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VOL. VI. NO. 34T CLEVELAND. O.. AUGUST 211884. 12.00 Pi» Amnnf Sjnoli conn » Con AR0VWD TEE MKES. CLEVELAND. The barge Matilda, Captain Lapham, Hikes «onl to Saginaw nt 40c. The propeller Oconto had n $50 collision will) the schooner John Jewett on Tues¬ day. The tug Window, which arrived here re¬ cently with a large rait, Is having some re¬ pairs done to her heater-st the Globe Works. The tug Patrick Henry, with s coro- inlttoe from the city council, made a vIbII to the site of the proposed new breakwater on Tuesdiy. r Infpectors Stanard and Fltzpatrlck went to Port Clinton to inspect the steamer Clara ufter which they retumed and on Wednes¬ day Inspected the Geo. T Hope and the rew Iron steadier Vfm. Chlsholm. TJieieJi-aJeUer nt this ofllue-for Mr. H, H. Harlman, of the barge Brooklyn; also one at D. M. Becker it Co 's for Mr. Joseph Mc- Cann, one for Captain J. K. Johnson and James sRfigers. . The barge Saginaw, now in Globe dry- dock, has been sold by Messrs. Warner & Becker to Captain Nelson Little of Port Huron for f500. Shu «ill be repaired and go Into the lumber trade between this port mill Saginaw. ' The new Iron freight steamer William Chlsholm will begin-Monday to load coal at T. Axworthy's dock for Chicago at 7dcents, Captain Peter Mlnch of the propeller A. Everett, will assume temporary command and George Cleveland of the lost jOaborne will be mate. At the Globe drydock since our last report the steamer Havana had her bottom calked mid stern bearings fixed; the barge Saginaw had' her bottom recalked, some leaks stopped and some other repali s 'i he Charles Wall will go in to-day to haven leak stopped. We are glad to Bi'e that Captain Becker lias realized so much profit on his invest¬ ment In the barge Saginaw a few weeks ago. The dailies put the figures pretty high though, one' having it $12,000 pnd the other (1200 Captain Becker paid about flG4 tor tier. , Messrs. Carpenter and Winter, of the count 11 committee on harbor and wharvc'6, laei at the city clerk'B oflleu Monday for the purpose of coufering with the vcsselineii In regard to opening the old liver bed Into the breakwater About a dozen vessel own en and captains■»ere In attendance. Council man Smith ►luted that he had introduced the resolution providing for the now outlet be¬ cause great trouble has been experienced by vessels in passing through the old ilver bed. luptnln Giles was of the. opinion that the cost should be divided between'the city and abutting property owners He thought the 'channel should be two hundred feet nlde ii)0 sixteen fe^ot deep He said that now was the proper time to make the Improve¬ ment, as consldarable business was going <roin Clevojand to Ashtabula and elsewhere "»lng to lack of harbor facilities at this port. Captain Wilson thought that if the city pro- pery represented the matter to the govern¬ ment ttio latter would pay for the work. Sir. John A. Foot, who Has present, thought lll"t If the outlet Has made theie was danger "I H being filled with debris cairled Into it from the main chuniiel, but this vIoh was, "PI'osW by die lest of the gentlemen present,' Clly Engineer Foko apprehended no tioublu from sediment. In tliecase of a gorge at the mouth of the old channel the new nutlet would be of great value fn supplying a pas¬ sage for surplus water tothe lake. The com¬ mittee prepared a report favoring the scheme, and stated that in their opinion half the cost should be borne by the city and the re¬ mainder hy the property owners along the route ot the proposed improvement. It has all the time been believed that there was an article of agreement between the city officials and the Lake Shore railroad to the effect that when the Interests of the city de¬ manded the railroad would bear the expense of opening tli4-ol|J river bed to the harbor of refuge, but as diligent, search fails to un¬ earth the article either In the city archives or the records of the company the Lake Shore road occupies the position of the nlggerjn the wood pile, especially since that company liiia beentlie principal K»ln«i by the grant ot Secretary Folgnr ol one thousand feet of the harbor from the slioie lino for dockages and' slip purposes. The Lake Shore company can now say: "If you desiie an opening here we will not object but yon must bear all