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38 oe THE Marine REVIEW AROUND THE GREAT LAKES. Contract for the construction of the new addition to the Northwestern Fuel Co.'s dock at Duluth has been let to Frankman Bro. & Morris, St. Paul. Capt. H. G. Haybarger will bring out the steamer W. G. Pollock, building at the Cleveland yard of the Amezican Ship Building Co., for W. H. Becker. _ The steamer Desmond, owned by.Fritz Reivenach, Alpena, Mich., has been purchased by the Detroit River Transit Co., of Detroit. She will hereafter be used in the sand trade. Capt. Daniel C. Sullivan will bring out the steamer E. J. Earling, which is building at the West Superior yard of the American Ship Building Co., for H. W. Oakes, of Detroit. Capt. Everett L. Ennes of Put-in-Bay will bring out the steamer J. B. Wood of the Gilchrist fleet now building at the West Bay oe yard of the American Ship Building Company. The steamer Charles Rietz has been sold by J. O. Nes- sen & Co. of Manistee to Burns Bros. of Detroit. The Rietz is 127 , lone and: 26 ft. beam and has been in service since 1872. The barge Manila of the Pittsburg Steamship Co.'s fleet has been pulled off the rocks at Encampment Island and taken to Duluth where she will be repaired as soon as she can-get a dock. The wooden barge Wan. McGregor, which was rei sed last. season by Capt. H. C. McCallum from the Vulcan _ Transportation Co., of Detroit, has been sold to Fritz Reivenach, of Alpena. -M. A. Hanna & Co., of Cleveland, have leased the old Am- rican mine at Humboldt, Marquette range, and operations will be resumed as soon as the machinery can be installed and the mine cleared of water. ~Mr.. Henry Hawgood, of Cleveland, will name the new steamer building for him at the Lorain yard of the American Ship Building Co., after Mr. Harvey D. Goulder, counsel for the Lake Carriers' Association. The steamer Wm. A. Paine was taken from Lorain to Cleveland in tow of the tugs Alva B. and Fabian last week. The trip was made in 2 hours and 50 minutes. The tugs had no difficulty in taking the steamer to the Ellsworth dock. Navigation between Detroit & Cleveland will be opened | next week, if possible. It is the intention to have the City of Detroit leave Detroit on Monday night and if she succeeds in doing so it will be the earliest opening. be- tween the two ports for many years. The warm sun last week started the ice jam 'in St. Clair river. The big steel steamer W. W. Brown, belonging to the United States Transportation Co.'s fleet which was moored at Thompson's dock, Port Huron, was torn from her fasten- ings and became fast above the middle ground. The Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co. has purchased 420 ft. vf river frontage from the Jones estate running from Shelby street to the White Star line docks. The - property was formerly used by the old Eber Ward line steamers and also by the Crescent line steamers. The package freight steamer Arabia has been purchased by G. E. Jacques & Co., Montreal, from Frank Upton, of thatiotte, Nf. ihe Arabia is 220 ft. long, 34. ft. beam and 14 ft. deep. She originally belonged to the Western 'Transit Co., but was turned over to the Great Lakes Engineering Works a year or two ago. A convention to include all the governors, United States senators, congressmen and representatives of the great com- mercial interests of the Mississippi valley is being arranged for under the auspices of the Business Men's League of St. Louis, to crystallize sentiment in favor of the improvement of the Mississsippi river. The big steamship Roanoke, damaged by striking heavily on Humboldt Bar, has been repaired and is again ready for service. The contractor has lost $6,000 in the way of a pen- alty. He was to complete all repairs within 25 days, or to forfeit $200 each day over that period. As it required 56 days