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Cs —_~ = - eae THE MARINE RECORD. 7 GORRESPONDENGE. __. 4@-We do not hold ourselves responsible in any way for the views or opinions expressed by our correspondents. It is our desire that all cides of any question affecting the interests or welfare of the lake ma- - rine should be fairly represented in Tom Marine Recorp. “MORE SCHOONER HISTORY. ~ To the Editor of The Marine Record: ASHTABULA, Oct. 5, 1896. * Inthe last issue of THE MARINE RECORD, I notice an ‘article under the heading of ‘‘Flotsam and Jetsam” which is not correct in its details. The dimensions of the schooner John Schuette is 140 feet overall, 26 feet beam and 11 feet depth of hold, registered tonnage 317, burthen avout 500 tons, owned by Jasper Hanson, Mani- ‘towoc, Wis. ; ' The Schuette loaded deals at Green Bay, Wis., in the Spring of 1876 for Glouce-ter, Eng., and her freight ~ amounted to $5,000. She returned to Wilmington, N. C., “and loaded naval stores for Hamburg, getting a freight “of $4,470, returning to Wilmington with a cargo of phosphate at $2.50 per ton. She then done a little in ~ the coasting trade and loaded naval stores for London. - On this passage ‘she experienced a hurricane and met - with some damage to her rudder which compelled . her “to put into Fayal, and after laying for 20 days there, she ' reached London Dec. 24, 1877. Returning to Wilming- ‘ton, Mr. G. D. Harris, of Milwaukee, holding a claim ~ against the schooner for her first outfit, purchased the vessel for about $8,000. She next loaded naval stores - for Riga, in the Baltic Sea, and from there took a cargo of deals to Portsmouth, Eng. She then entered the ‘ collier trade, having a freight of $2.25 (or nine shillings sterling) per ton. The following spring she was char- tered in Cardiff for coals to Havana, Cuba, and from there with sugar to Montreal, loading salt at the latter _ port for Chicago, arriving on Lake Michigan Septem- _ ber, 1879. The vessel was never run away with, but the - owner’s son was somewhat of a spendthrift, and, being supercargo, took his own fling with the funds and _ freights. NAIVGATOR OF THE JOHN SCHUETTE. ED oe 3 A_.THIRSTY OLD STORY. ‘The municipal and marine talent of Buffalo, or that portion of it that is enrolled in the Mayor’s Harbor . . Advisory Committee, inspected the harbor and lake front this week, with a view to making much needed im- provements. Mr. C. H. Keep, counsel for the Lake ‘Carriers’ association, is.a statistician from the ground up, and when called upon he stated to the committee that Buffalo was the fourth maritime port of the world, the freight tonnage of London, Liverpool and New York, only exceeding that of.the ‘‘Queen City.’ But the Courier scribe takes the cake in detailing ayarn told by Capt. J. J. H. Brown. It appears that the ‘weather was overcast and cloudy, so, after the party got ~ back to terra firma, one of the committee opened—not a _ keg of nails, but one of the kind of pocket stoves that fit in a Kentucky deacon’s Sunday coat-tail. Whilethis was going on, Capt. Brown told one of the best stories _.that the members of the committee, or most of them, at least, had heard in weeks. ‘‘There was a shipwreck, anda sailor was cast upon a cannibal island,’ said the captain. “The cannibals gathered round and debated how the victim should be cooked. Finally one of them said: ‘If this thing goes on much longer the man will starve to death and he won’t be fit toeat. I move that _ wetap him and drink his blood before he gets any _ thinner.’ . ‘*Whereupon the unfortunate, shipwrecked individual : entered a protest. He said: ‘Gentlemen, if it is the custom of your country to cook and eat every stranger that is brought to your shores by shipwreck, I donotsee that I can raise an objection, but in the name of com- mon. fairness I do object to being: stuck for the drinks of _ this crowd.’’’, rr a STEAM PIPE AND: BOILER COVERINGS. ‘Various non-conducting coverings for boilers and . steam pipes have recently been subjected to a series of | tests under a new method, by Prof. Norton, of the Mass- ‘achusetts Institute of Technology. The coverings ex- » perimented upon were placed on pipes which were after- wards filled with.oil, the oil being heated by means of a * wire immersed in itthrough which an electric current - owas passed. Prof. Norton drawsattention to