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22 MARINE REVIEW AND MARINE RECORD. Koy Hy, SSI, Ys Tey th YU iy 2 REORGANIZATION,PLAN IN OPERATION. During the past week the plan of reorganization of the Lake Carriers' Association, as adopted at the late annual meeting, has been put into practical operation. Last Thursday the reorganiza- tion committee, representing the stockholders through proxies, met at the Cadillac in Detroit and perfected the organization. There were not over twenty-five stockholders present in person. The following board of directors was chosen: William Living- stone, C. W. Elphicke, D, Suillivan, David Vance, F. J. Firth, Edward Smith, T.. T. Morford, C. A. Eddy, W. C. McMillan, A. B. Wolvin, D. G. Kerr, W. W.. Smith, H. Coulby, James Cor- rigan, H. A. Hawgood, J. H. Sheadle, John Mitchell, T. F. New- man, W. W. Brown, J. E. Upson and George P. McKay. As predicted there was no change in the officers, the following being elected. President, William Livingstone of Detroit; vice-presi- | dent, J. H. Sheadle of Cleveland; treasurer, Capt. George 'P. _ McKay of Cleveland; secretary, Harvey L. Brown of Buffalo;and counsel, Harvey D. Goulder of Cleveland. The greatest interest, of course, centers in the executive committee which is to do the real work of the association. 'This committee is as follows: A.» B. Wolvin of Duluth, Frank J. Firth of Philadelphia, H. Coulby of Cleveland, H. & Hawgood of Cleveland and Edward Smith of Buffalo. During the present week the executive committee has_ held conferences of a preliminary character with the representatives of the seamen's union and purposes to arrange a schedule of meet- ings with the representatives of labor unions having to do with 'the actual work of the great lakes. It will be probably two weeks before the executive committee will have a full meeting and be prepared to take final action. The committee will not treat with any representatives of labor which have not full power to act-- that is they will not treat with a committee which would have to report its findings back to the union for ratification. The labor committee must be clothed with authority to close contracts. The headquarters of the executive committee are to be at Nos. 212 and 213 Western Reserve building. There has been some discussion as to the salary which the president is to receive but this amount has not been determined upon yet. It is likely that the executive committee. will receive $20 a day for the time in which they are actually employed and railway expenses besides. Of course no action has, as yet, been taken upon the shipping offices but it is probable that they will be continued though con- siderably curtailed in extent. DEATH OF CAPT. W. W. BROWN. Vessel men and others associated with the lake trade were shocked upon receiving a cablegram from Rome last week con- 2 veying the brief announcement that Capt. W. W. Brown had died there. 'The cablegram was from- Capt; FE.' D.; Herri- man to Burton Ayers, Mr. Brown's private secretary, on Friday morning last briefly saying that Capt. Brown had died that very morning. As he had only left for Europe three weeks before in perfect health the announcement was a pro- found shock. Capt. Brown left for Europe with his wife and Capt. F. D: Herriman of the Great Lakes Register and his wife to inquire into the subject Capt, ee Bre of marine insurance. Their ae : destination was England where the great marine insurance business of the world is conducted. They had doubtless finished their business and had gone to Romie merely for a holiday. They had been in Rome only a day or two when Capt. Brown suddenly expired. 'The cause of his death is merely a matter of conjecture. The telegram said nothing upon the point. Two causes are advanced--one a certain fever prev- alent in Rome owing to the bad water supply and the other heart failure. The remains will be brought home by way of Naples. Capt. Brown. died upon the very threshold of success, He was born at St. Williams, Ont., Nov. 25, 1858, and went to Cleve- land when he was about twenty years old. He engaged in mer- cantile work for a little while and then went sailing on the lakes with his uncle, Capt. George Stone of East Cleveland. In his career as a sailor he reached the post of master. In 1895 he came Mia r : EE» a} 1 BER Be p Gy Ye Nt Mh MELEE eZ) nt LYS 4 Fi < wt Yiv) GN WA ashore to take the management of the Cleveland Dry Dock Co. It was in this position that he got his financial