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MAy 15, 1902. TO “WHIZ” ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. — AN OCEAN GREYHOUND WITH STEAM TURBINES, WA'TER-TUBE BOILERS, USING OIL, AS FUEL—-80,000 HORSE-POWER—30 KNOTS AN HOUR, Mr. H. E. J. Camps, of the London firm of Camps & Piercy, consulting engineers and naval architects, has de- signed an Atlantic liner capable of beating the trans-At- - jantic record by almost two days. During the last few years the success of a few of the English types of water tube boilers has become assured, and, owing to the vast strides made in the design and construction of steam tur- bines, this form of engine is now well within the range of -.practicability. Mr. Camps has taken advantage of this great advance, and the steamer which he has designed he proposes working with turbine engines supplied with steam by water tube boilers. By using oil as fuel he will save weight and space. Oil will be carried in the double bottom of the ship, underneath the boilers. “The speed of my vessel” says Mr. Camps, “will not be less than thirty knots an hour, more than six knots faster than the swiftest liner afloat. This is got without sacri- fice of strength or = stability. “This speed will shorten the Atlantic passage by at least a full day, the record being about five and a half days, - , while my steamer will do it easily in four and a half. By taking the proposed route of the Canadian fast Atlantic service, the greater part of another day can be knocked off, enabling a busy man to get from capital to capital in ‘less than four days. “5 “My steamer is over 700 feet long—about the same length as the Oceanic. I'o drive her at the stated speed the huge installation of 80,000 horse-power has been de- cided. This is more than double the horse-power in any existing or proposed Atlantic greyhound. That of the Oceanic is 28,000 and that of the Deutschland, the Ham- burg-American crack, 35,600. _. “In spite of this I am able to save more than 50 per cent. in the weight of the machinery and boilers over the ordinary type of liners. .. “The boat will not only be the fastest vessel afloat, but p stitesmeatest; “The present would be the best opportunity for the Can- adian Governinent to step in with its fast line, so long suggested. I am willing to place my services at the dis- ~ posal of Canada and to give the Dominion Government the . benefit of my ideas. ree “This would enable them to checkmate the operations of any hostile trust, and to annex the passenger traffic of the _ North Atlantic by feeding the United States through Can- adian ports, the reduction in the time occupied for the journey being sure to prove irresistible to the great major- ity of passengers.” Mr. Camps is a level-headed, experienced man. He had his early training with the great firm of Harland & Wolff. For several years he was with Palmers, of: Jar- row, and he has also had experience in northeast’ coast yards. - He occupied a high position in the firm of Sir _ Raylton Dixon & Co. or io MISSISSIPPI VERY LOW. There is a disposition in some quarters to poke fun at the Mississippi for failing to rise to the occasion this spring. The Father of Waters is so low that the cap- tains of the fleets of steamers that ply its bosom have ‘concluded: to tie up somewhere between St. Paul and St. Louis. A suggestion comes in from one corner of wag- dom, that if kept well sprinkled the river bed might be used for a boulevard. From another comes the weird hint that if worst comes to worst traffic between St. Paul and Winona could be conducted by stoneboat. And from still another that a river should have no trouble to get aboard the “water. wagon.” In the meantime, the once majestic stream refuses for _ goodsreasons tolash itself into afury, but quietly runs away from the issue, stung, no dougt because of the failure of Jupiter Pluvius to come enthusiastically to its rescue, though silent, serene and scornful of its detractors. _ ‘here is, however, a serious side to the river problem, _ both as to the Mississippi and its tributaries, the St. Croix and the Rum. Seldom in the history of the Northwest has there been so little water in the streams of this section. Not only the big lines which run between St. Paul and St. Louis, but the lumber steamers as well find too little water in most instances for their craft, and so are obliged ‘to lie - to from very force of circumstances until hoped-for spring . freshets bring a sufficient flow to make navigation safe. Moreover, all of the log drives northward as far as Grand apids, are hung up indefinitely as there is no where water enough to satrt logs without immediate and constant dan- ger ofajam. ‘There is, too, only slight prospect of relief. ost of the snow of the highlands—and there wasn’t much of it—has melted without appreciably helping the water courses into which it has flowed. ‘The hope of both the logger and the steamboat man is in heavy, continuous Trains. mos Sor ior or ee One of the most respectable and generally accepted theories. of the weather is exploded in an article in the June-Scribner’s, called “The Gulf Stream Myth and the Anti-Cyclone,” by. Harvey Maitland Watts, who is an icknowledged authority. Every one interested in the ‘Weather can follow with interest Mr. Watts’ clear ex- sition. THE MARINE RECORD. aa aa ae TO TREES SES SD SESE SESE aaa Ce cc Sr LAKE FREIGHTS. The features of the freight market for the week have been a steadiness in the ore rates, a slight advance in Chicago grain rates, and a 5 cent reduction on coal from Ohio ‘ports. Lumber is moving-steadily~at-former quotations. Iron Ore.