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SEPTEMBER 27, 1900. THE MARINE RECORD. 13 |S SSS SSS SSS SE SS SESS etn ne arnsrnaee en eee ESE I a TREASURY DECISIONS. PASSENGERS ON SAILING VESSELS. Sailing vessels are not liable to penalty for transporting more passengers from port to port in the United States than allowed by the certificate of inspection. TREASURY DEPARTMENT’, September 12, 1900. Sir: The department isin receipt of your letter dated the 3ist ultimo, transmitting a copy of a certificate of inspection in the case of the bark Northern Light, which arrived at Seattle, August 20, 1900, from Cape Nome, with an excess of 48 passengers over the number allowed by certificate. You state that under your instructions a fine of $2,400 was imposed. _ The United States attorney reported on the case as follows, under date of the 29th ultimo: Regarding the alleged violation by the bark Northern Light of Section 4465 Revised Statutes, by carrying a greater number of passengers than stated in her certificate of in- spection, the same having been reported to this office by ou, I have looked into the matter thoroughly and I do not find that the vessel is liable to fine, forfeiture, seizure, or other penalties on account of having carried a greater num- ber of passengers than stated in her certificate of inspection. Before she was liable, it is my opinion that there would have to be some express statute or requirement by the department fixing a definite and specific penalty for such a violation. I do not find any such statute. Section 4465 is expressly con- fined to steam passenger vessels. Further, I do not find any requirement or authority for the inspector of hulls and boilers to state in a certificate given a sailing vessel the number of passengers she can carry and accommodate. The fact that they may do so does not, in the absence of such a requirement, fasten upon such sailing vessel or its officers any duty, a violation of which will subject them or the ship to penalties or forfeiture, the same being a vessel sailing be- tween American ports. ‘ The department is of opinion that no penalty was incurred, and you are authorized to refrain from further proceedings in the matter, the fine not having been paid. Respectfully, O. L. SPAULDING, Acting Secretary. CoLLECToR OF Customs, Port Townsend, Wash. DIRECTIONS FOR INSPECTION OF IRON AND STEEL PLATE: TREASURY DEP’T, STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SERVICE, OFFICE OF SUPERVISING INSPECTOR GENERAL, WASHINGTON, D. C., September 12, Igoo. To Manufacturers of Boilers and Boiler Plate: Notice is hereby given that the inspection of iron and steel plate under the act of Congress approved January 22, 1894, must be confined exclusively to the inspection of iron and steel to be used in the construction of new boilers of steam vessels. Manufacturers of boiler plate will hereafter be required to include in their application for inspection of plate at the mills the following information: Name of steamer, if she has one, upon which the boiler is to be used, for which the plate is ordered. If the steamer is not yet named, then the name of builder of hull. For whom built. Waters upon which the steamer is to be navigated. United States local inspection district in which she will be inspected. Number and thickness of plates for shell, steam chimneys, linings of same, shell of steam and mud drums. Thickness of head and side sheets, domes, crowns of furnaces, and back con- nections. To insure prompt inspection of their material, manufac- turers of boilers for steam vessels should supply the above information when forwarding their orders on a form sub- stantially as follows: ORDER FOR STEEL FOR MARINE BOILERS. Only such plates as require government inspection to be shown on this sheet. Plates for repairs or stock boilers will not be inspected at the mills. Material for such repairs will be inspected by the inspector in districts where the material is to be used. All the information called for in table below is positively necessary to the assistant inspector so that he may deter- mine intelligently the exact plates subject to tensile strain in the completed boiler. pe ERLE S , I9— For , of —— Diam- No. of A : Thick-| Location plates. Material eee. Length] Width ness, | of plate. Remarks Name of boiler manufacturer ee eee Kind of boiler . Shop No. : Diameter of boiler , length of boiler . Steam pressure required Are heads to be bumped or flat Name of builder of boat Name or number of steamer for which boiler is built 5 For whom built ——— Waters Jas) upon which the steamer is to he navigated ‘ Tensile strength Local inspection district in which completed boiler will be inspected : The attention of the manufacturers of boilers and boiler plates is particularly directed to the requirements in above form, as assistant inspectors at the mills will be justified in refusing to make tests of orders failing to give the informa- tion called for. JAMEs A. DumMonqv, Supervising Inspector General. Approved: O. Ll. SPAULDING, Acting Secretary of the Treasury. on or or EASTERN FREIGHTS. Messrs. Funch, Edye & Co., New York, report the condi- tion of the Eastern freight market as follows: Chartering of steam tonnage applicable to different trades has ostensibly diminished, as a comparision of the list of fixtures with those of the preceding week will show. Whilst Galveston is making herculean efforts toward resumption of shipments within the next fortnight, we fear that some further time will elapse before business thence is in full swing again. Inthe interim, shipments from New Orleans have been active, and both rates thence advanced to figures yielding to charterers a profit on their fixtures, which they have not succeeded in securing since along time. Freights from the Atlantic cotton ports have latterly been kept active by the demand for boats still to serve for September load- ing, in consequence of which a few steamers in required posi- tion, have been enabled to secure very high, (and as to con- dition of freights generally misleading) charters. This pressing demand has now been filled, and we find the Atlan- tic ports disinclined for further tonnage, unless at a substan- tial reduction from last quotations. The demand for grain steamers continues active and vessels could be placed from range of ports at 4s 6d to Cork f. 0. for later months of the year; large boats for October loading can secure 4s to picked ports, if offered for the business. There has been an increase of time charters at full rates, charterers holding out, how- ever, for a reduction in the length of hire. The charter of a boat taken by a timber shipper in the Gulf fora term of 3 years, forms a notable exception, especially since charterers there are generally unwilling to respond to owner’s increased demands. Some fixtures for coal have still taken lace, but the fact of resumption of shipment of Welsh coal, is already noticeable in respect to new business forming. We ma here remark that mining of bituminous, the export coal, is not interfered with by the strike of the anthracite miners. We have no important change to report in the condition of our sail tonnage. Charterers are naturally reluctant in responding to the continually increasing demands of owners andthe number of fixtures has declined in consequence. The most pressing demands for case oil tonnage to Japan have been filled, and there is at present a lull in the enquiry in that direction, although rates are unchanged. We can report a good demand for coal vessels in a number of direc- tions, but, owing to the scarcity of suitable tonnage, only few charters could be effected. The enquiry for general cargo vessels to the Colonies continues, and rates in that direction are very firm, forming the basis for excellent ‘charters. —_J_,__—s a aa THE LARGEST CANTILEVER BRIDGE IN THE WORLD. Work on the largest cantilever bridge in the world has been started by the Phcenix Bridge Building Co., of Phila- delphia. The contract was awarded by the Canadian goy- ernment after a long study of the plans of the various bridge building companies, and by its preference for the Phoenix Co., Philadelphia is placed in the lead in bridge building. The bridge, for which the structural material is now being made at Phcenixville, will span the St. Lawrence river.at Quebec. According to the terms of the contract, it must be completed within two years. The approximate cost will be $4,500,0co. Including the approaches the bridge will be 3,0co teet long. The main span which will cover the deep- est part of the St. Lawrence river, will be 1,800 feet long. About 10,0co tons of steel will be used in erecting the main span. When the size of the structure was definitely decided upon it was found necessary to build it 180 feet above tide water in order that the heavy flow of ice in winter could pass without becoming jammed. The bridge will be seventy feet wide, and through its centre four railway tracks will be laid. On either side will be two footwalks with a driveway between. Just underneath the centre of the bridge the St. Lawrence river is about 200 feet deep, so the caissons for the piers will have to be set many feet below tide water. — rg A CARGO of pig) iron has been removed from the schooner Richards, which was sunk by collision in the Canadian channel opposite Detroit, to warehouses in Walkerville, by order of the Canadian government. Thisiron will be held by the Canadian government, it is said, until the under- writers remove the wreck from the channel. The under- writers cannot realize on the iron until the channel is clear. In trying to get the wreck into shoal water, the line parted after the wrecking tug Champion and tug Lorman had pulled the Richards over on her port side. Another effort to get the boat into shallow water will be made and there is no doubt but that she will be dry docked before the end of the week. a oe Se oe THE Department of Engineering on river and harbor work in the Cleveland district, is now engaged in making the maps of the extension of the east breakwater to Willson ave- nue. This shows that the preliminary survey of the district has been entirely completed and the estimate of the cost made. These matters will all be compiled and sent to the War Department. The figures will not be given out until the report has been reached by the War Department. Chas. E. & W. F. 58 William Street, New York City. 5 and 6 Billiter Avenue, E. C., . Thsurance BROWN &CO., - - - J.G. KEITH & CO., - Royal Insurance Building, Chicago, If}. C. T. BOWRING & CO. 202 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. A. A. & B. W. PARKER, 15 Atwater St., W. Detroit, Mich. 138 Rialto Building, Chicago, Ill. LA SALLE & CO., Board of Trade Building, Duluth, Minn. 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