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THE MARINE RECORD. IJ VISIBLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN As compiled for The Marine Record by George F. Stone, Secret:ry =< PROPOSALS. Hardware; Lamps, Lanterns, etc.; Lum- ae ei ber; Medicines, etc.; Paints, Oils, etc.; Ship Chicago Board of Trade. U. S. Engineer Office, Telephone Chandlery; Stoves, etc.; Tools, and-miscel- ee ee Building, Detroit, Mich., May 10, 1897: laneous articles; all of which are enumer- Citizs WHERE WuHeEat,|} Corn. Oats, Ryg, |BaR.ey. Sealed proposals for improving Detroit ated in the specifications attached to the STORED. Bushels. | Bushels. | Bushels,| Bushels. | Bushels. River, Mich., by removal of boulders, bed- form of bid, etc., which may be obtained a | --_-=~ |- | —__|—__=—_ rock, or other material from Ballard’s Reef upon application to this office, or to the DHE oe ah lsc eeO00 60/000)... cae Channel, will be received here until. 12 Inspector of Life Saving Stations, 24 825,000 | 1,801,000 |; 84,000 | 118,000 |.......... o’clock noon (standard time), June 1, 1807, aw ere ae Pata tek Pid aey 1 765, 1,000 |e <n ase and then publicly opened. Information endent, Hleventh Life Saving Wistrict, “000 : 383,000 | 135, ; : Pees : rig : oe oe ke furnished on application. G. J. Lydecker, Grand Haven, Mich.; and Superintendent, 7,750,000 | 7,022,000 | 4,426,000 | 993,000 | 67,000 Lt. Col. Engrs. 19-21 Twelfth Life Saving District, New Ap- ts a ee tea we es praisers’ Stores, San Francisco, Cal. En- Porro ee ken 90,000 8,000 3000| 42,000 |..... ies Treasury Department, Office of General velopes containing proposals should be ad- Skee BH OES lil fk. o < GABOR... ee re ce cos. Superintendent U. S. Life Saving Service, dressed to the “General Superintendent, Duluth and. superior 4,770,000 | 28,000 | 1,102,000} 453,000 234,000 Washington, D. C., May 7, 1897. Sealed Ue Life Saving Service, Washington, Oe Le Ti ee ck ole proposals will be received at this office un- D. C.,” and marked on the outside ‘“Pro- Kansas City. ........ 196,000} 164,000! 177,000! 6,000 |.......... til 2 o’clock p. m., of Thursday, the. 3d day posal for Annual Supplies.” The right is Milwaukee «+ eee 286,000 3,000 9,000 | 487,000 | 71,000 of June, 1897, for furnishing supplies re- preety oe elect any or bids, and to Minneapolis.........|12,881,000| 65,000 660,000| + 32,000| 2.000 quired for use of the Life Saving Service in oe Go ect, peas Kit ee ice Montreal............ 544,000 18,000 | 886,000} 60 ,000 37,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898; the ot the Government. 5. 1. Kimball, Genera New York... ..| 492,000 | 2,981,000 | 1,029,000} 268,000. | 168.000, supplies to be delivered at such points in Superintendent. 19-20 2 afloat 85,000 BS OOO E erecta eke.s 2 [ee ake comet 22,0006 N York Cit G deck Mich FOSWERO 20 os wéistegks Gis ook coh 78,000 NOD 2 Seat ce, 25,000 ew or ily, ran aven, ich., Feoria pte 52 2,000} 16,000 a 9,000 |. Serene and San Francisco, Cal., as may be re- INFORMATION WANTED adelphia........ 119,060} 608,000 SOOO ce Sezer, : ; ee ; s ett eaeaaeaiae 292,000 / 319,000} 24,000] 13,000 |.......... quired, and inthe quantities named in the As to present address of Peter Freeman, ec een) A ol RD RR AE, cae specifications. The supplies needed con- who is at present a fireman on lake steam- 1 CSc. 457,0uv| 22,000} 71,000 |.......... sist of Beds and Bedding; Blocks and ers. Address his brother, Richard Free- Peroni i SA too || get er edge, Crockery, eae man, 3637 Marshfield Ave., Chicago, Ill. On Canal 69,006 36,000 84,000 35,006 On Lakes 833,000 qisberto 492,000.| 284,000 iE : n Mississippi ASSjOO0|s oe AS OOO: his 2G ns laa oe St ( ( Al () t ey t sso) smn os Standard Automatic ueen City Grand Total 15,061,000 |10,895,000 | 3,158,000 | 1,689,000 e Corresponding Date | Hyd | St Ise a 54,000,000 | 10,337,000 | 7,852,000 | 1,555,000 | 1,112,000 rauic cerer. Charles Kramer, of Chicago, and Harvey Goulder, of Cleveland, two leading marine lawyers of the United States, have been in Kingston lately taking the evidence of several witnesses in a suit in the District Court of Min- nesota by the Marine Insurance Co. against the steamer Arabian. The action is brought by the company to re- cover from the steamer some $20,000 damages paid the Montreal Transportation Co. by the insurance company for injuries sustained in 1891 by their vessel, the Minne- dosa, in the Welland Canal, which damages are alleged to have been caused by the fault of the Arabian in negli- gently running into the lock-gate and smashing it down. hooking it on. Some em women Releasing Fjook FOR NAPHTHA LAUNCHES AND BOATS OF ALL SIZES AND DESCRIPTIONS 2% 2% 2% Will release a boat immediately in the roughest sea ot under speed, and can be hooked on with- out delay or injury to the hands of the men For further information apply to Standard Automatic Releasing Hook Zo. 22 and 24 State St.. NEW YORK. THE BEST AND MOST 2% POWERFUL STEERER FOR TUGS, STEAMERS, ETC, vt vt Bad MANUFACTURED BY Queen City Engineering Co, Write for Prices and References. Can be forged at cherry red heat. TOBIN BRONZE (Trade-Mark Registered.) Rudders, Tensile strength, one inch cold drawn rod, upward of 178,000 lbs. per square inch. Torsional Strength equal to the best machinery steel. Round, Square and Hexagon Bars for Bolt Forg- ings, Pump Piston Rods, Yacht Shaftings, etc. Plates for Pump Linings and Condenser Tube Sheets, Centerboards, Fin Keels and Non-corrosive in sea water. Ansonia Brass & Copper Co. SOLE MANUFACTURERS, Send for Pamphlet. 19-21 Cliff St., NEW YORK. Spring Wire, Rolled Sheets and INCORPORATED 1794. Insurance Company of North America CAPITAL, Paid up in Cash, - = 2 ei ASSETS, $3,000,000.00 9,686,808.08 CHARLES PLATT, President. EUGENE L. ELLISON, Vice President. GREVILLE E. FRYER, Sec’y and Treas. JOHN H. ATWOOD, Assistant Secretary. : T. HOUARD WRIGHT, Marine Secretary. Lake Marine Department, CH'CAGO, ILL. GEORGE L. McCURDY. Manacer , MARINE AND INLAND INSURANCE. Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. Office 51 Wall Street, NEW YOR” Organized 1842. ‘Insures against Marine and Inland Transportation Risks and issue «olicies making Loss Payable in England. Assets over $10,000,000 for the Security of its policies. The profits of the Company revert to the assured, and are divided annually upon the premiums terminated during the year; thereby reducing the cost of insurance. For such dividends, certifir cates are issued bearing interest untill ordered to be redeemed, in accordance with the charter. W.H.H. MOORE, Pres. A. A. RAVEN, V. Pres. F. 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