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6 NOTICE TO MARINERS. REMOVAL OF WRECK OF SCHOONER LiTrLE WISSA- HICKON.—The schooner Little Wissahickon which lay sunk in Lake Erie in about 13 fathoms, with her masts showing above water, 22 miles S. 3° W. of Rondeau and 25 miles BE. 3° N. of Pointe Pelee light has been blown up by the Dominion steamer Petrel, and no longer forms an obstruction to navigation. The site of the wreck was swept to a depth of 20 feet after the masts were blown out and no wreckage was encountered. WRECK IN LAKE ErIE.—Notice has been received of the sinking, by the collision on the 19th instant, of the U. S. steamer Grand Traverse 869 tons, of Buffalo, N. Ya in 35 feet of water % mile north of Colchester Reef light, Lake Erie. The wreck lies in the channel of commerce and is a dangerous menace to navigation. Lights have been placed on the wreck by the under- writers. CORRECTION OF PosIrTION, BAy STATE SHOAL GAS Buoy.—The position of the gas buoy described as the “Bay State Shoal Buoy” in part V of Notice to Mar- iners, No. 47, of 1896, should be ,% mile below Cross Over Island instead of 1% miles. This notice affects Admir- alty Charts Nos. 259b and 797. SHOAL Opposite DETROIT.—Notice has been received fromthe American government of the discovery of a shoal about 1,000 feet from the dock at the foot of Wayne street, or a little below the Detroit and Cleveland steam- boat dock. The shoal is a small lump, probably of stones or gravel, and the least water over it is 15 feet. It has been marked by a black and red spar. This notice affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 330, 332 and 490. WATER GAUGE AT AMHERSTBURG.—A water gauge has been established on Shipman’s coal dock at Am- herstburg, near the mouth of the River Detroit. This gauge will show ut all times the depth of water over Ballards Reef and Lime Kiln Crossing. Ifmasters of vessels pass close to Shipman’s coal dock and sound a signal of two long and two short blasts, they will be notified of the stage of the water. The gauge is erected on the south end of the dock, in ‘order to give vessels an. opportunity of coming to, if necessary, and awaiting better water. CORRECTION OF PosITION OF LEAMINGTON LIGHT.— Leamington light is shown on Admiralty Charts 332 and 490 (large corrections to 1890) about one mileS. EH, of its actual position. It stands on the bank, at the head of the government wharf at Leamington. Approximate position, taken from Admiralty Chart No. 490: Lati- tude N. 42° 1’ 50’’; longitude W. 82° 35’ 38”. F. GOURDEAU, Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Department of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada, October 14, 1896. LAKE MICHIGAN, GREEN Bay, Evrc., Buovace.—No- tice is hereby given that the iron buoys in the ninth light-house district will be taken up for the winter and replaced by spar buoys similarly painted, as follows: Green Bay City to De Pere, Wisconsin, November 15; Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, November 20; Green Bay, Wisconsin and Michigan, November 21 and 22; channels between Lake Michigan and Green Bay, Wisconsin and Michigan, November 23; Fox Island Shoals, Michigan, November 24; Mackinac Straits (west of old Mackinac light station), and channels north and east of Beaver Island group, Michigan, November 25 and 26; off She- boygan, Wisconsin, November 27; off Milwaukee and Racine, Wisconsin, November 28; off Chicago, Illinois, November 30. By order of the Light-House Board: ‘ JoHN G. WALKeR, > Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy, Chairman. Office of the Light-House Board, Washington, D. C., November 2, 1896. rm cee 6 ttt SCHOONER CLEARS FOR THE GULF. The small schooner Starke, built in Milwaukee in 1876, and formerly owned there, cleared from Chicago, afew days ago for Lake Charles, La., via Montreal. She will stop at Pine Lake, Mich., fora cargo of lumber to be delivered at Erie, Pa. The Starke is to engage in the lumber trade from Lake Charles to points in Cen- tral America. Her new owners are De Pingree & Kaf- mann, of Lake Charles. THE MARINE RECORD. MARINE PATENTS GRANTED. | No. 569,442. Apparatus for raising sunken vessels. Albert H. Wolf, West Dover, Ohio, assignor of one-half to Nicholas J. Boylan, Cleveland, Ohio. Filed May 28, 1896. Serial No. 593,489. Claim.—The pontoon B, having dome D on its middle top part, and the chamber C, located in its interior mid- dle part, the stand-pipe E on the top of said chamber C, and extending upward out through the dome, and the hose H connected with the top of the dome, all con- structed and combined as and for the purpose set forth. No. 569,253. Steamboat. Soren D. Thorson, Chicago, Ill. Filed Nov. 7, 1895. Serial No. 568,160. Claim.—In a vessel or ship as described, the combina- tion with a hull in the form of a section of a sphere and having parallel open channels across its bottom and wheel-houses opening to such channels, of paddle-wheels located within the wheel-houses and having their journal- bearings above the water-draft line. 2. A boat as described having a circular hull whose bottom is of uniform curvature in all directions and across which run a pair of parallel open channels, and having wheel-houses opening to such channels and pad- dle-wheels journaled within such wheel-houses and in 570,420. eT 7 ee = = oe Dae al eal i z aoe Ss eS Ses Bi te STF <7") a ST re 564,164, yy 569,400. a planes parallel with the channels, and for the purpose set forth. No. 570,420. Anchor. Frederick Baldt, Chester, Pa. Filed June 12, 1896. Serial No. 595,260. Claim.—In an anchor, a rectangular shank, a ball in- tegral with and on one end of said shank, a groove having a curved bottom, formed on the bottom of the said ball, a crown-piece having integral flukes, a central longitudinal opening inthe fluke side of the crown-piece, and a cup-shaped opening on the rear side, lugs extend- ing from the crown-piece and provided with openings, a pin adapted to pass through said openings and work in the grove in the bottom of the ball. No. 566,766. Life-boat. William F. James, Quintana, Tex. Filed Sept. 18, 1895. Serial No. 562,875. Claim.