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: 4 THE MARINE RECORD. manager of the Globe Iron Works Co., will be pleased to learn of his safe return after a lengthy tour on the Pa- cific slope. It is also a matter of concern to hear that his health has not improved to such an extent as was expected from the trip to California, although a more extended rest will probably restore him to his old vigor. Mr. Pankhurst and wife are staying at the Stillman. The longshoremen held an open meeting at Orpheus hall on Pearl street last week and a number of new mem- bers were taken in. An effort will be made to get the ore handlers to join the organization or form a separate union. The latter plan is considered the best, as a union of all the men employed on the docks would be too large and would be hard to handle. It is expected that the ore handlers will be organized in a few weeks. Capt. A. B. Davis, in command of the revenue cutter Johnson, at Milwaukee, has been ordered to ship his crew and bring the vessel to this port as soon as possible. There the officers and crew of the Johnson will be trans- ferred to the new cutter Gresham, and the Johnson, will be offered for sale. The opinion of the Treasury officials is that the Johnson will sell to better advantage in Cleve- land than she would at any other port on the lakes. She will arrive April 21. The Gresham will go into com- mission about May 1. TT TS OO FLOTSAM, JETSAM AND LAGAN. Samuel and Sidney Neff have purchased the steamer A. E. Shores for $38,000. The new Anchor Line grain elevator at Erie will have a capacity of 600,000 bushels and cost $100,000. The passenger steamer Arrow, of the Sandusky and Islands Line, is being fitted out, and will begin making _ regular trips this week. Grant Grummond has bought the northern lake steamer Lawrence, and will alternate her with the State of w.uicni- gan on the Detroit-Cleveland route. Navigation will open up on Lake Ontario when the steamer Lakeside from Dalhousie begins her regular sea- son trips. The Welland Canal will probably open about April 19. The Light House Board has awarded the contract for repairs to the tender Warrington, on service in the Eleventh district, to A. Gilmore & Sons, of Toledo, O., at their bid of $7,324. : The Northern Michigan Transportation Co. steamer Petoskey has received an electric light plant which will supply her with 200 lights, each stateroom being furnished with an electric light. Soon after the opening of navigation the work of ex- tending the south harbor pier at Manitowoc 500 feet will be commenced and pushed to completion. Capt. John, W. Farwell, who had sailed the lakes in the capacity of master upward of thirty years, died recently at Sandusky, aged 58 years. Deceased was well known in marine circles. He is survived by a widow and three daughters. é _The Milwaukee Dry-Dock Co. will be well equipped for repairs to steel vessels shortly after the opening of naviga- tion. The new plant, which is well under way, will be modern in every particular. A large amount of money has been spent in machinery, all of which will soon be ready for work. The Northwestern Coal Railway’ Co. has fully deter- mined to make the contemplated extension to its big coal dock on Allouez Bay this spring. The extension will in- crease the capacity of the dock from 250,000 to 325,000 tons, and its dimensions will be 350x475 feet. It will en- able four vessels to discharge cargoes at one time, where- as there is room now for only three. Articles of association of the Marshall Transportation Co. were filed in the Wayne county clerk’s offtce, recently. The capital stock is $100,000, all paid in, and the 2,000 shares of $50 each are held as follows: David Whitney, _ Jr., 1,712; David C. Whitney, 285; Fred G. Austin, George Dunlap and Richard Cuson, one share each. The office for the transaction of the business of the corporation will be in the township of Hamtramck. The