A (§he ggarine §ecord, A Journal devoted to Conjmorco Navigation And tklcnco, Published Wookly, ' ' • cLevfxand, OHIO 'OfflcsHoi. 171 Superior and 130 Bwk Streets, Boom 7. • , , TEHHSt $200 per Annum. INVAIUnt.Y IN ADVANCK. ' AOBNTS A^E*WARTED IH ETEEY POET ADVERTISING RATES. Ton cent! per Una solid Nonpnrlol measurement, Twolvo linos oFNonparlol tot solid niiiko ono Incli. Twenty cents, nor Una for reading notioos, Mild dnton moasuroraont, Articles, letters and quorici 6n all subjects laro soll- altoil ■Of-Tho Ldltor asnuih.es no, responsibility (or tno oplnioni of correspondents To Inauro notice, contributors rnuat give namo and address, and write on ono aldo of tlio paper only, THE MAIUm: HCCOllD ban an Agent In ovory port 'on tlie Lakes and Rivers, and will consequently clrcu* lato raoro or leas In all of them Asa medium for advertising It litis no superior, as It circulates among a class o| people that can be ranched tn no otbor way* eon. Tho>same cause would proJuoe an ni; condlng current of wnrili nlr to~ exert a marked Influono upon t|i.o nimosphorlo cur¬ rants ofttho wholo northern hemisphere. Such In brief In tint normnl system ol \vn-' Mr nnd Mr currouts. Arctic explorers nnd doop scientific think¬ ers Imvo made this n Bpoolal study and know (lint nn open polar sen exists around the North Pole. They art) also awnro that tlio daooveror ot the North Polo would be u greater inun than Christopher ColnmbiiB, the discoverer of America. Pride, ambition and the love of fnmo will go far towards tempt¬ ing man'to risk his life for tlio sake of at) Immortal namo< The dlsastrou« results of past oxpcpUtJnos have llltlo effect on men of this class, and shlongas man exists and the North Pole remnfiia undiscovered, nicn will risk their lives In search'o'f this' wonderful Worm climate ot the north. REMOVAL APR. 1. Owing to the "March of Improvement" In this our great and growing city, we are com¬ pelled to remove from our old quarters to the Bretanal Blank at the entrance of the Viaduct. No. I South Water St. which Is directly under the- Office of the Merohantlle Fire and Marine Insurance Covj Our Offices will he nearer to the docks^stid very handy for vesselmen, whom we shall be pleased io see at any time. The Blook in whloh we are now situated will be toro down and a fine new building erected Hn-lte-plaoer- IS THERE AX OPEN PUZM.fi Durlng-thc p.wFwctnc-^ewwluuiJieenjm EDITORIAL NOTES. Tlioro was a man nnmod WiRglna, That lived up in tho Canadian dlgglns llo predicted a storm that would do groat harm To nil vessels caught out with poor rigging^. Mo said it would blow, and porhapslt would snow, And cailso great dlsastor at sea. And of sailors so wiso, thorekl bo a sudden domiso, 01 those who thought thoy know hotter than bo. llo ordered tho Presidents and Kings of all nations Tu stop all viajtils bound out to sea, f And order tlio iuou at tho Life Saving StatlonB, To bo read) in case of omorgonoy Old Qcncral ltuzon, thought It sim dy amasln', Tiniksallurattofrlghtuiod should bo, And lie in a nook just around Sandy Hook, And not go right out to sea. The weather department bad quite an assortment, Of bulletins pasted blgb, That told 12 biono Wiggins to go to tho dickons llecauso lie had told such a lie It laughed and It acoi ncd at tho rottto Wlggln'sformed ----IlnUilntnrmAfflielll.il ulinnlil tnlln________^ explorer, has made the lantous northeast passage through tho Arctlo seas nnd "now In¬ forms tho government of Holland, that he would bo ploasnd to recolvo tho prize of 25,- 000 guilders, which was offered ns a reward In tho yenr 1907 to the person who should make tho passage1. Wo think tho gentiomtin has earned his guilders, but we do not know how Holland's credit stands or what show lie has of,get$lng them. If It Is Wiggins, or"Vonnor, or Hnzen, or any other man that U causing such disturb¬ ances In the weather business this year, we should just like tn have him stop up and knock a chip off our shoulder. Wo feel mad enough to duck lilm down tho hatchway or over the mnlnmnst, or anywhere else that will mnkeliim act half way decent. Its tho h'nrdost kind oMvork to sit down and write an editorial Tlils^rmToTwoather. The Jeannetto Investigating committee have at last finished their arduous task and made tho final report and nobody Istho