the expense of the cut, of bulldiiig the necessary bridge for our road and station a man there to swing it when necessary," We advise the city and government authorities, unless they desire to see the, railroads carry off all the benefits, to make some provisions In case they contemplate any further harbor IJmprovemenW, to put the railroads where they can And them when they ore wanted. The following petition, signed by over two hundred vessel owners was presented to the council: The undersigned, ship owner?, masters of vessels and others engaged and interested In the commerce of the lakes and tamlliar with the harbor of Cleveland, respectfully represent that in our opinion the opening of a channel Into Lake Krle at the-welterly end of the present ship channel generally known as the old river bed, is a public necessity, and that It should be extended out from the shore to deep water, say one thousand feet j)l equal width with tho present ship channel, and on a line parnlleL>with the shore arm of the Cleveland breakwater, so as to give easy access and ample room for all vessels from deep v.ater to the present ship channel and enable vessels of the largest size draught. In all weather, When once Inside the bioak- »liter, to conveniently reach the shores of the old river bed, and ot the main harbor, thereby greatly aCLOinuindallug the com¬ merce of the poi t of Cleveland. R. K. WlNSLOM, Alva bium.hv. anil liOU others. A case of txonomy In tho consumption of ftiol Is recorded In favor ot the propeller N K. Fall banks, Captain U. Hastings, which leflLAshtabula light for Escaitaba. She took on 1157 tons of ore and n lth the sohiymers Owatco, Three Brothers anil F. W. Glflord round trip with a consumption of only 78 tons of coal. The Fairbanks is a low pressure boat. row COUIQRNK. The Walter L. Frost, Captain Howard, was detained, by the low stage of water in the canal, twelve hours On Tuesday. All effort to deepen the canal by raising the sides is thought to be useless, and much Work "111 be necessary bctore existing diffi¬ culties will be removed. s WHITEHALL \\ lllhim Morton, steward of the schooner Thompson, fell out.of a jawl boat Monday morning and was drowned. The remains were found. He was an Englishman and leaves no family - cmciao. Sjiectal to the Marine JfcconJ. ' The Anchor Line barges Schuylkill and Annre Sherwood are still Ijlngin ordinary at this port and the barge Alleghany at Mil* waukee. - * Two of our monster lake steamships, the John B. Lyon and Onoko, are up the north branch unloading immense cargoes of coal. The east approach to the Lake street bridge was badly damaged by the schooner Mystic Star In tow of the Vessel Owners' tugs last-week. The Mystic Star had to get a new Jlbboom. The steamship Fred Mercur broke her wheel when backing out of the Twelfth street slip. Tbe wheel was rendered Useless, and she was to«ed to Buffalo by the Ocean- lea. ^1'he steamship Gordon Campbell got^a log In lior-wlie«d which required the^ervlccs of~a diver to extricate. The members of the sailors' union held a meeting last week, and after taking Into con¬ sideration the small freights now paid and thegcnerardeprcsslon In the vesael business, they decided [o loner wages to $1 50 per day until trade gets better, More meetings Of tuc.ownou were held last week to consider as to the laying Up qf some of the tugs, and bldsJrom. the owners ol several of thorn asking for sums varying from (240 to $230 per month, to be paid them by the owners of the running tugs, were not considered satisfactory, so that nothing lias been done. TJie captain of the schooner C. Smlu. brought Into this port on Sunday evening last'six men whom he rescued from dronn- Ing off Evanston during the1 afternoon. The men were clinging to the, bottom of a sail boat which had capsized some hours be¬ fore tho schooner came along. At Miller Brothers' dr)docks the schoon¬ er Live Oak went In to be~ca/ked; the pro- poller St. Joseph, for a new wheel, the tug Welcome, for calking and a "new shoe, the tug Brockway had repairs to her stern com¬ prising five stanchions, new bulwarks and new wearing piece, tho tugs Van Sehalek and O. B. Green got new stem healings; the steambarge Alnjomlinger a new wheel Ira II. Owen's new passenger and'freight propeller Minnie M., Captain Jo!uT( ulnvcll, made her first appearance at this