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ESTABLISHED 1878. 4 é Z VOL. XXII, No. 27. CLEVELAND---JULY 6, 1899---CHICAGO. $2.00 Per Year. 5c. Single Copy. LAKE CARRIERS’ ASSOCIATION. To consider and take action upon all genera questions relating to the navigation and carrying business of the Great Lakes, maintain necessary shipping offices and in general to protect the common interests of Lake Car- tiers, and improve the character of the service rendered to the public. PRESIDENT. FRANK J. FIRTH, Philadelphia. 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT. Capt. THos. WILSON, Cleveland. SECRETARY. CHARLES H. KEEP, Buffalo. TREASURER. \ GEORGE P; McKay, Cleveland. COUNSEL. HARVEY D, GOULDER, Cleveland. EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, JAMES CoRRIGAN, Chairman, Cleveland. COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION. GriBson L,. Doucias, Chairman, Buffalo. COMMITTEE ON AIDS TO NAVIGATION. GEORGE P. McKay, Chairman, Cleveland. NOTICE TO MARINERS. DOMINION OF CANADA—ONTARIO. REMOVAL OF WRECK OF SCHOONER ‘“‘GANGES.’’—The wreck of the wooden schooner Ganges, sunk by collision in Lake Erie, in the track of vessels between Pelee Point and the mouth of the Detroit river, about 8 miles south of Kings- ville, has been partially removed by the D. G. S. Petrel. Capt. Dunn, master of the Petrel, reports that no obstruction to navigation remains within 22 feet of the surface of the lake. F. GOURDEAU, Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Department of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada, June 8, 1899. LicHtT-HovusE or, gr Dist | OFFICH OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE INSPECTOR, 9TH DIST., CHICAGO, ILL., June 30, 1899. GAS BUOY, STRAITS OF MACKINAC. Notice is hereby given that the gas buoy, reported by a passing steamer as being adrift in the Straits of Mackinac, was found to be the Winslow wreck gas buoy, and in posi- tion. The U. S. tender Dahlia, which went in search of the buoy, reports that the Lansing shoal and Winslow wreck gas buoys were found in their respective positions and burn- ing brightly. _ By order of the Light House Board. Respectfully, C. O. ALLIBONE, Commander, U, S. Navy, Inspector 9th Light House District. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—-NORTHERN LAKES AND RIVERS—MICHIGAN. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD, WASHINGTON, D. C., June 28, 1899. LAKE St. Clair TwEeNntTy-Foot CHANNEL LIGHTS.— Notice is hereby given that, on June 13, 1899, the follow- ing described lights were established on the structures re- ntly erected, to mark the edges of the Lake St. Clair enty-Foot Channel in the southwesterly part of the lake: Lower Entrance (W. Side) Light, a lens-lantern light, d white during periods of 5 seconds separated by eclipses 5 seconds, 25 feet above lake level, on a black, iron col- mn rising from the center of a square pyramidal crib, in I9 et of water, on the northwesterly side of the lower entrance the channel, 1,°; miles E.N.E. E. from WindmillPoint ight-House. wer Middle (E. Side) Light, a lens-lantern light, fixed white during periods of 5 seconds separated by eclipses of I5 seconds, 25 feet above lake level, on a black, iron column rising from the center of a square pyramidal crib, in 18 feet of water, on the southeasterly side of the lower end of the channel, 3% miles N.E. by E. % E. from Windmill Point Light-House, and 1% miles E. 34 S. from the outer end of the Grosse Point club house dock. ~ Upper Middle (W. Side) Light, a lens-lantern light, fixed white during periods of 5 seconds separated by eclipses of 15 seconds, 25 feet above lake level, on a black, iron column rising from the center of a square pyramidal crib, in 17% feet of water, on the northwesterly side of the channel, 3 ;!, miles N.E. 4% E. from Lower Entrance (W. side) Light, and 24% miles N.E. by E. 3( E. from the outer end of the Grosse Point club house dock. Upper (E. Side) Light, a lens-lantern light, fixed white during periods of 5 seconds separated by eclipses of 15 sec- onds, 25 feet above lake level, on a black, iron column rising from the center of a square pyramidal crib, in 19% feet of water, on the southeasterly side of the channel, 3 miles N.E. 4% EH. from Lower Middle (HE. side) Light, and 31% miles N.E. by E. % E. from the outer end of the Grosse Point club- house dock. Bearings are true; miles are statute miles. Gros Cap REEF GAs Buoy.—Notice is hereby given that, on June 5, 1899, a gas buoy, painted red and showing a fixed white light during periods of Io seconds, separated by eclipses of 10 seconds’ duration, was established in 17 feet of water, about 2 miles north-northeasterly from Point Iro- quois Light-House, on the westerly end of the reef running out nearly to mid-channel and lying in the head of the St. Marys river off Gros Cap. Vessels should pass at least 500 feet to the westward of the buoy. Bearings (true) of prominent objects from the buoy are, approximately: South Gros Cap (Canadian) triangulation station, N.E. 3 N.; west end Chene Island (Canadian) triangulation station, E.S.E. 3 E.; Round Island (discontinued) light- house, S.E.; Point Iroquois light-house, S.S.W. %W. — By order of the Light-House Board. FRANCIS J. HIGGINSON, Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy, Chairman. —<$< $e or CORRECTED NOTICE TO MARINERS. (BY THE HYDROGARPHIC OFFICE. ) LAKE ERIE—SUNKEN WRECK ABREAST OF BAR POINT LicHt.