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+ LIFE-SAVING STATION NEEDED. Congress has been asked for an appropriation for a life saving station at Eagle Harbor by the Masters and Pilots Association. . It is one of the final steps to secure some- thing that is badly needed and which is favored by all marine men who have any business with boats traveling the course around Keweenaw point during the season of navigation. The Detroit Free Press says: The movement for. a station at, Fagle Harbor, or one near the point, has been agitated hy lake captains and oth- ers for several years, and it would now appear that the time is not far distant when their hopes in this respect will be realized. The coast of Eagle Harbor has long been regarded as one of the most dangerous points on the lakes, and during the last season of navigation many lives were lost off this point. ‘The list would have been much larger had it not been for the heroic work of the brave crew at the ship canal, who, on more than one occasion, covered the long distance between their station and this point and rendered valuable assistance. The Hudson, one of -the finest steamers on the lakes, went to the bottom in a gale off this point, carrying with “her every member of her crew. Had there been a life saving station at Eagle Harbor the crew might have been saved. The tug Fern was also lost at this place, and all aboard perished. ‘here have been other wrecks in which lives have been lost in this vicinity, and during last season a large whalcback had a very narrow escape there. There has always been more need of a life saving station in the vicinity. of Eagle Harber than at the ship canal. The past scason’s record certainly indicates such to be the case. The number advocating the removal of the present sta- tion-at Portage Lake canal to Eagle Harbor are few, but those who desire to see a new station established at the latter place are many. Capt. McCormack of the canal station is authority for the statement that his station is more important than any ‘ive stations on the lakes, for the reason that it has more and dangerous territory to attend to. But one accident can be recalled that was with- in the reach of the life savers at the canal, and that was the burning of the steamer Bon Voyage last May, but hard- ly a season has passed but that the crew at the canal has been called upon to travel overland or by boat to Keweenaw county ports to lend assistance. Again, scarcely « season passes without there being one or more serious wrecks along the shores of Keweenaw, and usually the crew of the ill fated vessel is compelled to battle with the elements unaided. ‘Too much time is re- quired to. get word to the station at the canal and to get the men to the place needed. The Masters and Pilots’ Association is acting in good time in its efforts to have a station established at Eagle Harbor, and there is good reason to believe that the governmnent will afford the protection desired. oor oo ST. LAWRENCE BRIDGE. Post negotiations have almost been completed in New York and in Canada for the construction of a bridge across the St. Lawrence river at Montreal, which is to be one ot the largest of its class in the world. The bridge to be constructed is the Royal Albert bridge from Montreal to Longueguil, and the Montreal Bridge Co. has entered into a contract with the Atlas Construction Co. to erect it. This latter company was incorporated under the laws of New Jersey on January 25, with $15,000,000 capital. In taking over this contract the company has bought out all the old interests which were held by C. N. Armstrong. The construction company plans to begin work on the bridge as soon as aid, already pledged by the province of Quebec and the city of Montreal, becomes available. The estimated cost of the bridge, with its terminals, is $10,000,000. The total length of the bridge is to be 8,800 feet. The main span, a cantilever, which will be the largest of its kind on the continent, will be 1,260 feet long. The height of the bridge above the water will be 150 feet, and its width 83 feet, divided as follows: A double track rail- way, 26 feet; a double track electric railway, 22 feet; a double highway, 23 feet and two sidewalks, 12 feet. The weight of steel in the structure will be about 74,000,000 pounds, and there will be 90,000,000 yards of masonry. The railroads which will be benefited by the new bridge ore: The New York Central, Delaware & Hudson, Rut- land, Boston & Maine, Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg, Great Northern of Canada, Canadian Atlantic, South Shore, Atlantic & Lake Superior, Great Eastern, St. Chrysotone line, Southern Counties, Montreal Terminal, and the Mon- treal Street railway. The Canadian Pacific might be men- tioned, inasmuch as this road is extending its car-build- ing plant and repair shops in the east end of Montreal, ad- jacent to