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CLEVELAND. Special Correspondence to 1 he Marine Record. ‘he Chase Machine Co. recently shipped one of its worm-geared, friction-driven engines to the order of the Pittsburg Coal Co, The International Longshoreman’s Association will give’ a grand ball at West Side Turn Hall, 858 Lorain street, Monday eyenine, November 18th. Mr. Smith, foreman at the Lorain shipyard, has ‘been promoted to the American Ship Building Co.’s yard at Buffalo. ‘The other foremen at the yard gave him a ban- quet. Sinith is a young man, and was graduated from a Cleveland high school but a few years ago. His rise in ship building lines has been rapid and he is well thought of by his present employers. D. E. Ford of St. Louis, who is connected with the Standard Oil Co., being transferred to that interest from his former connection with John D. Rockefeller’s fleet, the Béssemer Steamship Co., is on the lakes looking for boats which he wishes to buy and transfer to the oil trade out of the Texas fields. He is planning to buy several boats. No purchases have been niade so far as Mr. Ford only wants suitable boats. "The following meteorological observations are furnished by the office of the U. S. Weather Bureau for the week end- ing November 6th: Prevailing wind direction during the week, southeast; highest velocity, 36 miles from west on November’3rd* mean temperature for the week 453 highest temperature, 71 on October 31st; lowest, 24 on November 6th* sunrise and sunset data computed for local time; No- vember 8th’ sun rises 6:41, sets 4:47; Nov. 11th sun fises, 6245, sets, 4:43; November I4th sun rises 6:49, sets’ 4:41. The fact that the stockholders of the Clevland & Buffalo liné must first decide whether they desire to increase the capital stock, concerning which there is no certainty until after the meeting in December, prevents any official state- ment as to what will be done with the proceeds of this stock sale in case the issue is'declared. In the absence of any statement the presumption of those well informed that the ultimate desire is to purchase a block of stock in the Detroit & buffalo boat line, still stands. This i ‘is especially patent sitice it:is said that the company has no great desire now to buy other boats to increase the daily * service be- Preeti Clevland and Buffalo, the route being fully covered. ~ T learn from the Black Diamond “that several important ; bial fields*in Ohio are to be developed as soon as.a new line of railroad is completed between a great lake port and the ‘town of Phalanx, that state. The west side of the en- trance to Fairport harbor is to be the lake terminal, and there a stretch of land suitable for docks will be put to the use for which nature has so’ splendidly fitted it. From % Phalanx the connection with the mining territory of Jeffer- os BOR county will be made over the Alliance & Northern and the Alliance & Southern. What is known as the Garfield- Morris syndicate is back of the project to build this road and construct the terminal docks. Before the Pittsburg & Western was absorbed by the Baltimore & Ohio, it is said that it was the intention to bring the prodict of the new coal fields over the Pittsburg & Western to Fairport, but the same arrangements could not be made with the Balti- ~ more & Ohio.” ‘ or or ovXmn : _ CHICAGO. Special Correspondence to The Marine Record. The L. S: Starrett Co., Athol, Mass.,-announce that for the better service of the: Western trade they have opened | store at 15 south Canal street, Chicago, Ill., where a full stock of Starrett tools will be kept. Capt. Al. T. Fletcher will be the manager of this branch. -The following meteorological observations are foomished by the office of the U. S. Weather Bureau for the week ending November 6: Prevailing wind directions for the week, N. W.; highest velocity, 42, S. W., October 30. Mean October 30; lowest, 16 on November 4. temperature fo the week, 43; highest temperature, 75 on THE MARINE RECORD. PORT HURON. shecia? Lorr rrespondence to the Marine ‘Record. Frank. D. Jénks left Monday afternoon for St. Lotis,~ “Mo., where he:will look after the‘ elevator which is being ; erected, in that city:and alsé complete a ‘few of the details . of the plan’ for' transporting the grain: to, the seaboard. eg tit 18 cugrent gossip in Port Huron arid, Detroit marine engineering circles that engineers now employed on non- *, union boats together with’ thosé now out of: employment se are about to form a. new: and independent: society, and be entirely Separate and: distinct from the M. E. B. A. Burt Taylor, eldest son of Capt. Jas. Taylor of the steam- er Toltec, was killed by the accidental discharge of a gun in his hands whilst out shooting ducks on Saturday morn- ing’ ear Marine ‘City. The charge entered Mr. ‘Taylor’s leg below the knee, which it shattered so as to render ani- putation necessary. Owing to the enfeebled condition of the patient, occasioned by great loss of blood. previous to the operation, he was unable to recover from the shock and died whilst being operated upon. Capt. Jas. Taylor, the bereaved father, is also manager of the Marine Transpor- tation Co. of Marine City, Mich. Something new, for ‘people who now have small row- boats and want a boat with power, has lately been put on the market. It is a portable propeller operated by means of an electric motor, which is inclosed in a.metal water- tight case, dropped a few inches below the water line. It can be placed on any rowboats by simply replacing this machine. instead’ of the old rudder.. The wires from the motor. run up the’tiller posts and are used as tiller ropes. The batteries can be placed anywhere in the boat and the electric connections made by snap couplings on the gun- wale. A rheostat, for governing the speed of the motor, is located on the top of the tiller post. The turning’ of the tiller post turns motor, screw and all, and this takes the place of the rudder. The action is much quicker than can be imagined. . When an iceberg towers 200 or 300 feet above the sea, it means that but one-eighth of its tremendous bulk is ex- nosed. A berg which rises 200 feet above the Atlantic has a bulk of 1,400 feet under the sea. Captains give icebergs all the room they desire, as a collision would be as fatal as striking solid rock. ‘Their proximity is generally indi- cated by a cooling of the atmosphere and the sea; but if the steamer and the wind are both approaching the berg during the night or in thick weather, the danger may not be seen until too late. As these icebergs travel south, their natural tendency is to melt, and this causes them to give out a clinking, tinkling sound as the motion of the sea knocks broken piéces against each other, which may be heard for a considerable distance. Icebergs often assume odd shapes. One recently reported by a skipper was formed exactly, like a church. The square bulk formed the body of the church, while a spire of ice arose in the air to form the steeple on the front of the frozen edifice. An indentation seemed to form a main entrance. Since the publication of the grain carrying scheme from Duluth to Leith, Scotland, which is being promoted by the Botsford, Jenks Co. backed by the Grand Trunk Railway system, there has been some comment on the location of the steel shipbuilding plant at St. Clair. J. E. Botsford, one of the promoters, was seen and asked whether or not the proposed plant had anything to do with the proposed change in location which the Jenks Ship Building Co. in- tends making. Mr. Botsford replied: ‘No, we have noth- ing to do with the Jenks company whatever. The. plant which we will establish at St. Clair has nothing to do with that company. Qur company is entirely independent. The citzens and officials of St. Clair have made us an offer and in all probability it will be accepted. We will con- struct our own boats to be uséd in carrying the grain from Duluth to Point Edward and the elevators in this city, from where it will.be shipped to Portland, Maine.” Work on the elevator at Point Edward which will be of steel,. will be commenced. at once.. The elevator at St. Louis is about completed and the ones-at. Portland, Maine, and Leith, Scotland, are already constructed and being used. The pro- moters will have need for all the boats to be constructed at the yards. They are also figuring.on another eleyator, the point for which has not been selected but from the drift of the conversation which the reporter had it may be erected at Buffalo, or some point near there, in order to. store the grain which is taken past the port of Port Huron. At Port Huron boats drawing 20 feet of water donot experience any difficulty and they can be loaded to that depth. NOVEMBER 7. 