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The: steamer Three Brothers. ran ashore. on: St. Martin's: reef, Lake Huron, and was released after light- ering part of her cargo of shingles. W. J. Smyth, first assistant engi neer on the steamer Peter White, has mapped out a trip to Belfast, Ireland, as soon as tis. boat lays wp tor the season. He has two brothers*and two sisters over there whom he has not seen in sixteen years. Capt. Charles B, Galton,. master of the: steamer, Loftus Cuddy; isthe owner of a speedy launch which he carries:--aboard his fine ship. One. of his chief pleasures is to lower it when in port, so he can amuse himself by making all the other launches travel in: his wake. James. Linton, who is second en- gineer on the steamer has been sailing twelve yéars. He got his license in 1905 and sailed on the Alexander McDougall and Hoover & Mason before coming to the Ken- sington. the other boats. Gust L. Lambert, who is now mate on the Maritana, started wheeling on her when she came out in 1892 with Capt. Root in command. His: first berth as second mate was on the Cor- nell and he has been on the Houghton, Bunsen and Malietoa since he left the Maritana in '95. The common council has adopted a revised taxes all ships using public wharves as follows: $100 a month for those which carry both freight and passengers and $50 a month for those which carry either. Vessel owners are somewhat dis- pleased with the ordinance. Capt. Walter J. Lawler, of Amherst- burg, Ont., who was shifted from the steamer Pueblo to the E. M. Peck, started his sailing career on the saine boat in 1889, going on her as second cook. It is said of him that he has been in every position on her except in the engineers' department. Capt. David Girardin, master of the steamer Harvey H. Brown, startled the denizens of Lake Superior's depths recently by shooting blue rocks from the decks of the boat. Two passen- gers joined in the sport, but none could equal the skipper's work. Capt. Dave shattered ten out of ten. The steamers Francis L. Robbins and Sinaloa were in collision at Du- luth this week, the Robbins being up- bound with ore and the Sinaloa com- ing in light at the time. A hole was cut in the port bow of the Robbins at the water line and it will take about eight days to repair her. Kensington, He was second assistant on set of dock ordinances which JAE Marine Review Capt. D. P. Craine, commodore. of the Tomlinson fleet and father of the master of the steamer Sinaloa, has temporarily relieved Capt. Geo. Mc- Cullough as skipper of the steamer Saxona; the latter- being ill. Capt. Craine has been watching the con- struction of Tomlinson's new steamer Sierra at Toledo. While the steamer J. Q. Riddle at- tempted to unload a cargo of 6802 tons of soft coal at the new dock of the Milwaukee-Western Fuel Co., Milwaukee, it was found that the river along the hoist was entirely too shal- low for the deep draught of the boat. Two dredges were set at work to deepen the channel. Gus <Pischer, of Eik Rapids: Mich, takes the cake when it comes to hav- ing a long record as a sailor. He has been firing steadily for the past fifteen yeats. on but two boats. He was on the Manitou for ten- years and he has been on the Saxon for five. Tt 46 doubtful if there is another man on the lakes who can boast of this rec- ord. One of the captains of the Pittsburg Steamship Co. reports that he passed down through the new. cut at the Flats last Saturday night and _ noticed that the lights on the west bank were all out. He says many captains have avoided the cut for this reason; and he advocates putting lights up which will withstand the effects of a _ strong wind. The Canadian steamer Monkshaven, which was recently released from An- - gus island after lying on the rocks at that point since the great storm of last November, was washed from its moorings last week and so badly bat- tered against the rocks as to be prac- tically a total loss. The Monkshaven is a steel steamer and was built im Scotland. Some families are satisfied to re- main on land and earn distinction, but the McCarron family, originally hailing from Marine City, thinks the water is good enough for them. Wil- liam McCarron is chief engineer of- the Saxona; John is second engineer on the Frank W. Hart; Matt is oiling on the Ericsson and Charlie is oiling on the Goodyear. When Capt. John Noble was trans- ferred from the steamer Maritana to the John Ericsson, little was thought of it because it is the policy of the Pittsburg Steamship Co. to advance the men-in its employ. It seems, how- ever, that the Maritana's crew, even to the deckhands, hesitated to say good-bye to him, hoping against hope that he would remain. 29 Judge Hazel in the United States court at Buffalo last week handed down a decision in the case of the Davidson Steamship Co. against the steamer I. W. Nicholas. The company owns the steam- er Amazonas and brought suit to re- cover $5,000 salvage for the services of the Amazonas in attempting to release the Nicholas from a reef in one of the upper lakes. Judge Hazel fixed the ser- vices of the Amazonas at $1,220. There are four Hoffmans from one family in engineers' berths on _ the lakes. Harry H. Hoffman, who. is second assistant on the Peter White, has three brothers who are:chiefs on the steamers Selwyn Eddy, Penob- scot and Henry Stéinbrenner. He has three other brothers who are cir- cuit judge, sheriff and internal rev- enue collector, respectively, at Mer- rill, Wis. Mr. Hoffman is to be mar- ried this winter to Miss Lillian. Weis- ner, of Merrill, Wis. The last of the old west pier at Ashtabula harbor has been removed by the: Standard Contractinme Co., of Cleveland, which has been doing the work -for the Pennsylvania railroad fo> the past year. The beacon and fog signal station that stood on the outer end of the ore pier has been loaded on a lighter and taken to the upper river. It is to be conveyed to Cleveland when weather conditions permit. 'The range lipht that was om the shore end is now on the lake end _of the new pier. Saturday next will mark the rec- ord day in launches for the Ameri- can Ship Building Co. The car ferry steamer Ann Arbor No. 4, building for the Ann Arbor railroad, will be launched at the Cleveland yard. The bulk freighter, Dan R. Hanna, build--- ing for Capt. Charles: L, Hutchinson and- others of Cleveland, will be launched at the Lorain yard. The steamer J. S. Dunham, building for Capt. Dennis Sullivan, of Chicago and others, will be launched from the Bay City yard, The-Peter. A. B, Widener, building for the Pittsburg Steamship Co., will be: launched -at-the South Chicago yard. The steamer Lora opened naviga- tion between St. Louis and Kansas City recently after a lapse of more than a decade. The trip of the Lora was practically an ovation all the way, small craft escorting it for many miles down the river and thousands flocking to every little town to watch it go by. Doubt was expressed in the first place as to whether the Lora could get through, but she made the trip successfully.