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(ESTABLISHED. 1878. ) PUBLISHED EVERY ‘THURSDAY BY THE MARINE RECORD PUBLISHING CO., [INCORPORATED] GEORGE L. SMITH, President, MANAGER. C. E. Ruskin, F ; 4 é W. L. McCormick, - 5 = EDITOR. THOMAS WILLIAMS, Chicago, . s ASSOCIATE. CLEVELAND, CHICAGO, WESTERN RESERVE BUILDING, ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDING, FOURTH: FLOOR. Room 308. ‘SUBSCRIPTION. One copy, one year, postage paid, 2 — $2.00. One copy, one year, to foreign countries, $3.00. Invariably in advance. ADVERTISING. Rates given on application. All communications should be addressed to the Cleveland office. THE MARINE RECORD PUBLISHING Co., FOURTH FLOOR, WESTERN RESERVE BUILDING, - ‘CLEVELAND. _ Entered at Cleveland Postoffice as Second-Class Mail Matter. CLEVELAND, O., JUNE 18, 1896. THE’ success of the American line steamers St. Paul and St. Louis, has turned the attention of other countries, to American shipyards: German Lloyd Steamship Co. had agents on board the St. Paul during her record breaking trip, and as she has proved herself such a model in every respect, exceeding in speed the higher-powered steamships built in Great Britain, there are many reasons for believing that they will profit by their observations and will place an order with the Cramps for some of: the new’ships to which they expect to build during the next two years. ne The fact that the Republican National conventionh;as decided to declare unequivocally for a gold standard ought to have a more reviving effect on business than ‘could be accomplished by the nomination of any one man. Circumstances have made the two principles of ‘tariff for revenue” and ‘‘high tariff for protection” sub- stantially one and the same thing, so that issue has practi- cally been settled foralong time. But the money” ques- tion has caused great uneasiness in the financial and man- ufacturing centers, and anxious business men have acted. with great’ unanimity in bringing pressure to bear on delegates and campaign managers to take a decided stand. The position of the leaders of. the Democratic party has already been outlined by the present adminis- tration, and with all these assurances capital will un- doubtedly move more freely. i THE recent collision between the schooner Sunrise and barge 133, which resulted in the total loss of the latter and caused some criticism of the White law, is bringing to light more discussion on a point on which THE RECORD laid considerable stress just prior to the open- ing of navigation this year—the quality of bells used on steamers and tow barges. The law may be considered slightly faulty in the respect that its stipulation as ‘to the quality of bell is rather vague; but the bells are subject to the approval ofthe inspectors of hulls,and should be rigidly inspected. ‘There have been cases in which the poor bells were placed on board because of their cheapness, some owners preferring to use a cheap cast iron affair that can hardly be heard the length of the ship, rather than incur $10 extra expense to secure a bell that is worth the trouble of attaching it to the mast. One great trouble has been, however, that after the owners have properly equipped their ships with bells, they have been carried off by dishonest persons and poor bells substituted. This one point is where some additional protection is needed, and it might be that this was the trouble when the colli: sion referred to occurred. It'is now stated that the North - THE MARINE RECORD. MARINERS AND THE DAILY PRESS. There is almost too much disposition shown on both the coast and the lakes to criticise closely the hard- working reporters on daily newspapers. This is com- bined with a lot of chaffing which is considered funny, but which is an exhibition of narrow-mindedness. A paper at the head of the lakes a few days ago printed the information that a steel steamer, which it misnamed,was in dry-dock having every seam calked, having the stem of the starboard side plated anew, and the rudder painted. A daily newspaper man, when he goes into a manufac- tory, is treated with the courtesy warranted by his errand —a legitimate business, by the way,is a systematic search for information—and his ignorance regarding a few tech- nical terms is not considered a subject for mirth; but he is given the information desired in a manner to make it clear to him, when he in turn may make it plain to the non-technical public. On the other hand, see how a little slip, which might be a typographical error, is made the subject of an exhibition of peevishness by so repre- sentative a paper as the New York Maritime Register : A morning paper in giving the list of the stores car- ried by the small boat that has started to cross the At- lantic, mentioned customs signals as part of the equip- ment. What these signals are, or what good they would be, the paper does not state. There are some signal lights used which are known by the name of the maker, but the other kind must be something of as little sound- ness as the minds of the two men who have started on this stupid trip. Now, it requires very little technical knowledge, and not an exhaustive use of common sense to sev that the reporter undoubtedly referred to the Coston lights, which are so extensively used by the life-saving service, and are car- ried on every great transatlantic liner. As said above, a printer might very easily confuse the two terms and still be a good printer; while, if the reporter. did make the error, the only point it argues that the reporter was prob- ably better posted in some other direction, fully as im- portant, as in the signals so regularly carried, but so sel- dom used, on board a ship. “Stuffing” a newspaper man isn’t always wise, either; for reporters have long memories, and can often repay such discourtesies in a decidedly unpleasant way. ED oe ee THE Republican party is