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TAE MarINe REVIEW 23 GRAND LODGE OF SHIPMASTERS. The annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Ship- masters' Association, which convened at the rooms of the Buffalo lodge on Jan. 30, continued through the week and though the work done was of a generally routine char- acter there was much that was of general interest. The meeting was called to ozder by Grand President J. A. Calbick of Chicago, all of the eight subordinate lodges being represented, as follows: Buffalo, George C. Steven- son; Port Huron, A. C. May; Detroit, Murray M. McIntosh; Marine City, George A. Shaw; Milwaukee, A. Christensen ; Cleveland, H. F. Kelley; Toledo, E. G. Ashley; Chicago, | Robert Young: Grand Secretary F. B. Higgie of Chicago, received re- ports from all of the subordinate lodges, all of which ap- CAPT. W. D. AMES. GRAND PRESIDENT SHIPMASTERS ASSOCIATION. pear to be in a flourishing condition and with a good balance in the treasury. This means of course that the grand lodge is well supported and is doing good work. The secretary reported that during the past year seven- teen members of the association had died, leaving a to- tal membership of 731. Theze was $28,384 in the treasury. Since its organization the association has paid out $193,000 in death benefits and as the regular amount is $1,000 this shows the death of 193 members in good standing. Perhaps the most interesting matter taken up was the question of a home for aged and disabled members, which was brought before the meeing by Past President Alex- ander Clark of Buffalo in a communication that urged immediate action. In order to assure the members that the idea was considered of vital importance it was pro- posed to make a contribution to the fund to be raised and give the proceeds from the shipmasters' directory, which is about $4,000 a year. The plan, so far as developed, is to establish the home at some lake-connecting point, as at Marine City, where the inmates can look out and see the fleet pass by and be able to recognize this or that craft that they have sailed in. It is probable that the wives of inmates will be included and the plan may embrace mates and other leading members of a ship's crew. A working committee from the lodges will be made up to push the matter. The grand lodge continues in urging the establishment of a steam fog whistle on Colchester reef in place of the bell there at present and a resolution was passed asking that in view of the many lives lost from collisions in St. Clair and Detroit rivers they be put under the sanre rules as those in operation on the Sault river. It is a rule of the association not to take up the matter of wages, one captain saying rather dryly that it was held that if a shipmaster was not capable of dealing with his owner in that capacity he was not fit to sail a lake. boat. One reason for the fine condition of the association is said to be on account of the good financing of everything in connection with it and the cutting off of unnecessary expenses. There are few lodges and a single delegate. from each, with the officers, makes up the grand lodge. So it is felt that the establishment of a home will not be a very hard task, especially as there are a good many vessel owners in the membership. The following officers were chosen: By election--W. D. Ames of Cleveland, president; M. M. MelIntosh of De- troit, first vice president; H. F. Kelley of Cleveland, sec- ond vice president; Thomas Jones of Cleveland, treasurer; F. B. Higgie of Chicago, secretary; by appointment--E. G. Ashley of Toledo, chaplain; A. €: May of Port. Huron, marshal; Robert Young of Chicago, warden; Anton Christensen of Milwaukee, sentinel. Toledo was selected for the next meeting. There were of course a good many other 'ake captains in attendance unofficially and the rooms of the Buffalo lodge were thronged every day, ladies sometimes also being present. The meeting appears to have been of a most harmonious character and the delegates were pleas- ed to testify to the good feeling existing throughout. The evening of the 3rst was given'up to the grand ball at the Ellicott Club, given under the auspices. of the local lodge. The attendance was large and the entertainment of the best. 'Capt. John B: Hall was ehairman of 'the executive committee, with John Pe-ew and Henry War- wick as associates. The entertainment committee was headed by Capt. J. J. Hartman, the floor committee by Capt. Carl Secord, and the reception committee by Capt. George C. Stevenson. There were besides many other reunions on a'special plan, all of which went to increase the general enjoyment and spread the feeling of fratern- ity. PERSONAL. Charles T. Fairbairn has been selected to succeed Alex. Maitland as general manager of the Marquette & Mesabi mines of the Republic Iron & Steel Co. Capt. W. C. Wilkey; of the Tennessee River Mindi: tion Co. has been elected general manager of the Ten- nessee River Navigation Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. Warren Johnson has resigned his position as manager of the Johnson Iron Works, New Orleans, and has opened offices as a consulting engineer at New Orleans, lao Marvin Hughitt has been elected a director. of the United States Steel Corporation in place of Marshall Field. Mr. Hughitt is the president of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. Mr. James A. Wright, who has recently resigned as manager of the passenger business of the In- ternational Mercantile Marine Co., in America, was pre- sented with a loving cup from his associates. Mr. Wright resigned to enter the %tock exchange firm of Huhn, Edey & Co.