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. SEPTEMBER: 5, Ig0I. ~ THE MARINE RECORD. s} STORING OIL IN RUSSIA. According to a Russian authority, Russia has a better sys- tem of storing oil than this country. He says: ‘‘It is a most important thing. ._We burn nothing but oil in. our locomo- “tives, aiid the'immensity of!the;Russian oil industry! isnwell s:marine; torpedo boats. Inthis.countryiydu:build ac costhy tank iof; heavy » known.: boiler iron in! which you store: your oik: “Phe lowencplates, ‘which étand the greatest strain are of-very,heavy.iron, and they'detreasddih thickness toward. the top;\ according tothe ‘presstire they are required to sustaim.: Itvis a costly and ‘foolish idea. We'store oil without the/necéssitmdf) building costly tanks. We store it in water. body of water at hand we make an ‘excavation and fill it with water. In the center of this artificial lake. we drive a circular row of piles, from which we suspend a bottomless tank of thin sheet iron. This tank is of the thinnest possi- ‘ble material, and could be made as well of any waterproof fabric. The top is kept a little above the sutface of the water. inclosure, and being lighter than water, floats on the top. As the oil flows in the water flows out of the bottom of the tank, It is a very simple arrangement. As the pressure of the water from without is the same as the pressure of the ‘oil from within, the tank has to stand’no strain, and can therefore be made of any material that will prevent the seep- ' “age of oil. The arrangement has many- advantages. The iisand and dirt that is pumped out of an oil well.and which » *t¢ollects in the bottom of your tanks is a never ending source \ ‘of trouble:. By our arrangement the sand sinks to the bot- } of the: lake and the oil purifies itself. -Again, if'a tank of oil gets on fire we can save the oil by pumping it from the ' bottom. The oil burns only on the surface. When we have drawn all the oil out the flames have nothing to feed » On but'the surface of the water, and the fire goes out.” ‘ — OO Ol OS EASTERN FREIGHTS. . “Messrs. Funch, Edye & Co., New York, report the con- dition of the Maatern freight market as follows: ‘In ‘spite of lower prices for our cereals we cannot report’ ‘the slightest improvement in the demand for grain either on‘ the berth in parcel lots or for full cargoes. What little new business has been accomplished during the current week, __. has only been possible by the abnormally low rates Wécepted on’thé part of some of our regular liners, most of which © “however, have restricted their bookings to such quantities “as Had to be taken for ballast or stiffening purposes. The ‘ penton of general cargo, just now also strongly marked, » has forced a great many of our liners'to leave with part “cealigb only whilst it is reported that a large steamer left one “‘6f our neighboring ports entirely in ballast probably the ; i syplifedt proceeding on the part of her owners. : Full cargoes, owing to the competition of the berth vessels, appear to be. entirely out of the question and such inquiries as have come into the market judging from all appearances are entirely t6:8over'old business entered into by merchants.a couple of ‘months ago. -The number of boats actively pressing . upon: ouf markets preclude the possibility of an early change for Elsfron Hane-2, Hutchinson” sistas better and cotton being at least two weeks late no ‘assistance can be expected’ from this comimodity, for another . three ‘or four weeks. . - -Inonsequence of the scarcity of all freights, owners have © *sbeencobliged to turn their attention elsewhere and the prin- > J¢ipal feature of this week’s fixtures is the number of charters ” » effected to the Far East, both for coal and case-oil; but in * both cases:owners have had to make’concessions in the rates to secure the business. ti Farther charters have also eon iedinsdcted for toed to the’ - Mediterranean; owners in. one or two ‘instances preferring ‘to take cargo on’ship’s account rather :than accept. present’ “rates offering:for‘other cargoes. The two charters reported for cotton, from:Savannah were made some time. ago, but_ the fixture reported from-the Gulf also records a further. reduction, . 