—There is,no..change in freights,and tonnage meets with regular chartering at season rates, from which theré is no departuré. ~Grain—The latest Chicago quota- tion 18/134 cents On’ corn, being a 11 cent advance from last week, and a better tate held for, especially for cargoes up the South. branch of the river. Duluth offered 134 cents, a reduction of % cent, with but few takers, as that rate is only equal to 65 cents ore. ‘The Erie canal grain traffic is fairly brisk at 4 cents on wheat, 354 cents corn, and 234 cents for oats. i Coal.—There is a slump of 5 cents on coal from Ohio ports to Lake Superior, the Lake Michigan rate still holds at 45 cents. Buffalo rates are nominal, with little or no chartering. This, of course, accounts for the 5 cent reduc- tion in Ohio rates. There is trouble in sight for Milwaukee coal men, in the anthracite strike. Milwaukee is one of the greatest anthracite receiving ports on the lakes, and handles from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 tons a year. ‘There is now but 100,000 tons of anthracite on the docks there, and the strike in Pennsylvania will still further, if not totally, shut off receipts. Lumber.—Chartering in the lumber trade is light, but rates hold steady all around. The longshoremen’s strike at the head of Lake Superior hung up a number of lumber carriers, and the boats are. slow in getting around. In any case,a large quantity of the seasoned lumber has been sent forward, and carriers will have all that they can do to hold the freight rate steady for the next sixty days. oo TO PENSION LIFE SAVERS. Representative Lovering, of Massachusetts, introduced a bill creating a retired list for district superintendents, keepers and surf.men, of the Life-Saving. Service. It provides that after they have served 30 years they may make application for retirement, and thereafter receive 75 per cent. of their salary. It further provides that when the board, created by the act, finds that an officer or surf man is incapacitated for active service, as a result of ac- cident or infirmities of age, he may be retired and receive three-fourths pay.. This bill was advocated by President Livingstone, of the Lake Carriers’ Association, during his -recent visit to Washington, it has been endorsed through- out the country, and by the press generally. —— SO NOTES. A VALUABLE supplement to the monthly pilot chart for the Atlantic coast has been added by Commander Souther- land, U. S. N., Hydrographer, devoted to a uniform system of buoyage, as adopted by the several maritime nations. This supplement, which is in the form of a chart, shows in colors the types of buoys used for different purposes by each nation, the buoys being pictured by well- colored illustrations, arranged in columns. _ This supple- ment will’ be ‘of considerable value to navigators among the islands off our Atlantic coast, and adds much to the value of an already unusually valuable publication. Tr Providence Journal, of April 27, contains a de- scription of the yacht Weetamioe, now building for Mr. H. F. Lippitt, at Lawley & Son’s. yard, South Boston, Mass. ‘The boat is plated throughout with Tobin bronze, and a new feature is the fastening of 22 frames of that reliable metal in the midship section for the purpose of overcoming galvanic action.. Great care has been taken in riveting the Weetamoe to eliminate.as far as possible galvanic action produced by metals dissimilar in character coming in contact where the greatest dampness is ex- pected. t bright topsides, and those who have seen her say she will be the finest bronze boat ever turned out by the builders. Messrs. Lewis & Crane, Seattle, Wash., state that the demand for Pacific coast lumber is unprecedented; mills are all full of orders, which is made evident from advances in prices. It is a common habit of buyers to put off. or- dering until the last moment and then ask immediate ship- ment. Better take time by the forelock and place orders for material in advance of needs, and avoid possible delays. ‘hey also say their facilities are better than ever for fur- nishing anything in Pacific coast lumber, making a specialty of heavy and long timber, dock or shipbuilding lumber in Washington fir or Oregon pine. A Lescuen & Sons’ Rove Co., St. Louis, Mo., manufac- turers of wire rope and cordage of every description, have issued a new catalogue which is fully illustrated with all specialties, wire, steel wire, Swedish iron, crucible -cast steel, and special steel rope for hoisting, transmission, and haulage.. These are made with any combination of wires to order.. The firm claims that flattened strand ropes ~have 150 per