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.THE MARINE ' 1' ' RECORD '4 <Pe (JjjJarine §ecord> Published Every Thuroday at 14* ■np»rlor Street, [Leader Building.] A. A. POMEROY, filttor and Proprietor. -4- TBBH8 OF SUBSORHTIONi 12.01) .1.00 Out jnr, poitigo paid....... Six monthi, postage paid] ......„„, lanrltbljr isadT>nc*J'j : Subscriptions wlU be continued until ordered atop< ped bj-a written ordor, or at the publication onto Thi MARINE RECORD cin ba found for ula hj the lollowlni now i dealers CLEVELAND, OI1IO-D F Bowman, cornor ef Pearl and Datrolt, itrHU CI1ICAQO, ILL -Joseph dray, No. 0 Weat Randolph street. BUFFALO, N Y-C Robmer, Michigan itreot Bwlni Bndjo , BABNU, OUT -D. M. McMoater 4 Co. KSOANABA, MICH.-Willlam Oodley. MANISTEE, MICH.-J L SomerTiUo Artlclei, lettors and queries on all subject! are solici¬ ted ADVERTISING BATES. Tea cants per ltoe, nonpareil measurement, orfl20 pel Inch, each Insertion, lour weeks H 00, with a liberal alsoout oo orders emountinit to 840 00 or ovj^r AU checks and drafts should be drawn to the order of A A. Fomeroj - Entered at the class mall matter Post Offlceat OlCTeland as second- OLEVELAND, OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 SEOLLATIO.\S OF IBE NEW SB IP- PI Xb ACT. Ignorance of the pio\lelonsof n law ex¬ cuses no one Iroin linblIIt\ During l he pendency of the shipping ml in the hist ses alon of Congress the Marim, Rfcord gnve a general review of iu-clauaes. Lust week It published the net lniis cnilioty tind now, that we may perlonn our full duty in the matter, we call ntieiulon to the law us it Stands In force at the present time All vessels of the United Suites qiusi be oftlvered bjf*cltlzens of (he Hulled Slates except n§ Bttch positions may be temporarily occupied by aliens because ot accidents, or sickness, which Is allowed until the vessel returns to the home port. Consular olllcers may dis¬ charge a teaman upon certain go6d reasons, but no payment of extra wages can be re¬ quired In cases ot this kind. But when this discharge Is sect/red on account of ttny hurt or Injury, prolongation of voyage or an} oilier cause detrimental to the seaman, one month's extru wages may be demanded for him, and for other cnuBes leading to the same end. Thu bill prohibitive payment of advance wages to seamen before leaving port, and any such action will be puutehtd aa a misdemeanor, and such advances will not absolve the vessel from full payment after the same ahull have been earned. This clause, however, does not refer to whaling vesBeU, and any sailor bound on a whaling voyage may allot any portion of his u ages to his wile, mother or other relative depend ent upon him, but to no other person or cor poratioit Vessels are now exempt trom consular feus and such olllcers will lecelve full pay froni the Government. Among the provisions of this bill perhaps the most Impoitant clause in the Interest of the shipowner Is that In relation to the lim¬ itation of liabllll), the majority nf the other sections being specially in the Interest of the Bailor. Individual ship owners are lia¬ ble, under the act, only to the extent of their Interest in the ship, in case suit Is brought for damages, and the aggregato liability can not exceed the value of the. vessel. Section U of the new law, relating to ton¬ nage tax on foreign vessels, is a complicated olauae and will have to be Interpreted by th« boadi of bureaus, from whom collectors efforts receive their Instructions. Its main feature Is the moderation of the tonnage tax from 30 cents per annum heretofore Im¬ posed" to 3 cents per ton, not to exceed fif¬ teen centa per annum; but this Is supple¬ mented with various provisions relating to the port* from which cargoes are brought, i and with a sliding scale to correspond with the changes In the laws of such countries, the whole to be regulated and declared by the president of the United States In proclania bin ten, and the statutes assessing hospital lux on sailors are repealed. All articles of foreign production for supplies, not Including equip¬ ment of American vessels, may bo w 1th- drawn from foreign warehouses free of duly. A drawback in provided for In the case of vessels built In (his country for foreign sale, equal to the amount of duty that has been paid on foreign materials In her construc¬ tion. Masters of vessels in foreign trade may engage seamen for ono round trip or more, or tor any slated period, and may ro- Ship such soamoh in portB of the United States, without payment of fees to consuls or being required to produce such ieamun.