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JUNE 6, Igor. DETROIT. Special Correspondence to the Marine Record. The Algoma Steamship Co, has started the Ossifrage be- tween Windsor and Port Arthur and she will make weekly trips on this route during the season. Four boats belonging to the David Whitney estate have been purchased by J. C. Gilchrist, of Cleveland. They are the D. M. Whitney, E. W. Oglebay, Merida and Mecosta. As the dry docks here had work enough the steamer James Fisk, Jr. sunk incollision withthe S. C. Reynolds, was taken to Port Huron, Her repair bill is estimated at about $8,000. In the Detroit marine postoffice service during May, 7,491 pieces of mail were collected from boats and.22,447 delivered. The marine service issued 69 money orders for am aggregate amount of $1,641.87 and registered 14 pieces. The vessel passages numbered 2,002. The steel steamer building by the Jenks Ship Building Co., Port Huron, for Capt. Samuel Neff of Milwaukee, will be launched on Wednesday and christened C. S. Neff. She is designed for the lumber and salt trade and is 215 feet long, 38 feet beam and 14 feet deep. The large steamer W. R. Linn, Capt. J. W. Morgan ran into the lower gates of the Poe lock at St. Mary’s Falls canal and did considerable damage. The intermediate gates are being used, pending repairs, which shortens the lock by 100 feet. The accident was caused by a misunder- standing of signals. Secretary H.S. Barter, of the International Longshore- men’s Association, with an office at Detroit, has sent char- ters to the new lodges which have been organized at Pres- cott and Parry Sound, Ont. The forming of these lodges, it is thought, will lead to the establishing of lodges at Tou~ onto, Montreal and Quebec. Through a misunderstanding of signals, or as it is said, the failure of the wheel chains to work properly, the White Star Line side-wheel steamer Greyhound ran into the dock at First street on Tuesday and splintered up about 20 feet of it. No injury was done to the boat and the dock can soon be re- paired... Capt. Chris. Moore was in charge of the Greyhound at the time of the accident. The stranding of the steel steamer Harvard, Capt. H. Peter- son, on a rocky bottom below the Line Kilns, will no doubt show serious damage to the hullasshe hung on the rock amidships with enough water at either end to float her. Every possible assistance was sent from here and she lightered about 450 tons, as jettison could not be permitted so near the Line Kiln Crossing. _ OO OCS BUFFALO. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record, Lumber cargoes are bound down the river to Tonawanda ata great rate, no ‘less than 18 vessels carrying 10,000,000 feet reached there on Friday and Saturday last. The twin screw exclusively passenger steamer North Land, owned by the Northern Steamship Co., will open the season next Monday, June 10, between this port and Chicago. The great Tashmoo—City of Erie race developed a speed of 22% miles an hour, but there was nothing of 24 or 25 miles about it nor anything miraculous done on either side. There are no vessels changing ports for coal cargoes and yet tonnage is not in demand, brokers, are looking for a slight advance in freights but the shippers don’t seem to be in any particular hurry to effect charters. . Col. John W. Partridge has finished an investigation of the western division of the Erie canal.. He found the waterway in good condition except that the banks are heavily soaked by the heavy rains. He has given special instructions that a careful watch be kept for possible breaks in view of that condition. : The handsomest steamyacht ever at this port reached here this week. The Sagamore, Capt. White, is barkentine rig- ‘ged and is owned by Mr. E. C. Lee, who is vice-president of the Consolidated Lake Superior companies, which control the local corporetion at Sault Ste. Marie and Michipicoten, Ont., better known as the Clergue enterprises. The party, -which is interested in Canadian investments, left Philadel- phia on the 15th instant, calling at Halifax, Sidney, Tadou- sac and other ports on their way to Lake Erie. The Saga- more is 186 feet over all, 160 feet on the water line, 27 feet beam, 12 feet depth and has a crew of 20 men. Her speed is 16% miles an hour, and in 1898 she was the flagship of the New York Yacht Club. She was built in Bath, Me., in 1897 and purchased by her present owner this spring. ‘Caswell, G. L. THE MARINE RECORD. FLOTSAM, JETSAM AND LAGAN. Three of the Toledo tug lines have gone into a pool to fight the trust. The three tug owners who have combined their interests are Sullivan, Schenck and Dunseith. The. line will be known as the Toledo Harbor Tug Line. Com- modore L,. S. Sullivan has