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ee, 7 they declare they will protest publicly . if some relief is not obtained, They _assert. that their responsibility. is too _ great ee permit recklessness. Two. Pittsburg Steamship Co.'s" cap- 'tains who struck Ashtabula the latte: part | of last week appeared to be so any certain 'the line skippers never check that they volunteered to give a $50 or $100 -reward for -finding such a man. They both sail big boats. and they talked in vigorous language. - "Another thing, complain. against, is, the alleged care- 'which the captains _lessness on the part of captains of lum- ber tows: "so much line that -when the steamer is up at Ballard's reef the last barge is down at Bois Blanc island in going over the crossing, _ _." 'You can generally keep ace of the steamer,' a captain said, 'but you are not so sure of a barge keeping her With a steamer of any size, you can see the course under such conditions. danger. The oe hookers should shorten their lines." _ During the present. year navigation has been hindered greatly by fog. Fog has been the rule rather than the ex- 'ception during the season. It is known 'that certain leading vessel owners rec- 'ognizing this have cautioned their "masters and have dizected them to carefully observe all rules making for the safety of navigation, especially the 'rule requiring three blasts every min- ute during foggy weather, the prompt acknowledgement of passing signals and the necessity of going under check during fog. Fortunately no serious ac- cident has as Yet occurred through col- lision in fog, but some have been nar- rowly averted. Strandings, however, have been numerous. Orders have been issued by owners to their masters concerning the handling of the ship in thick weather. Now it would be to the interest of all concerned if these masters who maintain that there aze boats which never check would specify the boats and present direct evidence. The statement is really too important to be dismissed without further inves- tigation. The Tennessee River Navigation Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., has given an order to the Howard Ship yard, Jef- fersonville, Ind., for a steamer to be 165 ft. long, 32 ft. deep and with a draught of only 18 in, It is said the latter stick out . TAE Marine Review AROUND THE GREAT LAKES. Mr. R. Burgess who has been mate on the steamer R. S. Warner will go '4s mate on the steamer L. C. Hanna with Capt. M. Anderson. The first cargo of coal to clear Buf- falo for Port Sanilac this year was taken by the steamer W. P. Thew. She carried 280 tons. The steamer Anna C. Minch peda with coal, grounded on a boulder op- posite the Big Four dock at Sandusky last week, blocking the channel. Owing to the breaking of her 'stee:- ing gear, the steamer Lewiston, bound down with ore, ran aground on the east bank at Amherstburg this week. The steamer James cleared from Ashtabula last week with 11,522 tons of coal, ever carried from that port. W. K. Nesbitt, of Cleveland, mate of the steamer Senator, has been made master of that steamer vice Capt. W. A. Irvine, deceased. Owing to the illness of Capt. H. B. Humble, of the steamer: Mariposa, Capt. George B. Mallory has tempor- arily resumed sailing. . The steamer Wm. G. Pollock: com- pleted her maiden trip last week, tak- ing a cargo of coal to Duluth. She made 1114 miles an hour on Lake Su- perior. A new coast chart in colors of Lake Superior No. 6 including the Apostle islands has just been issued by the United States lake survey and is for sale by the Martneé REVIEW, The new steamer Wm. G. Mather, of the Cleveland-Cliffs company's fleet, carried 10,525 tomas of o-e from Ash- land to the Lackawanna company's plant at Buffalo on her last trip. While passing beneath the d-aw of the Ohio street bridge at Buffalo the Steamer Sacramento stuck and: was re- leased with difficulty, after her cargo was lightered. Capt. J. M. Fields, compass adjuster for the Pittsburg Steamship Co., was in. Ashtabula this week. He went out on the Sir Wm. Siemens to adjust her compass. The two north the pier at Mil- waukee were placed in commission this week. The present wooden lighthouse will be torn down. new lighthouses on harbor entrance Horace Johnson has been appointed vice president and general freight and passenger agent of the Duluth & Iron Range railroad to succeed Augustus G. H. Viele, resigned. Capt. E. C. Chaytor, forme-ly in com- mand of the United States revenue C. Wallace. the largest cargo - cutter Algonquin, stationed at San Juan, Porto Rico, has been transferred to the Morrill, now at Detroit. July coal shipments from Buffalo up the lakes amounted to 320,026 tons, which was in excess of the June ship- ments. In June 207,056 tons went up the lakes from that port. ° -- Edward Bennett, who sailed the steamer Falcon last season, is making a good record for himself this year as mate of the steamer James Laugh- lin with Capt. Geo. A. Symes. The name of the Ellsworth Trans- portation Co. has been changed to Pennsylvania-Ontario Transportation Co. with the capital stock of the com- pany increased to $375,000. The small Canadian passenger steam- er Premier, plying between Kingsville' and Pelee island, was discovered aground near Pelee this week. <A tug was sent from Amherstburg to her as- 'sistance. The -steamer.-L.° °C, Smith, which stranded in St. Mary's river, is in the floating dry dock at the Ecorse yard of the Great Lakes Engineering Works undergoing repairs. She has eighteen damaged plates. The new steamer H. H. Rogers, of the Pittsburg Steamship Co.'s fleet, cleared from Two Ha:zbors last week with 11,486 gross tons of ore, drawing 19 ft. nine inches forward and 20 ft. two inches aft. The barge Troy left Kenyon's ship yard, Marine City, last week in tow of. the steamer Harvey Kendall. The Troy was in collision about a month ago in St. Clair river and received con- siderable damage. of the Wind- sor-Sandusky line has been chartered for the balance of the season by the Crystal Beach Co. of* Buffalo. She is comparatively a new boat, 140 ft. long with 26-ft, 'beam. The Merrill-Stevens Co., Jacksonville, Fla., Jose Padre for Wm. E. Peck, of York City. The steamer will have a steel hull, will be 180. ft. long, 30 ft. beam' and feet deep. She will be equipped with two engines, 12 by 29 in. cylinder diameters by 72-in. stroke, sup- plied with steam from two boilers seven feet five inches by 12 ft. The steamer Premier Engineering is building the seven The company is also building a steamer for Mr. W pra ; : R. Bryn, of Detroit, for use in Cuban waters, This steamer will be 7s ft. 'long, 18 ft. beam and four: feet five inches deep. Steam will be supplied by a Taylor water-tube boiler. The steamer Missouri, through a mistake in signals, crashed stern first into a pier at Petoskey, breaking her rudder off short. She passenger