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42 THE MARINE RECORD. JULY 25, 1901. A TRUSCOTT BOAT SIMPLE, SAFE, RELIABLE, SPEEDY. It may be possible to build better and safer boats. but it hasn’t been done yet. We send a completely illustrated catalogue and price list f ee, which tells you all about boats and WHY TRUSCOTT BOATS EXCEL. Truscott Boat Mfg. Co., ST. JOSEPH, MICH. lighting. Pintsch Gas . Lighted Buoys. Adopted by the English, German, French, Russian, Italian and United States Light-House Departments for channel and harbor Over 1,000 gas buoys and gas beacons in service. Burn Continuously from 80 to 365 days and nights without attention, and can be seen a distance of six miles. ...... Controlled by THE SAFETY CAR HEATING AND LIGHTING CO. 160 Broadway, New York City. PUBLIC SERVICE OF RAILWAYS. The number of passengers carried during the year ending June 30, 1¢00, as shown by the annual reports of railways, was 576,865,230, showing an increase for the year of 53,088,722. The number of passengers carried one mile— that is passenger mileage—was 16,039,007,217, there being an increase in this item of 1,447,679,604. There was an increase in the density of passenger traffic, as the number of passengers carried one mile per mile of line in 1900 was 83,295, and-in 1899, 77,821. The number of tons of freight carried during the year was 1,101,680,238, an increase of 141,916,655 being shown. The number of tons of freight carried one mile—that is, ton mileage—was 141,590,157,270. The increase in the number of tons carried one mile was 17,931,900,117. The number of tons carried one mile per mile of line was 735,- 306. These figures show an-increase in the density of freight traffic of 75,801 tons carried one mile per mile of line. i| @ The report contains a summary of freight traffic ana- lyzed on the basis of commodity classification, and also a summary indicating in some degree the localization of the origin of railway freight by groups of commodities. The average revenue per passenger mile for the year ending June 30, 1900, was 2.003 cents. For the preceding year it was 1.925 cents. The revenue per ton of freight per mile was 0.729 cent, while for 1899 it was 0.724 cent. An increase in earnings. per train mile appears for both passenger and freight trains. The average cost of run- ning a train one mile increased nearly 9 cents, as com- pared ‘with 1809.. The percentage of operating expenses to earnings shows a small decrease as compared ven the preceding year... On June 30, 1900,-the total single-track railway iesee in the United States was 193,345.78 miles, an increase dur- ing the year of 4,051.12 miles being shown. ‘This is a greater increase than that for any other year since 1893. The States and Territories which show ‘an increase in mileage in excess of 100 miles are Alabama, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylva- nia, South Carolina, Texas and Oklahoma. Practically all of the railway mileage of the country, is covered by reports made to the commission, the amount not covered being 789.75 miles, or 0.41 per cent of the total single-track mile- age. The aggregate length of railway mileage, including tracks of all kinds, was. 259,788.07 miles. The distribution of this aggregate mileage was as follows: Single-track, . 193,345:78 miles; second-track, 12,151.48 miles; third track, -1,004.48 miles ; fourth track, 820,29: miles ; and yard track and sidings, 52,367. 04 miles. a Bag nMOS PRS ITI cP ca on ae TPT ES aT NEW CANADIAN LAKE TONNAGE. The Caledon Shipbuilding Co., Dundee, Scotland, Jaunched a steel screw steamer, built for the Canadian lake trade, to the order of Mr. James Playfair, Midland, Ont., through the agency of William Petersen, of Montreal. The dimensions of the new boat, named the Midland Queen, are as follows: Length, 225 feet; breadth, 42 feet \ has 6 inches; depth, 23 feet 8 inches; with a gross tonnage of 1,000 tons, and a carrying capacity for’ 110,000 bushels of grain. , The engines are of the triple expansion type with cyl- inders 18 inches, 30 inches and 50 inches diameter, with a stroke of 36 inches, steam being supplied by two large steel boilers, with a working pressure of 170 pounds per square inch. The Midland Queen proceeded to Manches- ter, Eng., where Messrs. Petersen will load her for Mont- real and Chicago. The Midland Queen is expected to arrive in Montreal about August Io. ‘ The Thousand Islands Steamboat Co. are having plans prepared for two large side-wheel steamers, to be built ‘and ready for service by the opening of navigation next season. They will have,a large carrying capacity and be very speedy. The contract is likely to be placed with a lake shipbuilding firm. EE ‘MILLIONS FOR HOME DEVELOPMENT—NOT A DIME FOR FOREIGN JOBS. Editor Marine Record: The Press Publicity Department of the Cincinnati As- sociation invites editors to help to attract the attention of the world to the Ohio valley resources and ability to com- pete with the world’s products of hand and brain. The purpose of the association is commendable. Those who ignore