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AROUND THE GREAT: LAKES. The steamers Roswell P:' Flower and Whitaker have gone into winter quarters at Milwaukee, Wis. The barge Bryn Mawr of the Pitts- burg Steamship Co.'s fleet has gone to Erie to lay up for the winter. A large frame storehouse is being erected at Duluth by G. A. Tomlinson to furnish supplies, such as groceries, meats and ice, to vessels of the Tom- linson fleet. The barges M. S. Bacon and Mel- bourne collided last week at the en- trance .of the harbor at Cleveland while being towed out. The Bacon was damaged but did not stop. Joseph Tobin, formerly of Amherst- burg, died at the Detroit marine hos- pital last Saturday. He had sailed on the lakes for 20 years, but had been ill for the last three years. The new package freighter Roches- ter, of the: Weston: Transit Co.'s: fleet, left the Ecorse ship yard on _ her maiden trip in Robert Murray on Saturday last. The little passenger steamer Idle- wild struck a submerged pontoon near the' Walker 'street dock in the Detroit river, recently, damaging three bot- tom plates. She is now being repaired there. Capt. John Dudleson, of the steam- er Waldo, was obliged to leave the steamer at the Sault last Saturday, owing to illness. Capt. Frank Root took the Waldo to Detroit and Capt. M. Humphrey then assumed mand. Wrecker Reid has completed the cofferdam on the steamer John W. Moore, also sunk in the Detroit river, and as soon as a bulkhead across the forward end has been completed he out. Capt: Thomas. Hey Clark. of . the steamer Pueblo, felf a distance of about 50 ft. from the steamer at the Bifialo.. Dry. Dock: Co/s. yard last week, sustaining serious injury. He is in a hospital at Buffalo and is said to be recovering. The schooner Onandaga, belonging to the Canadian Towing & Transpor- tation Co., Montreal, Que., and' the barge Black Diamond, both heavily laden with coal, were sunk off Stony Point light, Lake Ontario, last week. The boats sprang leaks in the heavy seas. The crews were rescued. Wrecker H. W. Baker reports that the openings in the after part of the sunken. stéamer Reis in the Detroit river have been stopped up and that he is now. ready to put a big patch over the break in the port side for- command of: Capt. . coms. will jacket the wreck and pump her "THE Marine Review watd. A deck plate amidships is cracked, but the trouble is not serious. : % : It is expected that the vessel will be pumped out by the end of the pres- ent week. The monthly report of United States Engineer Banks shows that during October 502 ships passéd through 'Portage lake and canals, ap- proximating 400,000 tons and nearly 1,000 passengers Copper shipments out of Houghton via the lake route aggregated 10,000 tons, to say noth- ing of the thousands of tons shipped by rail. October was one of the busiest months of the season at this port.' yi Wall DREDGING AT NORFOLK. Bids for dredging harbor at Norfolk, Va., received 'by Maj. James E. Kuhn, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and opened Sept. 4, were as follows: River .& Harbor Improvement Co., Philadeiphia, Pa. (0 $70,050.00 iL. MG Lewiss Norfolk Vae., 7.3... 58,775.00 Coastwise Dredging Co., Norfolk, Va. 57,350.00 Norfolk Dredging Co., Norfolk, Va. 54,175.00 PROPOSALS FOR BARGES. Bids received at the U. S. Engineer Office, Louisville, Ky., for furnishing and delivering two steel barges, opened Oct. 21, were as follows: Blaw Collapsible Steel Centering Co., Pittsburg, Pao aa $21,050.00 Howard Ship Yards Co., Jefferson- Ville, Unde ae i. oes ee a ee 17,900.00 Charles Hegewald Co., New Albany, * Aridses: sea Ce ea ee ees 17,998.00 American Bridge Co. of New York, : Cincinnati. Ove, eee es cere 14,100.00 REPAIRS TO WHARF. Bids received at the office of the First Lighthouse District, at Boston, Mass., opened Oct. 25, for making repairs to wharf at Lit- tle Diamond Island, Maine, lighthouse depot, were as follows: *George McQuesten Co., Boston, Mass..