wIsor. Engineer Melvlllo will not start on a lectur¬ ing tour, nolthor will Jim Sing, tho China¬ man cook. The former is on exhibition at tho Washington hotelB whore ho enn be seen at almost any hour of tho dav, fieo of charge; while the latter is exhibited at a cheap mu. soum down town. "One lookes tqji centee, two lookce fifteen centee." There Is one thing about Ocean passen¬ ger steamers and that Is, that If business Is dull In all other brandies, that of their steerage|passctigpr trafllc Is good nnd must go far townrtLpaylng expenses of the trip. It 1b estimated that 735,000 foreigners em¬ igrated Inst year and .took up their homes In Uncle Sbji's comfortable dominion. It further conlerturcd that the nu'ragc It will occur to those builders of sen-going vessels and others, accustomed to sharp bot¬ toms only, that the construction of floors with timbers in single Tongtlw nqro'ss tho bottom, Is a moohnitlcnl Impossibility, unless thoy are naturally and artificially curved But some"In sharp bottomed vessels, the •tloorn van be made tip of combinations of timbers, stronger nnd ehciipor than In frames eiftiroly of wood built up In tlio usual man¬ ner. Bat the day of sharp bottoms In largo ships, especially steamships, Is passing awny. it In found that the snerllloe of burden Is too great, and without adequate corresponding advantagb, except In tugs, and somo other small steam aTid Bailing craft in certain em¬ ployments. In these there Is so much groator strength In the form of the bottom, that In¬ creased strength of frame In the floors is not" of so much Importance._______ It Is apparent that less than half the.valu¬ able timber used In the construo(i6*n of n wooden ship, Is required in tho construction o( same dimensions upon tills conipojslte system, and IVjle\liable, the quantity can he i educed by IhoSmbstitutlou of Iron* lit tho • keelsons, hold, stanchions and waterways, This would consldeiably Increase the cosutt-' tho present lime, but It might be otherwise sooner or later In ihe future. The question naturally uilses about how long we Shall bo able to get supplies of timber oven In the di¬ minished quantities required in this new* sys¬ tem ot building ships. I reply that we noed not uxourselves with tlio solution of this, question, but can leavo It for future genera,, lions io Bottle. Our sources ot supply are ample for'jnany years to come. Bofote our Umber la exhausted, or becomes scarce and dear to be used In shipbuilding, wo shall have had abundant time to test the safe dur- ahillty and value generally ol Iron and ateel exhibition at Cleveland a piuioiniiilc view ot ~~tTreJll-lated Jeauuette. It shows in detail, ldgluyTolbTedliceliCfrof the stately ship sail¬ ing out ol the harbor on hei fatal trip. It plcluics fields ot lee, glgtntle liebugs, fu¬ rious gales, and finally the ice pui.lt which held the Jeannettc' so firmly t|iat no availa¬ ble powei could release he). The scenes biiug before the mind the advisability of standing out Alctie explorers tn search of the North Pole hcieni e bus gained many, points by these explorations, hut can-they he considered preamble? Win the points gained repay the world for the lives lost In tliu search of these points> Wo .consider tho subject too deep to be answered lightly. A lew points will bear mentioning which will undoubtedly throw some light on the subject ns tu why men will ilsk their lives for the sake of knowledge. Enough has been disco*ered to go fat toward showing that an open sea exists north tit the Icy bar- ller which seems to' laugh at all human ef- liuisto pass tlnoiigh It. It Is thought be- jond a doubt that there must buawarm ellinate lutuiiiil the North l'tilt'. There are n lew reasons favoring this theory. Flint— Malerfowl go logiilarl) e.ith epilng noitli- umil from Greenland tot ntsllug. As the let Imiiiei tioiu 7J° to 8» |, ton colij ftp hiltls tu mine tlif-lr jollity, their nesting plates must be noi Hi ot this ban lei, nnd in a inililci tlliutitt-. heconii—The otturrencu ul win in winds fioinlhe ciictimpolar re¬ gions, as veillietl li) expjurcrt, In high latli- Hitler.. Thlid— rile occurrence ot furious gaits during the long Arctic winter, which would bu unaccountable IT tins region for , ten degrees around the Pole were as cold as the zone of tho Ico-bairler, and