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18 MARINE REVIEW. [July 17 THE STEAMER AUSTRALIA. The late freighter Australia, which was recently converted from a tow barge to a screw steamer by the Shipowners Dry Dock Co. at North Halsted street bridge, Chicago,-is reported to have made over 12 miles an hour on a run from Es- Helen iron ore mine, which is located about 12 miles from Michipicoten harbor, and the ore is carried in the company's boats to the lower lake ports. In the vicinity of Sudbury extensive mining operations are con- ducted in the nickel and copper deposits. Smelters have been erected for the treatment of portions of the ore at the mines, while part of the canaba to South Chicago, and has done very well in towing the Polynesia of the Corrigan fleet. 7. In the work of changing this vessel at the Chicago yard new channel steel in- tercostal stringers were fit- ted right-fore-and-aft to strengthen the hull, besides a new stern frame and rud- der and after body bossed for propeller shaft. The engine is of triple-expansion type with cylinders of 20, 3314 and 55-in. diameter and 42-in. stroke. The usual auxiliary machinery was 1n- stalled and the electric light plant and = steering gear overhauled. Steam is fur-. nished by two Scotch boil- ers, 12% ft. in diameter and 12 ft. long, built for a work- ing pressure of-175 lbs., per square foot and equipped with the Morrison furnaces and Ellis & Eaves induced draft. A new steel deck house was built aft for the accommodation of officers and crew, and a new pilot house and texas forward. The vessel was also fur- nished with two raking and gracefully-tapered Oregon- pine spars. The work done on this vessel shows the ex- cellent facilities of the new ship building and repairing plant on the north branch at Chicago and augurs well for its success on new work as well as repairs. 'The steamer America, which struck on the point at Waugoshance, near Macki- naw straits, on April 26, was also in the Shipowners dry dock for about four weeks. The: work done on her necessitated the removal of seventy plates, sixty-one of which had to be replaced by new plates. There were also eighty-nine floors and 105 frames replaced. The tank top was badly started, which caused the removal of the entire floor, which was re-riveted and caulked. CONSOLIDATED LAKE SUPERIOR CO. As the following was specially prepared for the Bulletin of the American Iron and Steel Association it is doubtless correct and is there- fore valuable as a directory of the Clergue enterprise at the Sault: The Consolidated Lake Superior Co., which conducts large opera- tions on both sides of the St. Mary's river, located principally at the town of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., is chiefly a Philadelphia enterprise, hav- ing been organized by Philadelphians and the larger part of its capital having been supplied by Philadelphia capitalists. The general offices of the company are in the North American building in Philadelphia, where all the financial operations of the company age centered. The various industrial operations controlled by it are directed from the offices at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. The Consolidated Lake Superior Co. has an authorized capital of $35,000,000 7 per cent preferred stock, and $82,000,000 common stock, and the operations thus far undertaken represent an actual expen- diture of about $25,000,000. The company is the parent organization, which owns the stock of a number of subsidiary corporations by which the various industrial operations are conducted. Among these subsidiary interests are the following: i (1) Lake Superior Power Co., which owns lands and water rights at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., with a power canal which yields about 20,000 H. P., this being supplemented by a second canal on the Canadian side soon to be constructed; (2) The Michigan Lake Superior Power Co., which owns the water power rights on the Michigan side and is construct- ing a canal which will yield over 40,000 H. P. and which will be complete and in operation during the present year; (3) The Sault Ste. Marie Pulp & Paper Co., which operates a ground wood pulp mill capable of pro- ducing 100 tons a day of pulp, and also a sulphite mill of about 60 tons a day. both of which are on the Canadian side and operated by power from the 'Canadian canal; (4) The Tagona Water & Light Co., which supplies water and light to the town of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.; (5) The Algoma Steel Co., Ltd., which operates a Bessemer steel plant and rolling mill; (6) The Ontario Lake Superior Co., which, while controlled by the Consolidated Lake Superior Co., is a corporation that owns and controls a number of subsidiary interests on the Canadian side, among them the Algoma Central & Hudson Bay Railway, which is now under construc- tion northward from Sault Ste. Marie to the Helen and Josephine mines in the Michipicoten district, Ontario; and the Algoma Commercial Co. which conducts extensive land, timber and mineral operations upon the lands granted by the Canadian government for constructing the road. Mining operations are being conducted upon an extensive scale at the peered RK EASA STEEL STEAMER AUSTRALIA--FORMERLY A TOW BARGE. ferro-nickel ore is roasted at the works at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and made into briquettes, which are subsequently smelted into ferro-nickel-- a pig iron containing a high percentage of nickel. The steel rail mill, which rolled its first turn on May 5, is now running regularly and is rap- idly reaching its full capacity of between 500 and 600 tons per day. The officers of the Consolidated Lake Superior .Co. are: President, E. V. Douglas; vice president and general manager, F. H. Clergue; vice-presi- dent and treasurer, T. C. Search; vice-president, F. S. Lewis; vice-presi- dent, E. C. Lee; secretary, W. P. Douglas; assistant secretary and assist- 'ant to president, Edward H. Sanborn. IMMENSE NEW SHIP PIER. _ The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co, will construct a new double deck pier at Locust point, Baltimore, for use by the North German Lloyd: Steamship Co. at a cost of about $600,000. It is understood that the im- provements contemplated by the company during the next three or four years will aggregate $2,000,000. The new pier will be 800 ft. long, 160 ft. wide and will have dock space on the east side of 600 ft. length and on the west side 800 ft., with a width of 200 ft. and depth of water on either side of 32 ft, The east side will have a track on the outside of the plat- form that will permit the loading and unloading of heavy articles direct from ship to car without entering the shed. The superstructure will be 800 ft. long and 50 ft. high to the eaves, by 148 ft. wide. A driveway will enable vehicles to be driven to the side of steamers. There will be offices on the main floor for the steamship company and the railroad company, and a reception room for cabin passengers. Passengers will be landed from the steamers on the second floor. The United States government 'will be assigned large space to be used as a bonded warehouse for import freight. Two electric elevators will connect the first and second floors. The entire building will have modern ventilation, electric lighting, steam heating and fire protection as perfect as possible. The old pier used by the North German Lloyd Co. is 700 ft. long, 70 ft. wide and 16 ft. high, with a floor area of 49,000 sq. ft. The new pier will have a floor area on both floors of 236,800 sq. ft. A meeting was held at Sault Ste. Marie last week to promote the proposed semi-centennial celebration of the breaking of ground for the construction of the first canal at that place. This will occur on June 4, 1903. Committees were appointed to further the movement. On July 18, 1893, the last wooden ship built in America was launched from the yard of Charles V. Minott of Phippsburg, Me. This ship was the Aryan. Steel and iron ships have since been constructed, but all wooden craft have had a different rig. Aryan means in Indian the last of her race and she is therefore very well named.