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Se 10 MARINE REVIEW. Around the Lakes, An extension of the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad to the Queen mine at Negaunee will be opened up in a couple of weeks. The Crescent City's big cargo of oats, taken from Duluth to Buf- falo, is reported to have weighed out 318,000 bushels. This is equal to 5,088 net tons. Canada's legislators are disposed to do away with laws closing the - canals on Sunday, but the question of open or closed canals is not as _ yet fully settled. It was feared that appropriations in the postoffice department would not be sufficient to permit of the continuance of free delivery to vessels passing Detroit, but department officials have figured out enough to care for the service until July,when new appropriations will be forthcoming. Rules proposed by Col. Jared A. Smith, United States engineer, for the reguJation of navigation in Toledo straight channel are very . nearly the same as the St. Clair Flats canal rules. They have been submitted to the secretary of war but have not as yet been approved by that official. Citizens of Kingston, who have been talking of a new elevator for along time past, are now expecting that capitalists of Chicago, Duluth and Toronto will join them in the enterprise. Electors of the city of Kingston will on June 16 vote on a proposition to give the ele=: vator company a bonus of $25,000. The Sault Ste. Marie News announces the death at that place from paralysis of Capt. Henry G. Johnston, who had sailed the lakes for -- _ years and held master's papers. Capt. Peter Cronley, for many years © a well-known master of sail vessels, died at Oswego on Wednesday at the age of 67 years, also from the effects of a stroke of paralysis. It is understood that members of the firm of Pickands, Mather & Co , Cleveland, who have probably had more to do with the building of ~ steel vessels than any other owners on the lakes, are especially pleased _ with the new steel barge Constitution, built by the American Steel Barge Co., and which has just delivered at Cleveland her first cargo of ore. Three weeks ago, when the steamers Minneapolis and St. Paul -- were launched at the yard of the Chicago Ship Building Co., the frames for the water bottom of the new Corrigan barge Amazon were not all in place, but the work on the vessel, which has since been the __ only new craft under way in the yard, was pushed so rapidly that she ~ "was launched on Wednesday last. = Eo ee it 7 It is expected that the steamer Escanaba, which is now undergo- ing extensive alterations at the works of the Milwaukee Dry Dock Co., | _ will be engaged in the new B. é& O. line between Chicago, Milwaukee | and Fairport. Two gangways are to be cut in each side of the vessel _ and the loss of strength thus occasioned is to be overcome by the intro- E duction of a steel arch over each gangway. The first heavy losses of the season on steel vessels are divided © among the big insurance interests. It is understood that insurance on the Katahdin, which has just finished repairs at West Superior, was placed through the McCurdy Prime combination of Chicago, while that of the Cadillac was placed through Mather & Co., brokers of Philadelphia. _The Cadillac loss is the heaviest of the season thus far. Forty plates have been removed from her bottom and she will be in dock about two weeks. About twenty-five plates were damaged in the Katahdin. One of James Davidson's new wooden tow barges, the Crete, launched on Saturday last, had sails bent and was entirely ready for service when she wentinto the water. A duplicate vessel, the Athens, will be launched in a few days. These vessels are 300 by 454 by 34 feet. They are classed by the United States Standard Register. They are fitted with steam windlasses and capstans, steam deck hoists, steam pumps and steam towing machines built by the American Ship Wind- lass Co. They are also supplied with stockless anchors and their outfit _ as a whole is similar to that of the largest steel steamers. 