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NovVEMBER 21, T90I. NAVAL ‘STATIONS... Coaling stations for the use of the American men-of- war bwhich. will defend the Nicaraguan canal will be ac- quired by the United States now that, the isthmian canal convention is signed, says a Washington dispatch to’ the Herald.’ These stations will’ be established at: Almirante Bay, Chiriqui: Lagoon, Colombia. Gulf of ‘Dulce, Costa Rica. Danish West Indies. ee Galiapagos Island, off the coast of and belonging to Ecuador. While the the United States, the uselessness of going to such a tre- mendous expense is apparent to omcers of both the army and navy. The great initial cost will be but the beginning, as it would be necessary to keep the fortification in repair and to maintain large garrisons, which would be subject to the ills prevalent in Central America. Admiral Dewey says the canal can only be defended by the navy. Rear Admiral Bradford, chief of the bureau of equipment and a member of the naval war board, says em- phatically that in order that the fleet may operate from near by bases it is necessary that they should be established | without delay. Rear Admiral Bradford has earnestly rec- ommended the acquisition of territory for use as coaling stations at the points named, and the state department has been conducting negotiations with the countries in which they lie. The Danish West: Indies are metucally a desirable point for the defense of the canal against any nation save Great Britain. - Lhe Pritish, navy has an admirable coaling base well protected, in Kingston, ‘Jamaica, and in case of trouble © with the London government the Danish West Indies would be of comparatively little value. ; GAS BUOYS. The big ocean dredges Thomas and Mills are doing ex- cellent. work .on what is to be our 40-foot channel ‘to the sea from New York. Since beginning this work less than a year ago, Capt. charge, stated to a MARINE JOURNAL representative that a mile of the new channel has been excavated to a depth of seven fathoms at low water and a width of 2,000 feet, as per contract with the United States government. This is pumping up sand and carrying it off witha vengeance when considered that the average depth of water before dredg- _ ing began was from 14 to 18. feet over this entire mile, be- ginning at Gedney’s channel outer (sea)’ buoy and contin- uing on over the bar about northwest by west toward the *Main Ship Channel opposite the Quarantine Station. Now that a mile of this channel has been dug, it is proper that ‘we should discuss it by its right name, the Ambrose Channel, ..The Thomas and Mills are kept at work. night and day ; in fact, lying idle only Sundays and holidays, and in every hour and twenty minutes each boat sucks up 4,700 tons of sand, working 1,000 feet in width each, hence it is not to be wondered at that these herculean sand- suckers have plowed a mile successfully. since they, began their im- portant work for this port. In order to work nights it became necessary to adopt the: use of Pintsch gas-lighted buoys, which answer for day marks as well as night. Capt. Conner was asked what he thought of the value and reliability of these lights in com- parison with the electric lights in Gedney’s Channel. He stated emphatically that he considered the Pintsch light far superior for the reason of its clearness and greater bril- liancy, and as for its reliability there was no comparison. In that.connection he said: ‘I would not undertake to state how many times the electric lights in Gedney’s Chan- nel have gone out entirely since I have been working on the bar, but on several occasions, and usually when they were most needed by vessels going in and out of port. Our Pintsch gas buoys are always burning brightly and never go out. We have six of them, three on each side of the chan- nel ‘which we are digging, and it would be impossible, to carry on our work at night without them. These buoys will burn twelve months without being refilled with gas. It is my opinion that the only reliable Chavinel mark at night is the Pintsch gas-lighted buoy.” The foregoing: unsolicited testimonial to these valuable channel marks for both night and day, from a. man whose work. has enabled him to observe them closely, either day or night, for nearly a year, should be encouraging to the manufacturers of the Pintsch gas-lighted buoys. Although it would seem that these buoys had almost reached a point of perfection, the manufacturers are still making additional improyements. with the result that navigators are contin- ually demanding more of them. These channel marks are undoubtedly the most important aids to’ chau ett navi- gation that have yet been pedo ; ry} TOG as fe tke presence of: “a distingnished company of residents Tilinois & Splendid silver service, valued at $10,000, presented on Satarday last, to the battleship Illinois, lying in the Hampton Roads. The service was thegift of the people of the state-of Illinois to the battleship. Senator Mason” delivered. the presentation speech, and on behalf of the