the proposed terminal of the Royal Albert bridge. ee Av the meeting of the concilliation board of the North of England iron and steel trade in London, January, 27th, Thomas Bayley, M. P., speaking in behalf of the ironmas- ters, appealed to the workers to support the employers in their effort to recapture the world’s trade. He said some employers had spent £60,000 during the past year in im- proving their plants, and it only remained to secure the loy- al co-operation of the men. Mr. Cox, responding for the men, said he would promise that there would be no re- striction of output. The men would welcome any improve- ment aiding them in the coming contest for the world’s ‘supremacy. ty THE MARINE RECORD. ESTIMATED VALUE OF FREIGHT THROUGH PORTAGE LAKE SHIP CANALS FOR THE SEASON OF 1901. | | | | | | | | | \ } | ea 6 Items. oS fle § sj Lt al Soak Coal, (Anthracite), net tons. ..| 102,385 |$ 5 50 $ 563 ¥17.50 “« (Bituminous), ‘‘ ..../809 673} 3 30| 2,671.920.90 Flour, barrels...........4.... 283,730| 4 00} 1,134°920 00 Wheat, bushels......... EES OOK; 250 72| 649 044;00 Grain, (other than wheat), bu..| 474 055 50} 237,027.50 Manufactured Iron, net tous...| 7.086] 60 00], 425,160.00 Pig Iron, net toms...........-. 3 622| 16 00 57,952.00 Iron Ore, ‘*‘ EES Saectes 80 386| 2 25| 180 868.50 Salt; barreleisises wie cas spose 125,293 75 93,969 75 Copper, net tons .............. 78,354 |335 00/26, 248,590.00 Building Stone, net tons....... 67,231} 6 50] 437,001.50 Sand, net tons. ......0.03.0005 65 14 950 75 II,212.50 Machinery, net tons........... 1.235 |300 00] 370,500.00 Olle Darrelse ici oe sees bate ole 43,.418| 6 00} 260 508,00 Limestone, net tons........... 4o 983} I 50 61,474 50 Lumber, M. ft. B. M........... 314,635 | I5 00] 4,719,525 00 Logs, iS Odes SPC RON Tc abe rae 18.074] It 00} | 198 814.00 Unclassified Freight, net tons. .| 148,439 |125 00|!8 554,875.00 DOCG ES eres ce rata tera seesrase Soha, Wart plesa is late $56,876 480.65 FREIGHT BOUND UP AND DOWN AND VALUATIONS FOR THE SEASONS OF 1895 TO Ig01, BOTH INCLUSIVE Bound Total Fr’t |-yotal Valuation of Freight Bound up Bound up B a Net Tons. net tone: auc pond and Boot Doin? fiz + 1895 | 560.672) 363 084 | 923 756 $29,832.367.70 1896 | 635.6 6) 406.327 | 1,041,933 295953» 787-02 1897 730,843| 289,880 | 1,020,723 34,044,268 85 1898 960,924| 406,761 | 1.367.685 39,254.415.50 1899 | 974.328] 607,841 | 1.582,169 54,994,843 70 1g00 | 1,190 527| 677 245 | 1.867.772 57,380. 129 05 Igor | 1,246,576| 867,8c9 | 2,114,385 56.876, 480.65 D D. GAILLARD, Captain of Eng neeis, U.S. A. FEBRUARY 13, 1902. AMERICAN SHIPMASTER. Hamivron Can., Feb. 4, 1902. To the Editor of The Marine Record: Can the holder of a Canadian Master’s Certificate take command of a U. S. Ship without passing another exami- nation, after holding intention papers and residing in the states five years, o> does it entitle him to any privileges on ships of the United States. Kindly answer the above ques- tion in the Recorp and you will oblige. SUBSCRIBER. A foreign ceftificate is not acknowledged or recognized in the United States. Let us quote the United States’ Stat- utes as follows: “All the officers of vessels of the United States shall be citizens of the United States, except that in cases where, on a foreign voyage, or a voyage from an Atlantic to a Pacific port of the United States, any such vessel for any reason deprived of the services of an officer below the grade of master, his place, or a vacancy caused by the promotion of another officer to such place, may be supplied by a person not a citizen of the United States until the first re- turn of such vessel to its home port; and such vessel shall not be liable to anv penalty or penal tax for such employ- ment of an alien officer.” An American certificate is necessary to take charge of a vessel under the United States flag. soa WORLD’S FAIR CLASSIFICATION SHOWS THE MARVELOUS ACTIVITY OF THE HUMAN RACE.—EVERY ART AND INDUS- TRY HAS A PLACE. An advance copy of the Classification Book for the Lou- isiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis in 1903 has been received. Fifty-three pages are required for a mere enu- meration of the groups and classes of exhibits. The ex- hibits of the entire exposition are diyided into fifteen de- partments as follows: education, eight groups; art, six groups; liberal arts, thirteen groups; manufactures, thirty- four groups; transportation, six groups; agriculture, twen- ty-seven groups; horticulture, seven groups; forestry, three groups; mining and metallurgy, five groups; fish and game, five groups; anthropology, four groups; social econ- omy, thirteen groups; physical culture, three groups. The total shows 144 groups and 807 classes, and under each class is a possibility of a multitude of exhibits. CONDENSED STATEMENT OF VESSELS RECORDED DURING THE NAVIGATION SEASONS OF 1895 to 1901, BOTH INCLUSIVE 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1gOl Totals. Steam, Bound up........ Sipe 1,631 1,695 1,432 1,803 1,793 1,788 1,686 11,828 Sail and Tow, SM ince Ue alers (aie eine: +725938 362 283, 405 502 566 626 | 3,082 Total, uf OR ah eta 1.969 2,057 1.715 2,208 2 295 2.354 2,312 14,910 Reg. Tonnage, ‘‘ OE Shipments RSA ee 703,156 | 735,974 | 726,169) 939,396) 938 739 |t,168 695 |1,252,625 | 6 464 754 Steam, DOWD e3es c tes 1.341 1,372 1.085 1,479 1,437 1,365 1,301 9 381 Sail and Tow, “s idle ra aceranlecisesit 138 139 131 222 199 301 3208 1,438 Total, es UNS eae arene I 479 1,512 1,216 1,701 1,636 1,666 1,609 10,819 Reg. Tonnage, Sy UTR L gieTeL oaks 310 504 | 340,574 | 299 206) 507.820] 429,144 580,596 | 640,276 | 3,108,120 Total Bound up and Down........... 3 448 3,569 2.931 3, 909 3,931 4 020 3 92T 25 729 ‘« Registered Tonuage........... I,0F3,660 1,076,548 |1.025.375 1,447,216. | 1,367,883 |{.749 291 |1.892 gor | 9 572.874 APPRECIATION. The forty-fourth anniversary number of the Age of Steel, under date of January 4, is replete with ample evidences of extraordinary excellence and enterprise. From the fol- lowing index of: rich and varied contents it is difficult to discriminate: ‘The Age of Steel,” by John Birkinbine; “Tron Ore Production,” by Horace J. Stevens; “The Future of Steel,” by J. L. Van Ornum; “Zinc and Lead Mining,” by Frank Eberle; “The Beaumont Oil Fields,” by F. W: Greer; “The World’s Progress in Science, Industry and the Arts in r8or,” by Robert Grimshaw; “Alabama Iron and Related Industries,” by L. W. Friedman; “American Hy- dro-carbon Vehicles,” by James F. Hobart; “Foundry. Flasks,’ by P. R. Ramp; “Brief Review of the Foundry Business,” by E. D. Gilmour; “Steel Ship Building During the First year of the Century,’ by Waldon Fawcett; “The Development of Industrial Fuels,” by William G. Irwin; “Our European Competitors in the Markets of the World,’ by Dr. Richard Moldenke; “The Year’s Record in Iron and Steel in the Pittsburg District,” by Wm. Gilbert Irwin; “Grading of Pig Iron—Its Past, Present and Future,” by Herbert E. Field; “The Iron trade Situation in Europe,” by J. Stephan Jeans; “Department of Mines ‘and Metal- lurgy of! the World’s Fair at St. Louis,” by David T Day, chief of the department of mines and metallurgy; “‘Cin- cinnati Machine Tool and Other Industries”; “The Story of Hardware in r901;” “Reports From Manufacturers on Trade Conditions,’’ together with their views on certain national questions. The tradesman regrets this rather tardy tribute to its esteemed contemporary, the above having been crowded out of its issue of January 15.—The Tradesman. OO oO oe Around the world in 60 days 13 hours and 30 minutes is the new globe-girdling record, which,was completed last July by Charles C. Fitzmorris, a Chicago high school boy. This beat the best previous fast circuit of the world by several days. d reflects more clearly in so small a space the variety of human occupations or more comprehensively the broad scope of the great exposition which the people of St. Louis are preparing for next year. A place is provided for every conceivable product worthy of exhibition and all nations of the world have been invited to take part. Acceptances have been received from many. The work of construction - is progressing earnestly. The buildings have an aggregate floor space of 200 acres and the grounds a total area of 1,000 acres. The money available now aggregates $15,000,000, besides $1,000,000 appropriated by the State of Missouri and various liberal sums from other states. The Class- ification and Rules and Regulations of the Exposition will be mailed free on application to the Director of Ex- hibits, World’s Fair, St. Louis. oO Oo a RUSSIAN MERCANTILE MARINE. Consul-General Holloway writes from St. Petersburg, December 10, 1901: The report of the Minister of Marine, just published, states the Russian mercantile marine consisted on Jan- uary I, 1901, of 745 steamers and: 2,293 sailing vessels. Last year, 38 steamers or 35,193 registered tons were ad- ded to the mercantile fleets of the Baltic and “Black seas, while the increase in the Caspian and White seas was but trifling. Of the total steam tonnage, 59 per cent. is owned by companies and 21.9 per cent. by private individuals. The largest steamship firms are those working on the Black sea. The Russian Steam Navigation and Trawing Co., of Odessa, possesses a fleet of 72 steamers, representing a total of 67,654 registered tons; the Russian East Asiatic Co. ,has 3 steamers, aggregating 12,618 tons; the Russian Baltic Co. has 5 steamers of 7,896 tons; the Archangel- Murman Co., 13 steamers of 6,233 tons; the Orient Trans- port Co., 25 steamers of 13,702 tons; and the Caucas and Mercury Co., on the Caspian Sea, 20 steamers, represent- ing 11,034 tons. ‘Fhese are the chief Russian maritime companies, exclusive of the volunteer fleet of 14 steamers of 45,209 tons. : Nothing: