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62 CLEVELAND-CLIFFS CHANGES. The following changes in masters on boats operated in the office of the Cleve- land-Cliffs Iron Co. have been made: Capt. George Trimble who has been sail- ing the steamer Cadillac thus far this season, has been transferred to the steamer Choctaw, and mate Peter An- derson of the steamer Angeline has been made master of the Cadillac. Capt. W. H. Hoffman has temporarily taken the steamer Presque Isle for a few trips, while Capt. F. A. West of that steamer lays off to hasten the recovery of a broken arm sustained at Marquette while hurrying to aid in putting out a fire on the steamer Portage. Later in the sea- 'son Capt. Hoffman will bring out a new steamer now building for Detroit parties, in which he is interested. EONSEVITY. OF WOODEN ' FLEET. iCapt: J. } H. Brown of Buffalo re- cently wrote to Capt. A. B. Drake, chief inspector of Inland Lloyds, re- garding the Scotia. His reply is in- teresting as showing the longevity of the wooden fleet: = Your favor of the 18th, referring to Scotia, built in 1873 and now in A 2 class in the Register, and. asking if there are any others of her age that class as well, received, and in reply the-eto I will say that there - are several which can better the Sco- tia considerably. I give you.a mem- orandum of such as I noticed in hur- riedly looking over' the Register. Fora 1% class 'Year Stre> Schrs. Barges. and year bit. 1854 © Creo 1 1856 -- 2 ee 1862 1 -- -- 1 Steamer 1863 LT --_-- 2 1864 -- -- 1 1866 1 3 3 1 Barge 1867 . 4 6 5 1 Barge EASOS i --_-- 4 1869 1 a 2 1 Steamer - 1870 1 -- -- 1871 Z, 1 5 1872 5 1 Z 2 Steamers 1873 4 3 11 1 Steamer The above are all in A 2 class ex- cept 'the five steamers and two barges in the column at the right. A. B. DRAKE," FREIGHT SITUATION. On Oct. 1, in accordance. with agreements made last spring, the wages of wheelsmen and_ lookouts, firemen, oilers and water tenders, or- dinary seamen, porters and _ second 'cooks, have been advanced. For the 'balance of the year second cooks will receive $37.50 per month, porters $35, firemen, oilers and water tenders $65, 'wheelsmen and lookouts $65, ordi- nary seamen $40. Heavy weather the has lessened THE Marine REVIEW movement of ore -and_ shippers are having difficulty ingtaking -care of contract tonnage. Thete is therefore very little demand for wil@.boats in the ore trades Coal appears to be moving more freely and the. grain trade is firm. The rate from Duluth to Buffalo has been marked up to 2% cents. IRON SITUATION. An adjustment in orderly fashion to the less active business conditions: - prevailing is being made by the iron and steel industry, and preparations for the closing down of plants for re- pairs, and the. restriction or output are numerous. Pig iron remains in a quiet state but prices are holding firm. More active competition by the larger interests. for. small orders is prevailing and reports of price cut- ting in finighed lines are numerous. The general situation in this respect is somewhat eee improved, how- ever. OBITUARIES. Capt. M. M. Drake, who had been an important figure in great lakes trade for many years, died at the Gen- eral hospital in Buffalo last week. He was Dot in Cortland, N.- Y.; in 1835. He began sailing at the age of six- teen years as a common seaman. In 1861 when the war broke out he was captain of a steamboat but resigned fo enlist as a private with the 72d New York volunteers, reaching the rank of first lieutenant during the war. After the war he returned to the lakes, becoming superintendent of repairs of the Union Steamboat Co. In 1871 he was madé superintendent of the Union Dry Dock Co., resigning later to become superintendent of the Fackawanna Transportation Co. Capt. Drake was always active in the 'polit- ical life of. Buffalo and was appointed mayor of Buffalo when Grover Cleve- land resigned that office to become governor of New York. Capt. -Predetick ~fhomas. of. Port Huron, master of the steamer Brazil, died suddenly last Friday in the ma- rine hospital at. Buffalo after a -few days' illness from spinal trouble. Capt. Thomas was only twenty years old and the present season was his first on the lakes. Lauis- hs Tuttle, of Bay.. City, deck hand on the whaleback steamer John Ericsson, fell into: the cargo hold of the steamer while she was lying at the Mesabi ore docks at Duluth, and was killed. HIGHER STANDARDS FOR ENGI- ae «- NEERS. © Wm. Kelly, business agent, M. E. B: A., Gleveland, O.: "We are. fight- 'ing ignorance, bigotry and selfishness, 'not only in our own ranks but on the outside so far as: is practical. We are trying to keep out of trouble and other difficulties, and are therefore steering clear of them as much as is possible. We are educating our men in the higher standards and are only encouraging those of the'. higher types, and education is doing won-. ders along these lines; men are bet- ter able to cope with the difficult problems confronting them and are' better able to deal with them in a fair and unbiased manner. We have no time for the grumbler, the dis- turber and the fanatic, and growling we will not tolerate. We want the peace-maker, the man of brains, in- tellect and prudence." BLOWING OF STEAM WHISTLES. Editor Marine REvIEw:--Our at- tention has been called to the fact that the unnecessary blowing of steam whistles is receiving considerable at- tention throughout the country. On Aug. 12, 1907, the following was sent to the masters of this company's fleet: "On and after: this "date: the steam whistles must not be used for. saluting. All salutes will a given by dipping the ersign once.' We believe that this company was one of the first, if not the very first, to instruct its masters to cease un- necessary whistling. Yours truly, H. W. THorp, Gen'l Manager. The accident reported to have oc- curred to the barge B. B. Buckhout, owned by Shannon & Garey, Saginaw, Mich., and which was noted in the table of accidents in the Sept. 12 issue of the Marine REVIEW now appears to have been much less serious than was at first announced. She did not sink at "her dock at Alpena bit merely put in there to have a diver go down and patch a hole which was stove in her at Blind river. There was not over 20 in. of water in her at any time. BOILER OF TUG SPEAR. Bids for furnishing a boiler for the United States tug Spear opened by Lieut. Col. Town- send, government engineer at Cleveland, on Monday of: this week, were as follows: Lake Erie Boiler Works, Buffalo, $5,000; B. Con- nelly Co., Cleveland, $5,100; Kingsford Foun- dry & Machine Works, Oswego, N. Y., $4,787.55.