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.* ^ •^ VOL. VI. NO. 1. CLEVELAND O., JANUARY 3,1884. W.00 Fib Axnbm Small Conn 6 CkxH Kk $ /? AROUNDTHE LAKES. OtKVEI.AND. The bull o( the Miii Inn Engineer's AsbolIii- tlon will occur on the 17th Inst. Tho Stewart In on diydiiek nt Dulutli for repairs. She vv111 run nil winter ThoOnnkn, which Is In winter quarters nt Chicago has tnkcTr405,OOflbUBftelB of oats for winter storngc. ' . ~ ■> C. Chnmpneui, boat builder nt 30 Main streot, hat the frame up for n steamyucht of the following dimensions, Length over all 43 feet, keol 36 feet, beiim 0 feet, and 4 feet 2 inches deep. The tug Bolton, Captnin Joe Todd trnns- ferrod tho divers' apparatus from tho crib to the wntoi works yard. * Captain Todd also had the first tow of the season, the barge Alice Stiong, with a load of stone from the C. C. C. & I. pockets to the breakwater, where slio will be unlnnded when the weather la favorable1. The tug S. S. Coe. which left Milwaukee four weeks ago to leuiovo the wreck of the sohooncr B. Parsons, nt tl.o entrance to Charlevoix harbor, has been laid up nt that port, she being unable to return to Mllwair Itco after accomplishing the woik on account aMrotstious weather. '1 Re Independent Tug Company received $1,200 for the work. The t<ig musters and engineers ball Has largely attended on the evening of January 1, In fact so many were eager to enter that Iho sale of tickets was discontinued nt u o'clock. the 24th December at Penaaufcee, ho. | wns formerly a large lumber merchant and ves¬ sel owner u this port <md much respected by all. Captain John Glllnnl of the sihooncr Lo. tide A. Burton, which Is laid up at Milwau¬ kee, paid Chicago a visit lust week. We met him nt his old friend Martin's, and was pleased to sen lilm looking so jolly. The trustees of-Nnw's estate nnd Captain Peter Peterson sold tl-eflne schooner Annlo M. Peterson to Hurlbut, of Often Bay, for $25,500. Captain Decker, of the barge Con¬ stitution, will sail the Anpie ^1. Peterson next season. At Miller Brother*1 drydock the schooner, C. J. Mngill Is |n for a partial rebuild. She will get new stanchions, rail, plankshcar, keelsons, etc., nnd calking. Tho big schoon¬ er Golden Age Is getting n new rudder nnd the gear fixed. .. DBTIIOIT. Special to the Marine Jlecord Dktroit, Jnuunry 1. Glad tidings or joy does not oross over the threshold ot every ofte's door at the begin)-' ning of each new year. A glance nt the death recoup which appeared In tho lust la. etinnfthc M*i7in«Ricorp verifier th'3 rod&l painfully- The Closo of 18§J (ai rlcd «Iflt^t many warm hearted Biillors, leaving bclilml them wives and little ones, who had antici¬ pated being at the flicsldc of their fhmUles during the holiday season, but instead have ccj\M. « JaptnSr- -ft An enjoyable time was luid under the follow¬ ing direction: President Captain J no. H Wyeoon, Vice President, Engineer M. Flanigan, Secretaiy nnd Tronsurer, Captain K.J. Brown; Floor Dlrectois, Captain Jno. Archer, Englnccj\M M. McCorinlck; Floor Managers, Capta1 Will. A. Collier, Captnin Chas. II. Sllcknoy, Captnin J. D. Todd, Engineer Chas. RJce, Engineer Phlf. Solved, Engineer Jos Nor- mnnd; Honorary Committee, Captain K. Gieonlmlgh, Cnptiin Jno Waincr, Captain M. Drlscoll,Captain L. P Smith, Captain J. A. Smith, Captntn Jno, Seuiplc, Kecepliou Committee, Cuptuln A. J. MolTot, Captain Jno. II. Wysoon, Engineer W. E Byrpe, Engineer M. riauigan, Committee of Arrangements, Captain J. D. Todd, Captain E. J. Brown, Captain CIiuh. II. Stlckney, Captain Will. A. Colliei, Kngincei CImb. Rice, Eugiucei Phil. Sohlcd, Engineer Jos. Normand, Engineer II M. McCorinlck, Engineer Thos. Murphj. CIIIOAQO. Special to the Marine Record Captain E, Johnson will put new celling into the schoonei E. M.btiintou this winter Tho stcambnrge Lehihd in rived hcioon thcJlatof December, laden with pig Iron trom Elk ltnplds. The stiarabnrge Monitor continues to \lslt this port Ircqnontly, w Ith loads of snud for building purposes. Captain Chailcs Eggcrt, of Muskegon, has been In Chicago foi a lew days endeavoring to find jjflichnscrB lor somo'of AkeleftA Hume's vessels. The SJurinotto Barge Lino Company aio having now decks put Into the unigo Em- pho State undei the superintendence of Captain J. C. Pelrltt. The Bc'iooner Noith Stm has been unload¬ ed, and Cnptalu lilcu l» taking on a geucial cargo for