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THE’ MARINE RECORD. ESTABLISHED 1878. Published Every Thursday by “FHE MARINE: RECORD PUBLISHING CO., Incorporated. C, E. RUSKIN, - - - - Manager. CAPT. JOHN SWAINSON, os - - Editor. CLEVELAND, CHICAGO, Western Reserve Building. Royal Insurance Building. SUBSCRIPTION. One Copy, one year, postage paid, - - $2.00 One Copy, one year, to foreign countries, - = $3.00 Invariably in advance. ADVERTISING. : Rates given on application. All communications should be addressed to the Cleveland office, THE MARINE RECORD PUBLISHING Co., Western Reserye Building, Piereland oO. Hntered at Cleveland Postoffice as sored Mase mail matter. Bon INS ere No ttention is paid to anonymous communications, but the wishes "of “co Paidagetld as to the use of their names will be scrupulously vregarde ; x CLEVELAND, O., SEPTEMBER 5, 1901. . BRIGADIER-GENERAL WILLIAM Luprow, U, S. A., died at Convent, N. J., on Friday, morning last. The general had many warm friends when he was engineer of the ninth and eleventh light-house districts on the lakes and proved him- self invaluable to the lake marine interests. | He Soro ‘THE: way the Columbia is outfooting the Constitution looks as if the last conqueror should be named as champion for the coming event. All hands agree that Shamrock II is a darling, so. to avoid any “‘slip between the cup and the .lip’’. the darlingest craft we have should be put alongside of her. We don’t want to. make any common error, this time -if-ever, or never. ‘THE thanks of the RECORD are due the Collingwood Ship » Building Co., Limited, Collingwood, Ont., for an invitation, 3 accompanied by transportation favors, to view the launch of «the steamer Huronic from their yards on Thursday, Septem- “ber 12. As we have a little launch ourselves on that date «at will hardly be possible to attend both, but we may be per- mitted to mingle with the qnectsd in spirit if not in form » material. -Who’s to tell? re _AS regards the rights to lake frontage it is generally con- “ceded that any one may build lakewards to the extent of his _or their pocket books or bank accounts, even in well settled _ localities, and at points adjacent to the more prominent _ lake ports the United States survey provides several . hundred feet of a shore line, to all of which Tiparian rights _extend. Improved water frontage is expensive to make, 2 “though at times of great value when it is permanently — im- ~ proved and protected. Municipal rights toa city owned lake _ front also extend to this inner harbor or shore line limit, ‘but _ not a foot outside of it unless ; provided for by special legisla- tion to that effect, ‘Water. works, cribs may be considered a trespass upon | the rights « of. the Federal domain. — oo “THERE is a thieving air in the atmosphere of China. - Kleptomania’ is a primal virtue, it is also the Alpha’ and __ Omega | of the creed of visitors to the Celestial Empire. Even the missionaries couldn’t keep their hands off, right OF wrong. Loot the heathen Chinese by fair means or foul, vee to be the text of a greedily devoured sermon, and ISiS “now the Secretary of the United States Legation is bringing va bulk of Chinese valuables along, sufficient to fill several railway cars. of old, and say thank discipline, our naval sailors were fe not like other fellows. 2 ‘sailors than any other invaders. The United States should make full reparation though, even up to the vaitie of the ook piece of cash. cE Well! for once we can holler like the Pharisee’ There was less loot captured by THE LINE’*AND ENGINEER OFFICERS. That is. quite a nice laid plan wherein it is arranged ‘that line officers in the navy should alternate duties with the en- SEPTEMBER 5, I9Q1 LAKE :FREIGHTS. Iron ore is still king andall comers are taken at going rates.. The Lake Erie receipts are yet below. last season’s gineer staff, and vice versa. This was brought about through ..although every ton has been sent forward that could be the recent passage of the Navy Personnel ‘act) whereby the \ifandledyand itis noweahqnéstion if:thertotal) wilk exceed exchange of duties’should place the officers ‘either in charge ¥ lasti year’s). of thé bridge or the engine room ona ranking equality,’ etc. The Bureau:of Steam Engineering and Navigation are at one with Rear Admiral Melville, U. S.'N., in believing that some means must be taken to educate Aine! officers in’ the «Detention ati discharging:ports!is: accountable : for'abouta!20 pér cdht.