Shipmaster’s Association intend to petition Con- gress for the passage of a law allowing masters and pilots to vote at Presidential elections at any port in which their vessel may be on election day. They claim that now they are practically disfranchised and are allowed no vote in the choice of a president, as it is seldom their vessels are in the ports where they are legally entitled to yote under the present law. The proposition is a reasonable one, and ought to become a law. ' Commander Charles D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., now on duty as hydrographer of the Bureau of Navigation, will be re- lieved from that duty when he receives his promotion to the grade of Captain, consequent upon the retirement of Rear Admiral Walker. He will be ordered to command the monitor Monadnock, attached to the Pacific station. Capt. W. S. Schley will succeed to the vacancy in the Light-House Board which will be created by the retire- ment of Rear Admiral Walker. a George T. Arnold of Mackinac Island will operate a line of five boats this season, which as far as is known at the present time will practically control the passenger and freight traffic between Cheboyagn, Sault Ste. Marie. Naub- inway, Rogers City, Mackinaw City and the Les Schneaux Islands. The principal boats of the fleet will be the Ossi- frage, Minnie M., Islander and steamer Charles West; the latter boat has been at Manistee this winter, where she was lengthened 35 feet and otherwise improved. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS. The Gladstone Tug Line, R. P. Mason, Manager. Str. Richard R. Andrus, Charles D. Mason, master; Wesley Rice, engineer. Str. Ojeda, Philos L. Burt, master; John P. Hall, engineer. Inter lake Co., Pickands, Mather & Co., managers, Cleveland: Steamers, Kearsage, Capt. R. McDowell, Engineer T. Treleaver; Victory, Capt. J. P. Cottrell, En- eer D. A. Black. Schooner Constitution, Capt. Wm. olly. Fluron Barge Co., Pickands, Mather & Co., managers, Cleveland: Steamer Pathfinder, Capt. W: B. McGregor, Engineer C. A. Heisner; schooner Sagamore, Capt. E. C. Joiner. Minnesota Steamship Co., Pickands, Mather & Co., managers, Cleveland: Steamers, Maricopa, Capt. G. B. Mallory, Engineer P., J. June; Mariposa, Capt. F. D. Root, Engineer F. A. Smith; Maritana, Capt. C. H. Bassett, Engineer, George Arnold; Masaba, Capt. F. Hoff- man, Engineer A. L. Wilcox; Marina, Capt. J. W. Mor- gan, Engineer W. A. Meddaugh; Matoa, Capt. A. P. Chambers, Engineer W. Tyler; Maruba, Capt. F. J. Crowley, Engineer B. F. McCanna; Mariska, Capt. “H. Zealand, Engineer P. Canton; Manola, Capt. H. C. Mc- Callum, Engineer D. M. Foster; schooners, Magna, Capt. John Weeks; Manda, Capt. H. Savage; Martha, Capt. A. J. Talbot; Malta, Capt. H. Culp; Marcia, Capt. E. L. Sawyer. American Steel Barge Co., Pickands, Mather & Co., agents, Cleveland: Steamers, Colgate Hoyt, Capt. Neil Campbell, Engineer Gilbert Patterson; J. L. Colby, Capt. M. C. Cameron, Engineer William Densmore; E. B. Bartlett, Capt. Charles Grant, Engineer Walter Harsant; A, D. Thomson, Capt. John Parke, Engineer John Mc- Laughlin; Thomas Wilson, Capt. William Hoag, Engin- eer A. J. Smith; Samuel Mather, Capt. Robert Jones, En- gineer Alex McKenzie; J. B. Colgate, Capt. John Dunn, “ngineer J. H. Pierce; J. B. Trevor, Capt. M. A. Boyce, Enigneer, George Blauvelt; Frank Rockefeller, Capt. W. H. Kilby, Engineer Irwin Marshall. Barges 101, Capt. ; 104, Capt. Louis Leonard; 105, Capt. John Spro- well; 107, Capt. Dan McFadyen; 109, Capt. Otis Hold- ridge; 110, Capt. R. W. Gleason; 111, Capt. G. W. Smith; 115, Capt. Robert Brooks; 116, Capt. George Gallant; 117, Capt. Robert Dunn; 118, Capt. Willard Damon; 126, Capt. Robert Thomson; 127, Capt. George Jorgensen; 120, Capt. Fred W. Greene; 130, Capt. W. H. Dick; 131, Capt. E. Emanuelson; 132, Capt. John Nahrstreet; 133, Capt. Alfred Siljander; 134, Capt. James Burr; 137, Capt. Carl