6 THE MARINE RECORD. PldlUDA dHIP CANAL. Gfiiernl Stonp, tlio, clilo/ oii|(lnoor, fur- nlBhus the lollowliig Biiimnury ot lila'rcport for piibllciition: Nkw Yohk, Aim. 15, 1883.—Tfrtlie Hon. J. C. Browu, I'rcRldunt: In May liiKt, In nu- cordnnuo \\l h n resolution of tlio lloiud of ■Directors, I bej[iiii n uuivoy to uncertain wliotlior or not the construction of it tide¬ water ship jniinl iierosu tlio PenhiRiihi of Florida would be pfiictleiiblc, mid If so, wlmt would bo the cost. I BecurucUluiJcryJces of A. F. Hill, olviloijjjliii'or, who went to Ftoil.- Ida on the llritof hist June, with uuthoiltv tosccuie angincerilii! iissjstnucu Iind luhor thoie. Ho \mi8 Hell lurjili-l^'il with Instiii- mcnts mid nil ohtiihwtblo Inforniiitlon, mid with Hie nld of toiircu>|j8()l enRiiieers Hindu In twp months n thoiough exniulnntloii of tbroo lines. On the most favorable line his examination una so thoioup;!) as to jiistlty me In vIslllnR Florida lor a per»ohal exam¬ ination, the result of wliltb \wis I adopted it with eiMtiiln'nidilllleiuloiiH ii9 lui nlshliif,' the beet route yu proposed. Taking that routo as a basis 1 hnve con puted that a tide¬ water ship canal of Biillltlulit width imil depth (o allow the passage of two sen-going steamers of Urst-ohisB nltliiiut liicon\ entente can bo consti noted at a total cost of $10,000,. 000, as follow s: Excavations, $36,000,000; harbors at termini, $4,S00,0C0; engineeiing, right of way, and coiitingem.le«, fi.fiCO 000 The total length of the canal will be 1,17'i miles, and the h'gliest elevation in crossing tho watershed^ III be 143 tec, but this deep cut would be only for a short distance. A large amount ot excavating may beniade by steam dredges. As a whole I am able to report that the engineering dlfUculticB are decidedly less than expected- In commci- clal advantages I mention the following as tho most important. Flist, a gieat saving of ulstaiito between Gulf ol Mexico porlB and ports of the Atlantic States and Europe; second, complete avoidance of tlip gieat danger of navigation through tho Floilda Straits. 1 lie saving of distance on ateiiin vessels between New York and New Or¬ leans is S00 miles; New Orleans and Liver¬ pool, 412 uiIIcb; New York and Fensneola, Q00 miles. This means (hat a steamship sailing 11 miles per hour would gain about 45 hours in the pnssiige trom New Yoik to New Oilcans, and the same on the rciurn trip, less time of steaming through a canal at 0 mllcH per hour or about 37 hours eacl] way. Taking the present averago of a re¬ cent trip at 21 dajs, including four lay da\8 tli eacli-puit, the caniil would reduce the time of s round trip to 18 days, euabllng her to make proltt&on at least tlireo mora round trips per veal at no increase in expenses. The gain by avoldlngtho dangerous passage through the Florida Stniits Is very great. Olllclal statistics of llVo leeent years »how ,120 salvage cases weie adjudicated in the United States District Court foi the Houlli- eid dlBiritt o( Florida, to a miIiio ol moie than $11,000,000, and careful estimates show the present loss irom w reeknge w 111 he about $8 000,000 a j ear. Though somewhat out of my province us a i engineer. I may suggest not the least Im¬ portant advantage from the proposed canal will come Irom tho saving on Insurance, which Is now much lieavlei for Gulf ports than for South Atlantic ports, and Inei- • neiiBO. w IiU.Ii on a large steamer Is Irom $500 to $800 per day. Within six weeks 1 shall be prepared to b'ghi such details in locating biich surveys as will be necessary before 1 can report to your board (he precise line which the canal should follow frojn the At¬ lantic to the Gu|f, but the above estimates of tho cost are more likely to ha reducu! than Increased by i loser exinniiiiitlon of the route Cham KB 1*. hTC.NK, Chief Engineer Governor Hi own was seen this evening at tie Filth Avenue Hole), and In response to an Inquiry in to the prospects of the enter¬ prise, said while not prepared now to dis¬ close the precise plans of the coinpiinj, bo would BB} things were ra|ldly taking prac¬ tical Bhupe and the outlook wastry bright The enterprise would take llink ainSng the greatest ol the age of great cnterprloes, and The Initial steps inusl be taken w lib < are and deliberation 'lhe IliKt stip wiih io iim trtiiln on conclusive authority whether the canal could bo built at a tost whkh would glw u lull prospictol profit In the lu\eslois (■en- oral Stonu's report having Milled that, llu n would bo no great illilliiilu