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WINDMILL POINTS Trees to be removed to expose ranges at Windmill Point, BALLARD'S REEF: Three gas buoys on west side of Ballard's Reef channel. FIGHTING ISLAND: Red gas buoy to re- place Fighting Island lower buoy No. 8. BAR POINT: Red gas buoy on east bank of channel at Bar Point to replace red stake about 114 miles north of lightship. GRECIAN SHOAL: Gas buoy on Grecian Shoal about three miles NW of Colches- ter lighthouse. Huron, Ohio: Red rear and white front range lights on the west pier and a light of suitable character on the end of ' east pier. KELLY'S ISLAND SHOAL: Gas buoy.on Kelly's Island shoal, west end, to replace nun buoy No. 2. Lorain, Ohio: West end of the east breakwater and east end of the west breakwater to be suitably lighted; and a suitable light to be placed on the outer end of the east pier. Farrport, Ohio: Suitable light on the outer end of the west pier and suitable lights on the end east of the west break- water and the west end of the east break- water. ASHTABULA, Ohio: Suitable light on the west end of the east breakwater and suitable light on the outer end of the east pier. CONNEAUT, Ohio: Suitable light on the west end of the east breakwater and suit- able light on the outer end of the east pier. Erte: We recommend that the gas buoys, both inside and outside, be left out until navigation closes; and that the north pier be extended 1,000 feet and that suitable ranges be placed on same. , PoINT ABINO (Canada): Light of the second order and fog signal. BALLAST ISLAND: Light of the fourth order with fixed white light on north end of Ballast Island. ST, CLAIR RIVER:) We recommend that the shoal spots between St. Clair middle ground and Courtright be removed. DEPUTY COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS. We recommend that deputy collectors of cus- toms be stationed all night at the fol- lowing places to enable vessels to report and clear: West Superior, Escanaba, lower dock, Ashland, Two Harbors, Erie, Fairport, Lorain Steel Plant, Buffalo. © SUBMARINE SIGNALS. We recommend that submarine signals be located at the following places: Southeast Shoal, Lake Erie; Detour, Lake .Huron; Thunder Bay Island, Lake Huron; off Crisp Point, Lake Superior; Devil Island, Lake Su- perior; Point Betsy, Lake Michigan; South Chicago, Lake Michigan; Russ Shoal, North Manitou, Lake Michigan; Poe's Reef, Straits of Mackinac, Lake Huron. WHISTLES ON BRIDGES. We recommend that all bridges over navigable waters be "TAE MaRINE. REVIEW equipped with good and efficient whistles and that they sound the same signal that a steamboat does, and then if there is any danger, give the alarm signal the same as is required of steamboats. LIFE SAVING STATION, GRAND ISLAND. We request the Lake Carriers' Associa- . tion to recommend, on account of the number of wrecks in this vicinity, a life Saving station at some placa on the southerly end of Grand Island or vicin- ity, Lake Superior. LIFE SAVING STATIONS, ISLE ROYALE AND NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. We re- quest the Lake Carriers' Association to recommend, on account of the number of accidents that have happened in this vicinity, that life saving stations be estab- lished at Blake's Point, east end of Isle Royale, and on Washington Island, west end of Isle Royale: And also of life saving stations 'in the vicinity of Two Islands and at Beaver Bay, north shore of Lake Superior. WATER GAGES, LIME KILN - CROSSING. We recommend that the Lake Carriers' Association establish -a water gage at Detroit River lighthouse to notify up- bound loaded steamers the stage -of water on Lime Kiln crossing; and also that they place back a guage on the Pitts- burg Coal Co.'s dock at Sandwich. WATER TORCHES. We recommend that a supply of water torches be carried on all vessels navigating the great lakes. BLOWING CHECK WHISTLES. We recom- mend that the Lake Carriers' Associa- tion instruct all owners to caution mas- ters to be careful and blow check whis- tles to steamers following when they themselves check down. _ LAUNCHING OF THE STEAMER J. H. BARTOW. The steamer J. H. Bartow, build- ing for E; D.. Carter, of Erie. was launched at the Wyandotte yard of the American Ship Building Co. on Satur- day last and was named by Miss Kitty Allen. The Bartow is a duplicate of the E. D. Carter which came out last year and is therefore 524 ft. over all, 504 ft. keel, 54 ft. beam and 30 ft. deep. She has thirty hatches spaced 12 ft. centers. . Her engines are 'tri- . ple-expansion with cylinders 22%, 36 and 60 in. diameters by 42 in. stroke, supplied with steam from two Scotch boilers, 13 ft. 9 in. diameter by 11 ft. 6 in. long, equipped with Ellis & Eaves draft and allowed 180 lbs. pres- sure. She will carry 9,000 tons of ore. Guests were in attendance from Cleveland, Erie, Pittsburg and Chi- cago. The list included Miss Allen, Mrs. Albert McDonald, Mrs. W. L. Scott, Miss 'Clara Thompson, Mr. E. D.° Garter,, B. -J., Walker, Addison Walker, L. A. McElroy, Frank. Gal- 23 lagher, Capt. Morrel, of the Wolver- ine; R. J. Moorehead, Clarence W. Thompson, Julius Seigel, George Bliss, J. S. Curtis, Wm. Shenk, Albert Mc- Donald, Frank Connell, Charles Mes- senkopf and Capt. C. H, Wilson, all of Erie J. HH, Bartow, } Ay Dong son, George Randerson, P. H. Loner- gan, L. J. Cameron, Pred Saal, W. FP. Bowman, Capt. Ed: DuGrp, S$. if. Holding, Harvey D. Goulder and N. P. McKean, all of Cleveland; Harry Irwin, Mrs. Williams 'and Miss Rich- ardson, of. Pittsbure; VW. Hu Prayer and W., D. Preston, of Chicago, Mr, 'James Dickie, of San Francisco,, for- merly of the Union Iron Works, was also present, and the ship building company was represented by M. E. Farr, Frank Jeffrey and E. Ketcham. The ship building company entertained the launching party at luncheon at the Detroit club. THIRD LOCK AT SAULT. ; Washington, D. C.,. Feb.: 13.--It is possible that an amendment may be attached to the river and harbor bill in the senate for the purpose of pre- venting any delay in the construction » of the third: lock at Sault Ste. Marie on account of the litigation between the rival power companies. Chair- main Burton, of the house committee, has such an amendment under consid- eration and if one can be framed that is satisfactory to him and the.mem- bers of the senate committee it will be incorporated in the bill before it is returned to the house. Besides this it is ,stated that the circuit court of appeals, at Cincin- nati, will shortly hand down the de- cision which will determine the status of the Chandler-Dunbar water rights. This decision is expected to clear up the situation and place the war de- partment in a position to take some action by which the work on the new lock can be started as soon as the appropriation is available. Chairman Burton is very anxious that either the war department shall take some action or the court shall ren- der a decision which will determine ex- actly what rights the Chandler-Dunbar Co. possess at the Sault. While Mr. Burton was not inclined to discuss what policy he intended to pursue, he said. "The situation is a very vexing one, but I believe that if can be straightened out in such a manner as not to delay the work on the new lock. Just at present I do not see my way out, still I think that the matter will be adjusted satisfac- torily to all concerned."