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JULY 26, 1900, _ THE MARINE RECORD. 13 Se ee eee NOTICE TO MARINERS. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—NORTHERN LAKES AND RIVERS—NEW YORK. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE LIGHT-HoUSE BOARD, WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20, 1900, BUFFALO BREAKWATER (N. END) LicH? StTaTIoN.— Notice is hereby given that, on or about July 20, 1900, the sounding of the steam fog whistle at this station, on the crib behind the northerly end of the new breakwater, south- erly side of the approach to Buffalo Harbor, easterly end of Lake Erie, will be resumed, during thick or foggy weather, without change in characteristics. Thereafter the bell will be struck during thick or foggy weather only in case the whistle is disabled. By order of the Light-House Board. FRANCIS J. HIGGINSON, Rear Admiral, U. S. N., Chairman. OFFICE OF THE LIGHT-HouSE INSPECTOR, IITH DISs?TRICr, DETROIT, MIcH., July 20th, 1900. The changes in post lights in Duluth-Superior Harbors as mentioned in Notice to Mariners No. 105 of 1900, issued by the Light-House Board, Washington, D. C., were made on July 16, 1900; so that now in entering the harbors from the LicHt-Housk uote basta | Duluth or Superior Entries, red lights will be found on the - starboard hand and white lights on the port hand, through Allouez, Superior, Rices and St. Louis Bay Channels. HEAD OF BELLE IsLB, DETROIT RIVER.—The keeper in charge of the 20 foot channel lights reportsthat the lantern light shown from a spar buoy marking the wreck of the schooner Leader has been stolen. : As this is the third lantern that has been stolen from the spar marking the wreck, it is not deemed practicable to show a light from this buoy. By order of the Light-House Board: J. C. Wizson, Commander, U. S. Navy, Inspector 11th Light-House Dist. DOMINION OF CANADA. Nkw List oF LIGHTS AND Foc SIGNALS.—A list of all the lights and fog signals on the coasts, rivers and lakes of the Dominion of Canada, corrected to the 1st of April, 1900, has just been published. Copies ‘can be obtained free from the several agents of this Department, from collectors of customs in Canadian ports, and from the offices which are usually supplied with marine information by this Department, or can be obtained by mariners on application tothe under- signed. F, GoURDEAU, Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries. DEPARTMENT OF MARINE AND FISHERIES, OTTawa, CANADA, Ioth July, 1900. 4ay- All bearings, unless otherwise noted, are magnetic and are given from seaward, miles are nautical miles, heights are above high water, and alldepths are at mean low water. Pilots, masters or others interested are earnestly requested to send information of dangers, changes in aids to navigation, notices of new shoals or channels, errorsin publications, or any other facts affect- ing the navigation of Canadian waters to the Chief Engineer, Depart- ment of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada. OOo THE executors of the estate of Richard A. Chapman, of Ogdensburg, advertise for sale the undivided three-eighths interest of the estate in his steamer, John Rugee, at public auction in that city on July 31. The sale is subject to the charter of the steamer to the Cleveland-Cliffs Co. Sheisa wooden steamer, 12 years old, rates A1 4%, and carries about T,8>o tons. A TREASURY DECISION. SHIP TIMBER AND SHIP PLANKING, Ship timber and ship planking, planed or dressed on four sides, free from duty under paragraph 699, act of 1897, and Treasury decision 8564. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 11, 1900. Sir: The Department is in receipt of a letter from Mr. George E. Jackson, of your port, dated the 30th ultimo, concerning the entry of certain ship timber or ship plank- ing ‘‘planed on four sides.’’? Mr. Jackson states that he is unable to ascertain from the customs officers at your port whether or not the merchandise in question would be liable to duty upon importation. Referring to the above, I have toinform you that ship timber and ship planking, planed or dressed as above stated, is free of duty under paragraph 699 of the act of J uly 24, 1897, in accordance with the decision of the Department dated December 1, 1887, (T. D. 8564), wherein it was held that certain ship planking dressed or planed on one side was entitled to free entry under the corresponding paragraph (No. 734) of the act of March 3, 1883, inasmuch as the law ‘‘makes no distinction between dressed and undressed ship timber and ship planking.’’ In connection with the foregoing, your attentton is in- vited to the rulings of the Department dated May 29, 1878, December 10, 1879 and August 16, 1894 (T. D. 3602, 4347 and 15308—G. A. 2742.) Respectfully, (674k. ) Collector of Customs, Buffalo, N. Y. _—_— or SS LUMBER HANDLING CHARGES. At the recent convention of the longshoremen at Duluth, E. T. Hawley, of Detroit, introduced a resolution fixing the scale of wages for unloading lumber at all the ports from Port Huron to the extreme lower lakes. The schedule, which was agreed to by the delegates from all the lumber unloading ports affected and adopted by the convention, goes into effect on Aug. 1. Some vesselmen claim that the new schedule is an advance instead of a cut, which was ex- pected. It is as follows: 1 and 2in. white pine, per M., 32 cents. rand 2in, Norway, per M., 35 cents. I and 3 in. hemlock, per M., 38 cents. . Culls, saps and box lumber, per M., 36 cents. Strips, per M., 36 cents. Cut offs and shorts, per M., 40 cents. Hardwood, per M., 50 cents. Lath on deck, per M., 6 cents. Lath in hold, per M., 8 cents. Shingles, 18 in. on deck, per M., 6 cents. - Shingles, 18 in. in hold, per M., 8 cents. Timber, 6x6 and under, per M., 38 cents. Timber, 6x8 and 8x8, per M., 45 cents. Timber in hold, extra per M., 10 cents. 