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14 MARINE Around the Lakes, Capt. Wm. Turner, treasurer of the Chicago branch of the Ship Masters' Assocation, died at his home in that city Wednesday, aged seventy-five years. . A notice from the Canadian marine department directs attention to the fact that a government dredge is now engaged in removing shoals from Port Colborne harbor. C. S. Barker, who is engaged on a dredging contract in the Port- age lake district, announces that in order to avoid accident, he will furnish tugs, free of charge, to all vessels passing his dredges. -- Vessels drawing' 16 feet to 10 inches have entered Ashtabula with ore and have reached the ore docks without difficulty. Ashtabula harbor in all its parts is now probably the deepest harbor on Lake Erie. W.J. Conners' contract for the stewardship of the Western Transit line steamers is said to call for the feeding of the 'crews at a cost not to exceed 40 cents per day. Managers of some big lines claim to feed their men well at a cost considerably below this figure. It is expected that the steel lumber steamer Niagara, building at Wheeler & Co's yard, West Bay City, will be launched to-day (Thurs- day). This is the vessel that will be managed by J. L. Crosthwaite of 3 Buffalo. She will be commanded by Capt. Wm. Lynn, formerly of the steamer Canisteo. x ~ Owners of the steamer Roby, which sank the Florida in collision on Lake Huron a few days ago, will be more interested in the out- come of the legal action than might be expected from reading the newspaper dispatches. Their insurance policy is of the 1896 lake kind, and if their vessel should be held responsible for the collision they - would be called upon to bear a considerable part of the loss. Popular Brands of Packing, A circular from the Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Co. of 16_ Warren street, New York, directs attention to success attained by that company with its latest specialties--Rainbow packing for core or cushion and Hercules combination metallic stop valve packing. Her- cules packing is said to be the only packing as yet produced that will stop and throttle valves so that they are perfectly reliable and can be Hil ai HERCULES @MBINATION i i f 7 avy) Wl) } a ! a Ei a Fin | "i va ma WN aT i WH 5 J) HYDRAULIC RAINBOW CORE PACKING. METALLICSToP: VALVE: PACKING Y i = yi ' tah opened and closed with ease by hand without using a heavy wrench. The metal employed in its manufacture is the result of years of expe- riment in producing metal especially adapted for this purpose. It is a combination of metals which sulphur and steam will not affect; neither will it score or cut a rod or stem. W. S.Wright, superintend- ent, and Edgar Williams, chief engineer of the Brush Electric Illu- minating Co., New York, unite in sending the Peerless company a very flattering letter of endorsement regarding Hercules packing. '"'We have used it" they say, "in our stop valves with the most satis- factory results ever obtained from any packing. It is the best pack- ing we have ever used in our stop valves since this plant was estab- lished, which is about seventeen years. It keeps the stems absolutely clean, and the valves open and close with perfect ease. Where previ- The Bessemer Steamship Company Solicits Catalogues, Prices and Discounts from manufacturers and wholesale dealers in Ship Machinery, Brass Goods, Rope, Paints, 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 1. M. BOWERS, General Manager, CLEVELAND, OHIO. REVIEW. ously it took a man with a 22-inch wrench to open and close the 10- inch valves, they can now be opened and closed with two fingers, and are perfectly tight." Trade Notes. Within the past few days tle McKinnon Mfg Co, of Bay City, Mich. has shipped propeller wheels to Manistee, Mich., and to Washington, N. C., and they have had in their slings the barge J eness, steamer Faxton, tugs Maud 8., Tempest and Louise, and the scow J. N. Edson, Tarr & Wonson, Limited, is the name of a Gloucester, Mass., firm that has a world-wide reputation as manufacturers of paints specially ~ suited to vessels. Their copper paint has the largest sale of any cop- per paint in the world. Laczone, another specialty, is made in two erades--priming coat and finishing coat--and is especially suited for bottoms of iron-and steel vessels. A paint which they have sold quite extensively on the lakes is known as "Racing Compound"' and is for bottoms of wooden yachts. It preserves the wood and produces the smoothest sailing surface obtainable. boi Capt. H. C. Daggett of the steamship City of Augusta gives the Standard Automatic Releasing Hook Co. of New York, Capt. James R. Raymond, manager, a very flattering testimonial. Thé circum- stances prompting this action show the great value of a reliable device for releasing a life-boat in aseaway. The Mallory line steamer Leona, while on her passage from New York to Galveston, took fire. She was equipped with a full complement of boats fitted with the old fashioned hook and ring. She tried to lower them but experienced considerable difficulty in unhooking them. The City of Augusta from Savannah, Ga., came along and having her boats equipped with the standard automatic releasing hook was enabled without difficulty to | lower her boats and take the passengers off and agaih return them to the Leona when it was considered that she was safe and able to proceed. REASURY DEPARTMENT, U. S.. LIFE- Saving Service, Washington, D.C., May 22, 1897. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until 2 o'clock, p. m., of Friday, June 4, 1897, for the construction of ten 34-foot self righting aud self-bailing lifeboats, with center- board, six to be delivered in Grand Haven, - Michigan, and four on the grounds of the Mon- mouth Beach Life-Saving Station, near the. Galilee Railroad Station, New Jersey. Plans and specifications, together with forms of pro- posal and full information, can be obtained upon application to the Inspector of Life-Say- ing Stations, 24 State street, New York City; to the Assistant Inspector lst and 2d Life-Saving Districts, Room 148, Post Office Building, Bos- ton ,Mass.; to the Assistant Inspector 9th and 10th Life-Saving Districts, Custom House, De- troit, Mich.; to the Collector of Customs at Cleveland, Ohio, Philadelphia, Pa., or Balti- more, Md.: or to this office. J. K. UPTON, Act- ing General Superintendent. May 28 ROPOSALS FOR STEAM TENDERS, MIS- Sissippi River Commission, 2732 Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo., May 25, 1897. Sealed propos- als, in triplicate, for construction of three stern- wheel Steam Tenders will be received here until 12 o'clock noon, standard time, June 24, 1897, and then publicly opened. Information furnished on application. H E. WATERMAN, Capt. Engineers, Sec'y, June 18 . 8S. ENGINEER: OFFICE, 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, WASHING- ton, D. C., May 19, 1897. Date of sale of the revenue steamer Johnson is changed from May 3ist to June Ist. 0. L. SPAULDING, Acting Secretary. Chas. E. & W. F. Peck, 58 William St. 812 Royal Insurance Building, CHICAGO, : NEW YORK CITY. 0, ILL j C.T. BOWRING & CO., 5 & 6 Billiter Ave., H.C. LONDON, ENG. INSURANCE. BROWN & CO., J.G. KEITH & CO., LA SALLE & 60., 202 Main St., 188 Rialto Bldg., Board of Trade Bldg, Buffalo. N. Y. Chicago, Ill. Duluth, Minn. Are prepared to make rates on all cl: ari P eat lakes both CARGOES and HULLS. asses of Marine Insurance on the gr ' "GREAT LAKES REGISTER." F, D. HERRIMAN, Suryeyor-General, Chicago, Ill.