at last waking up to the nec- essity and justice of extending its policy of protection beyond the limits of a tariff bill. The plank declaring in favor of the restoration of the prestige and prosperity of American shipping by the same means which were adopted earlier in the country’s history is very good in- deed. This party is now in power in Congress; let Con- gress see to it that the promise made by the party is car- ried out during the short session. Such legislation can- not be enacted too quickly. ei 0 eo ee LAKE MICHIGAN YACHTING EVENTS. ‘The yachting season at the Chicago end of Lake Michi- gan will be inaugurated Saturday, June 20, with a race by the Columbia Yacht Club. The trophy race will be a silver cup donated by Ferdinand Peck and valued at $300. ‘This can be competed for by boats of the Colum- bia Club of the first three classes, figuring time allowances, and becomes permanently the property of the competitor winning it twice in succession. Following this race will come the most notable series of yachting events ever given in any one season in these waters. ‘The schedule: Saturday, June 27,-annual regetta of the Lincoln Park Club at which the Berriman Brothers’ new yacht, the Vencedor, will be formally enrolled and accepted. Saturday, July 4, annual race of the Lake Michigan Yachting Association under the auspices of the Lincoln Park Yacht Club. Saturday, July 11, club regatta, for all classes, at 2 p. m., off Lincoln Park. Saturday, July 18, race from Chicago to Kenosha, starting at 9 a. m. from the harbor. Monday, July 27, Vencedor leaves for Toledo, O., for the international regatta. Saturday, Sept. 19, open regatta, for all classes, off Lincoln Park, at 2:15 p.m Thomas Boyle, Chairman of the regatta committe of the Columbia Yacht Club, has issued the following race- ing schedule: Saturday, June 20, Michigan City race, start at4 p. m. sharp. club-house at 12:40 p. m Saturday, June 27, regatta for fourth and fifth class Judges’ and guests’ boat wo lgane the, open yachts, start at 2 p.m. sharp.” Judges and guests © will leave the club-house at 1:40 p. m. Saturday, July 18, dinghy race [sailing], start from club-house at 3p. m. Saturday, July 25, club regatta for all classes, oe at2p. m. sharp. Judges and guests will leave ithe club-house at 1:40 p. m. Saturday, Aug. 1, dinghy race [rowing] start from ‘ club-house at 3 p. m. r Saturday, Aug 15, club race and cruise to paoatien inee, Mich., to be run on points between aia start.at 3 p. m. sharp. “" Saturday, Sept. 12, open regatta, start at 2p» mM.) sharp. Judges’ and guests’ boat will leave the club- house at 1:40 p. m. fey NOTICE TO MARINERS. MAUMEE BAY—INNER END OF STRAIGHT cut LIGHTED: BUOY. The Lighthouse Board gives notice that, on or about June 20, 1896, and thereafter during the present season of navigation, a fixed red light will be shown from a lantern suspended from red spar buoy No. 30, marking’ — the extreme inner end of the straight chatinel in Maumee Bay. Manhattan range (front) light, SW. % W., about 25,000 feet. FATE LAKE MICHIGAN—OUTER SHOAL BELI, BUOY. Notice is hereby given that, on June 3, 1896, an auto- matic bell buoy, painted red, was substituted at the same moorings for the red second-class nun buoy form-" merely marking Outer Shoal, to the southward and west- ward of the entrance to Porte des Morts Passage from Lake Michigan. Porte des Morts (Pilot meg! ieee house N. 6° 40’ E., about 3% miles. Oo a g THE FREIGHT SITUATION. — ¥ ON The canal bogie has gone into its hole, and the ship- ments are again on the increase. The rate is still” 35c. to Lake Superior and 45c to Milwaukee. The ore rates have weakened from the head of Lake Superior, and 90¢ is all that is now being paid. The lower rate has, how-* ever, had a tendency to increase shipments. The Mar‘ quette rate is 80c, with little doing. Escanaba is steady” at 55c, and is not affected by weakness in Chicago” freights, the corn rate having gone from 1 3c back to" I 1%c to Buffalo. 3 > CURRENT FREIGHT FIGURES. ~*~ Bes Following is the Duluth statement of ‘erate resin and shipments for May: Receipts. Shipments. Wheat. Sess Sao uaa eeiee 4,048,831 4 965,187 COnN Geico cee age id eee 693 147, 495 Oats. basinssls to.vi5ith bes «ae 436,628 517,459 Ryeie? foe, Baa pees es 82,851 104,539 Barley oo 2isvaent snc c e seen 360,599 202,050. Wax .8 Pact e se as eae oes 86, 487 590,560. Ashland ore shipments for the week ensue: June 13 were 82,000 tons. vat Gladstone shipments last week were: Ore, 125,000 tons: | grain, 320,000 bushels; flour, 21,800 barrels; lumber, _ 785,000 feet; cedar, 58,000 pieces; pig iron, 1,125-tons. DD ¥) NEWLY ENROLLED TONNAGE. 3 Following is a list of lake vessels to which cmcat: numbers and signal letters have been assigned by the Commissioner of Navigation, for the . week ending June 6: TONNAGE. Official) pi Name., ,.|—-———7,—— |Wh i k ere Built} Home Port No. £ Gross. | Net. E 141,482 |St. s.|Lagonda 3,647.40| 3,017.34 W. Bay City |Cleveland — 136,554 |St. s./H. Gertrude} 14,80) 10.06)HarSprings|GrandHayn 116,719 |Slp. |Scorpion 7,10 6.75| Toledo Hrie 67,317 |Brge.|W. & M. No.3} 1,581.05) 1,581.05)Toledo Toledo 67,318 |Bree.|W.& M. No. 4| 1,581.05] 1,581.05| Toledo Toledo rrr rr ° During May Scotch shipbuilders launched 36 vessels, of 32,830 tons (against 25 vessels, of 42,228 tons, in April last, and 38 vessels of 55,249 tons in’ May, 1895.) For the year so far 172,942 tons have been launch- ed, against 146,355 for the same period last year, 142,774 tons in 1894, 104,777 tons in 1893, 172,485 tons in 1892. English builders launched 23 vessels in May, as com- pared with 24 the previous month. ——— EEE Se te THE MARINE RECORD, of Cleveland, is a thoroughly up-to-date journal. It has become the recognized au- thority on all matters pertaining to the shipping on the Great Lakes and canals of North America. —Philadel- phia pemmnermat Ljist, June 13, 1896,