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MARINE REVIEW, = 25 ized the appointment of a commission to make a survey for a ship-canal to connect the waters of Lake Erie with the Ohio river, and appropriated ' the sum of $10,000 for that purpose. That commission, consisting of engi- neers of note and experience, reported in favor of such a canal as is pro- vided for in this bill. is ae "In view of the probability of the early construction of the Nicaragua canal, the construction of a canal at this point by the government can not 'be expected for a number of years. Private capital is willing to undertake this great enterprise, and there seems to be no good reason why it should not be given an opportunity to do so.. At some future. time, after the canal has been constructed, if the government desires to assume its control and make of it a free waterway for the benefit of commerce, it will have the the right to do so. The provisions of this measure create no liability what- soever on the part of the government." : The report is accompanied by an appendix showing the growth of lake commerce during the past decade. These statistics are taken largely from the Marine Review. Some of. the figures regarding lake commerce in the committee report quoted above are estimates, but they are fairly accurate. The gentlemen named in the bill as forming the Lake Erie & Ohio River Ship-Canal Co. are the following: George A. Kelley, B; B. Jones, Thomas P. Roberts, John E. Shaw, William. Flynn, William E. Kennedy, Morrison Foster, W. L. Scaife, W. Harry Brown, D. E. Park, James H. Park, John A. Wood, Eugene M. O'Neill, James F. Hudson, H. J. Heinz, S$. S. Marvin, D. P. Black, George H. Anderson, William P. Herbert, A. J. Logan, John Eaton and F. J. Hearne of Pittsburgh; W. S. Shallenberger of Rochester, Pa.; Joseph G. Butler, Jr., of Youngstown, O.; Simon Perkins of Sharon, Pa.; J. R. Harrah of Beaver, Pa.; and A, B. Fleming of Fairmont, W. Va. WIRELESS TELEGRAPH SYSTEM FOR ALASKA. Bids were opened on Wednesday in the office of Brig. Gen. A. W. Greeley, chief signal officer of the army, for establishing a wireless tele- graph system in Alaska. Five proposals were received, but no decision as to the successful bidder will be reached until a board of officers of the signal corps has inquired into and tested the various systems offered. One of the'conditions required by the government is that the bidders shall demonstrate their ability to transmit messages legibly for two consecutive days at a distance of 60 miles. They are also required to work each system satisfactorily for not less than ten nor more than twenty consecutive days. The bidders were the Marconi company of London, England; Foote, Pierson & Co. of New York; the American Wireless Telegraph & Tele- phone Co. of Philadelphia; the De Forest Wireless Telegraph Co. of New York and Queen & Co. of Philadelphia. The last named represents the system worked out by Prof. Fessenden and Prof. Moore, chief of the weather bureau. It is the same system that was so successfully tried recently between Roanoke island and Cape Hatteras. It appears to have an advantage in speed over all the systems presented and is looked upon with great favor by the officials. The points to be connected by wireless telegraphy are outlined in the specifications as follows: Between' Fort Davis and some point on Stewart island about 90 nautical miles distant, or Fort Davis and Fort St. Michael's on St. Michael island, about 108 miles distant; between 'Rampart and Winter House on the Tanana river, about 136 miles distant, or preferably, between Fort Gibbon and some station on the Tanana river, a distance of about 155 miles. Queen & Co. in its proposal offers to deliver two sets of instruments to be used over the shorter distance for 13,000 and to instal the system for use over the longer distance for $15,000. It guarantees a minimum speed of from twenty-five to thirty words a minute to be'received from a telephonic apparatus sim- ilar to that used at Cape Hatteras. It is proposed to have the apparatus ready within sixty days and to be able to have a preliminary test by the middle of July. The company also expresses the belief that it will be able to instal the system in Alaska not later than Oct. 1. The De Forest com- pany offers to furnish four sets of instruments and to send messages at a speed of from twenty to twenty-five words a minute, the total cost being $39,000. Marconi guarantees a speed of not less than twelve words a minute and says that the short route can be equipped by Sept. 1 and the other route a month later. This is the only company which insists upon the payment of a royalty, and while this is waived for the first year, a royalty of $2,560 annually for each instrument will be required after that. In addition to this Marconi agrees to supply two sets for operating be- tween Nome City and St. Michael's for $19,939 and two sets for operating between Fort Gibbon and a