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&. ‘there is more open water off Cheboygan, MARCH I5, Igoo., THE MARINE RECORD. ICE REPORT OF THE LAKES. (U.S WEATHER BUREAU). The conditions have not changed materially on Lake Superior, some Open water is reported to the eastward of Two Harbors with large ice fields over, the east end. The ice in St. Mary’s river averages from 22 to 24 inches and extends to the mouth of the river. On Michigan the ice- fields have moved off the shore and the fields are not so heavy in the south end; it is breaking up about Manitou Island. The ice at the Straits ranges about 20 inches, but : The ice-fields have increased in Lake Huron but the conditions are un- changed at the southern end. In Lake Erie there is less ice reported at Huron, Lorain and Ashtabula, while the conditions are unchanged at Cleveland and Buffalo, The ice in Ontario appears to have been driven by the wind into Mexico Bay, as very little ice is reported from the west end. The cold weather of the 11th and 12th has stiffened the ice some in all the lakes. The usual details follow: LAKE SUPERIOR. _ Duluth—Harbor ice ranges from 27 to 32 inches; the out- side field averages 14 inches near Duluth and extends to Two Harbors. Two Harbors—Ice solid from here to Duluth; to the east- ward ice breaking up and considerable open water visible. Bayfield—I¢e 20 inches thick and no water visible. Ashland—Ice 28 inches thick and thawing some. Eagle Harbor—Ice as far as can be seen; some open spaces to the northward, but solid to the east. Pequaming—Conditions unchanged. Marquette—Ice in harbor and-bay still solid; high winds of the 9th carried the field ice out about six miles. Deer Park—The high south winds have carried the ice- fields out into the lake. Whitefish Bay—The bay is solid with ice 15 inches; out in the lake large fields are moving to and fro. Sault Ste. Marie—Ice increasing slightly. In Hay Lake it is from 22 to 24 inches; in lower Mud Lake about the same. The ice in the river appears to be of even thickness this winter. LAKE MICHIGAN. Manistique—No ice in harbor, or in the lake. Gladstone—Ice 28 inches thick. Escanaba—Ice 25 inches and solid. Menominee—lIce ranges from 14 to 20 inches and is still firm. Sturgeon Bay—Conditions unchanged; ice firm. Green Bay—Ice 11 inches and solid. Kewaunee—No ice in harbor and only a small amount of slush ice floating in the lake. Milwaukee—Ice from 10 to 14 inches thick inside the breakwater. Racine—Harbor clear; large amount of broken ice in the lake. Chicago—Northeast winds have driven slush ice into the harbor and along shore; field ice extends out about two miles, and floating ice for about 15 miles. Michigan City—Ice in harbor 8 inches; large ice-fields in the lake shifting with the wind. South Haven—Ice 8 inches in harbor, and extends two miles out. Saugatuck—Kasterly winds have driven the ice off the shore and none is in sight. Holland—Channel is blocked with slush ice which is soft- ening; very little ice in sight in Lake Michigan. Grand Haven—No ice in harbor; field of ice some miles out in the lake but is well broken up; vessels have no difficulty in getting through it. Muskegon—Ice in harbor 11 inches. : Ludington—Harbor ice 20 inches, some slush ice around the entrance. ‘ ‘S.F.HOD Chas. E. & W. F. 58 William Street, New York City. 5 and 6 Billiter Avenue, E. C., - & BROWN&CO., - - - TnSr ance eens Royal Insurance Building, Chicago, Ill. \ C. T. BOWRING & CO. London, England. 202 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. A. A. PARKER & BRO., {5 Atwater St., W. Detroit, Mich. 138 Rialto Building, Chicago, Ill. LA SALLE & CO., Board of Trade Building, Duluth, Minn. Are prepared to make rates on all classes of Marine Insurance on the Great . Lakes, both CARGOES and HULLS. Glen Haven—Very little ice in the bay and no ice between South Manitou Island and Sleeping Bear Point. * se Mackinaw City—Steady cold weather holding ice in the Straits in same condition as last week. LAKE HURON, Mackinaw Island—Ice extends about three miles to east- ward of the island. The warm weather of the 8-9th melted the snow so there is very little covering. Detour—Ice in river ranges from*8 to 20 inches and ex- tends to the lake; open water in TH lake. : Cheboygan (9th)—No ice in sight in Lake Huron from Lighthouse Point. Alpena— About half of Thunder Bay open. The ice extends beyond Middle Island as far as can be seen, solid for about four miles out and broken up beyond that; some open water to the south with floating ice-fields. Hast Tawas—No change in ice conditions. Bay City—Condition of ice unchanged. Harbor Beach—Very little ice in sight outside of the har- bor, the strong westerly winds carried it out into the lake; harbor ice softening. ; Se Port Huron—No open water in sight in the lake during the week; St. Clair river open from the lake to some miles below the city. Bee Ay DETROIT RIVER—The river is open from Lake St: Clair to Sandwich Point; ferries have no difficulty in crossing. LAKE ERIE. Toledo—The bay is reported frozen over; ice probably five inches thick; the ice in the river is broken down to a point about two miles above Madison street, and danger from flood appears to be past. Sandusky—Harbor ice ranges from 8 to 20 inches; ice ex- tends into the lake as far