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tthe necesSary authority shouid’ be placéd in the ands of such enyineers to enable them to make rules id regulations to govern all kinds of vessels, as well as ts, while navigatiny such parts of the river. It is be- eved that any regulations that would thus be made ould be decidedly in the interest of safety, and that hey would largely do away with the-collisions and groundings now so frequent in the river and would greatly lessen the risk of a complete stoppage of navyi- gation, a disaster which is so possible that it is always ia the minds of vessel owners. It would be impossible by such regulations to cover Canadian vessels while in ‘Canadian waters, unless the co-operation of the Cana- dian government could be obtained; but if such regula- tions could be made applicable to ail American vessels, - whether in Ainerican or Canadian waters, and to all Canadian vessels while in American waters, the appli- cation of the rule would be so general that the excep- _ tions might be disreyarded. Of course if vessel own- ers voluntarily subject themselves to-such regulations it must be upon the condition that rafts also be subject to the same jurisdiction and that power to make regula- tions governing them also be given to the engineers. The adoption of such asystem, also, should be condi- tional upon some proper method ofenforcing the regu- lations so made, by a system of fines. Probably the Revenue Marine Service would afford the best machin- ery for detecting offenders and securing general obedi- ence to the rules so made. ; The adoption of such a system if well carried out _ would largely do away with reckless navigation of the - river and would also in large part solve the vexed ques- tion of regulating rafts; although of course it would still leave the raft question unsettled in the St. Clair and the Detroit rivers. THE RAFT BILL. It is the intention of the present Board of Managers of the Association to push vigorously the raft legisla- ; tion which has been so long advocated by the associa- tion and which has not yet been secured. If the new officers and Board of Managers shall be of like mind we believe that this vexed question can be settled at this session of Congress. Steps have already been taken to put the matter in shape iur vigorous action after the annual ineeting. In conclusion, your Board of Managers congratulates you upon the prosperous condition of the association and upon the hearty support which has been extended to the board froim all vessel owners during the past year. The events of this year have proved that yessel ownets - have become more than ever before, a tnited body, capable of dealing unitedly with all matters of com- ‘mon concern, able to stand tugether and to carry out to the end a course mapped out for them by their elected representatives on the board of managers of this asso- - ciation, and possessed of a new confidence in themselves asa body. We ask for our successors in office the same hearty support which we have ourselves received. We predict that they will receive the same support and that they will accomplish whatever they set out to do in re- forming abuses and contributing tu the prosperity of the merchant marine of the Great Lakes. ‘ Respectfully subinitted oa behaif of the Board of Managers, by oe WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, President, CHARLES H. KEEP, Secretary. FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE ASSOCIATION. ANNUAL REPORT OF GEO. P. MCKAY, TREASURER, IN AC-— COUNT WITH THE LAKE CARRIERS’ ASSOCIATION, COV— BRING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JAN. 7, 1896. Receipts. From balance on hand Dec. 24, 1894, as per former report....... prooaimene $ . 197.37 ras Da lA COL oy eit sks: acy bin. 0/62. 83 02 Loan from Union National Bank, CleWelamar st none eins aes ec: $ 700.00 ; - Rebate from Postal Telegraph Co.... 2.00 Hor private lighting... ise. 5 wiee tees 231.00 Fines imposed on Chicago shipping masters and collected.......... is .00 983.00 Tonnage dues, 1894................. 257.61 Montage duces, 1895, wi. serait as 18.061.84 MPotal<receiptsnccs./ic0..S $19,499.84 Disbursements. ; Salaries for 1895, Secretary. .$2,000.00 Treasurer .... 960.00 Attorney .... 1,000.00 3,960.00 Incidentals, Secretary’s office 92.66 Treasurer’s office. 41.09 133.75 Salaries of shipping masters, ‘ Cleveland........ 2,450.00 Balance of 1894: Cleveland........ 