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Published Ex Every eee at 144 Superior ioe {Leader Building) Cleveland, O. A. A. POMEROY, EDITOR AND PRop, BRANCH OFFICE: 252 Sonth Water Street, Chicago, Mlinois, _ THOMAS WILLIAMS, Associate Editor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One year, postage paid........scsscseee eeeeneeee $2.00 Six months, postage paid Invariably in advance. ———————___—. THE MARINE RECORD can be found for sale by the following news dealers: CLEVELAND, O,—G. F. Bowman, corner of Pear] and Detroit Streets. Evang & Van Epps, Superior street, Cleveland. R.A. Castner) 254 Detroit s:reet, Cleveland. ASHTABULA HARBOR, O.—C. Large. GHICAGO, ILL.—Joseph Gray, 9 West Ran- dolph Street, CHICAGO, ILI..—H. B. Hansen, 33 West ~ Randolph Street. BUFFALO, N, Y.—Miss McCabe, Elk Street, near Ohio. Charles McCready & Co,, No. 14 E Seneca St. Mrs. Mary Jannigan, on Michigan St, Swing Bridge. DETROIT, MICH,—N. F, Stewart, Ft, of Woodward Av. STAR ISLAND, ST, CLAIR FLATS, MICH —McNiff & Son. DULUTH, MINN.—C, F. Johnson, 323 West Superior Street. MARQUETTE, MICH.—J. A. Vannier. ESCANABA, MICH.—Wm, Godley. ESCANABA, MICH.—George Preston. SARNIA, ONT --D. McMasters. OWEN SOUND, ONT.—J. Sharpe, Jr. KINGSTON, ONT.—F, Nisbet, corner Brook and Wellington Streets. Subscribers and others are respectfully invited to use the columns of the MARINE RECORD fbr the discussion of pertinent topics. Entered at the Post Office at Cleveland as second- dtass mail matter. CLEVELAND. O., THURSDAY, FEB, 2. LAKE CARRIERS’ ASSOCIATION, comsioes AND TAKE ACTION UPON ALL GENERAL QUESTIONS RE NAVIGATION AND CARRYING BUSINESS OF THE ‘AND THE WATERS TRIBUTARY THERETO, WITH "TO IMPROVE THE OHAROTER OF THE -RENDEREO TO THE PUBLIO, TO PRO- 4 RECORD—OFFICIAL PAPER. ‘ ee a swer AR the PDiagiey reedhidion the ‘secretary of the treasury has sent to the house an extract from the report of the com- missioner of navigation and several commu- nications from customs officers and mercar- _ tile firms bearing upon the subject. Col- lector Poucher, of Oswego, N. Y., states _ that an inquiry made by him discloses the s _ fact that a cargo of 24,000 bushels of corn _ passed through the Welland canal, destined the same cargo destined for Kingston, of the correspondents agree, says the col- ~ lector, that there is no discrimination against United States vessels ; for Oswego, pays a toll of $134.40 more than All that the toll and tax - On each is 20 cents per ton of grain, and 21¢ cents per registered ton of vessels; but that United States ports and water routes are discriminated against to the great detriment of our people and our own commeree. It ig acommon belief of Oswego business men x ‘that the Canadian government, by the above discrim'nation, is constantly violating the spirit, if not the letter, of solemn treaty ob- ligations. Undoubtedly the object is to in- duce the exportation of grain via the St. Taawrence river. The citizens of Oswego are profoundly interested in the discussion of this subject, says the collector, and even those entertaining notions of the expediency of a high protective tariff for otber locali- ties favor reciprocity | with Canada. The fpiniesioner of customs says it has been ontreal, whether such vessels are Ameri- pr, Canadian, the discrimination appear- THE LAKE CO. MMERCE. It has been asked if vessel owners are in- different to thelr own interest. In honesty we are compelled to answer that up to this date they have beer. It is a well-known fact thatif railroad interests want any recog- nition from the government they do not hesitate toask for it. And in order to secure their objects they send men to Washington during the session of congress to work for the interests of their roads, Not so witb lake interests, but we are proud to say that this same system has this year been adopted by the lake interests. The Lake Carriers’ Association has sent, in the interest of lake commerce Captain Millen, of Detroit, and the Vessel Owners’ Association, of Cleve- lund, has sent Hon. R, B. Parsons and Commodore Gardner. Wedo not hold that these gentlemen are perfect in this business, but we do hold that anything they may do will have its effect on the action of the committee on commerce, for the reason that they are prepared with statistics that will show that lake navigation is entitled to everything that is asked for. One may set any price on a dog that he likes, but it is another question whether he gets that price or not. We on the lakes are not working on that principle. We simply ask of con- gress what necessity requires; adequate facilities for properly conducting lake traffic, The tables submitted with this report show that the number ot iron vessels built at the lake porte in the fiscal year ending June 80, ‘/1886, was three, afd the nutmber of iron vessels documented at that date was forty- one, with a tonnage’of 40,736.54. Reference to these tables shows that the number of vessels documented in the various customs districts of the northern lakes at the end of the fiscal year was 3405 and the total ton- nage 762,560.57. Of this number 1280 vea- sels of 381,907 80 tons, were steamers; 1235 vessels, 282,319.16 tons, were sailing craft, and the remaining 890 vessels, of 98 333 61 tons, were canal boats and barges, It has long been the purposeof the MarInE RECORD to keep the readers posted in regard to the number of vessels and tonnage on the lakes, and we think this will do them a good turn. We would also like to show in the | following table the amount of tonnage in the United States: No. 17,608 1,278 3,405 1,248 Tonnage 2,685, 988.56 347,684.21 762,560.57 834, OL ee 99 Atlantic and Gulf coasts Pacific coast... Northern Lakes Western Rivers, Gand Total. 15.5226. 2 Seated 23,584 4,181,185.88 Much has been written on the life of an iron or steel ship, but it is sate to say that no vessel on the Jakes has a longer lease of life than those built of iron or steel. It has become the policy of iron and steel ship- builders on the lakes to put into their productions a water bottom which will hold trom 400 to 500 tons of water to enable them to run light from any port in order to hold their own rates on the traffic for which they were intended. Following is a statement of the iron and steel boats built on the lakers: NAME. Tons. Breadth. Depth. Where Buiur. Home Port. 1147.92 Guy of Alpena City of Cleveland City of Mackinaw Darius Cole... Dexter ...... ‘ Don. M. Dickenson... E. B. Wara, Jr. Grace Grummond..,. H, J. Jewett .. Es 1O kt 29 9 09 Hm OD C9 ESSESERRSSES SNOB ROYER 2 89 oD S88 com 9 ROH et OO 1D Bo em 09 CO HOS DMOORONSOOCOWOR DAHA wo Ob OD RG EE @ OH J x ra Buffalo, N. Y. Wyandotte, Mich. Chicago, Ill, Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N.Xs Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Wyandotte; Mich, Cleveland, 0. Cleveland, O. Cleveland, 0. Buffalo, N. Y Wyandotte, Mich. Wyandotte, Mich. Wyandotte, ‘Mich, Buffalo, N. Y. Cleveland, O. Buffalo, N. Y. Wilmington, Del. Wyandotte, Mich Bought of U. 8. Buffalo, N. Y. Wyandotte, Mich. Cleveland, 0. Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Cleveland, 0. Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, Nw. Wyandotte, Mich. Wyandotte, Mich. Buffalo, N. Y.” Clev eland, 0. uffalo, N.Y. Philadelphia, Pa. Buffalo, N. Y. Wyandotte, Mich. Cleveland, 0. Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N, Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N, Y. Cleveland, 0. Wyandotte, Mich, Wyandotte, Mich, Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N.Y." Cleveland, O. Wyandotte, Mich, Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N, Y. Chicago, Ill. Buffalo, N.Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N.Y. Port Huron, Mich. Buffalo, N. Y. Cleveland, 0. Cleveland, 0. Cleveland, 0. Erie, Pa Detroit, Mich, Detroit, Mich. Detroit, Mich. Buffalo, N Y. Detroit, Mich. Cleveland, 0. Detroit, Mich.* New Orleans, La.* Detroit, Mich. Buffalo N. Y, Detroit, Mich. Cleveland, 0. Erie, Pa. Marquette, Mich, Cleveland, O. Buffalo, N. Y. Erie, Pa, Erie, Pa. Detroit, Mich, Duluth, Minn. Cleveland, 0. Buffalo, N. Y. Cleveland 0. Erie, Pa. Grand Haven, Mich, Duluth, Minn. Whitehall, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Cleveland, 0. Grand Haven, Mich. Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Cleveland, 0. Grand Haven, Mich. he Cr OR 00 oS oD. Bhan wonoe aa et SwWorRIDHSHoORe ere hehe as RIS: SAeWHRRwEAwWO: : i) we BSR ADOMDHOWNOOHRHASNATE to LR DMOMOSCOWAAONOODIAWEROS Be ee ‘While the showing in the above table of jron tonnage is good, it is surpassed in the tonnage launched at the wood shipyards, In addition to the above completed vessels there are now under contract nine steel steamers by the Globe Iron Works Co.,, Cleveland; two by the Cleveland Shipbuild- ing ©o.; and one by the Detroit Drydock Co: SENATOR SHERMAN, writing to the shipping league, says: ‘‘I sympathize with the pur- poses you have in view, and will cheerfully co-operate with you in carrying out, by proper legislation, the general measures proposed by the league. They should not only have the sympathy of commercial men, but the hearty support and aid of the legis- lative and executive branches of the govern- ment. I hope that’ your convention will enable congress to take decisive steps in a line of public policy that will in due time, place the great body of our foreign com- merce. under the protection and shelter of the American flag. From observations, made along the entire chain of lakes, the startling discovery has been made that the surface of all the great inland seas has been lowered nearly a foot and a half during the past year. The cause of this state of affairs isa mystery. Whether some immense subterranean outlet has sud- denly been afforded for the vast body of water, or whether the tributary streams have been effected by drought, is a matter for scientific men to determine. _— Ooo THE name Grant is inscribed on a great many American vessels, Nearly a dozen ships are called after Andrew Jonson. Three boats bear Ben Butler’s name, while five use the name of Winfield S. Han- cock. General McClellan has eight vessels naued for him, Robert E, Lee three, and Jeff Davis one, MARINE ENGINEERS’ BALL. Last evening the Marine engiueers’ bene- ficial association held their seventh annual ball at Schweitzer hall, corner of Pearl and Bridge streets, West Side. It was in every respect the most successful entertainment ever given by that society, there being more than two hundred couples present, and all appearing to give themselves up wholly to the enjoyment of the evening. ‘The music, furnished by Costello, was the best, and never did merry party dance to sweeter strainsor more distinct calle. The reception committee, consisting of Messrs, M. Lloyd, Quincey Miller, and R, Hayes. took pride and pleasure in attending to the details of their department. The floor managers, Messrs. M. B. Surtevant, Wm. Lloyd, Frank Rad- eliffe and J.C. Chadwick were fully equal to the occasion, and took much pains to se® that everyone had an opportunity of enjoy- ing the dances. The other committees were not behind, and last but by no means least, on this happy occasion, the supper com- mittee deserve especial mention for the able manner in which they managed to dispose of numerous guests who in a measure were unexpected, for the marine engineers, in their modesty, did not anticipate such a hearty response to the invitations issued. Owing to the large number who were present, the hall, which up to this time has been sufficienrly large, was inadequate to the demands of last night. Among those present from other cities were Robert ER. Hills, and Charles B. Calder, of Chicago. The association extend their heartiest thanks to their friends for their liberal at- tendance and aswistance in making this the happiest and most successful event in the life of the association, and wish to say that the proceeds of this entertainment, if uny there be, go to assist in purchasing a library and paying for a course of lectures, which they deem would be a source of profit, pleas- ure, and instruction, the object of this society being the elevation and improvement of marine engineers. One of the familiar faces missed from the party was that of Mr. M.T. Britton, who has been confined to his bed about two months. We print the following letter of regrets from Mr. Britton: Each year as the time approached for , holding your annual ball I have looked for- ! ward to the occasion with much pleasure, and have rot been disappointed; az I have tound it to be an occasion of social enjoy- ment, increasing in interest yearly. LIreg:et very much that I can not be with you this season; but owing to the condition of my health, it will be impossible. But my good wishes will be with you. Hoping that this occasion may be more eajoyable than any of the past, I remain most truly yours, M. T. Brirron. a a em THE CHASE FOG WGHISTLE MAC INE. The dangers attending fogs on the lakes are well known to all of our sailor men, and all know that the regulations require that during fogs, a signal shall be sounded at regular inter- vals. Under the old system of fog signals, the service and close attention of a man was re- quired at all times while navigating in a fog, and this service became s0 monotonous that Mr. Chase, engineer of the steamer Ohio, devised and patented a machine which, when attached to the engine, would sound the fog whistle auto- matica!ly. The cut shows the position of the machine and its action on the whistle. During the season of 1887, the following named steamships ‘‘thirty in number’? were supplied and equipped with our machines. The same having given entire satisfaction in each and ev- ery case, we refer with pleasure, all those inter- ested, to the owners and masters of said steam- ers, Wilson Transit Line, Cleveland, O.—Steamers Spokane, Wallula, Kasota, Tower, Yakima, Missoula, Sitka. N. Western Transportation Co., Detroit, Mich.—Steamers Fayette Brown, R. J. Hacket, Forest City. Cleveland Transportation Co., Cleveland, O.—Steamers Sparta, Havanna, Vienna, Towns- end, Bradley Transportation Co,, Cleveland, O.— Steamers City of Cleveland, Henry Chisholm, Superior, E. B. Hale, M. B, Grover, J. S. Fay, R. P. Ranney. H. H. Brown, Cleveland, 0,—Steamers Smith Moore, Chas. J. Sheffield. Owen line, Chicago, Il.