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THE MARINE RECORD. 9° ee eee DEMURRAGE. In a recent case of demurrage tried in the Edinburgh, (Scot- land, Court of Appeals, it was ruled that in considering the case it was necessary to attend to the distinction which seemed to exist in practice, and was probably well fuunded in law, be- tween the computation of time for lay days, or running days for loading and unloading, and the mode of computing the time of demurrage. Once they had ascertained that the lay days were exhausted, it was settled by a series of decisions that demurrage began at the hour at which the lay days were exhausted, and then the days of demurrage were reckoned as periods of 24 hours from that hour. Any surplus hours in ex- cess of the number of full days were reckoned as an additional day. Now if it were settled, as he must hold it to be, that de- murrage began at any hour of the day, it followed that the lay days must expire at any hour of the day, but as lay days were always whole days, it would seem to follow, in argument, that they might also begin ut any hour of theday, But there was no distinction such as was contended for by the appellants to the effect that lay daysalways commenced at twelve o’clock of the night. To concede that proposition would involve that lay days might be reckoned by hours, but the distinction was this, that if a ship arrived in the afternoon, it would not be consistent with good sense that the obligation to load or uaload should arise at the instant she was taken along side the quay. Men could not be got at that hour, and time must be allowed for the captain to give notice to the owners of the cargo; and therefore, he understood, that by invariable practice if a ship arrived after twelve o’clock the lay days were reckoned only to begin on the following day. But whether, they were to be reckoned from twelve o’clotk or from the hour at which it was usual for loading or unloading to begin was a point upon which he would rather not give an opinion, because, xs the Lord President had pointed out, that was settled in this particular case, and, therefore, it must be assumedethat by agreement of parties the lay days could not be reckoned from an earlier bour than 6 a. m., the proper hour for beginning in the cir- cumstances. He took it that according to the general rule lay days in contracts of agreement meant whole days; but there was nothing to prevent parties from stipulating for half deys or any portion of a day if they were so minded. ee ee FLOTSAM JETSAM AND LAGAN, Capt. Daniel Lyon of Burlington, Vt., died last week, aged 88 years. It is proposed to open the World’s Fair on May 1, 1893, and close it on October 30 of the same year. Capt. P. McFarlane, long in the Lehigh Valley Line, and a smart, energetic shipmaster, has resigned from that employ. He will command: one of the package freight whalebacks that will run between Gladstone and Buffalo the ensuing season. Article 18 of the revised steering and sailing rules for ocean and coast, is held strictly to the letter in New York, Judge Brown having just rendered a decision,’ whereby the both steamers are held in fault for not stopping and reversing when there was danger of collision. f Light keels are now laid at the yards of the American Steel Barge Co., W.Superior, Wis., and work on them is progress— ing rapidly. The whaleback barge C. W. Wetmore has been chartered for several trips of coal between Puget Sound and San Francisco at $1.50 per ton, this is about the same distance as between Buffalo and Duluth. Capt. Jobn T. Hutton will, this year, command the Kasota with Ed. Raines of Hay Lake, Mich., as first mate, and Harry Sharp assecond mate. The Kasota was purchased by the Park- er Transportation Co., and is being thoroughly overhauled, so that she will be in readiness as soon as navigation opens .Capt. Tim. Lemay will take charge of the John Oades. Capt. Homer Durand was given a yerdict, at Toledo last week, of $825 against J. W. Farwell in the case involving the schooner P. B. Locke. Durand wanted $5,000. He claimed that he had bought the vessel as the result of misrepresentation on the part of Farwell’s agents in regard to her condition. After her purchase, he found many repairs necessary. It is the opinion among naval officers in New York that the _ Chilean affair, even if there is not any war, is the best thing that could have happened for the United States navy. The result will be, they say, that the number of war vessels will soon be doubled and within a few years the United States will _ be what she should be—a formidable maritime power. Representatives from the several large towing firms held a preliminasy meeting in Capt. 8. B. Grummond’s office in De- troit a few days ago with a view to forming an association tariff for towing charges, Nothing definite was fixed upon and another meeting will be called later although it is learned that the several interests are somewhat wide apart in their views. The Academy of National Science, of Philadelphia, Pa., have decided to send a relief expedition for Lieut. Peary and arty, whu started last spring on a North Pole expedition, Mrs. being of the party. Prof. Alexander Heilprin will lead ition, which will leava New York about June lst. ‘Lhe expedition is expected to cost about $10,000 which raised mainly by subscription. q iploma and medal was received by Mr. Campeau, of jue Department, Toronto, from the Science aveurs des Alps Maritimes, of Nice, France, , the blind life- saver. Mr, Campeau is the representative of the society in Canada, and he has on more than one occasion received similar tokens of recognition for heroism for Canadians who well merited tokens of bravery. Capt. Hibert Ocha was for a long time in charge of the life saving station at the upper Portage canal. That position he resigned early last year and went to Bay City, where he began work in the large ship yards. He has just left that employ- ment and will now engage in marine work at Au Sable. Capt. Ocha says he intends ultimately to re-enter the life saying ser- vice. His cool and daring bravery will never be forgotten here where everybody knows how he saved the crew of a stranded vessel at Grand Island some three or four years ago, also the noble work he did on the Wallaces that went ashore near the mouth of the carpe. A more fearless man never lived and the service lost one of its best men when Capt Ocha re- signed.— Marquette Times. 8. R. Stone has circulated a petition addressed to Hon, E. B. Taylor asking him to work for the speedy passage of the bill introduced. by Hon. Tom Johnson, of Cleveland, entitled “A bill for an appropriation to build a home for crippled, in- firm, and aged seamen of the merchant marine.’”’ The petition has been signed by nearly every business man at the Harbor and uptown, and will be forwarded to Washington at once. Mr. Stone has hopes that if the bill is successful, the home may be established at this port. It will almost certainly be located at some point between Cleveland and Erie. A hospital of this kind is maintained at New York, butthere are none as yet up- on the Great Lakes- The necessity of a home of this kind is apparent at once.—Ashtabula Daily Beacen. ED oe “THERE is no reascn to doubt the honesty of the telegraph- ic dispatches from Traverse City, regarding the tidal wave at that point.’ said General O. M. Poe. ‘Such things are not improbable, they are only uncommon, In my life, I recollect two or three very notable instances of the kind. Some six years ago there was one on Lake Huron, a very sudden one, as they all are, and the old propeller Quebec was caught in it and badly damaged. The water snddenly receded and just as quick returned. The high wall of water fell upon the forward part of the Quebec, and smashed her pretty badly. The one at Cleveland will be remembered by afl. On the return of the water, it flooded the elevators and drowned one of the men. «What the cause is, is hard to determine,” continued Gen- eral Poe. ‘I think that barometrical pressure and the wind are chiefly accountable for it. Take for instance a large body of water like Lake Superior. Suppose the barometer lowers an inch at one end, and rises an inch at the other, the differ- ence in the rise and fall of the level would be very great, and would cause such an oscillation as that reported from Traverse City.”” a AccorpinG to the annual report of commerce through the St. Mary’s Falls Canal, it is found that the average number of vessels passing per day for the whole season was 45,3, and for the months of June, July, August, and September the average was 54.6. The size of the vessels continues to increase, as is shown in the following statistics: The average registerad tonnage per vessel was— In 1887. In 1888. No closer showing of the increased dimensions of lake tonnage could possibly be presented, and when numbers as well as ca- pacity are taken into consideration the volume of increased tonnage is phenomenal. PORT HURON, MICH. Special to the Marine Record. Selbeck & Co., are rebuilding their fish tug, the Beebe. St. Clair river is blocked up to the foot of Lake Huron with solid ice. The tug Despatch is receiving a thorongh rebuild at the Battie yarde, Sarnia. Captains Mart Swain and George Tebo are in the city culling on their many friends, Capt. Rattray, last season in Grummonds Line, will sail the steamer Kittie M. Forbes, this season. Fitzgerald Bros., of the Dry Dock Iron Works, have rebuilt their shops and are all ready to supply their old friends in their line of work. The Jenks Shipbuilding Co.'have lengthened the steam barge E. N. Jenks, 24 feet during the winter. She is about ready to launch as soon as the weather permits. C. D. Thompson and James J. Lynn, of this city, have pur- chased the tug Stinewood, from J. N, Tilley, of Chicago. The Stinewood will be used in towing at this port. t The Jenks shipbuilding Co. have sold their steam barge, the O. O. Carpenter, to N. E. Runnells and Capt. Dan Sinclair, of this city, for $28,000, The Carpenter will tow one of the Cleveland’s consorts of the same firm, Capt. Fred Hart, manager of the J. Emory Owen fleet, and Mr. Walter Oudes, was in this city looking after the interest of the Owen Line in the schooner Michigan, she having been in a collision with the steamer Ctty of Berlin at the ‘Soo’? ‘last season. The steamer Hiawatha is in Dunford & Alverson’s lower