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10 THE MARINE RECORD. H. C. BURRELL, Marine Reporter. We can Supply [en and Officers to Passing Vessels WHEELER & COMPANY, BUILDERS OF ALL KINDS OF BOAT ON THE RIVER AT ALL HOURS, Iron, Steel, ana NIGHT OR DAY. Signal: One long two short. Our boats are white. We'll treat you white and deal with you ON THE SQUARE. OFFICE: FOOT WOODWARD AVENUE, DETROIT, MICH. William Wilford’s = « MATCHLESS &. WATER=-PROOF CANVAS. The best in the market for hatch covers, is stronger, lighter, and more durable than any water-proof goods yet produced. It is made of a twisted thread of pure flax, which renders it very strong. It will not crack like cotton goede which isa great advan- tage.’ EDWARD A. BUNKER, Room 617, 27 AND 29 WiLtIAM St., New YorK. PATENTED AND MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY BY Peerless Rubber rig. Co. 16 Warren St., NEW YORK. 16-24 Woodward Avenue, DETROIT, MICH. FAC-SIMILE OF A 6-INCH SECTION OF ECLIPSE GASKET SHOWING NAME 1903-195 Bank Street, CLEVELAND, 0. H. T. WICKES, V. P. Cc. W. STIVER, Sec’y. F. W. WHEELER, Pres. J. S. PORTER, Treas. Iron Works. MARINE ENGINES. DETROIT, MICH. : ot ot FOR ut ut STAND HOLES wt st AND oF 2 MAN HOLES are 202-210 South Water Street, CHICAGO, ILL. . - AND TRADE-MARK IMBEDDED, THE POOL AND THE NEW ELEVATORS AT BUFFALO. The grain elevator pool, or ring, at Buffalo, has long been “a thorn in the flesh” pockets on sighting disburse- ment sheets, etc., to vessel owners. Weare now pleased to see that the “American Elevator and Grain Trade,” published by Mitchell Bros. Co., Chicago, a worthy cham- pion of all elevator and grain trade rights, sits- down editorially on the Buffalo steal in the following terms: “The pool elevator men of Buffalo are panic-stricken by the incursion of western elevator men into their terri- tory, and the expected cut in transfer rates from the ex- orbitamt figure which they have long maintained. The Raymond elevator at Buffalo, which is now running day and night transferring grain for % of a cent a bushel, or % cent less than the pool houses charge, is getting all the business it can’ handle, and it is reported that the new houses which will be completed in the fall will adopt the same schedule of rates. The pool elevator men have mulcted the trade so long that it grieves them sorely to think that they shall soon lose control of the business and be compelled to reduce their charge to a reasonable figure. Some of them have worried themselves into a cold sweat over the matter, and then confided the information to the wiseacres of the lo- cal press that grain stored’in steel tanks would sweat, and that the “sweating would produce a gas which would cause spontaneous combustion and the destruction of grain and tariks.” Terrible thought! and this dire calam- ity is to offset the great saving of insurance money the elevator mers expected to incur. The pool elevator men have felt so secure of their large profits despite their old worn-out facilities, that they have paid no attention to the improvements of recent years, so are igiorant of the fact that steel tanks have been-used very extensively and successfully during the three last years for storing grain. It has not sweat and spontaneous combustion has not resulted. If the erectiom of the new elevators results in the de- struction of the pool and the transfer of grain for a rea- sonable charge, the trade, and especially those engaged in shipping via Buffalo, will have much to be thankful for. The extortionate charges of the Buffalo pool have been borne entirely too long. - Be oC COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. The thirty-ninth annual report of the trade and com- merce of Chicago for the year ending Dec. 31, 1806, compiled for the Board of Trade by George F. Stone, secretary, gives a comparative statement, showing the number of vessels that entered and cleared at the prin- cipal sea ports of the United States and at Chicago dur- ing the year ending June 30, 1896. Ports. Entrances| Clearances. | Totals. Baltimore, Mids 2". >... 