D.. Secord; 201, Capt.. Henry-Harris, Jr.; 202, Capt. A. G. McLeod, , tenes Langell & Sons, St. Clair, Mich.: Steamer, Oscar T. Flint, Capt.. Richard O’Connor, Engineer P. J. Merrill. A. B. Wolvin, Duluth, Minn.: Steamers Zenith City, Capt. F. P. Houghton; Queen City, Capt. H. L. Mills; Crescent City, Capt. F. C. Rae. R. T. Gray, Detroit: Steamers John Owen, Capt. E. F. Thorp, Engineer S. L. Phillips; J. Emory Owen, Capt. M. Tinney, Engineer Martin Delaney. Sail—Michigan, Capt. F. J. Cadotte. W. H. Cook & Co., vesel agents, Chicago: Steamers, Thomas Davidson, Capt. James O. Wood, Engineer W. H. Beals; Walter Vail, Capt. John McAvoy, Engineer Dennis McMillan. Sail: Baltic, Capt. Thomas O’Don- nell. John E. Mills, Port Huron, Mich.: Steamers, Argonaut, Capt. J. H. Warwick; N. Mills, Capt. C. H. Woodford, Engineer B. Hanson; H. J. Kendall, Capt. H. J. Kendall, Engineer E. Steger; T. R. Scott, Capt. Paul Rivard. Sail: Montgomery, Capt. Charles Ludwich; Leader, Capt. G. N. King. William Dulac, Mt. Clemens, Mich.: Steamers, F. R. Buell, Capt. C. W. Woodgrift, Engineer John Deihl; Canisteo, Capt. W. J. Lynn, Engineer W. P. Boynton; A. Weston, Capt. M. Hyde, Engineer Ed Cottrell; C, A. Street, Capt. A. P. Gallino, Engineer Perry Cossairt; Norwalk, Capt. E. T. Matteson. Sail: J. B. Lozen, Capt. Ed Moore; J. Godfrey, Capt. J. B. Lozen; A. Stewart, Capt. John Destrois; Eleanor, Capt. Frank Dubay; Jen- nette, Capt. William Dubay; Elvina, Capt. Wesley Brown; Fulton, Capt. Frank Laforge; S. B. Pomeroy, Capt. William Campau. David Wallace, Lorain, manager of the Wallace fleet, makes the following appointments: Steamers, Vulcan, Capt. Adolph Orldorf, Engineer John McMonagle; Vega, Capt. William Wallace, Engineer Andy McDonald; Robert Wallace, Capt. John Smith, Engineer Eugene Reeder. Schooner David Wallace; Capt. F. Ingram. Capt. E. C. Maytham has made the following appoint- ments on the Maytham Line tugs for the coming season: Fabian, Capt. Herbert Vroman, Engineer George Freitis; S. W. Gee, Capt. Charles Nash, Engineer John O’Connor; Acme, Capt. Thomas Doyle, Engineer Frank Upper; O. W. Cheney, Capt. John R. Glover, Engineer William Len- nox; E. C. Maytham, Capt. John Farrell, Engineer Tim- othy Higgins; Alpha, Capt. Albert McMinn, Engineer Jo- seph Morris; Kelderhouse, Capt. H. H. Vroman, Engineer Thomas Higgins. oS Improvements aggregating $50,000 will be made on the docks of the Wisconsin Central railroad at Ashland. This work, together with twenty miles of double track on the Duluth, Missabi & Northern, and short extensions of the Ishpeming & Lake Superior will comprise about all the additions to be made this year by the iron ore roads in the lake Superior region. UNITED STATES SHIPPING. A masterly speech bristling with pertinent facts regard- ing United States shipping, was made in Congress this week by Mr. Elkins, a Republican Senator from West Vir- ginia, in favor of a bill charging a duty of ten per cent on all goods shipped to the United States in foreign bottoms, Relative to the cause or causes of the decline of Amer- ican shipping, Mr. Elkins said: 1. The abandonment of the policy of protection to American shipping by discriminating duties under treaties with foreign nations, and the substitution, instead of this protection, of no aid or encouragement whatever. 2. Competition of American shipping, without aid of any kind, with foreign shipping, highly protected, aided and subsidized. : 3. Opportunities on land during the last 40 years for business enterprise and business investments have been so great, particularly in the West, that but little interest has been taken in industrial pursuits on the seas, especially as they were entirely unprotected and gave no returns. 