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4 THE MARIN E RECORD. Ghe Marine Record. Entered according to the laws of the United States al the Post Office at Cleveland as secoad-cliss matter. Published weekly at No. 2 South Water street, Cleveland, Ohio. A. A. POMEROY, Editor and Proprietor. BRANCH OFFICE, 244 SOUTH WATER STREET, CHICAGO, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Oae year, postuge paid,. Six months, postage pa Invariably in advange. The MAKINE RECORD can be found for sale at the following places: No. 2 South Water. street, Cleveland. Joseph Gray, No, 284 South Water street, Chicago. D. MeMasters & Co., Sarnia, Ontario. 5 George Pres'on, Escanaba, Michigan. Wm. Godley, Escanaba, Michigan. J. E. Somerville, Manistee, Michigan. Articles, letters and queries on all subjects are solici- ted. Ri . : e@-The Editor assumes no; responsibility for the opinions of correspondents., 3 To insure notice, contributors must give name and address, and write on one side of the paper otily. $2.00 1.00 ADVERTISING RATES. Ten cents per lipe, nonpareil measurement, or $1.20 per inch, each insertion; tour weeks $4.00; with a liberal discount on orders amounting to $40.00 or over. Tue Chicago Automatic Steam Engine Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, Il., has been organized by Messrs. Lyman E. DeWolf, John V. Colby and Dennis O. B. Ladd, with a capital stock of $300,000. In a’ paper recently read before the Brit- ish Iron and Steel Association by W: S. Sutherland, itis asserted that the seams of steam boilers can be welded instead of riveted if the heat can be applied uniformly and of sufticiently high temperature, with- out excess of air or admission of dirt, which, the paper says, is accomplished by the mix- ture of gas with airin the proper proportion before combustion. Since the change-of name from Prince Arthur’s Landing to Port Arthur, the pres- ent season, the little hamlet has made rapid strides in business enterprise and prosperity, which: not even Chicago or Duluth, the phe- nomenon can rival. ‘he harbor has been improvec and a new breakwater is under contemplation, which will be five thousand feet long. ‘To illustrate the growing im- portance of Port Arthur we will state that on the single item of coal the receipts for the present season will toot up to 100,000 tons, against 5,000 tons last year. Itis hard to labor under such a name as Prince Arthur’s Landing. Ir is not often, let ‘us hope, that an in- ventor obtaines the aid of so big an instiution as the Brooklyn bridge to push his experi- ments. A special dispatch to the Chicago Times says it is now pretty well established that the bridge cable system is a decided failure, and many assert that it was an ex- periment that after considerable hesitation was agreed to by Engineer Roebling. Even Colonel Payne’s friends have lost taith in the scheme, and it is asserted that the bridge trustees at their next meeting will take action looking toward the abandonment of the cable and the adoption of some other means of locometion. ‘Tue efticient work of the life savers at this port during the terrific storm of the 31st of October and the Ist of November is evidence conclusive of the value of the life saving service .to. the merchant marine of the country. 1 praise is due Captain C. C, Goodwin and the brave men who rescued the crews of the two vessels cast ashore at this port, the Sophia Minch and John B. Merrill. From every> quarter where vessels are in distress and crews at the mercy of the waves we hear of good words for the life-savers. It is an institution that should be fostered and upheld by every influence that can be brought to bear, although we might say it is self-sustaining. Tue French are becoming even more ag- gressive than ever and, according to the Kingston News, appear to have gone crazy in their desire to hector in every quarter of the world. They own fishing privilages in certain parts of Newfoundland, , and this | year their man-of-war has treated New- foundlers as if the French rights were ex- clusive. ‘The British fishermen are driven ignomisiously from their own fishing grounds, by force; and the French now seem determined that the claim to the exclusive possession of these fisheries which the Colony has all along utterly repudiated, and the justice of which Great Britain has never ad* mitted, shall be enforced, at all hazards, and by sword and gun. Pivors, for the successful prosecution of their business, requive a greater amount of physical and mental qualities than do.any other class of men, Accurate eyesight, quick and comprehensive judgment, knowledge ot land marks and the water, all being neces- sary to them in conductitig their charges to anchorage or docks. ‘l'hey ure often called upon to exercise their profession in the darkest nights and thickest foga. Intuition is also a faculty upon which they have to depend largely for the success of their labor, rather than upon a knowledge of what is actually before them. And it is often the case that, when imperative circumstances require all the pilot’s faculties to handle the boat, his physique has become unable to stand the strain, At a meeting of the General Time Con- vention, held at Chicago, [l., October 11th, 1883, at ‘which a large majority of all the railroad .mileage of the United States and the Dominion of Canada were represented, it was agreed that a previous recommenda- tion of the convention to adopt uniform standards of time should be putinto effect with the-general autumn and winter changes» which are to be