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VOL. VI. N0. 5 CLEVELAND O. JANUARY 31,1884. K.00 Pn amxcvv* SlNOLI Copwi t Ca ABO TIM) TIE LsQKES. CLEVKLAKD. The tug Ida Sim* In being rebuilt by C. Bennett, T. J. Soutlmril, of tho firm of Andrews & Southard, of Toledo, was In this city on Wednesday. The eohooner Theodore Voges, owned by John Wat9on, will linve now pntont steel halyards put on her hy Grover & Son. The steambarge J. C. Sohnoor Captalh F. ..0. Burrows will have new mil, botches and hatchcomblngs rtnd a general overhauling. Messrs. Becker & Kelloy sold the barque Constitution for F. Hurlbut, of Green Bay, to Cnptaln Robert Kerr, of Cleveland, tor 111,000 cash. ' The schooner Niagara, now laying up at Chlrago, has been sold by Captain Berrl- man, of Cleveland, on behalf of tho late H. J. Winslow'u estnte, to Mr. James Cor- rigan, of Cleveland, for $31,000. Captain A. Robinson has leased Chippewa LnkeT in Medina County for ten years of Julius Lembeth. He intends to put a steam- yacht on tho lnke and four orflvo row boats to be used for pleasure and fishing parties. The ^tearn yacht will be llxed up at this port. The Globe Iron Works are supplying tho boiler of the steambarjre Benton, of Bay City, which is laid up here, with 11 new combustion chamber, new braces, crow feet, and part now crown sheot. Tho Ben¬ ton's tow, comprising the barges J. S. Aus¬ tin, Midnight and Walton, aro having some calking done Captain Henry Bennett, of the Benton, 1b here from Bay City, superin¬ tending the work Mr. H. D. Boot, of Lorain, has tnken a contract to build a largo haibor tug for the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railway to take tho plaoe of tho R. K. Hawley. She will bo of tho following dimensions 08 foot over all, 16 feet 4 Indies beam, 8 feet 0 inches hold, with a draft ot 8 feet 0 inches; 7-Inch frame, 2}><-liich plank Inside and out, 3-Inch plank from gurboardtoturn of bilge, plank- shear 4 Inches, rail .lj; inches; engine will be 20x22. She Is to bo ready for sou on (lie 15th ot April. Captain James Bowi i will take command of the new boat. A few weeks since a sailor limneil Fred £. Hart, who had been employed on the steam- barge Oakland, wliii.h was wrecked down the lake, began suit in the United States Disti let Court against E. D Gouhler, trustee ot the proceeds realized from the wreck. The amount held by Goulderas trustee was $500, and Hart wanted that amount for hlssei- vicei, bis suit betlig ugainst both Gouldei and the owners of the vessel, the latter bit¬ ing Harvy Stevens, J. M Drake, and George S. Stevens. Judge Welkot on Saturday dis¬ missed the case as against the latter, alid ordered Mr. Goulder t > show cause why the Amount should not be paid Hart. A petition was sent to the olty authorities, by the lumber dealers and manulncturrrs along tho river, asking them to take prompt action to prevent a recurrence of the disas¬ trous flood of last winter, when so much valuable property was destroyed and so much damage done, and to cleat away any gorgo which Is likely to occur on a sudden rise of the river. The street commissioners put a large force of men on the streets and tho gutters and catch basins iue in good^shiipe, very little surface water having found Its way Into the il\er. The water in the liver has fallen about a foot, the len is very Arm and thick, but tho snow and rn'n has made it somewhat soft on the top. Wo do not an¬ ticipate any danger ot a flood at present, as the Ice in the lake is unbroken for a consid¬ erable distance out. The Cleveland Storage Compuny was or¬ ganized on Tuesday by electing the follow* Ing gentlemen as directors for the ensuing year: Joseph Colwell, Charles A. Otis, P. M.HltchoqckjRobert R. Rhodes, William' H. McCuruy7~T4iomas Axworthy, and P- D. Nichols. TheXcieveland Storage Com¬ pany will act as custodian, holding In charge pig Iron, lumber, ore, and every variety of merchandise that may be consigned to It. On these goods a warrant will be Issued, setting forth the amount, kind and quality ot the goods in the yard or in the warehouse, which warrant is negotiable and may be bought and sold in the market, or used as collateral for loans In bank. The officers of tho epmpuny are Joseph Colwell, president; David G. Norton, treasurer, and William R. Drake, secretary. The capital stock Is $200,. 