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, _ Around the Lakes. ‘The work ot convertin g the old steamer Saginaw into a _ tumber barge has been completed at Toledo. - There is more tye in store in Chicago elevators than corn, the stocks being 154,524 bushels corn and 198,011 bushels rye. M. E. B. A. No. 1, of Buffalo. will accept thanks for an invi- tation to its eighth annual ball, to be held in Concert hall, Music hall building on the 12th inst, At last accounts the steamers N eshoto, Mecosta and John- son were still waiting to discharge their coal cargoes at the Le- high and Franklin company’s docks, Milwaukee. Work on Marquette’s life Saving station is ssing favor- Oe Ma: é sta progressing favor ably. The buildings will be ready within a few weeks, although the contractors had until spring to complete them had the time been required. Capt. W. D. Andrews, of Toronto, the brave and well-known hife-saver, has been presented by Dr. Sivewright and Arthur Richardson, of Chatham, Ont., with an ebony cane having a massive head of solid silver, suitably inscribed. _ _Albert W. Goodrich, president of the Goodrich Transporta- tion Company, attained his majority a few days ago, and accord- ing to the provisions of his father’s will the young man came in- to possession of his patrimony, consisting of $1,011,075.89. The jury in the case of Capt. Landgraf, on trial in Milwau- kee under the charge of killing a sailor, failed to agree and Capt. Landgraf gave bail in the sum of $5,000 for appearance at the next term of court. The jury stood nine for acquittal and three for conviction of manslaughter, one of the three holding for only a third degree verdict. eh? Senator Stockbridge, of Michigan, has been in active corres- pondence with the war department and has been urging prompt action towards carrying the bill for the purchase of the Portage: lake canals into effect. While the department has been unable. to give the senator the date on which the canals will pass from the corporate to government control, he has been assured that the matter will be closed up very soon. Milwaukee and Chicago shipping interests will move to have the government replace the revenue cutter Andy Johnson by a new boat. The Andy Johnson was built in 1865 and has cruised to all Lake Michigan and Lake Superior points, and has at times performed service on Lakes Huron, St. Clair and Erie. The number of miles sailed in making these trips was something over 130,000. ‘The Johnson has in her day saved vessel property on | the lakes valued at $1,500,000. While she has been in commis- sion her officers have inspected some 15,000 vessels, and her crew has saved a number of lives. She is now of that class and build of vessels that has gone out of use. Cleveland Notes. Advices from Ashtabula are to the effect that the ore handlers there who quit work a few days ago have returned at the old rate of wages for loading into cars, seven cents a ton. The Lake Superior Iron Company’s new boats will be sailed by Capt. Mooney, last season in the La Salle, and Capt. Green of the Joliet. Capt. Henry Stone leaves the Bradley fleet to succeed Capt. Mooney in the La Salle. The schooner A. Boody, A. G. Morey, John T. Mott, and Montcalm have been chartered for next season to carry ore from Escanaba to Tonawanda at $1.10a ton. Theboats are of light draft and can carry full loads, but the charter is not looked upon favorably here on account of delays experienced in this trade in past seasons. The harbor tug men outstripped all efforts of former years at their ball, Wednesday evening. They had the mayor and other distinguished local people with them, and the annual gath- ering was a success in every respect. Dances were regulated by the familiar stroke of the engine room bell, red and green side lights adorned the stage and the bunting from every tug in port was brought into play around the galleries. Dr. Jolnson’s jet propulsion steamer Evolution made a trial trip in New York bay a few days ago. The engine worked well and at one time the log showed that she was running at the rate of seventeen knots an hour. The Evolution carries a 40 ton pump, This pumps in an eight inch stream and forces out %-inch of water that, when ejected from a pipe in the stern post about three feet below the surface of the water, forces the boat ahead, SSS oollQllwlLl _ floating dock. When in position the doors were swung in agaitist MARINE REVIEW. 9 Successful Use of a Caisson Dock.. The Scientific American contains an interesting article on the use of a caisson dock for repairs ‘to the steamship La Cham- pagne, injured in a collision off Sandy Hook. Why the steam- ship was not drydocked is not stated, but the caisson or box used was water-tight on the bottom and three sides, while one side was provided with leaf doors, consisting of planks arranged one above another and pivoted at the end attached to the box. by steel pins passing through them. The planks on either side of the open end resemble a double door, but in order to fit a cross section of a ship the top planks are much shorter than the bot- tom, the ends of which meet It would seem that these planks should be cut or lengthened according to the beam of the ship, but such is not the case, the angle of the doors suiting the open- ing to any vessel of the larger class. The caisson used was 42 feet long, 32 feet wide and 22 feet deep. It was floated into po- sition off the bow and was drawn into position by means of cables. The ends of planks at the opening were padded,so that no leakage would occur. Altogether the arrangement was not un- like that used by the superintendent of the Detroit Dry Dock Company in docking the stern of the St. Ignace, excepting, of course, he accommodated the operation to a dry instead of a the ship and the caisson was pumped out. The displacement or buoyancy of the caisson is controlled by means of the double — sides, which may be pumped full independent of the inside of the dock. A new stem piece was put on and other repair made under the water line by means of this caisson. _ r The Lake Sailor’s Christmas. Be Most of the lake sailors manage to close up the season’s business and to reach home by Christmas. Such spent the merry holiday pretty much as do other sensible people. Some, however, have no stationary homes, so to speak. These make — themselves at home wherever they may fetchup. Like a rolling - stone they gather no moss, but they are all the brighter for the - friction. When one of the chaps was asked last night how he had spent Christmas, he hardly knew which way he was steering. He was almost aground. Said he: “ Old fellow, I can’t spin a long yarn about this Christmas trip. You see, I’ve been scudding around until I’ve lost my bearings and shifted my cargo. I’ve hauled aboard a good many pints, and I feel like coming to for the night. I’ve struck Madeira, Burgundy, and a whole string of ports, and now I’m ready to take a turi below. I don’t care which way the wind blows. Just say I’ve had a heaving time, and let her go at that.’”—Buffalo Courier. Sound Argument. Considerable controversy is going on in the marine press of the great lakes in regard to the difference of opinion in steering. Highty per cent. of the steam tonnage on the lakes is managed by men whose vessels steer ‘‘ship fashion,’’ and they are of the opinion that the twenty per cent. of steam vessels that steer the reverse of ‘‘ship fashion’’ should change so that all vessels steer alike. As the change would involve no expense, and entail only a little more care on the part of the helmsman until he became familiar with a reversal of the order of steering, there is no question but that the change should be made ; in fact, a uniform method of steering—that is, ‘“‘port’’ and ‘‘starboard’’ in connection with the wheel—should prevail on all vessels that navigate the rivers, lakes, bays and sounds of the United States and the oceans, the public highways for navigation all over the world. Let the opposition to a uniform mode of steering, who are a small minority, consider the question of steering ‘‘ship fashion’? from an unselfish standpoint, and they will all agree that ‘‘starboard’”’ and. ‘‘port’’ should mean the same under all circumstances, whether on board a man-of-war, a river steam- boat, tug or sail yessel,—Marine Journal, i ti eli CRS a SSSR