Marine Record, September 11, 1884, p. 5

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J THE' MARINE RECORD. .*.>» "k; DRTiiorr. Sine M to <*« tlarhu Hicord September 0—During tlio month of AugiiBt thoro were 185 casualties on the lakes, thlrty-soven more thun the preceding month of July mid distributed u* follows. Luke Michigan, B8;Lnko Huron, 20; Luke Erie, 82; Luke Superior, 5; Detroit river 0; Sonlt river, 3; St. Clair river, 2; Lake St. Clair, Georgian BuyMl; Lako Ontario, Inoludlnj (he Wellnnd Cunal, 10; total 181, Tho causes were,'"dlsnbled, 42;" stranded'21; heavy .weather, 20; collision, 27; lire, 4; capsized,. 2; ashore, fl; explosions, 4; llgtnlng. 1, The damages arising from tho foregoing may be sumhiarlzed as follows. Disabled, $24,. 100; stranding, $26,300; heavy Heather, f20,300; collisions, $17,000; flro. $0,500),cap- sired, $8,000; iwliiue, $7,800; explosions,'$0,. 000; lightning, $800; making a tola! for the month of $ HO,400; to I Ills must be added,, for loss on oargoes, $17,200; which makes a grand total of $130,000, Tliero were sixteen tleathB as follows. Accidental, 7; natural causes, 7; suclded, 2. The propeller1 Badger State, which arrived down the other evening horn Agnte Harbor Lake Superior, had on board the largest mass of pure copper ever brought from that region, Its weight being just seven and one quarter tons. Ol latu considerable quantities of pure coppor 's arriving here but none ot it In such Immense lumps. I made mention in my last communica¬ tion that vessels on" arriving here secured immediate grain charters and that the sup ply was equal to tho demand. Now what I want to relate Is that nearly every one of these vessels that have taken on grain here for Buffalo on their arrival at that pott have fallen short from CO to 75 bushels and It Is becoming an epidemic If not already so. The cargoes were received from two different elevators yet there is a shortage all the i>ame. Either there Is downright rascality or gross carelessness somewhere, perhaps consid¬ erable of both. Who Is that fellow who Is suggesting the propriety of having two booms to a fore-and- aft still? He ought to travel with Burnum from one end ot the countiy to the-other as a "what do you call It." Within the past five years .fifty sailors have been knocked over¬ board and drownedr while It Is true that n very lew outside that number have boon saved, but rather than duplicate, it would be wise for a vessel to travel with u lug sail tljan Introduce such a humbug. During the month of August there was shipped from Detroit to foreign ports wheat 110,001 bushels, Hour20382 bands, live hogs 2150 and mess pork 23,103 bbls, the total valuation of which was $430,740. The ship nient of lumber from the pine legions goes on with but little abatement, During the past twelve hours 54 cargoes have passed here aggregating upward of ton million, feet, which does not Induce vast qualities from Lake Superior and Georgian Bay; tho groat portion from the liiBt named point goes to Tonnwanda. The steamer City of Mount < lemons haB made twenty-five trips fioui Oscoda to Detroit Uils^flflion averaging eucli cargo 100,000 feet of lumber. The steambargo Westfaid which had such' n bad breakup to her machinery on Lake Erie some days since, has been repaired here and lias taken her departure. The barges which she had In tow were taken on to Alpena by tho tug Kate tUtlllluuis where they remain until the arrival of the West- lord. Tho steambargo Noima stranded on her airlval In the river St. Clair a day or two slnctSf and was damaged to tho extent of $300 Her repairs w ere made here. The tug Myrtle, which stranded on tho Hen and Chicken u few days since, was re¬ leased on Saturday and floated between two lighters to PuMn-Bay. What further dis¬ position was made of ber I did not learn. She wqa probably taken to Sandusky. Tlrt'sohooner Cataract, In tow of the tug Iteatrlbe, wosrunon to Dullard's ioof, De¬ troit river, and considerably damaged. Her stern was smashed in by the vessol that was astern of her und her vawl rendered useless. Her repairs aro estimated at $500. She halls lrom l'loton, Lake Ontario. Work