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THE MARINE RECORD. STATISTICS. ; The manufacturers of the country are now importing more than a million dollars’ worth of materials for their workshops every day in the year, and are exporting more than a million dollars’ worth of their finished product each day. The imports of manufacturers’ materials in the 8 months ending with February, 1902, were, according toa statement just issued by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics, $270,202,774, and the exports of finished manufactures dur- ing the same period were $257,907,430. ‘Thus in 243 days of the fiscal year the manufacturers have imported 270 mil- lion dollars’ worth of material, and export $257,000,000 worth of their finished product, thus averaging more than $1,000,000 of both imports and exports for every day of the fiscal year up to the beginning of the present month. The importation of manufacturers’ materials has been greater in the eight months just ended than in the corresponding period of any preceding year. The following table shows the total imports of manufac- turers’ materials and exports of manufactures in the eight months ending with February in each year during the last few years. It will be seen that within less than a decade the importation of manufacturers’ materials has more than doubled, and that the exportation of manufactures has also more than doubled. Eight months ending Imports of Exports of with February. Manufacturers’ Manufactures. Materials. 1894. $130,171,766 $123,288,257 1895. 169,868,576 » 116,828,996 1896. 221,875,758 144,062,141 1897. ; 159,533,502 174,180,920 1808. 178,611,860 180,606,072 1899. 170,959,002 206,822,334 1900. 253,231,318 268,537,972 190%. 213,077,023 269,866,656 1902. 270,202,774 257,907,430 On the export side of the account manufacturers are showing an improved record. The Bureau of Statistics reports of exports of manufactures during both January and February, show a decided increase over the correspond- ing months of rgor the gain in the two months in question being more than 3 million dollars over the same months of the preceding year. The exports of manufactures in the 28 days of February, were $31,740,842, against $30,302,592 in February roor. In practically all articles except iron and steel there has been a complete recovery from the tempo- rary check in exports of manufactures noted a few months ago. Copper exports for instance, in February of this year were $4,210,861, against $3,155,774 in February 1901; though for the eight months the total still stands 8% mil- lions below that of the same period of the preceding fiscal year. Exports of refined mineral oils for the 8 months ending with February 1902, are $44,689,987, against $41,- 880,021 in the corresponding months of the preceding year. Even iron and steel exports show a marked improvement, the total for the month of February being $7,358,206, against $7,259,218 in February 1901, and $8,549,157 in Feb- ruary 1900. For the 8 months ending ‘with February the exports of iron and steel manufactures are $64,668,424, against $81,575,685 in the corresponding months of the preceding year. Manufactures of cotton show an increase of nine millions over the correspond- ing period of last year; manufactures of leather, an increase of 2 millions; paraffin, which a few months ago showed a decrease, now shows a gain of nearly 2 millions over the corresponding months of last year, while in nearly all of the other important manufactured articles exported there are gains over last year. The total exports of manu- factures fall for the 8 months ending with February but 12 millions below those of the same months of last year, while the fact that manufactures of iron and steel alone are 17 millions less than in the 8 months of last year shows that in other articles there has been a decided gain. ee NAVAL COALING STATIONS IN CUBA. After a conference in Washington on March 25 among the President, the Secretary of War, General Wood and Senators Palma, Quesada and ‘Tamaya, representatives of the Cuban Republic, it was agreed that the United States should withdraw its authority from Cuba on May 20, turn- ing over the public property, funds and administrative machinery of the islands to the officials of the new Re- publican government. One of the most important questions awaiting settle- ment by treaty between the Cuban Republic and the United States is that of sites for naval coaling stations for the United States—one at Guantanamo and one at Cienfuegos, on the south coast, and one at Nipe Bay and one at Havana on the north coast of Cuba. President-elect Palma is quoted as favoring the cession of all of these sites ex- _ cept the one at Havana. The Cuban people, he declares, “will never consent to the location by the United States or any other foreign government of a naval station in the harbor of Havana.’ If the incoming administration adheres to the position taken by Senator Palma it may disarrange the program practically agreed upon by the naval authori- ties, which is said to include a coaling station at Havana as a matter of course. T'wo other matters of importance requiring early action are the adjustment of tariff rela- tions between the two nations and a definition of the sov- ereignty of the Isles of Pines which, by the Cuban consti- tution, was specifically left to settlement by future treaty negotiations between Cuba and the United States. THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. The Deparment of Naval Architect and Marine Engineer- ing in the Uniyersity of Michigan, will soon be one of the best equipped schools of this kind in this country. _ Owing to the great increase in number of students in Engineering, the Regents of the University have decided to erect a new building which will be devoted exclusively to the technical branches of Enginering. Besides the usual class, drawing, and inodel rooms, it will contain large laboratories for Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Marine Engineering. The last will consist of an experimental tank 300 feet long by 22 feet broad, and 10 feet deep. ‘The models to be tested will be from twelve to fourteen feet in length. In connection with the tank there will also be a workshop containing machines for making models of ships and propellers. The tank will prove of great value to the students as. apart from experiments relating to resistance and propul- sion, many others such as those connected with stability, rolling, action of bilge keels, etc., can be investigated. Large class rooms, drafting rooms, model room, and mold loft will also be arranged for in the new building. The depart- ment is under the direction of Prof. Herbert C. Sadler. rs RESOLUTION OF CONDOLENCE. At a meeting to take action upon the death of William H. Mack, held at the office of James Corrigan, Cleveland, after suitable remarks, the following was unanimously adopted as the expression by his associates of their appreciation of Mr. Mack, and regret at his untimely death: “The startling information that William H. Mack had met death at the wreck of the schooner Wadena, on the Massachusetts coast, came with a shock to this community. He was active, energetic, and straightforward, and, though yet a young man, had begun to make his impress on the business of the Great Lakes, and there had already opened up before him a life of influence and usefulness. We had confidence in his integrity and judgment, and his marked hopefulness and ready sympathy, coupled with un- usual energy, made him a valued and trusted friend, whose untimely loss we sincerely mourn. To his widowed mother, whose only son he was, and to his sister, we extend our deepest sympathy in their irreparable loss. May thev be comforted beyond any earthly power to assuage so great a grief as theirs; and, be it “Resolved, That we adopt the foregoing expression of our sense of loss and of our sympathy with the mother and sister, and that the same be spread upon the minutes and that the secretary forward a copy to his mother.” OO Ola THE IRON AND STEEL TRADE. The entire steel trade is, threatened with a general ad- vance in prices because of the phenomenal requirements that are being presented from all points of the compass,’ says the Railway and Engineering Review. As hereto- fore stated, it is the determination of the managers to prevent a panicky advance. This they are doing; they will probably be able to hold their ground. Requirements for the coming year are now pretty well covered. There is the greatest possible scarcity of steel billets, Bessemer pig, structural material and merchant steel. element of danger in all this, namely, the extraordinary capacity that is now. being hurried forward and which is being projected. It looks from the common sense stand- point as though the anticipation of iron and steel require- ments would be overdone. Projections of new _ steel works are heard of almost every week. The sounding and boring for ore lands is going on constantly and large ore areas have been recently added to known fields. The en- tire situation is full of interest and whatever comes: or goes we may rest assured that in 1903 there will be a sufficient, and, in fact, an abundant supply of iron and steel material for all purposes. er i STATEMENT OF THE VISIBLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN As compiled by George F. Stone, Secretary Chicago Board of Trade March 29, 1902. CITIES WHERE WHEAT.| CORN. Oats, RYE, BAk LEY STORED. Bushels. | Bushéls. | Bushels. | Bushels. | Bushels Buffalo.............. 997,000 57,000 EL000| 2 hee 2 Me ABOMU ias ae slice {pes SRE Rec Ota perces Salas Rea, eels Chicago. ioc csic. 33 6,478,000] 4,591,000] 560,000] 929,000 148,000 SE AMOAt se iit sc 914,000 38,090 133,000 TSS;OOOlS., . voneh DOttOttck ch eka gry acs 271,000 108,000 2,000 5000) "rec ee DalUeh ea sheriee sen 14,4 0,900 71,090 201,000 459 000 313,000 fe admatc cies. - SIL OOO) riches sail ambisds ene ARR gtd Meee nat ea Fort William, Ont..! 4,586,000]..........).0........ seat =| senor v.crankcabs Milwaukee.......... 735 000 262,00 122,000 25,000 113 000 Minneapolis ........ 13,802,0c0 31 000 168,000 37,000 16,000 Montreatic;. oscehca. 55,000 9,000 217,000 22,000 62,000 Port Arthur, Ont.... ISO | arate ite occa s6] Giajass athe aooandiavers FRGk RE Gl cetaiw: weasars a Toledo. 66,000] 798,000) 436,000] 155,000] .... .... Toronto BE O00} o asie NGHOOO| ai! eatoe sae 22,000 On Canals 46,000 3,000 87,000 37,000 50,000 Grand Total..... 49,615,000] 8,799,000] 3,146,000] 2,096,000] 1,575,000 Corresponding Date, : en : a MOOD camapa wena 54,749. 0| 22,287,000] 11,156,000] 1,109,000] 1,112,000 (ncrease for week..| —......|...... 