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4 THE MARINE RECORD. fhe Marine @ecord. ESTABLISHED IN 1878. Entered according to the laws of the United States a' the Post Office at Cleveland as second-class matter. Published weekly at No. 2 South Water street, / Cleveland, Ohio. A. A. POMEROY, Eiitor and Proprietor, BRANCH OFFICE, 244 SOUTH WATER STREET, CHICAGO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One year, postage paid,... Six months, postage paid Invariably in advance. ADVERTISING RATES, Ten cents per line, nonpareil measurement, or $1.20 per inch, each insertion; tour weeks $4.00; with a libera discount on orders amounting to $40.00 or over. Articles, letters und queries on all subjects are solici- ted. R@ The Editor assumes no responsibility for the opinions of correspondents. To insure notice, contributors must give name and address, and write on one side of the paper only. THE MARINE RECORD has an Agent in every port on the Lakes and Rivers, and will consequently circu- late more or less in all of them. Asa medium for advertising it has no superior, as it circulates among a class of people that can be reached in no other way.. EDITORIAL NOTES, Ir is said that Jay Gould has abandoned his much talked of yachting trip around the world. Tue Albany press says that State Engi- neer and Surveyor Seymour is making his annual inspection of State canals. THE directors of the Montreal Exchange bank, on Monday suspended payment and put the bank into liquidation, with liabilities at $2,000,000, ; THE excursion steamer Sagina ¥,; it seems, is laid up at Detroit, and the Keweenaw brought her passengess, about two hundred, to Cleveland, although, it is said, there is nothing wrong with the Saginaw. THE next annual meeting of the National Board of Steam Navigation will.be held In New York City, October 24th. Business of smmportance will naturally come before the board, and it is desirable that every port should send a representative. WHEN the fact that Mr. Tilden’s yacht Yo- semite had beaten Mr. Gould’s yacht Ata- Janta was telegraphed to the builders of the - latter, they telegraphed back to change her ballast and place ten tons of lead along the keel, and now Mr. Gould is ready for another tussle, ; THE board of directors of the Florida Ship Canal has been authorized to let the contract for building, with directions to begin at the earliest possible day. The eastern terminus ot the canal will be in the vicinity of the mouth of St, John’s river, the canal to run across the peninsula at the narrowest point. It will be 136 miles long, 230 feet wide and thirty feet deep. On another page will be found an account of the deplorable condition of the Greely Arctic expedition. The proper officials at Washington have, however, decided not to send a search and aid party to their relief, assuming that a vessel could not get far enough north to render the unfortunates any assistance this winter; the men will be com- pelled to subsist as best they can until the middle of next summer. A channel 200 feet wide and 12 feet deep at low tide is shortly to be dredged between Nix’s mate and Long Island head light, Boston harbor, at the cost of about $10,000. lt is expected that the work will be com- pleted in November. It will allow vessels to leave the main ship channel just before reaching Nix’s mate and steer straight for Hull, and will do away with the necessity of passing between Lord’s and Galloupe’s Island, where the channel is very narrow and dangerous if it is crowded with vessels, It is also proposed to widen the upper mid- ship channel from 600 to 1,000 feet, by cutting off a spur of Castle Island shoal. This work was begun about three years ago, but has been delayed by the lack of necessary ap- propriations. THE SHIPBUILDING INTEREST. Some of the aspects of the testimony given by Mr. John Roach, the shipbuilders, before the Senate committee on Labor and Eduea- tion are without, doubt of interest to vessel owners and iron mauufacturers. It will of course, be borne in mind that Mr. Roach being a shipbuilder, voices the sentiment of thatinterest. In fact, the Senate committee, realizing the purpose for which it was created, sees that the best way to get at the general public is by eliciting the self-interest of the different industries, when by placing the accumulated facts in juxtaposition, al- lowing one to weigh against another, and vice versa, the means of determining the greatest good to the greatest number may be ascertained. Mr. Roach accounted. tor England’s supremacy in the carrying trade by the subsidy allowed by the British gov- ernment to owners of steam propelled ves- sels, by which the latter could make 8 per cent dividends on the eapital invested, but he was not in favor of subsides. Protection to iron manufacturers and shipbuilders was all that was necessary, in his opinion. Pro- tection to shipbuilders would makea mer- chant marine more servicable to the govern- ment in case of war than the whole Ameri- ean navy. Senator Call put-a series of questions to Mr. Roach, through which the latter admitted that America had more steam tonnage afloat than any country except England, and that the oasting business here in steam propelled vessels was so profitable that in the past two years, owners had been able to largely reduce the rate of freight and that the business is profitable now, even at the reduction. When asked about,the iron business Mr. Roach said the’ United- States