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"TAE. MarRINE. REVIEW ATLANTIC COAST GOSSIP Office. of the Martne Review, 1005 West Street Bldg., New York City. The Marconi wireless station at Sias- conset was destroyed by fire on Novy. 15, the quarters of the operators and other small buildings, together with the en- gine house and a considerable amount of wireless apparatus, suffering consid- erable damage. The loss is estimated at between $6,000 and $7,000. Prompt measures are being taken by the Marconi Co. to replace the apparatus and plant, the service being carried on, meanwhile, through South Wellfleet. The Siasconset station was the first to be established on this side of the Atlantic for commercial and ship news purposes. The Kaiser Wilhelm II arrived at New York on Sunday, having encountered un- usually heavy weather during the last three days of the voyage. In addition to ber own passenger list, she also had a large number of passengers booked to sail on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, which should have sailed from Bremen, Nov. 12, the sailing day of the Kaiser Wilhelm II having been set ahead of the regular time in consequence. The Kaiser Wilhelm II brought $8,- 000,000 in gold, principally consigned to New York bankers. The departure of the Cunard steamship Mauretania from Liverpool on Saturday was the occasion of a send-off every bit as enthusiastic as that accorded to the Lusitania a few months ago, when the present record holder sailed on _ her maiden voyage. The Mauretania carries an unusually large number of passengers fer this season, a total of 2,000, and is bringing a consignment of gold which is believed to be the largest ever trans- ported on one vessel. A home for German seamen is to be opened at Hudson street, Hoboken, on Noy. 23, under the auspices of the Ger- man Lutheran Association. A_ building has been secured near the piers of the North German Lloyd and Hamburg- American lines, being fitted out with read- ing, writing and meeting rooms. It is proposed to make the Deutsches Seemans- haus the headquarters of the German Seamen's Mission of New York, and in it will be the shipping office of the Ger- man Consulate. old warhorse gone to the bone yard. It is pointed out that the famous old Atalanta, one of the ' crack racers of 30 years ago, lies tied to a wharf at Boothbay Harbor, Me, her last resting place this side of the junk Still another dealer's scrap heap. Built 34 years ago for William Waldorf Astor, the Atalanta has since had several owners, who used her for racing or cruising as they thought fit. Originally she was worth about $50,- 600, but is now worth about the price of the metal in her hull--$500. ~She was built at City Island, N. Y., in 1873, by David Carll. The Crown- Order of the third class has been conferred on Captain Polack, cf the North German Lloyd, by the Em- peror William, for steering the rudder- less. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to Bremen. : The new steel tug Ontario was launched at the yard of John H. Dia- logue, Camden, on Nov. 16, Mrs. H. B. Ward, wife of the constructor of the ves- sel, being sponsor. The Ontario has been built for the Ontario & Western Railway Co., and will: be used for towing in New York harbor and along the coast. She is 150 ft. in 'ength, and will have triple-expansion en- gines. The new tug Belhaven made a success- ful trial trip on Nov. 16. She was built fer use on the Delaware river and bay by the Neafie & Levy Ship & Engine Building Co. Consul General G. B. Ravndal, of Bei- rut, reports that inexcusable carelessness is manifested by American exporters in forwarding goods ordered by Syrian merchants, and says that explicit direc- tions as to steamers are often disregarded. Goods that can be shipped to arrive at their destination in 30 days, are often shipped so as to consume three months its transit. He also points to the fact that in nu- merous lines of goods American prod- ucts stand an excellent chance of com- peting successfully in the Levant with European manufactures of the same character, provided American exporters pay sufficient attention to the matter of transportation facilities. Mr. Ravndal offers some good advice on the various methods of shipping. freight, and calls at- tention to a 15-day American mail deliv- ery. The Old Colony, the new steamer built by the William Cramp Ship & Engine Building Co. for the Fall River line, suc- cessfully completed her standardization preliminary runs on Saturday, making a maximum of 21 knots, which is 2%4 knots more than her contracted speed. The 19 Old Colony is 400 ft, in length, 52 ft. beam, 1414 ft. deep, and is the first tur- bine vessel built on the Delaware river. : The towboat Owners' Association, of Philadelphia, at a meeting last week, de- cided to increase the rates for towing 20 per cent over existing figures. The in- -cfease goes into effect on Dec. 1 and epplies to both the Delaware bay and river, and the Schuylkill river. The ad- vance on the cost of operating the boats made the increase imperative, and the new rates, it is Claimed, are practically . those of 10 years ago. The bark Adolph Obrig, from New York for San Francisco, is now over 220 days out, and her owners, Chapman. & Co., are anxious about her. She passed Sandy Hook on April 10, with a general Caren, - Attention is called to the fact that the 'list of American sailing. vessels that have tried, the most of them loaded with coal 'for the Pacific fleet, to get around the Horn and have entered the lists of the missing, or been totally lost, is a long -- one. It includes. the Shenandoah, the old wooden bark Prussia, the Arthur Sewall, the Tillie E. Starbuck and sev- eral others. The reasons for these un- precedented losses, shipping experts say, are to be found not alone in the age of the vessels, but also in the incompetence of their crews through the dwindling ef the number of able seamen. The new British steamer Bisley, which > arrived at New York last week, will load on the American-Rio Plata line for the Montevideo, Buenos Ayres and other ports in South America, being' scheduled to sail Noy. 25. The Bisley was built especially for this trade by G. Connell & Co., of Glasgow, and is of the following dimensions: Length, 400 ft.; beam, 52.2 ft.; depth of. hold, 288 ft. She is fitted with triple- - expansion engines, with cylinders of 26, 44 and 73 in. diaméter by 48-in. stroke, and can steam about 12 knots fully loaded. She is expected to make the run to Montevideo in 23 days. The Lackawanna, the latest addition to the Lackawanna Railroad's fleet in New York harbor, is now in service on the North river. The new ferry boat was built by the Newport News Ship Building Co., and proved her seaworthiness by com- ing round from the builders' yard to New York under her own steam. The Buckeye Engine Co., Salem, O., has recently issued facsimile repro- ductions of a number of letters com- mending the Buckeye electric blue printing machine.