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fe) THE MARINE RECORD. LUMBERING IN CANADA. The annual report of the Department of the Intericr of the Dominion of Canada gives some interesting fects as to the timber and lumber industry of that ‘country. The revenue from timber and grazing lands was shown to be $73,620.28, as compared with $90,584.46 for the cor- responding time in 1894. The timber dues received amounted to $58,360 94, being a decrease of $7,357.14 as compared with the previous year. Of the revenue derived from timber, $16,642.34 was for bonuses, ground rents, royalties and dues on timber from lands in the railway belt in the province of British Columbia, being a decrease of $3 186.68. The total revenue received from timber in Manitoba and the Northwest territories up to Oct. 31, 1895, was $1,080,- 047.10, and the total revenue from timber within the rail- way belt in British Columbia up to the same date was $267,541.55. During the first ten months of 1895, 30,910,491 feet of lumber were manufactured from timber cut under li- censein Manitoba, the Northwest territories, and with- in the railway belt in the province of British Columbia. In the Winnipeg agency, which comprises Manitoba and portions of Assiniboia and Saskatchewan, the following . quantities of lumber were sold: Feet. Canadian pine from Lake of the Woods. . .34,000,000 Canodian pine from Fort William...... ...-. 6,000,000 Canadian spruce manufactured in Manitoba.. ae eke : tat hele eupen wpa Ao rea arene sereemey oe 7 United States p “oo on British Columbia products (approximately). . ee TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL NOTES. The new steamer W. D. Rees is equipped with the Eil- lington-Parker electric light system. C. A. Judson, superintendent of the Sandusky water- works, asks for proposals until May 1 for remodeling a 3,000,000-gallon pumping engine. The county commissioners of Mahoning county, Ohio, have petitioned the legislature for permission to build two iron bridges over the Mahoning river at Youungs- town. Estimated cost, $200,000. The address of Edward A. Bunker, sole agent for the United States and Canada for the Wilford matchless waterproof cloth, will be Nos. 27 and 29 William street, New York, on and after May 1, 1896. Sealed proposals are invited until April 15 for fur- nishing the boilers, machinery, etc., for 12 complete steam fog signals, in sets of two, and for six boilers and engines, with fittings, to be delivered at the light- house depot, Detroit. Major M. B. Adams will furnish drawings and specifications. A novelty in the way of boring out the cylinders of steam craft was introduced at the Vulcan foundry Monday. Heretofore the work of boring out a cylinder has occupied several days by hand work, but yesterday at the Vulcan foundry the cylinder of the steamer S. C. Reynolds was bored out in seven hours by electricity. The motor was put aboard the Reynolds to do the work. —Toledo Blade. The fitting of spiral batflersin the tubes of Scotch ° boilers, and the employment of Serve (or internal- ribbed) tubes, have been attended with a gain in econ- omy. After the furnace flame has been quenched by contact with cold heating surfaces and by radiation, the furnace gases, although still very hot, can no longer radiate their heat, but must give it up by actual contact with surfaces. So the more surface there is provided, and the better it is disposed to meet the flow of gases, the better the economy. The tubes of water- tube boilers are usually so arranged as to give a good baffling effect, and, in addition, sheet iron or tile bafflers are fitted. Persons in charge of such boilers ought to catefully study the baffling question, and should ex- periment occasionally in the hope of obtaining maxi- mum results.—T. W. Kincaid, in American Machinist. At a meeting of the shareholders of the Brockville & New York Bridge Co., which holds the charter from the Dominion government for the erection of an interna- tional bridge across the St. Lawrence at Brockville, Ont., held March 23, the agreement of amalgamation with the St. Lawrence Railway Co., of New York, which holds the international bridge charter from Congress, was ratified. The capital stock of the two companies in all is $2,600,000, of which $214,000 has been subscribed and $21,400 paid up. Messrs,Charles McDonald, Joseph S. Decker, Wayne Griswold and Clark R. Greggs, of New York; and Charles J. Pussey, Wilmot P. Cole, Dan- iel W. Downey, G. A. Weatherhold and L. B. Howland, of Brockville, constitute the first board of directors. of the new company. Several abutments for the bridge were built last season on the Slater Islands, midway be- tween Brockville and Morristown, N.’ Y. ‘The amalga- mated companies intend pushing the construction of the bridge during the approaching summer on a much larger scale than heretofore attempted. Cee ee A NEW GRADE OF PACKING. After experimenting for some time in order to pro- duce a higher grade of packing than any in existence up to date, and one which should fill all requirements, Jenkins Bros., New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Chicago, have obtained results of which they are very proud. Our readers are probably aware that Jenkins’ Bros. are the originators of unvulcanized joint pack- ing. which has for 25 years been a staple article on the market. They call their new packing ‘‘Jenkins ’96” and prominent engineers and steam fitters who have given the new packing a trial, report that it has no defects nor shortcomings. The improvement con- sists in manufacturing a packing suitable for all pres~ sures of steam, that will not rot, burn, blow or squeeze out under any conditions, and, best of all, will last for yearsina joint. Itis claimed for this article that it will last as long as the metal itself, and can be broken and used again and again. ‘‘We are very well aware,” say Jenkins Bros. ‘‘that this is a very broad statement, nevertheless we stake our reputation upon it.’ <An- other valuable property of the packing is that it makes the joint instantly, and does not require to be ‘‘fol- lowed up’ in a joint.-considerable time being saved thereby. ; EEE PD Fairplay says: Lakes is valued at about $17,000,000. The claims on the fleet last season cost underwriters about 6 per cent, against net premiums received of about 2% per cent, showing very considerable loss on the season’s business. A reformed policy is about to be introduced, one of the items of which is that the liability of underwriters under the collision clause will not be for the whole amount of damage, but only for seven-eighths of the same. It is believed in the best informed quarters windlass with iron towing bitts, and steam gypsey. ¥ “The steel fleet on the American . that on the conditions of the proposed reformed quarters — that on the conditionsof the proposed reformed policy, and at a premium of 70s. per cent, the business would work ont satisfactorily; butI hear that Lloyd’s under- writers are taking lines for the forthcoming season at 3% per cent on the old policy. : SE eA kag The ‘Literary Revolution’? which accomplished such astonishing results in reduciug the cost of high-class - Mich., a steami capstan windlass. - literature a few years ago seems to be coming to the front again. Alden, the leader, like most pioneers, met with some reverses, but is up and at it again, recently sending out a flood of announcements that must exceed- ingly please book lovers. One of his glad surprises is an excellent and handsome edition of Holmes’ ‘‘Auto- crat of the Breakfast Table,’’ reduced in price from $2 to 35 cents, though hardly at all inferior to the high priced edition in quality. The ‘“‘Autocrat’’ is famous as one of the wittiest and wisest of books written by an American author, and every intelligent American wants to read it. You can get particulars free by addressing John B. Alden, Publisher, New York. 0 RE 0 Be The passenger department of the Lake Shore & Mich- igan Southern Railroad has just issued two very hand- some booklets, a copy of which Gen. Pass. Agent. A. J. Smith, will send to any address on receipt of 2c.stamp. One is devoted toa description of Lake Chautauqua and its surrounding towns and pleasure and health resorts. It is an excellent work for one to read before paying a visit to this famous spot, and its illustrations are all new and convey an excellent idea of what one may ex- pect to find there. The other little book describes at length the attrac- tion of Laporte, Ind., and its lakes. This is a compara- tively new summer resort, but is fast growing in popu- larity with Chicago people, from which ‘city it is only fifty miles distant. Lily; Clear, Stone. and Pine lakes all present their individual attractions, and the Baptist assembly grounds, yearly becoming better known, are located on the northwest