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May 8, 1902. THE MARINE RECORD. MINE SHAFT IN QUICKSAND. What a few years ago was declared impossible—the d sinking of a mining shaft through quicksand—is now : being accomplished at the Maas property at Negaunee, Mich., recently acquired by, the Cleyeland Cliffs Iron, Co. From surface to the ledgé of tock oVerlying the oft body is a depth of 167 feet, nearly all of which is through quick- The shaft. has pow .attained a depth of over 125 feet, and. its sinking to the ledge: is assured. the usual..procedure in mining, the shaft is being timbered from the top, one set being fitted on top of the other, as the entire structure, weighted down with 100 tons of pig eral iron, slowly’sinks as the miners dig away the. sand:at,the There are frequent boils of water at the bottom which send the men scurrying to the ladders, but with each one the timbers sink a little deeper and gradually the Fortunes haye been expended on, adjoining’ properties in. fruitless endeavors to sink shafts to the ledge, but the present method has sand, bottom. solid formation is being approached. never before been tried. ee ar Charter—Cargo Space.—Ewvidence held insufficient to “sustain the claim ofa charterer to damages because of an ‘alleged warranty or represertation that the cargo space of the ship was greater than it in fact was, no complaint or claim on that account having been made at the time: of loading, nor until afterthe completion of the two voy- ages for! which the ship--was~chartered. Government Proposals. SEALED Proposats will be received.at' the Contrary to Gow et.al. vs... etc. ; William W. Brauer S>$Co., 113 Fed. Rep. (U..S.) 672. N. Y., or at the light-house depot, T’omp- kinsville, N. Y., as will be determin- upon by the Light-House Board. Proposals, plans and specifications: can be had by applying to the Light-House Board, Washington, D. C., or at the office of the Light-House Inspector, Buffalo, N. Y. Norman H. Farquhar, Rear-Admiral, U. S. N., Chairman, Treasury Departmen’, Office of Gen- Superintendent U. S.° Life-Savitig Service, Washington, D. C., April 26, 1902. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until 2 o’clock p.'m. of Monday, the 26th day of May, 1902, and then. publicly opened, for furnishing supplies required for use of the Life-Saving Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903; the supplies to be delivered at such points in New York City, Grand Haven, Mich, and San Francisco, Cal., as may be re- quired, and in the quantities named in the specifications. ‘The supplies needed coh- sist of beds and bedding, blocks and sheaves, cordage, crockery, furniture, hardware, lamps, lanterns, etc.; medicines, paints, oils, etc.; ship chandlery; stoves, etc.; tools and miscellaneous articles; all’ of which are. enumera- ted in the specifications attached to the form of bid, etc.; which may be ob- tained upon application to this office, or to the Inspector. of Life-Saving Stations, 17 State street, New York City; Superin- tendent ‘Twelfth lLjife-Saving District, Grand Haven, Mich.; and Superintendent Thirteenth Life-Saving District, New ‘Appraisers’ Stores, San Francisco, Cal. Envelopes containing proposals should office of the Light-House Board, Washing- ton, D. C.,, until 2-0’clock p..m., June: 6, 1902, and then opened, for furnishing the materials and labor of all kinds necessary for the construction and delivery of the twin screw steel steam light-house tender, Crocus, for a fixed sum for said vessel, de- livered either:at the Buoy Depot, Buffalo, be “addressed ‘to the “General Superinten- dent ¢U. $. Life-Saving Service, Wash- ington, D. C.” and marked on the outside “Proposal for Annual Supplies.” ‘The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, and to waive defects, if deemed for the interests of | the Government. S._ I. Kimpatt, General Superintendent: ~ 18-19 THE Coase Macuine Company, ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS. H MANUFACTURERS, UNDER THE CHASE PATENTS, OF Fog Whistle Machines, Power and Drop Hammers, and ot! 111 ELM STREET. hei 3 Engines, JOHN DONNELLY, SR., Pres. JOHN DONNELLY, JR., Vice Pres. 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