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18 / VOL. VI. .NO. 7. CLEVELAND-O. FEBRUAKY 14,1884. M.0Q P»» AHJUJU.' Sniotrfopiiu 6 Can ABOUND TEE LAKES. OLEVKI,AND.' The Mary Virginia towed the steiiiiinhlp Fny from up the river bed 'to the Globe dry- dock. The tug Samson, owned by Captain C. E. Benhnm is having n general oveihniillng and will be put In.good shape. John Halten, n sailor, nt the risk of his own life rescued a little girl from n cake of floating lee in the river recently. The sohooner A. C. Maxwell, owned by J. H. Palrrer and mhers, Is having a new floor celling iour inohes_tmck^__________ The steambiirgo J, S. Fay, owned by Al¬ va Bradley, will go Into the Globe drjdoek for u general overhauling and calking. It is rcportrd along the dock that one of t'u) harbor tugs atAahtabulahusbeen forced out 'mo the lake by the freshet and sunk. Captain John Spaulding, the superintend¬ ent of tho Snu.lt Ste. Marie canal has been in the city visiting his fi lends for some days. Captain Thomas Mavtham formerly of CJoveland and now of Jiuftnlo, owner of the Maytham tug line, was In this city on Friday. Tho bargo M. R. Warner, owned by H.J. Johnson and others, Is getting new celling, some new frames and general repairs under th()supervision of Captain Mulholland. Engineer Q. Miller, who haa been exam¬ ining the boiler of the Cormorant, which lies at Wlnslow'B dock, haa finished the jYorJuindJlndi tljaULYtilLiieed-qulte-exieifc- slve ropaira. Tho Febiuaiy meeting of the Civil Engi¬ neers' Club was held Tuesday evening. A paper read by Mr. Martin at the January meeting, entitled "Some Thoughts and Statistics on the Pumping Engine of the Period," was discussed The schooner C. II. Johnson, owned by Captuiu C. E. Benham and W. Cute, Ib hav¬ ing new stimulilons, par:new d«-gallaut rail and uap and her stanchions calked, a new windlues, one new unchorVock, and Graver & Son will supply her with a new foresail. The Western Iron Ure Association met yesteiday morning and appointed the fol¬ lowing committee to, go to Washlhgton lor the purpose of representing the Inteiestsof the Northwestern ore producers, beloto tho Ways and Means Committee: J. II, Van Dyke, of Milwaukee; and J. C. Moiso'uud M. A. Ilanuii, of Cleveland. V slilt lot damages, caused by a collision 111 Cujahoga livci.was placed on tilul bc- foie,Judge Jones andnjiiij Filday. The i i-e la that of l1 lands K. lluiiikiii, Albeit* llnitnon, Ucitrutlo lliiiinon, ami Miianda WilkiiiHon, the o» neis ol the sdioooei' I'.il- iliiuul Hill iision, agaliiat the i In ol Cli yeland and 1'atiick Smith. On May .', Ibb2, (he Bihnoner, In tow ot Pat bmllhV, tug the L. P. Smith, whllo going up tho river, col¬ lided with Jefferson street brldgo. The plaintiffs allege that the tug" repeatedly signaled the bridge men to open the draw without effect, and blatno the tug for not averting the. collision befoioltwas too late. Tho vessel sullered serious damage, horjlbboom and,head gear being ciuried away, the mainmast being broken, and tho foremast being badly damaged. They ask for a judgment ol $1,000 against Smith and the city. The latter claims (hat the men operating the vessel were to blame for the accident, caused through their carelessness. The bridge was damaged somewhat and City Solicitor Kane haa introduced a-cross claim fur $1,000damages. '^ Np charters are yet being mado but there la some talk ot good rates for tho coming season. The owners of tho sohooner Thos. Gawn at Lorain are giving ber a general over¬ hauling, part new rail, stantions, etc. Captain Spear of Fnlrport who was master of the schooner Harmon, dismasted by the central way bildgc while In tow of the tug is in the city. .The eteamyiicht Twilight which was sunk at Chagrin river Is now raised and being cleaned out, her machine) y and boiler will be overhauled, immediately and put' In good shade by the Globe Iron Works. , Captain Al Robinson—lias bought the sohooner yacht Nad'.ne of Mr. Henry Coflln- bury and U.IJI have her converted Into a steam yacht by the Globe Shipbuilding Company. She will be leady by the time navigation opens on Chippewa lake. In addition to the steam yachl Captain Robinson intends to have thirty good, boats on the lake, and flsheimen can have the pleasure of driwing out of Chlppawa a portion of the fish the state has been stocking It with during the part live yetus. It will be an inimitable place for pleasure seekers, BUFFALO. Special to