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s ee A SILVER ANNIVERSARY. A very pleasant dinner was enjoyed last Monday evening at the Weddell House, Cleveland, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Upson- Walton ship chandlery establishment. Nearly a score were seated about a well-furnished table in a private dining room, and partook of the good things set forth in a bill of fare, which, however, ennmerated a few del- acacies not served, among them ‘‘Corned Beef Hash a la Warrington,” this being perpetrated on a member who was too far away to resent it; ‘‘Cuyahoga River water,’’ and ‘‘Manila cigars.’’ There was also the Up- son-Walton salad, which appeared on the table; there was, however, no sign of rope or canvassinit. Mr. E. E. Upson sat at the head of the table and Mr. J. W. Walton, who acted as toastmaster, at the foot. On the sides were Messrs. H. F. Lyman, J. A. McGean, KE. P. Babbitt, Charles R. Doty, Will Jones, George Lawrence, Harry Beck, Albert Hemmeter, E. A. Walton, J. A. Cur- rent, Arthur Lohr and Charles Anderson. There were a few vacant chairs, as Vice-President Chris. Grover, Mr. H. P. Sherwin, manager of the company branch “house at Ashtabula Harbor, Alex Inglis, Oliver Upson, and Frank Robinson were unable to be present. : Mr. J. W. Walton, after the table had peen cleared, gave some very interest- ing reminiscences of the early days of shipchandlery. Ina directory issued in 1849, he said, he found five ship chandlery estabilsh- ments and seven sa- loons. The latter business had in- creased somewhat, anda smaller num- ber of firms looked after the vessel wants. These five were James Church, Jr., R. Lauerdale, D. Morrison & Co., J. & J. Ross and William LI. Standart. In 1859- 60 there were six ship ‘chandlers—H. E,. Howe & Co, lL. L: Lynn, Jonn O’Neil, EK. Rotheran, Valen- tine. Swain, and F. Tarry. Mr. Swain’s establishment after- ward became a part of the Upson-Walton establishment, which was founded in 1871. Mr. Walton dwelt upon the changes that had developed in the lake marine and the consequent changes in the classes of goods handled. He remembered the firm’s first purchase of wire rope, 1,000 feet, about which they had some misgivings. Finally it was sold, the schooner Alva Bradley being rigged with wire. The firm has continued in this new line, the total purchases in the twenty-five years being 8,544,241 feet, of which 6,230,622 feet, or 73 per cent, has been imported. Nearly half of this has been sold during the last seven years, and the year 1895 was the best, therecord for that year being 1,131,177 feet, of which 84 per cent was imported. Mr. Upson followed with a few remarksin which he emphasized the assistance which the firm had received _ from the hearty co-operatiou of the employes, many of whom had been with{the firm fifteen to twenty years. Mr. Lymau followed, and then Messrs. Current and Babbitt, traveling representativesiof the company, and members of other departments were called upon for remarks. ‘Phe speeches showed that the firm had taken a hearty interest in the men who were in their employ and had not only set theexample of high morality in personal and business life, but had incorporated the concern with a view to giving employes of modest means an THE MARINE RECORD. opportunity to connect themselves more closely with the business. The young men have been given every op- portunity for advancement and industry and perseve- rance have been promptly rewarded. Both Mr. Upson and Mr. Walton are in the prime of life, and are likely to live to celebrate the golden anniversary of their firm’s birth. But they will have the satisfaetion of knowing that when they resign the cares of business into younger hands, they will be entrusted to those who know thoroughly the principles in which the firm has prospered for a quarter of a century and that the es- tablishment will remain a living monument to its founders and their sterling virtues. OD —E THE GLOBE STEAM STEERER. Two and one-half years ago, when the World’s Colum- bian Exposition was in full swing at Chicago, there were few more attractive displays, and no more’ in- structive exhibits in the Transportation Building than that of the Globe Iron Works Co., of Cleveland. The Space was arranged with three decks, so as to show the workings of capstans and steering gear just as they would appear on shipboard if a section of the top side ONE TYPE OF THE GLOBE STEAM STEERER. were cut out. The exhibition created much favorable comment from