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1900] MARINE REVIEW. 15 FUNERAL OF THE LATE CAPT. THOMAS WILSON. Simple as his life and impressive as his character were the funeral services for the late Capt. Thomas Wilson, in Cleveland, Wednesday aiter- noon, The family residence at No. 2198 Euclid avenue was crowded with those who had come from far and near to pay the last tribute to the dead. The floral offerings were beautiful. Rev. Caspar W. Hiatt of the Euclid avenue Congregational church officiated at the services, assisted by Rev. F. C. Ottman of Newark, N. J., and Chaplain Jones of the Floating Bethel. Briefly and eloquently they reviewed the life which had been active in business, philanthropic and church circles. The remains were interred at Lake View cemetery, the following gentlemen acting as honorary and active pallbearers: Honorary--W. C. Farrington, Buffalo; Capt. Alexander MicDougall, Duluth; J. W. West- cott, Detroit; Capt. William Forbes, Port Huron; Capt. J. G. Keith, Chicago; Charles Beatty, Buffalo; William Chisholm, Sr., Justin Snow, Horace Ford, Capt. George P. McKay, W. D. Rees, E. W. Oglebay, Cleveland. Active--Hon. John H. Farley, George L. Quayle, J. E. Up- son, J. J. Sullivan, H. D. Goulder, H. A. Hawgood, B. L. Pennington, T. Spencer Knight, J. W. Moore, H. Clark Ford, H. P. McIntosh and Capt. Edward Morton, all of Cleveland. The flags upon all vessels in the harbor were placed at half mast and many of the offices of the vesselmen were closed. Among the vesselmen from other cities present were: W. C. Farrington of Buffalo, president of the Lake Carriers' Association; 'Capt. J. G. Keith of Chicago, first vice- president of the Lake Carriers' Association; Capt. Alexander McDougall of Duluth, Capt. William Forbes of Port Huron, Capt. J. W. Westcott of Detroit, C. D. Carpenter of Port -Huron, James Ash, George W. Bone and 'Capt. J. J..H. Brown of Buffalo. The tribute of the Lake Carriers' Association, prepared by a com- mittee consisting of H. Coulby, B. L. Pennington, J. J. H. Brown and Harvey D. Goulder, is as follows: "The news of the death of Captain Thomas Wilson, like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, came as a surprise and a severe shock to his many friends throughout the chain of lakes. It smote all with a keen sense of sorrow for the irreparable loss. "Thomas Wilson was a man of strong personality. He was domi- nated by reason rather than by sentiment or impulse and he had the courage of his convictions. He was a man of more than ordinary saga- city and foresight. His integrity was unquestioned. His benevolence was unfailing and he gave without ostentation. Having committed him- self to particular charities or institutions he deemed worthy, his interest in them never wearied, his financial support never flagged. He had hosts of friends and stood by them always with fraternity and loyalty. He was a man of correct personal habits. Nothing could swerve him from the 'course of conduct he had chosen as proper and right for him. A con- sistent Christian, strenuous for correct doctrine, he never obtruded his profession but exemplified it in his life. As a citizen he was public-spir- ited and patriotic. He conscientiously did his part in endeavoring to » secure good government and just laws, especially the enactment of laws to promote the cause of temperance. He was a devoted husband, an indulgent father, a steadfast friend. If universal sorrow is any measure of his worth, an irretrievable loss has been sustained in his death. "His counsels as president of the Lake Carriers' Association, and later as a member of the executive committee, were always wise and help- ful; and to him perhaps as much as to any other, we may attribute the success of the association. "As members of the executive committee we adopt this memorial ten- dering our sincere sympathy and condolence to the afflicted family in their great bereavement and during the long, sad journey homeward. May the consolations that Heaven alone can give be abundantly bestowed upon the multitude who mourn his loss. . "We direct that this memorial be spread upon the records of the perccienen and that an engrossed copy be presented to the bereaved amily. ICE-BREAKERS IN THE ARCTIC SEAS. In an article on the