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234 harbor vessels to cost $236,500 for the quartermaster's department, United States army. _ The Skinner Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, has received an order to build a 118-ft. tugboat for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. The Maryland Steel Co., Sparrow's Point, Md., launched the collier Hector on July 3, the Mars and Vulcan having previously gone overboard. -------- SHIP BUILDING ON THE PA- CIFIC COAST. - Reports from the various ship builders of the Pacific coast received at the Seattle office of THE Marine Review during the month of June indicate a fair amount of activity, espe- cially in the construction of small steam ves- sels. Considerable more new work is hoped for in the near future. Conditions in the ship 'yards are improving steadily, although slow- ly. Most yards are doing at least 20 per 'cent better than they were a year ago. The yards of the north coast are more active. than 'those at California ports. The Union Iron Works Co., San Francisco, reports no_ vessels under construction and nothing built since Jan. 1, 1909. The United Engineering Works, San Fran- cisco, writes that it is building the machinery 'equipment for the steeamer Klamath, the main engines being triple expansion, 15%-in., 25%4-in., 43%-in. x 30-in. stroke. The com- engines for the pany is also building the yacht Companero. These are fore-and-aft com- pound. 8 int by. 48. in, by-12 in, stroke. TA. 62-fts steel - fire. boat -- for: the Alaska Packers' Association is being built. also a steel supply barge 81 ft. long for the Stand- ard Oil Co. The company also constructed 'the steel launch Inspector, 70 ft. long by 14 ft. beam, built for the United States "government. 'The Risdon Iron & Locomotive Works, San Francisco, reports the following new work in the yards: Sister ships David Scannell and 'Dennis T. Sullivan, steel twin-screw fireboats for the city of San Francisco 120 ft. in length -over all, 26 ft. molded beam, gross tonnage 250 <each, Joseph Supple, Portland, Ore.. 'thas finished the new steamer Hyak since Jan. 1. She is) 118 ff.. long -and: 20 ft. beam, built of wood with a double planked hull and equipped. with a 750-horsepower Seabury engine. The Willamette Iron & Steel Works. Port- land, Ore. has comoleted the following work since Jan. 1: H. B. Kennedy, steel passenger steamer 190 ft. in length with 2,000 horsepower four-cylinder triple-expansion en- gines: two steel artillery tenders for the U. S. government, each 98 ft. lone by 22 ft. beam, fitted. with compound engines; en- gines for stern wheel river steamer Inland Empire. This company has recently received a contract for the machinery for the new 150-ft, Coeur d'Alene lake steamer MHarri- son. The Moran Co., Seattle, reports the fol- lowing work in progress: One single screw steel freighter. 240 ft. in length and 41 ft. beam, triple-expansion engines, 17 in, 28 in., 4714: in. diameter by 36in. stroke. Also two steel submarine torpedo boats for the U. S. government. This company has also built two stern wheel river steamers for Alaska service since Jan. 1. Kruse & Banks' Ship Building Co., North Bend. Ore., have completed two car floats for the Western Pacific railway. Each float is 272 ft. in length by 40 ft. beam and 12% ft. deep. Hall Brothers Marine Railway & Ship Building Co... Winslow. Wash.. have com- meted two car floats for the C.:M. & St. P. Ry.. each float being built of wood. The Reneth, 191. ft; tonnage, 630 dimensions of the floats are: beam, 42 ft. and depth, 11. ft.: gross and net. the old steamer Victorian. Philip DD, "Sloan. Seattle. has built the wooden passenger steamer Vashonian. The Vashonian is 125 ft. in length and 234 gross tons register, fitted with a 650-horsenower triple-expansion engine bvilt by the North- western Jron Works. Seattle. Wash. Mr. Sloan also rebvilt the old steamer Vashon, since renamed Wireless. Crawford & Red. Tacoma, Wash., have built the steamer Daring. 