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a MARINE | REVIEW. i ie From the Magnolia Metal Co. ' Editor Marine Review:--We beg to inform you that the firm of Sugden, Pound & Wagner of London, (former selling agents for Magnolia metal in Hurope and who traded under the name of the Mag- nolia Anti-Friction Metal Co. of Great Britain by special permission of our company) have been dispossessed of their agency by the English courts and that our London office and our foreign business are now under the management-of Mr. Chas. B. Miller, the president of this company. We beg also to inform you that Messrs. Sugden, Pound & Wagner were recently perpetually enjoined, together with the Atlas Metal Co., Limited, of London, John Sugden, Max Wagner, Arthur George Brown, The Globe Engineering Co., Limited, of Manchester, the Atlas Bronze Co., Limited, and the Atlas Bronze Co. from contin- uing the fraudulent business of making an anti-friction metal and brand- ing it with the trade mark of the Magnolia Metal Co. of New York, imitating their ingots, marking the boxes in which the metal is packed '"Made in the United States," and otherwise deceiving and imposing upor purchasers of anti-friction metal in Great Britain and Europe. Justice Collins heard this case, and gave judgment against Sugden, Wagner, Brown, the Globe Engineering Co., Limited, and others for selling counterfeit goods and deceiving the public by representing that the goods they sold were made in the United States by the Magnolia Metal: Co. An appeal was taken from the injunction above referred to. This appeal was tried before the court of appeals, Lord Hsher presiding, and the perpetual injunction granted by Justice Collins was confirmed. It was in this trial that; Lord Esher denounced the action of the parties above named and characterized their performance as 'ta disgusting fraud."' ~ It- has. come to our notice that parties in this country have attempted to perpetrate a similar fraud, and we now have one western firm in the courts over this matter, and we desire through your col- umns to warn the engineers and the general public, users of anti- friction metal, against fraudulent attempts to pirate and appropriate the use of our trade marks and name of our metal. Every bar of Mag- nolia metal bears the steel stamp of the Magnolia flower and the im- pression of the steel die "Patented June 3d, 1890" and "Manufactured -- in the United States," with the exception of the meta] manufactured by this company in Russia, which bears the stamp of the Magnolia flower and the words "Manufactured in Russia." Will you kindly pub- -- lish this letter and help in that way to give publicity to the facts set forth and thereby protect, in some measure, American manufacturers who are being wronged by foreign as well as domestic competitors? Magnolia Metal Co., K. C. Miller, Vice-President. New York, May 11, 1897. An Increasing Coal Business, The Cuddy-Mullen Coal Co. announce that they are about to undertake shipments of coal and a steamboat fuel business at Hrie on the Pennsylvania Co.'s docks, where there is now being erected a car dumping machine that is to be a duplicate of the one in operation at the plant within the east arm of the breakwater at Cleveland. With - the addition of the Erie plant this company will certainly be operating in the coal business from one end of the lakes to the other. Their facilities include, in the cargo department, car dumping plants at Hrie and Cleveland, while for steamboat fueling they will have: At Erie, a car dumping machine; at Cleveland, a car dumper, eight pock- ets of 1,000 tons capacity, three steam derricks and a steam lighter; on the Detroit river, four pockets and three steam derricks at Am- herstburg, and at-Sandwich - ten pockets and two steam derricks; on the Sault river, two docks at Detour equipped with pockets and steam ~ derricks. An excellent chart of Green bay and approaches, on a large scale has just been published by the United States hydrographic office and may be had from the Marine Review. ~The chart is corrected to March 1, 1897, and takes in with Green bay the west shore of Lake Michigan from Manistique to Kewaunee. It willbe of great valueto masters of Lake Michigan trading vessels, as well as the men in charge of the larger ore and coal carriers trading to Escanaba. Soundings are in feet and