162.75 Buffalo ss... ‘ 986.00 2 COUT CAG Oia sed 56's 1,722.50 - 7 South Chicago... 600.00 Ashtabula....... 640.00 ; Moled oO, iis as ek: 560.00 7,121.25 11,215.00 Expense of shipping offices— Cleveland, Rent. .° 7... Bee LIB TS : Telephone.......... 71.20 AS on THE MARINE RECORD. 11 Improvements... .. Provisions, feeding needy sailors ..., Office supplies. .... 340.04 258;56 194.1U 992.70 Chicago, Rent..:.......... 405.00 Telephone... Improvements...... Office supplies..... 650.59 South Chicago, Rent....... Telephone ...0.... Office supplies. .... 169.45 Biltalo, enters vac Telephone.. Office supplies..... 287.95 Ashtabula,-Rente...6.5...5 100,00 WUPDWesere cs. se... 145.68 PP Pe pate srt To interest on loan trom Union Na- tional Bank, Cleveland.........-. To payment of note held by Union National Bank, in full...... ; 2,349,92 Traveling expenses of officers and committees of the association.... Aids to navigation—Capt. Wm. S. Mack, expense of ship masters to Washington on account of pass- Tp ste Mas ACe eT Ct er ccs et to ek Telegraph Services. FO Tse ees 500.00 127.16 246 45 2,460.00 Printing and stationery...... Sine ate Maintaining private lights and buoys Extraordinary expenses, on account of attorney fees, grain shoveling, tuy service, entertaining, fuel question, staking Grosse Point channel, printing deep water- ways convention resolutions and schooner S. L,.. Watson case...... 532. To J. A. Calbick, last half dues paid twice and money refunded....... 22.90 18,905.03 594,81 $19,499.84 Total disbursements..... Balance on hand......... In addition to the foregoing I have to report the following unpaid lia- bilities: Cleveland shipping office, rent for January, February, March, 1895. Chicago shipping office, rent for - February and March, 1896....... South Chicago shipping office, rent for January, February, March ’96 Buffalo shipping office, rent for January, February, March, 1896. Balance of A. R. Rumsey’s salary of 41.26 60.00 36.00 37.50 174.76 ue ae 200.00 ing float lights and buoys at Bal- lard’s Reef, Milwaukee Shoal and | shoals abreast of Amherstburg, from Oct. 21, 1895, to Dec.. 4, 1895. To Duff & Gatfield for maintaining ‘Tow water signals’’ on Mullen & Gatfield’s dock at Amherstburg, Ont.; alsoon Mullen & Gatfield’s dock at Sandwich, Ont., from Oct. 21, 1895, to close of season........ 600.00. $1,124.76 Unpaid dues for-1895..00 06.02 .d eee. 462 99 Gro. P. McKay, Treasurer. After these reports had been approved on motion, General Counsel Goulder moved the appointment of a committee to procure statistics relative to the volume of commerce passing through Detroit river last season, and of the amount crossing the river last year, with the aggregate ton-mileage, and the freight cost to the public per ton mile. He pointed out that the lake com- merce had nearly doubled during the seven years since the last struggle in Congress over the bridge question, and said that while he had not the figures on hand he believed the ton-mileage of the Michigan Cen- tral was 1,000,000,000 tons, and the cost per ton mile .007. The freight passiny through Detroit river last year approached 30,000,000,000 tons, at a cost per ton mile of less than .0007. He said the committee which should go to Washington should have some unchal- lenged statistics to present before Congress. Secretary Keep and several newspaper men were appointed upon this committee, with instructions to report at 11 o’clock Thursday morning, when the association would go into executive session on the Detroit river bridge bill. ‘ NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS. The president appointed a coinmittee of seven— Messrs. Wilson, Goulder, Cranage, Dunhain, Hadley, Smith (of Buffalo), and Ricketson—to make fomina- tions for committees. These were absent but a few minutes, and returned with the following names: VICE PRESIDENTS. H. H. Brown, Cleveland. C. A. Eddy, Ray City. J. W. Millen, Detrott G. G. Hadley, Toledo, W. P. Henry, Bufialo. James McBrier, Hrie. J. G& Kent, Chicago, Conrad Starke, Milwatkee. G. A. Tomlinson, Duluth. F. J.