000, all of which has been subscribed. The Globe Iron Works are building for tho International Bildge Company, of Montreal, a very handsome Iron steam tug, 75 feet In length over all, 60 feet keel, if feet beam,, and 0 feet depth cl hold, Her main kelson and two bilge kelsons on each side are all 3x3 ol steel angle; the frames are 3x2)^ steel angle, and her plating, decks, boiler house, engine house, and pilot house are all of Iron. The only parts ot wood about her will bo hoi rail and fender strakee, She has a col¬ lision bulkhead, another water tight bulk¬ head on the forwurc side ot the boiler, a partial one at the coal bunkers, and another at the stalling box, nine feet from the stern post, carried up to tho cabin floor and con¬ verted into an iron ceek, so that the stern pipe Is hi a water tight compartment. She will have four tiers of breast hooks connect¬ ed with steel angles to tho outside plating, so as to make her very solid for going through Ice. She Is already In frame and ono streak of plunking Is on, A suit involving the Bchooner St. Law¬ rence and Voliuiieei was commenced In the Common I'lias Court by_EIIJah Everett, on the 10th lust. The defendants are Joseph Dovlllu,and his wife, Lucy Dovllle Everett says the Common Pleas Conn ot Erie county gi anted, liin) a judgment for $1,300 against Mr. and Mrs Dovllle In 1878, 'Iho bherlll of Erie county was unable to servo Iho ex¬ ecution for the Judgment, there being no property of the defendants upon which he could levy. Since that time, Mr. Everett claims, Dovllle has purchased the schooners St. Lawrence and Volunteer and a lot with a frontage of thirty feet in Monroe street 'Iho Volunteer and the lot wore transferred to Mrs. Dovllle, and the St. Lawrence was mortgaged to her In the sum of $6,000. The plaintiff claims this was done by Dovllle to defeat his creditors, und asks that one-half of the property above mentioned"be ordered sold, ind as much of the proceeds as neces¬ sary bo devoted to paying tho Judgment awarded by the Erie court. , BUFFALO. Social to (hf Marine Record The ihlp chandlery business heretofore conducted under the linn name of Vosburgh & Baker, will be continued under the linn niimeol Howard II. Baker & Co. 68 to (14 Prime »trcot, Mr. Warren being admitted in n membei ol the now tlrni since llieduitli ol Mi. Vosburgh. DETIIOIT. Bptttal lo tkt Marini Ittcord Detkoit, January 20. The worst and most obstinate Ice embargo- of tho winter and for forty years took place during the pant week. The evening ot the the 241 li and the moining of the 25lh were decidedly the coldest of the winter. The winter of 1T)5 conies the neatest to It, while hat.of 1843 lully equals it. The large rail¬ road steamers, which were built expressly to test ice of almost any thickness, were three hours in making acrosBing. It is now in order for the "oldest Inhabitant" to come forward and make his weather comparisons, the pas: with the present. Two of these ancients have been heard from, one of whom makes the declaration that the winter of 1812 fully equaled, If It did not surpass the present, while the other as solemnly declares that of 1800 carrteB the palm. But so far as this region is concerned, let us go back to 1780, which, according to the records, eclipses all others known to Hie andlent of ancients. The snow, during that winter, was nbt less than three feet on tho level any¬ where, while the -crossing on the Detroit river was made by teams until as late as the early part ot May. It was the coldest apd snowiest winter that had ever been experi¬ enced, and it Is certal n that it has never been equalled since. It was succeded by a warm, dry, unproductive, sickly summer and fall. Soon after closing my last dispatch on the 22d, the steamer Spartan, which has been in litigation here since last summer, for repairs done by the Detroit Drydock Company, was sold, by the United States Marshal, to the Richelieu Navigation Company for $26,000, which, it is piesumid, will cover all claims resting against her heicaboutT She is now in the hands of her former owners. Captain Fred Hart and Captain Myron Finney occupied seats alongside tho jujgo In tho Couit of Admiralty in this city the past week, as experts in a collision caso of the stoambarge Georgo L. Colwoll against tho schooner James F Joy. Tho Colwell had the vessel In tow on Luke Erie last sum¬ mer, during which the hit er collided with the schooner Donaldson. Tho owner of