43°) Business i long woyage: ‘sailing venues continues limited stand rates are iyielding, due doubtless to the general de- o\pression“in steamer Beige, as referred to in our foregoing , Stemarks;” ee diya 19%) ae ~ Taveiquet, x Ys comes Lewases or Glasgow 2 cents. STB Ys o'TaE tbwar Hoisting Machinery Cou has fal denna a Bie and énlarged edition: oftheir illustrated: tramrail. ahd Strolley ciréular2 It-appears that there isa large. and increas- dng ‘detiand for these accessories of high class construction * which the firm is. bent on satisfying. The Brown eorine: Machinery Co, ranks first in its field. STRIKES DELAYING CONSTRUCTION. Strikes among workingmen are delaying the construc- tion of warships considerably. The Union Iron. Works, of San Francisco, has contracts for six warships and, two sub- On the battleship Ohio practically nothing has)been done since she was launched a few months ago. ‘The machinists were then on strike. The monitor Wyoming, launched in September, is. not yet completed. Of the torpedo boat destroyers Preble, Perry and Paul Jones, the:two former have been given trial tests.in the bay. ;Ghanges designed to give greater speed were ordered about If thereike Ino «natural s;thetime-the: machinists struck, but the alterations have not yet been started. The transport Sherman has been at the Union Iron Works more than six mouths. Other shipbuild- ing firms also report delavs. ——— OO OO OO LAUNCH OF THE HURONIC. _ The large steel steamer Huronic built by the Collingwood The oil flows from a pipe to thecenter of the tanked Ship Building Co., Collingwood, Ont. tothe order of the North West Transportation Co. Ltd., will be launched on Thursday Sept. 12, The Huronic is a steamer of 3,200 tons capacity and the largest steel steamer ever built at a Cana- dian shipyard. mat ; ON LETTERS AT ‘DETROIT MARINE POST OFFICE ‘SEPTEMBER 4th, Igol. 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 mattet is previously held one week awaiting delivery. Itis held two weeks before it goes to the. Dead _ Letter Office at Washington, D.C. Adams F. 0. #i .. Kaiser Anthony, Brown _ Allen Geo. F. Knight Frank W. Anderson Chas., Ionia King Chas. E., Corona 'Beaupry J. et Cadillac: “Kelly T. B. - Burnell Jno.:R., Palmer inane Albert | Brady, Ed. A., s. Mitchell LaRue Stanly _ Burr Fred.-2, Germania _ Light Fred. Butler C. W. ‘Boynton Mrs. Britten Mrs. C.E. ‘Lawrence Frank J. “ Lowry Wm., Pickands Mason J. R. Barton, Wm. Manning Frank, Wilhelm Bunch Gordon Murdock Donald, Roby Barks L. “Montell C. W. Brown Lawrence: Merrell Oren Buck Chas. Marcero Alex. . Cameron D..R., Marina Mills, W..A., Holden Confer C. E,. Mills H. Edmund, Holden Moote Mathew Morrisson Wm. Carroll Geo. Carpenter S. W. Carer Ed., Holden :McGlennon Nelson - Call Chas. dis Warner McCallum Wm. G, Clitter Geo. sai McDonald Peter—2, Pratt Can Chas. ¢ “ McGuire Agnes ‘McDonald*Archie . McPhee Neil McLennon Alex. Nicholas Wm. Olsen Fred., Yukon Carter Jas., Rhodes Dahhauer Ben-2, Sanilac Doughty B..E. .. , Douglas EK. V., Argo Davis F. W., Hoyt Osborn Milford Edbergh Chas. G. Price Jno. : Elliott Jno. W., Pratt Will. Parrow Charlie : Rose Albert-2, Hiawatha Strassberger Jno.—2, Roches- Shields Chas. A. i (ter Snyder Mrs. Ed. Elden Otto Elliott Thos. English Jno. eet Elliott Wm. 1 Farrell Patrick-2 Pratt Forsyth Alex. Smith Edw.-2 Finnegen J. J. Shelton Frank, Hurlbut Goodwin C., Pathfinder . Schrant E. A. a ye 8 Ie Seipes Win, Gerrie RAL) Shoolt Geo. W. Gowing. Fred, ; Santay Jno. Simons Chas. Tobin Clyde.” Thomas Mrs. WH. Wilde J. G.,; Nicholas Weirs| Howard, ,Fayorite Williams Marshall B. Hart Edw., America High, ‘Miss ‘Mijella Hawkins Frank Hickey D. Jewitt Prank>Rees: Jackson.Art, Greene ‘c,. Alex,, 202 Weber Jno. Jenks C. M. Young Jno.-2, Armor ‘Johnson Frank F. B. DICKERSON, P. M. SEE TPES ena as QRS Ee THE steamer Francis E.. Spinner, which was sunk in St. Mary’s river last Octobér, by. the steamer H. D. Coffinberry, has been thoroughly rebuilt at Burger & Burger’ s shipyard, and will enter into service as a lumber carrier this week. In addition to the repair. of-the collision damage, her bow and stern have been rebuilt'and she has been given new deck - beams and deck:and new boiler. The improvements repre- sent an. outlay of nearly $30,rco it is. claimed. Capt. Wm. BH. Franklin will command the Spinner. FLOTSAM. JETSAM AND LAGAN. The Secretary of the Navy has issued-an order placing the repairing of all ships under the Bureau of Construction and Repair. Heretofore the work of repairing vessels has been divided among thé various bureaus; and ‘the practice led to considerable confusion. A Pretty Bad Spell.