-Firth, Philadelphia. Frank Owen, Ogdensburg. BOARD OF MANAGERS. S. D. Caldwell, Buffalo. D. C. Whitney, Detroit. Peter P. Miller, Buffalo. Wm. Livingston, Detroit. kK. T. Evans, Buffalo. A. A. Parker, De roit. James Ash. Buffalo. J. W. Wescott, Detroit. W. Bullard, Buffalo. Db. T. Helm, Chicago. J.J. H. Brown, 3uffalo. Jesse Spaulding, Chicago. W. ©. Rinearson, Buffalo. J. 8. Dunham, Chicago, John Rice, Buffalo. John Keith, Chicago, M. M. Drake, Buffalo. Jos. Austrian, Chicago, W. P. Henry, Buffalo. W.R. Owen, Chicago. Edward Smith, Buffalo. C. W. Elphicke, Chicago. James McKenzie, Buffalo. W.M. Hgan, Chicago, iH. C. French, Buflalo. J. J. Rardon, Chicago. Thomas Wllson, Cleveland. James A, Calbick, Chicago, M. A. Bradley. Cleveland. George G. Hadley, Toledo. James Corrigan, Cleveland. W.S. Brainard, Toledo. H. M. Hanna, Cleveland. L.S. Sullivan, Toledo, George B. McKay, Cleveland. James Davidson, Bay City. H. G. Dalton, Cleveland. Charles A. Eddy, Bay City. Harvey H. Brown, Cleveland. O. W. Blodget, . Bay City. John W. Moore, Cleveland. EF. W. Wheeler, Bay City. B. L. Pennington, Cleveland. B. Boutelle, Bay City. Jobn Corrigan, Cleveland. Thos. Cranage, Bay City. W.J. White, Cleveland. J. W. MeGraw, Bay City. Henry A. Hawgeod, Cleveland. Alex. McDougal, Duluth. W.C. Richardson, Cleveland. PF. N. LaSalle, Duluth, | J.C. Gilchrist, . Cleveland. A. B. Wolvin, Duluto. W.D. Rees, Cleveland. G. A. Tomlinson, Duluth. John Mitchell, Cleveland. David Vance, Milwaukee. R. R. Rhodes, Cleveland. R. P. Fitzgerald, Milwaukee. Caleb E. Gowen, Cleveland. * J.C. Rieketson, Milwaukee. Wm. 8. Mack, Cleveland. Conrad Starke, Milwaukee. C, E. Benham, Cleveland. F. W. Gilchrist, Alpena. P. J. Minch, Port Huron. C.. Fy Palmer. » Marine City. Alvin Neal, C. T. Morley, Cleveland. Cleveland... J.mes W. Millen. : Detroit. R. E. Schuck, Sandusky. W. Livingstone Detroit. Frank J. Firth, Philadelphia. David Carter, Detroit. Frank Owen, Ogdensburg. EK. M. Peck, Detroit. COMMITTEE-ON FINANCE. H. M. Hanna, Cleveland. D. C. Whitney, Detroit. H. H. Brown, Cleveland. W. P. Henry, Buffalo. James Corrigan, Cleveland. J.J. H. Brown, “Buffalo. H. A. Hawgood, Cleveland. David Vance, Milwaukee. Thos. Wilson, Cfeveland. R, P. Fitzgerald, | Milwaukee. M. A. Bradley, Cleveland. John G. Keith, Chleago. J.C. Gilchrist. Cleveland. J.S. Dunham, Chicago. H. M. Peck, Detroit. COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION. 8. D. Caldwell, Buffalo. James Corrigan, Cleveland. James Ash, Buffalo. Wm. Livingston, Detroit. E. T. Eyans, Buffalo. James Millen, Detrolt. P. P. Miller, Buffalo. Jesse Spaulding, Chiergo. H. C. French, Buffalo. ». A. Hddy, Bay City. W. Bullard, Buffalo. Alex. McDougal, Dulnth. Edward Smith, Buffalo. F. J. Firth, Philadelphia. H. M. Hanna, Cleveland. COMMITTEE ON AIDS TO NAVIGATION. George P. McKay, Cleveland. W.M. Hgan, Chicago’ W.C. Richardson, Cleveland. Frank Owen, Ogdensburg. H. G. Dalton, Cleveland, A. W. Colton, Toledo. B. L. Pennington, ~ Clevelxnd. James Davidson, Bay City. Thomas Wilson, Cleveland. Alvin Neal, Port Huron. John W. Moore, Cleveland. M. M. Drake, Buffalo. W.S. Mack, Cleveland. W. Bullard, Buffalo. David C. Carter, Detroit. Mr. James Corrigan then presented the name of Capt. J. H. H. Brown for the presidency of the association for the coming year. His nomination was seconded by Capt. James Davidson, of West Bay city, and the selec- tion was made unanimous. On motion of Capt. Thomas Wilson, seconded from all parts of the hall, Secretary C. H. Keep, Treasurer George P. McKay, and General Counsel Harvey D. Goulder were selected for another year. The retiring officers were given a vote of thanks and a recess for lunch was taken. he The Lake Carriers reassembled at 2:30 and on motion of B. L.. Pennington the annual dues were fixed at 3c per ton. : PATROLLING THE SAUL/T. Capt. W. S. Mack then made a few remarks, by unan- imous consent, on the passage of vessels through the Sault, and read a telegraphic recommendation from the Maritime Board of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce that the Lake Carriers’ Association appoint a committee to confer with Capt. Davis, of the revenue cutter Andrew Johnson, who is investigating the subject of the desir- ability of establishing a patrol system in the Sault. Capt. Mack moved for the appointment of this commit- tee and was selected as chairman, with Capts. Mack, Wilson, McKay, Henry, Calbick, Millen and Davidson as associates. NORTH MANITOU LIGHT’, Owing to the impossibility of securing a clear title to land selected for a light and fog signal on North Man- itou Island, no work has been done on this light, although an appropriation hasbeen made. Mr. Goulder read a letter from Jos. Austrian, complaining of the delay, and made a motion, which was agreed to, that President