the pressing demands of the enor- mous commerce of the great lakes, which has no adequate waterway to tide water through American territory and favor expending several hundred millions on a foreign ditch, not needed, are widely astray. The most important business for the association is to side-track such reckless legislators as Morgan, Hepburn & Co., and secure appro- priations for home canals. Such are e the views of the Re- publican, Wauseon, O. As the Panama canal is nearly half ponnleied: and its neutrality has been guaranteed by the nation and the traffic across the isthmus will not support two canals, it is evi- dent that those who advocate the building of the Nicara- gua canal are unwise advices. The cost of the canal would build two deep waterways from the Great Lakes to tide water. One from the head of Lake Erie to the Gulf of Mexico, and another from the outlet of that lake to the Hudson river, and confer 20 times the benefit on the na- tion. Not only would the cost of transportation be greatly decreased, but in time of war the magnificent vessels of the lakes could be transferred to the ocean, and vice versa. The legislator who votes the people’s money for an un- necessary, canal, when 60,000,000 of tonnage is unable to go to tide water through American territory, is an in- competent of the most objectionable type. \ QUAKER. ee CANADIAN LINE OF FAST STEAMERS. It is made known that the Dominion Government will advertise for tenders for the fast Atlantic steamship serv- ice, which has been hanging fire these five years past. From well-informed sources it is learned that the specifications will call for four steamers of a sea-going speed of 23 knots. With such vessels the passage from Liverpool to Halifax could be made in four and a half days, or about 24 hours quicker than the fast steamers of the, American and North German Lloyd Lines make the trip between Southampton and New York. The distance between Liver- pool and Halifax is 2,450 miles. Between Liverpool and New York, 3,034 miles; the difference, 584 miles, in favor of Halifax. Should it be decided to make North Sydney the terminal port in Canada, the difference in favor of the Canadian route would be 752 miles as compared with New — York. It is said the contract for the fast Canadian line will not be made for a longer period than ten years. oO THE KNAPP ROLLER BOAT. It was thought some time ago that we had heard the last of the “Roller Boat” and Mr. Knapp’s preteritions with regard to the crazy freak. Not so, however, for he again bobs up serenely and announces with the utmost sang froid that he is still to the front, as witness the following from the Quebec Daily: Telegraph: Mr. F. A. Knapp, the well-known inventor of the Roller Boat,.is at the Chateau Frontenac. He has been here for two days and leaves this evening for the West. To those who know nothing about Mr. Knapp’s revolutiowary ideas of steam-carrying boats his proposition cannot be regarded with any great degree of faith. But to meet the gentleman, converse with him and see his plans and drawing of-his new boat, which is to have a second trial some time next week, is to readily believe that his new mode of carrying freight and passengers is quite possible. In fact to the unprejudiced and ordinary intelligent person, the problem seems quite probable. But outside of the main object of Mr. Knapp’s new roller boat, which will cross the ocean, he has certainly achieved a great success in inventing a boat that will carry grain from the far West through ‘the canals cheaper by over 50 per cent than any other boat now in existence. The boat is an elevator as well and will thereby create another saving. This is Mr. Knapp’s principal reason for coming to Quebec. He is not here to see the Board of Trade or any other bodies. It is his first trip to the Ancient Capital, and he is delighted. He is looking for a port to make the largest grain shipping port in the world. It will be larger than the largest today by many millions of bushels. He was decided on Quebec and now our citizens may take a double interest in the sec- ond experiment to be made with his boat in Prescott next week. Among those who will be present on the occasion will be J. Pierpont Morgan’s chief engineer, J. J. Hill’s principal man, and many other such men. The success of, this great trial, gigantic as it may seem, means the expenditure of many millions of dollars in Quebec and the making of this city the largest and wealthiest in Canada. ee MARINE PATENTS. 678,4c7. Bulkhead Door. H. Lee, East Orange N. J. beh elton Submarine Telescope. A. Grooms, Detroit, ich. ETA: Boat. C. B. de Lamar, and N. Taltavuli, Biloxi, iss. 678,757. Apparatus for Automatically Firing Ship’s Guns. L. Obrey, Trieste, Austria-Hungary. 678,787. Marine Fire Indicating Mechanism. F. W. Meyer, Jersey City, N. J.’ 678,798. Tow Head. Drew Stretch, Liverpool England. rr OEE ee AT Philadelphia, Camden, Chester and Wilmington 25 vessels are under construction; San Francisco, Portland and other Pacific coast ports, 10; Newport News and Richmond, 7.