—Information has been received that on June 3 last the lumber-laden schooner Thomas Dobbie struck a rock abreast of Bar Point light, Lake Erie, and sunk. She lies in 12 feet of water, and her stern is in the channel. The following has since been received at the branch hydrographic office, Cleveland, from Capt. Andrew Hackett, Bois Blanc Island, Ont.: “T saw the above notice in the MARINE RECORD of June 22nd about a wreck in the channel abreast of Bar Point light. She was not within three miles of the light, and she was outside of the red stakes at Bar Point. She struck in 12 feet of water and sank right there. I placed the Bar Point stake in 16 feet of water.’ —$—< $$ THE promoters of the Georgian Bay canal project are ar- ranging for the official survey of the route of the canal this year in order to have more definite plans to lay before the Dominion Government. It is said that the Government has requested that the survey be made before the question of guaranteeing the bonds is finally considered. The company will endeavour to have the work completed by the opening of next session of Parliament. TO SUBSIDIZE LAKE STEAMERS. The Toronto Globe defends the proposal to subsidize a line of lake steamships on the ground that the principle in- volved is the same as that underlying protection and the subsidizing of the proposed fast Atlantic service. To which the Toronto World replies that the analogy will not hold, and states that in the case of the fast Atlantic service, the Government made the initial move. It advertised for a specific service, and everyone had an equal chance to tender. If the Government-thinks a new line of lake steamships is necessary, let it adyertise the fact that it will guarantee the interest on so many million dollars for the construction of the necessary vessels. In that event we may rest assured that Mr. Bertram will not be the only tenderer. Nor is the principle analogous to protection. Any individual is at lib- erty to take advantage of a protective tariff. The tariff is the same to all. There are no distinctions. The chief ob- jection to the Bertram proposal is that there is no precedent or principle to support it. If the Government believes that a line of inland steamships of a certain capacity is required let it advertise the fact and ask for tenders. That is the proper way to deal with the question. ' Mr. S. Crangle, a Canadian prominent in marine circles, regarding the proposition made by Mr. Bertram’s company to the government to guarantee the bonds of the company to enable them to build a fleet of lake steamers, asks: Why should one steamship company be bonused, and all the others get nothing? The Globe says: ‘‘Who should the Government grant $750,000 to a fast ocean steamship service and not guarantee for a commercial fleet on the lakes.” There is all the difference in the world. None of the existing steamship lines will put on a fast ocean service without the cash grant of $750,000, and even with it they are very shy of undertaking it. Lake steamship owners have built and are willing to go on building lake steamers without any subsidy, and em- phatically protest against one line being bonused in prefer- ence to others. The Globe further says: ‘‘Is not the whole protectionist system a system of providing aid, and why should it be condemned when it is applied to the request for guarantee of bonds for the construction of a fleet of steam- ships?” It is not very hard to answer this. A protectionist sys- tem protects everyone, while the guarantee in this case is a special one, to the prejudice of all the others. if the Dominion Government is going to bonus companies for lake steamships, let it divide the bonus up, and give equally to existing lines, and then, perhaps, Mr. Bertram may be entitled to a share. ———— OO SD OS MICHIGAN FISHING LAWS. The taking of whitefish and lake trout is prohibited from Oct. 30 to Dec. 15, except in that portion of Lake Erie bor- dering on Monroe county, where the closed season is from Nov. 15 to Dec. I. Herring and other rough fish may be taken in pound nets from April t to July 15, and from Sept. 1 to Dec. 15, where it will not interfere with or catch immature whitefish or trout. It is unlawful to have in possession any whitefish of a less weight than two pounds; any trout of a less weight than one and one-half pounds; any walleyed pike, pickerel or catfish weighing less than one pound, or any perch less than four ounces, each in the round. Heavy fines or imprisonment, or both, is provided for a violation of any of the provisions of these statutes. An official compilation of the game and fish laws of this state may be obtained by addressing the state game and fish warden at Portland, Mich. : Be ON OBE ee Sar, Gs, om -