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1903.] MARINE REVIEW AND MARINE RECORD. 25 OFFICERS OF DETROIT TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. Nearly all of the transportation companies of Michigan elected officers a few days ago. Most of the Detroit compan- ies are represented in the following list: ' Whitney Transportation Co.--D. C. Whitney, president and - treasurer; John Dalvell, vice-president; Fred G. Austin, sec- eed Directors, above and Charles Stinchfield and Richard Cuson. Wolverine Steamship Co.--John B. Roby, president; Wat- son M. Freer, vice-president; Alex. McVittie, secretary-treasur- er and manager. Directors, above and Frank J. Hecker. Michigan Steamship Co--Frank J. Hecker, president; 'Frank E. Kirby, vice-president; Alex. McVittie, secretary-treas- urer and manager. Directors, above and Watson M. Freer and P. H. McMillan. American Steamship Co.--Hugh McMillan, president and treasurer; W. C. McMillan, vice-president; M. B. McMillan, secretary. Directors, above and M. W. Aldrich and G. M. Mc- Millan. Ionia Transportation Co.--F. M. Thompson, president and treasurer; FE. L. Thompson, vice-president; W. M. Kelley, secretary. White Star Line--A. A. Parker, president; L. C. Waldo, vice-president; John Pridgeon, Jr., treasurer; C. F. Bielman, secretary and traffic manager; B. W. Parker, general manager. Directors, above and T. H. Newberry, James H. Muir, Robert T. Gray and A. W. Colton. Adems 'Transportation Co--John Craig, Sr., president; John. Adams, vice-president; John Craig, Jr., secretary; Thomas Adams, treasurer and general manager. Inter-Lake T'ransportation Co--P. J. Ralph, president; C. D. Watterman, vice-president; H.C. Ralph, secretary and treas- urer. Duluth & Atlantic Transportation Co--W. C. McMillan, president; Hugh McMillan, vice-president; Philip H. McMil- lan, secretary; George M. Black, treasurer. Directors, above and W. K. Anderson. Teagan Transportation Co.--W. T. Teagan, president; J. O. Teagan, treasurer and general manager; Wade Millis, secre- tary. People's Ferry Co--Clarence A. Parker, president and gen- eral manager; C. M. Zengerle, vice-president; Lemuel H. Fos- ter, counsel and secretary; IL. P. Sanscrainte, treasurer. Direc- tors, above and Capt. Gilbert LeCroix. Nipigon Transit Co.--Alfred K. Kiefer, president; David Milne, vice-president; O. L. E. Weber, secretary and treasurer. Hope Transportation Co.--T. S. Christie, president; C. D. Haywood, vice-president; W. R. Stafford, treasurer; 'Thomas K. Christie, secretary; John A. Francombe, manager. Wayne Transportation Co.--John A. Francombe, president and manager; W. G. Teuson, secretary; E. McWilliams, treas- urer. Owen Transportation Co--J. F. Owen, president; William J. Gray, vice-president and treasurer; Robert T. Gray, secretary. Stewart T'ransportation Co.--George Peck, president; A. EF. Stewart, vice-president and general manager; C. F. Bielman, secretary and treasurer. Directors, above and J. J. Barlum and George Lesher. Northwestern 'Transportation Co.--Harvey H. Brown, president; S. C. Hartnell, vice-president; L. C. Waldo, secre- tary-treasurer and manager. Directors, above and C.-T Pratt, Robert P. Hartnell and Stephen Hartnell. Roby Transportation: Co--J. B. Roby, president; John W. Donaldson, vice-president; L,. C. Waldo, secretary-treasurer and manager. APPOINTMENTS ON TWO PASSENGER LINES. General Manager W. C. McMillan of the Detroit & Buffalo and Detroit & Cleveland lines, has announced appointments of officers for the season of 1903 on the eight side-wheel passenger. steamers controlled by the two lines. There are a few new names, especially among the stewards. The list 1s as follows: City of Detroit--Captain, A. J. McKay; pilot, Malcolm Me- Lachlan; first officer, Ronald McLean; chief engineer, William S. Huff; purser, D. E. Cummings; steward, Alfred welfare. City of Cleveland--Captain, Archie McLachlan; pilot, John Lightbody; first officer, Alex. McCollum; chief engineer, John . Hall; purser, Geo. W. Clark; steward, E.- H. Hudson. City of Alpena--Captain, M. Lightbody; pilot, Wm. Ken- yon; chief engineer, A. Phillips; purser, Roy S. White; stew- mea Chas, F: Perr: City of Mackinac--Captain, H. J. Slyfield; pilot, Fred Simpson; chief engineer, Wm. McDonald; purser, Geo. F. Sladden; steward, Wm. Smith. State of Ohio--Captain, A. H. McLachlan ; pilot, Kenneth Finlayson; first officer, A. E. Randall; chief engineer, D. Don- aldson; purser, Geo. Masson; steward, Richard Collins. State of New York--Captain, Salem Robinson ; pilot, Peter D. Ferguson; first officer, D. McLachlan; chief engineer, Wm. Steen; purser, John Barry; steward, Julius Wehlan. Eastern States--Captain, Duncan McLachlan; first officer, Hugh McMillan; pilot, Eugene Heywood; chief engineer, J. P. Wells; purser, John Sughrow; steward, Otto Hunter. Western States--Captain, John McCollum; first officer, -- Dougall McLachlan; pilot, F. Stuart; chief engineer, A. Car- ter; purser, D. A. McIntyre; steward, Bert Ransier. INTERESTING INSURANCE QUESTION. An interesting question has arisen out of the Grand 'T'ra- verse-Livingstone litigation. The Grand Traverse was sunk in collision with the steamer Livingstone, Oct. 19, 1896, on Lake Erie. She became a total loss, was abandoned to the under- writers and total loss paid. The case growing out of the col- lision was tried before District Judge Cox and both vessels held at fault. The Grand Traverse interests appealed, and the United States circuit court of appeals held the Livingstone solely at fault. The value of the Grand Traverse was fixed at $37,- 500; her insurance valuation was $25,000. 