point on the Tanana river for $22,010. It is also required that where commercial messages are'sent over the system the government shall pay the company 50 per cent. of whatever charge is made for the transmittal of such messages. The bids of the American Wireless Telegraph & Telephone 'Co. and Foote, Pierson & Co. do not include the installation of any special system. They agree to deliver only . the instruments, the American Wireless Co. offering four sets of instru- ments for $14,200 and the Foote company four sets for: $28,800. A great story of a $15,000,000 harbor improvement deal comes from Chicago. It is said that a party of western capitalists are planning ie new harbor with elevators, docks and warehouse on the shore of Lake ichigan just south of the mouth of the Calumet river, and that it 1s their intention to make this the point of transfer from western trunk lines to lake steamers and from western to eastern trunk lines. The Pah prompted by the fact that four belt line roads--the Western iietied ls S Calumet Terminal, the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern, and the Chicago, Shore & Eastern--come down to the mouth of the Calumet. The Balti- more & Ohio and the Pennsylvania are big trunk lines now in the district. Notice is given by Com'dr E, H. Gheen, inspector of. the Biever lighthouse district, that about May 8, 1902, a gas buoy. painted red a marked 'St. Clair Flats Canal, Lower Entrance, East Side, No. 24, - Showing a fixed red light of 10 seconds duration with eclipse 10: secon . will be established to mark the position of the former float light on t : southeasterly edge of the lower end of the dredged channel aig Fe fo) St. Clair Flats canal, and about 900 ft. south by east, one-eighth east, rom St. Clair flats lower entrance west side gas buoy No. 21. . . saz feted: the A 'tebuild costing about $50,000 has' jtist been, completed: on the steamet Majestic, owned by T. Hurley of Detroit, atid He left West Bay City, a few days ago, to load Clergue ore at Michipicoten, Treasury Department, Office of General Superintendent U. § Life-Saving Service, = Washington, D. ©C., April 26, 1902. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until 2 o'clock p. m. of Monday, the 26th day of May, 1902, and then publicly opened, for fur- nishing supplies required for use of:the Life- Saving Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903; the supplies to be delivered at such points in New York City, Grand Haven, Mich., and San Francisco, Cal., as may be required, and in the quantities named in the specifications. The supplies needed consist of Beds and Bedding; Blocks and Sheaves; Cord- age; Crockery; Furniture; Hardware; Lamps, Lanterns, etc.; Medicines, etc.; Paints, Oils, etc.; Ship Chandlery; Stoves, etc.; Tools and Miscellaneous Articles; all of 'which are enumerated in the specifications attached to the form of bid, etc., which may be obtained upon application to this office, or to the In- spector of Life-Saving. Stations, 17 State St., New York City; Superintendent Twelfth Life- Saving District, Grand Haven, Mich.; and Superintendent Thirteenth Life-Saving Dis- trict, New Appraisers' Stores, San Francisco, Cal. Envelopes containing proposals should be addressed to the "General Superintendent U. S. Life-Saving Service, Washington, D. C." and marked on the outside "Proposal for An- nual Supplies."" The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, and to waive defects, if deemed for the interests of the Govern- ment. , 8. I. KIMBALL, May 8. - 4 General Superintendent. U.S. ENGINEER OFFICE, Jones Building, 'Detroit, Mich., April 19, 1902. Sealed pro- posals for dredging, and other work required for' removing obstructions to navigation. in "main Ship Channel, between Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and Lake Huron, will be received here until 12 noon (Standard time), May 19, 1902, and then publicly opened. Information fur- nished on application. W. H. BIXBY, Major, Engrs. May 15 The Erie & Western Transportation Go, ANCHOR Line. 1902, Passenger Service-- Steamers...........0- cooeeeo India, China, Japan. Ports of call... Buffalo, Sault Ste. Marie, Hancock, Marquette, Cleveland, hog Mackinac Island, Duluth, Houghton. rie, Freight Service-- teamers........ Alaska Delaware, Codorus, Mahoning, Susquehanna, Schuylkill, Lycoming, Conestoga, Clarion, Wissahickon. Conemaugh, Juniata, Lehigh, Ports of call... Buffalo, Erie Cleveland, Marquette, Detroit, W. Superior, Hancock, Duluth, Houghton, Sault Ste. Marie, Chicago, Milwaukee. CHAS. H. MARKHAN, Gen. Pass. Agt., BH. T. EVANS, Western Manager, oe . Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y The Standard Marine Lubricants, Vacuum 600 W. Cylinder Oil Vacuum No. 1 Marine Engine Oil Vacuum Arctic Engine Oil Vacuum Sea Oil Vacuum Anti-Friction Grease Also, Colza Burning Oil. STANDARD OIL CO., of New York, MARINE OIL DEPARTMENT. 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