in obliih lug means foi the |H "octillion ol llu iiilupil-i which will honceUiith lx (uishid with tin rL<iuii.llccniMgv and ilgni Hilng n*k>d how Kudu tin noikol ton htiiictlou would iictuiillv lagrntlii Imaiiiioi B|dd It waspiopohed lobigln ii -oon tml.ui- eialbtonc ha I couiplitid lm iting llu sin vey mill the light ot via) lnol hci u -uuiul Prominent capitalists are lm tiling a um- strilctioh conipanj which will -ulnnit a pro¬ position t» tlio lloaitl ol I)lrcelm> at at the next meeting, boptemhei 17. Should iheboaid ncci pt the proportion the money question will hi Biltli ', ind llu 1 loilda .shfp Canal nui> ho miu bcicil .uiiimg the icrtulntles whlili cnpllnl and uiigiiicuing skill inn pnnldlng loi modi in coiimiciif. In ..(inclusion Oinunoi Blown cxpiiOMil t io belle! that poillonsol the woik would jjii under conluut within ninth days THE SUNNYSIDE. ' , Robert \y. Ko«>, Iliac mate of tho Surny- Bldc, glvos tho following details of her losn: Wo left Escanabu for tlevcland with 028 tons of ore, Sunday morning, August, 10, in tow of propeller William II. Bin hum, the sehoqners S> II.. Foslei and A. J. Dewey also being In the tow. Wo had thick woath- or nil day until about B p. m., when it cleared up abreast ol 1'overty Island. . / . Crossing the loot of Lako Mlchlgan,'-wo had tho wind about south by wont with quite -il. sea .running. It began to look squally about 0.30 p. in., and Wo took In all om can¬ vass but tho foresail and forotopniill. A very heavy squall, noLompanled by binding hall and raip, stiuck us about 10:Jn, phitlngall oui tow lines. In the height ot tho fquall wo discovered tho Foster elope on rtio Ice bowp, headlng«ip across our bona. Tluj Foster was so close that a collision \yits unavoidable, so our wheel was put (low n so as tn strike her at as acute an angle as posWhle. We Struck hei just abaft the main ilgging, which w lib the mainmast head, \yus qui led awiiy.alfiui iiiuiuher of atanchlons Our bowsprit, jlliuooin and lorc'yard were ciurled'away. Tho bow spilt In slewing lonnd, 6peni'd up her Btem, and Bhe-eom« niencc'd -Co * il 11 luiinedhitely. The pumps wore Hounded and tho water was found to be over tho Bounding i od. We made n hole In tho foiecasllo lloor and found the water limn ly up to It, We wero satlBlled she could not be k"pt afloat and'low'rcd the boat and put the captain's wife on board the Dewey, which wna hove loo. a alioit distance to lee¬ ward, and then returned to tho Sunnysldo. Going on board we found tlio watcr^ven with the top of tho hutches forward. Wo hastily secured her books anil papers and pulled oil a short distance. In less than ten minutes utter we lott her, and an hour after the collision, she went down head foremost •In thirty or forty lathoma of watei. North Fox Island bore about south by cast three or four miles distant. Wa pulled oil down the lako and met tlio barge about twenty minutes afterwards coming back af- lei ji'b. It picked us up an(V hoisted the boat on deck Tho Uarnum picked the Fos- tci up at daylight, but as she was leaking so badly she took a tug atChcbojgan and towed In there. Captain McGregor, of tho Baruum, Is a perfect gentleman. He and nil on board treated us handsomely. We s.ived nothing but what we had on. GLOBE IRON WORKS. General Founders, Machinists, Blacksmiths and Boiler , - . " Makers. AND IRON SHIPBUILDERS. 0FHCE& WORKS, Cor. ELM& SPETIOE Sts. CLEVELAND, 0' Wo are prepurod to lurnlnlijai short notlcojsintlomirror Marine, oltlier High Prcsiii-e, Low 1'ronui'o, Cbn- (Icnilni or Compound Engines, Horizontal or Vortical, with or wllluiat graduating cut off. Vertical Engines Kept in Stock. " STATIONAIlY BNOINB MARINr KKOWK THE .LUMBER SUPPLY. "The convention got right down icbusi- nesa," said the Hon. Georgo B. Lorlng, United States Commissioner of Agriculture, when referring to the atiuuiil session of the American Foicstiy Congress at St. Paul. "We got, (jeyond the discussion of the botan¬ ical history of liees, mid the sentimental view of the question, the beau y ol the trees, miu eo forth, mid considered the question ol tlie fultiic pieservlition ami increase ol out forests. There was mi earnest wish mani¬ fested by the convention to establish for¬ estry espeilmeiit .station". Aecoidlng to the census in some of tlio great plnu states all the lumber will be consumed in from fif¬ teen to thirty years, aecoidlng to tho pres¬ ent volume of consumption; but after all the figures given in the census are considered I hero la a vust amount ol lumber bi 111 