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MARINE REVIEW. Hiss The Kingston Rebate—Reciprocity. Special Correspondence to the MARINK REVIEW. KINGSTON, Ont., April 16.—The new order issued by the government to the effect that a refunding of the canal tolls will be allowed on grain transhipped at Canadian ports shuts out Ogdensburg’s chances of getting a portion of the St. Lawrence trade and will likely lead to trouble. The exchange of Montreal want the order changed, because it will interfere with their business in this way. They claim that if they are allowed to store grain at Ogdensburg they could handle the markets better than if they are compelled to sell immediately after buying, which they must do now, simply because there are no large elevators at this port. The new order does away with any hope of an elevator being built here in the near future. Again, the Americans may look at the new order as_ eing a dis- crimination against them and cause them to operate against Canadian bottoms and grain at the Sault Ste. Marie canal. But this is improbable, and if the government did not do what it has done Canada would lose the grain trade altogether. The Montreal corn exchange has petitioned the government in the matter, but thus far has received no reply. Parliament will soon meet, but it is a question whether any decision will be given with regard to reciprocity in wrecking, the recent visit of Canadian ministers to Washington, having resulted in disappointment. _ The question will certainly be brought upin the house, but under the circumstances the prospects are that discussion will be put off until it be seen what will be the outcome of the negotiations for a greater measure of free trade between the two countries. The steamer Van Allen was the first craft to leave this port. She took a load of lumber to Oswego. The schooner Queen of the Lakes, Capt. Joseph Parsons, was the first arrival. She brought coal from Charlotte. Capt. Ewart, of Coburg, has bought the schooner Lady Macdonald. Capt. Theof. Allen, a well. known shipbuilder, who lived here for many years, died after a lingering illness. The Bon Voyage, to run between Rochester and the Thousand Islands, is finished. She has fifty staterooms and is one of the best equipped steamers that ever plied on Lake Ontario. The iron steamer Rosedale has been lengthened and her first cargo here is expected to be 75,000 bu- shels. Mariners say she is greatly improved in appearance. Among vessels here which are getting overhauled and thoroughly re- paired are the White Oak and S. H. Dunn. It will be remembered that about two years ago the steamer Quinte, owned by the Rathbun company, was burned and several people lost their lives. The captain lost his papers over the matter, which opened a channel for suits for damages. _ Suits were entered by relatives of deceased for sums aggregating $26,000, Evidence was taken carefully, and in every instance a verdict was given for the defendant. This result will likely lead to the captain being re- instated in a responsible position. He did the best possible under the circumstances to save life. : Owing to delay in construction of new boilers for the Corsican, one of _ the mail steamers, it will be late in season before she will be ready to run. The company will be greatly inconvenienced. Capt. S. Fraser has pur- _ chased the schooner Bavaria from the Calvin company. She will be towed by the Scotia in the timber trade. Sens : An agitation has been begun at Prescott, a town about fifty miles from Kingston. That place claims to have the best facilities on the con- tinent for transhipping grain. One thing certain, if elevators are built at all they will be erected here. ; Duluth Grain and Lumber. Special Correspondence to the MARINE REVIEW. DvuLvTH, MINN, April 13.—There is now about 5,000,coo bushels of was expected. The supply of flour is also very large and the coal docks are practically empty. : pany, calls attention to the fact that Duluth will shortly be a heavy shipper of lumber. He is of the opinion that there will be shipped next year to Chicago and the east 60,000,000 to 80,000,000 feet of lumber from the head of Lake Superior. Such a trade will have a big bearing on other freights. Masters and Engineers. Howard Towing Association, Port Huron, Mich: Tugs—Alanson Sum- ner, Capt. Chris. Smith, Thomas Aberinthy, engineer; Howard, Capt. William Smith, C. S. Pelton, engineer ; W. B. Castle, Capt. Ed. Allision, Peter Finney, engineer ; Brady, Capt. Bowen, Frank Buzzard, engineer, Northern Michigan Line, Charlevoix, Mich.:. Steamers—City of Charlevoix, Capt. Ira Bishop, A. C. Bowen, engineer; Lawrence, Capt. William Finucan, Frank Bowen, engineer; Soo City, Capt. Byron Arm- strong, Thomas