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*~----<^»J «tf THE, MARINE RECORD. ghe Ratine gecord. J.. -' -=: KBTAIll.lMHI'.lt VH IMN, Entered iif-rnrillliK I1 llm Inwa of lira United Slatos trlliiiil on si-.....d-clili" innttrr. nttho'I'iytllMi'cnH Publlshi'd wrmly «l »"• 2 SO0"1 ,Vn,m """,r,_' ClfTolnnd, fililn. A, A. POMEROY, Editor and Proprietor. ♦nnANiii^oVihk, mi noiitii water NTIIKKT, f-HICAWO. TKltMM OF BIJIWOIUPTlONl 82J» 1.00 Oao yenr, poMdiiu'.iinld..............,...... Six months (icstum- |inlit............,............ InvarlnM) In mlvanert ' Tho MAK1NK UKCOIIU inn bo found for Ails at the tillowttiK plucwi: No. 'J tioutll Water Btroot, Cleveland. Joseph (trny, No. '.Ml Soulli Wntor Atrei't, Chicago. , ,D. McMnatori A Cn., Sarnla, Ontario.' '^Oooruo Prr-s'on, Ijienniilm, Mlclilgu'ii. Win, Uodloy, Ricnnaba, MUltlRan. *~ .1. I-}. Somervlllo, Milliliter), MlcliiKiin. Articles, lelUTS.untl queries on all siilijocts nro solici¬ ted. •tlTho Eilltgr aiBiiiia'H no responsibility for the1 oplnlous or com'spondenpr. To inanro nutli'e, ciintribntoni must give tuiuio and address, ami w rlti> on one aide of the paper only. ADVERTISING KATES. Ten cents per line, nonjuirell measurement, or 81.20 per Inch, elicit Insertion, lonr we [certain linrts of Newfoundland, nud llittt yenr their nmii-qf-wiir hits 'trontcd Ncw- foundloi's no If the French rights Were ex¬ clusive. . Tho British fishermen lire driven IguomlillDtisly from their own .trailing grounds, by force; nml tho Fionch now'seem determined that the claim to Ihu exclusive possession of theaoll-diorles which the Colony hits nil along' utterly 'repudiated, mid the justice of which Oi'ciit Britain has never ad' mltted, shiill be enforced) at all hazards, and by sword and gun. Pii.oi's, for the successful prosecution of their business, require n greater amount of physical and mental qualities than do any other class of men. Accurate eyesight, quick and comprehensive judgment, knowledge ot land murks and the waterpill being nccos- siiry to them In conducting their charges to anchorage or docks. ThojMiro often called upon to exorcise their profession in tho darkest nights and thickest fogs. ' Intuition Is also a faculty -upon which they liavo to depend largely for the successor their labor, lather than upon a knowledge ol what la actually before them. And it is often the- ease that, when Imperative circumstances require nil the -pilot's faculties to handle the boat, his phvlquo has become unable to stand the strain. piirp&RO to bo 'tiled with o'll'ln oriW to try Its ijl'ect on tho"sea. Tho bags woro put over tho bow,.'and tho waves, It is stated, were Immediately rendered compilrntlvoly hlirtn- less, and tho vessel proceeded on her course with safety. Ofl wjis thrown oil tho water nt Intervals lor nbout twenty-two hours. Rut Pt>r thls'cxperlinent the steamer would have had to lie to till the storm mortorated.aJ course of p'rocecduro which, apart from the loaa-of tlmo Involved, imperils tho safety of the llvo stock on board. et» S1.II0, with a llboral discount ou ordi ts iiinoiintlnK to 840.00 or over. Thk Chicago Automatic Steam Engine Mnnufacturlng Company, of Chicago, III., has been organized by Messrs. Lyman E. LjcWolf, John y. Colby artV pennts' 0. B. _Lndd, with a Capital BlucltT)f-$3eO^MXfc-^--_ In a paper recently rend before the Brit¬ ish Iron and Steel Association by W„ S. Sutherland, It i» asserted that the seams of steam hollers can be welded liiBtead of riveted If lliejjeat can bo applied unllormly and of sulllclenlly high' temperature with¬ out excess of air or admission of dirt, which, the paper says, is accomplished by the mix¬ ture of gas with nlr In the proper proportion boforc'conibustlou. Since the change of name from Prince Arthur's Lauding to I'ort Arthur, the pres¬ ent season, the little hnitilet has made rapid strides in business enterprise and prosperity, which not even Chicago orDuluth, the phe¬ nomenon can rival. The harbor has been Improved and \" new breakwater Is under I'onteinplatloit^wjiich "111 he live lliou'slmd feet long. 