dry dock receiving large repairs. She will have an entirely new bottom, stern post, stern and rudder. Capt. Lane, of Buff- alo, is here looking after his interest in the steamer. The Robert Mills has finished her repairs at the same yard, and is in first-class shape. The steamer Dean Richmond is at the Wolverine dry dock re- receiving new arches, decks, covering board, stanchions, railirg and other repairs, The Tug George E. Brockway is at the same dock, having received a good overhauling. The Brock- way will also receive a new boiler this spring, which will place her in first-class shape. The Tug Joe Dudley is in Dunford & Alverson’s upper dry dock receiving a thorough rebuild. The steamer H. D. Coff- inberry, is at the same yard receiving new railing, stanchions, bulkwarks, calking and other repairs. The Coffinberry is hav- ing her engines compounded and will also receive a new boiler from the Phoenix Iron Works, of this city. Capt. William Lynn, of the steamer Canisteo, has taken in tow a consort and signed a charter for life. Billie was mar- ried Tuesday to Alline, the oldest daughter of Capt. and Mrs, William Dulac, of Mount Clemens. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn left on the evening train for the east, andon their return they will reside in Mt. Clemens. The Shipmaster’s Excelsior Marine Benevolent Association held a meeting in their rooms in the Casello block last Satur- day evening, at which time they were treated toa surprise. An elegant silver water pitcher and two goblets were presented to them. Everything is explained in the inscription on the pitcher, which is as follows: No. 2, Porr Huron, Micnican, BY THE Dunnam Towrne & Wrecktne Co. It is a handsome present, and will be highly prized by the shipmasters in their elegant, ship-shape, and comfortable win- ter quarters. IsIs. MILWAUKEE, WIS. Capt. James Leisk will command the fine steamer Helena, . again next season. The Milwaukee Tugboat Co.’s, vessels will be commanded as follows: Steamer Helena, James Leisk; steamer Veronica, William E. Wright; barge Helena, John Leisk. Joys Bros., shipchandlers, will commence in May to build a new ship-chandlers store on East Water street, near the bridge. The business which they are now running has been carried on in the same block for 47 years. Capt. H. C. Albrecht and P. Peterson, and engineer Ras- mussen are in Milwaukee getting the steamer T. S. Christie put in good condition for next season’s work, Her engine is re« ceiving an entire overhauling and she is getting a new smoke stack. Sheriffs Manufacturing Co. are very busy. They are build- ing a fore and aft compound engine 16x 43x 36, 150 pounds steam on h. p. cylinder, all pumps independent of main en- gine, for a steamer building at Sheboygan, Wis., und a wheel 9 feet 8 inches diameter, a condensing engine 20x24 for C, H. Starkes’ new tug, a high pressure engine 14x16 fora new fishing tug, making a new crank for the steamer S. J. Macey, a new cylinder for the tug Knight Templar, a new wheel 11 feet 9 inches for the F, & P. M. No. 5, and a 5 ft. wheel for a steamer at Cleveland. The Milwaukee Dry Dock Co. is doing considerable work. At the south yard they are putting the pilot house and engine and boiler rooms on the tug they recently built for M. Golden and others of Marinette. Her dimensions are 78 feet over ail, 16 feet beam, 9 feet hold, They are building for C. H. Starke a tug 83 feet over all, 17 feet beam, 10 feet hold; she will have a Schulte condensing engine 20x24, and afboiler 7x13. The steamer Arizona is in dock for a general overhauling and re- pairs. The barge Plymouth will go into dock for same. The steamer Horace A. Tuttle will receive repairs to the damage done by fire at Chicago. At the west yard the steam barge G. C. Markham is receiving new deck, new shoe and some repairs. The barge Helena, which was purchased by the Milwaukee Tug Boat Line, is being fixed up in good shape, which includes new stanchions, stringers and rail, entire new floor, ceiling and other repairs. The steamers Pabst, Veronica, Helena, Davidson and Dyer haye had their topsides calked. The steamer Westover is on the dock for a new wheel and some repairs. The steamer Maggie Marshall was in dock aud re- ceived a new bottom, an extra floor timber along side each frame, new rails and stringers, some new stanchions and a steel plate 13x} on each side of the main keelson. The steam- er Osceola is in dock for repairs. WILLIAMS. oe : Wuute demonstrating the efficiency of an automatic self- detuching hook for boat lowering purposes before the Board of Supervising Inspectors last week, George Learman, the § patentee, came near losing his life throngh one of the hooks © not working as it should have done, This automatic ‘hook is in use on the lakes and hitherto has worked perfectly. A — similar patent being in use on the other side of the Atlantic also gives excellent results, ‘ Tes ee ‘Tue series of letters now being published in Tae Ma- RINE Recorp from the pen of Mr. John Maurice, “On graphical method for finding deviation,” deals with this important subject in a concise intelligent manner and - forms an educational feature of great interest tothelake bi sailing community. "e