the Marine Record. R. Mills, shipbuilder, haa gone to Detroit to meet ills Inutlier drydock owners at their* usual unifua) meeting to fix up rates, etc. Tho investigation Into the cause of the wreck of the propeller Fred Mercuf, 08 "Erie PenlnsuloroinhoTTlght ol .November IB. 188,1, was begun Monday before Local Inspectors Learmouth and Dickson. It will be continued on Thursday. The Union Drjdoek Company has the Iron steamer II. J. Jewett in one of their drydocks where sho Is undergoing repairs 1 ctidered necessary through her going ashore near Sand Beach last fall, which will cost about $10,000. The steamer Avon Is also in drydock, S|ie has been gelting somo new keel, a new sternpost, and relabelling, re- ealklng and neualling She will also have a new riiddei and wheel. The repahs were rendered necessaiy In consequbneo of her going ashore at tho foot of Michigan street, Buffalo', last fall, and will cost about $0,000. The schooner Redwing is having new main rail, monkey rail, hatches, deik and some llfty new stanchions. The steamer St. I.ouls Is having her mnchlnciy takonoiit and en¬ tirely tellttcd, new lied timbers, sojue new kelsons, new cauls and about 00 teet of new rail. The steamci Cnllliibeiry Is having new rail and bulwarks; steamer Philadelphia Is having He! engines 1 ompoiindetl, new bml- eiiTiind new bed llmbeis » The Union Dijdnuk Cnnipali} Is build¬ ing a new slcamhaigu Length owr all, 272 liet; length ol keel. 251 Icet; breadth of beam ,17 Icet, depth ol hold, 20 Jeet; main kelson, 17x18; two strokes of sister kelsons on oach side, 14x17; ftve floor kelsons on each -side, 13x17; bilge kelsons, three of eight inches, one of seven Inches and two of six Indies; celling 6 Inches thick, thoroughly edge fastened, clamps, thiee strakes3 Inches thick. Her shell pleics consist of three strakes, one 0 Inches thick and two 4 inches, lowoi deck beams 10x10 and 10x12; upper duck beams, 7x7 and 7x10; outside planking 5 Inches thick from the sheer down to below the turn of the bilge; bottom plank 4 Inches, gurboard strakes, one six Indies and ona five Inches, SheXwIII be Iron strapped, the top cords of lierMi'Oii strapping being 8x?« Inches, one outside the frames and ona-ln- slde bolted together. The diagonal strap; ping reaches from the top cord to the floor timbers. She will have seven hatches and. will carry three masts. The Union Drydock Company has com¬ menced building tor the Union Steamboat Company a new freight and passenger steamer. She will be built ol steel and of the following dimensions: Length over all, 3C0 feet; breadth of beam, 38 feet; depth of hold, 2S fet>t: keel of 10-10 by 2t'inclies, sup¬ ported on the Inside by a vertical kelson 36 inches by ■!({; floors, 6-10 of an Inch; flames, 4 Inches.hv }&\ reverse tars, 3x3, by3jf; three Bister kelsons on each side of center kelson and one bilge kelson worked Inter¬ costal). The plating on the bottom will be 0-10 ot an Inch thlck-niid on the sides )» inch, 7-10, and 5-10. The upper sheer strnke will be of two thicknesses of 6-16 each. Midway between the deck and the floors a 10-lnch bulb will be worked; main deck, 8-luoh bulb steel; upper deck, 6-Inch bulb ateel. Tho water bottom will be plated with quarter inphjBj*<H7Btlffcned by 8x3"^ Inch angle steel. Hho will have two strakes of 10-Inch fendersi foul compartments for freight, collision bulkhead forward and water tight compart¬ ments for engine and boiler space. She will have eight water tight bulkheads, double decks, and wlll'carry three musts and will he titled up with all modern Improvements In the best manner possible. " DKTIiOIT. ~8pec<aTh ItrMHrtnrtHttri: ' Detroit, February 12. A suit of long-standing In'admiralty has just come to a terminus In the United States District Court here. It would appear that during the navigation of 1882 tho tugs Gladiator and Mocking Bird, bound In 6pposlte directions, collided on the Detroit river near Walkorvlllo during the night, re¬ sulting In the former going to the bottom and lying there for several months; but she was llnally raised at large expense to Her owners. As Is usual In suchcasoB the blame was charged on either hand and a law suit followed. Tho decision just rendered exon¬ erates the Gladiator from all blame, which, Iroiji the evhlenco presented, places the re¬ sponsibility where It properly belongs. The troubles of"the steamei Algomiih, al¬ luded to In my laBt dispatches, aie giadually approaching