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SEPTEMBER I9, Igor. THE MARINE RECORD. LAUNCH OF THE HURONIC. The steamer Huronic, the largest fresh water vessel ever . built in Canada, was successfully launched ‘at the yards of the Collingwood: Ship Building Co., Collingwood, Ont., last Thursday.» A special train from: Toronto carried ‘a number of. distinguished . visitors td. Collingwood. to ‘attend | the jlaunch.. The vessel was’ christened \ by “Miss ° Long,’ ' the ‘daughter.of President John Long of the ship building‘com- pany... The Huronic was: built to the order of the North West: Transportation Co. of Sarnia, from designs by Hugh Calderwood, manager of the ship building company. “She is constructed of open hearth steel throughout atid is of the following dimensions: Length over all, 325 ft.; between perpendiculars, 308 ft.; beam, 43 ft; molded depth, 27 ft. She will have accommodations for 200 saloon passengers and a large number of steerage passengers. The propelling -machinery was built by Messrs. John Inglis & Sons, Toronto, from designs by their superintendent, Mr. James C. Smith, late of Chicago and West Superior. The machinery’'consists of a vertical triple-expansion engine with cylinders 26, 42 and’ 7o in. in diameter by 42 in. stroke. Steam is supplied -by four Scotch boilers, 12 ft. 6 in, in diameter by 12 ft. long. - The steamer is désigned for a speed of 15% miles loaded. . At the banquet after the launch of. the freight and pas- senger steamer Huronic at the yard of the Collingwood Ship Building Co., Collingwood, Ont., last Thursday, Mr: John Long, the . president of the ccmpany, spoke of the need of a bonus to stimulate for the present steel shipbuild- ing in the Dominion. He declared that foreign ships _ should have only such rights in Canada as Canadian ‘ships have in the countries from which the foreign bottoms come. He added that it was the development in the west of Canada that had.encouraged his company to take up shipbuilding. Hon, Israel Tarte, Minister of Public Works, spoke as follows : “Canada is making splendid progress. I altogether’ de- cline to.agree with those who find cause for disappointment inthe last census. Weare doing remarkably well. We often forget we are a young country. Confederation is only ~ thirty years old, just long enough’to have laid the founda- tions of this country. ‘ The launching of that noble ship is the best evidence that we are doing well. At confederation -Canada consisted of small and scattered communities. We are understanding each other better and better, and Canada .stands today a united nation. We invite foreign capital to Canada, provided it comes to us to stay. A few days ago I had to refuse the offer of Capt. Wolvin. I would have been unworthy the confidence of the Canadian Parliament had I -done anything else. We are short of Canadian bottoms to carry Canadian trade. The present Canadian bottoms can- not carry more than 5,000,000 bushels of grain. We are short of Canadian bottoms, but we are not short of courage, and we have the spirit and enterprise and. skilled labor to make good the deficiency.: Let us keep cool; let us not give ‘away our national property because we are not immediately ready to handle all our trade. Let us be for this country before everything else, and we will come out all right.”’ Mr. Tarte then directed some attention tothe railways: He said: ‘‘The transportation question is to be solved. “We are solving it by improvements. The railways will have to help us. Iam glad tosee here my friend Mr. Reeve, general manager of the Grand Trunk. The Grand Trunk Railway Co: is powerful, but not as powerful as the Cana- dian people. Weare their bosses, They have their termi- nal now at Portland, but the time will come when the Grand Trunk will be.glad to come back to Canada, because we have the shortest route to the English market. We look to them to make it the best, and the Grand Trunk will realize that as soon as the facilities of the St. Lawrence river are sufficient. We will have to spend money. Greatas Iam, I cannot do it without money. (Laughter and applause). Master of the administration, as I am, I cannot do it; with- out money... The question is, will the Canadian people fully make uptheir minds to stand by their own country? You have heard of the possibility of the country bonusing ship- building. Well, for a free-trade. government it isa pretty : hard thing todo. The Americans have closed’ their doors ‘tous. We should keep our trade forourselves. Shipbuild- - ingimight' be bovused for two or three years if enough Cana- dian’bottoms could: be built in that time to carry Canadian trade in’ Canadian channels, In the meantime the ports of Quebec and Montreal and St. John will be made right. Do you appreciate the magnitude of the possibilities we have in hand?’ Let us have'a sufficient Canadian lake marine; we will be a great nation quicker than most people believe. We “lake’marine and ocean’ marine must remain separate?’ engine is being developed. will make greater progress in the next bss “daze ‘than in the last forty years.’’ Capt. Alexander: McDougall as upon the esowih ‘of Canada’s trade and facilities. He approved the’system of waterways furthered by Mr. Tarte: He declared that the To unite them would not pay. There must, aye said, ga tran- shipment at the seaboard, : 5 oo > : - tf LAKE FREIGHTS. Iron ore rates remain firm at former quotations with brisk chartering, everything offering being taken at going rates, and it is expected that the end of this season will show the largest amount of ore ever transported in any one year on fresh water. Grain is not yet being moved at the lively waite anticipated, but all indications point favorably towards an active market from now on to the close of navigation. This week Duluth has been offering 21% cents to Buffalo with dull chartering. Chicago, 134 cents on wheat and 1 eents on corn to Buffalo, with vessels holding for 14 cent advance and a probability that the end of the week will see the advance made. Coal chartering is brisk at former quotations, viz., 50 cents from Lake Erie ports to Lake Michigan and 35 cents to the head of the lakes. A slight advance is looked for from Buffalo as shippers are becoming eager to send west the usual winter supply, and tonnage appears not to be too plentiful. Lumber cargoes are offered freely at the former quotations and as the time has now expired for the stated raise, an in- -erease of 25 cents per M feet will no doubt be slated for future cargoes, though $2.50 Lake Superior to Lake Erie ports has been the steady figure. prevailing over the upper lakes will have a tendency to make lumber carriers demand better rates, owing to the increased risks. nae 2 ea THE LATEST SUBMARINE. Lieut. Graydon has, it is claimed, so improved the type of turbine engine that he claims to have produced a machine capable of driving ships at a 50 knot speed across the Atlan- tic. . Associated with him are several engineers and others who should certainly know what they are about, and it is under their. supervision and guidance that this marvelous The greatest change, however, which this invention will effect, it is maintained, is in sub- marine navigation. No doubt, not the majority of marine engineers will take exception to the apparently extravagant estimates of the work to be accomplished by the machine and the boats into which it is eventually to be introduced. Along with Lieut. Graydon is Mr. Herbert Greig, of the Carnegie Steel Co. Mr. Allen E. Shiner is also working with the patentee in perfectiag this revolutionary machine, —— ar oo ESCAPING FROM A CRUISER. In the Hartford affair at Port Colborne the Canadian officials were caught unawares. In explaining why Capt. Miles Barry was not prevented from running away from the $500 bill of the Canadian government for damages to a bridge in the Welland canal, Capt. Edwin Dunn of the Canadian revenue cutter Petrel, said: ‘‘If the rifle which I held in my hand when the Hartford refused to stop at Port Colborne had been loaded I wouid have fired one or two warning shots at the steamer. If they had not been heeded I would have aimed to kill those in the pilot house. We were caught unprepared, and the rifle I held in my hand at the time Capt. Barry was cutting the ropes was as harmless as a club. When I saw that the Hartford was going to steam out of the harbor away from us, I at once realized that we could not give chase with the Petrel. It would have taken an hour to get up steam and by that time the Hartford would ‘be well out of our reach. We were totally unprepared for any such action on the part of the American boat, and the Hartford was gone before we had any chance to do anything.”’ Capt. Dunn further said that legal action would be started against thé Barry brothers in 'Chitago to collect the bill for damage to the railroad bridge. ee “Captain,” asked the landlubber, “from what direction do you get a'spanking breeze?’ ‘‘From astern,” growled the gruff old) seadog, as he paced the quarterdeck.—Balti- more American. The recent hard gales | _., MORE PASSENGER STEAMERS: The Houghton ‘Minin g ‘Journal ‘says it is prebaile that next season: a route will be ‘established: ‘by: the: United States and Dominion line of steamers (Booth line) between’ Duluth and Sault» Ste. Marie. up-to-date steamers torun the entire length of the lake, ‘The plan is to put on two new and * touching at all the important points and running incon- | nection with the smaller. vessels, now trading along the north and south shores from Duluth and Sault Ste. Marie... In this way the company will: cover ptetty much the while of Lake Superior with its fleet. | The new Booth line steel steamer Argo having proven. ‘to be wholly inadequate to accommodate the constantly’ in- creasing passenger traffic between Duluth and ports along the north shore of Lake Superior, it has been practically de- termined to build another steamer for that trade. The plans for the new vessel contemplate sacrificing freight room to passenger accommodations: ) She will be’ “smaller than the Argo, her freight ‘capacity’ being limited to’ "200 tons. She will have nitiety state rooms, which is twice the accommodations provided by. the Argo for passengers. She will also be a speedier craft, her maximum rate being eighteen miles an hour as against fifteen for the Argo, and her minimum will be fifteen miles. She will make three trips weekly to Port Arthur covering the’north* shore, and on two of these trips she will go around Isle Royale. The Argo now makes two north shore trips, one around the island. Her length on the water line is to be 170 feet, ‘beam 28 feet, and molded depth 20 feet. Her draft light is ealcu- lated at 6 feet forward, and 11 feet aft. The Craig Ship Building Co., of Toledo, will construct her.’ The Argo will go on the gout shore run, making three trips weekly. re GAMBLING ON THE LAKES. The interesting fact has just been disclosed that there is no law which applies to gambling on the Great Lakes. The gamblers themselves have doubtless been aware of this fact for some time and this accounts for the fact that the game is allowed to flourish on‘ many of the passenger boats that ply between Duluth and lower lake points. A gambler, who came in on one of the boats a day or so ago and who was so modest that he refused to give his name, asserted to a representative of the News-Tribune last even- ing that he had been operating on the Great Lakes with a partner for the past four years and that ‘‘money had been more plentiful” this year than ever before. i “Tt is no trouble at all,’’ said he, ‘‘to scare up a good game. People who patronize these boats are as a rule pos- sessors of money and once they become interested in a game they will spendit. Those are the people we like to meet. And by the way thereare any number of them this season.” ‘How much have you raked in so far this year?!’ was asked by the reporter. “Oh, I cant’t tell you just off hand, ”? came the reply,, but here is what we did on the last trip.”’ . The gambler then produced a roll of bills as big as a man’s fist and they were of various denominations, ranging from ‘‘ones’’ to ‘‘twen- ties.’”’ The gambler pointed with pride to the fact that the United States District Attorney at Cleveland, who was recently pre- paring to prosecute two men for gambling, found that there was no law governing the case and he therefore was obliged to discharge the prisoners. The men, it seems, were arrested at Jackson, Mich., on complaint of one J. C. Thomas, who claimed that while coming to Cleveland ona Buffalo boat he was induced to join in a game of poker with a couple of “gentlemanly strangers.’’ He arrived in Cleveland with! very little to show but experience. The other men had the money. Heimmediately swore out a warrant for their ar- rest, and the gamblers were locked up. A few minutes before the time set for the hearing the district attorney discovered that the men were being held illegally—that there was nothing in the federal statutes pro- hibiting gambling except in the district of Columbia. “‘We can now look for floating gambling palaces on the Great Lakes,’’ said the district attorney, ‘unless Congress passes a law on‘the subject.’’—Duluth News-Tribune. Soe ere A-curiouns find is reported from one of the Chincha Islands off the coast of Peru. Ina bed of guano an old ship’s com pass was lately dug up which, when cleaned, was found to be in working order. The case of the instrument is of brass and it bears the engraved inscription: “Jno, Warren; Chepé- side, Citty of London, Maker, 1699.” The ‘compass ‘has been sent to a museum in Lima. aoe