| j before a boarding officer. All laws com¬ pelling American vessels to carry mall to And from the United States are, after April 1,1885, repealed. Merchandise from foreign countries, Intended for Immediate delivery, may he taken possession of by collectors and deposited |n bonded warehouses. But when not Intended for. Immediate delivery a re¬ quest for such delivery must come from the master or consignee. Section 37 provides lor the appointment of^^hliiplng commis¬ sioners and prescribes their duties. The fees for the Inspection of steam veiBels are changed from those now lit vogue to ten dollars for vessels ol one hundred tons or under, and five cents for each ton in excess of one hundred. Vessels arriving at ports of entry loaded with salt, coal, railroad iron, or other articles In bulk, may proceed to places within that collection district, at the expense of the parties Interested, for the pur- pose of unloading such cargoes. A company of lumbermen forming the "Lumber Convention of the Northwest," has closed a meeting In Chicago. Some seventy members, represeming $500,000,000 of In¬ vested capital Here piesenl. ' The meeting was for consultation On the Btate of trade, and for united aulayi to limit production, The tllsotissions wlfndered from saw logs to matches, trom the price of "slumping" to the tiirllt. An attempt to declare that there Is lumber enough cut and sawed In the north¬ west to last through the season of 1885, failed. But the feeling was strong among the del¬ egates that overproduction was goneial The slocks w hlch are carried are too great for profit. The business Is suffering from Inflation which threatens constantly Its stability. The resolution which anally passed, recommends lumbermen to get out only sixty per cent, as many logs as during the 1883-4 winter, and to shut down all the mills as early as possible, and certainly not later than November 1. There uie, however, no penalties nttached, and some of the del¬ egates regard the convention as a failure. Similar ellorts, repeatedly made, have tailed. As with the railroads and the coal companies, ahd trade combinations In general, a penalty has been necessary, and I he companies enter¬ ing Into agreements have to be strong and few in number The Chicago lumbermen are divided on the ^wisdom of our tariff on lumber. The New Tort Mechanical Engineer says In regard to the model of the last steamship America that "old engineers and ship¬ wrights In this port when they first saw the America SS., the new Engliah ocean llyer, thought she looked Btrangely familiar, and subsequent observations of her have con¬ tinued the suspicious Hist lormed. These are that the America is our old Adriatic of the fatnouB Collins line, as regards her model. This vessel was one ot the last works of George Steprs, and on the breaking up of the Collins line was sold in England and breathed her last there. Whether the Amor- lea is or is not modeled after the Adriatic, she is veYy like her, and Is an Instance of two dlllerent designers arrived at the samo conclusions as to form and dimensions; only the American designer Is the orlgnator." tloni. The expense of maintaining marlilfilinasmuoh as it cannot secure Immunltx front hospitals Is now to be borne by the United The thieves who hang around the lumber market and docks ure becoming still more aggressive us they are secure from the veugance of the law there protection for the vessel men boldly aboard schooners and steam craft and steaUeverytlilng not to heavy to carry away. It Is a mystery to us why the floating pro¬ perty of the American citizen (s not pro¬ jected with as much vigilance as real estate, LAUNCH OF THE AUSTRALASIA The largest wooden screw steamsllp ever built was successfully launohod at West Bay City, Mich., on