as can be seen; teams crossing from Kelly’s Island to Marblehead and to Sandusky. Put-in-Bay—lIce in harbor 12 inches; south passage still closed and is solid between Bass Islands and as far north and west as can be seen. Huron—Ice moved out of harbor on the.7th; is still piled on the shore varying from 6 to 18 feet; open water two miles out. Lorain—Ice in harbor all broken up and moving out; ice- field in the lake soft and no obstruction to tugs going out or in. Cleveland—No open water in the lake at this point since the 6th; ice in harbor 5 inches. Ashtabula Harbor—Ice in river very soft; south winds have blown most of the ice off shore; ice broken up. Jester—Ice breaking up fast; some water in sight. Erie—Ice in harbor 10 inches and beginning to soften; the lake appears covered with ice as far as can be seen. Buffalo—Harbor ice 12 inches; in the lake it is still firm. LAKE ONTARIO. Fort Niagara—River still jammed with ice from Lewiston to Youngstown; lake clear of ice except some along the shore. Charlotte—Ice in harbor 6 inches and quite soft; not so much ice in the lake as at last report. Sodus Point—Ice 8 inches in the harbor; the south winds have driven the ice-fields from shore. North Fair Haven—Harbor ice solid; small amount of floating ice in the lake. Oswego—High winds have moved ice-fields from the har- bor; there is a large amount of ice in Mexico Bay and around the islands at the foot of the lake. Cape Vincent—No water in sight; ice protected by 18 to 24. inches of snow. NORMAN B. CONGER, Local Forecast Official, Marine Agent. oor Chief engineer John Chapman is fitting out the machinery of the steamer Iosco and getting some work done on her boiler at Chicago. Peck, # pa te ROYAL INSURANCE BLDG. _ TREASURY DECISION. + COLLISIONS OF VESSELS TO BE ENTERED IN OFFICIAL LOG BOOKS. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF NAVIGATION, WASHINGTON, D.'C., February, 27, 1900. To Collector of Customs, U. S. Shipping Commissioners, and Others : ; oe The act of February 14, 1900, relating to log entries of col- lisions of vessels, provides, that section forty-two hundred and ninety of the Revised Statutes be amended by adding the following : : Twelfth. In every case of collision in which it is practica- ble so to do, the master shall, immediately after the occur- rence, cause a statement thereof, and of the circumstances under which the same occurred, to be entered in the official log book. Such entry shall be made in the manner pre- scribed in. section forty-two hundred and ninety-one, and failure to make such entry shall subject the offender to the penalties prescribed by section forty-two hundred and ninety- two. ’ SEc. 2. That this Act shall take effect sixty days after its passage. The manner of making the entry is set forth in the official log book, which embodies a copy of section 4292, Revised Statutes. You are requested to furnish to masters of vessels a copy of this circular. Shipping commissioners will place a copy in each official log book issued. EUGENE T. CHMBERLAIN, Approved : : Commnissioner. O. L. SPAULDING, Acting Secretary. ee ee ee ii ERROR IN NEW PILOT RULES. The Supervising Inspector General Mr. Dumont has sent out the following notice to the masters and pilots of steam vessels on the Atlantic and Pacific Coast inland waters, call- ing attention to the error in printing one of the new rules, as published bythe Department. ‘‘You are informed that, in transcribing the amendment to Rule II., Pilot Rules for Atlantic and Pacific coast inland waters, as published in italics in Department Circular No. 12, dated Febuary 7, 1900, page 7, and the Treasury Deci- sions dated February 15, 1900, page Io, the words ‘‘ so as to cross the stern of the other steamer’’ were inadvertently placed after the word ‘‘port,’? whereas théy should have followed the word ‘‘starboard’’ where that word occurs in the fifth line of said Rule II, in Department Circular No. 12 and in the seventh line of Rule II, of the Pilot Rules, in the Treasury Decisions heretofore referred to. “Following is the rule as it was intended by the Board of Supervising Inspectors to read; and it will be so printed in the new edition of the Pilot Rules. PILOT RULES FOR ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC COAST INLAND WATERS. ‘Rule II. When steamers are approaching each other in an oblique direction, as shown in the diagrams of the fourth and fifth situations, so as to involve risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her own starboad side shall keep out of the way of the other, which latter vessel shall keep her course and speed; the steam vessel having the other on her starboard side indicating by one blast of her whistle her intention to direct her course to starboard, so as to cross the stern of the other steamer; and two blasts, her intention of directing her course to port, which signals must be promptly answered by the steamer having the right of way, but the giving and answering signals by a vessel re- quired to keep her course shall not vary the duties and ob- ligation$ of the respective vessels.”’ MARINE ENGINES, =) -Xo) -) 4 a -n DECK HOISTERS, DETROIT, MICH. ° @ sie ATWATER STREET, The Salvage Association of North America, INCORPORATED 1899. 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