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plaints or appeal to that officer by parties OT, SPAULDING, Assistant Secretary, MORE OHIO CANALIZING. on introduced in the Senat to give Ohio a deep wate € at Columbus, on Thursday last, T-way reads as fol- solved. That the forward to both b ator and member this resolution. Roverner is hereby requested to forth- es of Congress and to each Sen- ess from Ohio, certified copies of Se ASTRONOMICAL DATA FOR FEBRUARY. Astronomical data for Februar RINE RECORD by the W. Mercury passes th may be seen as a ] 1900, furnished THE Ma- rough superior con Ow evening star, the atmosphere be very clear, gher in the sonth junction Feb. 9, and last few evenin the brightest h-east, reach” The times of sunrise and sunset at Milwaukee for the _ » month are as follows: ESC Cs ar as ANC RICE be ay ue ORAL SV eat 7:08 DD oss ths ceases ohne goo e < 6:56 biskerspares ale s\cteas fete tees eee en eee sees OIL Mis (nsean a's, othe caida acted eC MPA ene 6:30 oon’s phases are: The times of the m First Quarter Feb. 6, 10:23 a. m. RSE 4: vii ln de Demterellareeteterecerat 22, 10:44 a. m, isible during the month in the WER a ope SRC Dir a peer ei By n, the Pleiades, Capella, and the lations Andromeda and us is the brilliant stars east Procyon, Regulus’and Castor nn AA , Commerce Commissioner of the d widely known in maritime circles has been appointed special expert ent of shipbuilding for the twelfth ALEXANDER R. SmITH State of New York, an throughout the countr in charge of the departm Chas. E. & W. F. Peck, 58 William Street, New York City. Royal Insurance Building, Chicago, II. C. T. BOWRING & CO. 8 and 6 Billiter Avenue, B. Cc., nsurance London, England. 202 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. twater Street, W., Detroit, Mich. BROWN&CO., - - - PARKER & MILLEN, I5A J.G. KEITH & CO., - 138 Rialto Building, Chicago, Ill. SHIPPING AND MARINE JUDICIAL DECISIONS. (COLLABORATED SPECIALLY FOR THE MARINE RECORD), where the testimony cannot be reconciled. The Samuel Dillaway, 98 Fed. Rep. (U. S.) 138. Award of Damages—Review on Appeal.—The settled rule the federal courts that successive decisions of two courts in a vessel from a collision, which has been confirmed by trial court. The Providence, (U. Siac 4 Defective Dock.—Where a timber on plaintiff's dock is fastened securely for the purpose for which it is intended, but in mooring a vessel it is misplaced, the fact that its fast- contributory negligence, Pittsburg & C. Dock Co. ys. De- troit Transp. Co., 81 N. W. Rep. (Mich. ) 269. ae Principal and Agent.— Where the line, the negligent hand- ling of which caused the accident, was brought from defend- ant’s steamer, it was not error to charge the jury, in effect, that, if the line was handled by a man who slid down from the steamer, that man was an agent of defendant, and his negligence is imputed to defendant. Pittsburgh & C. Dock Co. vs. Detroit Transp. Co., 81 N. W. Rep. (Mich. ) 269. ° Collision—Determining Fault—Vessel Violating Statu- tory Rules.—The rule applied that a steamer violating the Negligence of Agent.-An accident happened from the manner in which the mooring line of defendant’s steamer was handled on plaintiff's dock. ‘The man handling the line was an employe of plaintiff, but performed the service in question at the request of the captain of defendant's steamer, such duty not being in the line of his regular employmént. Held, that he was the agent of defendant, and his negligence must be imputed to it. Pittsburgh & C. Dock Co. vs. De- troit Transp. Co., 81 N. W. Rep. (Mich.) 269. ; Collision—Vessels Crossing—Care Required of Tug with Tows—Lookouts.—A tug having three tows on a single line, covering altogether about 3,000 feet in length, is bound to use extreme care, in navigating the ocean at night, to avoid collisions, and may be required by the conditions to main- tain a lookout aft as well as the regular lookout in the bow. Such a tug will be held in fault for a collision of one of the tows with a sailing vessel crossing, which might have been, but was not seen in time for the tug to have passed astern of her. The Samuel Dillaway, 98 Fed. Rep. (U. S.) 138. ilding, Duluth, Minn, : : es 1A SALLE & (0., Board of Trade Building, Duluth, Minn Chicago Office, Are prepared to meke rates en all classes of Marine Insurance on the Great Lakes, both CARGORS AND HULLS. Wa St we a a ——eS——— THE FRENCH RIVER ROUTE. nouncement that. the g adeep shi Since the an intends makin Lake Nipissing, utili portation men have By this route the Ca gain considerable advan to the seaboard. Nipissing, and have now an At the proposed sites there is e best of foundations for It is understood that t he Canadian Pacific will put on this , -, 128 Front Street, s of all description edition of their ab The book isac 2e well considered vie ke ws of the pub- others ave imitated and’ copied the The firm of Joh . copy of the 1839 Almanac subsequent issues, though nfortunately, missing. er ment has the break wate the silting will go tinue until the govern Then we su around the breakwater. The Captain’s Blunder.—‘I am ver Salter, that your wife mistake, sir, I took h rs established,’’ on somewhere y sorry to hear, Capt. eremoniously,”’ er fora mate, and she proved to left you so unc MARINE ENGINES, PROPELLER WHEELS, DECK HOISTERS, MARINE REPAIRS. 2 ATWATER STREET, ETROIT, INCORPORATED 1899. AN ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROT INTERESTS AS REGARDS WRECKED AND DAMAGED PROPERTY AT SEA. 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