the 2d Inst. In tho.presence of 5,000 spectators. In giving a description of this monster steamer It Is the piovluce o' the Marink Record to present detail of her proportions, wbleh,4t Is believed, are read wlthjntercst by all concerned In an ovenl Of this Importance. But before proceeding with the description It will not bo amiss to say that Captain Jumes Davidson, master builder and owner, Includes In the fleet launched at this vnr.d, among other good boats, the James Davidson, 1,450 tons, named after ho* successful builder; the Oeoanloa, 1,400 tons; the Siberia, 1,(118 tons; and the George T.Hope, 1.274 tons, allot which were considered leviathans of the lakes when they were launched, but all being overshadowed by this last great" steamship. James Davidson, the builder, and Bay City, the local'ty, carries off die palm for the largest wooden screw steamer afloat. Her length over all is 805 feet; length of keel, 285 feet; breadth of boam, 40 feet; extreme depth of hold in shoalest place, 22 feet; depth of lower hold, 12 feet; depth 01 the between decks, lO^feet; size of frames moulded on keel, 17 inches, In the bilge 15 Inches and on top 8 Inches, 'She has extra long floor timbers on the bottom and No. 2 extra futtocks, making the bottom and bilges almost solid. Her main keelsons are 17x10 Inches and her sis ter keelsons are 17x14 Inches. She has six strakes of keelsons from 'the main to the bilge keelsons, running the entire length ot the vessel, they are 15x14 Inches. Of the bilge keelsot s thete are Ave strakes, three stiakes are 11 Inches and two si rakes 0 inches, nil thoroughly edge bolted through with Inch Iron. The celling Is seven Inches thick from bilge keelson to clamp stroke, all edge-bolted between every frame with Inch iron. She has four Btrakes of clamps nine inches thick by twehe wide, all out and notched In thiee Inches onto the frames. All of the lower deck frames me 12x14 and 12x0 Inclna The upper deck fratiree are all 8x12 Inches. The shell piece under the up¬ per deck is 7s30 lnehe« The lower deck shelf piece Is 6x30 Inches wide. There Is a tamarack knee undcr-raoh deck beam and shelf piece ten Inches thick, all being double bolted with fourteen bolts of % Iron in each kuee. There Is one watertight col¬ lision bulkhead forward, all put down and edge-bolted a«Jo calked to the aide of the ves¬ sel substantially. Site has three breast- hooks forward, all thoroughly boiled, and three breast-hooks aft, of the same dimen¬ sions, thoroughly fastened. She has a double gurboard stroke, the first being17x14 Inches and the second 0x12 Inches, all thoroughly edge-bolted to the keel. The planking on the oulsldo from the gnrbburd to the Hop Is six Inches thick, nil" thoroughly edge-bolted. The plitnksheer kt six by eighteen Inches wtea. She has stanchions and bulwarks whWiJow rail, with a stringer on the In¬ side and outside, all beaded and nicely fit¬ ted up wllli five gangways cut through the rail. She is thoroughly iron stiapped, as follows One cord of Iron running around the top of the fruiiicalhut Is ten Inches wide and soveu-elghtliS othp Inch thick. She has diagonal straps tlveled to the top of the cord thut runs down around the bilge under th bottom, all crossed at right angles; and on' areh cord commencing at the shaft aft and running around and down to the keel for ward The dimensions of this cord are 10 Inches wide by % of an Inch thlck'wilh four %-bolts running through (he oord and frames Into the ceiling. A new feature In this vessel Is a centre ttusB holt of two and three-quarter Iron rod from deck tu keelson. There are six of them and which will prove of great assistance lo the vessel In keeping her from hogging while taking in and dis¬ charging cargo, and will be of groat value to the vessel outside In heavy weather. She has Bevcn large hatches running aoross decks and arraugod to lit Iron oro sliutes. being no visible!. Her pablns forward are fitted up In nn nen. They go | elegant manner tor the accommodation ol the orew of the master's department, 'the cabins aft are fitted up for the main cabin, kitchen, store-rooms, dining-room, and rooms for the engineers and their orew, and