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TAE Marine REvIEw ceals the fact that the bill, as sou American registry,.and would pern in the waters of this country instead of limiting that privile Galveston contract, and that contract only. WRECKING WORK ON THE MATAAFA. The work of wrecking the steamer Mataafa, on the beach at the door yard of Duluth, depends wholly on the weather. She is lying on the beach just outside of the harbor and is in such a position that every northeaster which comes up practically 'puts a stop to the work and throws water into the stern at so rapid a rate that the stern goes to the bottom every time this happens. The pumping is of no avail against it. Last week, Capt. Reid was confident that this, week ~ ght to be agreed to, actually gives nit these dredges to work anywhere ge to the 2r TO BE LAUNCHED SATURDAY. William M: Mills, manager of the Niagara Transit Co., has completed the final arrangements for the launching of the company's new big steel freighter Charles Weston at the yards of the American Ship Building Co., Bay City. The big vessel will slide from the ways sharply at noon on Saturday, May 26, and will be witnessed by a delegation of about seven- ty-five. prominent persons from Buffalo and the two Tona- wandas. Miss Mary E. Weston, young daughter of Charles Weston, Buffalo, will be sponsor. The launching party will leave Buffalo on Friday afternoon at 5:30, on one of the Buffalo & Detroit liners and, on arriving at Detro't Saturday RAISING THE STEAMER MATAAFA IN DULUTH HARBOR, would see the Mataafa in the harbor and in a position to re- pair her. Then, when the stern had been pumped out and raised three feet and the crews were about ready to haul her off the beach, a northeaster came up and the work had to be abandoned for the time. She filled with water and the stern again sank to the bottom. At the time of writing the pumps are again at work on the stern, and it is being raised, but just when she will be taken off the beach is problematical and, as was said in the beginning, it depends wholly on the weather. A high southeast wind prevailed today, but that kind of wind, or any off-shore breeze has no effect on the wreck. The northeaster is the one which does the mischief. If the weather remains favorable it will take up but a little time to take the wrecked steamer off into deeper water and brought inside the harbor. To clear the sand away from the lake side of the craft, Capt. Reid has been hitching tugs onto her and thus held they work their wheels just fast enough not to pull on her, but to wash the sand away. It seems to be successful, too. morning, a special train on the Pere Marquette railroad will convey the delegation to Bay City. Three special cars on the Bay City trolley line have been chartered to carry the passengers from the railroad station to the ship yards. The party will be in charge of Manager Mills. After the launch- ing, the American Ship Building company will give a banquet at the Bay City Club. The launching party will remain in Detroit Sunday, returning home Monday morning. _ The Charles Weston is the sister vessel to the freighter William A. Rogers, owned by the Niagara Transit Co. She is 569 ft. in length over all,.549-ft. keel, 56-ft. beam, and draught of 31 ft. She will carry iron ore to the ore docks of the Buffalo & Susquehanna Iron Co. at Buffalo. all season. The schooner J. J. Barlum was beached on Whitefish point last week after nearly foundering in Lake Superior in the northwest blow. The Barlum was being towed from Michipicoten to the Canadian Sault by the Leafield when the sea became too much for her.