'IV illusliale. the grow.uig jm- poitance uf'Port Arlhur we will state that TTm-+he=slngle Hem of coftl the receipts for the present season wtll toot up to 100,000, tons, , against 5,000 tons last year. It Is hard to liiUWjundor such a name us Prince Arthur's Landing, • It Is not often, let uh hope, that an lu- vcutorobtnlnes the aid of so big an irfstiulioii us tho Brooklyn bridge to push Ids experi¬ ments. A special -dispatch to tho Chicago 'limes says It Is now pretty well established that the bridge cable system is u decided failure, and many assert that It was an ex- perlincut'thnt after considerable hesitation was agreed 1,0 by Engineer Koobllug. Even ('"Iniii'l Payne's friends have lustlalthln flu' i-i'hoiiic, and It Is asBerted that tho bridge tnn-leua at their next meeting will take action looking toward the abandonment of Iho enhiii and the adoption of some other means ol liH'omollon. At a meeting of the General Time Con¬ vention, held at Chicago, 111., October 11th, 1883, at which a large majority of all tho railroad mileage of the United States and. the Dominion ot Canada were represented it was agreed that a previous recommenda¬ tion of the convention to adopt uniform standards of Jlmo should be put Into efleet with the general niitutniuuiLwInter changes' which are to bo made on Kmuluy, November 18th, 1883.,.Tho standn^adtipled^for tho ralload lines In tho Writoiy traversed by the "Bee Line System" Is that ofTfpe nine¬ tieth meridian and will be calletr"coutral time,1'which compares with the. time now til-use, as follows: ClevollfUd tlmo'ls XI minutes faster, Columbus time is 28 minutes taster, Cincinnati time is 22 minutes faster. Indianapolis time is 1(1 minutes taster, and St. Louis time is 1 minute slower; In other words, from and aftei* the date above given, the trains of these companies, which have hitherto run by Columbus, Ohio, rime, will be run by a standard which is twenty-eight minutes slower. , , jltON *M AHKKTtaEPOBT. " . Ci.KVKi.ANih Noyomhor ?. The market has boon dull and unchanged this week, at tho following prices: _ ■ niAncoAi' no iiion. Mo. 1 r.nbo Superior charcoal..i.................J2-1 («K»21 50 m 006.(24 W 24 00(.J2K 00 !£l 00025 00 »S 00M7 00 27 IfflfallO 00 'I MKelllclent «ork nl the life savers at this pin i during the tertlllc slonn of IhclJlsinl . October ahd the 1st of November Is evidence conclusive of the 'VnUie of the life saving service t» the merchant- marine ol the] country. Much praise Is due Cnptuln ('.('. Goodwin and the brave men who lescued the erew> ol Ihe two vi's-eU east ashoie at till* port, tho Sophia Mlueh anll.luhu 11. Men III. From everj qiiailei u here vessels ni'i' In distress and ciews at the me icy of the unii'K we hear of good words for Ibe lifo-»'nvers._liU Is an Institution that should be fostered and '. uphold by every Inlluence that can be brought to bear, although we might say It Is sell-sustalnlng. THLiFiciic.h are becoming oven mmc ag- gift-slve thini ever and, according to the Kingston News, appear to have gone ern/y in their desire to hector In every quuiTiT nl the world. They own tlshlng piivllagesiu Tiik English, di'spalrlngof securing prollt- able terms n Ith De Lesseps lu his new canal enterprise, he having made concessions that would give the Sue/. Canal Cpnipanv mo¬ nopoly of his works, have again centered their attention on the Jordiui Valley as the best practical mode of egress and ingress for their eastern commerce. The cost of a ca¬ nal through the valley of the Jordan from tho Mcditeraneuu Sea would be, according to estimates of General C. G. Gordon, about $00,000,000. But li Is said this Is -not the formidable obstacle. From time Immemorial thero has been ■ a peculiar liiteres^ felt by students of the Bible in the theory of In¬ spiration and the sacredness of the ground trodden by the feetof Jesus of Nazareth ami In the minds of the inhabitants ol tho Val¬ ley of the Jordan, by whom all the Bible unrriitlves and traditions are clier'shcd with re\eieuec, the Valley of the Jordan Is con¬ sidered as .being a pin lion of Holy Land. That Ibis consideration will have a \ery strong lullucuee upon the decision of the question cannot be denied, but a seullmeiit o,f any nature whatever vaunot pi'sslbly ob¬ tain against the fast glowing demands of commerce or the Wellate of nations. A NEW USE t'UU GOVEJtNMEm^ CRUISE IIS.. •■ ■ If reports of officers o'f the navy aro true a very remarkable Industry Is springing tip among the conatlng vessels on the high seas. If it could not be made profitable eiUh* Inkes perhaps our, murinois are