spare state rqoms. All the joiner work has been laid but with an eye to be as durable and con^nle.nt as possible. She is fitted out with three spars w It It all wire rig. glng, wire lifts and hallards and all the int. est Improvements, where ever theyeaube used. She has an Improved three-cylinder deck holster that will hoist from throe to seven haichea at a tlmo, made by the Eagle Iron Works, of Buffalo, j She, has the Provl- dence Improved bed.plate steam wJiJUbm and steam capstan forward, to (.handle tin anchors and chains and to do any heaving from the upper or lower decks: the large chain Is 1% wire, the small chain la 1% wire and each seventy-five fathoms long, Slio has the Troutman patent anchor from Liv¬ erpool, Imported direct from 'here far this vessel, which Is the only one In use on* the lakes. She has another new leature, which it a steam onpstan aft, that Is furnished by the American Ship WlndlniB 'Company, wliloh will be a great saving of men oo > monster steamer like this, as one man can do the work of twenty In heaving around docks. The onglnes aie furnished by H. G. Trout, of the King l>6n Works, of Buffalo. Thoy are of, the fore-and-aft compound pattern, the high pressure cylinder being 30 inches bore by 45 Inches stroke, the low pressure cylinder Is 42 IncheB bbre by 45 Inches stroke, She will have all thu latest Improvements, with Btenm reversing gear. The cj Under* will all be cased with Russia Iron and nicely fitted up wjth brasB bunds and tilmmings, w Ith the name of 'the veBtel artistically en¬ graved on brass- plate to ornament the front of the engine The wheel Is 14 feet in dljtn eter and l&% feet pitch and is of a Bultnlo pntem that In a combination of the old New York and Philadelphia wheel. Shetias two hollers, w hlch were built by tho Rider Bros, of Buffalo, 8}£ leet she I and 17 feet long, lill treble riveted on Ihe shell and all of nine sixteenths Otis steet. She Will carry on i wot king pri'sstue 110 pounds of itoam to the square Inch, being tested to a cold wa tcr pressure of 140 pounds fo (He square Inch. The boilers are built on im Itnproved plan. Instead of having two-or three large Hues In each compartment, she has one largo oval flue, which will utlllzo the whole of the llame unbroken o>er the Whole bottom sur¬ face of the boiler The boilers are both ft place' and all of the machinery h on the boat jJSho Will carry about 8.000 tone of ore, or about 100,000 bushels ot wheat. Tho cost of thc'AustralasIa is about *160,- 000. Captain James Davidson will com¬ mand on her first trip. G THE J. M. HILL. " Edito) of the Jlartni Heconl. . FRANKFORT, MiCH.,1 Allgll't 30. The statement In last week's Record, j correspondent claiming that the I. M. Hill, whose name wbs changed to Dan Mabee, was twenty-flve years old, and brought up from the lower lakes to .Lake Michigan, li evidently an error. I Chink ho has sonic other uralt In mind. This brlgantlne scow,* M. *H1W, was built by Cooper at Neshoto, \»l\ miles up the creek from TwoJtlvoH, Wla., In 1800, therefore Is eighteen yearsoul She received tlW anchors, chains and outfit of the old brig H. R. Seymour, that was dl< mantled at Manltowoo at that time. How old the Seymour was 1 do not >now, evl dently an old-timer. Can any one give me the particulars of a sohooner laden with grain, adrift out In i"e ake all winter With crew on board, who subsisted on the wheat? I think It was In 1808, and It seems to me that it wastlu schooner James Couch. I would like t» know the particulars, also any e^perlcnieiof other craft at various times. Respectfully, v- OilARLES BURMEISTEB [Our correspondent, In the Issjip of At* ust2Iet, refers to the schooner J. M.JIJJli not the I. M. Hill, as Mr. Burmelster In- read It', fhw I. M. Hill was built at Nesboto by Oooperjlp 1800, and the J".M.HIH» Nesbeata by Brown In 18M, both of 193 »»• The former at the. end of the season of W»» was owned by J. O. Burnham, ct al, of Mil¬ waukee, and tho latter by Lymnrl etal, the same poit,—Ed,] the TOLEDO. * * Owing to an Increase lu Its business, Wabash line has chartered the prope««« Russia and Scotia for the balance of 11 season. They arrived here Tuesday m°" Ing. < i I