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16 MARINE REVIEW. [January 16, scale. For this public service he laid the vessel owners of the aie are under.a debt of gratitude to him, which they can never repay. in i" personal characteristics Capt. Dunham was a business man of high stand- ing in the community where he lived. In a brief term of public service his ability made him one of the most prominent figures in the city rahe ernment of Chicago. He was generous almost to a fault and a loyal ce in whose hearty greeting one could read the kindly and sincere feelings he had for his fellow men and especially for his fellow vessel owners. He will be sadly missed from our councils and from the circles of friend- ship which are so prominent a feature of our annual meetings, therefore be it of grief for his untimely death and of respect for his memory, this pre- arible and resolution be inscribed on the minutes of the Lake Carriers Association and a copy thereof be transmitted by the secretary to Capt. Dunham's family." Messrs. A. A Parker, John C, Shaw and L. C. Waldo presented the following resolutions in memory of the late David Carter: | "In the midst of the pleasure and good fellowship of this, our annual meeting, we are again reminded of the uncertainties of this life and called upon to mourn the absence of one of our best-known and most respected members, who has laid aside the burdens of life and gone to his long rest. In the death of David Carter one who stood for all that 1s truly manly in life was taken. His strength and tenderness, his sane and upright mind, his clean and lovable character endeared him equally to business associates, employes and friends. Thoughtful and just, he was a perfect employer, painstaking, earnest and single-hearted, he was an ideal business man in whose -hands the largest interests were always safe. His going takes something out of life for all of us, and his absence will be long felt in this association and among his business associates, as well as by his more intimate friends and family. As a slight expression of the love and respect in which our absent member is held, we move the adop- tion of the following resolution: "Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God to remove from our midst and take unto himself David Carter, our late associate, "Resolved, that the most sincere regret and heartfelt sympathy of the Lake Carriers' Association, now in annual session, be extended to the family and friends of David Carter and that this resolution be spread upon the minutes of this meeting and a copy thereof furnished the family of the deceased." Mr. William Livingstone spoke with considerable emotion regarding Mr. Carter's life work and paid a high tribute to his memory. Adjournment was taken until the third Wednesday in January, 1903. Mr. A. W. Horton, recently appointed western agent for the Pittsburg Coal Co., with headquarters in Cleveland, was at the Detroit meeting for the purpose of becoming acquainted with the vessel men. Mr. Horton comes from St. Paul. He assumes very important duties, as he will have charge of practically all affairs of the big soft coal organization at Lake Erie ports. Mr. Horton was very favorably spoken of by all the vessel men who met him. John A. Donaldson of 'Cleveland, who represents on the lakes a coal organization recently formed in competition with the so-called Pittsburg trust, was also at the meeting renewing an acquain- tance that already covered practically the' entire lake region, and was accompanied by N. C. Boylan, whose association with the business of selling fuel to steam vessels extends over a period of fifteen years or more. He has been at the work from boyhood and has the advantage of a personal acquaintance with, and the good will of not the ship owners alone, but all the ship masters. Mr. Boylan recently joined the coal in- terests represented by Mr. Donaldson, accepting With them the position of manager of their fuel department. Many other representatives of large supply concerns that deal with the ships also mingled among the members of the association at the Cadillac. T.:F. Joyce, representing the jobbing department of Swift & Co., Chicago, was there in the interest of plans which his company is making to secure a large share of the vessel business. He took advantage of recesses during the meetings to talk with various owners and seemed to have someone under his wing at every turn. The faculty of talking business to unsuspecting customers and at the same time causing them to feel that they are simply being entertained is certainly well exemplified at gatherings of this kind. J. L. Frohman of Engel & Fagersten, Chicago, manufacturers of Neptune boiler compound, distributed a unique souvenir. "My hobby is boiler compound," he said; "every man has his hobby,"'--- and then he presented the new acquaintance or old customer with a minia- ture metal hobby-horse that might be appropriately used as a watch 'charm. MEETING OF LUMBER CARRIERS. _ It has been said for some time past that an effort would be made at this year's meeting of the Lumber Carriers' Association of the Great Lakes to bring about the formation of a company that would take over and own practically the entire lumber-carrying fleet of the lakes. This was regarded as the only solution of the question of remunerative freights and the scheme was to issue a large amount of bonds in payment for the great bulk of the fleet, with cash to owners who would not accept. bonds. If the details of such a scheme could be satisfactorily worked out. the promoters would still encounter great difficulty in the present attitude of capital towards such organizations, and so it turned out that the trust idea was not a very strong feature of the meeting of the lumber carriers. They are going ahead with their present organization, however, dealing with the longshoremen and with various matters in which mutual interests _ are involved. They hope also to accomplish by means of the present or- ganization more than they have accomplished in the past in the matter of freights. Their meeting at the Hotel Normandie in Detroit was very well attended. The annual report showed a membership of 242 vessels represented by 106 owners and aggregating 100,000 