none the worse off, though a cynical suggestion Is prompted thereby. It Is said the naval offi¬ cers are disposed to account for the frequen¬ cy of collisions between Government and coasting vessels on tho theory that the own¬ ers of private vessels find the sinking of their craft and the recovery of danurges to bo a profitable use to make oUunprolhabte pro|i orty. Unfortunately time Is a serious ob-'l stnele to lake navlgullon taking advantage of this method of disposing ol old hulks. There are not enough fresh water cruisers. A lake- going vessel might sail for months without meeting one of the Goveruniejjl cruisers upon the lakes.' We shall, thereforiXni^pr nn immediate increase in their number.',Up to this time we have been somewhat skep¬ tical as to the profit ,qf these Government war ships to our lake marine, but now that question is dissipated and we wind more ot them. It Is gross and unjust dlscrtrnTiiatloii on the part of the Government against fresh .water navigators to have so many-naval ves¬ sels lylug'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 ol It. We have scores of vessels that need running down, and there can be little doubt that their owners would like nothing better thnn to run against something that would pay them handsomely for their loss.'J 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 tho derelicts that are scattered around lu the.Ukes and which prove danger- ousobstaeles to-navigation. No. 2 take Superior charcoal...... Nns. It nnil 4 I.ako Hnpcrlbis........ Nob, fiati'l 0 kiku Superior........ No«, I, 2, II, *, \ H'llsbury,.......... Southern charcoal Irons............... Heportnl by li /* Unr\*r Jfc Co., fclncitmtill. The very good business of last week has "been continued, and the inquiries for round lots Iron afro more numerous. Some of -the stronger furnaces have cried a halt on sales for future delivery'at prosont prlcos" and n determination to go no further down tho scale Is generally felt by 'thoso ablo to hold or blow out. Many oilers at present pprlceR lor extendod'forward dollyorloB liave been declined.. Should consumption continue what It Is, or bo Increased at all tlio markets lu all likelihood will experience a stron/ror tone lu the early future. T|io Weston illlla aro fairly, active, ninny of them being on double time. We quote as the prlcCB cur¬ rent: ' Hanging nock Charcoal No. 1.................822 BO to tSI 71! llsnglliK Itoek.Charcoal No. 2........... 21 HO " 22 75 Strong Neutral Coko No. 1................... 10 50 •• 20 50 '" » •■ No. 2..................... IB 00" to 00 American Scotch, No 1.....:....................1800 to WOO OIIKY r'OIIOK. Neutral Coko..............,..........................817 00 to 81 Cold '.Shott......................................... 10 50 " ' \ " CAIt WIIKK1. ANIi MAM.RAm.K. Hanging'Ilocll, sirlctly cold blast...... 827 75 to 28 2S " " warm bbul............... 2100 "2450 l-nko.Superior "Vulcan" all urades......... 2'l 110 " 27 00 Southern Cur Wheel, sirlctly cold blast B0 17 00 20 50 " 27 ."* [Conclutletl from tut p(Hje.\ In connection with our recent articles on the use of oil In quieting the rolling waters, ni'lhihk the following fivui the Glasgow lleiald wlllbeol Interest. ( .iptuln I'lqiibuit, ol the sciew steamer (.'umbellaud, 7lit tons, which arrived at Leith iccciitly from .Copen¬ hagen with 215 head of caltle, made a sucn-s- ful use.ol oil w liileiu a sAtrni on the passage, It appears that w|leu about ten miles west of the Xiao, in Xorw'.iv, a strong gale began to blow-from the iioi'tli'-uortlieast, and was accompaiileil by a heuiy sea. The uialtisiiih| Mas cul lied nuuy, ami wlille^'aliolhei v\ ilrs being piepared the \^^ol was kept no her coiirtse ulih dtllleiilly. A sea which hnrkc out the ve.