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ire teed ted) B. <a! THE MARINE RECORD. has “been, lost,.destroyed, or mislaid, and the collector oon, WH igsue another ene.either.temporary or permanent, Sarl es ay, “deate the yare according to the district.in which application is made. err within The penalty for neglecting to obtain, a new register is skate the forfeiture of all privileges and, benefits of nationali- Pirsty eo OWEN WASUTHECALPENA 20ST? | z Ad Qed tatuorese el Cpicaco, Tt) pit.19)°1892.. 1 e suey ga, 20 dag f Toth Bar of Phe Morin’ Retort ios ys. Will you have, the. kindness, to, settle a, controversy, By 5 stating in the.columns of THs Marine Rucorp the par- ticulars and year in which the Goodrich Line steamer Al-,, pena.was lost? .I hold that she,was lost eleven, years, , ago, and.my friend says eight years. Who. is correct? ; I would, further. desire you to state why,.the wages of * captains are not published in your paper with the engi-), neers and rest.of the crew, or .are the figures “out of Bight pone cyt kN - JamEs A. MACAULEY~ |. ‘The following account of .the Joss,of the Alpena, places ‘her loss just.twelve years ago and being froma. reliable and official source cam be accepted as final): =a forest A fits ty,,and the yessel, is liable, to be seized. by.a United States vessel.of the Reyenue Marine, if found without a register. For. failure to, surrender an old certificate of registry, if ,a_new one has been issued, the owner is liable to a fine of $500... [Ep]... » Pcp R a pin i ao eee a ts MARITIME LAW. SiThY par GENERAL, AVERAGE—VOLUNTARY. STRANDING—SAVING OF | Peet | Seer LIFE. | Le : Where the-master of a vessel, which was dragging her anchor ina gale and in danger of going ashore, slipped thé cablé, and voluntarily stranded her, in sub- stantially the same place, under the ‘Saine ‘conditions, and. with the same result to her cargo as must necessar- ily haye.soon resulted from her dragging anchor, held no case of generalaverage. 47 Fed. Rep. 125 affirmed. In ad- miralty. Appeal from a decree of the District: Court of the United States for the Southern District of New sine: October 16th, 1880. -The passenger steamer Alpena, _ York, dismissing the libel of the libelant. Affirmed. pe ‘W, W. Napier, foundered on Lake Michigan and NEGLIGENCE IN LEAVING OPEN: HOLE IN DECK. on board were lost, consisting of some sixty souls. = f ‘The steamer'left Grand Haven for Chitago the evening T9.leaye-a small.trimming-hole in: the lower deck of a before, about an hour anda quarterafter her schedule » vessel, a short distance from the main hatch, open and time, and was met by the steamer Muskegon at about unguarded, when the vessel’ was: unloading and the be- 1 o'clock a. m. on her ustal route, sothat it is supposed tween decks,.where it: was to be expected the steve- she-was well -on-her* way to Chicago when the tornado dores discharging the cargo would necessarily go, was of. that-date, struck her, which must have been about ; dark and unlighted, is negligence for which the ship is 5 o'clock avm.* She-was seen by the barge Irish soon ; liable. A stevedore engaged in unloading a vessel, after-.daylight and again about 9 or 10 a.m. by the went between decks to"get his overalls and change his schooner Holmes. ‘The last time seen, she was headed» clothes) preparatory to going to workin the lower hold. west andiin the trough of the sea blowing:a*whistle of. ‘The between decks were dark, and he fell through a distress. After this there were no-further tidings:of). “feeding hole.”’ , It was the ship’s duty to keep the her until Her wreckage came’ashore, near Holland.on. ,‘‘féeding Hole” closed. He was justified in believing the Monday or) Tuesday, the 18th or 19th... Kight bodies, hole closed,/and’ was not guilty of contributory negli- were recovered and identified as victims of the wreck. gence. Avveéssel is résponsible for an injury happening The Alpena was the only steamer known to have faced toa shoveler employed by the stevedore, that she em- the storm for any length of time, and she was the only ployed to unload the vessel, when such injury occurs onelost on Lake Michigan during the severe tornado of through her own unsafe condition. The Protos, United the 16th of October, 1880, States Circuit Court, Pennsylvania, 38 Fed. Rep., 919. In the matter of .publication,of masters’ wages, the: Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, December 14, 1893... , compensation is usually arranged for individually, and. ee r nd'schedulée has ever been compiled; although ‘a number * tie of owners have stated season salaries for their different.” f classes of tonnage, yet; the circumstances are/such.that_ itfwould be difficilt to-class the tonnage. for graded: sa’ ati : This follows bad peemurigly selva evet SS) a ARounp. ISLAND Licu?.—Notice is hereby given that, so far as masters wages are concerned, and our ‘corre-\ ion the night of September 20, 1892, a fixed white: lens- spondent is no;doubt aware of at least several reasons .,.lantern light with two fixed red sectors was exhibited “ prevalence- and continuance of the usage.’ [Ep.]