1,810 2,683 4,493 Boston, Masse. i045. scares 3,019 3,243 6, 262 New s¥ ork, Ni Mss aiecaies 7,174 6,788 13,962 New Orleans, La......... i212 1,189 2,401 Philadelphia, Pa... ...... 1,846 2,064 3,910 San Francisco, Cal. ..... 1,105 1,395 2,500 OtAlS ono ac wh clea 16, 166 17,362 33,528 CHICA 5 62h oir te ele mes 9, 263 - 9,424 + 18,687 <a AN AMERICAN AT THE HANYANG IRON WORKS. Consul Child writes from Hankow, that Walter Ken- nedy, a citizen of Pittsburg, Pa., has, under the instruc- tions of Sheng Taotai, taken charge of the iron works © at Hanyang. He has been making good steel rails, 30 feet in length, at the rate of one hundred and twenty per day. He understands his business, and the Chinese offi- cals are well pleased at the skill he has evinced in getting their large plarit in order. The rails are shipped to Shanghai, to be used on the Woosung Railroad. It is safe to say that it will take the Chinese talent and labor but a short time to learn all that Mr, Kennedy may know about making steel rails nor can he guard the secret of his judgment and methods of work close enough to prevent John Chinaman from catching on to the why and wherefore. 5 —— VISIBLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN As compiled for The Marine Record by George F. Stone, Secretory Chicago Board of Trade. a bo ge 4 | Cities WHERE ‘| WHEAT. | CORN. Oats, RYE. |BARLEY. STORED. Bushels. | Bushels.| Bushels.| Bushels-| Bushels. AL DSMUG sctiss, ic sitetanchecl| ho nieee pase 30.000 BO, Q00)s<,.. 0 sxe se kee Baltimore ........... 391,000) 1,435,000 248,000 150,000) ...... 668. BOStON yet. ser elnateg 157,000 955,000 DT OOO i raaceas sf 23,000 BULAN 33ers 1,123,000 809,000 376,000 52,000 204,000 es BHORE. 6 oes ies bea cee Ea RSs sikh oR RE een etl engegeat pn. ~}h Rikpestepee Chicago 4 SRG cee 4,442,000] 7,606,000} 1,998 000 668,000 36,000 t a PETAR BE eee tee Ape sewiihn Reere dies Mok a Cincinnatl<.: 3... 1,000 3,000 8,000 1,000 1,000 Deroy wer sie sees 25,000 42,000 16,000 18,000)... 00.55. . ps afloat....... (ay el eek. So aTels eRe ties oe] gape Duluth nay Superior| 1,848,000 10,000 883,000 372 000 286,000 2 Wile): ) Ponee eee Pe Ses a ae SAMS PEO NRAS) FER. MencAT In Mare et ORNS 2 a Indianapolis........ 21,000 72,000|. ses pal PRstiearer es eet Kansas City......... 135,000 162,000 177,000 C5008) 2 sie ceee are meeankes an f 113,000 3,000 1,000 308 000 68,000 ay afloa Settle ae ae Minneapolis. ...| 9,660,000 £00,000 Montreal on. 70. e0s. 309,000 16 000 New York........... 990,000} 1,289,000 oh afloat...... 123,000 87,000 ORWOEROR ee eins cae ee teres 89,000 POOTLA AAS, FEE fied Caddo octane ote eased Philadelphia ........ 148,000 712,000 Py ter dea eee ne 138,000 544 000 Ee afloat cra Leet Toledo snc cin 680, 0v0 FS afloat co aie see Pelt pane MOTONLO oie eka ee PO OLORR ea eeaaeas , On Canal 1,376, 006 103 000 87,000 197,006 On Lakes 1,780,000} -1,406,000 134,000 140,000 On Mississippi 18,000 46,000) 2. ce rls aoa wot Grand Total..... :20.673,000} 17,868,000} 9,092,000) 2,342,000) 1,144,000 Corresponding Date : ie OGsnice, ats tae 48,819 000} 9,370,000) 8,396,000} 1,521,000} 957,000 ii SO A London shipping exchange says: “As we are all in a ‘jubileeful’ mood just. now, we may note that the tonnage of the port of London has increased from 6,000,000 to 22,000,000 during the Queen’s reign.” » * Wooden Ships — FOR LAKE OR OCEAN SERVICE. 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