could produce more iron than could be used in the country, but England could produce it for from $13, to $15 aton less. His atten- tion being called by Senator Pugh to the fact that last year there are over a million tons more iron produced in this country than were used here Mr. Rouch said this was due wholly to the evils of the tariff which was not high enough to absolutely prohibit. in- portation. After this Senator Call. began another series of questions, during which Mr: Roach asserted that protection was needed by ‘capital because there are not iron woolen or cotton imills enough to supply the demand, which in our opinion, slightly modifies his previous statement that the present business depression was due to over prodution in these lines of business. From these statements, of course, our readers will draw their own conclusions. THE OAKLAND. Marine people here have been much dis- turbed during the week in regard to the fate of the crew of the steamer Oakland, which was caught.in the gale oft Elk Creek, near Conneaut, and about eight miles out. The vessel left Detroit river on Saturday night and passed this port on Sunday evening, when Captain Stevens turned over a tow to Cleveland tugs and went on for Erie, for which place the Oakland had a cargo of 355- 000 feet of lumber, consigned to Carroll Bros., from Bay City. When between Fair- portand Ashtabula, there being a smooth lake and but little wind, Captain Stevens turned in, going to the engineer’s room, and disrobed himself as he would in the cham- ber of a grand hotel, leaving the mate Mr. Andrews, on watch. Soon, however, the wind freshened into a gale and the vessel, which was not considered a aafe risk by the insurance companies, began to show evident signs of distress. ‘The vessel listed to port and soon began to settle at the stern, when the unfortunates knew that all hope of the vessel was past and they began preparing the yawl, in which Captain Sievens directed all who wished to place themselves, pull for the shore, and send assistance to the remain- der. The men who took tothe yawl were John L. Andrews, of Bay City, first mate; E. H. Sterne, of Bay City, chief engineer; E. Davis, of Cleveland, cook; Fred Hart, of Cleveland, fireman; Harry Montgomery, of Bay City, wheelsman; George Farrington, of Huron, watchman; Thomas Halligan, of Springfield, Ill, deckhand, and 'Thomas O’Kourke, deckhand, ot Patterson, N. J. These men pulled out on the waves and their boat was tossed about like a shell, but final- ly reached the shore without mishap. The fact that the Oakland went down in a few minutes after these men left her gave rise to the rumor that. Captain Ste- vens and the three men with him, Charles Dickens, of Detroit, wheelsman; Hanna, of Bay City, second engineer, and John Clossen, of Huron, fireman, were lost. But not so, however, as the Captain, who had three brave men with him, never lost his presence of mind. ‘They clung to the wreck until she was about to go down, when an order was given to jump tor life and they all sueceeded in clearing themselves from the suction and in capturing a large portion of the deck, twelve by twenty feet, upon which they all gained a footing, sup- porting the raft: with a cask. which they lashed to it. Then came a night of expos- ure and hardship of which. it is impossible | to conceive, the great danger at the time be- ing from the lumber which the waves con- tinually dashed against them, threatening to kill or knock them off the raft. ‘Thus they passed an entire day and night, seeing many tugs pass and repass, but being unable to at- tract attention by their signals and shouts, and on Tuesday morning, chilled through and drenched to the skin, they were entirely discouraged and without hope, when they sighted a tug. ‘They quickly made a_ staif out of a piece of timber with which they had been fighting off the lumber, tied a sheet to it, and raising it and shouting with all their strength, they succeeded in attracting her attention. She bore toward them and they were soon on board the tug Red Cloud, ot Ashtabula harbor, Captain William Downs, where everything possible was done for their comfort. All. the men arrived in Cleveland ‘luesday evening feeling grate- ful ‘that they have been permitted to gather with thir families again. Capt. Stevens was the last man to leave the ship, and, in the words of one of the men, ‘the is as game a young sailor as ever trod a deck.’’ The Oakland was owned by Captain Ste- vens and his father. She was valued at about $10,000, while her cargo was valued at $8,. 000. ‘There was $5,000 fire insurance on the Oakland, but nothing can be recovered on: that, 60 that both vessel and cargo are a to- tal loss. ‘The engine and boilers were first- class, and valued at $5,000 or more. She lies in about forty feet of water, about four to six miles out, and can easily be raised. ‘lhe captain is of the opinion that he: engine and’ boilers are not injured and that her hull is not strained, as she seemed to settle easy. Consequently, if her owners conclude to raise her, they will have no more todo to make her a good vessel than ought to have been done betore. BOOK NOTICES. HaRrPER’s MONTHLY.