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FLOTSAM, JETSAM AND LAGAN. The. Northern Steamship Co. has issued a circular an- ouncing the closing of lake business westbound from Buffalo on November 26. oil ‘The fog signal at the Dummy Light in Lake Erie was ‘badly damaged ‘during the blow last week, and ih re- quire several days to repair it. | Heavy shipments of apples are being made to western points from Buffalo by lake. On her last trip the steamer Arthur Orr took out 9,000 barrels. x The sale of the Goodrich Line side-wheel steamer Muskegon, recently damaged in the dry-dock at Mil- waukee, did not take place according to announcement, : a, postponement for two weeks, or until November 24, _ having been decided upon. igi: Canadians interested in the timber trade are already in the field for next season’s business, having chartered ‘several vessels to make trips from Georgian Bay and Take Superior to Kingston.. Also the schooner Albat- __ross for four cargoes from Toledo to Kingston. “Four seamen who stripped the schooner Gilbert Knapp = of her outfit, when she stranded on the east shore of Lake Michigan this season, and became a total loss, filed, a libel against the outfit on a claim of $102 for ser- vices, and the outfit was sold under the hammer. os The steamer Globe, of the Great Lakes Transporta- _tion Co., after discharging a cargo of coal at the Mani- “towoc Coal, Co.’s dock, loaded at the Wisconsin Central dock. . This is the first time a Buffalo liner has had the -pppereanity of loading and discharging at Manitowoc. A dispatch sent out this week from St. Thomas, Ont. : giving a graphic description of the loss of the barge Sonora by a sole survivor who claimed to have been the 3 mate of the vessel, was wholly without foundation, and the. perpetrator richly deserves punishing for his wicked ; canard. : Masters i in the D. & C. Line report that the wreck of the. Grand Traverse, sunk off Colchester, Lake Erie, has not been marked with a light since Friday night, and that it is very dangerous tonavigation. They say, also, that the gas. buoy on the southeast shoal has not been burning for several nights. We have just received a copy of *‘ Garten: President’s _ ‘March, ”? composed by Juliet S. Norton, and published by the Union Mutual Music Company, 265 Sixth avenue, New York City. It is referred to as being one of the finest marches for piano or organ ever published in America. The title page contains a picture of the next president. A survey was held at Buffalo on the steam canal-boats Delta, 11, 14 and 15, which broke away~ from the tug Morgan in last week’s gale on Lake Erie. The sur- -veyors found that the boats sustained no damage. The cargo, consisting of grain, flour and merchandise, was also found to be in good shape. All the boats were given certificates of seaworthiness and proceeded on to New York City, ; 7 UW, Wheeler & Co., of Bay City, feel confident that they will secure a second contract from the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Co. for a duplicate of the car ferry Pere Marquette, which will be launched this month, Mr. Wheeler saysthe expects to begin work on two new boats as soon as the ferry is launched. ‘These contracts were obtained several days ago, but. have not been given publicity. The Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co. have de- : cided 1 upon making a bid for Milwaukee business to and from eastern and southern points during the coming winter. The line will be known as the. Chicago & West Michigan, and R. B, McElroy will act as commercial agent. | All freight is to be handled. by the steamers of _the Crosby "Transportation Co. _ Pressure is being brought to bear ‘on the lake line ‘managers to extend the time for taking westbound “cargo. Offerings have doubled since election. One line has. extended, the time to Lake Superior until the 17th. Others will take freight as late as the 26th. This means ‘that Lake Superior lines will send out steamers until ‘navigation is closed, by ice... Referring to the blow of last week an exchange nayat “The equinoctial storm .which set in Tuesday began raging. in all its fury. last night and is expected to con- ‘tinue for some ‘time. The barometer yenierey was lower than it has. been in the past year.’’ If we are to have equinoctial buzzing around in November, every - winter’s gale might. be so termed; however, in so far as , geographical location is concerned it is perhaps as good THE MARINE RECORD a term as tornado, typhoon or cyclone when speaking. about a northern hurricane. The wrecked schooner Waukesha was built at Mani- towoc by G. S, Rand in 1864, and originally named Nabob. In 1880 she ran ashore at Cana Island and was bought where she lay by Wolfe & Davidsonand released by their wrecking tug Leviathan. The firm gave her a rebuild and had her name changed to Waukesha. The net measurement of the lost schooner was 295 tons, rating B1, and Inland Lloyd’s valuation $3,500, The flour cargo record from the head of Lake Supe- rior is now held by the steamer Yale, the big. steel freighter under charter by the Anchor Line. She has taken from West Superior, on a draught of 15 feet 9 inches, a cargo of 43,000 barrels, better by 700 than the Centurion’s big cargo. The vessel had room for more cargo had the depth of water at Sault Ste. Marie war- ranted it. A dangerous obstruction to navigation off Chicago harbor is the crib recently sunk off Chicago avenue. The crib is used in the construction of the new water- works tunnel, and according to reports of several cap- tains is not lighted at night. ‘The captain of the Og- densburg Transit Co.’s steamer, H. R. James, reported that he came very near striking the crib while ee at full speed. The Bessemer Line steamer Sir William Siemens has been bested in the grain-carrying record. The Queen City again holds the broom. It was taken from her)a little while ago by the Siemens, but the Queen City has gone her 98 tons better. The cargo consisted of 66,283 bushels of oats, 50,360 bushels of corn, and 95,326 bushels of wheat. The Siemens had 174,500 bushels of wheat, which weighed 5,235 tons, and the Queen City’s cargo 5,328 tons. Captain Lyons, of the Queen City, thinks this record will hold good for the remainder of the season. The broken engine of the steamer Lora has been taken to the works of the Sheriffs Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, for reconstruction. A new bedplate will be required, also repairs to the frame. ‘The working parts of the engine are also to be refitted. During the winter the hull of the Lora will be cutin two and lengthened 36 feet, the intention being to increase the carrying capacity to 900 tons. Next season, it is said, the Lora will be run between Gladstone and Owen Sound, while another steamer is to take her place on the route be- tween Gladstone and Manistee. EO es TABLE OF DISTANCES. Feeling certain that most of our subscribers who are actively engaged in handling and sailing vessel prop. erty will be pleased to cut out and paste in their pilot rooms—or hats—the following information, we here- with reproduce the following table of distances from which alight can be seen : TABLE OF DISTANCES AT WHICH OBJECTS CAN BE SEEN AT SEA, ACCORDING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE ELEVA- TIONS AND THE ELEVATION OF THE HVE OF THE OB- SERVER: | t | | | | { | | | | } as Bp | Alm a tlas ae 2) es | a 2185 it Ort ot ont ont Le} m= ot Pa Oss S| gba | ees |S | ese) eeS | So) gee lees > AD wn Cos Cas .. mn ry oes: 22/229) 2228 | 22 | a2 | #822) 2s) soe cess mo | SES | SHse | Ns | SER) SMa | ws | SER Sura om | 28a | 2se || oe | 282 | 2S ce || oh | 28a Bsa Bhan | am > ise An AS ol ANE AGS 5 2.958 2.565 70 11.067 9.598 250 | 20.916 18.14 10 4.184 8.628 75 11.456 9.935 300°} 22.912 19.87 15 5.123 4.443 80 11.832 10.26 350 | 24.748 21.46 20 5.916 5.130 85 12.196 10.57 400 | 26.457 22.94 25 6 614 5.736 90 42.549 10.88 450. | 28.062 24.30 30 7.245 6.283 95 12'.893 11.18 600 | 29.580 25.65 35 7 826 6.787 100 13.228 11.47 550 | 31.024 26.90 40 8.366 | 7.255 110 13.874 | 12.03 600 | 32.403 28.10 45 8.874 7.696 120 14.490 12.56 650 | 33.726 29.25 50 9.354 8.112 130 15.083 13.08 700 | 35.000 30.28 55 9.811 8.509 140 16.652 | 13.57 800 | 37.416 32.45 60 10.246 8.886 150 16.201 14.22 900 | 39.836 34-64 65 10.665 9.249 200 18. 708 | _16.22 1,000 | 41.883 86.28 Exampie.—A Light 100 feet above the water will be visible to.an observer whose eye is elevated 15 feet above the water 15.9 nautical miles; thus, from the table? 15 feet elevation, distance visible, 4 44 nautical miles. 100 THE Bureau of Navigation, Treasury Department, is advised that the governor of San Juan del Norte has notified all importers that the introduction of dynamite, rifles and gunpowder is. prohibited, and. that all.such articles entering the port will be confiscated. Shot guns and cartridges intended for shot guns, are excepted, A, DEMURRAGE.