Pentwnlei, foi width port lie will starf as soon as wind and weathei penults. F. B. Gaidcuer aged (17, du d suddenly on been cnlled hence on tm>lr-hist-voviige-«nil- now lie burled In the depths of the lakes or In the grave on tho shoio. I am no pienchen and do not wish to bo understood as 'ntro- duclng in this, my first communication of the new yeai, n memoi lal sermon. Yet It-Is well for all who have sympathetic feelings for those who traverse tho deep to occasion¬ ally ponder over such things, and act as best thoy can. . -, SinCe my last letter death has removed from our nildHtvvo porsons who weiowell known and highly respected among a wide circle ol out lakd men. Soloinan Presley, n lako engineer, ciossed the river, otherwise deceased, on the 21lh ultimo, nt the age of 70. Ho was widely known throiigliout-tho lakes and many will learn with sadness of bis death Another was tal'ed to his IImil ■ est sometime during Inst Friday night un¬ der palntul circumstances Mr. William Dana Glllott, brother of John It. Glllott, the well-known tug ownei of this city, was found dead In his berth, last bnturdny noon, on board llio tug Champion, which lay at hci winter moorings at the foot of St. Auhln nvenue Ml Giilelt was In clinigcof tho steanlei iib ship keeper foi the wintei and look his meals at a reB|dcnLo near at hand At noonllim a boy was sent to mil him lo dinnei, but ilas, hu had taken his last mini —he was dead. Ills death was accounted for from his having a coal stove In his cabin, which had been made too close, and without propei ventilation, the fumes of the gas had smolhcied him. Mi Cillletl was aged 50 years and was a branch ol one ol llie oldest families In tills tlty. His father boloiulihn oonimnnded vessels away back lo 1818-10. He was a Hie long sailor, of a quiet and re¬ served mind and had many warm fi lends He had no family. Navigation lingers In the hip of winter on the bt. Clali river, and one oi moio steam- eisare pi}lug to Algonac, which is n gieat accommodation to thoBe depilved of rnll- lond facilities. During the navigation of 1883 the WobI- ern Transportation Co., of Buffalo, had on the route between that city and Chicago ten steamers which, during the season, made twelve round tilps wlrti the utmost rogulai- Itv. The distance between the two ports Is 1,000 nautical miles. It Is one of,the oldest established lines connected with the hike marine, nnd the steamers lire ot the largest and first-class. —The wenflier hereabout hnslbcen unusu¬ ally mild, for n day or ttfo prist, with line, .drizzling rail., and-the river freed from lee. Captain Mills, of the hnpbor tug offlce In this city, keeps one of his tugs in constant readiness for the accommodation ot vessels which may need transferring from one point to another for Uio reception of grain for win¬ ter storage. The'steamer Northwest Is undergoing some repairs to her upper works forward. The tugs Balize and Gladiator are having made good the damages recently sustained by Are. The time is at hand, among the sail lofts, for the making nnd repairing of vessel out¬ fits, several vessels laid up lioro requiring rniVteJ" this line to be in readiness the com ion. Jumcs P. Donaldson t Co , who"-have in connection with thcli ship chandlery n largo flrc-proof sail loft, have already received orders for getting up thirty now sails, beside n great deal of repairing, which requires quite n loice of hands to do the-work> In scanning over the list of'deaths in the recoid ot 1883 It appears that, of those who died from natural causes on Bhorc) twenty- toiip were retired m.n>tcis, save one, Captain Kennedy, of Toronto. Two only had been mates, and two engineers, tho rest seamen or otherwise. Of those among the accidental list fifteen were captains, fifteen mates and twelve -engineers, the bnlnhco as before noted. A fow da} s ago I was hailed on the street by tin old tar with "How Is it, old fellow, that you never give iib any account of sail vessels that have been lost In years gone by. We have in pamphletB an account ot nil tlm steamers width have been built and lust, but no biography of wlioie nil the vessels wero lost or what became of them. Tht point, 1 had to confess, was well taken but It woujd have to be givon in small doses, that Is, tiik- lijg each separately- It is rnthcisujreuinrkn- blo fact that the first marine casualtyHUi the lakes was an instance