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SALT en EE RL ean United States, as ment of public rooms, lavatories, and bath- rooms, if any, provided for by 'paragraph ten. "Ninth. A -vessel, whatever be the super- ficial space of the passenger decks and of the lowest passenger deck, shall not carry a greater number of steerage passengers on the whole than in the proportion of one steer- age passenger to every five superficial feet of air or promenade space provided on a deck so 'open as not to be included in the ton- nage and approved by the inspector, and_ this space Shall not be counted or included in the area available for any other passengers, or in other areas for steerage passengers pre- scribed by this section. "Tenth. In the measurement of the pas- senger decks and of the lowest passenger deck, the space occupied by that part of the personal baggage of the steerage' passengers which the inspector permits to be carried there shall be included, and also on whatever deck located commodious and suitable dining rooms, lounging rooms, smoking rooms. lava- tories, toilet rooms, and bathrooms: Provid- ed, That-- (a) The space in any place appropriated to the use of steerage passengers in which they sleep shall: not be less than eighteen superficial feet in the case of the lowest passenger deck and fifteen sunerficial feet in the case of a passenger deck. "(b) Each space so included in the meas- urement must be clearly marked to the satis- faction of the inspector as being exclusively appropriated for the use of the steerage pas- sengers. "Eleventh. Each separate compartment in which steerage passengers are berthed shall be conspicuously marked, showing the _ total area of such compartments." Src. -2.. That | section @ forty-two: and so much of sections forty-three" and forty-four of the Act approved February twentieth, nine- teen hundred and seven, entitled '"'An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States," as provides for the repeal of section one of the passenger Act of eighteen hundred and eighty-two are hereby repealed. Src. 3. That this Act shall take effect on January first. nineteen hundred and_ nine. The bill deducting hatchways and water ballast spaces reads as follows: That section one of the Act approved March second. eighteen hundred and_ ninety- five, entitled "An Act to amend section one of chapter three hundred and_ ninety-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty- two, entitled 'An Act to provide for deduc- tions from the gross tonnage of vessels of the United States,"? is hereby amended by in- serting after paragraph (h) the following words: "The cubical contents of the hatchways shall be obtained by multiplying the leneth and breadth together and the product by the mean depth taken from the top of beam to the under side of the hatch. From the asgregate tonnage of the hatchways there shall be deducted one-half of one per cent of the gross tonnage and the remainder only shall be added to the sross tonnage of the ship exclusive of the tonnage of the _ hatch- wavs."' SEC. 2. ed by inserting at the end paracraph after paragraph (i) the words: 3 "From the gross tonnage there shall be de- ducted any other space adapted only for water hallast certified by the collector not to be available for the carriage of cargo, stores, supnlies, or fuel." The bill relating to boiler construc- tion makes the following changes: That section 4434 Revised Statutes of the amended by the Act of Congress, approved February 28, 1895, be amended hv inserting a hwvhen and the word 'ei~ht" after the word "thirty"? in the second line of the section. and by inserting after the word "diameter" jin the ninth line of the section a comma and the words "the meas- urements to be taken from the center of the lencth of the tapered section of said flues." and by strikine out, in. the fifteenth and six- teenth lines of the section, the -words "Sec- retarv of the Treasury' and insertine in lieu That said section is further amend- of the fourth following thereof thé words 'Sunervising Inspector- Ceneral." and by inserting after the word thirty," in the twentieth line of the sec- tion, a hyphen and the word "eight." and after the word "the," in the twentv-third line of the section, the word "anrroved." so that the section as amended shall read as fol- lows: SEC. Ing its hav- 4434. No. externally steel shell constructed of fired boiler iron or TAE. Marine REVIEW plates, exceeding an average ope oye one-hundredths pe employed on any steam vessel navigati the Red River of the North or. rivers fovae into the Gulf of Mexico or their tributaries: and no externally fired boiler employed on any Such steam vessel shall have less than three inches space between its shell and any of its internal flues, and not less than three inches space between such flues when any such flues are more than five inches in diameter, the measurements to be taken from the center of the length of the tapered section of said flues; and every such ex- ternally fired boiler employed on any such steam vessel shall be provided with a manhole in the lower part of the front head thereof, of such dimensions as may be prescribed by thickness of of an' inch, - shall the Board of