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FEBRUARY 20, Ig02. THE MARINE RECORD. 13 NEW DEVICE FOR THE RAPID FUELING OF BOATS. The new device for the fueling of boats, now building for the Pittsburg Coal Co., and which has a guaranteed speed of 300 tons per hour, is composed of a revolving derrick frame supporting an adjustable conveyor which connects with a telescope spout. The whole arrangement is such that after the fuel boat is made fast the steamer can be coaled without it being necessary to change position of fuel boat. ‘he machine is the invention of Mr. Timothy Long, superintendent of docks for the Pittsburg Coal Co. Mr. Long, it will be remembered, is the man that after the Lindsay Car unloading machine proved a failure, patented, built, and operated the car unloader located at West River street, on the Erie R. R. This machine cost about $20,co0.co or about 1-3 of what the Lindsay machine cost. The question at that time was can a machine be built that can take any size car, turn car over, and replace it right side up without injuring it. Some people thought it was impos- sible and would point to the Lindsay machine as a sample. Two end dumping machines were built about this time, one at Ashtabula and one at Fairport, the end dumping machine required the changing of thousands of cars to supply those special machines. The first Long machine was built to suit the largest car then in use in the Erie R. R. Some of the records of the machine are 176 cars of coal in 8 hours and I5 minutes, 27 cars nut coal in 24 minutes, 1 car of lump in 16 seconds, 1 car slack in g seconds. ‘The machine was built in 1895, and can do the work as well now as then. A lot of people predicted that the machine would be a failure, but when the machine worked all right they hedged around and said it was too fast and broke the coal. Such critics would not be satisfied if you constructed a machine to load eggs without breaking them. Mr. Long is also the patentee of Long’s drop bottom coal bucket, about 500 of which are in use on the lakes, also a patented clam-shell bucket and other devices. Mr. Timothy Long has been connected with docks and dock machinery for about 27 years, some of the firms he has worked for are: Massillon Fuel Co., J. M. Drake; Mgr., O. & P. Coal Co., Sunderland & Rucker and the Sunday Creek Coal Co., was superintendent of docks at Milwaukee for 7 years, Krause & Hanlon two years, Excelsior Iron Works as erector of machinery 10 years. Has been in business under the name of the Long & Murphy Boiler Co. for about 18 months. MARINE PATENTS ISSUED, 92,815.—Mouthpiece for suction dredges. Bates, Chicago,, Ill. 692,845.—Ball bearing row lock. Auburn, N. Y. 692,910.—Propeller for vessels. Chicago, Ill. 692,073, —Hydraulic dredge. Il. Lindon W. Thomas H. Garrett, jr., Detlef H. Rohwedder, Linden W. Bates, Chicago, 693,097.—Barrel tongs. Chester M. Baldwin, Bronscn. Mich., assignor of one-half to James H. Shaw, same place. 693, '228,— Boat adapted to be propelled on land or in the water.. Samuel T. Brittain, Boston, Mass. 693,235.—Piling. Amasa B. Clark, New York, N. Y. 602,242.—Apparatus for cleaning bottoms of ships. Ro- bert S. Culpepper, Houston, Tex., assignor of two-thirds to Abnus B. Kerr and Ira M. Bryce, same place. 693,272.—Automatic diving mechanism for submarine boats. John P. Holland, Newark, Need oe Failure to Maintain Lookout.—For an officer to leave his vessel entirely without a lookout, especially when an- other vessel is known to be in the vicinity. is culpable neg- ligence, and approaches very nearly the line of recklss navi- gation. When it is shown that a steamer had no look- out at night, and failed to station one, although the officer in charge saw the lights of another vessel ahead ten min- utes before collision, “but was unable to make them out dis- tinctly, every doubt will be resolved against such steamer in an action for the collision. Wilder's S. S. Co,, et al., vs. Low et al., 112 Fed Rep. (U. S.) 161. THE —_—< a = Bliss EASTERN FREIGHT REPORT. Messrs. Funch, Edye & Co., New York, report the con- dition of the Eastern freight ‘market as follows: The business transacted “during this week has been even on a smaller scale than last; which indicates a lack of orders in almost every branch of business form this coast. Owners are very reluctant to charter ahead at the existing rates, but on the other hand we cannot see any sign of im- provement ahead. ‘The only direction in which there is any business moving is from the Gulf timber ports, for which a few charters are reported, but in most cases, owners’ ideas are above those of charterers, and’ in conse- quence transactions are limited. Grain shippers are still unable to effect new business, and there appears little like- lihood of any active movement in this article. We have no cotton fixtures to report in this issue, and as previously stated, the only chance of anything being done from the South Atlantic ports is in connection with phosphate orders previously contracted for. Coal shipments from. this coast to Continental and Mediterranean ports are practi- cally at a standstill. ‘There is some little inquiry for ton- nage for deals from the Bay of Fundy district for Spring loading, on the basis of 35s. per standard to West Coast of England. Inquiry