a solution. At this willing the work of cutting a channel to enable her to leathSt. Ignace is giadually progit ssing at 'he rate ot 200 Icet per day. On teaching that pi ue>he Will hfl supplied witrr-*- new wheel, anil ihi'le being no diydoik there to that end, n pot table one is being 10111,11111 led here anil will be taken In pan) to lie desll- ualloll and tin 11' put logethei This ma¬ chine la nil hnuicnsi ho\, made at out end to lit sntigl) to the bottom anil sides ol the boat and otherwise urinuged lor the litllllluient of its purposes. It \\ ill be shlppod by cms and he In readiness for use ere tho steamer Is ready to receive It. The undertaking Is nov¬ el hi Its character and an entirely new In¬ vention. A petition to tho Canadian Parliament has been In circulation hero lor several days, lia\ing lor Its object the construction 01 a harbor of refuge at Port Stanley, on Lake Erie. Duplicates of the same have been sent to other lake ports for signatures and It Is hoped will be signed wherever presented. Port Stanley Is situated forty.threo miles northeast half east from Rond Eau Point and fifty-seven and n half miles west three-. quarters Weit from Long Point lighthouse. The width of fho piers there arc only 86 feet ap"rt a,t the outer Cud, which is a serious diawback for safe entrance, and In the event of the woik being carried out, would have to be on the one side entirely reconstructed. Once Inside the harbor there la ample space for a large fleet ol vessels. It Is midway dis¬ tant on Lake Erie, and Is whcio tho sum granted at Rond Eau should have, been ex¬ pended, every dollar of it. The tug Bob Hackott was sunk by lee a night or two slnie, at Walkerville, abovp Windsor, and was soon afterward raised and taken to the latter port for repairs. The propeller St. Paul, w hlch was BO se¬ riously damaged by lire at thvdose of the season, Is now in the hands of carpenters for repairs. It is stated that she will be tit¬ led for freight only, anil consequently the most of her upper cabins will bo removed, as they were seriously damaged at the time ot the disaster. Her repairs will amount to a large sum. The admlralt) suit pending between the Bteiimbnrge Colwoll and barges Joy dndDOn- aldson resulted in a division of the damages on each respectively. That of the steambarge Westlord, which was sunk early in the sea¬ son by collision with the Grace Holland on Detroit river, wiib dismissed. Captain George McLcod, marine Inspector, has been hero Inspecting vessels, and depart¬ ed for Port Huron on a like purpose. JohhTCralg, slilpblillder at Trenton, Mich., has contracted to build a propeller for Ira H. Owen, of Chicago, and has alieady com* meiiced operations. Her dimensions are as follows: Length, 105 feet; beam, 32 feet; depth of hold, 12\C feet. The new Iron railway steamer Is approach¬ ing completion and presents a fine appear¬ ance. Ever and anon some of tho old"lake veter¬ ans pass this way, and notably a day or two since Captain Arthui Edwards, of Trenton, now far advanced Into the sear and yellow leaf of lite. Captain Edwards commenced at an early period lake and river naviga¬ tion, and In'ISJ:! was master of the steamer Ucn. Giallot, and subsequently tho Macomb O. Ncwbeiry, Eile, Fairportand others, ami was always popular In that line of his pro¬ fession, and ol strict Tidbits'. For several jcara ho possessed huge steamboat Interests and was tho prnjet tor of quite a number, bill Irom viuloiih caiisis his clpltal passed Irom I1I111, as I'has'Horn others, Theiu aie but few ol the'C old pioneers lemalnlng ('apt tin .lames Milieu, ol this i|t\, Ins en- leied lulu biihine-s with the Paikd Bios., a No ol this phue, loi the piaposoot laujlng on n \essU and liihinamo hnslntss The piopdlei Oswegatdne has just been ilisposi il ot in tills illj, to James II I'len- llss and others, ol Saginaw city, for the sum ol $15,000. She waa lormerly one ol the Jf, T. Co.'a steamers, plying betweon the upper lakps and Qgdensburg, lamoiis lor thd'r ex¬ cellent seagoing qualltus which have passed out ol time, hho was built at Cleveland In 1807 and was 135 Ions biiulcn. Latterly sho IniB served asii towbargo in the lumber trade. Anothei sale.Is on the tapis in tliiaulfy the particulars of which cannot be reached In time for tills letter. Ward's Detroit and Luko Superior Una at their last annual meeting elected for the ensuing year the following officers: Presl- [ Continued on 6'h page |.