there is a scale of statute miles attachea. The price is $1.25, but the chart: is so complete in detail that it is larger than the single sheet charts of Lake Superior or Lake Michigan. Trade Notes. . John Dialogue & Son of Camden, N. J., have secured the con- tract for New York's new fire boat. This latest fire fighter for the harbor of the metropolis is to cost $57,000. The Chase Machine Co. of Cleveland now has two of its steam steering engines in use, one on the tug C. A. Morgan and the other on the tug Ben Campbell. A third machine is being fitted on the steamer Nahant, and two others for the tugs L. P. Smith and Thomas Gregory are under construction. A telegram from Boston announces that the bill in equity brought -- by the Consolidated Safety Valve Co. against the Ashton Valve Oo, in the United States circuit court, for an injunction to restrain the defend- ants from the alleged infringement of a patent for steam safety valves, granted Jan. 19, 1869, to George W. Richardson, was dismissed. The court holds that the proper construction of the Richardson patent re- quires that the aperture at the ground joint caused by lifting the valve should always be greater than the aperture for the exit of steam into the open air. The defendant's valve does not embody this construction, and the court holds that it does not infringe upon the plaintiff's patent. A smooth roadway. Perfect passenger: service. Uniformed col- ored train porters for the convenience of both first.and second class coach passengers. Quick time. Through sleeping car service between Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, New York, and Boston. A superb din- ing car service. No change of cars for any class of passengers between Chicago and New York City. Rates lower than via other lines, These are advantages presented by the Nickel Plate road. 47 June 10 ' An artistic brochure entitled "Summer Outings" is published by the Nickel Plate road, describing vacation resorts along that line. Ad- dress B. F. Horner, general passenger agent, Cleveland, O., fora copy. 55 Jul 15 U: S..ENGINEER OFFICH, TELEPHONE Building, Detroit, Mich., May 10, 1897. Sealed proposals for improving Detroit River, Mich., by removal of Boulders, Bed-rock, or other material from Ballard's Reef Channel, will be received here until 12 o'clock noon (Standard time), June 1, 1897, and then publicly opened. Information furnished on application. G. J. LYDECKER, Lt. Col. Engrs. June 1 REASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF _General Superintendent U. 8. Life-Saving Service, Washington, D.C., May 7, 1897. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until 2 o'clock p. M. of Thursday, the 38rd day of June, 1897, for furnishing supplies required for use of the Life-Saving Service for the fiscal year end- ing June 30, 1898; the supplies to be delivered at such points in New York City, Grand Haven, Mich., and San Francisco, Cal., as may be re- quired, and in the quantities named in the specifications. The supplies needed consist of Beds and Bedding, Blocks and Sheaves. Cord- age, Crockery, Furniture, Hardware, Lamps, Lanterns, ete. ; Lumber, Medicines, etc.: Paints, Oils, etc.; Ship Chandlery, Stoves, etc.: Tools, and Miscellaneous articles; all of which are enumerated in the specifications attached to the form of the bid, ete., which may be ob- tained upon application to this office, or to the Inspector of Life-Saving Stations, 24 State Street, New York City; Superintendent Elev- enth Life-Sayving District, Grand Hayen, Mich. ; and Superintendent Twelfth Life-Saving Dis- trict, New Appraisers' Stores, San Francisco, Cal. Envelopes containing proposals should be addressed to the *' General Superintendent U. S. Life-Saving Service, Washington, D. C.," and marked on the outside " Proposals for An- nual Supplies." The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, and to waive defects, if deemed for the interests of the Government. S§. I. KIMBALL, GeneralSuperintendent. May 21 With Questions and Answers. Printed on heavy paper and bound In red leather. Anv young engineer, greaser or fire- man ought to have it. Sent postpaid to any address, on receipt of $2:00. MARINE REVIEW, 410 Perry-Payne Blidg.,, Cleveland, O. 'Maxims and Instructions for the Boiler Room," $2.50 Hand-Book of Calculations for Engineers,"... .. 2.58 'Engineers' Examinations"