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1903.] MARINE REVIEW AND MARINE RECORD. : 25 en steamer for the gard to any con- underwriters, but the general opin- ion was that he would be unable to do' this. He sent down divers, but was compelled to cause them to de- sist, owing to the fact that passing vessels were re- peatedly striking the wreck and put- ting their lives in jeopardy. He fin- ally declared that he would not per- mit them to work unless the vessels were required to stop, but Maj. Bix- by decided that navigation could not be stopped. It was thereupon re- solved at a confer- ence between the government engin- eer, Managing Owner Gerlach and the underwrit- ers to blow up the steamer with dy- : : namite. This to be done without stopping traffic in the canal. Capt. W. H. Baker, wrecking master, accordingly began on Tuesday night of this week the task of blowing up the Glidden piecemeal. The work will be prosecuted only at night and only small quantities of dynamite will be used at a time. Beginning at the bow the timbersant-sides will be blown out bit by bit. It is the intention to cofferdam the stern in order to later raise and save the machinery. It' is é¢stimated that two weeks will be re- quired to remove the wreck entirely. Meanwhile navigation will not be suspended, but the: passage of vessels through the canal will be greatly retarded. nosh The Glidden was-built at Cleveland in 1879. She was 221 ft. keel, 35 ft. beam and 19 ft. deep. She was insured in com- panies represented by Smith, Davis & Co. of Buffalo. Her cargo of ore, which was shipped by M. A. Hanna & Co., was also in- sured. EXAMINATION FOR STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SERVICE. The United States Civil Service Commission. announces an examination on Nov, 18-19, to secure eligibles to fill a vacancy in the position of inspector of boilers of steam vessels for the district of Nashville, Tenn., at $1,200 per annum, and other simi- lar vacancies as they may occur. There are nearly 200 places throughout the country where this examination may be taken. The necessary papers may be had by applying to the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C., or to the Secretaries of local boards of civil service examiners, who hold government positions, mostly in the customs service. Two days of eight hours each will be taken up in this particular examina- tion. The age limit is twenty-five to fifty-five years. The points in the examination and their weight are: Letter writing, 10; arithmetic, 10; boilers and machinery, 60; experience, 20. : An applicant for the position of local inspector of. boilers must have had at least five years' actual practical experience as chief engineer of ocean or inland steamers of over 100 gross tons, as first assistant engineer of inland steamers of 600 Bross tons or over, or as first assistant engineer of ocean ae 0 1,500 gross tons or over, a portion of which experience must have been within the five years next preceding the date of application. The experience required must have been under United ue license, and the fact that he has been so licensed must be 0 record in the treasury department. An applicant for the poonun of assistant inspector of boilers must have the same qualifica- tions as for local inspector, except that the term of ge vice re- quired under license must be three years, a portion of whic aay vice must have been within the five years next preceding the date of application. : oe : Any aaplicank interested, either directly or inden: in auy patented article required to be used on any steamer 0 e Un : States, or who is a member of any association of awaets ee ters, engineers, or pilots of steamboats, or who 1s ee ee "i directly pecuniarily interested in any steam vessel, will n Le required to surrender his interest in any such steam Mei Sa) article used thereon, or to resign his ee in any aa ciation of owners, masters, engineers, OF pilots oO ite - aes previous to taking the examination, and will be require ed render such interest or to resign his ein ae eon tion of owners, masters, engineers, or pilots only a . he of his receiving and accepting appointment as oe or ela ot boilers. Preference will be given to eligibles who ce g : residents of the districts in which the ae Hy a : 'nj amination is open to all citizens of the ad ; : ahd ply with the requirements. Competitors will be rated w View showing Glidden across the Canal with Freighter Passing to the Left. livery of the new boat by April 2. sideration. other than the qualifica- tions shown in their examination papers, and eligi- bles will be certi- fied strictly in ac- cordance with the civil service law and' rules. Per- sons who' desire to compete should at once apply for the necessary pap- ers which should -- be properly exe- cuted and © filed with the commis- sion 'at Washing- ton.prior to -the hour of closing business on Noy. Q,; 1903. After that time no ap- plication will be accepted for this examination. In applying for this examination the exact title "local and assistant in- spector of boilers" should be used in the application. No request will be granted for examination on -- any other date or at any other place than those given. The list of places where examinations will be held includes almost every city in the country that has a custom house. REORGANIZING THE CONSOLIDATED LAKE SUPERIOR. Details of the reorganization plan for the Consolidated Lake Superior Co. by. the Philadelphia stockholders' committee, de- pendent upon the completion of some arrangement with the Speyer syndicate whereby the sale of the properties may be ob- viated, were made public in Philadelphia last Saturday. The plan will place the company under the new name of the Lake Superior Corporation and provides for an issue of $40,000,000. new stock and an issue of $10,000,000 bonds, of which $2,857,000 will be retained in the treasury. The stock division is to be as. fol- lows: Fourteen million dollars exchangeable for $28,000,000 pre- ferred of the present company with a $3 assessment; $18,000,000 exchangeable for. $72,000,000 common of the present company with a $3 assessment; $5,857,000 to go as a bonus to the under- writing syndicate. It is proposed that the underwriting syndicate, in which stockholders are invited to participate, is to pay $3,000,- 000 for stock in the new company and $5,000,000 for $7,143,000 at 70. After the underwriting is completed the bonds will be of- fered to the stockholders on the same terms. This financial re- construction is dependent upon the indefinite postponement. of the proposed sale to satisfy the claim of the syndicate headed by Speyer & Co., or upon some arrangement whereby the sale may be abandoned through an extension of the so-called Speyer loan until such time as it may be taken up by the reorganized com- pany. While it is not clear as yet how this loan is to be quieted the stockholders do not despair of satisfying it. MEAN STAGES OF WATER. Gage records of the United States lake survey show the fol- lowing mean stages of water above mean sea level, for Septem- ber, 1903: Higher - Higher Stages than during than during during same month Sept. Sept. last year. 1895. ft. AE tt Lake Superiot .2.) 01. 602.72 0.35 O10 Lake. "Wachigan 2 2 feos, 580.33 0.29 1.04 Lake Huron. ta 580.28 0.21 hie Oe Lake Erie 26 43 572.68 O28 1.3% Present fall Lake Huron to Lake Erie, same as year ago. Naval Architect W. J. Wood has returned to Chicago from Michigan City, where the plans for a new boat were approved by the stockholders of the Indiana Transportation Co. The plans will be submitted to the various shipbuilding companies 'for bids. Four companies are eligible to construct the style of boat desired. These are the American Ship Building Co., the 'Jenks yard at Port Huron, the new Great Lakes Co. at Detroit and the Craig yards at Toledo. The company expects to get de- The large steel freight steamer building at the works of the Jenks Ship Building Co. Port Huron, for the Mack estate of Cleveland will be launched Oct. 17 and will be named F. R. Squire. This steamer is 430 ft. keel, 40 ft. beam and 28 ft. deep. She will carry 6,000 tons of cargo.