cent. more wearing surface than ordinary ropes. The firm.also make tiller and mast arms, galvan- ized iron and steel wire ropes and hawsers. hooks ,and couplings, shackles, thimbles, turn-buckles, chain, steel and malleable and wrought iron blocks, sheaves and grooved wheels, etc. The firm is also the inventor of Leschen’s patent automatic aerial wire rope tramway for the long transmission of merchandise, ore, coal, logs, etc.. Parties interested should write for a copy. The company 'has branch houses at San Francisco, Cal., Chicago, Ill, and New York City. It is expected that the yacht will be finished with” Dewstoe, C C LAKE SUPERIOR—COPPER RELICS. One of the greatest finds of copper relics on the his-_ toric. shores of Lake. Superior, has been made by Mrs. _Dan Washburn, wife of the proprietor of the summer “feSort at’ Portage Lake ship canal, about 10 miles from Hancock. ( The discovery included about 75 pieces of tempered copper, relics of the lost art known only to the ancients. Among them are 25 needles used by the aborigines to sew hides. ‘They have sharp points, but have no eyes. The assortment includes half a dozen fish hooks, both double and single. There are arrow heads and knives of the tempered metal, and several small pieces whose uses — cannot be imagined. All are corroded from being buried in the sand for ages. The locality is rich with prehistoric relics of this kind. Many have come to light during the widening of the ship canal by the government in the past few years. Last fall two valuable copper axes were found in the sand in the big cut near the shores of peerless Superior. They were dulled and corroded with antiquity. ‘That point seems to have been a rendezvous for the lost race, whose only trace are the mounds and relics. Isle Royale, near the north shore of Lake Superior, where the prehis- toric race mined for copper, is less than 50 miles distant. It is the theory of savants that the lost people who sought copper meatl on Lake Superior came from Mexico, where the art of tempering the metal was known. Copper horseshoes were used in the land of the Montezumas. — It is supposed that the navigators followed the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers to this region in search of the metal. _ Their modes of mining were very primitive. The ‘rock with the metal crops out at the surface on Isle Royale. The, ancients who left traces of their primitive methods on the island built fires on the copper laden rocks on the surface, .and when they became hot threw cold water on them to break them to pieces. - Some family traditions have been handed down among the Irish miners who came to the Lake Superior mining districts at an early day from the copper mines at Bear- haven, county of Cork, on the Emerald Isle, that the stone hammers of the ancients, found to this day on Isle Royale, are similar to the stone hammers found in earliest times at the Bearhaven ‘mines on their native sod, and credited to the Phcenicians, the earliest navigators in the world’s ‘history, who mined for tin in Cornwall and for copper in Ireland. This is credited as being in the bronze age, when copper was mixed with other metals to produce bronze. Dennis Coughlin, the late Capt. Phillip Sullivan and the late Michael Finnegan, of Hancock, are among those who saw the stone relics in Ireland and on Lake Superior, and gave their opinion that’ the implements were made by the same race of men. ‘This would point to the fact that the Phoenicians were the adventurers who visited these shores in ancient times in search of the red metal. rr LETTERS AT DETROIT MARINE POST OFFICE. To get any of these letters, addresses or their authorized agents will apply at the general delivery window or write to the postmaster at Detroit, calling for “advertised” matter giving the date of this 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. F. B. Dickerson, P. M. ‘Anderson, Allen P, J W MooMarsh, Mrs..W E Bersse, J, R Rhodes Mullen, Bartram, Mariska Cheesman, Dennis, Saginaw MeKay, Angus G Corman, Joseph McKay, Angus G Derush, Eli McMaster, F McCannel, Jas Osier, Wm Olsen, James, McDougall Peterson, Wm 3, Mather Richelieu, Frank E Spirlburg, Herman Stone, David W, Elfinmere Walsh, John F, Joliet Ellis, Geo, C A Eddy Elhott, Joe Grist, Barney Gunderson, Gus Knapp, H E, Holland Knox, Harry Lindsay, Robert Lake, Fay B Wood S$ Martin, John Wise, G M Murry, James H Wheeler. Wh Mitchess, J W ae F. B. Dickerson, P. M s ee MARINE PATENTS RECENTLY ISSUED. 699,144.—Means for cleaning ships’ hulls. Walter S$ Burt, Albury, New South Wales, Australia. 6090,231.—Boat. James P. Pool, Brooklyn, N. Y. : 699,356.—Coupling for ships’ propeller-shafts. .Wil- liam W. White, New York, N. Y., ancillary executor of John Verity, deceased. 690,450.—Device for correcting compass errors. gen Christensen, San Francisco, Cal. 699,451.—Hydraulic steering mechanism, Jorgen Chris- tensen, San Francisco, Cal. Jor- 699,518.—Tackle-block. Edgar B. Hammond, New Bedford, Mass. ee 608,573.—Marine railroad-car transport. - William W. Smith, Kansas City, Mo. . 698,582.—Propeller-wheel. West Superior, Wis. Edward E. Strothman,