-CLAIM. The captain of the steamer Oscar T. Flint has filed a demurrage claim against a cargo:of bituminous coal. The'coal was consigned to H.'M.' Benjamin & Co.,, but upon the arrivalof the Flint, at Milwaukee. the cargo was ordered tothe pumping works. .Thus, instead)of getting discharged.in less than. two working days ‘the Flint was detaineda, full week, hence the. demurrage claim. It has been the)practice of certain Milwaukee coal firms to order coal consigned to them delivered -at small yards with poor discharging facilities, and mich loss of time has thus been entailed without:the least in- clination to compensate for the delay. If, deliveries’ are to be made to parties other, than,the. -consignees, agents of the.vessels shastered to car zy. the coal pho: nid be notified in advance. sth a ha EET THE ROBERTS WATER TUBE BOILERS. i The Roberts Safety Water. Tube Boiler. Co, “was in- corporated in 1890, and they have built in. the interim nearly 900 boilers, ranging from the smallest launch: aa 8 to installations of nearly 2,000 horse, power. : The Roberts Water Tube Boiler Co. have 4 as pital” stock of $250,000, and it is somewhat gratifying to learn that the sixth consecutive annual dividend has just been. declared, although all must admit that the last three years were not as profitable as some ‘subsequent years., etal Now for a large plant, ‘and perhaps the largest i in con- nection with the construction of tubular boilers, the Roberts is one of the most advanced institutions jn- the | United States, and that the business is, prosperous is. evidenced by the fact'that they have reééiitly paid 10 per cent dividend on the full amount of their stock: ’ Furthermore, the Roberts Co. seem to keep up their plant, inasmuch as $30,000 has been applied to the. up-. keep of the work during the past year: As a naval officer, Mr. Roberts thinks that his inven-" tion is the father of all the tubular boilersin the United » States, and from its record it would appear to be one. of, if not the best, because it, has attained | a universal. record. The original boiler, built by Mr. Roberte in’ 1879, He’ still in use, although it was infinitely inferior to~ anys thing built at the present day. “This company has an enviable record in view of the fact that not one of their). boilers has ever killed aman or produced a oe explosion. Fe an ee if: ot8 _ PRIZE MONEY... ae The Goodrich Line, doing service on Lake. Menten have entered upon a plan or,sy.stem ; of awarding | prize. money for efficient service in the various ASRari mente, j as follows: — : The captain of the stéamer which shall be in the beat? condition at the close of the ‘season, and whosé crew~ shall have proved the most’ efficient in-all departments, willreceive $150... Personal neatness and cleanliness'of © the entire crew, alldamage done.to or by the vessel, all loss and damage to cargo, treatment of passengers, and ' everything pertaining to good discipline,’ as ‘provided ° for in the rules'and regulations of the company will be the test in awarding the prize. «», A prize of $75 will be awarded to the first officer ‘gio keeps his department in the best condition in ‘every. re-» spect, including the non-breakage of lines, ‘also the’ -careful handling of cargo, all-shortages and! damage: ‘of any name and nature to count against him,; nin A prize of $50 will be awarded to the, second. officer, : the same conditions to govern as above provided for: the: first officer. MPSS, 2 A prize-of $100 will be awarded tothe chief: ‘engineer for the best care of all machinery, fitting out) expetises, © repair bills to be considered, also amount of fuel and oil» used. The company will take into consideration the’ ntimber of miles vessel’ riins, and*the time made. per mile, alsoiclass of engine and. the nature of the ieibere; 8 and will*make due allowance for same., - , A prize of $50 to be given to the second engineer’ un der the same conditions’as apply ‘to the’ ‘shief’ engineer. © It isy of course, expected that theengine’rooms and the’ : machinery pertaining thereto shall. be kept in; neat, and clean condition, as wellas the engineers themselves; A prize of $100 will be awarded to the purser who shall keep his books and'the work in’ ‘his department in’ the best condition;:all ‘shortages/of amd “damage! to: freight to count against him. All errors shall count against ' him, such as blots, untidy trip reports, erasures on books and any reports from the steamer by paSsengers of dis- courteous treatment, whether by the steward of himself. A:prize of $75 will be given tovthe steward» who? shail keep his boat andicrew.in the very best manner, possible on the lowest expense, and who-shall have fewest.com- ‘plaints of treatment toward passengers reportedagainst ‘Him. : rite eRe eid The foregoing is it line with the best practice ‘on tHe ocean, and has also. been opted by, the Besseniex (Rockefeller) fleet of Cleveland,