J. Rees, engineer. Charles Moreland, engineer; Eugene C, Hart, Capt. C. B. Hart, Richard down the river, to have elevators built there and thus take the grain trade wheat in store here, and the grain is coming in much more freely than . Mr. John Gordon, general manager of the Noithern Steamship Com- Hart Line, Green Bay: Steamers—Fanny C. Hart, Capt. H. W. Hart; Crandall, engineer; C. W. Moore; Capt. Wm. Baptist, Jules. Schram, engineer ; Welcome, Capt. P. Roulette, Geo. Coulter, engineer. j Northwestern Transportation Company, Detroit, Mich. Steam- ers—S. R. Kirby, Capt. James Fraser, J. H Hand, engineer, E. M. Peck, Capt. E. C. Gatfield, W. Watts, engineer; Fayette Brown, Capt. D. Gir- ~ ardin, Nick Anderson, engineer; Forest City, Capt James Sanders, engi- neer not yet appointed; R. J. Hackett, Capt. Henry Sanders, J. H. Foster, engineer. Schooners—Harvey H. Brown, Capt. E. M. Fuller; William McGregor, Capt. J. B. Hochrath. ie Anchor Line, Erie, Pa.: Steamers—India, Capt. W. W. Smith; China, Capt. Charles Christy; Japan, Capt. R Smith; Winslow, Capt. C. Mason; C, Campbell, Capt, George Graser; Susquehanna, Capt. M. Riley; Clarion, Capt. J. Corcoran; Lehigh, Capt. H. A. Sisson; Philadelphia, Capt..A. E. Huff; Alaska, Capt. J. Doherty; Lycoming, Capt. J. McCarthy; Conemaugh, Capt. H. O. Miller; Delaware, Capt. P. O'Neil; Conestoga, Capt. P. H. Riley; Juniata, Capt. D. Ryder; Wissahickon, Capt. H. Durker. Tug Erie, Capt: E. L. Thompson. St. Mary’s River Patrol—The Sunken Wrecks. Commander Heyerman, of the Eleventh light-house district, stationed at Detroit, has sent on to Washington a recommenda- tion with regard to the patrol boat for the St. Mary’s river.” The boat will go up and down the entire river every day beginning with the opening of navigation, and there need be no complaint of stakes being out of place if vessel masters will hereafter notify the officers of the patrol boat or the men in charge at the canal of any marks that may be out of place. Commander Heyerman is also looking after the Kasota wreck, below Detroit, and has arranged for a float light over the hull. A light could not well be maintained on the small portion of the boat’s mast above water. It is expected that Falcon, the Chicago wrecker, will this week resume work on removing the ore from the Kasota. The schooners Ben Hur and Tremble, sunk near Port Huron will soon be out of the way. The Trem- _ble is already partially blown up. the last congress appropriated $30,000. The St. Mary’s River Light System. Col. William Ludlow has begun work preparatory to establish- ing the system of range lights on the St. Mary’s river, for which Plans for the location _ of the lights, all but one or two of which will be shore structures, have been in readiness for some time past and the actual work of construction will begin shortly after the opening of naviga- tion. It will, of course, require the greater part if not all of the ~ season to complete this work but it will be pushed forward rapid- ly. This system will be of great service in navigating the St. Mary’s river, especially for steamers going up. One objection _ that has been heard to itis that vessel masters will not allow - _ to hold the range. each other space to pass, but will meet bows on, both attempting This apprehension may be taken out of ac- count, however, as the good feeling brought about during the past year by the Excelsior Marine Benevolent Association, order of lake captains, will have a great deal to do with regulating such matters. The system will, of course, be used most for day ser- , vice and the main cost is in the construction of the beacons but _ it will certainly be used to some extent for navigation of the river by night. Capt. George P. McKay has secured from - Col. Ludlow. charts showing the location of the different lights, ' the horizon, will be exhibited from the structures recently erec- pyramids, painted brown. The upper 25 feet of each is ¢ and the system has the approval of all lake navigators who have examined the plans. : ; Notice to Mariners. ; The light-house board notice of the new Grosse Isle ranges is as follows: Notice is hereby given that, on and after April 20, 1891, fixed white lens lantern lights, each illuminating 90° of ee ted on the north end of Grosse Isle, to mark the range line for running the main channel of the Detroit river from the Lime- Kiln crossing to a point about 14 miles southerly of Mamajuda light, where Grassy island and Mamajuda lights are in range. The lights are 1,493 feet apart ona line ranging approximate S. by E. % E. (true). The structures are triangular skele — with white slats, and the lights are exhibited 14 fe top of the structures. The front light is 71 feet aboy water and the rear light 103 feet above mean low |