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TAE Marine REVIEW | a - AROUND THE GREAT LAKES Capt. T. A. Linquist, a well known lake master, died at Menominee of pneumonia this -week. The steamer David Z. Norton left Cleveland on Monday on her maiden trip to the head of the lakes, The steamer Midland Queen, which was in collision with the steamer, W. G. Mather, has gone to Wyandotte for. re- pairs. | Capt. T. B. O'Connor, grand president of the Licensed Tugmen's Protective Association, is ill at his home at Buffalo with pneumonia, Capt. Wm. D. Ames has been appointed master of the steamer J. M. Jenks of the Hawgood fleet. Captain Ames is president of the Ship Masters' association, and is one of the most competent masters on the whole chain of lakes. Following were the bids received by Maj, Charles' L. Potter for building .a steel tug for service on Lake Superior: Ra- cine Boat Mfg. Co., Muskegon, Mich., $35,950; Great Lakes oe Works, Detroit, $50, 500 ; Manitowoc Dry Dock » $55,000, ao package freighter building for 'the Rutland Transit Co. at the Cleveland yard of the American Ship Building Co., will be. Jaunched on Saturday mext. The' bulk freighter E. J. Earling building at the West Superior 'yard of the American Ship Building Co. for H. H. Oakes of Detroit, will go overboard May. '10. The bulk freighter Sir Thomas O'Shaughnessy, building at the Wyan- dotte yard for Charles O. Jenkins of Cleveland, will be launched on May 26, It is estimated that repairs to the steamer Zimmerman, sunk in St. Mary's river in collision with the Saxona, will gost about $50,000. Capt. Cyrus H. Sinclair, represen- tative of the underwriters, says that the injuries to the Zimmerman are among the most serious ever sustained by a boat on.the lakes. The bow of the Saxona cut through the Zimmerman as far as the windlass, which -- was knocked out of position. The blow landed just aft of the forward position of the Zimmerman's pilot house. The Donnelly Wrecking Co. will use the cofferdam method in raising the steamer. After she has unloaded her cargo of coal at thé Sault she will be taken to Toledo for repairs. BIDS FOR SEA-GOING SUCTION DREDGE. Following were the bids submitted to the Isthmian canal commission for two sea-going suction dredges for use on the Panama canal: Tiem 1 Item 2 Items Delivery. 1&2 Union Iron Works Co., : a San Francisco, Cal. c $500,000 San Francisco ew York Shipbuilding Co. Camden, N N. a : $410.000 $410,000 $780.000 Camgen Hollando- Americas Dredge g. Syndicate Shiedam, Holland 852,000 Delivery at Cristobal or LaBoca 89,000 Wm. Simons & Co. Ltd,, Renfrew, Scotland 327,000 327,000 Reofrew Scotland Delivery at Cristobal 17,980 . Delivery at LaBoca Ce 34,020 Dero Nene ene . Co., Newpor ,000 Newport News, Va. 460,000 460 hed Va Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows 900 724,855 Sparrows Point, Md, 366 ,900 366,9 Poe Ma. Motley, Green & Co., New $ : ,000 Cristobal & York 425,000 465 oe F . : Oeinee. ee as 450,000 450,000 Quincy, Mass. The Moran Company , . Seattle, Washington 435,000 . Seattle The Anglo-American Oil Co. has given contract to Harlan & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland, for a bulk oil steamer 491 ft. long. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST. The Maryland Steel Co., Sparrow's Point, Md., recently launched a steam lighter ie ft. long for the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. ; The Maryland Steel Co. Spartows Pome Md. hae eo tracted with Sanford & Brooks of Baltimore, to extend their ore pier 200 ft. The revenue cutter Androscoggin building at the yard of the Pusey & Jones Co., Wilmington, Del., for service off the Maine coast, will be launched in the near future. The boilers for the four freight steamers building at the yard of the Fore River Ship Building Co., Quincy, Mass., will be supplied by the. Lake Erie Boiler' 'Works of Buffalo, Mrs H.-L: sDes: Anges, superintendent it floating equipment for the Long Island railroad, has 'been appointed 'superintend- 3 ent of the Montawk Steamboat Co., vice Cat Van Cleat re- signed. . The three- masted schooner tyuhdtl ce ee New England Ship Building. Co., Bath, Me., for J. B. Dickie & Son, has been named Isabel B. Wiley,. in honor. of the wife Me f Capt. LS. ~ Wiley, who will command her. A tevision in colors of coast chart No. 4, "Lake Michigan, showing the coast from Chicago to the Wisconsin state line has just been issued by the United States Lake Sy ke and is for sale by the Marine Review. The Fore River Ship Building Co., Quincy, Mase: has put out in pamphlet form the test of the Curtis marine turbine made by the naval board and described in the Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers by Ensign W. G. Diman. In the Martine Review of May 3 was published an illus- trated article descriptive of the auxiliary schooner Marie Gilbert. As an evidence that the Gilbert Transportation Co., her owners, intend that her equipment shall be first class we learn that -she is to have a ee range in her galley. The Stanley-G. I. Electric Mfg. Co., Pittsfield, Mass., has just put out a little bulletin descriptive of Paragon motors. This apparatus:is made in two classes, slow and moderate speed. Both classes are of a uniform standard of excellence, have the same efficiency and a temporary rise not exceeding 35 degrees C. Messrs. Berger-Carter Co., Pacific coast agents of the Falls Hollow Staybolt Co., who were victims of the San Francisco fire, have opened temporary quarters at Third and Wash-. ington. streets, Oakland. They report that they are well and will resume business on. a larger scale than ever with new stock in their new quarters. They were formerly located at 34-40 Beale St., San Francisco. They deserve a great deal of credit for the promptitude with which they have re- sumed their business. The Newton Machine Tool Works, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Vine and Wood streets, Philadelphia, has issued catalog:No. 43, descriptive of Newton cold saw cutting-off machines: The machines described in' the catalog are adapted to the cutting of round and square stock, I-beams, channel bars, also armor plate, nickel, © steel and gates or risers on steel castings. The spindles on the different designs are driven either direct or through gearing by phosphor bronze worm-wheels and hardened steel worms of steep lead. All the machines have automatic feeds, and with the exception of the two small sizes of bar saws, have quick return to carriage. The machines are very heavy and rigid, are powerfully driven and are adapted to the heaviest work within the capacity of the tools. The catalog will be sent to anyone interested.