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THE KEARSARGE. They may name another Kearsarge, They may build her walls of steel, They may make her white and shapely From her masthead to her keel. They may clothe her ribs with armor, They may give her strength and speed, That may some time for the country, Fill the measure of its need. They may give her wondrous cannon, With the thunder in their tones, And the lightning in their missiles, That the deadly Storm King owns. They may make her Queen of Terror, Make her mistress of the sea, Give her souls of tested valor, Crown her prow with victory. But with all their modern triumphs, And their blazonry of war, They can’t revive the Kearsarge, Wrecked and dead on Roncador. —New York Sun, PO TEE DEPTHS OF WATER AT LAKE PORTS. The Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, has issued bul- letin No. 3, giving the particulars, including depth of water at all lake harbors, channels and navigable trib- utaries, corrected up to April 1, 1894. This information is reliable and official, so that in chartering for any United States port, owners, agents and masters may be guided by the following figures: LAKE SUPERIOR. . Agate Bay (Two Harbors) is now a protected harbor where vessels are secure during gales from any quarter. Ashland, Wis., breakwater 7,363 feet; available depth 17 feet up to the ore docks. Duluth, Minn., there is 17. feet in the canal entrance _and over the greater portion of the harbor basin. Rice’s Point channel to West Superior and the channel to Grassy Point and West Duluth mills, 16 feet. Eagle Harbor, Mich., the entrance channel is 14 feet. in depth and 130 feet wide. _ Grand Marias, Mich., least depth, 13.6 feet at low water. Grand Marias, Minn., at low water 16 feet. ; ‘Marquette, Mich., breakwater 2,900 feet; anchorage area has a depth of 15 to 30 feet. Ontonagon, Mich., bar has shoaled, depth 13 feet at low water. 2 > Portage Lake and Lake Superior Canals, Mich. Sault canal draft, except a short stretch in Portage river where it lacks about 4inches. Each winter a bar forms at the Lake Superior entrance leaving only about 11.5 feet draft over it. This is dredged away promptly on the opening of navigation. A 16 foot channel 70 feet wide from bay to lake has been approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War. St. Louis river, Minn. and Wis., to five miles above Grassy Point railroad bridge 100 feet wide and 16 feet deep. Ru petior: Wis., entrance 180 feet wide and 17 feet deep at low water. Main channel to Conner’s Point, least depth 15 feet and 150 to 500 feet in width. To doeks at Old Superior, 15.5 feet at low water. To Allouez Bay. 16 to 19 feet. From West Superior dock line toa junc- tion with the Duluth channel near West Duluth, 16 feet or more at low water. ST. MARY’S RIVER. Hay Lake channel, approaching completion, depth of 20 feet and 300 feet in width. St. Mary’s Falls canal, limit of draft close of season 1893 was 14.43 feet. Improvements now in progress will give 21 feet of mean stage of water anda canal lock 800 by 100 feet. Round Island Shoals, ordinary depth 16 feet, improve- ments nearly completed, will give a channel 300 feet wide, 21 feet deep. Little Mud Lake, Reef abreast of Sailors’ Encamp- ment Island and 1% miles below the Encampment, will be improved to 21 feet depth and a 300 foot channel. LAKE MICHIGAN AND GREEN BAY. Ahnapee, Wis., a governing depth of 10 feet to the bridge, work progressing to obtain 12 feet. Calumet harbor, Ills., achannel 250 feet wide by 16 feet deep. On the basis of the low water level of 1847 which is Chicago City datum. Illinois Steel Company’s private harbor 16 feet, depth intended 20 feet; Calumet River 16 feet to the railroad bridges, 15 feet to One Hundred and Third street, 14 feet to One Hundred and Sixth street, 13 feet to One Hundred and Kighth street, thence to Hammond, Ind., not exceeding 7 feet. Cedar River, Mich., in 1892 there was a 40 foot chan- nel least width, and 10 feet deep, private dredging has since given better water. Charlevoix, Mich., available depth 13 feet at piers, upper channel 12 feet. Chicago Harbor, Ill., harbor of refuge, 18 to 32 feet; outer harbor 14 to 15 feet at low water; Chicago River, 