tons. This is about 75 per cent. of the lumber-carrying tonnage of the lakes. Receipts of the association for the year amounted to $2,800 in round figures, and of this there was a balance of $800 in the treasury with all bills paid The principal officers elected for the coming year are F. W. Gilchrist of Al- pena, president, and H.,E. Runnels of Port Huron, secretary. Mr. G. W Cottrell of Cleveland, secretary up to this time, will probably not relin- quish altogether his connection with the association. It is proposed to retain his services in lines other than that of secretary. a "Resolved, that as a mark of affection and esteem for Capt. Dunham, Annual Report of the Board of Managers Lake Carriers' Association. a? OrrIcE or THE Lake CaRritRs' ASSOCIATION, BurraLo, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1902. To the Members of the Lake Carriers' Association: The board of managers of the association submits herewith its annual report, as follows: MEMBERSHIP AND TONNAGE. The tonnage enrolled in the association during the past year was 874,203 tons, an increase of 32,000 tons over the previous year. Consider- ing the unusual conditions which prevailed at the opening of navigation last year and which prevented some fleets that have always been members of the association from coming in this season, the increase in tonnage makes a very gratifying showing, particularly as last year's tonnage showed a very large increase over all preceding years. The following table shows the tonnage of the association for a series of years beginning 1894: DSQH 2 es ee ae 590,000 tons. WS05 a a ee ees 618,000 " 196 oe a Ge a 122,000. % SOG ee a a 687,28. 7 NOOR 2 ee ae pee 686,014 " ABO 5s ke es ie ee. Le 760,866 " POO es ee as ee as 842,248 <" TOOL ea 874,208." In analyzing the tonnage figures for 1901, we find that of the total tonnage of 874,203 tons, 682,330 tons were made up of vessels of over 1,400 tons, paying the higher rate of dues, and only 191,873 tons were made up of vessels of less than 1,400 tons, paying the lower rate of dues. Every year the percentage of large vessels increases, in accordance with the well- known conditions which are revolutionizing the character of the freight carrying vessels on the lakes. The fleets composed entirely of vessels below 1,400 tons only furnished 55,812 tons of the total tonnage of the association, as compared with 87,999 tons of the previous year. The fleets of small vessels now only make up about one-sixteenth of the total ton- nage of the association. The past season has also been remarkable for concentration of own- ership. The fleets of the United States Steel Corporation and J. C. Gil- christ now make up about 44 per cent. of our tonnage. An unusually large tonnage, principally of the larger class of vessels, is now in course of construction, and the association may therefore look for a considerable increase of tonnage next year. FINANCES OF THE ASSOCIATION. The annual report of George P. McKay, treasurer of the association, which is submitted herewith, is unusually interesting. It shows that the receipts and disbursements during the past year have been upon a much larger scale than in former years. Thirty-three thousand dollars of dues have been collected during the past year, as compared with $26,000 col- lected during the previous year. The treasurer's report also shows the receipt of one item of $12,816.14, being profit made by the operation of the grain shoveling at Buffalo during the season of 1900. The treasurer re- ports all bills paid and a balance on hand of a little more than $1,000. One of the items of the treasurer's report shows the receipt of $1,675.00 from the United States lighthouse board, being a semi-annual payment to the Lake Carriers' Association for maintenance of lights in the lower Detroit river. This covers the half year from July 1, 1901, to Jan. 1, 1902. A like amount will be due from the lighthouse board on July 1 next for the maintenance of the service during the navigable season in the first half of 1902. Following the precedent of last year, the treasurer's report contains no information in regard to the grain shoveling at Buffalo during the sea- son just closed. A full detailed report from the grain shoveling committee -- will be submitted by its chairman, showing the financial transactions in connection with grain shoveling during the season just ended. The amount of grain received at Buffalo during the past year was somewhat smaller than in the previous year, and the price of shoveling was reduced 5 cents per thousand bushels. The grain shoveling, therefore, will show but a small profit as compared with the previous year. OPERATIONS OF THE SHIPPING OFFICES. Shipping offices have been maintained during the past year at Cleve- land, Chicago, Toledo, Buffalo, Ashtabula, Milwaukee, South Chicago and Conneaut. This list is the same as in former years, except that the Conneaut office was maintained for the first time last season. The total number of men shipped during 1901 through all the offices was 16,766, as compared with 14,987 in 1900 and 16,681 in 1899. The number of men shipped through each office, as compared with 1900, was as follows: 1901 1900 Cleveland ee ee 3,567 3,304 CCAR ae ee 2,228 2915 BGO esi es ee es 2,233 2,110 sited 2.320 2,289 Milamee: oe 1,881 1,778 POMOC es es 1,012 1,138 out Chicago. lo ce 1,974 1,828 Cop meat 5. eo 1,551 eS Owing to unusual conditions prevailing in the early part of the season, and the addition of a new shipping office, the expense of maintaining the shipping offices shows a considerable increase over the previous year. In addition to the regular expenses, including the salaries of shipping masters, rent, telephone and office expenses of the various shipping offices, which amounted to $12,463.11, there were extra expenses incurred by the shipping masters during the spring of last year, amounting to $2,035.80, which brings'the total cost of the shipping offices up to $14,498.91, as com- pared with $11,322.67 during the previous year, or about 44 per cent. of the total income of the association from dues, as compared with 40 per cent. in 1900. This increase in the cost of the shipping offices during the past season was unavoidable. For any explanation thereof desired by