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nee 10 THE MARINE RECORD. “ny Se ee eat es ees —_——_——$—$———$_ —<————— EEE ports, probably, but there is not even a canal tug build- ing now. Gen. Agent H. S. Fisher of the C. & B. Line, was at Cleveland this week, attending the annual mecting of his company. John C. Fitzpatrick, general manager of the Crystal Beach line, is spending a few days in New York city. The bids for dredging Buffalo harbor, Buffalo river and Blackwell canal and Peck’s slip were as follows: For Buffalo harbor—Hingston & Woods, 16% cents per cubic yard; Carkin, Stickney & Cram, of Detroit, 19% cents; Buffalo Dredging Company, 17% cents. For Buffalo river—Hingston & Woods, 16 cents per cubic yard for removing earth; $1.57 cents per cubic yard for removing hard material; Carkin, Stickney & ‘Cram, earth 19% cents, hard material, $1.54: Buffalo Dredging Company, 1714 cents removing earth, $1.45 for‘hard material. Dredging Blackwell canal—Hingston & Woods, 16% cents pet cubic yard; Carkin, Stickney & Cram, 19% cents; Buffalo Dredging Company, 17% cents. _ Dredging Peck slip, Hingston & Woods, 16% cents per “cubic yard; Carkin, Stickney & Cram, 19% cents; Buf- falo Dredging Company, 1734 cents. The increased faith in dams for the restoration of the lost: lake levels prompts a vessel man to declare that with a comparatively small outlay the old Emerald ‘Channel near the Dummy Lighthouse, now too shallow to use, could be fiilled up. He is sure that the level of Lake Erie could be raised by this means enough to meet all needs. Buffalo, Feb. 3. CHAMBERLAIN. CLEVELAND. A NUMBER OF CHANGES IN VESSEL, BROKERAGE FIRMS —TuHE ProposeD DocK AND HARBOR BOARD—VESSEI, TAXATION—REPORT OF THE. PARK COMMISSION. ‘The arrangement of offices in the Perry-Payne Building next spring will be quite different from last year. The firm of Moore, Bartow & Gilchrist bas lost Capt. John Moore, the senior partner, who has con- nected himself with W. A. Hawgood, the style of the new firm being Moore & Hawgood. Bartow & Gilchrist will continue in business at the old stand. Mr. C.C. Canfield continues in the vessel brokerage business, and will open an office on the fourth floor. Mr. W. A. Canfield, the well-known coal man, will probably aiso remove from the sixth to the fourth floor. M. A. Hanna & Co.’s offices will be extended still further, in- cluding the offices now occupied by Capt. C. E. Benham, who will take more commodious quarters on the same floor.” : We are in receipt of a handsomely illustrated and bound copy of the third annual report of the Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners which amply demon- strates the good effects of having the city’s recreation facilities in the hands of a perpetual commission. ‘The report shows over 1,100 acres of pleasure ground in the city, which includes parks already existing in unan- nexed portions. New and beattiful views of all these parks vary the necessarily rather dry details of the re- port, which, nevertheless contains much matter of in- terest. Portraits of Messrs. Amos ‘Townsend and Charles H. Bulkley, the deceased members of the com- mission, also adorn its pages. The book is from the press of the Cleveland Printing & Publishing Co., and is a credit to them as well as the commissioners. Mr. John F. Pankhurst, general manager of the Globe Iron - Works Co., is the retiring member of the board, but his re-election by the Sinking Fund Commission is a certainty. : One of the first striking instances that Cleveland has experienced with Willow street bridge is the vain at- tempt of the car ferry stcamer Shenango No. 2 to pass “through the bridge. The Shenango came here to go into dry-fock. She has too much beam to get into the Cleveland dock, and can not get up the river to the ship- owners dock because of the piling protection to the bridge. Several piles had to be! pulled to allow her to squeeze through. Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association of Cleve- land, will give their fifteenth annual ball at Merritt’s Hall, corner Carroll and Pearl streets, on Monday ‘evening Feb. 10. The following members will be in - charge: Committee of arrangements, Wm. H. Kennedy, I: Ww Weeks, and Henry T. McAuley; reception com- mittee, C. M. Stoddard, A. J. Aiken, John Smith, Wm. -—. Donovan, Wm. Kennedy, George Masters, EK. Jenkins; floor directors, O. N. Steele, M. B. Sturtevant; floor managers, J. B. Heyward, A. N. McDonald, H. W. Burton, J. M. Monagle, Wm. Most, C. Plodeck and F. Harmon. Ree : The city government is considering the advisability of creating a harbor commission, to look after the in- terests of the port. ‘This is meeting with opposition in some