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ee 384 Widening Livingstone Channel Entrance Bids were opened Oct. 2 by Lieut. Col, Mason M. Patrick, Corps of En- gineers with headquarters at Detroit, for widening the upper entrance to the Livingstone channel, opposite Bal- lard's reef. There is a considerable current running at this point, and ves- THE MARINE REVIEW sels have to maneuver with great cau- tion to enter the channel. The dotted line on the accompanying map shows the present channel, and the broken line shows to what extent it is in- tended to widen it. The map also shows the dykes that were proposed below the dry cut of the Livingstone channel to control the cross currents running there. The citizens of Am- Grosse /s/e. eel ¢ / 3427 047" =. ed m_e eee < Se eee a --_-- ee D "yy emy7 Ane ee 'ed bursso, Binggs4ay "Y jauuey October, 1913 herstburg entered a strong protest against the dyke extending diagonally from fhe east side of the Livingstone channel on the ground that it would create a dangerous current in the Am- herstburg channel, would result in bank erosion, and cause the sewage of the river to flow in that direction. The subject was taken up by the In- ternational Joint Commission, which recommended a dyke on the west side of the Livingstone channel below 'the dry cut which is given on the accom- panying map as proposed dyke No. 3. This dyke will be constructed and it is proposed to dump some of the ma- terial from the widening at the upper entrance of the Livingstone channel along the axis of this proposed dyke. The work will be paid for out of the unexpended balance of the appropria- tion for the construction of the Liy- ingstone channel. The Michigan Alkali Co., Detroit, has placed an order with the Great Lakes Engineering Works, Detroit, for an 8,000-ton steel steamer to be used in the stone trade. The dimen- sions of the steamer are 436 ft. keel, 56 ft. beam and 30 ft. deep, equipped with quadruple-expansion engines and Scotch boilers. She will be equipped with discharging apparatus designed to unload her in eight hours or at the rate of 1,000 tons per hour. It is announced that Pickands & Co. intend to extend the coal dock at Marquette, Mich. The plans call for rebuilding the present dock to a width of 45 ft. for a distance of 500 ft. at a cost of about $100,000. Two Mead- Morrison unloading towers will be in- stalled. Construction. work on the new 600- ft. extension to the Reiss Coal Co. in st. Louis bay, Duluth, has been start- -ed and when completed will double . the capacity of the dock. The Wales & Campbell Co., Duluth, are the. con- tractors. The Pittsburgh & Conneaut Dock Co. is equipping an electric repair shop on its docks at Conneaut. The new building is 48 x 96 ft. of £éin- forced concrete construction. The Cleveland Steamship Co., John Mitchell, Cleveland, manager, has de- clared a quarterly dividend of 1% per cent, payable Oct. 1. The directors of the Interlake Steam- ship Co. Cleveland, have declared a quarterly dividend of 2 per cent, payable Oct. 1.