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fa MARINE REVIEW AND MARINE RECORD. 27 CHICAGO GRAIN SITUATION. Chicago, Aug. 26.--The steady west-bound movement of coal through Lake wichigan ports keeps the vessel supply fully up to the moderate cemand that prevails in grain shipping circles. There is little pressure either way, the market turning on a basis of 1@ 1% cents corn and about I cent oats to Buffalo, Port Huron and Georgian bay. Today's chartering is at 1 cent corn and it would seem that this rate will hold through the present week. Of the shipments noted for the week just closed (as below) the rail lines took some 500,000 bu. oats and 200,000 bu. wheat and corn; Canadian points (via lake), about 560,000 bu. of oats and some 600,000 bu. wheat and corn, with the balance directed for Buffalo. The shipments, lake and rail, together with stocks of grain, follow: Week just Same week closed. Last week last year. Weer OM ey yee 417,420 269,135 1,704,962 Ge Oe ge ee eee 1,907,797 1,456,428 1,645,813 Pe DU ee eee re eas 1,939,188 1,310,392 1,382,744 Dot os OT sae 4,264,405 3,035,055 4,733,519 Since Jan. Same time ( 1, 1903. last year. gee ie ee 12,913,607 19,793,968 Cen 0d Te ee 52,008, 386 26,646,851 Ge a. es a ee 42,558,000 35,520,774 Re OU ae hea 322,778 1,483,433 otal) ee es 4 107,802,861 83,451,026 Stocks of grain show some falling off for the week, but they are very. much in excess of stocks a year ago. The figures are: Week just Same week closed. Last week. last year. MW Reat DW. os ce base ee 5,328,000 4,940,000 5,644,000 Corn, Dus cay disse Hie a 4,713,000 5,842,000 ~ 2,218,000 Oats: Due 40/36.seunie vases 4,817,000 4,067,000 1,625,000 Reve, Die view ie av Us heen 4 See 462,000 375,000 170,000 ROA) isis sees bates 15,320,000 15,824,000 9,657,000 _ TESTS OF FALLS STAYBOLT IRON. Recent tests of Falls hollow and solid staybolt iron, both of which are used extensively in marine and locomotive boilers, have given great 'satisfaction to the manufacturers, the Falls Hollow 'Staybolt Co. of Cuyahoga Falls, O. The first of the tests was made at the Grand Trunk Railway shops, Montreal. This was a vibrating test, as near as possible to the strains in a boiler, but much severer, to discover which make of iron would endure the strains longest, without breaking, and to learn the number of vibrations at thirty-two per minute each of the sever- e makes of staybolt iron would endure. . The results were as fol- ows: Size, Duration, Broke on in. minuteés. vibrations. Falls hollow charcoal iron..... oo eT Pepe Oot Falls solid charcbal ithn' 20 ae I 131 'e116 Scully ion Co. Sek a ae ae ee a 120 3,840 Waverly 'special iron'. 922 oe ae ee 05 3,040 Saylor' iron (2 oe * Ae I 7 2,400 Tenness C. '€. bloom iron 2223 I 75 2,400 The actual duration of the Falls hollow charcoal iron was 161 minutes, equal to 5,152 vibrations, but the resistant strength of the sample caused intermittent attention by the tester with wood- en.wedges to keep the sample taut, and for this 4 minutes was deducted. (; The other tests which were of Falls iron alone, were made at the McGill University; Montreal, and the results were: Solid _ Hollow ae, piece. piece, Dimensions in inches... 245. ot I I Yield point in pounds per square inch.... 33,790 27,252 Ultimate strength in pounds per square MCh ye ea ie 50,150 48,420 Percent. of elongation in 8 i. 4+..+..5. 8 29.3 32.5 Percent. of reduction of area 15.3.9) 56.4 537; "These tests," says one of the officials of the Falls com- pany, "indicate so clearly the superior and uniform quality of our iron that they are proving of great value to us. Our trade 1s tapidly increasing in consequence of the high quality of this iron, both with railway companies and marine boiler manufacturers, . our plant is all the time crowded to keep pace with or- ers," WINDLASSES FOR SOUTH AMERICA. -- The Marine Journal of New York refers to the shipment from that port a few days ago of seven windlasses for the Amazon tiver, South America. "The wiridlasses were made," the Journal says, "by the American Ship Windlass Co. of Providence, R. L, for the Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co. of New York, who have a contract to furnish machinery to do the work of landing mer- chandise and loading cargoes of rubber on pontoons some dis- tance from the shore in consequence 0 C lasses are worked by hand and are used to hold the pontoons ns Place, having a holding force of 20 tons, So that a trolley can be f shoal water. The wind-- constructed from the pontoons to the shore, over which cargoes will pass. The windlasses have been ordered to replace others of English manufacture, which require a large number of natives to work them, while the American machines, it is claimed, can be easily operated by three men. The order was executed with the usual dispatch which obtains at the works of the American Ship Windlass Co. Six weeks from the time the order was received the seven windlasses, weighing over 80,000 lbs., were at New York ready for shipment to South America. Designing special machines for special work where the saving of