3 and 4 in. plank, per M., 38 cents. Ties, cedar, each, 1% cents. Ties, tamarack and hemlock, each 3 cents. Cedar posts, dry peeled, per cord, 35 cents. Cedar posts, unpeeled, per cord, 40 cents. Cedar posts, per 100, $1.80. Grape post, per 100, 75 cents. All lumber over 18 feet in length, 5 cents per M., extra. All boats 700 M., or over, 3 cents extra for cargo. All boats over 11 feet in depth, 50 cents per inch extra, or $5 for full foot, government measure. All boats with deck loads reduced 8 cents extra per M. Boats with beam in hold, 3 cents per M. extra entire cargo. Boats with archway, 3 cents extra per M. for entire cargo, Boats loaded by non union men, 5 cents per M., extra. Original bill of lading must be shown by captain before boat is unloaded. H. A. TAYLor, Assistant Secretary. REPORTED BY THE LOOKOUT. The engine for the steamer being built by the Green Bay Vessel Co, has reached Green Bay, Wis., and been placed in position. The steamer will be ready for launching in about a month. : The Navy Department has been notified by the Cramp Co., that the battleship Alabama will be ready for her official trial trip on Aug. 15, and the Trial Board will be ordered to Philadelphia on that date. Secretary Root, of the War Department, has granted per- mission to the Board of Trustees of the sanitary district of Chicago, to widen the Chicago river and to use such means as are deemed necessary to modify the current caused by the influx of water from Lake Michigan. Sweden is about to build several protected cruisers of 4,000 to §,000 tons. They will have super-imposed turrets like the American battleships Kearsarge and Kentucky. The ships will also have high freeboards, and will carry batteries of emi and eight-inch guns of the Bofors (Swedish) model, Whether we compare American ship-building now with its condition at any previous period, or with the same indus- try aboard, the present prosperty of the trade is very marked. Merchant vessels under construction in the first quarter of the year in this and several other countries are thus stated in terms of their tonnage : Great Britain......... 1,260,000 Germany ors: ocaceke 157,000 United States......... 115,500 Miss Weston has recently added a ‘‘Iaughable” column to her little magazine Ashore and Afloat, and here is a good example from it of the woeful lack of ‘‘sciencein the pulpit” now so prevalent. A well-known minister was addressing a congregation of seamen at a water-front mission. Thinking to be impressive, he pictured a ship trying to enter a harbor against a head-wind. Unfortunately for the success of the metaphor, his ignorance of seamanship placed the ship in several singular positions. ‘‘What shall we do next?” he cried. ‘‘Come down off the bridge,’’ cried an old tar in dis- gust, ‘‘an’ lemme take command, or ye’ll ’ave us all on the rocks in another ’arf a second !”’ The obstruction to navigation by the Washington street tunnel in Chicago river is forcing itself past the time of wor- dy resolutions to the period of actual business loss. For two weeks past cargoes of grain in elevators in the south branch have been on the market for vessels to carry them forward. Shippers have been anxious to pay the ruling rate of 2c to Buffalo, but vesselmen have been averse to taking grain from the south branch if they could get cargoes elsewhere at the same figure. On account of the light draught of water over the tunnel all decent sized vessels stood to lose about Io per cent. of their freight as they could only load to the tunnel draft or take all chances on sticking there and paying heavy tug bills. Frances: shen: Italy ee Capt. C. W. Comerford, one of the oldest captains on the lakes, was at Toledo, this week, with his schooner John Miner. The captain gives many reminiscences of the early days on the lakes. He says that one time the schooner Chancellor J. Wells, was in a big storm abreast of Port Stanley, on Lake Erie. She had as captain, Paddy Lang- don. His brother fell overboard, and Paddy jumped into the lake and held on to him until a boat was lowered. Paddy and his brother were hauled into the .small boat. The Wells was trying to come about to pick up the small boat when Paddy cried out to the men on the Wells: ‘‘Go on to Buffalo; clear out.’’ The Wells went on her way, and the small boat succeeded in getting into Port Stanley. Paddy put the small boat on the cars, and he with the other men, got to Buffalo all right. 3.F. HODGE &co MARINE ENGINES, PROPELLER WHEELS, DECK HOISTERS, MARINE REPAIRS. @ 3i2 ATWATER STREET, DETROIT, MICH. ' Chas. E. & W. F. 58 William Street, New York City. 5 and 6 Billiter Avenue, E. C., . Insurance BROWN&CO., - - - J.G. KEITH & CO., - | Peck, Royal Insurance Building, Chicago, II. C. T. BOWRING & CO. 202 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. A. A. & B. W. PARKER, [5 Atwater St., W. Detroit, Mich. 138 Rialto Building, Chicago, Ill. LA SALLE & C@., 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. Victor Signal, London, England. Marine Valve Oil, Eldorado Engine Oil, Renown Engine Oil, Atlantic Red Engine Oil, Mineral Seal Oil, Arctic Cup Greases, are trade mark brands manufactured by the The best goods are most economical. Standard Oil Company and found on sale at all lake ports. Remember the names.