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4 a / $he Marine gecord. Journal duvotcd to Commorco Navigation ami . . ^ Bclonco, , I'uIiIIbIioiI Weekly AT ' CI,F.VW-ANI>. OHIO OfflwHoi-lTlBBperioT^ «6 Bank StrMtt, Boom 7- TKHJIN: • $200 per Annum. 1XVAIIU1I.Y IS ADVANCE. AOESTB ABE WA^ED IN- EVERY POET AIWJWTISilXM IIATEH. *# .i Ton cent, nor lino" solid No..par.el ,",:"""ro0!r,t,' Twenty con.. per lino for reading iwUcm, nolld minion inonailn-mniit. ' . ' ' Article!, letter, and inorlS on all .ubJocH aro.Boll- C'l^Tho Kdl.nr awnno! no rc.pon.lblllty 'lor ll.o -'opinion! otorrraiiniidiiiti. l ...... TdJn.uro notice, conlrll.nlor. must give nnnio and address, and « rile on one sldo of tl.o paper only. THE MAIHSi: ItECOIlll liai an ArciiI in every port on tlio Lake, and ltlvun, and will .co..sc,|„o,.lly' clrru- ato more or lc« In nir„f llicm. Ana iuc.llu.ii Tor advcrlWiig It Iihh no >*V<ri°r, a! 11 circulate, anions a eta. ol people lli.lt can lie reached In no other way. renewed where it In In cotiauint use. I ttlie storing of electricity coilld be nraomrtfiihod- on it largo stale-It might be ponnlbrrrTojitlopt It Tor nee ol inucb larger vessels tlum. the oirfli REMOVAL APR. 1. Owing toibe "March of improvement" In this our great and growing city, we are cat! polled to remove from our old quarters to the Bretanal Block,at the entrance of the Viaduct. No. 2 South Water St. which is directly under the Office of the Merchantile Fire, and Marino Insurance Co. Our Offices will be nearer to the docks and very handy for vessolmon, -whom we shall be pleased >o see at any time. The Block in which we are now situated will be torn down and a One new building ereoted r ti its plaoe. KLEcrnwiTY. The success of electricity an nu economic agent Is no! yet 'fullv demonstrated. The tii-e to which it hurt been put in illniiilnallng many of our public thoroughfares mill the adoptionot it-Ill soineof our business houses Is significant ns showing Its popularity with he people generally. Tho advantage of thiR light over gaslight In very great, and it* rapid progress as n substitute lor the hitler 111 this mid other eountrles would appear io Indicate Its adoption generally in the future. Much, however, will depend upon the cheapness of Its cost to the consumer, u belli- cr it will ho -used in private Iioiikui to-any great extent, At present though giving a brighter—and In the latent inventions a much steadier—light than gas'. It is us vet as expensive as tho latter, and this in connec¬ tion witli the, nuceilalnty In tin- inlmls ■>! the people as to itn absolute safety for house¬ hold lines will do n great deal to retard It* progress In linn direction. Experience may citable llie companies who'furuinh lhal light with the means of cheapening the eusi ot pioduction. So tar as the quality of the ' llghl is concerned It can he said to have proved very nat slactory. There exists wilh many people a dei-iro to see electricity made available for use as u iniithe power In the hope that It will do away witli a great deal ol the iiniio}anco and inconvenience re¬ buking Irnm the use ol steam. Tlieie ale great efforts being put lorth looking to that end, but a« yet very little has been aeeuui plislied In that respect, and none, ns far as known to ns, that docs not contemplate ih<> use of steam power In connection with an electrical machine eilher dircclly or hull reelly. Many experiments have been made witli It as a propelling power but they haw not proved altogether satisfactory, pactlcu- larly In the great expense attending the running of those -machines. .Steam is mill an Important factor In experiments of thai,, kind, and as dependence must he placed up¬ on It a« the beM agent lor producing the olectric current in sulllclent quanllly, it serves to increase ihecost to an extern which makes It Improbable that it will he adopted by the manufacturing industries for some tlmrto-^onlo.-^'lie_inothp^o_f^80_ciilli'd "storing" electricity seems to have more In Its lavor tluiii most other methods that have yet been tried, and it might, If the cost Is not too great, be successfully used iu places wliure'but a small amount of power Is re¬ quired, as In the ease recently of n launch which was both propelled and steered by means of It for several miles. By this method tho electrical current is necessarily of limited duration, and requires to be often abovo moiuloued class with good results [hough considerable uncertainty hangs oyer the matter as yet, It would evidently be Very unwise—In view of past experience—to'pro- diut the sficoess or failure in future to make electricity an economical motive power. New Inventions may come up horcaftc**.