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24 ATLANTIC COAST NOTES. Office of the Marine REVIEW, Room 1005, No. 90 West St., New York City. Navigation in the Delaware river and bay at the close of last week ex- perienced the most serious tie-up due to fog it has encountered in sev- eral years. For over two days the river and bay were filled with stalled craft and river craft, and river traffic at Philadelphia was pered, the ferryboats having numerous trifling mishaps. The fog lifted on Sunday long enough to allow about 20 vessels to work their way to dock. Secretary Oscar S. Straus, of the department of commerce and labor, has asked for an appropriation to enable the' government to purchase and lay acetylene gas light buoys in Ambrose channel, in order that passage to the sea may be illuminated at night. The government has on hand $40,000, but the amount needed for the purpose is in excess of $80,- 000. An appropriation of $40,000 will make the lighting of the channel pos- sible. 'Trans-Atlantic steamship com- panies have frequently urged the government to make the improvement, so that vessels may pass in or out at all times. : The Cunard liner Mauretania sailed from Liverpool on Jan. 23, for New York, after receiving a thorough over- haul extending over two months. In addition to the general overhaul the big Cunarder has had two new pro- pellers fitted in the hope that she will break all records at present held by her sister ship, the Lusitania. The propellers are four tons lighter than those they replaced and three-bladed in place of four-bladed, as formerly. The Mauretania averaged 25%4 knots to Queenstown and a late wireless message gave her average speed, when 150 miles west of Fastnet, at 2634 knots. ' Beginning on May 20, the group of lights on each masthead of both Mos. 71 and /2. lehtships, on. the Diamond shoals, Cape Hatteras, will be changed. One group of lights will be taken down, leaving a group which will show a fixed white light of 12 seconds, with three seconds eclipse. The change in the number of lights in the lightships has been made along the coast, and later all lightships will show but one light. The change is being made to avoid confusion. | Consolidation coal barge, No. 22, seriously ham- THE Marine REVIEW from Baltimore for Boston, with 1,500 tons of coal, broke adrift from the tug Savage more than a week ago and has not been heard from. It is not definitely known when the barge broke adrift, a mile long and the barge was not missed until the tug came to anchor at Sandy Hook. Tugs which went in search of the missing barge returned to Delaware breakwater on Sunday and reported a fruitless journey. It is feared that the barge, with her crew of seven men, is lost. The wrecking steamer Rescue, of the Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Co., returned to New York last week from the Bahama islands, after a fruitless attempt to save the British steam- ship Dahomey, from Sydney, es via Newport News, for Vera Cruz, ashore on the reefs near Nassau, and the British steamship Hesleyside, from St. Michael's for Key West, ashore on Abaco island, Bahamas. The barge Navahoe, which recently arrived at Philadelphia from London in ballast, will sail with a cargo of naphtha and benzine in bulk which which will be the largest ever shipped from this country. The cargo consists of 2,200,000 gallons of naphtha and 800,000 gallons of benzine, instead of petroleum formerly reported. The British steamship Canada Cape arrived at Lambert's Point on Satur- day with her bunker coal afire. When the fire was extinguished it was found that little damage had been done to the vessel. The fire was discovered at sea while the Canada Cape was bound from Demerara to St. John with a part cargo of sugar, via Nor- folk, to load lamber and take on additional bunker coal. The. British steamship Genesee, bound for Philadelphia from Manches- ter, has been obliged to put into St. Michael's, Azore islands, for fuel. Her coal supply ran short. The French steamship Neustria, of the Fabre.line, before reported miss- ing, has been posted as missing at Lloyd's. The Neustria sailed from New York on Oct. 27, for Marseilles, and has not since been heard of. The Admiral Aube, a French warship sent in search of her by the government, saw no sign of the vessel. The steamer Howard, which arrived at Boston on Sunday, from Norfolk, reported passing an unknown wreck as the tow was nearly at the entrance to Vineyard Sound between Gayhead and Cuttyhunk, Three masts were protruding from the water. It is thought that if the schooner was stunk in collision the crew have been rescued by the mote fortunate craft. Owing to the dense fog which blanketed New York harbor on Satur- day, incoming trans-Atlantic liners were held up a matter of one day in the vicinity of the Hook. The French liner La Lorraine, and the Italian liner Giovanni, were the first vessels to make their docks on Sun- day, well into the afternoon. Over a dozen big vessels were tied up. WIRELESS TELEPHONE ON THE LAKES. Thomas E. Clark, of the Clark Wire- less Telegraph Co., has,arranged for the installation of his aerials on the Benton-Hall.. tower, . Water streen Cleveland, for his long distance wire- less telephone service. He _ expects to have this new service in operation within a few weeks and well under way by the time navigation opens. He claims to be arranging a service that is guaranteed to communicate over 100 miles of space. Mr. Clark also announces that the wireless tele- graph station at the Sault will be in commission by the opening of navi- gation. G. L. DOUGLASS & CO. G. L. Douglass & Co. have opened offices at No. 315 Rockefeller building, Cleveland, as vessel agents and brok- ers. Mr. W. J. Douglass, formerly as- sistant manager of the Rutland Transit Co., Ogdensburg, N. Y., will have charge of the Cleveland office. His vessel experience has been extensive. having been previous to his connection with the Rutland Transit Co., superin- tendent of 'the Mutual Transit Co. at Buffalo. Mr. G. L. Douglass will re- main in Duluth, where he has been established for several years as vessel agent. The Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co. will operate three steamers be- tween Cleveland and Buffalo next year. The steamer State of Ohio will leave Cleveland at 3 p. m.. every other day, calling at Erie in the even- ing, and arriving at Buffalo at 5 a. m, eastern time. The steamers City of Buffalo and City of Erie will leave as usual. Since the State of Ohio went ashore on Rattlesnake island two years ago she has been practically rebuilt from the main deck down.