4. In the absence of any protection or aid to American shipping, it has had to pay heavy taxes at home; higher rates of interest, and higher wages than foreign shipping, which it competes with. 5. The hostile discrimination of British Lloyds Register in inspecting, rating and classifying American ships, oblig- ing them to pay the highest rate of insurance on cargoes, and take the lowest rate of freight and wait the longest in various parts oft he world for charters. Added to this, the war of English insurance companies in the United States against insuring cargoes carried in American-built ships. 6. The, demoralization and loss of shipping incident to the civil war. As our laws gave no protection to ship- ping, it was not rebuilt. ‘ The beneficial resuits of this policy of protection and discriminating duties in building up our shipping interest will be found in the records of the Treasury Department. From these records, it appears that from 1789 to 1800 the carrying of our imports in American ships increased from 17* to 92 per cent, and of our exports from 30 to 88 per cent; and from 1800 to 1810 this increase was substantially maintained, making the average of our foreign commerce carried in American ships for the period from 1800 to 1810, 91% per cent of our imports and 87 per cent of our ex- ports. He reviewed the course of the United States in yielding to British persuasions, and said that in 1828 the “Free Freighting Act” was the ‘‘final act of ruinous reciprocity.” In 1825 Daniel Webster said, after a time of protection and discriminating duties: “We have a commerce which leaves no sea unexplored; navies which take no law from superior force.” : After giving tables showing the increase of American shipping under discriminating duties, and its decrease un- der maritime reciprocity, Mr. Elkins said, in part: “All impartial minds must agree, in the face of this showing, that the policy of maritime reciprocity has not only been a failure, but under it American shipping has been well nigh ruined and destroyed in our foreign trade and throughout the world. “The other conclusions forces itself upon the mind that American shipping, to grow and prosper as an industry, must be protected as it was in the early history of the gov- ernment.” He also speaks at some length on the shipping legisla- tion since 1830, and also the navigation laws of Great Britain, claiming that for 130 years England discriminated in favor of English ships and built up a great merchant marine. By maritime reciprocity England continued until she controlled 56 per cent of the carrying trade of the : world, : Mr. Elkins quoted the Republican national platform in favor of discriminating duties, also the letter of President McKinley accepting the nomination, in which he indorsed the policy. As to the result of this policy, Mr. Elkins said: “rt It would give us immediately a large share in car- rying our foreign commerce, all of our imports and part of our exports, and a share in carrying the commerce of other countries not owning ships. “2, It would stimulate ship building and establish new ship yards, “2° Shipbuilding would stimulate other industries of all kinds and give employment to thousands of skilled and other workmen. “a. It would save to the people of the United States annually more than $100,000,000, now paid to foreign ship owners for carrying our foreign commerce, with the chance in a few years of saving another $100,000,000 by the increase of shipping and the carrying of the world’s commerce in American ships. p “ce It would not only build up an increased shipping in the foreign trade, but it would be the means of extending our trade in the foreign markets of the world, so much desired by the people.” Mr. Elkins declared that there was no fear of retaliation under this bill. England could not hurt by discriminating against our ships. She could not place a duty on the food products she bought of us. Our ships would carry mill- ions of dollars and tons from other countries, When we levy duties of 40 and 50 per cent on foreign goods Englan and other countries do not retaliate. : “CONTINUED ON PAGE 9.