theielore as calm as the oquiLUjjIal belt. Foulih—Mor¬ ton and Hayes both saw opeu.watei In Ken¬ nedy channel as lai as UiSj,«JlU, could reach northward. "*^*^ Ml. llowofl, ol tlio Now York Stato 11- brarj, thinks the agency ot thc-Gnll Htrcaio Is commonly logardod ns limited tu the lat¬ itude of Spltzbergi n. His belief and theory . Is, that the waters of the Gull Stream'hnvo .a greater specific gravity than those sur¬ rounding the loe-barrlor foi two reasons: Fltst, tho immense inlii nnd snow fall of tho Arctic regions must freshen the water nnd make It lighter; and second, water 1b tightest near the freezing point. Tlio comparatively warm water of the Gulf, Stream dips and passes northward under tlie Ice-barrier, and i emerges with velocity reduced by corre¬ sponding u0.rront8 from tno opposite side of the Pole, Into the comparatively warm polar It had never before, in this wide world o'er ^lie^rd of such n funny mistake Uneasy lay tlio head on tho Wiggfn's bud, Of liim'u'llo iire'dtcted-dlsHftU Tho thoughts of tlio wave that Immortal famo gnio Through bis mind crowj|ed_ hister and faster At lust Mto day camo that Was to gtvo WlgghTii famo,' It opened as;uild as you please BtitMiiiii llu nnowiaino, it ttas well mixed with rain, And a wind that could blow down the trees In far off Quebec it brought ruin and wreck, Earthquakes and mountaina of Bnow, lint in many lueutionu, tho storm Bignnl sbttlona, Sifhpl) Bald "It Just liAjijKtiettso." And now WlgglnB lias famo nnd an immortalnamo Tor winds that blow like sixty, PIoubu give us n man that will predict a calm, And a tbcriuoncicr not below hfl} [The above Is our first attempt at the pootry business since wo were a verdant schoolboy. Wo, however, shall submit It to ProlesBoi Wiggins and If his verdict is fa- voiable we hope mu subscribers will not or tier their paper stopped at we shall not In¬ dict them again until the man with tlio mild weather CTjines round. Ed] ' -^ Tiiky must Imvo a very fine pollco force dp at Muskegon, as we see In a recent exchange Unit during the winter every tug¬ boat and schooner /it that port has been broken into and jmme articles stolen. In one or two cities inellectual attempts were matle to set lire Jo tlie boats, but not much iliimage was'Jjaie. i.t Wf Volv-offintfpffaTi aid' that thoTtffiiWf| will looie juat uTHrWt Its much by hoY> pass¬ ing tlie river and Junior bill as It would if It hud been parsed. "j\ gtoat niriny of the improvement"and projects now under way will sutler by not having stilllclent means to place lliem at a point wheie they can bo left without danger of being damaged by the elentents. We think that by continually keeping the subject of theJilfe-SnvIng Service before the public, we will ullUnately secure, what ■wp have bo long been working for—more at¬ tention, better wages and more stations. We are pleased to learn that twelve now life- saving stations will bo established tills sen son, four of them on the lakes. We mentioned some time since flint stormy weather had but little effect on the sldewlieel steamer City .of Cleveland. She seems to have her equal In the ocean steam¬ ship Alaska, which has just at rived at Now York after a passage bf seven dajs aiid eleven hours In which she encountered some severe weather. Olio steamer which Allied from Liverpool forty-eight hours ahead ol the Alaska camo In tho day after her. Babon Noiidknbkjold, the famous Arctic wealth per emmlgrant was about $8."i after landing on out-shores. JiiiJUBCrmiKns *wlll please l)ear_hj_mind that we do not send tho SI aiJIsi: Ultcoiti) af¬ ter tlie time expires for which It hnj_been paid, and that If thoy Intend-to renew It will bo an nfcnmmod.ttlon to us to liavo them send In their subscriptions about a week be¬ fore tho expiration of their old subscription. Wo nsk this because it will save much time and labor to take their name out of our list and then sot it up again when they renew, and then again they aro liable to miss some of the numbers IT they wait until tho pa- per has stopped coming. COMPOSITE SHIPS. Chicago, 111., March 13,1863. Btlflor Mat me 7(Vc6i d: I have received manv otliOr letters and verbal endorsements from shipbuilders, ma¬ rine Insurance agents, classification inspec¬ tors, ship masters and owners of long ex¬ perience, all