$646.00 P. S. Huckins & Co., Boston, Mass... 665.00 Richardson, Dana & Co., Portland, Me. 665.00 Deering & Winslow Co., Portland, Me. 674.50 *Contract awarded. REPAIRS TO LIGHT TENDER. Bids received at the office of the Inspector of the Fifteenth Lighthouse District, St. Louis, Mo., for making repairs to the light- house tender, Lily, were as follows: *St. Louis Iron & Machine Works, St. TEOUISs WEOn ae ureter ie eee $595.00 Fulton' Iron Works, St. Louis, Mo.... 946.15 *Contract awarded. eo N BIDS. FOR NAVAL SUPPLIES. Bids received at the Bureau 'of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department, and opened Oct. 29, for material and supplies for the navy yards, contained the following: : Class 23--Puget Sound--924 in. of Ship Knees. A, oS; Carmen, 'Selby; Cale. i235, $1,321.22 G.' Elias & Bro., 965 Elk St., Buffalo, Ney ee es See Ole 80 W. D. Gill & Son, 701 President St., Baltimore.) Mid. eos ee oe cee 1,219.68 Andrew Johnson, Winlock, Wash.... 785.40 Class 25--Puget Sound--Sheet Gum Gasket. Boston Belting Co., 256 Devonshire st. "Boston, Mass... os ee ase ee $ 8,684.00 Bowers Rubber Works, 68 Sacra- - mento, St:; "San . Prancisco;: Cal... 2 5,471.75 Diamond Rubber Co., 1826 Broad- wan, New. York Soca ore ee 4,961.20 Double Service Packing Co., 430 Walnut st., Fhiladelphia, Pa..... 5,505.70 KE. . FY: Goodrich. Co;, 66. Reade © st., New OL oa eee es Re. 6,269.26 Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co., 126° Duane: st, New <York. 2-744 6137.11 Mechanical Rubber Co., Cleveland, O. 11,397.75 Pacific Engineering Co., 75 Wash- ington: st, Seattle; "Wash... ..... {,139:70 Franz Richter, 212 Jackson _St., 33 attle, Wash enacts fev d Cues Simmons Hardware Co., St. Louis, ee MO itis oie vesteau en eeu ae 6,268.12 Class 26--Puget Sound--145 Sq. Yds. Cloth _ Insertion Packing, Boston Belting Co., 256 Devonshire ! t, « Boston, Mase oc. oa $1,155.00 Bowers Rubber Works, 68 Sacramen- to. St... San Erancisco, Calg e cai Double Service Packing Co., 430 Wal- oe mit Ste, Philadelphia, Pa.) 4% 964.65 Richard H. Grey," 1777 Tenth: Ave., 4 Hast « Oakland, Cal.j;)0000 840.00 Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co., 126 Duane Sta New. Vor: 3.0. 998.30 Mechanical Rubber Co., Cleveland, O.. 1,323.00 Pacific Engineering Co., 75 Washing- - ton St., Seattle, Wash.....:....... 1,070.00 Franz Richter, 212 Jackson 'St., Ses," attle, Washo: e043. aids a. ag) ove eeuuen eevee 1,260.00 Simmons Hardware Co., St. Louis, Mo. 271.80 DREDGING IN BROODKIN RIVER. _ Bids for dredging new entrance to Brood- kin river, Delaware, received By Mas Cie: F, . Flagler, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, Wilmington, Del., opened Oct. on were as follows: se : River & Harbor Improvement ao ee Philadelphia, Pa. dibsGevedecenns. 1920 Fennsylvania Dredging Co., Camden, Now cde Seu vies oes Ge a 23% DREDGING IN DETROIT RIVER. Bids for dredging at Section 1 Plan B, Detroit river, opened Oct, 7, were as follows: ee a Dredge & Dock Co., CNICA SO, Ease, lei eee 673,200. Hickler Bros., Sault Ste. Moe: BG = Mich. . See aa UG eeu ace 748,000.00 Grant, Smith & Co. & Locker, hore: Mich gi ees 816,000.00 M. Sullivan, Buffalo, No V2.3: 918,000.00 Lake Erie Dredging. Co., Buffalo, -- : Sit vation ans Sosa nee ee 1,122,000.00 ROCK REMOVAL IN DETROIT RIVER. _ Bids for rock and earth excavation at Sec- tion 2, Plan B, Detroit river, opened Oct. cs were as follows: Combined subaqueous Subaqueous and cofferdam method : methods. only. Grant, Smith: & Co. & > Locker, Thorice, Mich. 1,578,440 2,385,400 R.. E. . Oliver' & Bro., he Knoxville, Tenn. 1,690,685 . 2,809,620 Dock Co., Chicago, Ill. 1,819,200 2,951,000 ewe ee Great Lakes Dredge - & BIDS FOR-WHARF AND TRES- TLE AT GRAY'S HARBOR, WASH. Bids for constructing wharf and trestle at 'Gray's Harbor, Wash., received by Maj. H. M. Chitteriden, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Seattle, Wash., and opened Aug, 30, were from the following: International Co., Lecinte, Wis.; Gray's Harbor Contract Co., Hoquiam, Wash. : : f . LOCKS AND DAMS, TOMBIG- BEE RIVER, ALA Bids for building locks and dams Nos. 2 and 3, and lock tender's house, Tombigbee river, Alabama, received by Maj. H. Jervey, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, Mobile, Ala., and opened Oct. 5, were as follows: Lock No. 2. Lock No. 3. Po. H..O' Brien, Annis- ton, Alas. (ee. $350,275.00 $400,655.00 Lane Bros. Co., Lynch- burg, . Va. 389,725.25 441,955.00 eet eter eres REMOVING ROCK, SAUGERTIES HARBOR, N. Y. Bids for removing rock and dredging in Saugerties Harbor, N. Y., received by Col. J. G. D. Knight, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, New York, and opened Sept. 30, were as follows: si . Per ci. ye... F. Sanford Ross, Inc., 277 Washington St; Jersey: City, Niele. ag a $2.12 R. G. Packard Co., 130 Pearl St., New 54 NOV 3 os ie i ea ed ee ee Contract -