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MARINE REVIEW. saealitlaraceats nen Se EO aerate TT Docking Loaded Ships. Most managers of dry docks on the lakes are anxious to avoid, as much as possible, repair jobs that involve the docking of loaded vessels, in Dunford & Alverson's large Port Huron dock, a few days ago, will cause them to be even more cautious in the future regarding work of this kind. At the last meeting of the association of dry dock com- panies, the question of increasing charges for loaded vessels was dis- cussed and the subject will probably be brought up again at the next meeting. The accident to the Progress brings up a complication of ques- tions regarding liability for the vessel's injuries, loss on cargo, etc. While loaded in Cleveland, one of the steel canal boats ran into her, and it was found after proceeding up the lakes that it would be neces- sary to dock her on account of injury to her wheel. The Port Huron dock managers took a vessel out of dock to accommodate the loaded and itis probable that the accident to the steamer Progress _ In General. It is expected that the Woivin steamer Empire « City, 'ules at. the yard of the Cleveland Ship Building Co., will be launched during | the first week in J une. The steamer Zenith City has just loaded 134,981 bushels of wheat and 50,500 bushels of rye at Duluth. The cargo is a very large one, ' but it is not a record breaker, as it foots up only 5 ,463 net tons, against 5,550 net tons of wheat moved by a sister ship, the Queen City,on a recent trip from Duluth. = Secretary Alger of the war department has finally approved of the. plans of the Lake Shore Ry. Co. for a new bridge over the Ashtabula river at Ashtabula, to replace the structure Heeinoy ee by fire in Novem- ber, 1895. Amazon is the name selected for the steel tow barge which the , Chicago Ship es Co. is building for James ae of Cleveland, LATEST OF THE UNITED STATES BATTLESHIPS--KENTUCKY, KEARSARGE, ALABAMA CLASS. Displacement, normal coal supply, 11,520 tons; length on load water line, 368 feet; extreme breadth, 72% feet; mean draft, 26% feet; a otinee twin-serew, triple -. expansion; indicated horse power, 10,000; coal capacity, in bunkers, iG 210 tons. . cn but the barge building at the Globe yard, Cleveland, fe the same. owner has not been named as yet. esacsts b Fong A cargo of 123,000 bushels of corn erat 79 Al. Teel of | oat aggregating 4,834 tons, was taken out of Chicago, a. few. days: ago, We ship, on which it was expected repairs would be madeina hurry. It was especially unfortunate, therefore, that some difficulty in the ar- rangements for docking the Progress should cause a shift in the ves- sel, which forced the shores through the side of the dock and allowed her to keel over and drop to the bottom of the dock. Immediately fol- lowing the accident the dock was flooded and the vessel again taken out. Her entire cargo of 2,000 tons of coal was sold at Port Huron, although it was consigned to Lake Superior, and it will probably be found when she is again docked that she suffered additional injury on account of the accident attending the first operation. The Progress is owned by Mr. Alex. McVittie and others of the Detroit Dry Dock Co. but was under charter to C. R. Jones of Cleveland. Located on the south shore of Lake Erie, contiguous to the Nickel Plate road, are many country homes that will accommodate summer boarders. Send to B.F. Horner, general passenger agent of the Nickel Plate road at Cleveland, O., and he will forward you a list on receipt of a two cent stamp. 56 Jul 15 the new steel barge eueeeetan on a draft of 15 feet 6 'inches. This i 18 273 the largest cargo ever taken out of the Chicago river, but several car. | goes of greater weight have been moved from South Chicago, the _- steamer Queen City holding the record from the latter port with 207,- 000 bushels of corn, which is equal to 5,796 net tons. Upon leaving the employ of the American Steel Barge Co. at West Superior, a few days ago, Joseph Kidd, who has been connected with the company since its organizaiton, was shizpeived by. being called -- before an assembly, made up of managers of the works and the big ~ force of 'employes, who presented him with a gold watch, chain and ~ charm and a complete outfit of furniture, to be used in. a new Office, as °° he is to take up a consulting engineering business. The presentation speech was made by Capt. McDougall. a8