contliinntorv of tho opinions I have quoted. Mr. Pankhurst of the Globe Iron Works and Drydock Co., of Cleveland, tn w bom I hnVo Before referred In these let¬ ters, endorsed my plans at two or three dif¬ ferent Interviews Inst summer, ami offered to take a considerable amount of stock as soon as the prospect for shipping' should |,iu^n<l, if a cotq^wiL.cpulp; thou be formed trfliiilld a liirgo^BteiriHor on them. The De¬ troit Drydock Company also offered Inst spring to take stock 1tu# steamer to be built on my system, but tho discouraging outlook for business prevented tho consummation of a project then on font for that purpose. I haveuiiiilo the foiegnlng extracts as brief as possible and embody the leading points ol the opinions expressed. I will add In an¬ swer to Captain Merrill's suggestion, that every particular of detail Inui been provided1 for. Mr. Kirby has made sovoral examina¬ tions of the details of mv plahs of construc¬ tion, and hag as often assured me that they aro complete, and Involve no dllllculty what¬ ever. My method of fastening the planking to the raotal frames with log or wood screws met with sqm'o adverse comment nt first, but among those who have studied tho subject, there htia come to be a pretty general acfjul- esconee In the Idea of thejr superior tenacity and firmness, provided 'they uro protected against the- corrnslvo action ot salt watci when used In seagoing ships, which can easily bo done. Those who have had exper¬ ience In tearing out and repairing, will bear mo out In the assortion that tho portions of iron bolts solidly Imbedded in tho timber, will never corrodo to any Injurious extent [during the lifetime of a sen-going ship i-liipa, ami to acquire tlie ability to compete with our EnglislL nelghbois In their con- sti notion. There me still wlthlu-convenlont^- TIlatlincuB ot our harbors and navlgablo riv¬ ers', vast quantities of white oak, southarn, yellow or hard pine, spruce, tamarack, rock elm, etc., alt of w hich enter more or less into ship L-oiiHtiticflon, anil ninth large) quanti¬ ties of all IheBe in legions hitherto inacces¬ sible at reasonable expense, but now being opened up by lallroads tiaverslng them In every direction. All the chillactorlstlcs and dolalls of th|s system ot ship construction being settled in its favor, so far as the most comneteut opin¬ ions and estimates cniisettlo them, and there being no room for question as to tho abund¬ ance of all mateilals entering Into it, con¬ venient to oui AtlifntUvGrulfiaiitl inland sea¬ ports, ami rivei; what is to hinder, oven now during Ihe present dullness in lake shipbuilding, the formation of a company to lay the foundation for profitable entoi prise, * under the piotecllon ot the United States and Canadian patents which cover the pecul¬ iar combinations of this system, and get iciitly tigalnstJhe lime when more tonnage will be wanted, to supply the demand with the most economical and profitable ships over constiuctudV Theio Is still, Mi. Editor, abuiitlaiice,ot tho llueat white oak, within easy tench ol yum own city ot Cleveland, as well as ol pino^ul all the shapes of lion re¬ quired. You have a wealthy company that has nil the appliances needed for doing.both the tlinbei and iron woik, In perfect work¬ ing ortlei—lequlrlng no moie preparation than would be necessary to begin the con- stiiictiou of eilhei a' wooden pr Iron ship. Theie is tuiihtntu demand In our salt water pints, foi steam and sail vessels of such sizes as can bo sent to sea by way of the Welland and St. Lawrence canals, with cargoes thnt, u111 uioiu than pay Iheh wny out. These vessels can bo built at Cleveland; or any1' otliei conveniently situated lake poit, for less money than out there. Why should wo not, during the present lull in demand lor tonnage heie, propose to supply that de¬ mand ; nnd by and by in the near future, when the enlargement of the St. Lawrence canals now being tnndo, are completed, to build a larger class of ships for ocean ser¬ vicer Well modelled and partly laden ships of more than a thousand tons burden can now pass these canals; and when tlie en¬ largements are completed, they will admit tho passage of more fully laden ships, ot about twenty-live hundred tons capacity. J. B. Hall. The tug Favorite Is being rebuilt nnd will c*ome out now;