le- inaining. I don't think there Is any gicut danger of a timber famine just now It the supply Is economically iibcu, but there Is no room for waste If no lumber Is wasted, I don't think a famine In the commodity is to be loured or expected. It should be re¬ membered that so far the exhaustion ol lum¬ ber relates mainly to the white pine. It may be found, however, that after the great pineries shall be cnto\er that the outcome is greater than was assumed, mid that Isolated patches of plnu In mixed forests may allay all fear uf a fuuire panic In lumber. Wc keep oil «lzos of vortical engines In stock, which wo tiro prrpareil to will nt rcflpoctlvo prions Station¬ ary engine InUutlvs Governor, Throttle, Cyllndor, / and Oltor, Oil Cups and Wasto Cocks Murine Englno Includes Lli linnd IteYcrso Motion, Circular lllrottlw, A» 'Cylludrr, Olltr, Oil Cups and Wasto Cocks, saino as * stationary,—no go\ emor or fly wheol Nos 7, 8, 0 and is, havoslnglo cranks, with soparato Journal1 whon used with Ktatiouflry engines r~------- Tiny aro provided with good brass boxes In both ends of connecting rod and cross head, with bist possi¬ ble provision niado for taking up tho weur Tho Cyl¬ inder, Blosm Chest and lower head aro cast in ono pleto and the frame, elldos, and journals In ono pieco, thereby lessening liability ol derangement and ilrstcost and Insuring a durablo machine The Cylinders are neatly covered wltlf cast Iron laglng Slide, valve with lsrtu ports. Piston filled with good metallic packing. Material and workmanship guaranteed Having provided our new boiler works with the most approved tools for rlvtting by steam olan ing the edges, instead of chipping, drilling, punching, shearing and bending by steam power wc feet worranted in saying we can furnish the best work for the least money in the following kinds of boilers which we can build of either Iron or Steel- Return flue Marine Boilers, Tubular Boilers elthe hor' uontal or vertical, Locomotive Boilers, Cylinder Boilers, Flue Boilers, Smoke Stacks- 'and Bencroi plate Iron syork. " TUBULAR BOILERS OF ALL SIZES. TUBULAR BOILERS OF ALL SIZES. Capt. Kir hud," looking mantei .it An.ipce telegraphed to Milwaukee that lie had the ■wrecked propellu Potomac. In tbehaiboi •making tomporujy lepalfs before leaving for Unit port, whue she will be o\eilwulul. THE F A KMUH SAI I.OKS OF C A PE COD. '1 lie opening Illustrated article 111 the Sep. tember ( ontuc) describes Cape Cod, njul says of tlio inhabitants "A wood-packet runs regularly Irom Cottilt to tNiintui ket It is (pi tn common for the trews of coast'ug Vessels haukd up in the winter to turn to Icillng wood, In this, ns In eveiythlng else, Is i-een a mingling of inriil and maritime puiMiltt'. i^iery iiiailner knows somttiling id laiiiiiug,and cvijy liiinici Is moru oi lis* ofasalloi Tin y ti II ol an oollou tigdnst a lown |oi iniuiles fromadifcit in a high w.iv, In w liii Ii the i.lhtance ol a certain huh In the load Irom the lr.i\ehd path was In i|iastiou A town nllUii had llxidthtdU- tnnii- h> iiiiual iiiiaHiiii-uicnt, and tin onl\ i \ Idem i tor llu phiinilll wastliatof a mini who-liiiph gn\i- hi-- pidgi iiiiiii. Njibndj could giu^s how alio pluliillll'ri iuun«(*| would git mound thy evidence ol the town cJlieer. But lie was undaunted. 'Gentle¬ men of the jut},' he sr.ld,'both wltuessis mo hontsit, one ol tlii'in h hiNftki n—wlilcn In It5 You all know how liable wo aro, In ilplicilng ol In inia-uiiiig, to make a mis¬ take ol uiliiilaiton my good 11 ii ml tilt he- httmmt, piolnlili Wild .down hli luot-iule one time uion in h--, than he thought, and mu lie is nib1! iki ii , hut im wltniss, gentle- iiicn, did not put Ills triiht on iiuv foot-tule, ho knew hettei. As jou all know, ho has 'cut more cnrilwoud than any other man In- Barnstable loiinix, and he can I'niiisure byi Ids eje inliillbl)., \bort -IiIb accuriicj;, tlieicloie, thefe can'be no possible i]ucstiou The behotiniin nrij be wiong, my wltucEs tiiu't be'" full Tuna noil rn in VERTICAL BOILERS. For Bmull power, where Bize and wdiglit aro objectionable, we recommend these styles, which we can furnish, made of C. H. No. 1 Iron or Steel, with or without Cast Iron Base and Smoke Stacks and Trimming. sunMicnmiD tuuk UZ-Kftn-utuY Ship Chandler's List. Iucluiles the Celebrated rii»ln sheave Windlass, with Amaiecii Benin, Wrought Iron Shaft Uoies, Iron Winch Heads, and Brakes, * Prices Furnished on Application. The Common Pat ent Windlass, includ ing all castings, wel ding butt I shackles (s 5994