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- 12 THE MARINE RECORD. A TRUSCOIT BOAT SIMPLE, SAFE, lighting. RELIABLE, SPEEDY. It may be possible to build better and _ safer boats, but it hasn’t been done yet. We send a completely illustrated cata'ogue and price list f ee, which tells you all about boats and WHY TRUSCOTT BOATS EXCEL. Truscott Boat Mfg. Co., ST. JOSEPH, MICH.’ 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. ...... : THE SAFETY CAR HEATING AND LIGHTING CO. 160 Broadway, New York City. eee h Controlled by 6 rte ia bey) TREASURY DECISIONS. FUSIBLE PLUGS FOR MARIN® BOILERS. TreasuRY DErARTMEN’, November 8, 1901. To UnitedStates supervising and local inspectors of steam- boats, and others «oncertied: It has recently come to the attention of the department that the provisions of section 4436, Revised Statutes, re- quiring fusible plugs in boilers to be made “of good Banca tin” are being violated by substituting for that metal al- loys consisting of but a email portion of tin combined with lead and other metals inferior for the purpose intended to “good Banca tin.” As the law referred to is absolrte as to the use “of good Banca tin” in the fusible plugs of marine boilers, “in the flues crown-shect or other parts of the boiler most exposed to the heat of the furnace when the water falls below its prescribed limits,” the substitution of alloys of other metals in such fusible plugs subjects the makers thereof to the penalties provided in section 4425, Revised Statutes, as follows: Every person who constructs a boiler, * or who delivers any suzh boiier for use. knowing it to be imperfect ‘n its flues, flanging, riveting, bracing, or in any other of its parts, shall he fined one thousand dollars, one-half for the use of the :nformer. : Owners of steam vessels using fusible plugs filled with metal or metals other than Banca tin are also liable to a penalty of $500. under the provisions of section 4499, Re- vised Statutes, which reads as follows: If any vessel propelled in whole or in part by steam be navigated without complying with the terms of this Tittle, the owner shall be liabel to the United States in a penalty of five hundred dollars for each offense, one-half for the use of the informer; for which sum the vessel so navi- gated shall be lable, and may be seized and proceeded acainst by way of libel in-any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the offense. The manufacturers of fusille plugs, whether boiler makers or others, will be required hereafter to stamp their name thereon for identification, and file with the loca! inspectors in the district where their plugs are in most gen- eral use a certification stating that the fusible plugs manu- factured by them are filled with good Banca tin. Supervising and local inspectors are hereby directed not fo authorize hereafter the use of any fusible plug not stamped with the maker's name, and when’ such maker’s certificate as herein provided for is not on file in the in- spector’s office; and are further directed not to accept or pass any fusible plug not made in form in strict accord- ance with section 26, Rule Il,. Rules and Regulations of the Board of Supervising Inspectors. I. J. Gack, Secretary. y OO oe THE PUREST IRON ORE IN THE WORLD. ‘For centuries the Dannemora iron ore mines in Sweden have been to the iron maker what Mecca is to the Moham- medan. It is there that the purest iron ore commercially known to man exists. The operating company is a close corporation, and the ore is sold to no one outside of it; that is, the owners all possess iron or steel producing plants, and obtain from these.mines part of their supplies. They limit the production to 50,000 tons per annum, and place it at a price which might seem prohibitory, but from its quality they can afford to so charge themselves. The ore, which now comes from entirely under-ground operation, is magnetite, with an average of 50 per cent. of metallic iron, and from 0.0025 to 0.005 per cent. phos- phorus. It requires very little flux in the blast furnace, as the gangue is principally limestone, and the phosphorus is of that minute quantity which generaly leads one to doubt the chemists’ reputed results. The mine has been operated for at least 400 years. first it was owned by private parties, but later reverted to the government. In 1863 it was again taken by indivi- duals. and has been successfuly worked ever since. Up to 1829 the ore was disrupted by fire setting. In that year * OK At the use of gunpowder was introduced.. As the present working depth is 846 feet, visiting the works seems like penetrating the bowels of the earth, and when we reflect on the sreat age of the mine and the primitive character of its first exploiting, we could not help feeling that from some dark corner might come the spirit of the ancient Norseman to ask why we were intruding upon its original home.—Robert W. Fiunt, in Cassier’s Magazine for No- vember. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Unirep States o- AmMERICA—NORTHERN LAKES AND RiIvERS—WISCONSIN. x TREASURY . DEPARTMENT, Orrick ce ‘>He I,1cHt-Housr Boarp, Wasuineton, D. C., November 14 1901. RACINE HARBOR. . Racing. Pirrrarap Licur Sration.—Notice is hereby given that, on or about November 23, 1901, a fourth-order fixed red light will be established in the new steel. structure recently erected at the outer end of the north pier, entrance {to Racine Harbor westerly side of Lake Michigan. The light wll illuminate 270 per cent. of the horizon, from §. round by eastward and southward to E.; bearings true and from seaward. The focal plane of the light will be 46 feet above mean -lake level and the light wi!l be visible 14 statute miles in clear weather, the ohseryer’s eye 15 teet above the lake. The structure is a white, square. pyramidal, steel tower, the lower half cpen. the upper haif closed, surmounted by a black, ten-sided lantern. The present fog bell will be attached to the easterly side of the tower and will be sounded by machinery as here- tofore, single blow every 20 seconds during thick and fog- gy weather. On the same date the present sixth-order fixed red light, on the north pier near its outer end will be discontinued.. Ractne (Root River) Licur Strarion.