'The underwriters on the Grand Traverse, when the cause was reversed and. re- manded, petitioned for the payment of the entire sum to them, . . claiming that by virtue of the abandonment and payment of total loss they: were entitled to all the fruits of the recovery. The owners claimed that the right which the underwriter has in such case arises in the equitable doctrine of subrogation, and is unaffected by abandonment; that the right of the underwriter in the fund recovered is limited to recoupment of the amount of their payment, in this case $25,000. 'They also contend that as their underwriters took no part in making the recovery of any risk in connection with it and did not contribute to the expense, but, on the contrary being underwriters on -the Livingstone as well as the Grand Traverse had contributed toward the de- fense of the Livingstone; that while under the doctrine of sub- rogation they would ordinarily be entitled to repayment of the entire sum by them paid if the recovery from the wrongdoer equaled that sum. and only chargeable with a pro rata of the ex- pense in this case, by reason of their failure to aid in the recov- ery, their adverse interest as underwriters in the Livingstone, and their contributing toward the defense of the Livingstone, the expense of recovery should be deducted from their part of this recovery. : The doctrine is not a new one, nor at.all peculiar to marine insurance, but while the doctrine is old it seems that there has been no case in which it has been necessary to decide the ques- tion, although there are some cases in which it is referred to and considered. 'The question is interesting at this time, in view of the almost universal use of valued policies and of the growing practice of placing the insurance or policy valuation of the vessel at less than its market value. Under an open policy, in case of total loss, an owner is completely indemnified; under a valued policy, he may get the full indemnity provided by his contract and yet fall far short of being fully indemnified on his loss. Some policies contain stipulations as to the extent of the underwriters' interest in case of payment. The policies in this case are all or substantially all silent on this point, leaving the question purely one of law. The cause has been argued before District Judge Hazel at Buffalo but not finally submitted. It is reported from Collingwood that Capt. P. M. Campbeil, veteran commodore of the Northern Navigation Co.'s fleet, is to retire from active service. He is one of the Dioneer captains, if not the very oldest of them, on the upper lakes, having been identified with navigation out of Collingwood for about half a century. There is scarcely a boat in the history of the Colling- wood line that he has not commanded. From the earliest days of the Great Northern Trans't Co., the present company's pre- decessor, he had charge of flagships of the line. A Buffalo dispatch says that the letting of the contract to dredge out a new passage from Lake Erie into Niagara river appears to commit the government still further to the building of the proposed ship-canal to lower Black Rock along the Niag- ara, for there is not much other need of the new passage. It will pass the Reading coal dock, but will soon encounter shal- low water again. 'The cut is to be 500 ft. wide and 23 ft. deep, mostly in rock, so there ought to be something to come of it. Nobody seems to doubt that the ship-canal will be built, as it forms the only solution of the Niagara river problem, so long a source of annoyance and loss. The local engineer's office is making the survey this winter, mostly indoors, as there is a large amount of data to work on. 'The work already let will take four years to complete, there being $200,000 available for it each ear. : The ninth lighthouse district, with headquarters at Milwau- kee, fares very well in the sundry civil bill recently recommended to the senate. Among the appropriations are items of $100,000 and $75,000 for lighthouse improvements at Milwaukee. The eppropriation of $100,000 is to go toward a light and fog signal on the Milwaukee breakwater and $75,000 is for a lighthouse depot for Milwaukee. Other appropriations for improvements: in the ninth district are: $75,000 for light tower and fog signal, winter quarters, on Racine reef; $3,500 for building keeper's dwelling for Algoma pier head range light station; $75,000 for light and fog signal station on Fisherman's shoal; $20,000 for light and fog signal on or near Little Gull island, St. Martin's passage, entrance to Green bay; $32,000 for light and fog signal at Pointe au Barques and $6,000 for steam fog signal at Michi- gan island light station.