|jia,t. will succeed in accomplishing nil" tfiat may die desired In that icspect, and wo maybe (able In ony own tinle to obtain powerful ma¬ chinery driven by that power at a relatively stmill cost. Fortunately for tjiqse. making experiments of that kind, they llave the good will of the people In their undertaking, and have not to overcome such ignonilit.op- posltlon us resisted tho introduction of steam. They are thus left untrainuiolled by public opinion Io pursue their'experiments ami work out if possible some beuelltto tile people. While we are looking forward, to .the future tlevelopinenls of electricity as n motive power, we should not forget that \vc have iu It at the present time a powerful illumina¬ tion agent, that eau .be made available to ii'Mire greater security to vessels approach¬ ing our coasts-or on the seas. The Intensity if the light makes it possible for it to be seen at a very .great distance". Its adoption, therefore, In llie lighthouses on many of [In¬ most dangerous parts of olir coast should be seriously considered. .It would be more ex¬ pensive than ihiToil lamp now in use. but it is hardly to be doubled whether the in¬ creased cost of iiialulaiulng such a light wuuld not more than pay lor itsell In ll|o greater security afforded 10 shipping fre¬ quenting our ports. This light could also he used to advantage on board of oceanNgoing steamers. - It would nerve to distinguish them at night from the sailing vessel,-'and It uilghtr"bo the means of prevailing many accidents which.occur from u lack of riic|i recognition on tho part of tho latter, by giv¬ ing them timely warning of the steamer's approach, and in calculating the distance of the vesselsapart. ThissliouluVccciveearnest attention, [lie moru bo, as it ram Id give gieater security to both 'life and valuable property. I capital and enterprise will get It- out. The l-Birnwrnftohlnory In kind now employed on the Comrtook Lode will bo employed In tho inJncB of Soiio'ra. • There is one .pump at the former mines, which has Just beep set up, larger than any other iu oporatlon In tho world.' It lifts 11,000 tons of wntor a day, at n cost less by 25 per cent, than any of tho former pinups omployod. This pump eost In round iiuinbora, very near a quarter of a |mjl.lton dollars. Not a pound of good ore may bo-fpurid In any of' the mines having a proprietary interest in this pump. Butthia Is mining enterprise, because without such a resource, further deep mining was prac¬ tically out of. the question. Americans go over tho border line. Into Mciieo with as llttlo hesitation as they woifld go from onq State' to iinothor in tho-Union.* Tills drift of Americans Is one of the most interesting eVents of the times. . What will bo tho re¬ sult of ten yours of such emigration, on the theory that it great mining, interest .will ho developed In these border Mexican States? In its way It would amount to a revolution. Ten years benco these States will be quite unlike what they nve to-day. This emigra¬ tion Americanizes the country just as cer¬ tainly as It did California thirty years ago. Just' now- llieie are something like GO.OOO laborers employed iu building railroads on the strength of American capital in Mexico, These laborers- are nio8lly"~Hnlives of the country. • But-the brains and the enterprise employed- are largely American. Since Mexico was a republic it has not bad so bright a future as to-day, simply because American enterprise and capital have goiie there. Railroads are In process of building Iu all directions. Once built, they must be operated and go on creating business. What the relations of Mexico will be to the United ' States ten years hence can be i nly .a mutter of conjecture. The logic ol present'facts points to a closer relation tlmn was ever known before'—San Francisco Bulletin. .i THE gfEAMB&ET REPORT.. The annual report of tho Supervising In¬ spector for .the.last fiscal ,vear has been re¬ ceived at .Chicago. The 'following ta o shows the niimbcr'of steam vobboU Hnipoot- cd, their aggregate tonnago, and the pllleers Hocused for tho sovoriil 'divisions of navlga-. tlou during the fiscal year: ' Tonnago. 121,403.01 687 940,87 187,720 00 2W,700.0|- i 78,28211 1,278,601.03 Officer! - Jisonacd, ■ 1,H3S 8,277 ' " 4,805 4,100 1,002 20,407 Division.. Steamers. Pacific coast ...........'020 Atlantlo coast...........2,022 .V/nlorn rlvoia......... 014 Norrtreri) lake..........1,176 CluUcout...............- MO Tola'l....'.........»,'l? .HKOA1'1TW.ATION. Total nnmlior o(/iaol. Inspected........... 5,117 Total tonnago ol vWi. In.i oi tod.......,',........1,278,601.03 Total number of officer, llconscd............;..... 2II.-I07 Showing an' Increase over tho proceeding voar iib follows:. • Increpio In -number ot voisols Inspected......... 038 Increase In tannine.................'•..................... 74,50 112 Incrouno In number ot officers........................ 2,000 IlKCKU'TS. ^ Receipts from Inspectlonof steam vowels......8177,841.30 Receipts from sales of licenses........................102 (H8:0tr To|al.....:........................................{270,880.30 Kxi'r.NniTUiuyi. Salaries ol Inipoclors and clerks..........„........8I80,7U.17 Traveling and miscellaneous expenses........... 37 U71.4D Total : ....aliei-el,—........ Total expenditures. THE NEXT TUN YEARS ON THE PACIFIC CO-AM". The world moves; ami the events which, make hi-tory.never transpired more rapidly than now. The greatest development In the Culled Slates and adjacent countries, will be on the I'aclflc Coast during the next de¬ cade. Sonic ol the .uosl prominent move¬ ments aie aliend* foreshadowed. Alaska will have a Terillorial Gtivcrliiyent.in nplle of all the opposition made by the lew per¬ sons who have luoni lo gain by the prvsent condition ol things. There will be a huge emigration to Unit Territory, -because the natural resources are far greater than the oniside public suppose. Jubi now Alaska is a far-away country. It Is hardly mine remote than tlieaiuteiior of Arizona, hut wilh llie difference dial the hitler Is reached Jiy railroad, and tho Inrinoi' only by sailing vcsncls and steamers, and with no regularity. Now the best fur-bear¬ ing region, the bent lumber region, the best llsliing grounds, and pnstilily One of the most Imporlant mini-nil counlrles within llie |iirisdli-llon of llie Untied Stales, will not long lie neglected. It Invitesenterpii-e. A few advenliners are going liieru In search of precious metals. There will'iiover be another Kra/.er river excitement. But It Is now probable that lliere Is In be a great min¬ eral development In Alaska. There are facts enough already at liahil lo warrcutsiich n conclusion. Ten years ago -Arlinmi wim thought I" be well nlghii worthless country. There were a few people who knew better. To-day It Is the most promising mineral lerrllory Iu the whole country. Alaska has lar greater resources than Arizona. Ten year* liouteThls facf\vlll bo appnrept oTinTigl'i. Fifty thousand people' under a good terri¬ torial administration iu Alaska, would put a new phase upon llie real Interests of that country. There will ho a great mineral develop¬ ment nor. only In Arizona,but In Soiioraiind all tlia upper Her of Mexican* States during the next ten years. .If there Is anything In the famous mines of these States, American Total.-..............,............................i.....:..$2'7,015.03 .) Total l oeclpu from nil sources.......................270.S80 Oil* WHAT A B.OY CAN DO. In 1881 Russell Wallnco McKce, of Wil- loughby avenue, Brooklyn, then but 16 years of ago, denlgnciK"and modeled the schooner Ella. In tho roomy depth ol'a cellar her keel was laid. Eacli and every timber, steamed and bent by ids own hands, was nut In place, and slowly but surely the work progressed, till, despite its dimen¬ sions, the celler could no longer contain the growing vessel. The stable yard was next resorted lo, ami. no matter how Incleintnl the weather every day saw the boy resolutely -laboring. The ribs all iu place, the heavy planking of oak required more than one small pair of hands to manage, and assistance had to be sought. All through the spring and sweltering summer months which succeeded he labored on alone. The fall of-18S2 had almost passed away when it became necessary to remove her again, this lime to the water side. A truck was engaged, jacks and hoisting tackle set In inoilon, and, In the dead of night, mod¬ estly avoiding public gaze, the nearly coni- pletcd'Ella wns conveyed to *.ho shipyard, and took her place among the most costly experiments in naval archlleclurcof tlieday. Winter came again, hut ho who had given up all bis si.miner holidays' outing was not to be daunted. For the' heavy work of raising and stepping Hie masts assistance, was again Invoked, but aside from that his own bauds accomplished it all. To-day she rises from the sea, Venus-like, shapely and complete. Her dimensions areas follows: Length over all! 33 feet; length on water llu'c and keel, 110 feet; beam, IU leet 0 juches;'drauglil, , 1 feet. The Interior of the cabin Is nicely "ixincleiT with .dternato California redwood and selected spruce, She has, forward of the cabin a small statcrooom on the port side and closet, on the siarhoard hand, witli basin apd mniiiliig water. The main saloon pre¬ sents, with lis paneling of bard woods and red cushioned transoms, a very '.cosy ap- . uuni*imvj>i_iili« will carry Jib, flying jib Jlbtopsail, foresail, mainsail, and their re npecllve topsails: has four and a half tons pin and scrap Iron ballast and Is rated at 8 -Ja-ino ions, new measurement. In general nppearance the Ella is not handsome; her Hues are calculated more' for safety than speed. She will hilly accomplish the desire, bowover, and will, therefore dlll'er consider¬ ably from the many yachts designed for speed, which finally accomplish nothing ex¬ cept their builderZs cluigrln and their owner's disgust.—Brooklyn Eagle. .... 227,015.03 Balance of receipts unexpended.....,...............852,273.07 Deereiiso In rdeolpis from Inspections uf steam vesselsovorlSSI.............................. 10,212.00 DcLrosse In receipts from officers licenses........37,887.00 Net decrease in receipts for llio year......:..527,064.01 itiipucKD i'j;ra. The, decrease, ill receipts for fees from'li¬ censed officers Is explained by the fact that section 4,458, revised Statutes, was amended by mi act ot Congress, npprovctl-Aprll 7, 1882, .reducing the fees from $10 for lloeiises of the llrst class, and $5 for licenses of olI>- cers ot the second class to a fee of but 50 cent*' all .classes, such rcducllqn having been made upon the recommendation con¬ tained in the lasl annual report from this office." , The reductions Bliown in receipts from 11- censed officers Is only for the three last inontlnt In the fiscal year; had it extended through the year, there .would have been an excess of expenditures over receipts of about $40,000, Instead of, as now shown, an excess of receipts over expen'ditures of $52,*27;i.(17; which sum, added to the surplus of $049,- 320.3fi remaining on baud at the close of the previous fiscal year, would give a gross sur¬ plus of.$701,591,02., a sum amply sulllclent to .supply the deficiency for sovenieen vcars and upward, evcti If thero should be no an¬ nual gains iu receipts from Inspections ot- vesscls. As these annual gains for live years past have averaged upward of $0,000 a year, It is not unreasonable to suppose that long before the surplus shall be exhausted the servico will again become self-sustain¬ ing. Of the surplus $701,594.02 on band at tho present time, at Ica«tl7 per cent is thiTresult of economy tu the management of the cou- tlngout expenses of tho service during the six years of the present ndinlnlstrallou of llio service. ' DIHAHl'KIt ANp LOSS OF I.IFK. The total number of accidents dining the year resulting in loss of life was: Explosions........................ l'lre..,...........,..................... Collisions.............................. Snugs, wrecks, and sinking.... . IS 7 18 . 8 Tola!.........................................................ti Total number of lives lost by accidents 'roni various causes during the year: Explosion....... ..........................'........... g3 t'lrn.....................................................'..".".'.'.'" 80 Collisions............./............. ............ ju Sunt,'", wrecks, and sinking.^.................'.',.""" fi Acelileulnl drowning .................... "."" ..].'.' ^rt MlscollauooUH gisuullles.............................'.'.'.'.'1','.'.'.'.'." 0 Total................................................. ~lw DcrrouNC front previous year..................../.'."'",'.T.' "(13 Ot llie fore-going lives lost bill iliiyls|x are reported as those of passengers, the re¬ mainder being employes ol Hie steamers many such losing inelr lives through care¬ lessness begot by familiarity wilh dangerous duties. There were carried during the year (partly estimated) 35-1,000,000 passengers. ' CAUTION TO VESSEL MASTERS. The following, received, by Collector Spalding yesterday, explains I "" TllKAHlIltV DKl'AKIMKN'r, April 10.—Sir: Tliedepartinen by Collector Itself: , Washington <m....."•—"" • •■■uiicpartinent Islnlormed that the contractor of the government who is'to do the work at the mouth of tho Sag. Inaw rlvor.jvhloh consists in tit-edging a deeper channel, for some two nilles out Into the bay, complains that he. sull'ered heavy losses last year by his dredges being run Into by vessels passing which are iu traile. You arc accordingly directed to miikc a minute on the clearance of all vessels pro¬ ceeding to that locality, to guard carefully against any intorforanco of collision with, tho dredge doing the government work which, it Is understood, will be in progress all the summer. Very respectfully. John C. Nkw. Assistant Secretary. J**-,> i