for sail tonnage is still very limited, consequent- ly shippers’ views show no improvement, while owners on the other hand show an indifference in accepting business on the basis of last charters. ANNIVERSARY OF THE ‘‘SOO”’ CANAL. Congressman Carlos D. Sheldon, of the upper peninsula of Michigan, has introduced a joint resolution in the House of Representatives at Washington, to provide for the com- memoration of the semi-centennial anniversary of the com- mencement of the construction of a canal at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., which occurs onJune 4, 1903. Senator Mc- Millan, of Michigan, has also sent an abbreviated resolu- tion to the same purpose to the committee on commerce of the Senate, but the language of both will undoubtedly be made identical. When the subject was brought to the attention of Secretary of War Root, he expressed himself as warmly in favor of the idea, but seemed disinclined to become the responsible director of the details to carry it into effect. This objection was a reasonable:one, but with the creation of a joint commission outlined in the resolu- tion to take charge of the exercises, the secretary would share the honors with the commission ,without incurring the labor of preparation. Considerable interest is mani- fested in the anniversary in the lake region, where the im- portance of Sault Ste. Marie canal is well understood. OS oe Collision—Tugs Maneuvering Near Pier—Absence of A tug was backing out from a slip in East river with a scow on a line, when, drifting up stream slightly with the flood tide, she came in collision with another tug , which, was maneuvering in the vicinity, and was at the time headed down the river, and going ahead slightly. Neither tug uad a lookout. The*first tug took no precautions what- ever with respect to any other vessels as she moved out, and the second tug made no effort to avoid the collision, which she could readily have done had she been vigilant: Held, that the tugs were both in fault. The O. L. Halenbeck, 112 Fed. Rep. (U. §.) 159. WINTER MOORINGS. A 32-page booklet showing where about 2,000 vessels are Jaid up for the winter. It gives steamers, schooners and barges and a list of tugs as well as a list of the vessels which were lost last season and is quite re- liable, being taken from correspondence at the various lake ports. Copies sent by mai! prepaid on receipt of 25c, The Marine Recorp Publishing Co., Western Reserve Bldg., Cleveland. Ohio. PROPELLER ; . DECK-HOISTERS, MARINE REPAIRS. es Wa fah A oa STREET, TT 0 O88 ee ee LIQUID (iii COMPASS DULUTH TO QUEBEC. All reports from the new Quebec lake line are to the effect that:no ordinary effort is to be made this time. Theré will be-no stopping off with three or four .steamers, but the list may be swelled to twenty or thirty in case they can be obtained at a favorable price. There will be none of the old-style stopping to lighter at Port Colborne, but in all cases vessels secured will be of sufficiently light draft to make the trip without breaking bulk. At first thought it would seem difficult to secure such fleet, but it has already been found that steamers of the required size are plenty enough. | Pages of names are shown, all backed by letters offering them at various rates. All that will be required is that they can make the trip and carry grain and package freight. There will be no preference for steamers with gangways, as it is said that the tide is so high at Quebec that they could not be used much anyhow. All cargo will be worked by the hatchways... As to insurance, it is said that the combined rates will be less on account of sending the smaller ‘steamer from: Montreal to Quebec instead of the ocean tramp or liner, and the accidents will be less than they have been lately as soon as the route is better known. rr Admiralty—Amendment of Libel—Conformity to Man- date on Reversal.—A decree of a court of admiralty award- ing damages for injury to a vessel in favor of an undér- writer which had paid insurance on account of such in- jury was reversed on appeal because it appeared from the libel that the damages catised by the injury excéeded the amount of insurance paid, and that libelant could not split the cause of action, and maintain a suit to recover a por- tion only of such damages. In its opinion the apnellate court stated that on the return of the record to the dis- trict court it would be. open to lihelant “to mend its libel and show, if it can, that the excess of damages oyer the sum for which it sues has been ‘paid, released, or other- wise extinguished, so that claimants are no longer liable therefor at the suit of any one.’ After the case was re- manded the libel was amended by the addition of an al- legation that the only party in interest except the libelant was the company owning the injured vessel, which had au- thorized libelant to file the libel and collect the amount of insurance paid, and that the company made no further claim for damages. In support of such averment libelant offered in evidence a release executed by such company pursuant to a resolution of its board of directors, but af- ter the cause was rernanded, and which released any claim for damages beyond those sued for libelant. 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