-—Notice is hereby given that, on or about November 23, 1901, the fourth-order fixed white light, shown from the square tower attached to the brick dwelling at this station, on the north pier at the entrance to Racine Hart-ot wil! be discontinued. By order of the Light-House Board: N. H. Farquuar, Rear-\dmiral, U. S. Navy, Chairman. DOMINION OF’ CANADA.—ONTARIO, CHANGE IN posrtton oF Port Co_porNe Back RANGE Licut.—The inner range tower at the Lake Erie entrance to the Welland canal at Port Colborne has been moved to a new position on the west side of the canal, 300 feet N. W. by W. % W. from its former position on the east side of the harbor, and now stands on a cribwork block 8 feet high, 2,090 feet N. by E. 4%. from the outer range tower on the west pier head. The light shown from the tower is fixed red, and should be visible 7 miles in the line of range. he illuminating apparatus is catoptric. The new range leads inte the harbor over the deepest water 110 feet clear of the new breakwater now under con- struction by the Department of Public Works, Canada. Lights should be left cn port hand. F. GourpEAu, Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries. DEPART MEN’ OF MARINE AND FISHERIES, Ortowa, CANnApdA, 4th November, 1go1. All bearings unless otherwise noted, are magnetic and are given from seaward, miles are nautical miles, ‘heights are above high water, and all depths are at mean low water. Pilots, masters or others interested are carnestly requested to send information of dangers, changes in aid to naviga- tion, notice of new shoals or channels, errors in publica- tions, or any other facts affecting the navigation of Cana- dian waters to the Chief Engineer, Department of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada. MARITIME LAW. ; DE FARCONNET ET AL. VS. WESTERN INS. CO. (District Court, S. D., New York, August 3, 1901.) Jupcment — Conciusivenrss.—lieblants shipped ' pe- troleum, covered by marine insurance, on’ board a* bark: which became disabled at sea. Salvage and other expenses” were incurred, to pay which the ship and cargo were sub+" sequently sold by the master. Held, in an action on the policy, that a judgment on the master’s bottomry draft, pledging the ship and freight, in which the sale of the ship was held invalid, was not admissible in evidence, nor bind- ing in any way, it being between different parties and on different evidence. MarinE INSURANCE—LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS—W AIVER. —Any conduct of an insurer which tends to mislead the insured and cause delay in prosecuting his claim beyond the time limited in the policy, amounts to a waiver of the condition. Subsequent dealings with the insured, in which the in- surer recognizes the continued validity of. the policy, and’ requires further action on the part of the insured, inyolv- ing labor and expense, amount to a waver of the condition in the policy limiting the time for prosecutine claims. SAME—ForMAL ABANDON MENT—WAIVER.— Where the in- sured under a marine policy wrote the insurer, inquiring “whether we must make an abandonment, bv judicial act, or if our present letter, expressing an intent to abandon, will do?” the latter’s answer ignoring the informal. tender and denying any liability under the policy, excuses a de- lay in making the formal tender. SAME—RisKs Covernp—GrENERAL AvERAGE:—Lieblants shipped petroleum, covered by marine insurance against sea perils, on board a bark which became disabled at sea. Held, that the general average charges assessable on the oil, and for which the insurer was liable under the policy, - included the decree for salvage, with costs and expenses, inward pilotage, towage, ship’s new material used up in the salvage work, etc. SAME—PeErroteUM AvrRAGE.—A certificate for marine insurance contained an exception of “particular average unless vessel be stranded,” ete. The policy provided that the insurer should not be liable for leakage of liquids, un- less occasioned by stranding. The vessel centaining the petroleum became disabled at sea, and in beds towed to the nearest harbor became stranded, and pounded for half an hour on a coral reef, causing excessive d' ~age to the b, Se ee Sse aS bottom. ‘Its cargo on the first warehousing ding the repairing of the vessel, appeared to be in. gc ondition and experienced witnesses testified that the | 4.) wea caused by contact with sea water, detention _ climate and frequent. handling. Held, th Bid oe yr leakage was caused by stranding, within the-pe.c,. In Admiralty. : Butler, Notman, Joline & Mynderse, for lieblants. Wing, Putnam & Burlingham, for respondent. — Brown, District Judge. In a recent lecture on his exploration®in the Arktic Ocean and the results obtained with ave Lae the ocean currents on the Norwegian coast, in the n@rthern part of the Atlantic Ocean, and in the. Arctic Ocdan during his voyage in the Fram and in the Michael Sars in 1900, Fridtjof Nansen declared his belief that the Northern Arctic Ocean is not to be regarded as formiwg part of the ocean system of the world, but as being an independent inland sea, which contains several subordinate currents which are affected by the influence exerted by the two chief currents of the Gulf Stream and the Arctic Ocean. For obtaining reliable data concerning the rate of speed at which the sea currents flow, their temperature and saltness, a most elaborate system of apparatus was made use of,. which enabled the ocean currents to be investigated at any depth without sudden changes in the temperature of ¢he water being able to affect the results obtained. In fact, so accurate are these results that Nansen’s theory is- at- tracting widespread attention in scientific circles.