15.5 feet from Rush to Sixteenth street; 15 feet to South Halstead; 14.5 feet to Fuller street; 12 feet to Laurel street and 8 feet to head of navigation. On the north branch 15.5 feet to Chicago’ avenue; 15 feet to North avenue; 14.5 feet to Clybourne place; 13 feet to C. & N. W.R. R. bridge; 12 feet to Fullerton avenue and 8 feet to Belmont avenue, which is the head of navigation; Chicago river entrance 18 feet at extreme low water, to ' the first bridge. Frankfort, Mich., navigable depth of 16 feet between piers, 200 feet wide; 15 feet on bar. Further dredging is intended. Grand Haven, Mich., width of entrance 390 feet; THE MARINE RECORD. outer bar 18 feet; shoalest bar in front of entrance 14 feet; depth between piers 16 feet, and 20 feet inside. Green Bay, Wis., channel 200 feet wide, 15 feet deep; work in progress to give a depth of 16 feet. : Holland, Mich., ordinary depth 13 feet, shoaling in winter to 7 feet and dredged out again each spring. Kenosha, Wis., available channel about 15 feet; this depth is to be maintained. Kewaunee, Wis., 15 feet deep. Ludington, Mich., 16 feet. : Manistee, Mich., navigable depths between piers, 16 feet; river 13 feet. Manistique, Mich , between piers 13 feet; 11 feet on bar; private dredging has given better water since May 1892. Manitowoc, Wis., 17.5 feet at entrance and 15.5 feet between the piers. : (tO BE CONTINUED.) Kis ies. abe toute LEAS Rpg POE AS eee NOTICE TO MARINERS. REMOVAL OF OAKVILLE, LIGHTHOUSE.—In conseqnence of damage done by storm tothe outer end of the main breakwater pier at Oakville, county of Halton, Lake Ontario, it has been necessary to move the lighthouse tower, and the block on which it stands, a distance of 46 feet inwards from its last location. It is now 126 feet from the end of the pier and vessels entering will require to allow for this to clear the end of the pier. Wo. SMITH, Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Department of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa, Can., March 21, 1894. UnitEp STATES OF AMERICA—NORTHERN AND NORTH WESTERN LAKES. NIAGARA RIVER RANGE (FRONT) LIGHT-STATION. —No- tice is hereby given that, on or about April 20, 1894, Niagara River Range (front) Light, on the HE. bank of the Niagara River, near its head, New York, will be moved toa new structure erected on the berm bank of the Erie canal 71 feet S. of the present location of the light. The light will be exhibited at an elevation of 54% feet above lake level. The new structure is an open framework of wood, with a small house at the top from which the light will be exhibited. ; The new range line is intended to mark the channel of deepest water where it has been improved below the channel which is marked by Horseshoe Reef Light- house. By order of the Light-house Board: JAMES A. GREER, Rear-Admiral, U. S. Navy, Chairman. Office of the Light-House Board, Washington, D. C., April 7, 1894. : SUPERIOR Bay Post LicGuts, WISCONSIN.—On the open- ing of navigation 1894, the front light of the range on Wisconsin Point is to be moved a few feet to the west- ward, sothat range line will pass nearer to axis of channel and further from old lighthouse dock than heretofore. This range will lead well past the old dock and vessels should then head up so as to pass to north- ward of Quebec Channel light. Information has been received that the wreck of a vessel lies in 18 feet of water in the harbor of Presque Isle, Michigan, one-half mile east of the Range Lights and about 300 feet to northward of range line. Portions of this wreck are within 7 feet.of the surface. A buoy will be placed to mark this spot as Soon as pos- sible. W. W. MEAD. Commander U.S. N., Inspector 11th L. H. District. rr 0 0 ei DOES ADVERTISING PAY? A book entitled ‘‘How to Get Money,’’ published way back in the fifties, contains the following on advertis- ing: ‘‘Whatever your occupation or calling may be, it is needs support from the public, advertise it thoroughly and efficiently in some shape or other that will arrest public attention. I freely confess that what success I have had in life may be attributed more to the public press than to nearly all other causes combined. ‘There may possibly be occupations that do not require