shore of Pine Lake. These grounds contain 100 acres, and are reached from. Lja- porte by hack line or steamboats, GOOD LIST OF SALES. ea The American Ship Windlass Co, Providence, R has furnishedus the following mech of ve building on the lakes for which the Pioyii machines are ordered: G Steamer Queen City buildiog by the Clarins Building Co., steam capstan windlass, steam cap: aft, and two dock steam capstans amidship. The Edna G., building by the Cleveland Ship Buildi: Co., for the Duluth and Iron Range R. R. tug boa Steamer building by the Cleveland Ship Building Co for Pickands, Mather & Co., steam capstan windlass, steam capstan aft, and two dock steam capstans amid shi econ Wii cD Rees, building by the Clevela ‘ Ship Building Co., steam capstan windlass, steam ¢€ stan aft and dock steam capstan amidship. Barges Manda, Martha and George E. Har nell, building by the Chicago Ship Building Co., each ; steam capstan windlass, steam capstan aft and steam towing machine. Steamer George N. Orr, building by the Ch ago Ship Building Co., steam capstan ne and ate am capstan aft. Steamer Maricopa, building by the Chicago: ‘Shi Building Co., steam capstan windlass, steam capsta aft, and two dock steam capstans amidship. — Three barges building by the Chicago ‘Ship Building Co., for John D. Rockefeller, each a steam capstan windlass, steam capstan aft, dock steam capstan amid. ship, and steam towing machine, Steamer building by the Chicago Ship Building Co. for A. B. Wolvin, of Duluth, a steam capstan windlass steam capstan aft and two dock steam capstans amid. ship. oe Steamer City of, Buffalo, “building by. the ‘De Dry Dock Co., steam capstan Windlass and dock ste capstan aft. bs Steamer LL. C. Waldo, patining by. By W. Wheeler Co., steam capstan windlass, steam capstan aft and tw dock steam capstans amidship. Steamer City of Bangor, building by F. W. Wheele & Co., steain capstan windlass, steam sat ai aft and dock steam capstaniamidship. - } Steamer E. W. Oglebay, building by F, Ww. “Wheele: & Co., steam capstan windlass and steam capstan aft Steamer Lagonda, building by F. W. Wheeler & C steam capstan windlass and steam capstan aft. Steamer building by F. W. Wheeler & Co., for Pick ands, Mather & Co., steam capstan windlass, steam cap- stan aft and two dock steam capstans amidship. Two barges building by F. W. Wheeler & Co., fo Pickands, Mather & Co., each’ a steam capstan laa lass, steam capstan aft, ani steam towing machine. — Steamer Connelly Brothers, building by Alexande Anderson, Marine City, steam capstan windlass an hand capstan. — Barge building for John D. Rockefeller by the Ameri can Steel Barge Co.; a steam towing machine. F’. W. Gilchrist’s barge. Norseman, laid up at Detro band capstan windlass. Steamer building by Abram Smith & Son, Algonae Barge Melrose, building by the Montreal ‘Transporta tion Co., Kingston, Ontario, steam capstan windlass. | A 3,000 ton steamer building by the Union Dry Doc Co., steam capstan windlass and steam capstan. Ferry Steamer building by ‘F. W. Wheeler & Co., fo: the Flint & Pere Marquette R. R., steam capstan wind lass and four steam gypseys. Steamer ‘‘Menominee,’’ Goodrich Transportatiea ic hand pump brake windlass. re 9 ao ape ee H. G. Trout, Esq.: The wheel that you sent me for the tugs ‘‘Wm. P. Congden”’ and, ‘Janie’? have given entire satisfaction, both in the increase in speed an pulling power of the boats. ‘The decrease in fuel con sumption is considerable, although Ido not know th exact percentage. I recommended your wheel to Capts. S. M. Ward and Congden, Hazard & Co., and they are perfectly satisfied with the wheels you have furnished them.—A. A. SPRINGS, Georgetown, S. C.: PROPOSALS. . U. S. ENGINEER OFFICE, 185 Euclid av- enue, Cleveland, O., March 28, 1896. Sealed proposals for removing and re- building part of east pier at Cleveland Harbor, Ohio, will be received here until 2 o’clock p..m., Standard time, April 25, 1896, and then publicly opened. ‘Infor- mation furnished on application. JARED A. SMITH, Lt. Col., Engrs. t Woes: ENGINEER OFFICE, ‘Telephone Building, Detroit, Mich., April 4, 1896. Sealed proposals for dredging at several ofthe harbors on east Shore of Lake Michigan, between ‘Charlevoix and Mus- kegon, Mich,,.will. be received here until | 12 o’clock M., Standard time, April 25, . 1896, and then publicly opened. Apply ~ here for information. -G.J:-LYpDECKER, | »15-17 Lt. Col. Eug’rs.