labor counts is the constant aim of this old-established windlass company. All of their latest designs of windlasses are built to add some little. improvement that the previous ones have suggested, and so it is also with their towing machines. Each new manufacture has some new idea attached to it to increase its efficiency and save labor, hence it is that the Providence automatic riding windlass, the Shaw & Speigle towing machines, the Winter wharf drop, the Providence chain stopper, and their many other specialties are being. improved continually and this constant advance in the superiority of their manufactures is the cause of the forty-five years' continued success of the company in the United States ane ee gradual but permanent introduction of their machines abroad." LIVERPOOL AFTER COTTON TRADE. -The annual report of the chairman of the Manchester Ship-: Canal Co., John K. Bythell, which has just reached this coun- try, refers to an effort which is being made by Liverpool ship _ owners to attract the shipment of American cotton away from Manchester. They have secured contracts in many instances sub-. ject to the condition that the freight rate should be the same, © whether final delivery was made in Liverpool or in. Manchester.. The difference of six or seven shillings per ton in dues and rates between Liverpool and Manchester yields a_ substantial profit in persuading consignees to accept delivery at Liverpool. The effect of this practice, if persisted in, would not only be to rob the canal of a large part of its. tonnage but also to make | the Manchester market still more subordinate to that of Liver-. pool. The Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' Associations and the Manchester Cotton Association have taken the matter up and vigorously protested. oe The report refers. to the decline in the North Atlantic ship- ping and says: "Many of the large.cargo liners usually plying to Liverpool from America are still laid up and those that have. been kept on the lines have very frequently come in with only part cargoes." Notwithstanding this, the canal has actually had. a small increase in tonnage from American ports during the last six months. Regarding the relations of the company with -- American shippers, the chairman says: ..... "While we are not neglecting in the least degree any branch -- of trade, we are at the present time giving a good deal of atten- tion to the United States and Canadian trades because we know their great capabilities. Our chief traffic superintendent, Mr. Gibson, has been in America for some weeks. He is. sailing back again tomorrow. He has been visiting railway companies, steamer owners and agents, merchants and manufacturers, with. a view of trying to secure for us an increased trade, especially . during the coming season.. I am convinced myself from what I know that his visit will be productive of good. He has been | very well received everywhere by leading men, and I think we shall see the results during the next season. The importance of that trade it is impossible to overrate; and as I have already. said, we feel quite justified in making this special effort with America, though I assure you we have not been neglecting other work, and we are looking well after every trade" 3. The report of earnings for the half year ended. June 30, show gross earnings of £189,422 and net earnings of £75,876, an increase of £15,505 over the corresponding period of the pre- vious year. The annual meeting of the Lake Superior Mining Institute was, held last week at Ishpeming, Mich. The opportunity was seized by the members to visit the mines of the Marquette range and to pretty generally inspect the properties of the Cleveland- Cliffs Iron Co., which has branched out wonderfully during the past three years. Especially interesting was the visit to Grand island, which has been converted into a game preserve by the -Cleveland-Cliffs company. The group of industries established at the Sault by. the Consolidated Lake Superior Co. was also inspected. The following officers were elected: President, G. H. Abeel, Hurley, Wis.; vice-presidents, J. H. McLean of Iron- wood, Mich.; and J. B. Cooper of South Lake, Linden, Mich. ; secretary, A. J. Yungbluth, Ishpeming, Mich.; treasurer, E. W. Hopkins, Commonwealth, Wis.; managers, John McDowell of. Hibbing, Minn., and W. J. Richards of Crystal Falls, Mich. = Receipts of anthracite coal at Chicago by lake thus far this season has been in excess of the normal movement. The total re- ceipts of anthracite by lake at Chicago and South Chicago, begin- ning with the first cargo, April 18, to Aug. 24, reached 637,441 tons, compared with 175,076 during the same period in last year, while the strike prevailed, and 877,240 tons for the full year of 1901. Out of a total of 282 cargoes of coal received at Chicago and South Chicago, 237 were unloaded in the Chicago river. The largest of these was 4,250 tons, brought in by the steamer Chili. At South Chicago the record for the season stands at 7,200 tons, that cargo having been delivered by the steamer Walter Scranton.