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44 "THE Marine REVIEW FOR THE LAKE MARINE In this department hereafter will be found everything of current interest pertaining to Lake Navigation. Masters are advised to consult it weekly for inf a 'interest to them; and owners are invited to use it freely for the promulgation o ormation of announcements of a general nature. The Marine Review will be placed aboard oe vessel having membership in the Lake Carriers' Association, representing a registere tonnage of nearly 2,000,000 tons, and can, therefore, be depended upon as a reliable courier to the entire fleet. It will reach every vessel in active service weekly. Ht is the intention to make this department complete so that at the end of ae year it will be an authentic record which should prove of permanent and increasing value to owners and masters alike. The Marine Review will in this de- partment publish the addresses delivered at the annual meeting of the Pittsburg Steamship's Co.'s captains held at Cleve- land Jan. 1, 2, 3 and 4, and will, in ad--. dition, have many interesting comments to make on the proceedings which will be of vital interest to every man aboard ship. To begin with there will be found below the remarks of Harry Coulby, president and general manager of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co., to his masters which will be found to be of equal in- terest to every master and owner on the lakes. Mr. Coulby's address was as follows: ADDRESS OF MR. COULBY. "In opening this, our fourth annual meeting, I want to 'congratulate you all on the splendid showing you have made during the past year. Never in the his- tory of lake business has the percentage of accidents to the tonnage of freight moved been as small as the record of our fleet during the past season, and I attribute this largely to the good results growing out of these yearly meetings at which we all meet together to talk over things and to make suggestions and re- commendations that we believe will im- prove the service. We must not, how- ever, rest on our oars and be satisfied with what we have accomplished in the past. I shall be disappointed if we do not keep progressing and each yeat show better results in our organization, in the discipline on our ships, and in our operation than we did the previous year. - We, none of us, can stand still, and if we are not taking a step forward we shall find that we are stepping backward. "These yearly meetings have been beneficial in drawing closer together with a better understanding of each other, of our shore force and you men who have charge of our ships, and while we have accomplished much in the past there is still much for us to do to still improve the service, and it is through the me- dium of these meetings that the foun- dation will be laid for this improve- ment. I have been much gratified dur- ing the past season with the many val- uable suggestions that have been sent in by our captains, and I hope many of you have come with more suggestions that will still further benefit us. This is your meeting and I want to hear from each one of you. Do not be afraid to talk and I shall expect and invite a full dis- cussion on all subjects that are sub- mitted to the meeting and we will take all the time necessary to talk over every subject that is brought. up. "During the past year we promoted seven mates to command of steamers and I congratulate them on their good work. We appreciate the loyalty and industry of our mates and their reward will come through promotion as vacancies occur. and they demonstrate their qualifications. It is more particularly to these younger -men who are growing up in the em- ploy that I expect these yearly meetings to be advantageous, and leads me to. outline what I consider will still further tend to improve and safeguard the navi- gation -.of our ships. You. older men should be just as much interested as the management in educating your subordinates on board the boats, as the captain's work must be much easier with a well-disciplined, intelligent crew than when it is necessary to pick up part of a strange crew every trip. All of you have more or less idle time on your hands during the winter months, and I have decided to have printed in pamphlet form the remarks made at this meet- ing, and also all the reports of the com- mittees, decisions and rulings, and as soon as it is completed a copy will be furnished each one of you, and I trust during the winter months you will care- fully read it over until you become thor- oughly conversant with it. You should also make it a practice to read carefully over and study the pilot rules and navi- gation laws. Copies can be obtained from any of the local inspectors, and would suggest that not only the cap- tains, but the mates, devote some time each week to studying these rules and laws until they become thoroughly fami- liar with them, and if any part of them is not clear to you, confer with the lo- cal or supervising inspectors. I cannot conceive of anything more humiliating in case of accident than to find it was caused entirely, or in part, by ignorance of the rules by the officers of our ships, and I am sure it must' be quite as humil. iating to one of you to have to admit _ that such is the case. "You will remember at our last meet- ing I laid particular stress on the num- ber of accidents to our fleet through collisions and grounding in thick wea- ther. Mr. Kelley, in his admirable pa- per, read at our last meeting, also em- phasized these two subjects. Results from this discussion have been gratify- ing, as we only have record of two -. groundings in thick weather and one col- lision in fog. At this meeting we will broaden out and discuss full a num- ber of other things affecting the navi- gation and safety of our ships. I have invited a number of gentlemen to ad- dress you who are not directly interested with the company--some of them are government officials who have charge of the different branches of navigation on the great Jakes. These men are all work- ing earnestly to improve the conditions *on the great lakes and to aid you mas- ters in your calling, and I am quite con- fident that great good will result, not only to you, but to lake interests by giv- ing these men an opportunity to address you on the work they are doing in behalf of safe navigation. "Our counsel, H. A. Kelley, will ad- dress you along similar lines contained 'in his address of last year. "T have felt that some improvement could be made in the medicine chests. that have been furnished to our boats in the past. While these medicine chests were originally gotten out for ships mak- ing long voyages and to, in a general way, take care of almost every kind of sickness, I felt that we should pay more attention to carrying such supplies as are needed in case of accidents. During the summer I invited Dr. Wilson, of Conneaut, to get up for us a medicine chest similar to that adopted by the 'Red Cross' Society, which is made up prin- cipally of supplies for emergency cases, such as scalding or personal injuries on the ships, and Dr. Wilson will come be- fore you tomorrow and explain this medicine chest and give you some in- structions as to how to take care of such emergency cases. "On Friday morning Major Keller, who has charge of the United States Lake Survey, will address you on the work of this department, and I shall be very glad to have you make any suggestions to him along the lines of further aids ito navigation. "T have also invited Supervising In- spectors Westcott and Stone to ad- dress this meeting on rulings made by the department of commerce and labor on certain points of tthe laws and rules that do not seem to have been heretofore thoroughly understood.