of foundering, hands lost and nothing ever seep or heard of the wicck since save a hatch, a pnli of can¬ vas pants and a bale of furs. The tvvolo(- lowlni; disasters weie each cases of capsiz¬ ing, and both vessels ol brlgiiiillnu rig, one of which was the Gladwin, which capsi/ed item Point An Felice, August, 1707, and In July, 170it, the bilg Bean, nt or near Bar Point, Lake Eric. Both crows vvoje lost to n man. »* The notice of quick trips In the annual re¬ port nlloids a flue opportunity for skippors nhuiicgloctcd at Hut proper time toicport whatever •tichlevemonts tlujy may have ac¬ complished In that lino dm lug tho season's navigation Their comments usually inn In this Hue. "That's nothing! Why, we beat that (hue all hollow more tliah once " And again—"I don't helievo It, They never made any sin h time-" And so on u<l libitum until it is time to lo.'ivo the sail lolt and go to grub. It will be noticed that among those re¬ corded in the death list hist scnstui no lean than fifty-five persons are icported ns tin- . known, which is n and commentary on those who neglected nnjtnpnrtnnt duty In not reglBterlug-thn names of men vvbon corning 6u board. Those thus lost will probably never be heard ot by relatives or Mends, and although lower In the ranks of duty on board, the 'family ties are ns nenr and as strong as those occupying higher positions. There jnay be, nnd doubtless are, Instances wlicn It Is not convenient to take the name of every one, passengers -or otherwise, but the occurrences are very rare nnd there Is no excuse for such neglect. There should bo some law In regnrd toihls matter, and one which would obligate the necessity ol re¬ cording and leaving on shoie tho names of those going ou- board. Take, for Instance", the schoinrer-Mary A. Hiilburt.lost on Lake Superior. Out df twenty men who went on board that Ill-fated crnft nineteen were un¬ known. The fnct that lliey were lnborort ■ does not mitigate the sad affair. They were human beings who had friends nenr And dear to them nt some point of the compnss. A chapter much longer might bo written on this subject but must be left for anothor time, MARY8V1LLK. Special to the Marine Record Times are lively here Tho piopellers J. J3. Mills and PolntpAlblno are in the gravel trade. Thoy employ eighteen men onoh, giving employment lo nil the spare men here. They think they will have gravel enough foi six cargoes more. Two cur tracks are used to convey the grnvel uboaid tho boats, a horse being attach6d to each car, which loads a vessel In quick time. An Indian, petrified, wan found burled In the/gravel pit He lias becu theieagroat inatiy j cars. Tlioslenmcis Conger and Pickup are run¬ ning! between Algonac and Port Huron. Tlieyuiio carrying now for 5 ceuts and other times they charge 10 cents. The price was 75 cenlts. QUEEN OP 'HIE LAKES. The above Is the name of asidevvheol Iron Blcnnici tha^Captnin .joa Llojd announces tliatHu) has purchased Irom Dexter A Noble, ol IChrHuiilds, Michigan, .it a private tlgtiro. bhe orlginatty cost $J7,000, but owing to the tact that sne could only run lifted! miles instead ol twetitv, ns culled lor In tlm con- the ujJct w as reduced to $27,000 bhe lonit, iO1., feot bom, has one ei two engines, 1HVJI, and Is cnpnble of cnirylng live teams without unhitching nnd 100 passuugers bhe lias cabins on the main and liuiilcane decks, and ( attain Lloyd sajs that she has a peifu t model and Is In every uiij a beautv. bhe will no doubt piovo just the boat for the Dulutli luid Su« pei lor route and as nn excursion boat. Sho w ill lie lirougliVto Dulutli ns soon lib |uissiblo In the spring.—Dulutli /aim, trait t Is U The estimates of the chief engineer df the War Department of the umounrtliat may be prolltnbi} expended during the'ensuing vear arc as follows I'm I'mitrutiilig the hupiovc- inent nt Au Snble, »32,0v)"t, Hello river, 2,000; lilni'k lake, 20,()0a, ITMw river, 10,000; Chin levolx, 10,000, Cheboygan, 0,000; Frank, tort,50,000Gtnnd, Marias,200,000; LnkeHuJ ion bin bor of refuge, 125,000; Ludington, loi 000; Mnnistee, 50,000; Monroe, 2,000; Mus¬ kegon, 100,000; Ontonagon, -00,000; I'mit. waiei, 10,000; Portagu lake harhoi ot rofitgo, 110.000, bt. .1 iilni. 00,000; haiigutiuk, 12,000; bi.uth Haven, 30,000; ^Vhlte 11vei, 50,000; Detroit, ilvei, 227,000, llav I ik!e, channel of hnultsie .Mailailveij5C0,000,Niglnaw rivei, 200,000.