-Joss imore. carnyingduring * August. The'coal mdvement is‘certainly away:behind that :ofslast years; though less! sofat thehead of the lakes: than.else- where: Buffalo is now putting on a spurte» The; total ship- duties of the engine room; and-to accomplish: this thé engi- yiments!ofcoal for the! month of August were 328,437\tons, neers must be brought to alternate their ‘servidésrwitin the iseoinpared swith:285, 469 tons in August, 1900. »The:season’s deck officers. The entire question has been thoroughly. Hiewned out in the effort to re-establish an adequate naval engineer corps. No doubt the initial steps now taken will ultimately prove successful of accomplishment, but hardly, we think, in the manner mapped out. The bridge officer can practice, read, study, learn, and then, after a lifetime of experience, he may not be loaded down to the scuppers with any super- fluous knowledge, and the same curriculum will not be found of too great weight for the engine room specialist to carry. The means now being used to bring,about. the de- sired result is perfectly in consonance..with. the discreet methods in view for the ultimate harmonizing of both branches of the naval service, and all-this tends, as it natu- rally and practically should do, towards the more complete severance of the avocations and the distinctive uplifting of the engineer corps from every standpoint. The sailor-mechanician, or men practising ‘the duties of each, will, we fear, bring about a hybrid production i in both departments. ‘The engineer, to keep pace with the march “of modern mechanism must be alert enough to practically elucidate the latest theories concerning his vocation, say, including the science of metallurgy, etc., and to exhibit a sponginess of mentality capable of absorbing éven.a glim- mering ray of probable possibilities coincident. with the scientific and technical features of his professionalism, nor will any portion of his service life have been misspent if at the expiration of a long career he can pronounce himself, or others for him, a competent servant in his walk of life, under all conditions. So much has been said ‘and. written about ‘the line officers and the deck service, from the man behind the guns to the officer, we were about to say, concealed inside the conning tower, that it is popularly considered: as an im_ possibility for him to crowd in, or on, tophamper enough to shatter his underpinning and reverse the order of the laws of gravitation, even by the most unremitting efforts of a carefully guarded and prolonged thas ve of mec olies® ap- plication and service experience. Such importance being awarded to thie reipliise and aux- iliary power in a warship and it’s at least dual manipulators, - the natural sequehce is precisely demonstrated in glancing at a transparent vessel containing the. purest-and best of oil ' and water, each fulfilling the behest of its properties in the . highest possible degree, and in this view, we assume that the eventual settlement of the naval personnel question will be ultimately solved, after the present preliminary abortive attempts at combining opposites proves futile. Ir is reported that the shipbuilding firm of the Armstrong- Whitworth Company, of Newcastle, England, is consider- ing the feasibility of establishing a shipyard in Canada. It would be in the neighborhood of Sydney or Halifax. “Swan & Hunter are another shipbuilding firm, considering the in- ducements held out. E. B. Swan, of this firm, has been visiting Nova Scotia. Mr. Denny of the world. known firm of Denny Bros., Dumbarton, Scotland, has also been’ Spend- ing some eck in the Canadian Provinces, on, a EBA) visit, but for stat reason has not yet developedy,., { entiwse ce ee eg y IF'5,000-ton” steel steamers loaded with ironvere iby, xia where the cribs are built on Lake Erie, off Clévélaidthe ~” best modern. devices and appliances would be used to keep anything from running foul of them. Mayor Tom L, John- son isacting master and owner of the waterworks cribs and itis his bounden duty to see that they are not damaged, or fur-' nish cause for inflicting da