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16 MARINE REVIEW. [July 17 SUMMARY OF NAVAL CONSTRUCTION. The monthly summary regarding construction of new vessels, issued by the bureau of construction and repair of the navy department, shows steady progress. While the report does not indicate it, the last of the battleships has now been laid down, Moran Bros. Co. having stretched part of the keel of the Nebraska at Seattle on July 4. Following is the summary: ' Degree. BATTLESHIPS. of completion, * Per cent. Name. - Building at June1, July 1. MAING soci es sities. Cramp & SOn6 561063. Gis vce. Gea e nines 90 91 Missourl: 224.5. 903s ss Newport News Co 65 66 OIG ek eee ces ue Union Iron Works <4 59 60 Vitginia .... Newport News Co ee 1 2 Nebraska .. WOTAn | BIOs, COs 6651 si iss dase eee 0 0 Georgia 2660555 ee ae eee Pret IPO WOtks: sa: ucscces ooo cee as 10 11 NOW: JOUSE¥ oi ecco ss more River Si 67 Co.s 6.25005. <s 9 « 10 Rhode Isisud 72... 054...55...% Hore River S:°& BH. CoO. is. es. 8 10 ARMORED CRUISERS. Pennsylvania $3655. oo. vc oe Crain -& SONS sic. si coc reece es 23 27 West Virginia (slices. Newport News Co. 6.00646. ie 22 25 @alifornia as oii. sess ch Union Iron Works 5 6 Colorado Pacrainy & SOUS s. icc... cs ces oe 26 30 Maryland evees 7. Newport News Co... .....0..... ue 20 23 South Dakota oo. 56 50 ...-Union Iron Works 5 5 SHEATHED PROTECTED CRUISERS. DONVON oes iccel sence exces INA 2G TOWN os or eee ae wc cass 80 82 Des MOIM6s Foc ea ee Hore: River SS: & BH: Coli eae. cs. 71 72 Chattanooga ..... epee ahs dsewis: Nixong. e400 6oc. ice eet ae b9 60 GOlVOStON: oi. ices cess cesses Ovi Ris bmiee CO. be as ae ces ase 60 61 WACOMIR ay reac eres cas Union: Irom (WOCKS oo 2 ae oe ees 47 50 Cleveland! Fic ee sis eos Bath "iron "Works eee. ence hese wees 82 83 Sta owls 2205 405. BeUNCANG Go GOV Wie! Scie eet ees Sik 3 3 Milwaukee ............ eee TION: ITON GWiOLKS: 622 ok. oe cuca stein cs 2 2 Charleston si evi ce Newport News Co. .....cicce cece ueee 5 9 MONITORS. . ATKANSES oii ei ee isesic cas Newport Ne@Ws CO. so... cc ees ec cess 96 97 ING@VAdA 3a ec Bath bron W OTS evi obo vcais vec cee 93 93 BIOTIGR soe eis ess owes ces AGO WAS INIXOM 66.5% seas ca eee eines wes 92 93 WVYOM INE ee oe hee a Union: Tron "Works: 233 hoes. FS. et 86 89 TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYERS. ee Bainbridhe @ eee eee Neate 3G a0 Vs wick ce eee c es 99 99 Barry i160) a ee sue NeOane & Tevyiccr aise. . ae 99 Chauncey j ....Neafie & Levy.......:.. 99 99 DAL Ooo eo. wats es aces os ic tay Wm. R. Trigg Co 99 99 Hoping i 7 a es Se Harlan & Hollingsworth............. 93° 94 PI ge sa Harlan & Hollingsworth............. 90 93 La@wrenGe ic. iter eask Hore: River: S; & Hi Cor... csi. 99 99 MacDonougn oo ocsos a5 tk Fore River: S: & <B: Con. 63.6 es. cas 98 98 : Pale JOWeS eG cs Union Tron: WOrkKS: 6. os. sis ee cesses 92 95 Stewart: is5.00 ees. ck Gas We GaP COs ss a een e wes « 72 72 MC URCOM oo a was aie os BO Maryland Steel Com... 3 tio. Aeiik es 96 pegs WhIDDle: sa coc oe cles cas Maryland. Steel (C0. cic. scoss eens cs 93 96 WOTrden cee ee or a. e. Maryland: Steel: Co. ooo. ie anodes 91 93 TORPEDO BOATS. Strimeham 6065 6st kn, Harlan & Hollingsworth............. 98 - 98 Goldshoroueh (oor... Wolll & Zwicker... .)..0..05. 00... oe 95 95 Bigkely eee ee ee Geo. Lawley & Son... 0.0.00... cs eee 98 . 98 DeLOUR? ok cee eG Geo. Lawley & Soni.s.).5 0. er 99 99 Nich OISONE . /.s35 sta. 66s ew is: NIXON 5 ee oe uns ee ; 98 Leos O'Brien eee PEARS lewis "NIXON Mss. cock se ee eae 98 98." MIN SCY. iiss Shas ee ee Columbian Iron Works............... 74 74 : SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOATS. PIUN SOY ose es. Lewis 93 93 Adder: 20.255 Sa. Lewis 5 ; 99 - 99 Grampus, 2.25. eee. Union Iron Works a 81 82 MOCCASIN: 32... cae cn ee: Lewis Ni i 99 99 PIkG oe ee Union 72 74 POrpoises iis. ieee, eee ok. Lewis 97 97 Sharks scores ao es ack Lewis 96 96 rete. AVOID TROUBLE AT GRAIN ELEVATORS. | Officials of the Lake Carriers' Association evidently propose to give attention now to the question of delays to vessels that may arise later on in the grain trade on account of difference existing between the elevator interests at Buffalo. A meeting of the executive committee of the associa- tion was held in Cleveland Wednesday with a very full attendance. Presi- dent Livingstone