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 ; Appointments of captains and engineers for 1897, vest pocket size, $1.00. Order from the Marine Review, Cleveland, Ohio. Speed and Cargo Records--Lake Freight Steamers, Newspaper reports from Duluth regard ing big wheat cargoes loaded by the steamer Queen City have been incorrect. The largest cargo of any kind moved from Lake Superior thus: far is that of the Andrew Carnegie, just loaded, which foots up 182,760 bushels, or 5.. 482 net tons. The largest ore cargo from Lake Superior has been de. livered by the Bessemer line steamer Siemens. Including 1 per cent, allowed for moisture, the Siemens' cargo, which was carried on a draft of 16 feet 1 inch, foots up 4,810 gross or 5,387 net tons. The yo. port that the steamer James Watt of the Bessemer fleet had loaded 5.. 550 tons of coal in Cleveland recently was incorrect. Coal cargoes are always short, and it was so with the Watt. She loaded only 4. 868 tons. It is quite probable that the largest coal cargo ever moved - on the lakes is that of the barge Aurania, which aggregated 5,003 tons, and which was loaded at Toledo recently for Sheboygan. A corrected cargo record follows: Iron Ore--Coralia, Mutual Transportation Co. of Cleveland, 5,088 gross or 5,699 net tons, Gladstone to Ashtbuala, draft of 16 feet 10 inches. From Lake Superior--Steamer Sir William Siemens, Besse. mer Steamship Co. of Cleveland, 4,810 gross or 5,387 net tons, Du. luth to Fairport, draft of 16 feet 1 inch. Grain--Steamer Queen City, A. B. Wolvin of Duluth, 207,000 - bushels of corn, equal to 5,796 net tons, Chicago to Buffalo, 16 feet 8 inches draft. From Lake Superior--Steamer Andrew Carnegie, Wilson Transit Co. of Cleveland, 182,760 bushels of wheat, equal to 5,482 net tons, Duluth to Buffalo, on draft of 16 feet 1 inch, steamer Cresent City, A. B. Wolvin of Duluth, 318,000 bushels of oats, equal to 5,088 net tons, Duluth to Buffalo. Coal--Schooner Aurania, John Corrigan of Cleveland, 5,003 net tons bituminous, Toledo to Sheboygan; steamer Andrew Carnegie, Wilson Transit Co. of Cleveland, 4,997 net tons of bituminous, Cleye- land to Sheboygan, draft of 15 feet 2 inches. Speed--Owego, Union Line of Buffalo, Buffalo to Chicago, 889 miles, 54 hours and 16 minutes, 16.4 miles an hour; Centurion, Hop- kins Steamship Co. of St. Clair, Mich. Buffalo to Duluth, 997 miles, 65 hours and 10 minutes, 15.3 miles an hour. Miscellaneous Matters. Tuesday, June 1, is the date.fixed. for-the sale of the old revenue cutter Johnson at the ship yard of the Globe Iron Works. Co., Cleve- land... Particulars of the vessel and conditions governing the sale will be found elsewhere in this issue. . Tonnage of new lake tow barges, as computed by the treasury de- ' partment: W. Le Baron Jenney, 3,422.64 gross and 3,280.02 net; _ Athens, 2,073.88 gross and 1,953.68 net; Crete, 2,040.76 gross and 1,920.56 net. "While on a visit to the Mesabi range recently, Mr. F. T. Gates, who has charge of all of Mr. Rockefeller's operations in the Lake Superior mining region and on the lakes, was accompanied by E. M. Harper, president of the Chicago University. The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co. has employed dredges to deepen the channel in front of the Pioneer furnace dock at Gladstone and there is now between 17 and 18 feet of water up to the dock, 'The bar that was present last fall has been dredged out. The gunboat Nashville, which earned a very handsome premium on Friday last for her builders, the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., has a complete equipment of Blake steam pumps, the same as the gunboats Helena and Wilmington, which were also built by the Newport News company. These vessels are also supplied with Wheeler surface condensers for the auxiliary machinery. 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 iy ing car service. No change of cars for any class of passengers hee Chicago and New York City. Rates lower than via other lines: These are advantages presented by the Nickel Plate road. 47 June a Now that the Lake Ontario grain movement will be increasing; masters will want Lake Ontario general chart No. 61 and coast chart No. 1, as well as St. Lawrence river charts Nos. 4,5 and 6. The five will be sent by the Review to any address by express for $2.