quarters, but cannot be too highly commended. It ‘was thought wise to appoint a perpetual commission to care for parks and boulevards, and the same principle “applies with even more force to the care of docks and harbors. ' Thete are few ports of like importance which are not cared for by an especial board, which sometimes rival in importance the city administration prospect. ‘The perpetual feature, allowing the admission of new members one at a time, is especially satisfactory, as the ‘chief drawback at present is the sweeping changes that occur with each new city administration. The care of the port is too great a tax upon any bureau of public works to be satisfactorily attended to; and the creation of Such a commssion is no reflection upon the efficiency of any city government, but would prove, it would seem, an immense relief to the Mayor and his cabinet. ; The Board of Equalization are again working on the vessel taxation probblem, and the members are spout- ing away in newspaper interviews in a manner that suf- ficiently demonstrates the limited extent of their infor- mation on the subject. In order to increase the amount of money for politicians to spend, they reach around in every direction, taxing property twice over, and em- ploying ‘‘smellers’” at an outrageous commission. This is the system of general taxation in Ohio, andan attempt is being made to introduce the same system in rating yessel property. But it should be seen that pol- icy comes into play in the transaction of public as well as private business. The manufacturer meets a competi- tor’s rates when he can, even if he has to shade his own schedule of prices. Railroads do the same thing, New York vessels registered at Buffalo or elsewhere in New York are free from taxation. In Minnesota the tax is only three ccnts per net registered ton. ‘The Wisconsin law shows an equal desire on the part of the legislators to eucourage a class of commercial carriers which oper- ate ata freight cost to the people at about 1-10 the average freight rates of the railroads and yet a set of pretty official money-grubbers, agitate and worry and doall they can to drive commerce out of the city and out of the state by a system of taxation which is mani- festly unjust. And their course does not séem wise, even from a standpoint which would endorse this system. It isn’t absolutely necessary for a company which has its head- quarters in the smaller towns of the county to avoid paying taxesfor purposes in which the vessels have no interest or benefit, to locateeven in the state. It would bea little more inconvenient, perhaps, for directors to go to New York once a year, than for them to drive to: the country. But they, can do it, and it would not be surprising if they did, remove their headquarters out- side the State if this infamous system of taxation is kept ~up. No business man is expected to voluntarily stand a large expense which he can easily and properly avoid, and the employers of the smellers will find out, sooner or late, that they are pursuing a short-lengthed and un- profitable policy. At the annual meeting of the Nicholas Transit Co., last week, the directors and officers were re-elected, as follows: H. D. Coffinberry (president), I. W. Nicholas (vice-president), P. J. Minch (secretary, treasurer and general manager), U. T. Palmer, John B. Guthrie, and Capt. Wm. Gerlach. Capt. C. Young, of the steamer H. A. Tuttle, is con- fined to his honse with a broken ankle. CHICAGO. STEPS TO IMPROVE THE INNER HARBOR. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. The general committee of the business men interested in the river and harbor improvement work held a meet- ing last week for the purpose of hearing the reports of the subcommittees appointed atthe previous meetings. In the absence of Capt. J. S. Dunham, Murray Nelson acted as chairman of the committee. ‘Those present were: Murray Nelson, B. A. Miller, C. A. Macdonald, 'T. T. Morford, George Merriweather, J. A. Channon, John C. Spry, C. K. G. Billings, F. S. Peabody, A. W. Pulvee, J. G. Keith and A, J. Galloway. President Birkhoff of the Real Estate Board was also present. Chairman Nelson reported a conference which his subcommittee had with Maj. Marshall, the United States engineer, concerning the improvement of the Chicago river for the purposes of navigation, Major Marshall, he said, is heartily in favor of the move, pro- vided the city will do its part in the improvement. This he insists, is to enforce a rule prohibiting the dumping of sewage and garbage.into the river. Maj. Marshall said he would urge the government to dredge the river to the depth of sixteen feet during the present year, pro- vided the city