in which to complete repairs, the contractor has lost heavily on the job. On March 22 the advisory board of engineers will open bids for the construction of the Michigan Central's tunnel under the Detroit river. The length of the tunnel includ- ing approaches will be 12,800 ft., of which 2,625 ft. will be under water. The cost of the tunnel is estimated at from $7,000,000 to $8,000,000, and it is expected to have a capac- ity for handling 4,000,000 cars per annum. The Michigan | Central at present moves about 400,000 cars per annum but of course other roads are expected to use the tunnel. The Stanley B. Smith Coal & Dock Co., a corporation which has been doing a fueling business in Toledo, has been sold to Wm. O. Henderson, trustee, of Columbus, O. The Stanley B. Smith Coal & Dock Co. will cancel its charter and go out of business. This has 'nothing to do with the partnership of Stanley B. Smith & Co., of Detroit, or with the business of Smith's Coal Dock, River Rouge. Stanley B. Smith & Co. and Smith's Coal Dock are still owned by the partnership of Stanley B. Smith & Co. and will continue to run the same as in the past. : The American Seamen's Friend Society, 76 Wall street. ' New York, have issued in bound form the 77th volume of the Sailor's Magazine, the price of which is $1.50. Throughout the year this little magazine contains a great deal of excellent DATA,OF FOUR HOURS' FULI, POWER FORCED DRAFT PRELIMI- NARY TRIAL OF U. S.S. LOUISIANA, AT SHEA FROM ROCK- LAND, ME., TO BOSTON, MASS., DECEMBER I4, 1905. STARBOARD PORT Maximum average revolutions per minute for fifteen WLW POTIOG 9 oes tos on eee ee aor eee nae 128.57 128.40 Average revolutions per minute, four hours............. 127.66 127.69 Mean revolutions per minute, both engines ....7 Peis tee gets 127, Maximum steam pressure at boilers,in pounds......... 276.0 276 @ Average steam pressure at boilers, in pounds Bey See a ees e 270.4 Maximum steam pressure at engines, in pounds. H. P. Shean OMesti ek oa eas ee 247.0 245.0 Average steam pressure at engines................-.00- 242.1 236.5 Maximunt ale pressure in fireroom.. .-. 0.30. vee ces Le Average air pressure in fiferoOM. ... <... ose eee cas ote 1- 98°" Maximum vacuum, Gach Cngine to. .h is... ete 27" 26-9"' Average eee each ENGING ee ee 26-5"! 26-5" Collective. -h: of allimain engines <4. i). 2. 20,442-5 Collective, main engine, air, circulating, feed and Hot- Wiel DUMNDS oe ate reece cs 20,747-57 Collective, main, and all auxiliary engines in operation during RA e ey eek ay eee ce 1,3850-47 Collective, main and all auxiliary engines in operation - during Uilal. persduare f00t Gos, 2.0 ..6e ee: 19-06 Kind-and quality of coal used on-trial.... 2... 0... 3. New R iver Hand Picked Average pounds of coal us:d per hour during trial....... 42,112 Pounds of coal per hour used by.main and all auxiliary engines in operation during trial.............0 7.002 2.. 1-9,727 Pounds of coal per hour used by main engines, air, circu- latins; teed, and Hotwell-pumps:...c)....0 2.2 2.03 Pounds of coal per hour used by main engines alone..... 2.06 Pounds of coal per hour used per square foot of G. Seo 38.39 Draught at beginning of trial (forward) ................. 24'-64"' Draught at beginning of trial (ait)<...5.. 2.2 a. ; 24'-8Y"' Mean draught at beginning of trial........ Peg are 24'-74"" Corresponding displacement at mean draught at begin- mC OL CEs eee se eee ie eee oon ek 16,055 tons Draught at end ottrial (forward). 0.660 Not taken Drauent at end of trialcbatt). 2 0.02. 6 oe., oe. es do Mean draught at end of trial.......... Ce ea do bo sep eoaing displacement at mean draught at end of : MA ee a yee fe eas Viet bes eee 0 Corresponding displacement at mean draught during a do Sneed of ship in knots per hour.. ke 18,8235 Slip of propellers in per centum of their own "speed. es 16.99 17,01