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THE MARINE REVIEW THE WOODEN STEAMER LOUISIANA WHICH STRANDED ON WASHINGTON ISLAND, LAKE MICHIGAN, AND CAUGHT FIRE, BECOMING A TOTAL CONSTRUCTIVE LOSS the crew was actually on the boat, whether the body is recovered or not. This will involve the disbursement of about $20,000. The Welfare Committee was greatly assisted in the work of identification by the Western Union and Postal Telegraph' companies, which carried 'all such messages free. The hull value of the vessels totally lost amount to $2,332,000; the con- structive total losses, $830,900, making the total value of hulls destroyed $3,- '162,900. The damage to stranded ves- sels, as calculated by the underwriters, amounts to $620,000, while the losses on cargoes will not be far from $1,- 000,000, making the aggregate loss to vessels and cargoes $4,782,900. Capt. Richardson Orders Steamer Capt. W. C. Richardson, of Cleve- land, has given contract to the Amer- ican Sip Building Co. for. a bulk freighter to replace the H. M. Hanna Je. whien stratiided on Port Austin reel, Lake Huron, in the storm of Nov. 9th, becoming a total construc- tive loss. The new steamer will be somewhat larger than the wrecked vessel, being 524 ft. over all, 504 ft. keel, 54 ft. beam and 30 ft. deep. Her engines will be triple-expansion with cylinders 23, 38 and 63 in. diameters by 42-in. stroke, supplied with steam from two Scotch boilers, 15 ft. 4%4 in. G@iameter and 11%% ft. long; fitted with Ellis & Eaves draft, and allowed 170 lbs. working pressure. The new steamer will be built at Cleveland and is promised for delivery next May. Other owners that lost vessels are now figuring with the ship building com- panies for new tonnage. The Brude Life Boat Konrad Furubotn, 8 Bridge street, New York, has sent to the Interna- tional Conference on Safety of Life at Sea a powerful argument in favor of the adoption of the Brude life boat by steamship lines, to which further attention will be given by THe MARINE Review in a later' issue. The Brude life boat sailed across the Atlantic from Norway to Boston in mid-winter a year ago, proving its seaworth- iness and efficiency. Certainly no open boat of similar dimensions could have done the same thing. The Brude life boat is shaped like an egg and is entirely covered over. It has seat- ing accommodation inside for 44 persons and outside for 30 persons, if need be. "[t is..really a "cotnbination of fife boat and life raft and: i¢: pro- pelled. by sail and also by oars. One of the Brude life boats is installed on the car ferry Ashtabula, of the Penn- sylvania-Ontario Transportation Co.'s fleet operating out of Ashtabula, Lake - Erie. H. W. Johns-Manville Co. The Cleveland branch of the H. W. Johns-Manville Co. has recently been obliged to provide larger quarters for several of its subsidiary offices. The Columbus office and contract depart- ment are now located on the ground floor of the new seven-story fireproof Peters Power building, 45 West Long street, with large warehouse facilities half a block distant. The Toledo of- fice and warehouse have been moved to 213 Water street. This office has just completed a pipe covering, stack 'town (502 Stambaugh building). December, 1913 lining and cork tiling job in the Sec- ond National bank building, Toledo, which possesses many unique features. Other Cleveland branch § sub-offices are located in Akron (717 Second Na- tional bank building); Dayton (259 Fourth street arcade), and Youngs- Resi- dent representatives are stationed at Lima, Massillon, Greenville and other points in Ohio, also at Huntington and Parkersburg, W. Va. Their work is supplemented by a large corps of traveling men. Last, but not least, the Cleveland branch has just closed a long-term lease for another larger warehouse on Front street, which, when remodeled, will give the branch larger and better storage and _ ship- ping facilities than ever. Commerce of Lake Superior The commerce of Lake Superior as measured by the canals at Sault Ste. Marie totaled 10,919,274 tons during October as against 10,910,365 tons dur- ing September and 11,489,444 tons dur- ing August. The total movement to Nov. 1 was 51,732,783 tons as against 49,703,- 464 tons for the corresponding period last year, an increase of 2,029,319 tons. Following is the summary: EAST BOUND. To Nov. 1, To Nov. 1, 1912. 1913. Copper: met tons: .605.. 89,988 77,492 Grain, other than wheat, DUSHElS os os a eter ie ni 38,256,754 78,236,823 Building stone, net tons 2,282 6,181 Plone barrels. sie . 6,782,396 8,255,362 Iron ore, net tons...... 42,171,157 44,678,144 Pies ACOs Mee LON vs. 0, 19,087 20,399 Bumber: MM, it Bo. Me. 577,794 524,030 Wheat, bushels.) 02.2: 111,636,750 137,530,449 Unclassified freight, net EONS Sica seas is 203,624 361,722 Passengers, number 315341 37,047 WEST BOUND. Coal, anthracite, net tons 1,682,355 2,403,624 Coal, bituminous, net tons 10,937,040 14,308,378 Flour, barrels ee Sekar 2,303 Gram: 'bushels yee. s 100 400 Mictd. tron, 'net. tons... 523,078 320,571 fon. ore, sneb tong... 3... 6,660 32,376 Salt, barreles 2.4 it ae 566,487 603,685 Unclassified freight, net HONS seo oats cles 1,181,047. = 1,055,879 Passengers, number 33,794 39,302 SUMMARY OF TOTAL MOVEMENT. East bound, net tons.. 48,254,518 52,681,355 West bound, net tons.. 14,414,981 18,311.213 Ota ye hee we ets 62,669,499 70,992,568 Vessel' passages = 2b .5% 19,898 20,864 51,732,783 Net registered tonnage. 49,703,464 The Empire Engineering Co., Buf- falo, has been awarded contract for enlarging the small dry dock at the Piant of the Buffalo Dry Dock Co. The new dock will be 402 ft. long, 96 hm. wide at the top and 58 ft. wide at the bottom. The Pittsburgh Steamship Co.'s nau- tical school opened on Dec. 1, un- der the direction of Capt. Sam Gould, at 301 Perry-Payne building, Cleve- land, ©.