been made manager. The Toledo Harbor Tug Line has eight tugs. The trust will have three tugs and also three of the Nagle line, which will be operated by the trust under an agreement which covers this season, and which will possibly be made permanent. ee Mr. Henry Duncan writes to the London Daily Mail as follows: “I observe a statement that Chicago is now send- ing a vessel, ‘its first,’ to Europe by way of the Canadian canals, the St. Lawrence and the Atlantic. To this I make a mild remonstranee, for as far back as 1863, or thereabouts, I purchased a schooner at Chicago, loaded her with petro- leum at Sarnia, on the River St. Clair, Canada, and des- patched her to Liverpool. That she was lost in the Gulf of St. Lawrence just as she was about entering the Atlantic in no way detracts from my claim to be the pioneer of Ameri- can inter-lake and ocean navigation.” During the fiscal year ending last June not one American merchant vessel entered or cleared from any port in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Italy, Austria, Greece, Turkey or Russia. Two small American craft sailed out of France, one from Belgium, and eleven sailing vessels cleared for or entered the harbors of the United Kingdom. The American merchant flag, save on one line, practically disappeared from the Western Ocean and the Mediterranean and from all the seas, gulfs and estuaries that woo trade round about from Archangel to Odessa. This is protection with a vengeance. Fifty-five years ago the waters of the globe were whitened with American sails, and we were the favored traders. In 1856 four and one-half millions of cargo tons entered our ports, and of this trade three quarters was car- ried in ships built, owned, manned and commanded by Americans. Of the whole value $485,000,0c00 was credited to our keels and a little over $150,000,000 to foreign ships. Last year less than g'per cent. of our national trade was freighted in home vessels. oo or or LETTERS AT DETROIT MARINE POST OFFICE. JUNE 5th, 1901. To get any of these letters, addressees or their authorized agents will apply at the general delivery window or write to the postmaster at Detroit, calling for ‘‘advertised’’ matter, giving the date of this list and paying one cent. Advertised matter is previously held one week awaiting delivery. It is held two weeks before it goes to the Dead Letter Office at Washington, D. C. : Bainbridge, R. S. Fox, J. J., Spaulding Brown, Carrie Gonyan, Chas.-2. Planet Barker, Frank, J. B. Ketcham Hoover, Chas.-2. Cranage Brown, G. A., Marina Harris, Roy Banker, Dave Jackson, Arther—2. Roby Burque, Walter, Gratwick Mugridge, Frank . Belch, Jos. Morrisson, Geo. C. Cunnin, Jno. sf Herbert Channey, Alice C. McDonald, Geo. D. Cartwright, Peter, Armour MclJarty, A. J. Cass, Thomas McCormick, And.—2. Kaliyuga Courtney, Percy McDonald, Geo., R. Emily O’Fene, Larry, Planet Possee, Geo.—2, Genoa Potter, H. E. Doyle, J. S., Topeka Dwyer, Chas.-2. Emley, Alex Ramond, Joe Emeigh, Jerry—2. Lenty. Smith, Geo. E., Wolf Ford, Frank Sanders, M.D. — Farrell, Patrick Schlett, Wim., Fostoria Franklin, J. Walker, Bert. F, B. DICKERSON, P. M. OO BS RUSSIAN VERSUS BRITISH COMMERCE. Consul-General Bowen, of Teheran, under date of February 25, I901, reports the establishment of a Russian line of steamers between Odessa and the Persian Gulf. The trade with Southern Persia, says the Consul-General, has hitherto been so conspicuously in the hands of the English that their influence was considered to be-practically unrivaled. It seems, however, that Russia has decided. to enter into competition with Great Britain in this sphere, although at first she will labor under a serious disadvantage, as Russian goods are generally inferior to those of Great Britain. In order to overcome this drawback, Russia, it is said, will subsidize the new line and grant bounty concessions to all goods carried. It is intended, adds Mr. Bowen, that the new line of. steamers shall supply the Persian market with sugar, cotton goods, and petroleum; but, as Persia has neither produce nor goods that are needed in Russia, the return cargoes will-be practically nil, and it is doubtful whether the line will ever be self-supporting. NOTICE TO MARINERS. — DOMINION OF CANADA—ONTARIO, TEMPORARY CHANGE IN PosITION OF RONDEAU FRONT RANGE LicHT-HousE.