of Detroit, Capt. D. Sullivan of Chicago, Capt. M. M. Drake and Capt. Edward Smith of Buffalo, and other out of town mem- bers were present. Members of the association are fearful that the out- come of the Buffalo trouble may be very serious delays to vessels when the grain business becomes active this fall. Two years ago an arrange- ment was made at a general meeting of the Lake Carriers' Association and the shippers and receivers of grain and the elevator and railroad managers, by which there was secured to vessels the facilities of the port of Buffalo, so that it might not happen that a large number of vessels would be wait- ing at one elevator while some other elevator might be idle. Generally speaking, the arrangement was to ship the grain billed to a consignee at Buffalo, and not to a particular elevator. The plan has since its adoption two years ago worked admirably, and the Lake Carriers are anxious that there shall be no disturbance of that manner of doing the business. To that end the question was referred to the local committee at Buffalo to in- vestigate present conditions, especially in relation to the agreement of two years ago under which such good results have been secured, and to -en- force the provisions of that agreement so far as may be necessary. Arrangements were also made for the establishment of telephone sery- ice between Buffalo breakwater and the city. This service will greatly fa- cilitate the handling of vessels at Buffalo elevators. Officials of the Craig Ship Building Co. of Toledo seem to be very largely interested in the Adams Transportation Co. of Detroit, for whom they have just finished a large steel freighter with a second one under way Articles of incorporation of the Adams company, just filed in Detroit, show a paid up capital of $115,000. The first steamer is, of course, costing more than $115,000. The balance of her cost has undoubtedly been taken care of by bonds. The stock is divided as follows: Thomas Adams, Detroit 575 shares; John I, Adams, Detroit, 20 shares; John Craig, Toledo, 85? a George L. Craig, Toledo, 427 shares; John F. Craig, Toledo, 426 shares. ; , General offices of the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. #5, oc entire tenth floor of the Fisher building, Chicago, SHY the AROUND THE GREAT LAKES. [ak Ae of Cleveland will sail the steel barge Maitland, © which bas iaunthed ab Bekat on Thursday last, for the Franklin Trans- portation Co., of which D. R. Hanna is manager. The wooden steamer Kittie M. Forbes, which burned to the water's _edge about six weeks ago, and was beached on the Canadian side of the St. Clair river, opposite the Star Island house, has been raised by Capt. H. W. Baker of Detroit. It is reported from Toledo that the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. has completed a plan of docks at that point involving an expenditure of nearly $1,000,000. The specifications call for nearly a mile of dockage, involving a fill of about 2,000,000 ft. Admiral Bowles, chief constructor of the United States navy, has detailed Naval Constructor H. G. Smith and Draftsman H. S. Eper to examine the ventilating system of the side-wheel steamer Western States, recently built by the Detroit Ship Building Co. for Detroit-Buffalo service. The breaking of the high-pressure cylinder on the new side-wheel steamer Eastern States of the Detroit & Buffalo line has proven a more serious accident than was at first expected. The company will suffer a severe loss in having the steamer laid up for some time in the busiest part of her season. The old gunboat Michigan, while lying at her dock at Erie, Pa., was run into by the steamer M. B. Grover on Tuesday and was poked badly in the ribs. The engines, however, escaped injury and no damage was done below the waterline. The accident will prevent the annual cruise of the naval cadets this year. General Manager Newman of the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co. has just issued a circular announcing that the special daylight trips, advertised to leave Cleveland 8 a. m. and Buffalo 9 a. m. Saturdays during July and August, are cancelled. Until Dec. 1, steamers of the line wil} leave Cleveland daily at 8 p. m., central standard time; Buffalo daily at 9 p. m., eastern standard time. A dispatch from Ottawa says that specifications are being