start. -- When the Cleveland Dry Dock Co. was merged with the Ship Owners Dry Dock Co. Capt. Brown formed a little syndicate of stock- holders which compelled the taking over of the Cleveland Dry Dock Co.'s shares at par instead of at a much lower figure as originally proposed. He then turned his attention to vessel or- ganization with great success. In 1901 he organized the Globe Transportation Co. and bought the steamers Mentor, Eureka and Tampico from Messrs. W. A. and Arthur Hawgood. He also succeeded in interesting Lyman C. Smith of Syracuse, NG Fe, and other capitalists in vessel property and organized the United States T'ransportation Co. which has a capital of $3,000,000. Dur- ing the past two years he placed orders with lake builders for twelve modern vessels. Six of them have been delivered and six are now on the stocks. Mr. H. S. Wilkinson of Syracuse, who was associated with Capt. Brown in many enterprises, said that Capt. Brown had only got fairly started and that he could obtain from capitalists whatever sums of money he required for his enterprises. The death of any young man is to be mourned; the death of a young man with such a future is a calamity. NEW DIPPER DREDGE--SHIP YARD LABOR. Duluth, Minn., Feb. 17--The Duluth Dredge & Dock Co. of this city, owners of the large dipper dredge Napoleon launched two years ago, has just launched a second big machine. It is slightly greater in power than the Napoleon, though with the same sized dipper, 8 yds. capacity. The dredge is 135 ft. long, 41 ft. beam and 14 ft. deep, and, with two very large dump scows, cost $135,000. The machinery is from the Bucyrus works, who also furnished that for the Napoleon. 'The frame of the boat is of fir and oak, and is of immense strength. This will give this company four very large and modern dredges and ten large dump scows. 'Two of its smaller dredges were sold to Canadians last year. The total labor employed at the yard of the Superior Ship Building Co. is now about 1,500 men and this will be increased about 250 or 300 a little later. Frames of the four ships under way are going up and plating is started. 'The many ships in the yard for overhauling are all well along and the engine work on the Pittsburg boats there is progressing very rapidly. It is not probable that any launching will cccur at this yard before 'June next. Capt. D. D. Gaillard, United States engineer, is letting con- tracts for the new concrete piers at the Superior entry as fast as possible, and will soon have all the south pier contracted. The cement has been bought of the Illinois Steel Co., dredging by the Lake Superior Dredging & Contracting Co., piling for foundations by Hugo & Tims, Duluth, and the bids for concrete construction will soon be in, having been called for Mar. 9. Flour warehouses at the head of the lake are pretty well filled with flour for lake shipment. Grain in store is coming in slowly and flax is going forward by rail nearly as rapidly as it is eee Large quantities of barley are now coming in, as also of oats. GRAIN FROM CANADIAN PORTS. Port Arthur, Ont., Feb. 14--This point and Fort William shipped last year half as much wheat as Duluth-Superior, most of it coming from the Canadian Pacific elevators at Fort William. There is under way a very material and important increase of grain storage capacity here, and the prediction is that within the next three or four years there will be at these two points at cer- tain periods of the year the largest accumulations of wheat to be found in North America. There are now elevators as follows: At Fort William, Canadian Pacific A, B and C, capacity 4,000,000 bu.; D rebuild- ing and nearly completed, 3,000,000 bu.; and FE, a new house now under construction, 3,500,000, total 10,500,000. bu. At< Port Arthur Canadian Northern working house and tile annex, 3,- 250,000 bu., King's wheat hospital 350,000, total 3,600,000 bu. 'The Canadian Northern is to build at once another working house and tile annex to hold 3,000,000 bu. and J. C. King has let con- tracts for a 500,000 bu. addition to his elevator, making a total at Port Arthur of 7,100,000. | There is thus completed and under way at these two adjoining points 17,600,000 bu. grain capacity. It is supposed this will be ample for some little time, but if the grain growing territory of the Canadian northwest increases as rapidly as -immigration seems to indicate that it will there must be still more capacity here shortly. The growth of these two