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4 the Eagle Wing, Saveland and other vessels. 4 MARINE REVIEW. ney te, 4 Bess Around the Lakes, About Jan. 1 two modern battleships, the Kearsarge and Kentucky, will bé launched on the same day at the works of the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co. John Stevenson of Detroit has bought the small wooden steamer Miami from Curtis & Brainard of Toledo. The Miami is a lumber carrier, 132 feet long. She was built at Marine City in 1888. Not long ago fines amounting to some $1,500 were assessed by gov- ernment officials against the steamer Ionia. Assistant Secretary Spauld- ing of the treasury department on Monday remitted all except $10. <2 Capt. Geo. W. Pierce is now in command of the steamer George W. ap Roby, which was completed at the Ship Owners' dry dock, Cleveland, this week, extensive repairs, necessitated by fire on the vessel recently. C. D. Thompson of Port Huron is fitting his fleet of tugs with first- class wrecking outfits, and announces that he will have tugs stationed at Detour, Sand Beach, Sault Ste. Marie, Amherstburg and Port Huron for the remainder of the season. During an excursion season of about eighty days on Lake Michigan, the whaleback passenger steamer Christopher Columbus carried 81,148 passengers. Practically all of this business was between Chicago and Milwaukee. The steamer's World's Fair record' was outdone by many thousand passengers. Draft of water in shallow parts of the Detroit river, vicinity of Am- herstburg, during the week ending on the 11th inst., was as follows: &ept. 5, 18 feet 1 inch with wind south, moderate; Sept. 6, 17 feet 10 inches, south, moderate; Sept. 7, 17 feet 10 inches, south, moderate; Sept. 8, 17 feet 10 inches, south, moderate; Sept. 9, 17 feet 8 inches, south, light; Sept. 10, 17 feet 10 incnes, south, light; Sept. 11, 18 feet, northeast, light. The government institution known as the steamboat inspection service was organized in October, 1852. The original supervising inspectors were as follows: First district, Samuel Hall, Boston; second, Charles W. Copeland, New York; third, James Murry, Baltimore; fourth, P. H. Skipworth, New Orleans; fifth, David Embree, St. Louis; sixth, John Shallcross, Louisville; seventh, Benjamin Crawford, Pittsburg; eighth, Alfred Guthrie, Chicago; ninth, Wm. A. Bird, Black Rock, N. Y. Referring to the big Northern elevator at Buffalo, which is being constructed by a Connorsville, Ind., firm, and to the steel elevator which the same firm is building for the Canadian Pacific Co. at Fort William, the Minneapolis Journal says: "Small elevators of steel have been ex- perimented with for several years, and a few are scattered through the west. ment on a great scale, and is negotiating with the company at Connors- ville for building 25,000,000 bushels capacity of these warehouses along its lines, chiefly in Manitoba. Such an undertaking would indicate that the road is well satisfied as to the feasibility of the steel elevator idea." Major G. W. Raymond of the army engineer corps, Geo. Y. Wisner of Detroit, and Alfred Noble of Chicago, constituting the latest commis- sion appointed by the government to investigate the subject of a deep waterway from the lakes to Atlantic tidewater, met in Tonawanda on Tuesday, and were joined by C. L. Harrison of Chicago, who has been employed to undertake field work on the surveys. Mr. Harrison had a large force of assistants on the ground. The distance to be covered by the proposed ship-canal around Niagara, joining Lakes Erie and On- tario, is twenty-six miles, but it is confidently expected that the survey for this work will be completed before next spring. The whole project will probably occupy two years. Capt. John L. Gallien, whose death at Racine was announced a few days ago, entered upon the life of a sailor when fourteen years of age, and for thirty-six years commanded sailing vessels :on the lake. He be- came master of the bark Ontario, owned by his father, in 1858. Later he was master of the Roanoke, in which he 'owned an interest, and subse- quently sailed the Henry R. Seymour. For seven years after he com- manded the Lone Star and was part owner. He next sailed the Newsboy~ and was on her several years, being principal owner. Later he sailed The last\vessel he sailed Racine had been Capt. Gallien's home for half a r was the schooner Ida. century.--Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin. Mr. T. H. Ismay, of the White Star line, is perhaps one of the best authorities on what merchant cruisers can or cannot do. As to the big Oceanic, now building at the works of Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Mr. Ismay says she would be able to steam 23,400 nautical miles at a speed of 12 knots, or practically round the world, without stopping anywhere for coal. He also refers to one of the smartest bits of work ever recorded in the annals of merchant shipping, when the Teutonic, in order to attend the naval review as an armed cruiser, mounted sixteen guns and made all other arrangements for discharging cargo, painting and provisioning in less than three days. She arrived at Liverpool on June 21 and sailed, The Canadian Pacific, however, proposes now to make an experi- 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. ies, - Te completely equipped, for Spithead on the 24th. She sailed again for Liverpool after the 26th, landed her guns and deft on the regular sailing date for New York, viz., June 30. Detroit's naval reserve organization has reason to feel disappointed on account of the announcement that the Yantic, one of the old nayal ~ vessels that was to be loaned to them, is too long to pass through the locks of the St. Lawrence canals. The Yantic is 204 feet long, and As- sistant Naval Constructor Gilmour, who has been investigating the ques- tion of size of locks in the St. Lawrence canals, reports that the greatest length over all of a vessel which can be safely locked though, is 184 feet. William Leslie, manager of the Collins Bay Rafting & Forwarding Co,, ~who has had a great deal to do with passing vessels through the canals, says that the Saturn, which is owned by his company and is 184 feet in length over all, had been locked through the small locks of the canals only with the greatest difficulty, and he considers 184 feet about the limit of over-all length which it is safe to attempt to lock through the smal] locks. In General. Russia is about to follow the United States in adopting the principal of protection to home shipping. After the year 1900 the coasting trade ot Russia must-be done in vessels flying the Russan flag exclusively. Among articles in the latest number of "The Record," published by the Association of.American Draftsmen, is one by H. Rottmer of the bureau of construction and repair, navy department, dealing with cal- culations for curves of load and buoyancy, sheering stresses, bending moments and equivalent girder for a battleship. Dimensions and speed ef Queen Victoria's new yacht, as originally pro- posed, have been changed. The-vessel-is now to be 380 feet long between perpendiculars, 50 feet beam, 18 feet mean draft and of 4,600 tons dis- placement. She is to have a steel hull, with minute subdivisions; to be sheathed with teak, and coppered; to have twin screws; and to possess a maximum speed of 20 knots. Her coal supply is to be large enough to keep her at sea for prolonged periods. She is to be built at Pembroke, and is to cost abon* $1,250,000. ak eae Sir Henry Bessemer is now in his eighty-fourth year and his name is honored in all countries, while his kind heart makes him beloved by all who have the great privilege of his friendship. He may be justly proud that by his invention the world is producing about 10,500,000 tons of Bessemer steel annually. He has said that these high figures do not adequately impress themselves on the people's minds; and suggests that we picture to ourselves a gigantic armor-plate, 100 miles long, 5 feet thick, and 20 feet high, as representing the output of steel every year by his process.--Engineering, London. FFICH OF LIGHT;-HOUSE ENGINEER, 9th District, Detroit, Mich., August 31, 1897. Sealed Proposals will be received at . this office until 8 o'clock P. M. of Tuesday, the 21st day of September, 1897, for North Manitou Light Tower, Michigan. Plans, specifications, forms of proposal and other information may be obtained on application to this office. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, and to waive any defects. M. B. ADAMS, Major, corps of Engineers, U.S. A., Light-House Engineer. Sept. 17. Chas. E. & W. F. Peck, 58 Wiiiiam St. ; NEW YORK CITY. Cc. T. BOWRING & CO., 5 & 6 Billiter Ave., H.C. LONDON, ENG. 812 Royal Insurance Building, CHICAGO, ILL. : INSURANCE. BROWN & CO., J.G. KEITH & CO., LA SALLE & CO.. 202 Main St., 138 Rialto Bidg., Board of Trade Bldg,, Buffalo, N. Y. Chicago, Ill. Duluth, Minn. Are prepared to make rates on all classes of Marine Insurance on the great lakes, both CARGOES and HULLS. "GREAT LAKES RECISTER." F. D. HERRIMAN, Surveyor-General, Chicago, Ill. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock COMPANY. WORKS AT NEWPORT NEWS, VA. (On Hampton Roads.) Equipped with a Simpson's Basin Dry Dock capable of docking a vessel 600 feet long, drawing 25 feet of water, at any stage of the tide. Repairs made vromptly and at reasonable rates, SHIP AND ENGINE BUILDERS. For estimates and further particulars, address Cc. B. ORCUTT, Pres't, No. | Broadway. New York.