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Around the Lakes. A. Cartier is building a wooden harbor tug at Ashland, Wis. He will fit the vessel for fire service if the city officials or owners of dock property ._ will bear the expense of pump equipment and maintenance. Capt. Fred. C. Hart, who has managed the Owen vessels for seyeral years past, will enter into active service again next season. He is to com- mand the steamer J. Emery Owen, vice Capt. Marion Tinney. C. W. Elphicke & Co. of Chicago have engaged Capt. D. H. Mal- lory, last season in the steamer G. G. Hadley, to command their steamer Geo. N. Orr. Capt. Mallory's successor in the Hadley is Capt. James O. Wood, formerly of the steamer Davidson. Owners of the passenger steamer State of Michigan, which sailed last season between Toledo and the Straits under the title of People's Steam: ship. Line, are figuring on extending the vessel's trips next season to San- dusky. Drake, Bates & Co. of Cleveland have taken the saies agency for _ Brotherton ore. It is expected that the Brotherton, which is a Gogebic Tange property shipping trom Ashland, will produce about 100,000 tons in An effort is being made to secure a pension for Mrs. Jennie Mills of Port Huron, widow of Charles Mills, one of the volunteer crew which attempted to rescue the crew of the schooner William Shupe when she was stranded in Lake Huron. nS Capt. Horace C. Thacher of the firm of Thacher & Breyman, sub- marine engineers and contractors, died at his home in Toledo last Friday morning of a complication of diseases growing out of an attack of grippe. He was fifty-four years old. ae a The O'Connor Transportation Co., with .a capital of $50,000, has been organized at Benton Harbor, Mich., to operate a freight and passenger _ steamer between that port and Chicago. The incorporators are Hugh, Peter J..and P. O'Connor, Jy., and Norman_W. Gifford of Chicago, and Roscoe D. Farmer of Benton Harbor. He With a view to killing off outside weighmasters, the trustees of the _ Buffalo Merchants' Exchange have reduced the official weighmaster's fees - from 15 to 12 cents per 1,000 busheis. On the basis of last year's receipts this reduction will represent a saving of about $6,000 to vessels delivering grain cargoes at Buffalo. It is said that the construction of the steamer Unique and her subse- 'quent failure as a money-maker was the cause of the State Savings Bank at Marine City passing into the hands of George W. and Fred. T. Moore, bankers of Port Huron. The amount of money invested in the building of the Unique by the stockholders of the bank left that institution in finan- cial straits. Be Presque Isle is the name selected for the steel steamer building at the Lorain works of the Cleveland Ship Building Co. for Mr. W. G. Mather _ and others. A half interest in this steamer is owned by Jones & Laugh- lins, Pittsburg iron and steel manufacturers, and she will very probably _ be engaged in moving ore from Lake Superior mines in which members . of that firm are interested. Capt. Charles M. Swattwood, who died at his home in Cleveland on the 17th inst., sailed vessels of the Cleveland Rolling Mill Co.'s fleet during _Six or seven years past. He had not been in good health during the past two years. Capt. Swartwood followed the lakes from boyhood. His first command was the steamer Christie. From the Christie he went to the William Chisholm, of which he was captain tor two years. In 1894 he was given command of,the J. H. Wade, and remained in her until September of last year, when his illness was so severe as to cause him to leave his vessel. Capt. W. R. Taylor, who was for a great number of years engaged as inspector for Canadian lake underwriters and whose Soijleo ke aylon _ now holds the same position, is still living in Kingston and is hale and hearty at eight-seven years. Capt. Taylor-is among the oldest of Canadian lake vessel masters now living. He began sailing out of Prescott, Ont., in 1882 in the steamer Queenstown and later in the steamer William IV. Between 1834 and 1869 he commanded, among other lake vessels, the _ steamer Cobourg, steamer Sir Francis Bond Head, schooner Thistle, schooner Shamrock, propeller St. Thomas, schooner Wim. Caley, schooner Governor, barge Superior, steamer Comet, schooner Annie Falconer and schooner Annie Minnes. Stocks of Grain at Lake Ports. The following table, prepared from reports of the Chicago, board of trade, shows the stocks of wheat and corn in store in regular elevators at the principal points of accumulation on the lakes, Feb. 19, 1898: Wheat, bushels. Corn, bushels. MURROEE? Gh ccd eck 9,376,000 - 16,077,000 Titra gee, yx Seabee tas 2544-000 2,331,000 Gia wicncae tice cy ie She ae: 130,000 123,000 IST OU Fe eae oie ee ea ed 121,000 * 18.000 ROUsHOs ORME Nate. ce eae ee 264,000 = 488000 Bumalo, elise J fos. renee: woes ys , 1,084000 1,365,000 13,469,000 20,402,000 _ As compared with a week ago, the above fi ures show, a points named, a decrease of 374,000 bushels on wnt Eo i ee 6,000 bushels of corn. On the same date there was afloat at Chicago 1,521,000 bushels of wheat, 6,666,000 bushels of corn, 232.000 bushels of oats, 131,000 bushels