adver- tising, but I cannot well conceive what they are. Men in business will sometimes tell you that they have tried advertising and it did not pay. This is only when ad- vertising is done sparingly and grudgingly. Homeo- pathic doeses of advertising will not pay, perhaps, it is like a portion of physic, making the patient sick, but effecting nothing. Administer liberally and the cure will be permanent. Some say they cannot afford to ad- vertise. They mistake; they cannot afford not to advér- tise. In this country, where everybody reads the news- papers, it will be seen that these are the cheapest and best media through which persons can speak to the public where they are to find their customers. Put on the appearance of business and generally the reality will follow. ‘The farmer plants his seed, and while he is sleeping hiscorn and potatoes are growing. So with advertising. While you are sleeping or eating or con- versing with one of your customers, your advertisement is being read by hundreds and thousands of persons who never saw you or heard of your business, and never would, had it not been for your advertisement appearing in the newspapers.’’—/ree Press, Holyoke, Mass. rT TES THE PATTERSON DRAFT INDICATOR. ILLUSTRATED. The accompanying illustration of a draft indicator shows one of the mostsimple yet correct methods of ob- ~ taining the exact draft of a vessel when lying in dis- turbed water, or at night time when loading or dis- charging cargo, that has ever come before the lake marine. The indicator can be set toring up an alarm signal _at any desired draft, either end of the vessel, and the alarm is continuous until again attended to and set to another mark. ‘The inventor, Mr. Patterson, of Manis- tee, Mich., has placed these indicators on all the large steamers of the Inter Ocean Transportation Co., of Mil- waukee, and their general manager, Capt. J.C. Rick- a SWITCH Hi s ee etson, speaks in very high terms of the efficiency of the appliance. Capt. John Mitchell, of Cleveland, and Mr. D.C. Whitney, of Detroit, also state that the indicator is a necessary adjunct tothe equipment of well-found large freight steamers. The Patterson Indicator Co. would no doubt flourish in the manufacture of their invention if a Plimsoll load line mark had to be watched on the lakes; however, the exact draft is frequently required for harbors and canals, and it is more than a convenience to find vessels furnished with a draft indicator, especially. where car- goes are handled in so limited a time as is customary on these waters. The inventor further points out the utility of his invention by stating that when a vessel grounds in shoal places the change or rise of the water may be more distinctly noted by watching the indicator than by any other means that could be used. : —_________—wae>¢ <> + ep METALLIC PACKING. ILLUSTRATED. When practical men make an advance on appliances grown reputable alone through custom, the result is likely to be a lasting benefit. Herein the Stone & Han- nah combination metallic piston and valve rod packing seems to have worked, out its own redemption, for it is now in usein a large number of lake steamers purely on its own merits. There is perhaps, nothing under the Z engineer’s care that requires greater at- tention, or is liable to get more frequent- ly out of order, than piston and valve stem packings. This packing is specially adapted to piston rod, valve stems, steam hammers, ice machines and air pump engines. It is made inrings of all sizes, and with ordinary care it is claimed will last for five years. rior cylinder of soft metal surrounded by cylinder of gum rubber and canvas held firmly together by a dove- tailing process. To advance the popularity of their packing the inventors, Messrs. Stone & Hannah, are will- ing to give thirty days’ trial on all orders, claiming that wherever the packing is used, supplemental orders are certain to follow. : HEED ee Oe A handsome blotter, with celluloid cover showing a cut of the U.S. S. Massachusetts and a list of the ves- sels of the new navy furnished with ‘‘Providence’’ wind- lasses is being sent out by the American Ship Windlass Co., Providence, R. I. It is composed of inte- | be ethia itr aay iad