-hcl nearly.washed away snnie of the cattle nn deck, and the captain ordered come bag- which he had on lioard lor [he CHOP Pl'tUSI'KLTS. A targe space ol a leceitt CJilcago Tribune was devoted to reports of the state of the va¬ rious crops and industries in the West. The outlook Is altogether favorable. If there is .a falling oil' In any one product it Is more than likely that the loss will be made up In another. Besides the condition of affairs has materially changed in the last four or the years. The fartuors have become much more,. Independent. They aro no longer obliged to depend solely on the current orop. Former successful seasons have enabled ilium to lay by for an unproductive year, so that while losses and gains may appear 111 the general aggregate, the balance foots upr one year compared with another, a general Increase,and individual sullerlng Is no long¬ er known. Another cuilms fact biought out by this report Is worth referring to, as It reveals to the student ol political economy a'growth that lu a lew years will equalize matters and have no light .hearing on the subject of maikeu and triiuspoi-tatinn. Tbc Tribune nays: "Those who regard the Weal as a purely agricultural country will be sur¬ prised by the numerous Indications of tlm great variety and Importance of Iw inanu facturoB. The llgnies of the censiih teveal this, but the statUllcal way of curve) lug the Information will not bring the exleiu nf the Induwtrial development of the West home to the mind of most people with anything like the eleanesstol' the references contained lu our dispatches to the big mid little iiiauu- lagcures scattered all over Ihu country. Some of these are troubled by.overproduc¬ tion, which has done so much lulschlef il the East, like iron, cottons and woolens. But these are the eveptlnni.. By I'nr the greatest numbcrTd Western iiiaiiulacturers are running on full lime and lluillng a fair maikel lor their output. .Tills lesults from the fact thai most nl theiu me devoted to the supply of the want- of their nelghboi hood or its \lclnlii." and brought, here for repidrs, which will amount to $[>dflV>r upwards. Wheat to BulTalp Is 2^0; to ljfcrttrea|, 8c. No other chanters on the tapis at present. Tile water at St. Chllr Hats and at the Lime Kiln crossing has been at a low stage, except at Intervals, tbr several days, four¬ teen feet four Inches bclujt about, the usual depth. Many of the larger eraft liavo been delayed here tweulv-toiir hours at a ilmo. The stcambarge Manitoba burned on the Thames river a few days since was built at Clialham in 1870, was slxty-'elglrt tons bur-' den, and was employed lu the wood trade. This Is the second burning of a steamer on that river tills season. Fortunately no lives weni Hmt-on either occasion. I.ouis^Gignac, the sailor who fell fi*omtli,e schooner James Wade Into Clark's drydock a te.v days slued lUm-wrnrtadly Injured and taken to the hospital for Fepalrs, is missing, having escaped Ids attendants while they were temporarily absent; It is presumed he was temporarily deranged. The scow Homer II. lllue, which has been, missing on Lake IIuiou for several days, drifted ashore ten mill's south of Vino Point, on the Canadian shore, having boon, as pre¬ viously staled, abandoned by her crew. Her outfit is considerably demoralized, but her recovery Is not Improbable, the weather to that end being lu Iter favor. . The Canadian Government are making ar¬ rangements for tho complete survey of Oeor- < glan Bay, which will bo" formulated next summer. The only examination ever made of these waters was made by Lieutenant Bin- field in 1818-111, which are somewhat iiupeir feet, hence the piescut undertaking. The latest mmlue casualty which I have to record Is the propeller Mayflower, strand¬ ed at Point Ablno, twelve miles this side ol Bullaloon Sunday night, and il Is reported will piove a total lin-s. She has been thirty- one vears in service, was (11)1 Inns burden, and valued at *lS,()tll).. II. li. Blaiichard, of Bay C|ly, Is the mvnei.- The schooner Hercules, ol Port Iturwell while coming out of Bear Creek for Iho river St. Clair, on Friday last, a'Iib run lino by a wood biirge anil her stern damaged 10 the extent of $100.—She Is laden with ties and on arriving heru wlis taken to the Detroit drydock tor repairs. *lio will be ready to proceed mi her voyage in-day, Tuesday. Murphy Brothers are just In -receipt ol a dispell h announcing ihe llnal lecoveryol ine sihniiner Beripuda, which has been an abandoned wreck (or the past, twelve years. she una found Imbedded 1u clay and sand t» iho depth of live feet. The raising ol' this wii'ck may be rigidly conceded the most im¬ portant »recking' feut ol the season. She will be In ought here for repairs. The steamer City of Tnioiito Was burned nl Pint Halhousle nn Wednesday night, while en mute lor M. Catharines tube in¬ built by the Mulr l!iolhers,ol llpit place.