of rye and 93,000 bushels of barley; at Buffalo 44(),000 bushels of wheat and 84,000 bushels 'of rye; and at Milwaukee 1,099,000 bushels of corn and 214,000 bushels of oats. ae REE Ree FER AA! aE Mr. Henry Cramp of the Cramp shi letter to the Review: "In response to your in 14 MARINE REVIEW. cheapest disposition that can be made of it is to break it up and put in cylindrical and locomotive types the fire goes through the tubes, which are immersed in water, while in the coil type the water is forced through "coming boiler will be a tubular boiler with enough water in some large sier's Magazine. -- Boilers for Steamships. In all well-ordered ship building the construction of the boilers begins with the laying of the keel. In no department of ship building are skin and experience of mote vital importance than in the boiler shops. There is, doubtless, wider difference in quality of boiler work and in consequent performance between different establishments than in any other branch of the art. Some shops turn out boilers which begin with first-class per- formance on the preliminary trial trip and maintain that standing through. out their period of duration; others begin with leaky tubes, sprung tube sheets and bad joints, and continue an unsatisfactory career until they land in the scrap heap at a time when a good boiler would be at its best, Slovenly work on a ship's hull may be remedied by thorough repair. Eyen imperfect construction or defective adjustment of the workin parts of an engine may be corrected. But there is no salvation for a botched boiler, because one defect always breeds another. Steam at 16) pounds square inch pressure is an agent that will tolerate no trifling, and, thence, unless the boiler is perfect at the start in every detail, the a new one that is perfect. The boiler in most common use for Ssea-going ships is of the cylindrical, fire tube type, with inside furnaces, and is usu- ally termed the Scotch boiler. Other types are used, such as the "through and through" or locomotive boiler, and the water coil or tubulous type, of which there are many kinds. The essential difference is that in the -tubes 'surrounded by fire. The great amount of water required in. the 'Scotch boiler is rapidly bringing about a more 'extended use of the water tubular kind. The earlier water tube boilers did not have enough water to act as a heat reservoir, but the necessity for more water to insure uni- formity of pressure is, being recognized, and it is very probable that the tube or tank to act as a water and steam reserve.--Lewis Nixon in Cas- A Steel Lighter, There is now being completed at the works of Gas Kngine & Power Co. and Chas. L. Seabury & Co., Consolidated, Morris Heights-on-the- Harlem, a steel steam lighter for the Erie Railroad Co. This is the first steel boat built for this service. It is 115 feet over all, 30 feet beam, 11 feet 6 inches depth, and 7 feet 6 inches draft. The hull is constructed entirely of steel with heavy beams and double plating on water line for- ward. There are five keelsons throughout enitire length and nine for- ward. The frames are spaced 15 inches for a distance of 20 feet from bow, and 'the remainder have 21-inch centers. In gereral appe2rance this vessel will resemble the ordinary wooden lighter. The machinery will consist of a simple engine with cylinder 22 by 28 inches, fitted on bed stiffened with intercostals. Steam will be furnished by a shell boiler of about 600 horse power. In 'the construction of this craft the Erie com- pany was represented by Capt. Cherry, superintendent of floating. equip- ment, and Chief Engineer Dubo's. ' site The Penberthy Injector Co. of Detroit, well known for several years past through extensive advertising as the manufacturers of a patent in- jector bearing the name Penberthy, have begun suit in Detroit for in- junction and $10,000 damages against the Lee-Penberthy Manufacturing Co., a new concern, thatshas begun business in Detroit, and which, it is claimed, is infringing the trade name of the old company. "gan DONNELLY, 5 DAES 1 ON) Sonn ONNELLY, ay. Vice PRES A M.B{FaxeER, TRE j THOLDONNELIY, SECT @ = pues EOE 8 TO one FOR SALE-The Steamer Unique- | Beyond question' the fastest passenger' 'screw steamer on the lakes, can be bought very cheap if bought. soon. The Unique is in good condition throughout, excepting outside painting. A good title will be given: Printed description furnished on request. C. McHLROY, Managing ' owner, St. Clair, Mich. oR SALE---STMR. ANDREW JOHNSON. This side-wheel steamer, formerly of the . Revenue cutter service, is for sale. She could readily be applied to passenger service. Her ver- tical beam condensing engine (48 inches diameter of cylinder and 9 feet stroke) has recently been thoroughly overhauled and is worth more than is asked for the ship. For particulars address RESERVE, 409 Perry-Payne Bldg., Cleveland. S. ENGINEER OFFICE, Duluth, e Minn., January, 31, 1898. Sealed pro- posals for dredging in Portage Lake Ship Canals, Keweenaw Point, Mich., will be re- ceived here until noon, February, 28, 1898, and then publicly opened. Information furnished on application. CLINTON B. SEARS, Major, eee are ds