. from therstructitre recently erected on the east side of teeter ep 5 iF Bik 4 a : 4 Round island, St. Mary’s river, Michigan. _- ; - adhered The white:sector lies between and is bounded radially ( DEMURRAGE: edition by the two red sectors, and. illuminates 180° of the hori- a F rey zon, extending from N. % E, (N. 1°E.) through eastward Lb et Toronto, On’., Oct. 18, 1892. to. Sy 34.W.(So1° W.) The southerly red sector covers, 3 ps Pie ‘ 5 Z _andiits easterly edge guides clear of the shoals to the fee Sere hes Pores Record: 2 ar -southward and westward of Round island. Where there is no mention made in a bill of lading re- The focal plane of the light is 40 feet above lake level, garding demurrage, is it collectible, and is the vessel,-and, the light may be seen in clear weather about 4 NOTICE TO MARINERS. (No. 95, of 1892. UNITED Srires OF AMERICA—NORTHERN “AND NORTH- ~" WESTERN Lakrs—St. Mary’s River Licnts. -entitled to the same amount she has previously received miles. for demurrage. tel J. HP. ‘TheJight.is shown from a small hexagonal black iron Where the bill of lading contains no stipulation as to lantern surmounting a square wooden tower, 35, feet ‘ ciated by both,counsel and solicitors.” "i demurrage, it has been held in the common law courts that the consignee is not liable, so that if you were to enter an action there, you probably lose it, the admiral- ty courts are more equitable in this particular and have ruled that the master had a lien ‘upon the cargo, al- though demurrage was not specified in the bill of high from base to focal plane, rising in the front of a one and one-half story frame dwelling. The tower and dwelling are painted buff with white trimmings, roof red, and have a background of trees about 90 feet high. The approximate geographical position of the light- house, as;taken from chart No. 4, Straits of Mackinac, U.S. Survey of the Northern and Northwestern Lakes, is: Latitude, North, 46° 06’ (26); Longitude, West, 84° lading. Whether itis ‘‘ collectible” or not rests a great 01/ (16/’). deal with the principals, though it is always preferable Se BreHags see [RL GUT CEU an a * es Ae ay Poin . W. tangen .E. 4 N. hi Aig to close a charge of this sort up with all possible dis- aritent Tine Island,.W: tangent, S. by B.%E. ‘Ss 15° patch, Some ports are more expensive than others, and . 50’ B.) 154 miles. Pointe aux Frenes, N. by W. (N. 11° no arbitrary sum can be placed as a positive figure, a 30’ W.) 1% miles. safe limit, however, should always be allowed for de- murrage charges. [Ep]. TO SECURE A NEW REGISTER, MILWAUKEE, WIs., Oct. 18, 1892. To the Editor of The Marine Record. Iam under a slight difficulty regarding the certificate papers of a certain vessel. To the best of my belief this document was either burned in a fire that occurred on board, or has been maliciously made away with by a person who had access to the place where it was kept. I would thank you to advise me through the columns of THE MARINE RECORD what steps must be taken to pro- tect the vessel dnd her ownership, and if Ican procure a new set of papers. Yours truly, A SUBSCRIBER. Certificates of registry are required for vessels en- gaged in the foreign trade and are permitted to such vessels as are engaged in the coasting trade where the requirements of entering at a custom house is com- pulsory. Vessels, however, engaged in the domestic trade between ports and places on Lake Michigan ex- clusiyely, laden with. American productions and free merchandise, may unload without obtaining a permit. Certificates of register are of two descriptions, perma- nent-and temporary ; the first.is granted by the collec- tor at the vessel’s home port, and the latter by the col- lector of any other district. It is only necessary to make an affidavit to-the effect that the vessel’s register Bearings relating to the edges of the sectors are from seaward. All bearings are true and given approxi- mately; distances, in statute miles. By order of the Lighthouse Board: Rear-Admiral U. S. Navy, Chairman. Office of the Lighthouse Board, Washington, D, C. Oct, 11, 1892. James A, Greer, OLD Mackinac Point Licut.—Notice is hereby given that on or about October 25, 1892, a light of the 4th or- der showing a red flash every 10 seconds will be exhib- ited from the structure recently erected on the site ad- joining the fog signal on Old Mackinac Point, S. side of the Straits of Mackinac, Mich. The light will be visible from N. 51° W. (N. W. 4% W.) through northward to S, 87° BR. (ER. 4 S.). The remain- ing portion of the are is secured by the land. R The focal plane of the light is 60 feet above lake lev- el, and the light may be seen in clear weather, the ob- server’s eye 15 feet above lake level, 151¢ miles. The light will»be shown from a black lantern’sur- mounting a cylindrical buff-brick tower, 50 feet high from base to focal plane, forming the N. W. corner of the keeper dwelling. The keeper’s dwelling is of buff brick, has bright red roofs and the front facing the Straits is castelated. It stands about 90 feet to the westward and_a little in rear of the fog-signal building. ‘The approximate geographical position of the light- house, as taken from chart No. 4 Straits of Mackinac, Survey of the Northern and Northwestern Lakes, is : Pre North, 45° 47’ (18/”). Longitude, West, 84° 43/ Bearings and distances of prominent objects are: Cheboygan Light-House, S. 62° B. (S. E. by B. 6 B.), 16% miles. MeGulpin Point Light-House, S. 98° 30/ w, (W. % S.), 2% miles. St. Helena Light-House, N. 55° W. (N. W. %. Ws), 8 miles. All bearings are true and given aPpres ima tel: ings relating to the visibility of the light are from ward; distances in statute’ miles. ane By order of the Light-House Board: James A. Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy, Chairman. Office of the Lighthouse Board, Washington, D.C, Oct..t A SHIPMASTER’S RESPONSIBILITY. the duties and responsibility of shipmasters is embodied in the following articlefrom the London Wautical Maga- b ops ety Sh tty “A doctor may mistake the malady he is treatinga pa- _ tient for, and discover his mistake. when the fost-mertem = ~ takes place; a,lawyer by carelessness may.lose his cli- ent’s case, and entail an endless loss of money; aciyil engineer may plan and construct a railway viaduct, _ which blows down and kill lots of people travelling in a crossing train, but these men are members respectively - of a profession! and-having time-to perfect and elaborate their plans. and arrangements, are duly licensed to ~ squander’ or;kill, if it is discovered too late they have, made a fatal mistake. These men haye time to think, _ to consult if in‘dowbt, to look up books.of bygone cases, to. reverify strains, etc.; and in consequence, if they make a mistake, are sympathized with in eyery direc- tion by their friends. Is it so with the shipmaster? No!, He habitually sleeps with the care on his hands of _ property as large as any, heretofore mentioned as be- . longing tothe learned professions; in addition, he has _ the fersonal care of the property itself, and if momentarily he.is called upon to decide upon a course of action and makes a mistake, this one lapse of judgment is a stum- bling-block in his path forever, This is no exaggera-- tion; the keenest. intellects in England may be seen - any day engaged in trying maritime cases which had _ to, be decided momentarily by the man on the bridge. Every point will be.argued fro and con., but not the smallest regard: will be paid to the initial cause of the - disaster, 7.2.) the man on the bridge. Turn him out; he is the mere cause; the effect is that which is appre- SUE Ga ae chdtheeennRREEREEEEER EET PROPOSALS. U. S.° ENGINEER OFFICE, 121 Franklin Street, Buffalo, N. Y.; October 15, 1892. Sealed proposals for extension of breakwater and for building 1600 feet of the shore arm at Buffalo, N. Y. will be received at this office until 2 p. m. November 15, 1892, and then publicly opened. . Specifications, blank forms and all available information will be furnished on application to this office Major E. H. RuFFNER, Corps of Engi- neers. 13-3 U. ‘S. ENGINEER OFFICE, 121 Franklin street, Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 15th, 1892. Sealed proposals for hire of dredge, drill boat, tug, derrick scow and for excavation of material in the Niaga- ra River, N. Y.,will be received at this of- fice until 2 p. m., November 15th, 1892, and then publicly opened... Specifica- tions,, blank forms and all available in- formation will be furnished on applica- tion to this office. Major E. H. Rurr- NER, Corps of Engineers. 13-3. U.S. ENGINEER OFFICE, HICKOX Building, 185 Ruclid avenue, Cleveland, O., September 30, 1892, Sealed proposals for extension of breakwater at Cleve- land Harbor, Ohio, will be received at this office until 20’clock, Pp. M., of Thurs- day, October 20th, 1892, and then pub- licly opened. Specifications, blank forms and all available information will be furnished on application to this office. JarED A. Smiru, Lieut. Col., Corps of Engineers, U.S. A. 13-20 U. S. ENGINEER OFFICE, HICKOX Building, 185 Euclid avenue, Cleveland, O., September 30, 1892. Sealed proposals for removal and rebuilding of piers at Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, will be received at this office until 2 o’clock, Pp. M., of ‘Thursday, October 20, 1892, and then publicly opened, Specifications, blank forms and all available information will be furnished on application to this office. JARED A. SmirH, Lieut. Col., Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. 13-20 JEFFERSONVILLE, IND., OCTO- ber 1, 1892. Sealed proposals, in tripli- cate, will be received here until 11 o’clock a.m., (central standard time) Tuesday, ‘the Ist day of November, 1892, for fur- nishing at the Q. M. Depothere 100,000 gallons of Mineral Oil, of 135° flash test, in cases of two five-gallon cans each. Government reserves right to re- ject any or all proposals, and to accept the whole quantity or any portion of the mineral oil bid for. All information - furnished on application here. Envyel- opes containing proposals should be marked “‘ Proposals for Mineral Qil,” ‘ and addressed to Cor. HENRY C.HopcEs, Assistant Quartermaster General, U. S, Army, Depot Quartermaster. '