age upon others, Gas and bell buoys are, considered fairly safe aids in marking natural or artificial obstructions dangerous. to” commerce and naviga- HONG, i, : , ‘Carr. F.D: WAnKER, of the Revenue Cutter Service; ‘has been appointed’ by the Treasury Department’ to keep the courses’ clear of vessels lati? vist Fees pati York yacht races, Pak tap : ' shipments to date are 190,000 tons less than those for the same time last year, But September will prove the liveliest month in anthracite shipments for the season. The going rate is 50 cents, Lake Erie to Lake Michigan, and up to 65 cents to minor ports; to the head of the lakes a ge 35 cent rate still obtains with free chartering. : Grain freights are easy at 1% cents on wheat Chicago to Buffalo with heavy shipments on that basis, one million bushels being placed on Tuesday. ‘ Duluth offers 24% cents September loading, with large quantities chartered ahead. Chicago shippers rather got nipped’ on late August ‘cargoes, and there was a rustle for tonnage that has now a a reduction of % cent marks the rush as being over. : The lumber trade is brisk at-$2 50 per M feet to Lake Erie ports, and areport that $2.6214 has been paid from Duluth and Ashland on cargoes toChicago. With the turn ofthe séason and the consequent certainty of the approach ef fall storms the rates must advance sai soon to the all rail:limit and 80, perhaps, a little better. © 4 stint Sow ari ait ete BRITISH-CANADIAN ‘SHIPYARD» \ os: It is now reported om what seems reliable attthority that a new shipbuilding plant will soon be in working order at one of the principal ports in Canada. ’ -It is well known that Mr. Hunter, of the-firm of: Swan & Hunter, Wallsend-on-Tyne, England, has made many jour- neys to the lakes and viewed the shipbuilding: conditions from eyery standpoint, and that he has had adopted: in his English yard many of the best-features in use-in the ec) yards of this country. Mr. Hunter, with other chipbnitders, alata: Mr... apenny, of the firm of Denny Bros, Dumbarton; - Scotland; spent considerable time in Canada this summer and . the- outcome now appears to be that the firm of Swan & Hunter will avail themselves of the opportunity and. advantages offered by the Dominion government for the establishment ,of a large modern shipyard, though nothing has leaked out, re- garding the intentious of Denny Bros., who are, if: posssble, more prominent in the shipbuilding world than, the Sewipet- ing firm of Swan & Hunter. i 2 quiwe Sa TE EN A ae Ae Be RD ETT at A LARGE CANADIAN DREDGE,., «> gi) The Hou. J. “Israel Tarte, Dominion Minister :of Public Works, made a decidedly:vigorous speech'on Monday;-at the launching fromthe Polson Ship Yard, Toronto, of: the new suction dredge to be used by the Dominion Government:-in the deepening of the St. Lawrence channel below Montreal. The dredge, it is announced, is the largest hydraulic suction dredge in the world, and a similar.one will be built, for, work on the coasts of British Columbia. The large. craft.was launched sideways, and: Mrs. Polson: christened it. the J: Irael Tarte, as itmoved on the ways. Mr. Tarte, in a sgary fie -»speech after the launch, made a plea for the establishment of more Canadian shipbuilding yards. It had* been to en- » courage shipbuilding that he had come to.Toronto on behalf |-of the Government and given the city an order for the ‘greatest dredge of the sort inthe worlds: »seapitalists of Toronto would notilet the -yardiremain idle after eat was through with the Government : works: ‘He hoped the a I LES) TOT EIT Ki: ant BEE Ms R.I., is the headquarters of the Aly Water Tube Boiler Co., <inauutaetnitesss of » patent. sectional, water tube boilers. This firm has won in tHéedast ten years a fine reputation. They build theirboilers in: the» best. possible manner, and all are guaranteed to give uniform) results, without regard to size of boiler.; ‘In merchant and passenger vessels these boilers are fast--coming in demand, and are prime favorites on steam yachts. Their reputation has been ‘honestly earned, and the best» evidetce, oftheir durability and working power is the constant inerease in jthe, demand for them. . The: multitude -of-orders» received shave. caused the company to enlarge its plant, that it might meet Mare the demands made upon'them: