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| public Iron Company. As usual at the “Globe” UNCH OF THE REPUBLIC. _ There was launched from the yards of the Gl Works Co., ai Cleveland, O., on Saturday afternoon, July 12th, the large steel steamer Republic, built to the order of theRe- construction for her owners since her keel was laid, and when she is completed no captain will know his vessel better. Her engines will be taken care of by Chief Engineer James Murray. The names of her other officers will be given in a future issue of the MArtne Re- CORD. launches there was a very lurge attendance and about three hundred persons were accord: Cia Ri Pea Ia ABER ed the privilege of being launched with the | COMPASS DEVIATION. boat, while crowds of sight seers occupied the| 70 the Bditor of the Marine Record. various vantage places on and around the/ ‘here is one fundamental principle con- extensive shipyard, As the moment ap-} cerning deviation. that is not generally known, proached when the huge vessel was to be con—| 204 88 a consequence not acted on, that is, that signed to her own realnis there was displayed deviation always leads a vessel out towards he Marine Recoril. among the spectators a considerable feeling of what might be termed “punctual expec- | taney” for the fact has now become known _| that the “Globe” launches always occur just one hundred and eighty miputes after the sun crosses the meridian in the latitude of the ship- the same point of the compass, both on the direct and the reverse course. And this fact not being understood generally, the remedy is not known, much less is it applied. One ship- master, a careful, thoughtful, observing man; and also part owner of the vessel whose com- yard. (The action of Mayor George Gardner! P88 I was compensating, said he could not | and the City Council, in taking a hand towards forming another Julian period to the contrary | notwithstanding) considerable care aud skill being exercised by the observers in compul- ing the corrected declination of the sun ete. Arriving at the shipyard just in time for a brief glance, the writer noticed the smooth well finished appearance of the hull and the elegant rake of her three pole masts, each respectively displaying the Jack Union, Bur- gee and Ensign. By what skillful process of communication the General Manager of the company, Mr. John F. Pankhurst, became | aware of the fact that the sun had but her own ‘ semi-diameter to drop to the westward, was not determined, suffice it to say that Mr. John f | Smith, the superintendent of construction, was | noticed to mount his rostrum and running his eye fore and aft along the line of keel, he raised his port fio to the westward, as if heralding | the advent of the prophetic star. The next second; his starboard hand shot out to tlie east- 7 ward and while maintaining this spread eagle ‘| attitude the Republic slid gracefully down the option | ways as if eager to be caressed by the honored | waters of the Cuyahoga. She was not just as free however as might be imagined, for from .a| the moment her fore foot first mbved, in-| and | visible leading strings regulated her immer- ed by the use of the Lacka- Corporations were applying similar use of Government e lakes, and the Government uniform rule, without fear or ) these entrance piers in its and control. iscussion a vote iden taken, re- option of the resolutions given 9to 8. The votes in favor ° cast by Messrs. Cald- - Byans, and Henry, who were and by mail from Messrs. Firth, of { eon anna, of Cleveland; Owen and ; Chicago, and Colton, of Toledo. fr. Miller was excused from voting, and Messrs. Gordon, Ward, and Ash voted against the resolutions. ; Manager Davidson, of Bay City, wrote a ‘letter expressing a strong opinion against any private use of Government piers. He wished the Association to adopt resolutions more specifically denouncing the Lackawanna’s use of the Buffalo pier. As he did not expressly declare himself in favor of the precise reso- lutions under discussion, his vote was not eounied. His letter, however, left no doubt whatever that if present at the meeting he would have voted with the majority. There are three bills now before Congress, providing for the occupancy of the North pier at Buffalo by the Lackawanna Company, a pier at Fairport by the Pittsburg & Wheel- ing road, and a pier at Chicago by the Illinois Central road. Lake men claim, and very properly, that such occupancy is detrimental to roe interests of nayigation, and thefore not to be tolerated. The following preamble and resolutions were adopted: Whereas, The United States has expended large sums for the creation, improvement, and maintenance of harbors in the interest of commerce and for the benefit of the general public; and Fe Whereas, There are now pending before Congress three bills, providing that certain Government piers on the great lakes shall be given over to the free and exclusive use of Certain firms and corporations for purpose of private gain; and Whereas, The use of these piers for com- mercial purposes necessarily diminishes the available width of the harbor entrances at these points, and thus creates an obstruction to the commerce of the great lakes; and Whereas, The action proposed by these bills is not merely of local interest to the ports where such private use of Government property is now sought, but is of interest to every vessel navigating the lakes, and to every shipper whose property is carried on these vessels, and to every underwriter who insures such vessels or property; and Whereas, The policy of granting the use of United States harbor piers to private parties { is a dangerous and pernicious policy, which : will extend in every direction if once coun- } tenced. : Resolved, That the Lake Carriers’ Associa— tion, representing the organized vessel owners of the great lakes, hereby protest against the passage of any and all bills and enactments designed to grant the use of any United States pier, wharf, or other harbor property to private individuals or corporations. é Resolved, That Congress is hereby peti- tioned to take and hold possession for the benefit of the general public of all pier, wharf, and other harbor property on which the public money has been expended, and not to permit any such property to be entered upon or used by ‘any private individual or corporation under any pretext whatever. Resolved, That copies of this preamble and resolutions be sent to members of the Senate and House of Representatives representing lake districts, for their consideration and ac- tion. ‘sion, so that the launch was a perfect success, | each frame, plate, and rivet accepting the de— , | sired strain which her builders had calculated upon. Hardly had she touched the water be- fore “The Fair Christener,’’ Miss Carrie Ash- burn, stood sponsor for the stupendous crea— tion; by whacking her over the stem with a bottle of “Mumm’s extra dry” though from the sparkle of the rivulets as they threaded their way down to meet the other liquid it did not look remarkably dry. Whatever views Miss Carrie may entertain regarding the ceremonies; deponent sayeth not, yet the responsibility of having fifteen 3000 ton-steel steamers to chase around—seems overwhelming. We had occasion to say in detailing the account of a recent launch, that a few of our Senators and Congressmen would find it to their legislative advancement by witnessing the apparently easy and simple manner in which the lake shipyards turn out the 3,000 ton steel freight carriers, and this leads us to say that private enterprise seems to outstrip | the brainiest efforts of our legislators at Wash- ington. Inasmuch as the extremes of the Union were represented at the Jaunch of the Republic, by Mr. Ferry naval constructor of the Union Iron Works, San Frantisco, Cal., and Mr. J. J. Woodward, assistant naval con- structor from New York and now engaged in the construction of the large naval bat- tle ship Maine. Hence, it can be said that private citizens may be better aware of the Nation’s resources than the majority of those who sit in the “halls of leg- islation.”’” Another notable person who at- tended the launch of the Republic was our esteemed old friend Capt. W. H. Barnum, who having witnessed the launch of the first steamer ever put afloat on Lake Erie, rounded up the experience of a nonagenarian by shaking hands with the builders of the latest and best. The Republic is the twenty-fourth steel steamer built by the Globe Iron Works Com- pany since their reorganization in July, 1886, thus adding to the carrying tonnage of the lakes over 70,000 gross tons, and a feature unprecedented in lake shipbuilding of launch- ing a steamer each month for the past eight months, each having a carrying capacity of 2,800 gross tons. The dimensions of this new addition to the lake marine are as follows: Length of keel 292 feet 5} inches; length over all 308 feet 5} inches; moulded depth 24 feet 6 inches; beam 40 feet; water ballast tanks, capacity 800 tons. She has three spars, which gives her a very neat appearance, but she will carry no canvas, Her engines are triple expansion, cylinders 24, 28 and 61 inches by 42 inch stroke. Two boilers of Scotch type, 14 feet diameter, 12 feet 6 inches long, with a working pressure of 160 pounds to the square inch. Her wheel is sectional, 14 feet diameter, and. 16 foot lead, and her speed is estimated at 15 miles per | hour. She will be equipped with every appliance by her builders, including deck machinery and all the modern steam appliances for handling ship and cargo. She has nine work- ing hatches, one between the forecastle and pilot house, two coaling hatches, and has every facility that modern invention can devise, Captain John A. Landfair, an old and tried officer in the Republic Iron Company’s em- ploy, will sail her. tell why his compass always led him to the hist of his objective point, whether he was sailing to the northward or to the southward. I tried to explain the reason to him, but can- not say that I succeeded. Not long since, a fine passenger steamer sailed with a large party, from the east shore of Lake Michigan to Milwaukee, making northing in the direct course, but making 2 wild “land fall’ to the south of that place— thus showing a left hand deviation in her compass. The master, reputed to be as good as we haye, not knowing the remedy, if indeed he knew thelaw above stated,reversed his direct course for the return course, and again found himself badly out to the southward as before, or more correctly to the westward as before A little investigation will readily show how this fact, or law, is the direct result of devia- tion. If we sail to the northward with a left hand (westerly) deviation, our ship will be “out”? to the westward of her nominal course. Reversing ship for the return voyage, the deviation changes sign, 7. ¢. it becomes a right hand (east) deviation; and as a conse- quence, the south end of the needle is to the west of the true south, because the disturbing force causing the deviation, is then on the opposite side of the card, And as on the return, we shape our course from the south end of the needle we are “out” to the west as before. 4 In the same manner, if we sail to the south—- ward, with a left hand deviation we will be “out” to the east, and the reverse bearing will also take us to the east of our nominal course. The same law prevails, if we sail on amplitude. Thus, if we sail, say W. S. W. with aieft hand deviation, we will find our ship to the southward of her reckoning, And the reverse course E, N. E. will also take her to the southward of her reckoning, the change of sign of the deviation, which results from turning the ship half round— being the cause. : REMEDY. If your compass takes you “out’’ to the left, on the outward voyage, keep the left of the reverse course, on the return voyage. Or if it takes ship out to the right, keep to the right of the reverse course, for the return course. But the master may say that he does not know the amount of his error. This should not hinder him from making a guess, as he will, if he is a Yankee, or the son of a Yankee. : If he wishes to be more precise let him observe from the chart or guess how much he is out to the right or left, and then con- struct a triangle (on deck with chalk and a straight edge if he has no other appliance) in which the distance sailed, is the base, while the error “‘out’”’ to the right or left, is the perpendicular, Thus, let Pi SENS ear A, Brepresent the Am distance sailed Wate m es B, C, the error 12 miles, to join A, C, and apply the protractor to the angle B, A, ©, which will be 83° = 4 point. Thus, if on a run of 80 miles, he finds himself out 12 miles to the left, he must keep to the left of the reverse course three-fourths of a point, in order to make his home port. Or, the amount of correction may be found by inspection from the traverse table. Look in “distance” column and the “departure” column, till the distance 80 miles, and the error, 12 miles, are found opposite, or in the same horizontal line. The corresponding course is the correction sought. Or better still, divide the error or depart- ure by the distance. The quotient is the tangent of the course or correction—thus (see table of tangents) 12 divide by 80 = .15 = Tan. 8}° = } point. H. C. Pearsons. Tue Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding and Engine Works (Roach’s) and the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company haye both used the “Proyidence’’ windlass manufactured by the American Ship Windlass Company, Providence, R. I., on nearly every vessel they have built, and in connection therewith the former say: “he {use of your windlassess on all these vessels jhas given usan opportunity of judging of | their merits, and the fact that we continue to use them exclusively in preference to any | other is the best evidence of our opinion of lthem.” The Cramps say: “For the last six- teen years we have never used any other kind, / and in every case they have proved yery sat- He has superintended the isfactory.’’ (AROUND THE LAKES CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.) Mn Pawo, Micke 5 Special to the Marine Record. Captain John Fitzgerald, of Milwaukee, was in the city on Tuesday. Captain 8B. Grummond and wife have started on a European tour. Captain Morley’s new steamer St. Lawrence is being fitted; out she will be ready for busi- ness in about ten days. Skilled machinists from the works of S. F. Hodge & Co. are now in Duluth fitting the engines on board of the American Steel Barge Company’s eteamer Colgate Hoyt. The damage to the popeller Cuba released from Gray’s reef by the tug Favorite are nominal, but it is reported that over ten thousand bushels of her grain was jettisoned, The Detroit Sheet, Metal and Brass Works havea number of their brass finishers and pipe fitters working on the new steel steamer Maryland, which is being fitted out with every substantial convenience applicable. A steel smoke stack will be built by Love and Schcfield, of Port Huron, for the Cana- dian built steamer Monarch of the Beatty Line. It will be made of one quarter inch steel, seven feet in diameter and 36 feet bigh, Homer J. Carr, for the past three seasons marine editor of the Chicago Tribune, severs his connection with that paper. He goes to assume the mining editorship of the Spokane Falls Spokesman. Daniel O'Sullivan suc- ceeds him. Captains George and Daniel McLeod arri- ved here on Wednesday. Captain Daniel McLeod will represent the underwriters in the survey to be held on the steamer Iron King, which was much damaged by fire at Ashland, Wis. The Fisher Electrical Company have fitted their electric light plants un the steamers S. R. Kirby, Frank E. Kirby, the Maryland and steam yachts Princess and Vita, the steamer building at Craig’s yard at Toledo will also be fitted with the electric light system. The Eagle Iron Works have placed one of their deck hoisting engines and a set of pumpe |on board the new propeller Byron Whitaker. They have also shipped a boiler, deck en- gine and set of pumps to John Craig & Son, of Toledo, for the new steamer now nearly completed at their shipyard. : The propeller Cuba has completed her Co, Excellent work has been put on her and she is now as staunch a boat as when launched. The yacht Leila has also been repaired and | is again in active service. The ferry boat} City of Chatham was dry docked and received a new wheel. e ; Samuel. F. Hodge & Co.,. Riverside Iron | Works, have received a letter stating that the machinery placed by their firm in the large new propeller C, B, Lockwood is doing excel- lent work, On her return trip from Lake Superior she averaged 12 miles per hour from Sault Ste. Marie to Detroit, which is consider— ed a first-rate showing. Captain John Robertson, who has been sail- ing the Darius Cole, has been appointed in- spector of hulls for the district of Huron, by the Government, in place of Captain Edward Fitzgerald. The appointment was made by Inspector Cook, Judge Brown and Collector Geer, of Port Hu- ron. Captain Robertson is a resident of Ma- rine City, and is well qualified to hold the position. Supervising Parker & Millen’s wrecking tug Favorite released the propeller Cuba from Gray’s Reef and brought her along to Port Huron all right, the Favorite is pronounced a most suc— cessful wrecking tug and her services are in demand. The B., W. Parker, whose launch was delayed last week from the yards of R. W. Linn, Gibraltar, has been almost com- pleted ready to receive cargo, and will be launched on Thursday afternoon, the pro- peller John Oades, owned by the Parker Transportation Company, will be here ready to take her along as a consort directly after she is launched. The steam yacht Vita owned by Mr. S. Smith, of the firm of Alger, Smith & Co. has been entirely refitted and sparred at the yards of the Detroit Boat Works, near Belle Isle bridge, she is now one of the handsomest yachts on fresh water and Mr. Fred Ballin, the general manager of the works deserves great credit for the neat and substantial work done on her. Captain J. W. Westcott has superintended the refitting for her owners, and the ladylike taste of the owners wife is clearly visible in the appointments of the saloon, rich tapestry, and the luxuriously up- holstered furniture, carpets, etc., electric lights and call bells may be found in all parts of the yacht, nnd her outside appearance is equal to anything afloat of a similar capacity. The new Central Vermont Line steamer Henry R. James left here on a trial trip on Tuesday afternoon. Superintendent Parker and master mechanic Donaldson, of the De- troit Dry Dock Company, went out in her and a most satisfactory run of two hours was taken on the river, her machinery worked in the best possible manner, steam steering gear worked to perfection and all hands were thoroughly satisfied with the lastest addition to the fleet of the Ogdensburg Transportation Company. On the return trip the engines were speeded up to 116 revolutions per min- ute, making an estimated speed