poii last Monday, and Him plated In one ol theVlil- cago Drydock Company's docks to be Ironed <"or winter service. She is a verj handsome boat and Is well equipped; She runs be¬ tween Eficanaba, Fajette mid Gulden Bay dally, and Manlstlqiie trl weekly The tug Biockway sustained considerable damage to her stern |ust outside the harbor, Sunday, b) coining Into collision with one In tow down, all are ore laden, made the -^e |arge scows she tows fiom Lmllngton The tug was slowing up to give her line to a'harbor" tug,'when her engine got on the center, awl the scow orjished into her stern anil smashed some bulwarks and stanchions. At the Chicago Drydock Company's yard the schooner II. W. Sage went Into dock to get a leak stopped, her.bottom calked, a new piece ol keel and general repairs, the steam- barge C H. Staike for a new ruddei, the schonmr Send had.hei bottom calked, tlnj tug Mjstlc Stai got u Den illiboom, the steamers John A. Dlx and City of Unluth, some lepairs; the propeller Minnie M. neut Into dijiloik to bo Ironed. I Frelgut raic'o,' on account of an idwinco in grain, were dull at 1 "uc for corn ajml 1 'fe for wheat to Buffalo; to Kingston schoon¬ ers Alice B. Norrls and Golden West, corn, at-4c; to Sandusky, Argonaut, wheat, at 2c. We have before us a copy of the eighth edition of Burnet's Const Pilot, to which several pages of additions for the year 1884 have been made. We feel compelled to say of this really excellent and useful book that tlmegeneraHy~trles all things, and Barnet's Coast Pilot is no exception, as it has stood the teBt ot eight editions during twenty-five years. May the veteran editor with figure¬ head of gray live to see Ms hope and effort appreciated to his heart's desire. All need¬ ful Information is inserted up to tbe present date In the eighth edition, now on saje. Since the great Are In 1871 "Still Afloat" Is the motto of this book, which requires no commendation at our hands. Like n house¬ hold woid, all mariners kiiowJvhatthc-Coast Pilot Is by name T. W. Ill LLTH. kjxctal to the Marine Iiecvrq\r\ Messrs. Millers-Montague, vessel brokeps and marine Insurance agentp, say that two moro freight boats will be added te tbe Du. fluth trade, the piopellers RussU and Scotia, owned by Mis. Hamlltou, of Buffalo. They formerly belonged to the ComraerelsAJlnev plying between WiffaJo- -ami Chicago, and are bo(hJron boats and have a tonnage ca¬ pacity of 1,000 tons eaoh. They will com¬ mence running about September 1st and, will be managed by Hon. James Ash. BUFPAIO. Special to Marine Jlecord a pri,jjeiu.i iNensboy, with wheat from Milwaukee, arrived on Tuesday. While coming down she went on McGulpln's Point In the Straits In a fog, but was soon pulled olt by the tug Leviathan. , Captain Patter, son says she tins not been leaking, and shows no damage. Supervising Inspector General J. A. Du- mont and Supervising Inspector T. N. Van Valkenburg left for.Erie on Tuesday on the steamer China. General Dumont Is on his niiniuil inspection trip, and will go up as tar as St. Paul The propeller Gordon Campbell, which ar- Ived from Chicago, will remain in ordinary here until freights improve The steamer Occitnlea, having the Fred Mercur In low, both grain laden from Chi¬ cago, arrived earlV Tuesday morning. The Mercur hroki hei wheel In I hleago, and weufinto the Union dock last night for a nen one. ' ft may appear unnecessaiy precaution In laying the watei pipe across the-crcok more than tnenty feet below the Surface of the water, but there are those nho think other¬ wise Kverj thing Ib tending toward rabn- ster lake craft A well known vessel man said that the lakes might yet float vessels of the size of those on the ocean. The growth of the trade In every way warranted the prediutlon. "In 1802," said he, "I was In Cleveland, and I remember that-thejcjioon-- or Charles Hlncklov, now a barge, made her maiden trip Into that harbor in command of Captain Al Manning, of Cleveland. She drew but ton feet of water, jet Cleveland harbor nas so shallow that part of her corn h{irn«iTxHightered off before alio could get inside. Now the new vessels aie expected to draw fifteen leet or more.- What will bo required of them In twenty years '" ' ' Kl-NOHIIA. , A boat containing live young men cap¬ sized In the harbor this afternoou. 1 hey were all rescued by thu llfasavlug crow. <