—The October Num- ber of Harper’s Magazine presents unusual attractiors, and is remarkable for the num- ber and excellence of its illustrations, _ The frontispiece is a masterly engraving by Kruell, from Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of Washington. ‘This portrait illustrates the opening article of the Number—“Last Days of Washington’s Army at Newburgh,’ by J.T. Headley. The article contains among its other illustrations a fine engraving by Kruell, trom Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of Martha Washington, and some strikirg picturers by Howard Pyle and Harry Fenn, The second part of F. D. Millet’s” Dale- earlia’’ is full with charaictistic illustration from drawings by the author and T. de Thulstrup. \ Mrs. Z. B. Gustafson contributes a paper on Nicaise de Keyser, of Antwerp—-the greatest of living lutch painters—accvom- panied by four engravings of the highest order, Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop’s novelette, “Prisoners!” is concluded, with an illustra- tion by Abbey. Horse-Farming in Kentucky, with especial reference to the trotting-horse, is the subject of an interesting article by William Henry Bishop, illustrated from drawings by George Inness, Jr., and photographs. Colonel Higginson continues his American History Series, with a chapter on the Revolu- tion, entitled “The Dawning of Independ- ence,’’ illustrated by Howard Pyle. Tighe Hopkins contributes an interesting and romantic story, entitled “The Wood- Nymph.” Phil Robinson, under the title of “Saun- terinys in Utah,’’ describes some wonderful natural curiosities in the neighborhood of Salt Lake. Robert |’ The Editorial Department are fuil of timely and entertaining matter, The publishers announce the conclusion of *A Castle in Spain’? in the November number, and the beginning, shortly after- ward, of anew novel of startling literary interest, by William Black, entitled “Judith Shakespeare,’’ illustrated by Abbey, Dio Lewis’s MONTHLY.—There is no ques~ tion but that Dio Lewis’s Magazine will do a world of good. Its plain, common sense style of putting things will make it a favor- ire with those classes not generally given to reading hygienic principles in whatever from. Itis true, there are some impracticable reforms demanded, at least such as will be so considered in the present generation, but their soundness is admitted and there is no telling what constant preaching may not effect in the next generation. The entire readableness of all the magazine contains is an important feature, tents for the September number is as follows, “A Genuine Victory?’ Dio Lewis; ‘In- vention and Scientitie Progress,’ ‘The Respective Bearings of American and European Education,’ Mrs. Gasherie De Witt; “Victory for Both Sides,’’? Dio Lewis; “How One Wife Managed,” Dio Lewis; ““Obesity or Corpulence,” Dio Lewis; “Mar- riage in India,’? Amarita Lel Roy; ‘‘False- Morality; ’?W. T. Van Zandt; “lhe. Fash- ions,’ Aunt Bonnybell; ‘The Equitable Distribution of Wealth,” John D. Morgan; “A chat. with Workingmen,” Dio Lewis; “Postage not. Stated,” Lillie D. Blake: “Curious Fashions,’’ “Exercise with Rings,’’ Dio Lewis; Hygienic Department; “A Word About Corsets,” “Ventilation,” “Carbonic Acid Gag,’ “Another Word About Sunshine,” “Passing Events,’ Our “Cooking School,’ Julia Colman. : THE French Government has withdrawn its orders to an English firm to construct river gunboats for service in Tonquin, on ac- count of inability to agree upon the terms of the contract, An improved steam engine in which the dead center point is obviated has been pat- ented by Mr. Carl Baumgarten, of Berlin, Germany. A block is secured to the piston rod, which block is provided with a diago- nal slot through which the crank pin passes. The slot has concaved edges facing each other and is provided with a recess at each end. ‘he slide valve is attached to a rod provided at the Jower ends with tappets, against which the ends of the sliding block strike, thereby reciprocating the slide valve rod. The levers -trom which the rods are suspended are provided with spring arms for giving the desired degree of expansion. AROUND THE LAKES. CLEVELAND, The lighthouse supply ship Haze was in port on Monday. The schooner Elizabeth Jones in Globe drydock to have a leak stoped. The steamyacht Cyclone, on her last run to the inlands broke one of the buckets of her wheel. The schooner H. P. Baldwin, ashore at Kelley Island last week in Glode drydock for temporary repairs, atter which she will carry four or five loads of stone, when she will receive a through overhauling. The propeller St. Louis, runniag on the Lake Superior line, has been withdrawn and will be rebuilt.at Buffalo during the fall and winter. The propeller Newburg will take her place in the meantime. Neelan’s new iron frame steambarge, be- ing constructed at Shickluna’s yard at St. Catherines ,will not’be ready tor launch be- fore next spring. She will be a full sized St. Lawrence canal steamer very much like the Mills. George Thurston is master builder and Mr. Oille of St. Catherine’s puts in the machinery. There has been, during the week, much agitation felt by the friends cf the passengers on the Saginaw to Detroit as it was not understood that she was not to return to Cleveland with them but would transter them to the Keweenaw at that port for re- turn, 80 that they might have an excursion down on another vessel. ‘The Keweenaw was obliged to put into Sandusky, however, on account of a rough sea thus causing much uneasiness at their non-arrival. Some of the passengers, however, became impatent at the long delay returned on the railroad. Calvin & Son’s new steamer D. D. Calvin was launched last week ‘Tuesday at Garden The table of con- +