the Joy refused to pay the tow b|ll. alleging that the Colwell was to blame. The Colwell, on the other hand, claimed that the Donaldson was In lault, and the judge desired to have experts to assist III in in the case rathei than trust to his own Judgment Captain C. F Moore, of tho tug Torrent, was bcloro United Slates Commissioner Graves, on Saturday, for a violation of the navigation laws, which avers that ono night hiBt Biimmei, having a raft In tow, ho neg¬ lected placing a light und watch on the raft, which ho took Into Sijud Beach harbor o refuge, fills rule has,been violated In so many Instances that vesselm.cn are determ¬ ined to have it rigidly enforced. The case, In duo time, will he tried lit the United States Court. /* Captain Darius Colli and wlfo are off on a visit to Florida, whore there Is less Ice and snow and more of the kindly fruits of the earth. They will be absent about two months. Captain Frank Welcome, who recently sold his stoamor, the Grace Griimmond, at Chicago, Is In town on a brief visit. Heywood & Co., owners of the steamer Belle Cross, aie having constr.uctod at Hay Cltj, a large btcumi-liip which "will he leadj for business cuilv the coming season. Thomas Fitzpatrli k, United States inspec¬ tor of steam boilers In jourcliy, Is vlviting friends In this city. Captain Hutchinson, of Port Huion, and Captain Lcauder_)Wafflo. of the Interior of this State, are also late arrivals — 1 am Indebted to Captain W. B, Morley, of Marine City, for the following budget of news Tho barge schooner Gardner Is be¬ ing tiunsformed into a steamship at that place. The boilers and engine of the George L, Colwell will be placed in her, while the' latter will serve as a towbarge. The steam¬ er S. C. Baldwin is being thoroughly rebuilt. George King, of thai town, Is building a , steamship, for the lumber traffic, which is well under way._ Two harbor tugs are also being built there, one for the Toledo Trans¬ portation Company, and the other for Cap¬ tain Thomas HubbeUtOLDetrolt, and both are nearly ready lor launching. The Toledo Transportation Company is also having a large sized vessel built for the lumber trade. Captain Win. Mills is now the owner of the tug Oneida, having recently purchased her. The price is stated to be $4,500. The barge Wm. Young Is undcgolng a re¬ build at Marine City. The lug Charlei Kellogg, owned by Mur¬ phy Bros., of this city, is having a new crank. Theie Is but little oi nothing to noie In the line of vesfel exchange at Detro't, aside from what has alreudj beei) reported, al¬ though within the past few days parties have been here trying to negotiate to that end. Those having vessel stock for sale hold prices at pretty firm rates, evidently anticipating better linn s tho conilng.snuson. 1 ho seekers, on the other h uul, feel rather char) us to such results, and uicordingly, leave us they come. > 'Ihe weathci has moderated down to a thaw, and it is hoped will icllcvetho ice em¬ bargo and open a free channel to steameis, which thus lar this season have been de¬ layed to the extent of many thousands of dollars. Another ctlort will doubtless he made, ere long lor a bridge acioss the liv¬ er, otherwise a tunnel must be the alterna¬ tive. Jtovortlng to the past history of our hike marine, theie weie piling on Lake Erie twelve steamers, seven ot them being in commission tho season pievious, with more oi Icsb change of musters. '1 lie. names and routes arc us follows Butlulo and JJotrolt—Steamer Niagara, Captain C C bt'innmd, Delaware, Captain C. Blake, Ilcnrv Cluj, Captain W NortO Enterprise, Captain Gcoige Mller S. I humpson, Captain A Walker,*"' unn, Captain John V. Wight, buperiui, Captain W.'1 Peuio, Pennsylvania, Captain John Fleoharty. The latter boat came out in the fall of 1832, milking tincetilps between Buf¬ falo and Detroit. The steamer Win. Peacock, Captain Thos. Wilklns, piled, duilng that season, between Butlulo und Portland, mi Lako Erie, and the steamci Pioneer, Captain Levi Allen, be¬ tween Sandusky and Vistula (now Toledo ) A Canadian steamer, the Adelaide, 2J0 tons Captain E. II. Mo|loj, mil between Chippe¬ wa and Amheistbuig, calling occasionally at Detioll. '1 ho steamer Gon. Gratiot, Cap. tiiln Artliui Edwaids, between Detroit and Poit Huron, and tho Argo, Captain John Burtls, betweojt Detroit and Swan Creek. It was dining this season that the llrst Li'iidmitif mi i'h ]mtjc\.