1901. DETROIT. Special Corrésbondence to T jhe Marine Record. Low water at the Limekilae Crossing stopped navigation again this” week and this is sposstly due to the canal at Chicago. : : ‘5 ‘he Botsford Elevator Company’ S Sevatar at Port Huron ‘burned on Monday evening, © The’ ‘house: was filled with grain. ‘and 150,000 bushels were destroyed. Both ee and contents were fully” insured. eae As Capt. Lansing H. Beach is now ihe th: S: engineer in charge of the eleventh light-house district, he having ar- rived at Detroit from Washington Saturday afternoon and assumed the duties of his new post, succeeding Lieut. Col. T. H. Handbury, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. The cable which formerly connected Pelee Island with the mainland by way of Pelee Point and the Dummy light- house has been taken up and another laid in a straight line from a landing place on the north-shore about midway: be- tween Leamington light-house and-Bells Point. Mariners are warned not to anchor in the vicinity of this cable. During the month of October the mail boat at this port delivered 37,667 pieces of maif to vessels, and received 11,662 pieces. There were 2,926 boats passing, and to some boats of the largest size it is reported that as many.as 100 letters have been delivered at one time. It should be stated though that so Jarge a mail for one craft seldom occurs. The following meteorological observations are furnished by the office of the U.S. Weather Bureau for the week ending November 5th: Prevailing wind directions for the week, W.; highest velocity, 31 miles west, on the 3rd; mean’ temperature for the week, 47 degrees; highest temperature, 74 degrees on October 30; lowest, 24 degrees on Novem- ber 5th. If you will ee to The Lee Injector Manufacturing * Co. 99-103 Abbott street, vour name and full address and, if convenient, name and number of your engineers’ asso- ciation, by postal or otherwise, they will mail you free of charge their valuable treatise on “Injectors, Its Uses and Abuses,” how it is constructed, how to connect it, how to onerate and care for it, with other valuable information useful to all engineers. Information has been received through the Branch Hy- drographic Office at Clevland, that the sunken wreck of the schooner Mt. Blanc lies in 17 feet of water about 1 mile east from the Bar Point light-house, northward of the reg- ular track of vessels, but still in a bad place for small ves- sels which cut across the point. The masts and bow of the wreck are above water and there are 5 feet of water over the deck amidships. ‘This wreck will be stripped and aban- doned as a total loss. A special commission has been appointed for the lakes to revise and perfect revenue cutter regulations, consist- ing of Captain W. C. Coulson, Captain T. D. Walker, First Lieutenant. B. L. Reed, Chief Engineer J, H. Chalker, and First Assistant Engineer C. M. Green.. Lieutenant Reed is attached to the Fessenden and is a Michigan man, his home being at Onsted. ‘The work is very important and technical, and the appointment is a high honor to a young man like Lieutenant Reed. . Kick the vessel interests never so hard and continuously, the time is coming when a great international bridge will span the Detroit river. It is not possible that the com- mercial interests of the country can always be “held up” for the special benefit of those who own boats. But ves- selmen have rights as well as other people, and one of these is that the bridge shall impede navigation as little as pos- sible. A low bridge necessitates a draw, and when it is rememberd that during the season of navigation a vessel on the average passes this point once every seven minutes, it is evident tnat any such structure is out of the question. So a high bridge it must be, with a span that will obviate the necessity of piers in the navigable part of the river.. Information dated October 18, 1901, has been received from the government of Canada that the cable which formerly connected Pelee Island with the mainland by way. of Pelee Point and the Dummy light-house has been taken up. In August, 1901, another cable was laid in a straight line from a landing place on the north shore about midway between Leamington light-house and Bells Point, 2,600 feet N. 76 degrees W. true (W. N. W. 96 W. mag.) from the light-house, in (approximately) latitude 42 degrees or minutes 55 seconds N., longitude 82 degrees, 36. minutes, 15 seconds \v., to a landing on north shore of Pelee Island in (approximately) latitude 41 degrees, 48 minutes, 45 seconds N., longitude 82 degrees, 39 minutes, 00 seconds