and the drainage canal authorities act properly toward the river and not permit heavy stuff to be thrown intoit. Heis in favor of making the stream twenty feet deep. To do this it would be necessary to lower the tunnels at present passing under the river. .gomery’s crew went ashore in the yawl. He would also favor widening the river and cutting away the corners in its course. The government, he said, would maintain the waterway if the city would keep its sewage deposits from filling up the stream. The Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association No. 4, Chicago, gave their twenty-first annual reception and bail at Brand’s Hall, Wednesday evening, January 29th. It was largely attended by the members of the associa- tion and their friends, and a very enjoyable evening was spent. WILLIAMS. . PORT HURON.. * AMERICAN SCHOONER ANTELOPE TO BE SOLD BY CANA- DIANS—-NEED OF ANOTHER LIFE-SAVING STATION-—LAST OF THE M. R. GOFFE. special Correspondence to The Marine Record. The American schooner Atmosphere will be sold next Thursday, February 6, at Sarnia, by order of the Ex- chequer Court of Canada. One-fourth of the purchase money must by paid down, and the balance in 14 days. Edward J. Kendall, the Port Huron marine reporter, is circulating a petition among vessel men and others interested, requesting the establishment of a life-sav- ing station at or near Fort Gratiot light, foot of Lake Huron. There is need of one there. Had there been a station and crew there, those four men never would have been drowned, trying to rescue the crew of the wrecked schooner William Shupe; nor would the crews of the barge Montgomery and schooner Dauntless have remained in the boats, both full of water and at anchor five miles from Fort Gratiot, for 36 hours untilthe tug Crosby went and got the Dauntless’ crew. The Mont-— They suffered everything until they were gotten off of the wrecks. The steamer Wotan will tow the Ogarita and the new Connelly barge building at Marine City. : A ‘‘farmers’ race’? at Marine City, the other day, was won by Old George, aged 27, who has been doing duty around the Morley shipyards for 12 or 13 years. The Barge M. R. Goffe will never more be in commis- sion, asa gang of men are at work making her into stove wood. In her day she was a flash vessel, but in a few days she will be a thing of the past. ; Port Huron, Feb. 5. KENDALL. EE Oe Oe ENGINEERING AND ELECTRICITY AT HOME. The Scientific Machinist Co., of Cleveland, have laid on our table a large descriptive catalogue of the Insti- tute for Home Study of Engineering. A well written in- troduction dwells upon the necessity of more technical education among young men who expect to enter the walks of business life, and points out its advantages in co-operation with hand skill. It recognizes that the number of young men able to visit colleges is very small as compared with the large number who desire to do so, and explains that this is the 7azson a’ etre of this Institute. The curriculum, as given in the catalogue, shows a thor- ough course of training. This company will mail a copy of this catalogue with terms of tuition, etc., to all applicants mentioning the MARINE RECORD. —o@——— > ee Cassier’s Magazine for February contains an excel- lent leading article on ‘Modern Shipbuilding Tools,” which is worth the careful perusal of every shipbuilder, It is from the pen of J. Arthur Gray, and is at once thoroughly instructive and entertaining. As usual with contributions to Cassier’s, the article is well illustrated, among the views being a hydraulic riveter built by. Wm. Sellers & Co., Philadelphia; vertical bending robes, built by the Niles Tool Works, Hamilton, O.; steam riy- eter, built by the Percy & Jones Co., Wilmington, Del. and an electrically-driven angle iron shere, built by the Long & Allstatter Co. Hamilton, O., besides several ype of English machines for similar work. —-——ee 0 Capt. Adolph Freitsch, who sailed across the Atlantic alone in the little sloop Nina, has returned to his home in Milwaukee. . CASUALTY CALENDAR. JANUARY. a ee oe Day.| Ric NAME. CAUSALTY. LOcaTION. Loss Hui. Fras = REMARKS 2 = = palne. Burned, Lower Lake Huron. $12,000 PL SOO eet * Crise . A. Calvin. Stranded. | Upper St. Lawrence. GrOUU rep arseveche lr a et ta #1 S. P. | Shrewsbury. Col. (dock)| Buffalo Harbor. DOO ETE Wee eeeh deel Ses cacy ss aon ie 12 | S. P. | Idler. Fire. Toledo Harbor. Python Ree eee 9 16 S. S. | Bertha Ly. Cockrell] Sunk. Michigan City. SLU Ue Bae ee 15 Schr. | Welcome. Sunk. Grand Haven. Le O00 rss He ea 19 Schr. | H. A. Hawgood. Fire. Chicago. MOORE RACE ae * Occurred on Dec. 30 and 31, 1895, and not included in any list of casualties for 1895. *