—1. A life-boat provided with a central hull, towers extending from the top thereof, ladders leading from the hull up to the said towers, a revoluble hatch for the upper ends of the said towers, and a platform supported above the said hull and upon which open the said hatches. : 2. A life-boat, comprising a central hull, floats ar- ranged parallel with the hull and rigid connected there- with, a platform extending above the said hull, towers connecting the said platform with the interior of the hull, hatches at the upper end of thé towers opening to the platform, and ladders extending from the said plat- form to the said floats. 3. A life-boat comprising a central hull, floats extend- ing parallel to the said central hull and rigidly connected therewith, and a hydraulic propelling device located in the ‘said central hull and having its pipes extending into the said floats, to eject water through the same, to propel the boat forward or backward, or to steer the same. No. 569,400. Means for propelling canal-boats, etc., . of larger diameter intermediate between the outer ends Samuel W. Blach, Yonkers, N. Y. Filed J uly 7, 18 Serial No. 516,799. tits Claim.—1. The combination with a vehicle, of a ternally movable frame supported thereby, a grippit wheel base supported by and vertically jointed to s frame, gripping-wheels horizontally mounted on sz base substantially over said joint, actuating mechani for the gripping-wheels, and a fixed way engage said wheels. os a No. 570,223. Apparatus for utilizing wave-power, Francis C. Little, Portland, Oregon. Filed Apr. a 1896. Serial No. 588,599. : Claim.—1. In an apparatus designed for utilizing wave-power of the sea, and for compressing air, the combination of vertical posts or uprights, a hollow floz arranged between the same, the top of which is close and the bottom open, an air-supply pipe commutnicatin; therewith, and provided with an automatic valve whic opens inwardly, and a compressed air pipe communicat- ing therewith, and with an air-tank and provided with a valve which opens outwardly, said float being adapted to rise and fall with the motion of the waves. No. 569,951. Device for propelling vessels. John Bond Turlock, Cal. Filed Dec. 17, 1895. Serial No. 572,407 Claim.—1. In a vessel, open-ended cylinders locate below the bottom of the vessel essentially in line wit each other, as intermediate engine-compartment, con- nections between the engines and plungers which are adapted to reciprocate in the outer cylinders, cylinders of the plunger-cylinders and the central compartmen having annular heads connecting them with the small plunger-cylinders, perforations extending longitudina in annual series within said heads, with transverse slot or channels connecting the perforations with the inte rior of the enlarged cylinders whereby the water is ad mitted to the interior end of the plunger-cylinders an expelled therefrom by each reciprocation of the plunger — and water is admitted to the outer end of the plunger cylinders and expelled therefrom by the opposite move ments of the piston and gates, whereby the end of the cylinder andthe annular openings of the larger cylinder may be closed or opened. Pease 2. Inavessel open-ended cylinders located below the bottom of the vessel, essentially in line with each othe other cylinders of larger diameter connecting with the — inner ends of the first-named cylinders, with heads at their junction, provided with an annular series of pas- sages with slots or channels leading from said passages to the interior of the enlarged cylinders, plungers reci rocating within the smaller cylinders, a central engine- compartment and mechanism by which the plungers are reciprocated, a perforated rotatable ring at the oute ends of the passages, and mechanism by which said ring is turned so that its perforations coincide with those of the annular cylinder-head, or close them. : oe 3. Ina vessel, a central engine-chamber located be-. neath the bottom of the vessel, open-ended cylinders of different diameters extending in line with said chamber plungers reciprocating inthe outer and smaller cylin- ders and connected with the engines of the central chamber, annular perforated rings, and mechanism by which they are rotated over the openings in the heads of the larger cylinders, and swinging gates and oper- ating mechanism connected with a lever-arm thereon by which the outer ends of the smaller cylinders are closable. No. 564,164. Bascule or tilting bridge. Edward S. Shaw, Cambridge, Mass. Filed June 7, 1895. Serial No. $52,028. Claim.—1. A bridge containing a fixed cantaliyer arm or portion, projecting horizontally from a pier or abutment, and a bascule, or counterweighted, tilting, or upward-and-downward turning portion, pivoted upon or near the end of the said cantaliver-arm. 2. A number of cantaliver girders or trusses, placed parallel to one another, with intervals between, and supporting, at or near their outer extremities, a horizon- tal shaft, or a number of disconnected shafts, axles, pivots or trunnions upon which a number of bascule, or tilting, girders or trusses, turn up and down, the rear 0: counterweighted ends of the bascule girders or trusses, being contained, inclosed, or packed in the intervals o spaces between the cantaliver girders or trusses, whe the bascules are in their horizontal position, and th draw is closed. © 5 3. A bascule-bridge, having its bascules, or tilti longitudinal girders, trusses or arms, pivoted upon o near the ends of fixed cantaliver girders, trusses or arms, projecting from piers or abutments of the bridge 4. A bascule bridge, in which the bascules, or tilting girders, trusses or arms, are pivoted upon a shaft or axle, placed at or near the ends of fixed cantaliver girders trusses, or arms, the rear er balancing ends of the bas cules bearing upward upon, and being confined by tra verse beams, connecting the cantaliver-arms. 5. ‘The combination of the bascules B B’, cantalivers C and pivots S, substantially as shown and described. 6. The combination of the bascules B B’, cantaliver C,; pivots S, counterweights W and floor-beams b, up which the counterweights bear.