Supervising Inspectors, in ail cases where the- distance between its internal flues is less than three inches. Externally fired boilers having shells constructed of iron or steel plates not exceeding an* average thickness of fifty one-hundredths of an inch may, in the discretion of the Supervising Inspector-General, be authorized and em- ployed on steam vessels navigating the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, or salt-water bays, or sounds, or the Great Lakes, or any of them, and waters flowing to and from the same, or any of them: Provided, That on inspec- tion, no plate that is by this Act limited to a thickness. of thirty-eight one-hundredths of an inch and: no plate that' is by this Act limited: to a thickness of fifty one-hundredths of an inch shall be rejected for use if found to exceed those dimensions, respectively, if the approved average thickness thereof does not exceed the limits. therein specified, and the amount of steam pressure that will be permitted to be carried in boilers constructed in accordance with the requirements of this Act shall be determined from measurements showing the least thickness, of the plates. Sec. 2. That all externally fired boilers, constructed of iron or steel, prior to the passage of this Act, and now in use on any such vessels, wherein the space between the shell and any of its internal flues or between such flues is less than three inches, they shall be deemed lawfully constructed. Sec) 3: That all laws or parts .of Jaws conflicting with this Act are hereby repealed. The bill on the ference on maritime law is as fol- international con- lows: International Conference on Maritime Law: For expenses necessary for the representation of the United States at the Third International 'Conference on Maritime Law to be held at Belgium, for the purpose of con- draft conventions relating to col- lisions, salvage, the liability of shipowners and cognate subjects, $5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Brussels, sidering PIG IRON SITUATION. Better sentiment prevails in the iron and steel trade, especially in struc- tural material. In this latter material considerable new business has devel- - oped. 'The recently announced new prices are being firmly maintained. Wage reductions among rolling mills and blast furnace employes have be- come general in eastern Pennsylvania, but in other sections, a disposition is manifested to await ments. An independent ore interest not affiliated with those which usually act in harmony has sold 250,000 tons of ore in addition to a block of 59,000 tons announced some time ago. Ex- treme quiet prevails in pig iron in nearly all sections,*especially in the east and south. Buyers in the Chicago market have been able to do better than $23 Pittsburg on billets, the pre- vailing quotation. Old prices on wire products prevail, and the former price for tin plate is being maintained. The tariff develop- 21 sheet business has improvec, and the outlook for tubes and steel pipe is very encouraging, a FEBRUARY LAKE LEVELS, | The United States lake survey re- ports the stages of the great lakes for the month of February, as fol- lows: oe Ft. above tide- Lakes. water, New York. pee t aN ale bd Awe Ste oc bials eeu Were or OE, ae ichiganlurOn ici sss eye de. ee Gee Erie ©... ese. sige bees e4 sb 05 oie e biee oh ets Cr Oe @ntario =1... Sie deg ebm byl eiy es bene ene a Since last month, Lake Superior has fallen 234 in, Lakes Michigan and Huron have risen 34 in., Lake Erie hag fallen 1 in., and Lake Ontario has risen 1% in. During March Lake: Superior is likely to fall 14% in.; Lakés Michigan and Huron should rise 1% in., Lake Erie should. rise 2% in, and Lake Ontario should rise 234 in. Lake Superior is 8% in. lower than the average February stage of the past ten years and about 4% in. lower than last year. It is 534 im © higher than in February, 1893, but 11% in. lower than in 1906, and 12 in. lower than in 1901, . Lakes Michigan and Huron show a 'stage 134 in, lower than the av- erage February stage of the past ten years and 634 in. lower than last year, but 9% in. higher than in 1896. In February, 1886, the water was 3334 in. higher. Lake Erie is 91%4 in. lower than in February last year and 2 in. below the mean February stage of the past ten. years, but is 6% in. higher than in 1896. It is 1834 in. lower than in February, 1878, and 1934 in. than in 1887. - Lake Ontario is 20% in. lower than in February last year and 1% in. lower than the average February stage of the past ten years. In 1870 it was 25% in, higher, and in 1886 2834 in. higher than in 1909. In February, 1897, it was 17% in. lower. GROWTH OF AVERAGE : GOES. Figures of the Duluth, Missabe & CAR- lower | Northern road for the past 14 years show the. increase in annual average cargoes loaded there to have been as follows: ree ee VSO5s eae tes -.1,809 1902... gsc on ee VROGRGC eis here 2.214 1903. fo. 2G eee VRO7 eee see 541 1904 356 ae 0. VROS ae a eee e200 1905 ones a ee eee 1899 ees 249,005 T9062 5. ea E698 1900 Dareere eee 3,783 VOO7 cs ss pss ee Pm P0060 4459 1008... eee The index for volume 38 of the Marine Review is now ready and will be mailed to any subscriber upon re- ducet i 1 xc! rca! Bemmess whet Sw ee .