of 14 miles an hour. She will leaye here for Buffalo on ex- tensive repairs at the yards of the Dry Dock Captain, James Owens; Ist Mate, John aird; Chief Engineer, Denis Costello; 2nd Engineer, James Coyne; 2nd Mate, Jam Byrne; Steward, Joseph Mullen, Mees ee mode steamer Byron Whitaker, recently launched fro; il Dies BOE m the yards of William — fitted out at 8. F. Hodge & Cos dock. She 1s a strong built, handy vessel, estimated’ to carry about 1,800 tons on a 16 feet draft; she has three masts, fidded topmasts, and will carry lower canvas, her dimensions are 233 — feet over all, 220 feet keel, 38 feet beam and 20 feet 6 inches depth of hold, the ceiling is 7 by 5 inch oak, edge bolted, and the Jining from the turn of her bilges up is 7 by 4 inch, all edge bolted and calked, her main keelgon is 42 inch oak through bolted and sided with steel plates { by 14 inches, having six feet — butt straps; she is diagonal steel strapped, steel arched, and cord running along the head of her frames, five large hatches and a smaller hatch on the foreside of the boiler house, every modern appliance has been fur~ nished the vessel, among which may be found — the Providence windlass, manufactured by the American Ship Windlass Company, Pro- vidence, R. I., also two capstans from the same firm; Russell & Watson lamps, including sidelights, masthead and anchor lamps; and Eagle Iron Works deck engine and pumps; Noble is doing the rigging work, ete., and a number of Mt. Clemens tradesmen are en~ gaged at the finishing work. The calking in- side and ont was done by William Kilburn, of Mt. Clemens, and the reputation gained by Mr. Kilburn for faithful work is a suffi- cient guarantee for the calking done on the new boat, her boiler isa fire box 10} by 16 feet, built by John McGregor & Son, engines are fore and aft compound, cylinders 24, 46 and 40 inch stroke, by Samuel F. Hodge & Co. Captain David Wilson, who will com- mand her, is now actively engaged fitting her _ out, etc. Joshua Dines is chief engineer and Edward July, chief mate. She is expected to be ready for business in about C. Hutchinson, Cleveland to Milw cents; schooner William Home, Clevelanc Milwaukee, 65 cents; schooner Alice B. No Cleveland to Eseauaba, 40 cents; schooner A, G. Morey, Sandusky to Gladstone, 40 cents; propeller M, B. Grover, Toledo to Duluth, 50 cents; propeller Thomas W. Palmer, Toledo to Duluth, 50 cents, Ore—Propeller Ionia, Esca- naba to Ashtabula, 85 cents; propeller America, Asbland to Lake Erie ports, $1.20. Burra.o, Jaly 16—Coal freights were quiet andeasy. Cargoes were not plenty, neither was tonnage. The rate to South Chicago has been made 5 cents less than to Chicago, owing to the smaller cost of towing and quicker unloading at the former port,—Charters: Hecla and P. Jumes, Cnicago, 60 cents; Inter-ocean, Milwaukee, 50 cents; Nester, Bourke, Portage, 50 cents; Mystic Star, Detroit, 30 cents; City of Rome, Erie to Chicago, 60 cents, CuicaGo, July 16—Vessel room was in large supply to-day, the demand being limited, Rates were weak but not quotable lower, wheat to Buffalo being quoted at 2} cents, corn at 2 cents and oats at 1} cents, Corn and oats, Georgian Bay, were quoced at 1? cents and 14 cents respectively, and corn to Kingston at 34 cents, Room has been engaged here for 246,000 bushels of No. 2 spring wheat to load at Mil- waukee, with a prospect of 70,000 bushels more being worked iu this afternoon, Derroit, July 16.——Charters: Wheat— Schooners Lam Ellsworth, Ogdensurg, 4} cents; Shupe, Buffalo, 14 cents; Adventure, Sand Beach, 14 cents, free out, Lumber—Steambarge Ida Torrent and consort Roberts, Muskegon to Tonawanda, $2; Nicolet, Cheboygan to Detroit, $1.37; schooner Ontario, Goiden Valley to Chat- ham, $1,765. Cedar—Schooner Arctic, Baptist Harbor to Toledo, $2; Twilight, Hope Bay to Detroit, $2. Coal—Steambarge Birkhead and three consorts, Ashtabula and Cleveland to Portage Lake, 50 ceuts. Two dollars and a half is offered on lumber from Duluth to Tona- wanda. —-_-.R or — Tue owner of the tug Bachelor of Charles— ton S. C. writes H. G. Trout that the Trout wheel put on has increased her speed, light 25 to 30-per cent, towing 18 to 20 per cent and that she tows three lighters faster than she towed one with old wheel. Tue Senate has amended the sundry civil appropriation’ bill as follows: Inserting item for light station on eleven foot shoal, Michi- gan, $60,000; for completing lighthouse on the easterly end of the outer breakwater at Chi- cago, $15,000; a tender for the ninth and eleyenth lighthouse districts, $75,000. We have been favored with a copy, of a special harbor edition of the Ashtabula Beacon, and beg to compliment Bro. Scrivens, on hig effort to eclipse all competitors in Ashtabula County. . Clemens, Mich., is being