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32 AROUND THE GREAT LAKES. The steamers Neepawah and Strath- cona were docked at Ecorse last week for repairs. Several new stern plates have been placed on the steamer Henry Stein- brenner at Buffalo. A channel 100 ft. wide and 18 ft. beam along the city front at Sandusky has been marked with spar buoys. The Tacoma floating dry dock has been purchased by the Hefferman Engine Works, Seattle, Wash., and will be towed to that city. The steamer Byron Whitaker, owned by Byron Whitaker of Detroit, has been thoroughly overhauled and rebuilt dur- - ing the winter. The work of rebuilding dock No. 1 at Allouez bay is progressing satisfac- 'torily. Sehmitt Bros, .& Hill expect to have it completed June 1. The war department has consented to raise the draw of the new. Inter- state bridge 3 ft., which will allow many boats to pass through without opening the draw. The steamer Packard, belonging to the Tonawanda Iron & Steel Co., ran aground at Walpole island, St. Clair river, but was raised by one of the tugs of the Reid Wrecking Co. The steamer Brazil, bound from Green Bay to Buffalo with grain, punched a hole in its port bow in pass- ing through the straits. A temporary patch was put on at Port Huron. The Commercial club, of Menomi- nee, Mich., is endeavoring to persuade the government to construct a break- 'water at that harbor. There are five steamship lines now running to that port. R. O. & A. B. Mackay, of Hamilton, -Ont., have purchased the steamer Rose- dale from the St. Lawrence & Chicago Steam Navigation Co. The Rosedale is 246 ft. long, 35 ft. beam and was built abroad. Tomlinson & Sullivan, vessel brokers at Chicago, Duluth and Winnipeg, have opened an office in the Rockefel- ler building, Cleveland. Frank Sulli- wan, son of Capt: D. Sullivan, is in charge. The steamer A. G. Lindsay has been 'sold by the Cleveland Box Co. to At- 'lantic coast interests. The Lindsay is 196 ft. lone, 37 ft. -6 in. beam and 14 ft. 6 in. deep, and was built at De- troit in 1889. John J. Boland, of Buffalo, has pur- chased the steel steamer Kensington which was built by the Craigs, at To- ledo, in 1903. The Kensington was operated by G. A. Tomlinson, of Du- luth, last year. TAE. MarINeE REVIEW The steel steamer H. S. Sill, of the Gilchrist fleet, bound from Lake Michi- gan to Buffalo with coal, struck at the Lime Kiln crossing this week. The forepeak is full of water, but she will proceed to Milwaukee. The Zenith Dredge Co., of Duluth, has purchased the dredging plant of James Prior, of Houghton, Mich. The plant includes a dredge, three dump scows, a flat scow, steam tug Mystic and the tug Duncan Robinson. The McMoran Wrecking Co. of 'Port Huron, will again endeavor to raise the sunken steamer Linden ly- ing below Russel's island, St. Clair river. The' wrecking steamer Mary Groh has been sent to the site. The season of navigation between Cleveland and Buffalo opened on Wed- nesday of this week, the steamer City of Buffalo leaving Cleveland for Buf- falo. The steamer City of Erie went into commission on Thursday night. The Puget Sound Tow Boat Co. has caused specifications to be drawn for a gea-going steel tug to be 175 ft. long, 29 ft. beam and 19 ft. deep, equipped with triple-expansion engines and Scotch boilers. Bids will shortly be asked for. Thomas E. Clark, of the Clark Wire- less Telegraph Co., of Detroit, has ar- ranged with Mr. T. F. Newman, gen- eral manager of the Cleveland & Buf- falo line, to install their system of wire- less telegraphy on the steamers City of Buffalo and City of Erie. The steamer Christopher had the honor of bringing the first cargo of ore to a Lake Erie port during 1907. The Christopher loaded at Escanaba and her cargo was shipped by Corri- : gan, McKinney & Co., of Cleveland. The ore was delivered at Cleveland. - Laird & Son, of Ashtabula, are build- ing a big conveyor fuel scow for the Ironville Dock & Coal Co., of Toledo. It will have a capacity for 800 tons of coal and will be able to place 350 tons of fuel on a steamer in an hour. The dock, whick will cost $45,000, will be completed July 1. Capt. John Swainson, who was for- merly connected with the Marine Record, at Cleveland, has been ap- pointed share sales agent of the Mo- dern Development Co., of Wheeling, W. Va., which is developing 1,000 acres of very promising territory in the southeastern Ohio oil fields. The former Anchor line steamer India, which was sold to G. E. Jaques & Co., Montreal, Que., has been renamed City of Ottawa. She has been extensively repaired, receiving new boilers and ma- chinery; having been given Canadian registry she will run in the route of the steamer City of Montreal. The Canadian steamer Tadousac, which was purchased by the Northern' Naviga- ' tion Co., of Ontario, Ltd., Collingwood, Ont. from Waldie & Wright, Toronto, Ont., has been changed from a cargo boat to a package freighter, new steel deck and gangways having been installed. Her name has been changed to Doric, and she will run between Georgian Bay ports and Fort William. The government dredge Burton has opened a 20-ft. channel through the east half of the bar to the entrance of Fairport harbor. Vesselmen will have no trouble entering this harbor if they keep in midchannel to about the end of the west breakwater and then use the easterly half of the chan- nel until they pass the end of the piers. It is reported that the Collingwood Ship Building Co., Collingwood, Ont., has decided to greatly increase the ca- pacity of its plant at Collingwood. It is proposed to construct a new dry dock 650 ft. long, which will take care of any vessel on the lakes for some years. The proposed plans also: call for additional berths for 600-ft. ves- sels. Gen. Alexander Mackenzie, chief of engineers of the war department, has appointed a special board of engineers "to consider matters referred to it by the chief of engineers relating to pro- visions for the improvement of St. Mary's: Falls." ' This board consists. of Col Charles E. L: B. Davis, of Detroit; Lieut. Col. C. McD. Townsend, Cleve- land, and Major Charles Keller, of De- troit. Contracts have been let by the Lake Shore Navigation Co. for the construc- tion of a new pier'at Cedar Point at which the steamer Eastland will land her passengers. The pier, which will be 700 ft. long, will be built by the American Construction €o. at a cost of about $25,000. The Lake Shore Navigation Co. is also improving its new dock at Cleveland immediately north of the Main street bridge. The steamer Charles A. Eddy will be sold by the United States marshal at the Federal building, Cleveland, April 29. The Eddy was damaged by fire on Lake Huron last year and was aban- doned by the crew. The steamers Meyers, Mundy and Ogdensburg put the fire out and towed the Eddy to Port Huron. Claims were put in by the three vessels, but no agreement could be reached with the, Gilchrist Transportation Co., owners of the Ed- dy, and the steamer will be sold to the highest bidder.