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M A KR. 4 N E, R E V I E W 27 AROUND THE GREAT LAKES. Examinations will be held for the position as assistant engineer in the United States navy on Aug. 1 at Duluth, Minneapolis and St. Paul. The United States naval training ahap Essex now on her way from the ocean to the great lakes is at present at Mon- treal having her engines overhauled. H. J. Pauly of Milwaukee has decided to cut down his steamer Walter Vail into a lumber barge. The barge will be the largest on the lakes with a ey of 1,200,000 ft. of lumber. The turbine steamship Turbinia is now in commission be- tween Hamilton and Toronto, leaving Hamilton at 7 a. m., 12 (noon) atid 4:30 p.:m, and leaving Toronto: 4t 10:45. a: Mm, 2715p. m.and 7 p. m Capt. C. A. Abbey of New York, superintendent of con- struction of the United States life saving service, visited Lo- rain this week to look over the site selected for the new life saving station at that port. The steamer George C. Markham loaded with lumber and tied up at the Marine City Steamer Co.'s dock was: struck by the steel steamer George L. Craig last week and sunk. The Craig was not damaged. The receiver appointed for the steamer Portage, owned by the Interlake Transportation Co., has been discharged as the receivership would prevent the payment of money due for repairs recently made on the boat. The King Iron Works of Ohio street, Buffalo, will repair the damage done to the propeller W. L. Brown of the Fed- eral Steamship Co., by the blowing out of the cylinder head on her high-pressure cylinder on July 25: While crossing Lake Michigan from 'South een this week the steamér. Mary broke her shaft and drifted help- lessly in the lake for several hours until sighted | by the tug Perfection and towed into port. The passengers were calm, _ Prof. H.-F. Cox of the weather bureau, will have a new cable laid between South Manitou and. North 'Manitou islands within two weeks. This will be of service to vessel owners as it is an important point ic reports" on vessels in shelter. BVA The propeller Poniee: now undergoing repairs at the Craig dry dock, will be sold in a few weeks. The vessel was the property of the Interlake Transportation Co., and is now in a receiver's hands, the official being David B. Carpenter of Cleveland. The damage done in the collision which occurred between the steel propeller Manola of the Minnesota Steamship Co. and the wooden propeller Iroquois, of the Pittsburg Steam- ship Co. in the St. Clair river on July 21, will involve con- siderable repairs. The Canadian government, through its minister of railways and canals, has authorized the preparation of plans for a grain elevator of 2,000,000 bu. capacity to be erected at Port Colborne. The elevator is to be ready for business by the fall of next year. Masters of vessels have been requested by government au- thorities to avoid the north entrance to the Sand Beach har- bar, Lake Huron, until further notice, because of harbor im- provements which are under way. Lights on the end of the breakwaters have been discontinued temporarily. Vessel masters are requested by the Chicago yacht club to look out for the yachts in the cruising race from Chicago to Mackinac Island, which begins on Aug. 3 and.to wire to the yacht club, at the club's expense, the location of the yachts as seen. About a score of yachts have entered this race, which will probably be one of the most interesting ever held on the great lakes. The Steamer D. M. Clemson loaded at the Toledo & Ohio Central Railway docks with 8,441 tons 1,700 lbs. bituminous coal, breaking all Toledo records and-giving her third place in lake coal record. These figures are the actual figures, those appearing in the! daily newspapers having been estimates. John F.:Clancy & Co., owners of a large coal dock at Ra- cine, Wis., have asked for an injunction restraining union men from attacking their non-union employes, who operate the large clam-shell unloading device, owned by them. The union men. wanted $1 per hour, but the company: was only willing to pay 60 cents. The Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad evidently anticipates an increase in the ore receipts at Huron. Electricians have completed wiring the dock for night work. -A night yard engine and weighmaster have been put on and three clam shells and three derricks will have double shifts. This will insure prompt dispatch at night. The Detroit & Buffalo line has proved the wisdom of its founders. The freight business this year shows an increase of 60 per cent and the passenger business an increase of 4o per cent' over that of last year. The Eastern States and Western States are the two finest side-wheelers on the lakes and make the trip between the two cities very quickly. Work on the north pier of Milwaukee harbor was finished July 19. This new pier is a solid mass of stone and concrete extending 2,000 ft. into Lake Michigan. Work has been commenced on the south pier, which is of the sane character but only half as long. This will not be completed until next summer. 'The total cost of these two piers will be in the neighborhood of $750,000. The steamer Post Boy, from Holland, while entering the harbor of Saugatuck, Mich., on July 23, struck a snag and sank five minutes after the captain had landed the passen- gers about 3 miles from the point of striking. The accident was caused by a- displaced section of government pier which ' was carried over into the channel. Three boats have ree cently been punctured on the same obstruction, this season. There was no intention on the' part of the executive com- mittee of the Lake Carriers' Association at its meeting in Cleveland, 'ast' week to: reduce the wages paid to mates: The mates are being paid the same wages that they received last year. In point of fact vessel owners represent that they : are quite willing to pay. the highest wage: that they can. pos> -- sibly afford to pay. They prefer to pay well for good service. Capt. Charles L. Potter, government engineer at Duluth, recommends appropriations of $620,000 for work in Duluth harbor the coming year: He favors the purchase of a dredge to keep the channel open. The amounts asked for improvements for other ports in the district are: Grand Marais, Minn., $2,000; Agate Bay, $5,000; Keewenaw Point, waterway, $45,000; Marquette, $5,000; Grand Marais, Mich., harbor of refuge, $40,000; Ashland, $350,000; Ontonagon, $10,000. An important aggregate of marine insurance facilities, in- teresting to the general mercantile and shipping community, is presented in the announcement that Mr. F. Herrmann, of New York, has acquired the United States management of the Union Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. of hiverpool, England, The Firemen's Fund Insurance Co. of San Francisco, and that of the Columbia Insurance Co. of New. Jersey. Mr. Herr- mann also continues his present position as United States manager of the Mannheim Insurance Co. of Mannheim, Ger- | many. The steamers of the Algoma Central Bretanahin Co. which is one of the subsidiary enterprises of the Lake Superior Co. at the Sault, have gone into-commission, which is fair evi- dence of reviving activity in the consolidated enterprises. The six freighters and three passenger boats owned by the company have been idle since early last fall. The vessels of the fleet are the freight steamers Paliki, Monkshaven, Theano and Leafield and the schooners Agawa and John J. Barlum and the passenger steamers King Edward, Ossifrage and the Minnie M.