made on Sunday, November 18th, 1883. The standard adopted for the raiload lines in the territory traversed by the ‘‘Bee Line System”? is that of the nine- tieth meridian and will be called “central time,”’ which compares with the time now in use, as-follows: Cleveland time is 33 minutes faster, Columbus time is 28 minutes taster, Cincinnati time is 22 minutes faster, Indianapolis time is 16 minutes taster, and St. Louis time is 1 minute slower; in other words, from and after the date above given, the trains of these companies, which have hitherto run by Columbus, Ohio, time, will be run by a standard which is twenty-eight minutes slower. Tue English, despairing of securing profit- able terms with De Lesseps in his new canal | enterprise, he having made concessions that would give the Suez Canal Company mo- nopoly of his works, have again centered their attention on the Jordan Valley as the best practical mode of egress and ingress for their eastern commerce. ‘lhe cost of a ca- nal through the valley of the Jordan from the Mediteranean Sea would be, according to estimates of General C. G. Gordon, about $60,000,000. But itis eaid this is not the formidable obstacle. From time immemorial there has been a peculiar interest felt by students of the Bible in the theory of in- spiration and the sacredness of the ground trodden by the feet of Jesus of Nazareth and in the minds of the inhabitants of the Val- ley of the Jordan, by whom all the Bible narratives and traditions are cherished with reverence, the Valley of the Jordan is con- purpose to be “lled with oil in order to uy its effect on the sea. ‘The bags were put over the bow, ,and the waves, it is stated, were immediately rendered comparatively harm less, and the vessel proceeded on her course with safety. Oil was thrown on the water at intervals tor about twenty-two hours. But for this experiment the steamer would have had to lie to till the storm moderated, a course of proceedure which, apart from the loss of time involved, imperils the safety of the live stock on board, NEW USE FUR GOVERNMENT CRUISERS, If reports of officers of the navy are true avery remarkable industry is springing up among the coasting vessels on the high seas. If it could not be made profitable on the lakes perhaps our mariners are none the worse off, though a cynical suggestion ts prompted thereby. It is said the naval offi- cers are disposed to account for the frequen- ey of collisions between Government and coasting vessels on the theory that the own- ers ot private vessels find the sinking of their craft and the recovery of damages to bea profitable use to make of unprofitable prop- erty. Unfortunately there is a serious ob- stacle to lake navigation taking advantage of this method of disposing of old hulks. ‘There are not enough fresh water cruisers. A lake- going vessel might sail for months without meeting one of the Government cruisers upon the lakes. We shall, therefore, favor an immediate increase in their number. Up A to this time we have been somewhat skep- | tical as to the profit of these Government war ships to cur lake marine. but now that question is dissipated and we want more of them. It is gross and unjust discrimination on the part of the Government against fresh water navigators to have so many naval ves- sels lying around loose and handy on the coasting roads while a lake navigator, in or- der to make use of one, would be obliged to cruise over two-thirds of the great lakes in search of it. We have scores of vessels that need running down, and there ean be little doubt that their owners would like nothing better than to run against something that would pay them handsomely for their loss. Let the Government send us more cruisers. While they are waiting for some. vessel to run down they can occupy the time in re- moving the derelicts that are ‘scattered around in the lakes and which prove danger- ousobstacles to navigation. CROP PROSPECTS. A large space of a recent Chicago Tribune was.devoted to reports of the state of the va- IRON MARKET REPORY. CLEVELAND, November 7. ‘The market has been dull and unchanged this week, at the following prices: CHARCOAL PIG IRON. No. 1 Lake Superior charcoal. No, 2 Lake Superior charcoal Nos. 3 and 4 Lake Superior Nos,.5 and 6 Lake Superior. * Nos, }, 2, 3, 4, 5, Selisbury 36 00@37 00 Southern charcoal irons... 27 00@30 00 Reported by FE. I. Harper & Co., Cincinnati. ‘The very good business of last week has been continued, and the inquiries for round lots iron are more numerous, Some of the-ptronger furnaces have cried a halt on sales for future delivery at present prices and a determination to go no further down the scale is generally felt by those able to hold or blow out. Many offers at present prices tor extended forward deliveries have been declined. Should consumption continue what it is, or be increased at all tae markets in all likelihood will experience a stronger tone in the early future. The Weston Mills are fuirly active, mony of them being on double time. We quote asthe prices cur- rent: 7 FOUNDRY, Hanging Rock Charcoal No. £822 50 to $23 75 Hanging Roek .Charcoal No. Strong Neutral Coke No.1 oO. American Scotch, No. 1.... Neutral Coke, «+6817 00 to $17 50 Cold Short... -- 1650 * 1700 CAR WHEEL AND MALLEABLE, Hanging Rock, strictly cold blas: 7 ae warn blast... Lake Superior Vulcan” all grade Southern Car Wheel, strictly cold bla: — - 26.50 ‘ 2756 [Concluded from Ist page.] and ‘brought here for repairs, which will amount to $500 or upwards. Wheat to Buffalo is 237¢; to Montreal, Sc. No other chiaters on the tapis at present. The. water at St. Clair. flats and at the Lime Kiln crossing has been at a low stage, except at intervals, for several days, four- teen feet four inches being about the usual depth. Many of the larger craft have been delayed here twenty-four hours at a:ime. The steambarge Manitoba burned on the ‘Thames river a few days since was built at Chatham in 1870, was sixty-eight tons bur- den, and was employed in the wood trade. This is the second burning of a steamer on that river this season. Fortunately no lives were lost on either occasion. Louis Gignac, the sailor who fell from the schooner James Wade into Clark’s drydock a tew days since and was badly injured and taken to the hospital for repairs, is missing, having escaped his attendants while they were temporarily absent. Itis presumed he was temporarily deranged. Thescow Homer H. Hine, which has been rious crops and industries in the West. The| missing on Lake Huron for several days, outlook is altogether favorable. If there is | drifted ashore ten miles south of Pine Point, a falling off in any one product it is more | on the Canadian shore, having been, as pre- than likely thatthe loss will be made up in| viously stated, abandoned by her crew. Her another. Besides the condition of affairs has | outfit is considerably demoralized, but her sidered as being a portion of Holy Land. That this consideration will have a very strung influence upon the decision of the question cannot be denied, but a sentiment of any nature whatever cannot possibly ob- tain against the fast growing demands of commerce or the welfare of nations. IN connection with our recent articles on the use of oil in quieting the rolling waters, ! we think the following frem the Glasszow Herald will be of interest: Captain Urquhart, of the screw steamer Cumberland, 713 tons, which arrived at Leith recently from Copen- hagen with 215 head of cattle, made a success: ful use of of while ina storm on the passa It appears that when about ten miles west of the Naze, in Norway, a strong gale began to blow from the north-northeast, and was accompanied by a henvy sea. The mainsail was carried away, and while another was being prepared the vessel was kept: on her course with difficulty. A sea which broke over the vessel nearly washed away some of the cattle on deck, and the captain ordered some bags which he had on board for the | materially changed in the last four or five years. The farmers have become much more independent. They are no longer obliged to depend solely on the current crop. Former successful seasons have enabled them to lay by for an unproductive year, so that while losses and gains may appear in the general aggregate, the balance foots up, one year compared with another, a general increase, and individual suftering is no long- er known, Another curious fact brought out by this report is worth referring to, as it reveals to the student of political economy a growth thatina few years will equalize matters and have no light bearing on the subject of markets and transportation. ‘The Tribune says: “Those who regard the West asa purely agricultural country will be sur- |' prised by the numerous indications of the great variety and importance of its manu- factures. he figures of the census reveal this, but the statistical way of corveying the information will not bring the extent of the industrial development of the West home to the mind of most people with anything like the cleaness of the references contained in our dispatches to the big and little manu- fuccures scattered all over the country. dome of these are troubled by overproduc- tion, which has done so much mischief in the East, like iron, cottons and woolens, But these are the exceptions, By far the greatest number of Western manufacturers are runuing on full time and finding a fair market for their output. This results from the fact that most of them are devoted to the recovery is not improbable, the weather to that end being in her favor. The Canadian Government are making ar- rangements for the complete survey of Geor- gian Bay, which will be formulated next summer, The only examination ever made of these waters was made by Lientenant Bay- field in 1818-19, which are somewhat imper- fect, hence the present undertaking. The latest marine casualty which I have to record is the propeller Mayflower, strand- ed at Point Abino, twelve miles this side of Buftalo on Sunday night, and it is reported will prove a total loss, She has been thirty- one vears in service, was 691 tons burden, and valued at $18,000. H. G. Blanchard, of Bay City, is the owner, ‘The schooner Hercules, ot Port Burwell while coming out of Bear Creek for the rivet St. Clair, on Friday last, vss run into by a wood barge and her stern damaged to the extent of $100. She is laden with ties and on arriving here was taken to the Detroit drydock for repairs. She will be ready to proceed on her voyage to-day, Tuesday. Murphy Brothers are just in receipt of a dispatch announcing the final recovery of the schooner Bermuda, which has been an abandoned wreck for the past twelve years. She was found imbedded in clay and sand to the depth of five feet. The raising of this wreck may be rightly conceded the most im- portant wrecking feat of the season. She will be brought here for repairs. The steamer City of Toronto was burned Port) Dalhousie on at Wednesday night, supply of the wants of their neighborhood | While en route for St. Catharines to be re- or its vicinity.” built by the Muir Brothers, of that place.