—Steamers Tra H Owen. Cambria, Outhwaite, Sam!, Mather, R. R. Rhodes, Columbia, Aurora. The machine is at all times’ under the control of the captain, That is if it is necessary that a signal shall be given to a passing steamer, or for any other purpose; the moment the captain pulls his wire, the fog whistle machine is thrown out of gear and will not resume its sounning un- til it is permitted to do so by the master. Mr. G. C. Barnes,. of this city has been to Washington to present the merits of the feg whistle machine to the board of supervising i in- spectors of steamboats, now in session there, and is well pleased with the results of his mis- sion, Following is the report presented by the com- mittee. . To the President and Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels. Your committee to which was referred the “Chase Fog Whistle machine’? beg leave to re- port: That we have carefully examined the same and find that it blows at regular intervals, | being worked by the engine, thereby insuring regular and continuous blasts for any length of time that may be required and would recom. mend it or similar device to owners of steam vessels as an additional safe guard to naviga- tion. 4. 8. Lussocr, Gro. H. StaRBucK, } Committee, W. D. Roprnson, The manufacturers are the Chase Fog Whistle Machine Co,, corner of Elm and Spruce streets, Cleveland, O. OOO OO CATARRH CURED. A clergyman, after years of suftering from that loathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly trying every known remedy, at jast found a prescription which completely cured and saved him from death. Any sufferer from this dreadful disease sending a self addressed stamped envelope: to Professor J, A, La rence, 212 East 9th St., New York, will 4 reive the recipe free of charge, 3 THE SHIP OWNERS’ DRYDOCK Co. To place drydocking facilities in fair pro- portion to other marine interests, Cleveland — is to have a new drydock. Decisive steps in. that direction have been taken, the estimated _ capital stock required, $150,000, has nearly — all been subscribed. Mr. William Radcliffe, the successful shipbuilder, has been aprime : mover in the enterprise, and when plans reach completion will probably have manage- _ ment of affairs on behalt of the company, ~ The location selected for the new dock is at the upper end of the old river bed near, and perhaps embracing a part of Mr. Radeliffe’s — present upper shipyard. A purchase has been made of Mrs. 8. S. Stone for the pur. pose, and is a piece of land somewhat in the form of « trapezoid, measuring between 550 and 600 feet along the river. On this plat — it is proposed to make excavations in guch — a shape that the length of the dock will be about 400 feet, the gate measurement 45 feet and the whole to admit of about 15 feet of water on the miter sill. The deter. mination is to make it one of the largest — and best equipped drydocks on the chain of — lakes. The necessity for increased docking facilities has been felt for along time, nog because thorcugh and good work is not done in the present Cleveland yids but — because the latter, during ala 0 season of navigation, has more wo than the management can care we The whole idea of a new drydock is therefore not one of rivalry with the present dock, but in keeping with the general progremaepeatiiae interests in this city, Following are the articles of ‘Imovrpore. ~ tion: The undersigned, William H, Redehite, Va'entine Fries, George Stone, Thomas - Wilson, Peter G. Minch, H. D. Coffinberry, J. C. Gilchrist, A. Bradley, C. E. Grover, J. W. Moore, Robert Wallace and Frank Ae Radcliffe, J. W. Walton, J. E. Upson, citizens of the state of Ohio, hereby associate themselves to become a body corporate, in accordance with the laws of sald state under the following articles: 1. That the name of said corpération shall be the ‘‘ship owners’ pals com. pany.”” 2. Said corporation shall be located, a its principal business transacted at Cleve- land, Ohio. 3. ‘The purpose for which said corpora tion is to be formed is to build, sell, repair and drydock vessels of all kinds, to hold the real estate necessary and convenient to its operations, and patents, tools and all ap- — pliances necessarv, and to do all things in, cident to the business of building, selling, — drydocking and repairing vessels, for profit. 4. The capital stock ot said corporation shall be one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred © dollars each. In witness thereof, they hereunto set their respective hands this first be of Honeuisiy A. D. 1888, Tux State or Out0, eee CuyaHoaa Counry, ae Personally appeared before me, a notary public, at Cleveland, O., this first day of February, 1888, William H. Radcliffe, Geo. Stone, Peter G. Minch, J. CG. Gilebrist, Coa rh Grover, J. W. Moore, J. W. Walton, V. Fries, Thos, Wilson, H. D. Coffinberry, A. Bradley, Robert Wallace, Frank cliffe and J. E. Upson, who several knowledged the signing of th above of incorporation to be their 1 deed. THE proposed breakwater | be considered again at the m board of industry next Sa Amos Townsend and Hon. Ge ner, who were appointed to ject before the board of engi secretary of war, will visit ix two weeks, : board will be submitted