vessel's company Capt. Converse responded. | Assist- - ant Sécretary of the Navy Hackett expressed his thanks to the people of Hlinois. <The entire party. was-entertained at Juncheon by Capt. Converse and the officers of the ship. treaty permits thé érection of fortifications by. A. B. Conner, the superintendent in) King Ed. THE ini bot i LAUNCH OF THE. OSBORNE. es ones The steamer Frank W. Osbor ne, built to the order’ of Jo: C. Gilchrist & Co., was successfully launched at the Lorain,: “4 Davi antes g vard of the Amerie¢an Ship Building Company, Saturday | hoon. The Osborne is one of the modern lake freighters, and as she moved on the ways Miss Helen Miller, daughter of Mr. G. R’ Miller; christened her. The’ launching party from: Cleveland in thas of: HG Gilchrist, president of the company. for which the boat..as. built, represented a brilliant assembly. Besides Mr. Gil-_ christ, there were Mrs. J. C. Gilchrist, C. P. ‘Gilchrist, J. ‘D. Gilchrist, Miss Maria’ Gilchrist and’ Master Charles Gil- christ, Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Osborne, Mr. and-Mrs..:C. : W. Baine, Mr. and Mrs. S. P; Sane, G. E. Collings, F. W.* Hart and Misses Florence Osborne, Isabel Strong, Maria Tallman, Helen Murray, Ethel Baine, Mildred Vilas, Dorothy Osborne, Margaret and oe Mi.ler, Pasley and Jennette Shrne, Lela Wood and Master Rolland Wood, of ee and a party from Fa reat inciuding Mr. and Mrs. John Shuck, Mr. and Mrs. . Shuck,. P. G. Walker and James Flynn. ' The steamer Osborne was started about séventy days ago and is being hustled to completion, although no: business will be dene with her this year. SSS CANADIAN COASTAL PRIVILEGES. Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Minister of Public Works. Tarte. , received a strong. representation on Wednesday from. Mon- treal shippers showing the necessity. of American bottoms being granted the privilege of carrying grain between Ft. William and Canadian-ports before nayigation. closes. Oth- erwise every grain shipper will have'‘to' default’ on his con- tracts. Owing to bad weather, on the eee Canadian tonnage for grain is reduced at least 1, 200,000 bushels for the sea- son. Mr. Tarte wired to Capt. Gaskin, of the Montreal Pia portation Co., for information. In reply Capt. Gaskin. wired that, owing to an accident to the steamer Rosemount and bad weather the last ten days, the comparfy had been obliged to cancel some of the contracts from’ Ft.’ William to Geor- gian bay. He would not oppose the application of the Mon- treal grain men, and did not know. of any Canadian bot- toms available at present. Although there was very strong opposition to a renewal of the previous order in council allowing American bot- toms to engage in Canadian trade, Mr. Tarte will bring the matter beforé his colleagues and it is thought that the per- ~ mit will go through for. American, bottoms to carry the. cargoes required between Canadian ports on the lakes. ro oo or ; LETTERS AT DETROIT MARINE POST OFFICE. NOVEMBER 13, IQOI. Hanae ‘To vet any of ‘these letters, addresses or their author- ized agents, will apply at the general delivery window. or., write to the postmaster at Detroit, calling for “advertised” matter, giving the date of his list and paying one cent. Advertised matter is previously held one week awaiting delivery. It is held’two weeks before it goes.to the Dead Letter Office at: Washington, D. C. : Anderson Walter, Kennebec .. May Fred, W, ‘Kentebae : Adamson Will. Tampa Moorhead Mrs Henry, Brown John, Gilbert Bermuda Blanchard Fred E., Tampa Mascath Wm Brown Walter, Griffin Marion H N es Carpenter E M, Tampa Monks Geo. H, Perry Morrison James Call C. J.-2 Cron Earnest : Morehead H F, Bermuda Dougherty F M, Veronica . Malloy John J), Frick David A P McClure Colin Evans Cyrus, Chattanooga McKay Neil, Forbes Delder ‘Frank, Gilchrist McGill : Mary Li ‘ Flord.Mrs D, H Neil Nicholson Capt John- 2, Gaspar Bennett C Elphicke Haden William ’ Nicketson Chester, Hand Joseph Hunter Ethridge Hitchcock Nelson Hamilton George King J L, Pauly Kean D: ‘A Northivestern Kornath Etigene, @eT ue - Nelson ‘Cas, Sitka: Oswold, Wm,. Tacoma Pratt Wim, Penobscot Porter Alexander Roy Edgar’: oe “Rock: Wilson; Holden o Russell- Matthew, Faxton ; Searten Harry E Smith Arthur, Bradley Sutherland Herman E | Vaughn Chas, H J Johnson Witzman Chot; Eads Will H A Weeks H D Whitney James T Wabble W J Young John A, Armour FB. Dickerson, ‘P. M: ‘ , Kerven Geo TH Kirckendale Capt Joe J L Green Lockwood John H*J Johnson Liddell James, Crescent City Leroux Capt: M, tug Neelon Langstaff Wm Cunceford Geo Motrison Win de 6 Dean Bros.” “economic” vertical doublé- acting air pump. and condenser.is the subject of a finely illustrated circular nublished by the Dean Bros.’ Steam Pump Works, In- dianapolis, Ind. The circular has a number of half tones and brief descriptive matter in reference to independent apparatus for condensing engines. is GAYS. seo , the week, northwest ; _ plied. from. Detroit to Portage Lake in the ’60’s. Farwell ' von the Great Lakes. «provements, general . built-afloat. at mecial | ry resbondenca’tg who ha: -recoveriné - General Manager David i@arter, of: the Detroit & Cleye- ‘fase line, who has been ill for’some time, suffered a relapse on Wednesday and his Becier ss now. give. faint hopes of his recovery. nian SSR The steamer Eiecaee prought:1 1. swatenlonyed: Som ie ae has been placed i in drydock. and it is estimated that _ 3,000 will be expended in patting: igs in al secrapeig: | condition again. Charles D: Thompson, Pew rion ling “resigned ‘his position as local manager of the Great Lakes. Towing Asx oy sociation. Edward Root, who has been connected with, the, > office of Boynton & ‘Thompson, has been selected to suc- ~ ~ ceed him. Mr. Root is well known, and has been ‘connected ie) with the tug business at Port Huron for several years. The following meteorological observations aré “furnished ' ro ‘by the office of the U. S. Weather Bureau, Detroit, for the week ending November 19th: Prevailing wind direction for highest ‘velocity,’ 37 miles ‘fromthe « northwest on the 12th; mean ‘temperature for 'the- week; ae degrees; highest temperature, 44: degrees on' the 13th; Lome est, 28 degrees on the 15th. sone Mrs. Sarah McCurdy, who ‘died at’ ‘hee home in Detroit on Saturday morning, at the age of seventy- six years, was the twin sister of Capt. John Wilson, who was in command j~ ef the steamer Lady Elgin when she’ was ‘rtin’ down’ and A sunk by the schooner Augusta, off Winetka, Lake Michi- gan, in September, ‘1860. . Capt.’ Wilson was: among ‘the ‘lost. Upwards of 400 people perished by the.disaster. Captain Thomas Barry is at Au Sable with the tugs How- __ ard and Maud S., and all the: necessary wreéecking’appara-i's | tus for the raising of the engines and boilers of the wrecked : ,steamer Baltimore. The engines and’ boilets ‘will be taken’ to East Tawas, and thence shipped to-Chitago by‘rail to: be’ installed in one of the boats for the. Chior Mtv el # run, presumably either the Empire or Badger ‘States = Shot If you will forward to the Lee Injector Mfg.’ Co’, ‘corher Abbott and 4th Sts., Detroit, Mich., your name and: full~ address, and if convenient name. and number. of. your Engi- neers’ Association, 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, and how to operate and care for it, with other valuable in- formation useful to all engineers. | Quinn’s wrecker Reliable left here a’ few days ago for’ 4 Peles. where it will perform a rather novel piece of sae _The Lake Shore railroad, in building a’ bridge..at Toledo; : drove a number of temporary piling.in order to carry,on ‘the ; ‘work. These have now to be removed and as they can not ‘be pulled up, they will have to be cut off éven with the bot- | tom. There are 300 of them, and Quinn will use dynamite ') ’ to cut them off. Dynamite cuts off the pie as eens as: if: it had been sawed. ANSE ‘sas The steamer. Greyhound, once encae as tie: “White Flyer of the Great Lakes,’? and'which.as the “Northwest” plied between Detroit and Houghton has been undergoing the process of dismantling and is now nearly stripped of her’ machinery; which will be placed ‘into the new steamer Grey=*\’ hound, being built for ‘the White Star line. The old boat: ” At that .. time she was considered, by far, to be the finest passenger — boat on the lakes. The Greyhouttd,’ then’ called the North-:” ‘west, was in the Houghton-Detroit trade for two vents! | The old Greyhound was built at Manitowoc: 33 yéars ago;*.’ but was purchased shortly: after by, Capt. Eber B. Ward;:: who brought her to Detroit and ran her. for.a couple; of years between Detroit and Houghton, Mich. She was then” known as the Northwest. Later Capt. Ward sold lier to the D. & C. line and the steamer was ‘equipped with engines taken from the side-wheel steamer City of Detroit,. which ‘::: re ‘had been wrecked off Grand -Haven. A few.years later she ~ was sold again and put.on the Detroit-Port Huron route ‘and her name changed to the Greyhound.’ Two years ago ”' ‘the old Detroit’s: machinery went ona blow up and’ nearly °— wrecked the Greyhound. It cost the: White Star line’‘own- ers $40,000. for new, engines, and. other .machinery at.that “time. This will now be placed in the new boat. SSE TSE fae ae hs eA gS TE Taaa a PORT HURON, ae eas Special Correspondence to The Marme, ecput: iA: tesa Thenew steel steamer Henry: Stineburner, built: by» thes } ToL Ship Building Co,, ofthis city, for ‘the Kinsmam...,. Transit Co., of Cleveland, left this port Monday on her first . trip for Lake Superior to load ore for Ohio ports. The © Stineburner is one of the best btilt-and finest looking ships Shevis fitted withvall-the latest im- electric plants, “Williamson’s steam steering gear, and all. her. machinery; is, fitted - with sagen Phoenix metal. She is under the command. of Capt..-Jos. , Lampho, and Wm. Miller, chief engineer, The Jenks Ship ‘ Building Co. can be congratulated in turning out sitch’a*! fine looking ship, and they cdn expeet ‘great results from: / her ‘and further orders to. follow; as there: is nothing better-.,, peed 2 tar fi PITA GE