the dan-~ gers attending the use of slag wool, the mere handling of it being dangerous to the person. Very injurious ef- fects are produced by the fine needle-like fibres getting under the nails, whilst the dust, when inhaled, has been known to produce hemorrhage. As a non-conductor of heat, it only acts efficiently when the fibres are loose and fluffy, in which condition the air held amongst the wool entraps the heat and prevents its radiation, when the fibres form into a compact mass. ED NAVAL ENGINEER’S JOURNAL. The quarterly number of the Journal of the Amer- ican Society of Naval Engineers for August has an article on ‘I'he Contract: Trial of the United States Battleship Oregon, ’”’ four articles on “‘ Marine Boilers, ”’ an article on “The Development in Design and Con- s'ruction of German Men-of- war,” an article on ‘‘Compar- ison of New British Cruisers, with those Building at Barrow,’’ and an article on *‘The Use of Electricity on Board Ships,’ and notes ona variety of:subjects. The volume contains numerous mechanical drawings, giving the details of ship construction in its relaticn to motive power. 3 : e—e—rorrrr EEE eee A DESERVED HONOR, The degree of Doctor of Engineering has been con- ferred by the faculty and trustees of Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J:, upon Commodore George W. Melville,engineer-in-chief of the United States navy, in appreciation Of the excellent engineering work per- formed by Commodore Melville for his country:and the advancementiof thé Science of steam engineering, well illustrated in the’ world-wide famed ‘‘ White Squadron.” Only once before in the twenty-five years’ history of the Stevens Institute has the degree of Doctor of En-. gineering been conferred, and then upon Prof, R. H. Thurston, of Rhode Island, who formerly occupied the chair of mechanical engineering in Stevens Institute, and is now director of Sibley college, Cornell Uninetsity. ED ee NOTICE .TO MARINERS. OFFICE OF THE LicHt-HousE INSPECTOR, CHICAGO, Oct. 5, 1896. Zi Notice is hereby given that the wreck:of the schooner tow barge Sumatra in Milwaukee Bay, Wis., lies in five fathoms ot water five-eighth miles . by S. one-half S. from Milwaukee pierhead light. To avoid the wreck at night in approaching from the Sound, keep one mile off shore from the pierhead light until it bears W. Notice is hereby given that the Wauvoshauce Sixteen Foot Shoal second-class nun buoy, reported out of posi- tion September 25th, was replaced October 3rd, 1896. Respectfully, COMMANDER J. H. Dayton,U. S. N.,. Inspector Ninth Light House District. CHANGE IN DOUBLE TOP ROCK LIGHT. The fixed light shown from Double Top Rock light- house, Western Islands Group, Georgian Bay, will be replaced on the 12th of October next by a more powerful light, as mentioned in Notice to Mariners No. 57 of 1895, Lat. N. 45° 2’ 4" Long, W. 80° 21' 31’. The light will show a fixed bright light varied by bright flashes at in- tervals of 30 seconds. The illuminating apparatus is dioptric and of the fourth order and the light should be visible in clear weather 14 miles. LIGHT ON HILTON WHARF. An arrangement has been made by the govern- ment of Canada with Mr. S. T. Bowker, owner of the wharf at Hilton, on the north coast of St. Joseph Island, in St. Joseph Channel, District of ‘Algoma, Ontario, by which he will maintain, for the purpose of navigation, alight upon the wharf. Lat. N. 46°15’ 35’ Long. W. 83° 53’ 20". The light is a fixed white light shown from asquare lantern with glass reflector, suspended from a pole 60 feet back from the outer end of the wharf. It is elevated 25 feet above the level of the water and should be visible three miles from the approaches ‘to the wharf. A mechanical fog horn, tobe worked’ by hand, has also been supplied, and will be used in answer to signals from vessels. HAND FOG HORN ESTABLISHED AT BAMFORD ISLAND LIGHT. A mechanical.fog horn to be worked by hand has been supplied to the light station at Bamford Island, St. Joseph Channel, and will be used to answer signals made by vessels. F.. GoURDEAU, Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Department of Marine‘and Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada. CANAL TRAFFIC. REPORT OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAFFIC TO. AND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEM-— BER, 1896, INCLUDING STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN CANALS aT Sault: STs. MARIE, MICHIGAN: AND ONTARIO > EAST BOUND. U.S. © | Canadian | ITEMS. Canal..