performances of Admiral Makaroff's gigantic ice-breaker Yarmack last summer, one of the Hamburg journals, contends that the result proves that science has not yet succeeded in producing a steam vessel competent to force her way through really thick Polar ice. We know that Makaroff's belief was that with an ice-breaker such as he was building he would be able to keep navigation to and from Siberia open for a much longer time every year, but the gallant admiral has had to confess himself beaten. The Yermack, it will be remembered, built by Armstrong at Newcastle, England, at the price of 1,500,000 roubles, pro- ceeded to St. Petersburg at the pesinning of the spring of 1899, and along certain parts of the Russian coast she had to force her way through ice 2 to 8 feet in thickness. Of course there was nothing extraordinary about this. The ice-breaker Nadeschny, built in 1896 at Copenhagen for service at Vladivostock, with a horse power of 3,400 (the four engines of the Yarmack have an aggregate of 10,000 horse power), at her trial trip in February, 1897, near Port Baltic at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland, made her way through ice 6 metres thick, and better things than even this have been done by the ice-breaking steam ferries regularly working across straits of the great American lakes. ACTION UPON WAGE SCHEDULE POSTPONED. The executive committee of the Lake Carriers' Association met in the offices of M. A. Hanna & Co., on Thursday morning to decide upon the wages of all men aboard vessels, but after some discussion it was con- cluded to postpone final action until all the vessel interests along the lakes could be represented at the meeting. The British torpedo boat Destroyer Virago came over from the Esquimault naval station at a thirty-two-mile-an-hour clip on April 3 to. Vancouver, B. C., making the trip from Esquimault in the record-break- ing time of less than two and a half hours. The run was made in the effort to catch a deserting paymaster. The annual report of W. Bell Dawson, the engineer in charge of the survey of tides and currents in Canadian waters has just been issued in - pamphlet form by W. P. Anderson, chief engineer of the department of marine and fisheries. The report is valuable and comprehensive. MASTERS AND ENGINEERS. APPOINTMENTS OF OFFIOERS FOR SHIPS OF THE GREAT LAKES, SEASON OF 1900. Bessemer Steamship Co., Cleveland: Steamers--J. B. Neilson, Capt. W. J. Hunt, Engineer W. B. Roach; Henry Cort, Capt. Frank Rice, Engineer W. J. Gervin; James B. Eads, Capt. R. E. Byrns, Engineer G. A. Miller; John Ericsson, Capt. W. S. Hoag, Engineer L. D Weeks; Robert Fulton, Capt. S. C. Allen, Engineer J. B. Heyward; Sir William Fairbairn, Capt. James Driscoll, Kngineer A. P. Williams; George Steph- enson, Capt. A. C. Chapman, Engineer J. L. Walker; James Watt, Capt. F. W. Stenton, Engineer A. W. Arnson; Sir Henry Bessemer, Capt. John Ward, Engineer R. Masten; Sir William Siemens, Capt. Harry Gunder- son, Engineer D. MicGilvery; S. F. B. Morse, Capt. E. M. Smith, Engi- neer E. W. Fox; Douglass Houghton, Capt. Henry Stone, Engineer J. W. McEchern; Gen. O. M. Poe, Capt. John Lowe, Engineer F. H. Warner; Colgate Hoyt, Capt. Neil Campbell, Engineer Frank Harringer; J: L. Colby, Capt. Peter Peterson, Engineer William Densmore; E. B. Bart- lett, Capt. M. C. Cameron, Engineer J. J. Norcross; A. D, Thomson, Capt. H. F. Loftus, Engineer William Young; Thomas Wilson, Capt. C. D. Secord, Engineer A. J. Smith; Samuel Mather, Capt. John Park, Engineer Alex. McKenzie; J. B. Trevor, Capt. John Dunn, Engineer Walter Harsant; Frank Rockefeller, Capt. M. C. Boyce, Engineer J. H. Pierce; Alex. McDougall, Capt. W. H. Kilby, Engineer Irwin Marshall; J. B. Colgate, Capt. Charles Grant, Engineer H. Folkert; R. E. Bunson, Capt. W. H. Campau, Engineer S. W. Armstrong; C. E. Van Hise, Capt. C. E. Moody, Engineer --_--------. Barges--John Scott Russell, Capt. W. H. McDonald; Sir Joseph Whitworth, Capt. Peter Gustafsen; Alex- ander Holley, (Capt. O. W. Holdridge; George H. Corliss, Capt. G. L. Durand; Alfred Krupp, Capt. Arnold Nordahl; James Nasmyth, Capt. W. H. Dick; Sir Isaac L. Bell, Capt. E: L. Sawyer; W. L. Jenney, Capt. F. S. Fear; Sidney G. Thomas, Capt. M. Langel; John Fritz, Capt. A. McArthur; John A. Roebling, Capt. F. E. Ingraham; John Smeaton, Capt. H. 