sight-seers and engineers from other parts of the United States and foreign countries, and was given extended and honorable mention in the daily as well as the trade press, at thetime. The accompany- ing illustration shows one of several types of the Globe steam steering machine. We had hoped to be able to give a full description of its workings this week, but the matter was not ready in time. We hope next week to give a view of another type of this steerer with full descriptions of both. Nearly all the boats built at the Globe yard are equipped with this style of steerer and it has been installed in anumber of other ships, the latest of which is the palatial side wheeler City of Buffalo, which will go upon the Cleveland and Buffalo route next season. ED SE The new Hydrographic Office Chart of Lakes Krie and Ontario, is something no master sailing the lower lakes can afford to be without. It contains the latest infor- mation regarding depths of water, compass variation, lights and fog signals, and includes Lake St. Clair and St. Clairand Detroit Rivers, besides the lower end of Lake Huron, the southern part of Georgian Bay and all of Saginaw Bay. These charts can be obtained at the office of THE MARINE RECORD, No. 144 Superior street, Cleveland, at 75 cents each. TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL NOTES. : It has been decided by the Navy Department to supply 4 the cruiser Chicago with four Scotch boilers and six coil boilers of the Babcock & Wilcox type. With these boilers it is expected that a power of 9,000 will be ob- tained, which will give the ship a speed of 18 knots. — The total cost of these boilers, with machinery, will be an in the neighborhood ff $300,000. The department is considering what kind of boilers and how many to give to the Atlanta, which is to be repaired at the New York Navy Yard. The proposition that is meeting with the most favor is to supply the ship with two Scotch and four Babcock & Wilcox boilers, which will permit the development of 4,000 horse-power. The cost of the new machinery would reach about $250,000. The authorities — are also desirous of equipping the Atlanta with twin — screws. Incase this proposition is adopled the hull of the ship will have to be altered. The cost of the changes with the new machinery, it is estimated, will approximate $400,000. : The Illinois Steel Co. resumed operations at its South Chicago plant on January 27,and allof the other plants will probly resume a week later. The South Chicago mills open witha full double turn of oper- - atives, and at prac- tically the same scale of wages as was in force last year. It was expected that the annual shut down would last the full month, as the repairs, alterations, etc., were unusually extensive. Quick work on the part of Supt. Walker, how- ever, in making the anuual ‘‘clean up’’ and carrying on the repairs enabled them to open four days ahead of time. The mill starts with a large tonnage booked, and with the demand for rails good. Prices of Bes- semer iron, billets and rods are $1.50 to $2 “per ton higher than they were 20 to 30 days ago, and the general prospect is very favorable. The Michigan Cen- tral Bridge Co., a corporation with a capital stock of $2,- 000,000, which has been organized for the purpose of constructing a bridge three miles in length over the Detroit River at the City of Detroit, has filed articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State at Lansing, Mich. The estimated cost of the pro- posed bridge is $4,000,000. The Michigan Central Rail- road Co. is the owner of 19,930 shares of the stock. The other stockholders are Cornelius Vanderbilt, Chauncey M. Depew atd'C. ¥. Fox, of New York; H. B. Ledyard, Henry Russell, Ashley Pond and Henry M. Campbell, of Detroit; each of whom owns ten shares of the stock. At the annual meetiag of the stockholders of the Cam- bria Iron Company held at Philadelphia on Tuesday last, the following directors were elected. Josiah M. Bacon, Robert M. Kennedy, James McMillen, David Reeves, Powell Stackhouse, Edward T. Strothbury, ~ John W. Townsend, John Lowber Welsh and R. Francis Wood. ‘The companys’s prond boast is that for 30 years it has never missed a dividend, having paid 4 per centin the worst of recent hard times and from 10 to 19 per cent during the years from 1880 to 1893. The steam yacht Willie K. Ridgeway, built by the Jackson & Sharp Co., of Wilmington, Del., has been towed to works of the Neafie & Levy Co., Philadelphia, — to receive her machinery.