05: 4st 26,000]....... j Decrease ‘‘ a 1,333,000 309,000 FS /OOON ce ies ts 184,000 While the stock of grain at lake ports only is here given, the total shows the figure for the entire country except the Pacific Slope. There is an NOTES. Jas. L. Ropertson & Sons, New York, are distributing an attractive little dice box made entirely of celluloid, with transparent cover. One of these souvenirs will be sent t any address upon receipt of six cents in stamps to coy the expense of transportation THe New YorK AND WESTERN TRANSPORTATION Co Albany, N. Y., have received permission to conduct a § of experiments on the canal, to demonstrate the feasibil and adaptability of the towing system known as the “Ton system. It is an adaptation of the “chain” system of pro pulsion. PREPARATIONS are being made for the refitting of Sham rock II. Work on the defeated British challenger wa begun last Thursday in the Erie basin. Much secrecy is observed about the yacht but it is said that Sir Thomas Lipton intends to refit her and take her to the Great Lakes, via the St. Lawrence and the Welland canal. Mr. Henry Konitrzky, formerly a superintendent for the Columbian Iron Works, now occupies a similar position with the Baltimore Dry Dock and Ship Building Co. Mr. Konitzky is a man of wide experience, having served with the William Cramp & Sons Ship andEngine Building Co., the Neafie & Levy Co., Harlan & Hollingsworth and the Newport News Ship Building Co. Orvers have been issued by the Secretary of the Navy directing that the naval yacht Mayflower, which has been out of commission for the past six months at the Brooklyn. — Navy Yard, be repaired and put in commission.. The May- flower is one of the finest yachts in the service, and it is said to be possible that it will be ordered to Washington to be used by the President and other officials of the government for cruises of inspection during the coming summer. Tue Louistana Purcuaské Exposition, to be held in St. Louis in 1903, has already placed contracts for electrical apparatus to supply 30,000 horse power: ‘This power is to be used for the electric illumination chiefly, and will pro- vide for a lavish display. From present plans it looks as if over 300,000 incandescent lamps would be used to decor- ate and illuminate the grounds. The electricity building will have a floor space of 350,c00 square feet. THe MANHATTAN ELECTRICAL Supply Co., New York, has extended its quarters all the way through the building which it occupies on Cortlandt street, so that the store now has an entrance on Dey street, and has about double the former amount of space. ‘The company also made a large increase in its factory capacity recently, and it is confidently expected that the double enlargement will enable it to take care promptly of its repidly increasing orders, which had hitherto been rather congested. Tut Navy Department at Washington, has had under consideration for several weeks past, the cases of two Chinamen and a Japanese, enlisting in the navy and charged with infractions of the naval regulations. It was recom- mended that they be tried by a naval court martial but the question was raised as to whether these aliens could prop- erly be tried by a United States naval court. While the law officers and the Department are firmly of the opinion that the Orientals placed themselves subject to the laws of the navy when they enlisted in that branch of the Government service, they find that they can dispose of their cases in another way—by an old naval statute which provides for the discharge of persons undesirable for retention in the naval service. The discharge of the Orientals under this statute will not admit of their re-enlistment in the service, and the action of the Department is intended to discourage the enlistment of foreigners in the United States Navy. Tue ability of the American engineer to design steel structures of great strength and pleasing architectural effect, is shown in the eight haif-tones on the handsome souvenir mailing card issued by the Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., of Jersey City, N. J. The card is a piece of artistic advertising on the part of the company, and will prove of decided interest to constructing engineers and architects, to whom it will be sent on request. Dixon’s Silica-Gra- phite paint, which protects these structures from corrosion, has been very extensively used in the south, west and sea- coast sections of the United States, also in Mexico, Aus: tralia, China, Japan, West Indies and Philippine Islands, and has proven its protective and wearing qualities in all climates. Tue largest order for pipe covering ever placed, has been secured by the H. W. Johns-Manville Co., from the Pacific Coast Oil Co., (which is practically the Standard Oil Co.) who will lay about 280 miles of eight-inch pipe, from Bakersfield to Point Richmond, on San Francisco Bay, to convey their oil to the coast. As the grade is very slight, pumping stations are necessary along the line. On account of the heavy nature of the oil it must be heated to a certain temperature before it can be pumped and to main- tain this temperature of the oil in the pipes between the pumping stations, a non-conducting covering is necessary, and the H. W. Johns-Manville Co. are to supply the 280 miles of covering for this purpose, which, when ready for shipment to California, will fill 200 cars. ‘he immense facil ities of the H. W. Johns-Manville Co., at both their New © York and Milwaukee factories, make it possible for them to successfully handle an order of this magnitude, and a number of miles of the covering were in transit to Bakers field, within a few days after the order was received.