universal ship plates. The reputation of this' company in forgings and armor plate insures a product of the finest quality, and lake ship builders will do well to get their prices on material, The Garlock Packing Co., Palmyra, N. Y., has established a branch at 117 Water street, Cleveland, to be in charge of H. W, Guthrie. This company's high pressure packing is coming into fayor with the best lake engineers, and the establishment of a branch here, where all sizes and brands will be kept, is chiefly for the benefit of the marine trade. A new steam pilot boat, the New York, designed by s Carey Smith of New. York, and to be owned by Sandy Hook pilots was launched at the ship yards of the Harlan & Hollingsworth Co,, Wilmington, Del. The vessel is one of the finest of her kind in the country. She is equipped with a powerful wrecking and fire pump of the Blake vertical "Admiralty" pattern. In a letter of recent date the correspondent of the Lake Marine News Association at Sault Ste. Marie says: " Weather during the first of March was very severe, adding a great deal to the thickness of the ice, as well as to the snow fall, but the last two or three days have been mild with some rain. In Mud lake there is about 20 inches of ice with about 4 inches of water over it, which, with the snow, makes over a foot of slush. Should we get afew days of freezing weather, turning this slush into ice, the opening of navigation would be greatly delayed. On the other hand, should mild weather prevail from this out this slush over the ice would tend to hasten the opening. These conditions also exist in Hay lake to such an extent that the ice roads are impassable for teams. At the "Soo" there is 18 inches of solid blue ice and about 20 inches of snow."' WANTED" BIDS by April Ist. for CARRYING 4,500 Tons Ore, Escanaba to EIK Rapids. About 750 tons per trip. Free out. Yours truly, ELK RAPIDS IRON CoO., Elk Rapids, Mich. The Bessemer Steamship Company Solicits Catalogues, Prices and Discounts from manufacturers and wholesale dealers in Ship Machinery, Brass Goods, Rope, Paints, Oils, Asbestos, Packing, Hose, Furniture, Piping, Glass and Crock- ery, Tinware, Ranges, Carpeting, Bedding, Life-preservers, Rafts and Boats, Engineers' Supplies and Tools, Carpenters' Tools, Elec- tric Supplies, Lamps, Grate Bars, Castings, etc., etc., etc. ALSO QUOTATIONS from Market men and Grocers on the Lakes for Provisions and Meat, best quality only. CATALOGUES without quotations are not wanted. ALL GOODS except provisions to be delivered in Cleveland. Address L. M. BOWERS, General Manager, CLEVELAND, OHIO. 10,000 IN USE. ~ Unaffected bv Weather. Portable, Self Contained. 800 to A000 Candle Power from KEROSENE OIL. Especially" eae for Contractors, Quarries, Shovels, . Railroad Construction, Dredges, Bridge and Dock Build- ) ers, 'Water-Works, Brick Yards and Coal Docks. P The Wells Light Mfg. Co. EDWARD ROBINSON, Sole Proprietor. 46 Washington Street, NEW YORK.