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S CLEVELAND, OHIO, JANUARY 30, 1896. $2 PER YEAR. 10c. SINGLE COPY. SHIP BUILDING AND REPAIRS. cae A NEW YARD IN CLEVELAND. L. P. & J. A. Smith have established a new temporary shipyard i in Cleveland, just east of Willow Street bridge Whisky Island. They have purchased material, which is already arriving at the yard, and will at once proceed with thg construction of two large steel dump scows, each to be 150 feet long by 30 feet beam and 12 feet depth, with a capacity for 600 yards of mud. Steel scows are not entirely new on the lakes. One was built Sault St. Marie last year, and another is in service at Chicago. Both are small, however, and will not com- are with those now building in Cleveland. ‘These will be divided into several compartments, with improved apparatus for dumping. To prevent damage from col- lision, while knocking about the harbor, six longitudi- val fenders of wood will be fastened on each side. This firm, or the company which they control, built ihree ‘bor tugs of steela few years ago, with which they express themselves as excellently satisfied. Proof of is seems to lie in the farther advances which fey are _ making in the line of metal equipment. ; . solted together. in course of construction for Mr. A. EK, _ Bay City papers announced that Capt. James David- ‘son had closed a contract for a new wooden steamer. The soft impeachment is denied at the yard, Capt. Dav- idson stating that nothing has been agreed pon as yet. Mr. George Moore of Buf- falo, has placed a contract with David Beil, of Buffalo, for a steel yacht for Niagara River, to be 75 feet long, with a draft of only 4% feet. _R. Brittain, of Saugatuck, Mich., build a tug for the Muskegon Boom Co. ‘LAKE BUILT OCEAN YACHTS. _Atthe yard of Davis & Sons, Kingston, Ont., a steam yacht, the Miltonian, is now will Knopf, of No. 36 Spruce street, New York. THE GRAND LODGE OF SHIP MASTERS. The Ship Masters’ Association accomplished a good deal of very valuable work while at Washington. ‘The delegates representing the various lodges were as ees lows: Buffalo Lodge, No. 1—F. D. Welcome; F, Je “McCabe. Port Huron, No. 2—W. EK. Rice. Chicago, No. 3—Robert Young, H. F. Torta. Cleveland, No. 4—W. S. Mack, oe A. Holmes. Bay City, No. 5—C: D. Brown. Milwaukee, No. 6—C. M. Davis, Henry Leisk. Detroit, No. 7—C. I. Wilson, A. J. McKay. Marine City, No 8—J. A. Ward, George A. Shaw. Toledo, No. 9—Henry Root, Duncan Stalker. ADDRESS OF THE GRAND PRESIDENT, °- Grand President C. EK. Benham, of Cleveland, opened his annual address by referring briefly tothe reasons for calling the grand lodge at Washington, and spoke of the prosperity of the organization as contrasted with early struggles, giving considerable credit to the unre- mitting energy of Grand President Clark. ‘There are now, said Capt. Benham, -nine prosperous: lodges of practical ship masters, intelligent men and reputable citizens. In days gone by the vessel: master had ‘little to say in regard to regulations. His opinion was “not wanted by the framers of legislation. But the old fable of the bundle of sticks here had its moral. One or two had not sufficient influence to effect any re- forms; but with the change from 150-t6n boats to ships of 6,000 tons a change had also’ come over the masters. He dwelt forc- ibly on the necessity that each member of the association should look carefully aftér ‘his own conduct, in order that- no ‘reflections might be made upon the es as a class, or upon the organization. The Grand President then Kelsall some- what in detail to the year’s werk of the or- der including the good accomplished by the visit to Washington of a delegation of,the correct in the indications they give of the desires of the ore producers. An apreement has been formed cover- ing practically all the Lake Superior ores, on the same lines as that which governed the Bessemer output last year. The furnace men; especially such of them as have acquired interests in mining property, seem to be in hearty sympathy and co-operation with the move- ment of the mine operators and the output will undoubt- edly be restricted to the wants of the furnaces. At the same time, there is reason to believe that the furnaces will consume considerably more than ten million tons of next season’s output, as there is every indication of heavy business in unfinished products as soon as.money becomes a little more plentiful in the spring. Railroads contemplate heavy expenditures for rolling stock, in which steel is constantly replacing wooden parts, and for bridges and rails, as soon as they can see their way clear financially. For structural work the outlook’ is extremely bright. The furnaces will not be able to run as continuously this year as last, when all had been’put in excellent trim during their long idleness; but this deficiency in pig iron productive capacity will be more than counterbalanced by the the erection of new furnaces which are certain to be heavy consumers of ore. On all these grounds the more sanguine are confident that this year’s output of ore will reach 12.090 000 tons, ae hull is 70 feet long over all, 60 feet 1. ww. J., 12 feet 3 inches beam, 5 feet 9 inches depth, and 3 feet 10 inches draft, with a dis- placement of 28 tons. Her frames are double, spaced 18-inch centers, moulded 4 inches at keel and 3 inches at top, 1% inches flitch double, and Keel and keelson are both 6x8 inches, Well: bolted through bottom and clinched. The clamps and shelf ate 2x6 inches, all bolted with screw bolts. : ~All, the timber is white oak of the very best quality. # _ Kingston, in our Chicago letter. The cabins are of the trunk style, finished with Pennsyl- vania cherry, with two staterooms, one cook room and Ce Boe (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7) A LULL IN CHARTERING. Some business is being done in wheat out of Duluth, and Chicago, the business from Duluth being chiefly to at 5%c, including winter storage. From Chicago to Buffalo the basing rate is 25¢c to Buffalo on corn; full particulars as to chartering appear as usual This, however, is the sum total of the freight market, and no contract arrangements - are being made for either ore or coal, although a little business in the latter line may turn upat almost any time. -(While possibly all may not be true that has appeared in the dailies regarding an ironclad agreement of ore dealers and mine operators to keep this year’s output down to 10,000,000 tons, these reports are substantially Pie STEAM YACHT MILTONIAN--building by Davis & Sons, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Ship Masters in the interest of the: White bill. : Grand Prisident Benham: réerea to the fact that certain persons representing boats had on occasion been known to. overstep the bounds of propriety. and authority in giving. instructions to masters, and interfering with their -duties - Any master, he said, who followed instructions in this manner violated the oath which he made. before the inspector. He hoped that any master. experiencing an- noyance in this way in the future. would report the matter to his lodge. Capt. Benham: ‘spoke: of the lec- tures delivered before the l.dges by government offic- ials and others, and said they shvuld be appreciated and encouraged, He said there had been complaints that masters were failing to comply: with the navigation laws, and he hoped these: matters world be (aken up in the local lodges and fully and freely discussed.’ At the last session of the grand lodge the grand financial secretary had been instructed to'issue a spec- ial assessment upon the members in the event of the death of any member. ‘This had been done, and unless other action was taken would continue to be done'this year, when the insurance fund would be placed upon a solid footing. He said all local lodges should see that theit effects were ‘properly .covéred by insurance. Each of the members should read carefully. the, proceedings of the grand lodge, and see for themselves. how care- fully the grand financial secretary had kept the ac- and there is no question that if the demand requires it, this amount can easily be produced and brought down. The general feeling at present, however, is that the increase will not beso heavy, although all agree in thinking that the output will be considerably in excess of the alleged limit of 10,000,000 tons. r Ore men express themselves as very much averse to paying more than $1 from the head of Lake Superior; but while about 300,000 tons were provided for at that figure late in the autumn the feeling is considerably stronger, and the demand of vessel men is $1.20 to $1.25. There is not much disposition on either side to struggle, as there is still plenty of time before spring; but tentative arrangements have been made in many instances between ore dealers and vessel owners for certain blocks to be carried down next season, rates and other details to be settled later. Anything that may be donein the way of coal trans- portation contracts will be accomplished by such com- panies as own their own docks at the upper lake ports and sell their coal from those points. There have been no large sales yet made up there, the time being hardly ripe for this. The feeling is considerably stiffer, due to the meagre profits of past years and the better under- standing between coal mine operators, and if prices improve, freights will be better likewise. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7) |