'A. Byrns. Other captains engaged but not assigned: Louis Leonard, Samuel Durfee, E. E. Manuelson, Donald Graham, Robert Thompson, R. W. Gleason, A. Siljander, Charles Mulholland, Daniel Mc- Fadgen, John Sprowell, Robert Brooks, James Burr, C. N. Noble, A. A. Boyce, Willard Damon, J. W. Norcross, H. Harris, Jr.. Edward Morey, and D. J. Barron. These captains unassigned are for 105, 107, 109, 110, 111, 116, 117, 118, 126, 127, 129, 130, 181, 182, 183, 134, 187, 201, 202. Corrigan, James, Managing Owner, Cleveland: Steamers--Bulgaria, Capt. F. C. Hart, Engineer Wallace Lockhart; Caledonia, Capt. Robert Donaldson, Engineer E. Sampson; Italia, Capt. John McArthur, Engi- neer Thomas McDonough; J. Emory Owen, Capt. J. W. Brion, Engi- neer P. J. Navaugh; Robert Wallace, Capt. Frank D. Perew, Engineer Frank Perew; Quito, Capt. Fred Chalcraft, Engineer J. H. Smith; Iron Age, 'Capt. J. A. Nicholson, Engineer Fred Craig; Iron Duke, Capt. N. L. Miner, Engineer Irwin Morrison; Iron Chief, Capt. W. A. Irvine, Engi- neer August:Cobo; Progress, Capt. W. C. Goodsell, Engineer J. Williams; M. M. Drake, Capt. J. W. Nicholson, Engineer C. Mugkelburg; Minne- sota, Capt. F. B. Cody, Engineer F. McKinney; St. Paul, Capt. Ed. Rains, 'Engineer John Radford. Schooners--Tasmania, Capt. John Weeks; Amazon, Capt. Robert DeLong; Australia, Capt. Harvey Peters; Polynesia, Capt. A. J. McKay; Iron Cliff, Capt. Martin Kurth; F. D. Ewen, Capt. M. D. Pridgeon; Michigan, Capt. McArthur; Ashland, Capt. M. S. Cody; J. M. Hutchinson, Capt. H. Holland; J. I. Case, Capt. Sam Gould; R. Hallaran, Capt. C. H. Marsden. Minch & Nicholas Transportation companies, Wm. Gerlach, Mngr., 'Cleveland: Steamers--I. W. Nicholas, Capt. N. B. Nelson, Engineer Wm. H. Miller; Onoko, Capt. Joseph Lampoh, Engineer E. A. Meeker; Wm. Chisholm, Capt. Wm. Carloss, Engineer Geo. Milne; John N. Glidden, Capt. H. H. Hinslea, Engineer John Miller. Schooner--Dundee, Capt. Martin Elnen. West Division Steamship Co., W. H. Wolf, president, 236 Oneida street, Milwaukee, Wis.: Steamers--Fred Pabst, Capt. Daniel C. Sulli- van, Engineer Mr. Mason; W. H. Wolf, Capt. Wm. Lund, Engineer Thos. Allbrighton. Schooner--Armenia, Capt. Frank Brown. : Corrigan, John, 'Cleveland: Steamer--Aurania, Capt. B. H. Jones, Engineer J. Cummings. DOCK PROPERTY OF THE PITTSBURG COMPANY. Operations of the Pittsburg Coal Co. (big bituminous consolidation) on the great lakes are certainly of a very extensive kind. Their facilities and the dock interests which they control are best shown by reference to the property that is under the direction of John A. Donaldson of Cleve- land, manager of docks and fueling department. A single car dumper, one of the great modern machines that takes up a car of coal and dumps it into the hold of a vessel, loading a whole cargo of 3,000 to 6,000 tons in about a day, is in itself a property of no small proportions. There are no less than seven of these owned by the Pittsburg Coal Co. at Erie, Ash- tabula, Fairport and Cleveland on Lake Erie. The dock interests in the department managed by Mr. Donaldson include four car dumpers and three steamboat fuel lighters at Cleveland; one car dumper and a lighter at Fairport; one car dumper and a lighter at Ashtabula; a car dumper and fuel pockets at Erie; docks and pockets at Sandwich and Amherstburg on the Detroit river; docks and pockets at Detour on the Sault river and also at Sault Ste. Marie, the latter of which was formerly the property of the Port Royal Dock Co. ' : But after all the great volume. of business that will be represented in coal going over these docks during the season of navigation now opening is only a small part of the operations of the consolidation known as the Pittsburg Coal Co. Its sales of coal in the manufacturing district of Pitts- burg alone are more important than the lake business. Mr. Eugene Tyler Chamberlain, commissioner of navigation, and Mrs. Mary Lee Chapman were married very quietly at the rectory of St. Paul's Episcopal church, Washington, D. C., on Tuesday, by the rector, the Rev. Alfred Harding. The announcement came as a surprise to his many friends. Mr. Chamberlain is a club man and is one of the most active members of the Metropolitan club.