| Canal. Total Copper, net tons... 2.088 s 4.082075 15,722 1,089 16,761 Grain ebushelsecc sats. cra cece ae 2,798,185 885,035 3,178,220 Building stone, net tons............. 8,608) ses e eae 3,6 WIOULPATLOlS 62 oi Fee ee eas 1,075,841 181,520 1,257,361 Ironore; NSt-tons twee ss 56,790 228,875 86,665 PON, pie Neb tons... tec oes ewe ae 342 1,100 1,442 Lumber, M. ft. B. M... 84,858 6,690 91,548 Silver ore, net tons 100 sSiee ncaa 100 Wheat busnelsiendc 42 ee 7,412,945 2,107,695 9,820 640 Unclassified freight, net tons 12 521 8,472 15,993 Passengers, NUMDE. .- 2 .;6. 2 sae 1,390 603 1,993 WEST BOUND, 7 U.S. Canadian ITEMS. Canal. Canal, Total Coal [hard], net tons. 51,527 21,167 72,694 Coal [soft], net tons... .....-.03- a6 217,308 101,361 318,669 Flour, barrels...........: a ABS al Re dante ee 165 Grain bushels. co E5100 28 | Ssarcx ewes 1,101 Manufactured iron, net tons...-.... 12,090 8 12,098 Salt; DaAMrelscics cece eee AL S962 cilee cis dommes 41,326 Unclassified freight, net tons........ 30,888 8,834 39,722 Passengers, number. ..............- 1,448 415 1,863 Hast bound:trei ght, net-toneiinc soak vemos ee ee 1,667,210 West bound freight, net tons: 2200.2 2. Se BCS 447,272 Total freight, net tons...........0.05 3. BP Bal eae E 2,114,482 © Total cratt: United: Stategcy x . sacs ve wr metus eee es ee 1,628 Totar craft, Catiadian.s: sto: scrceoeto th ee ner ene aeee : A BLO its) LB Si Rarer Mer ceca ai ety tainty al mca NES A ate 2,225 Total registered tonnage, United States........c....s-eeeser es 1,728,188 Total registered tonnage, Canadian................... ee elewwae 438,489 OCA oe oe oon aie Eee a Te A 2,166,677 ——— ee TRADE NOTES. Some time ago the Russian government contracted with the Carnegie works for a quantity of armor for one of its war vessels and stipulated that its inspector should have full access to the works during its manufacture. ’ Now it-is said that the inspector has possessed himself of the secret of armor manufacture and he will use it for the benefit of his government in Russian work- Shops. We are in receipt of a copy of the Almy Water Tube Boiler Co.’s catalogue, which contains some fine illustra- tions of boilers that have been placed in. several steam yachts, among them two boilers for the Free Lance, three for the Anita, and also alist of steam vessels of all classes throughout the United States that these boilers have been placed in. Since issuing their present catalogue this company, the works of which are at 178 to 184 Allen’s avenue, Providence, R. 1., has ‘increased its plant and have greatly improved facilities. The Foster Engineering Company, of Newark, N.J., manufacturers of the standard pressure regulator and reducing valve of the United States Navy, report that their factory has been taxed beyond its limit during September, on work for the government, the Cramips, and other large shipbuilders. Among the orders re- ceived are two 8 inch, two 7-inch, three6-inch, two 5-inch ‘six 4-inch, fifteen 24-inch and 3-inch, and many other valves of smaller sizes. Most of these are made of government composition metal and intended for govern- ment crilisers and battleships, ocean and lake steamers, and ferry-boat service. The improvement in marine'steam engines and boilers is well shown by the following statement in the Ljver- pool Journal of Commerce: ‘‘Twenty-four yearsago a firm of shipowners had a steamer built’to carry 3,200 tons deadweight. They have had one built this year to carry 8,000 tons; and the coal consumption of the two vessels at the same speed is practically identical, though the latter vessel is 100 feet longer than the older one, but the fall in the rate of freights has been more rapid still.”’ i Mr. F. H.J. PUriel, general western sales agent of the Bethlehem Iron Company, read an interesting paper on steel forgings before the Western Society of Engi- neers, at their regular monthly meeting .held on ‘the evening of Wednesday, Oct.- 7th, in- the ~auditorium of Armour Institute, Chicago. This paper was illus- trated by lantern slides descriptive of. modern methods of making miscellaneous forgings, afmor plate, gtins, etc., and explained-the merits of finid’ compressed steel and of hollow forged shafts and similar forgings.