—A young lady of very extraordinary capacity lately addressed the following to her cousin: ‘‘We is all well, and mother’s got his Terrix, brother Tom is got the Hupin Kaugh, and sister Ann has got a babée, and I hope these few lines will find you the same. Rite sune. Your aphectionate kuzzen.’’—The Lumber Trade Journal. The jury in the case of Peter Myszewski, of Manitowoc, who sued the Pere Marquette Railroad Co. fof $15,000 damages on account of injuries sustained by falling through -a forward hatch in March, 1go0, while loading grain, brought in a verdict against the company for $4,200. The jury held that the officials of the boat were negligent in leaving the hatch open, It is probable that an appeal will be taken by ‘the company. puesta Wiel ssi ee The well-known Lidgerwood-Miller Marine Cable Co. have a contract with the Russian goverument to instal their famous coal transfer device on the warship Retvizan. By means of this skillfully constructed apparatus, coal, provisions and supplies can be loaded from colliers and transports at sea at a rate of forty tons or more an hour. This device is attracting considerable attention from the naval authorities of various nations: With the Evans-Chandler row and the Sampson-Schley controversy dinning in our ears, are we quite as enthusiastic as we were foran increase in the navy?’ . How much? more gratefully dignified than all this squabbling is the ¢almof those who were with ‘‘the galleons of Spain’’ now everlast- ingly in the vocative! Thecountry owes a bitter grudge to those who have made the sea service ridiculous by their bigotry, jealousy, meanness and lack of personal poise. ‘There aré too many sea-lawyers in our navy, and — should be muzzled at once:—St. Louis Mirtor: Concerning the submergence of Steamboat Island, speiitte group, Lake Superior, Sam S. Fifield, of the steamer Stella, whose summer camping grounds are within sight of Steam- boat Island, says that Little Steamboat Island was washed away three years ago, Little Steamboat was nothing but a clay bank which washed away ina heavy storm. Steam- ' boat Island proper is composed ‘of brown stone, and it has not washed dway, and shows no signs of: disintegration be- yond the ordinary wear and’tear of any ordinary island. “No sah,’’ said Col. Bludde, of Kentucky, ‘‘the govern- ment, sah, is adoptin’ ‘entiahly th’ wrong co’se with the Filippinos. What it should do, sah, is to send a shipload of 'Gawgia watahmelons, an’ a shipload of Kentucky co’n whisky, an’ a shipload of mint ovah thaih, an’ assuah the natives that melon, mint julep an’ manifest destiny are eynony aoe simultaneous ‘an’ one an’the same, sah, an’ every one 0” these insurgénts would drop his gun and come into th’ fold. Yes, sah!””—Baltimore American. The steamer Morse, having intow the barges Maida wind Nasmyth passed the locks at the ‘‘Soo”’ last Thursday, car- rying 19,152 tons of iron ore. The Morse carried 7,056 tons; the Maida, 5, 824 tons; and the Nasmyth, 6,372 tons. This ‘es not a record-maker, as the Houghton and three consorts carried a greater quantity through the locks, but it shows remarkably large dead weight cargoes to swing on a tow line. Itis of course generally known that the vessels owned by the Pittsburg Steamship Co., (United States Steel Cor- poration), use flexible steel wire tow lines and steam towing machines. The screw steel steamer Huronic which is being built by the Collingwood Ship Building and Dry Dock Co., Colling- wood, Ont., for the Northwest Transportation Co., is to run from Windsor or Sarnia to Duluth via Mackinac, Sault Ste. Marie, Port Arthur and Fort William. It is expected that she will make 15% miles an hour loaded and 1734 miles when running light. She will have the highest rating, Ai with a star for 20 years, in Bureau Veritas register. She is built of open hearth steel throughout and is of the following dimen- sions: 325 ft. over all; 308 ft. between perpendiculars; 43 ft. beam, and 27 ft. molded depth, The steamer has moderately fine ends and large water ballast capacity. Engines are of the triple expansion type, 26, 42 and 70 by 42 in. stroke, steam -will be supplied by four Scotch boilers, 12 ft. long, ata pressure of 175 pounds per square inch, She will have cabin accommodation for 200 saloon passengers, together with large provisions for the carrying of steerage passengers, as there is a double tier of cabins.