—To permit of repairs to the outer end of the east breakwater pier at the entrance to Ron- deau harbor, north shore of Lake Erie, the front range light- house, which now stands upon it, with its center '31 feet north of the south end of the pier, will be forthwith moved inwards too feet in the line of range, and parallel to the channel face of the pier; that is 100 feet N. by E. % E. (N. 14° 1a E. true). Upon completion of the repairs of the outermost block the: tower will be replaced in its former position, of which further notice will be given. ; Mariners are warned to allow for the additional distance between the light and the end of the pier while it isin its tem- porary position. : The metal work of the square, galvanized, iron lantern on the front range light-house, and of the polygonal cast-iron aincoa on the back range light-house, at Rondeau, is painted rown. oF CHARACTER OF SOUTHEAST SHOAL.—An examination of Southeast shoal, off Point Pelee, Lake Erie, made on the 11th, 13thand r4thinstant, by Mr. W. J. Stewart, D. G. sur- veying steamer Bayfield, and by the Chief Engineer of this Department, shows that throughout its extent it consists of firm fine sand; no signs of rocky ground, as marked on charts made from latest surveys, or of loose stones, could be found. The shoal is also making slightly to south-westward. POSITION OF BATTLE ISLAND LicH?T.—The lighthouse on Battle Island at the east entrance to Nepigon Bay, north shore of Lake Superior, is on the southwest point. of the Island, and not in the middle of the island, as shown on the Admiralty chart, No. 322. The light-house stands on top of a knoll; the light-house keeper’s dwelling is on lower ground, © 300 feet northeasterly from the light-house. CHANGE IN CHARACTER OF LIGHTS AT PoRT DALHOUSIE. —On and after 1st June, 1901, the light shown from the back range tower at Port Dalhousie, north, or Lake Ontario, entrance to the Welland canal, will be changed from fixed red to occulting white showing a bright light for 30seconds, and eclipsed for 5 seconds alternately: The illuminating apparatus will be catoptric, and the illuminant electricity. In the event of the electric power at any time failing tempor- arily, a fixed red light will be shown as at present until the occulting light can again be put in operation. At the same time the illuminating apparatus in the front tower will be changed in character from catoptric to dioptric of the seventh order, and the illuminant from oil to electricity, but no change will be made in the characteristic of the light, which will remain fixed white as at present. PoRT MAITLAND.—The light-house on the west pier at Port Maitland, mouth of Grand river, Lake Erie, consists of a square, wooden watch room, with sloping sides, painted white, standing on a skeleton framework of steel, painted brown, and surmounted by a polygonal iron lantern painted red. © The height of the building from the deck of the pier to the vane of the lantern is 41 feet. It stands 100 feet from the south end of the west pier, on a block raised 5 feet above the general deck of the pier, and 13 feet above the present level of the lake. The Chief Engineer of this Department reports that on the 16th {instant there were only 8. feet of water in the entrance to Port Maitland, at a point in the axis of the channel between the piers, and about 300 feet south of the west pier head. It was reported to him that there was better water both east and west of the axis of the channel. TORONTO HARBOR—Details received respecting the posi- tion of the front range light on the Queen’s wharf, western entrance to Toronto harbor, Lake Ontario, show that it has been moved about 4o feet from its former position to the ex- treme northwestern corner of the wharf, and is now situated 215 feet S. W. by S. from the back or red light. The new line of range leads into the channel between the break- waters through the axis of the bouyed channel, which is 200 feet wide. A breakwater, 20 feet wide, and 1,535 feet long, and not shown on the charts, exists on the northern edge of the shoal running from the island toward Queeun’s wharf. Itis parallel to and distant 354 feet from the wharf of which the channel face is 902 feet long. PROTECTION WORK AT SNAKE ISLAND.—The circular steel pier, supporting the light-house tower at Snake Island shoal, near Kingston, Lake Ontario, has had a timber work protection breakwater, 75 feet long, built around it. It has a pointed nose on the west side, and stands 4 feet above the water. A small boat-house stands on it at the side of the tower. : Hanp Foc Horns at Licut Sratrons.—There’ are hand fog horns at the following light stations in the Ontario lighthouse division, which are used in answer to the fog signals of vessels, whenever they are heard from the stations: No, in Canadian list of lights and fog sig- nals, 1900. Name of Light Station. 1186 Rondeau Harbor, Lake Erie. 1418 Gargantua, Lake Superior. 1428 Battle Island, do. 1440 Pie Island, W. entrance to Thunder Bay, F. GouRDEAU, Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Department of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada, May 28, Igor.