110 ft in length by 19 ft. beam., fitted with a 475-horsepower envine bu'lt bv A. F. Hntton, Seattle. Puget Sound Ship Building Co., Richmond Beach, Wash... is buildins the new _ steel fireboat for the citv of Sea'tle. The ma- chinerv for the fireboat is be'ny built by the Fulton Machine Works, Seattle. The company has also rebuilt . Tae Marine REVIEW O. R. & N. BUILDING LAKE STEAMER. The Oregon Railway & Navigation 'Co., of. the Harriman system, 1S building a stern wheel steamer for fast passenger vice on Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. part new ser- The. new steamer will be named Harrison and will operate between Harrison, Idaho, and a point on the west side of the lake at the terminus of a new O. R: & N. branch from Spokane. By using the steamer in this manner the long detour around the south end of the lake is avoided and the running time between Spokane mining district will new steamer, which and: the Coeur d'Alene be cut 3% hours. The machinery for the , is being built by the Willamette. Iron Steel Works, Portland, Ore., consists of a pair of long-stroke stern-wheel engines, 132 41n. in diameter by 72 in. stroke, working under 225 lb. per square inch boiler pressure. The boiler will be of the locomotive firebox type working under a pressure of 225°. 1b. Lhe machinery will be delivered about Aug. 20 and the boat will be put in service about Sept. 15,1909. PEARL HARBOR DRY DOCK. Bids for the construction of the dry dock at the Pearl Harbor naval station, Hawaii, were received by the navy department as follows: C. M., Leach, P. O. box. 2285, Boston, Mass., $1,295,321 on item No. 1; San Francisco Bridge Co., 681 Market street, San Francisco, $1,760,000; Edward Malley, 1384 McAllister street, San Francisco, $1,800,- 000; E. J. Lord, Honolulu, T. Hi, $1,792;- 000; Pacific Construction Co., 16 California street, San Francisco, . $1,779,440; McArthur Bros. Co., 11 Pine street, New York, $1,905,- _onadnock 000; W. N. Concahon Co., 433 building, San Francisco, $1,930,000; Cotton Bros. & Co., 241 Bacon building, Oakland, Cal., $1,961,284; H.. E. Talbott Co., Rei- bold building, Dayton, O., $2,164,522; S. Pearson & Son, Long Island City, $1,941,- 300. Contract was awarded to the San Francisco Bridge Co. LAKE ORE SHIPMENTS. The figures for the June movement of ore show with what ease the ore trade of the lakes is handled in spite of strikes and other impediments. It also proves. pretty conclusively that some of the smaller steel freighters will have to seek other employ- ment. There is no room for them in _ the ore trade. The vessels moved 5,393.255 tons in June with probably not more than 60 per cent of the fleet in commission. To July 1 the fleet has moved 8,702,323 tons. While this is an increase of 5,831,326 tons over the corresponding period last year it is a decrease of 3,983,307 tons when com- pared _ with the corresponding period for 1907. However, everyone expects an easy movement from now on and it will be no trouble -whatever for the vessels to over- come the handicap of a bad start. Follow- ie vate the: ore "fielres: June, June, June, 1907. 1908. 1909. Escanaba <..... 809,876 254,496 747,377 Marquette' ..... 392,186 119,014 287.027 INShIand=. 0. es: 554,168 250,449 371,169 Superior' @ 2.2.55. 1,217,729 345,845 856,062 Malate. ee 2,156,216 1,078,118 1,968,800 Two Harbors... 1,303,194 537,760 1,162,720 Bal ee 6,433,369 2,585,682 5,393,255 To July 1, To July 1, To July 1, 1907. 1908. - 1909. Escanaba ...... 1,824,215 260,741 1,132,233 Marquette ..... 769,059 119,014 420,224 Ashland' sa: i 1,049,357 271,577 612,024 Superior ....... 2,318,911 478,633 1,464,577 Dulath? oo... ks 4,094,046 1,164,809 3.184.725 Two Harbors... 2,630,036 566,193 1,888,540 MOtale 6250 .t es 12,685,630 2,870,997 8,702,323 Increase of 1909 over 1908, 5,831,326. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE IN- FORMATION. The hydrographic office receives many let- ters seeking information and as the replies thereto are -equally interesting to the gen- eral reader as to the inquirer the office will hereafter incorporate the replies in its pilot chart of the North Atlantic ocean. .For. in- none the following is clifped from the July . 4 July, 1909 "We have had a_ discussion about the greatest depth of the sea. One authority states that the greatest depth yet found is 31,614 ft., near the Island of Guam. Please let me know if this depth is correct, and if this is still considered the greatest depth." Answer.--The greatest ocean depth known is 5,269 fathoms or 31,614 ft. It is in lati. tude 12 deg. 43 min. 15 sec. N., longitude 145 deg. 49 min. E., about 75 miles ESE. of the Island of Guam. This depth was obtained Nov. 14, 1899, by the U. S § Nero, when running a line of soundings to San the Honolulu-Midway-Guam-Manila ca- ble. SHOAL SPOTS OFF CHICAGO HARBOR. The United States lake survey steamer Search, which is engaged in sweeping the lake front off Chicago, reports the following menaces to navigation: 1. A mud dump showing at present stage. a least depth of 12 ft., Azimuth 116 deg, (S. 64 deg. E.) and distant 2,150 ft. from rear light of pierhead range, Chicago harbor. 2. A mound of rock and_ gravel, about 2,000 ft. long north and south, and having a width of 600 ft., with least depth of 19% ft., lying Azimuth 269 deg. (S. 89 deg. W.) ope 12,300 ft. distant from the four-mile crib. 3. A small mound of .rock with least depth of 22 ft., Azimuth 265 deg. (S. 85 deg. aie and 9,150 ft. distant from the four-mile crib. 4. A pile of rock with least depth of 18% ft. marked by white spar buoy. This lies Azimuth 266 deg. (S. 86 deg. W.) and dis- tant 8,100 ft. from four-mile crib. 5. A wreck or snag showing least depth of 24,4t5 lyine "in 36° ft. of water. This ac Azimuth 245 deg. (S. 65 deg. W.) and dis- tant 3,300 ft. from four-mile crib. SAULT STE. MARIE CANAL RE- PORT. During June 6,932,405 net tons of freight were moved through the canals at Sault Ste. Marie, making the total movement to July. 1, 12,117,367 tons, an increase over the move- ment of 1908 of 6,115,042 tons, but a de- crease over the movement of 1907 of 5,670,952 tons. Following is the tabulated statement to July 1 of the present year, with corre- -sponding data for the two preceding years: EAST BOUND. To Tuly To Julv 1, 1908. 1, 1909. Copper, net tons. 3... 2. 27,484 34,731 Grain, except wheat, bu.. 7,293,272 9,182,563 Pitldines me Stone S08 eo calc site cece noes 880 Hioure bbl oo oe 1,179,406 1,691,948 Tron? ore; net <tons:,. . .- 2,733,430 8,073,482 Pig tron; 'net tons ..... 4,364 7,290 Tumber;, M;.ft.B. Me. 112,227. 146,245 Wheat bins ee 22,442,683 19,002,817 Unclassified freight, tons 20,583 48,149 Passengers, number 4,052 . 4,767 WEST BOUND. Coal; hard, net tons. ... 364,914 448,397 Coal vsoft, (net "tons. . <<: 1,396,961 1.893,135 our Oiler S 1,320 Grain Bin ee 700 500 Manufactured iron, tons. 82,602 120,835 PEOHi One, (One ee ee Oe 3,474 Matto Dhow ce ce ee 199,915 243,379 Unclassified freight, tons. 190,592 280,381 Passengers, number 4,809 4,820 SUMMARY OF TOTAL MOVEMENT. fast bound, tonsii. i... : 3,937,509 9,334,789 2,782,578 ----_--_-- 6,002,325 12,117,367 West bound, -tons Total AROUND THE GREAT LAKES. The United States revenue cutter Fessen- den. which was purchased by George L. Craig, of Toledo. has been 'remodeled to Op- erate between 'Cheboygan. Mackinac is'and and Sault Ste. Marie. She has been re named the Chippewa. Capt. Henry L. Foster died at Painesville, Tuly 6, at the age of 77 years. He formerly sailed the Garden City. ' ihe steamer G. A. Tomlinson, which 1s building at the Lorain yard of the American Ship Building Co., for Capt. J. J. H.. Brown, of Buffalo, will be launched on Saturday, Julv 10. The Buffalo Dredging Co. has sold its drill hoat No. 4 to the Standard Construc- tion Co., of Cleveland.