prepared by the department of railways and canals in connection with the plans for removing obstructions in the Welland Canal from Port Colborne to Wel- land. These obstructions consist of stone piers supporting bridges and other obstacles to navigation. Instead of resting on stone piers springing from the water the bridges will swing clear of the canal, and thus allow an uninterrupted channel to shipping. The amount voted by parliament for the improvements is $95,000. Gauge records of the United States lake survey show the following mean stages of water for June, above mean sea level: Lake Superior, 602.08 ft.; Lakes Huron and Michigan, 580.06 ft.; and Lake Erie, 572.21 ft. These stages show Lake Superior to have been 0.03 ft. higher than during same month last year, and 0.06 ft. lower than in June, 1895; Lakes Huron and Michigan were 0.42 ft. lower than during same month last year, and 0.29 ft. higher than in June, 1895; Lake Erie was 0.40 ft. higher than during same month last year, and 0.55 ft. higher than in June, 1895. The following from the Detroit Tribune merely illustrates what we have hitherto said--that total destruction of a vessel's hull on the great lakes is a very long process: "The eyes of many passengers on the up- river steamers this year have been drawn to an old, dilapidated looking three-masted schooner lying off the Detroit Ship Building Co.'s dry dock. Those who pass close enough may read on her bow the legend 'Maria Martin.' All recognize her as a representative of the old days of 'wind- jamming.' Few know that in her day this battered hulk could outstrip almost anything on the lakes, and that not only sailing vessels but steam- ers found themselves left astern by her in a two-days' voyage. The Maria Martin was built at Cleveland in 1866. Steamers had appeared years be- fore on the lakes, but the days of canvas were by no means over, and from Duluth to. Buffalo the inland seas were dotted with gleaming sails. Among the ships of that day the Maria Martin was a queen, and even in recent times she held her own. But about a year ago it was decided to put her out of commission and so for the last twelve-month she has lain along the river front idle and deserted, with the paint peeling from het sides and her masts decayed and sprung. However, it will not be for long. Her owner, Capt. John Dorrington, says that as soon as freight rates shows signs of going up to stay the Maria Martin will be put on the ways and turned into a screw steamer. Her hull is in good condition, and when in commission she has a rating of A2%4, so Capt. Dorrington is confidem that she will still make money as a steamer." MANAGEMENT OF STEEL CORPORATION VESSELS. Changes announced a few days ago in the management of the Pitts- burg Steamship Co., the organization in charge of transportation affairs of the United States Steel Corporation on the great lakes, were not unex- pected. It has been understood for some time past that Mr, Edwin S. Mills, who was assistant manager of the steamship company with Mr. A. B. Wolvin, was to be taken into the councils of the big. organization in New_York. The change to that of assistant to First Vice-President James Gayley of the Steel Corporation is undoubtedly pleasing to Mr. Mills. It places him in the congenial company of his first business asso- ciates: in close touch with the leading officials of the Steel Corporation, who had entrusted to him very important lake interests when in the em- ploy of the Carnegie company. The appointment of Mr. A. F. Harvey of Duluth to the position of assistant manager of the steamship company, made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Mills, is another step in the di- rection of concentrating all matters of authority in the Duluth office, where Mr. Wolvin makes his headquarters. Mr. Harvey's training in vessel matters before accepting a position with Mr. Wolvin was ob- tained in the office of Pickands, Mather & Co., Cleveland, where a large fleet of vessels was managed previous to the consolidation. He is com- petent and enjoys the acquaintance and respect of vessel men throughout the lakes. Mr. E.-C. Collins, formerly assistant to Mr. Mills, is now gen- eral agent of the Pittsburg company with headquarters in Cleveland. He will have to do mainly with dock matters--the distribution of ore at Lake Erie ports.