on tho Limekiln Crossing, which has been lot for sovoral aoasons past to Mr. C. P. Dunbar, of Buffalo, has bpen awariied to an East Saginaw firm. Tlio pi ice is $(UJ° per solid, and thirty cents por loose yardS- A new stoombarge callod tho Rbsolnto, hailing from Dosoronto, Lako Ontario, ar rlvod-at Windsor yentorday, and Is loading stavos. The propollor L. Shlckaluna has boon at that port for several days, awaiting charter. — Tho past f6w days have been excessively wnrnj, and to quote a memorable expression of Henry Ward Belcher on entering Ills •pulpit, "It Is d-d hot." Tho result Is a re- revival of the excursion business on tho rlvors, and the steamers which were laid by for a few davs aro a'galii In full blast, i The propeller Riverside,and tho s'tseam yacht Seglna, a craft of some 300 ions, came near having a bad Bmashup here the other day, and but fur good management on the one hand or the other, ono of them would have gone to tho bottom. The toruior was damaged, though not seriously. • The propeller Shlckaluna, alter lying at Winder, for ten days, took leave of her tnoorlnga last evening and has gone else- whore lor freight, It Is stated to Toledo. The steamer Keweenaw Is home again, and has, 1 understand, done a profitable buslnesduring the sumtnei between Cleve¬ land and Buffalo. She will probably engage in the excursion business here, or at least be in readiness for such culls, and next week run to Toledo hi connection) with the fair. There has been considerable repairing and overhauling going on at the Detroit Dry- dock for some time past, arising from mis- Imps'nnd damaged machinery. In short, when a vessel arrives at tho dock It must not be stated that she has met with disaster, for it might get Into the papers. She only wants a little culklnjr, or a graving piece, or perhaps a jibboom, but in reality it must be set down as heayy weather, stranding, or something of that sort, und shels accordingly set dtayn on the wrong side of tlio ledger to ttie-funo of $200lto $2,000, or upward. Tliero occasionally conies around an old barnacle, otherwise known us the "Ajicient Mariner," who can tell you, or pretend to, at least, of lako history. Lake Superior Is at tils tongue's end., and he cites tho facts also that lu early times Indians passed overthe Niagara Falls In birch bark canoes, and much other claptrap. It Is well enough to exercise a little patience with such chaps, hear their yarn and then let them pass out of sight as well as memory. Captain Sam Burnhum, formerly n well known tug man on the river, lias purchased an Interest in the steamer Mary on the river St. Clair, and will command her. The steumburgeC.H.Curtlss and her tltfeo consorts aie passing down to-day, having In tho aggregate n trltle less tlrnn four million feet of lumber. The tugs hereabout are nearly all In ser¬ vice igaln. J. W. *!, BAULT 8TK. MAIIIK. News has Just reached here that the tug Bradley, which lelt tho Soo to engage In dredging at the Tahquamenon River, Is a total wreck. She encountered heavy weather mid sprung a leak. The water rushed Into her llrehold and extinguished hor tires. In order to save their lives the crew ran the boat on the beach. There were rIx men on board. All werfl saved. The Bradley measured 18 tons, was built at Chicago by Bates In 1878, was owned b\ Smith Bros of Cheboygan, rates A2 and was valued at $4,- 000.. I'oill AH 1111 II TheCuuipanahasarrlvod. 'llieroport that she had been In collision with the Canadian Pueiflc railway steamer Alberta Is correct. Shortly after leaving the St. Mary's Canal at Sflult Ste. Mario the Alberta struck her a glancing blow on the starboard side, smash¬ ing several stanchions and carrying away consldeiable rail. The accident, lfsiuh It may bo termed, might have proven loci i more serlouB had not the oi|ptiiln of HRyj Campana put his wheel hard up In- time to lessen tho torco of the blow. ERIE, The United States steamer Miohlgun, Cap¬ tain J. J. Read, took on her ammunition on the 0th, and sailed for a six week's or two month's cruise up the lakes. Tho boat Is lu nlfurlilllcont trim and has an entire new bat¬ tery. 08WK1O. Tho government lighthouse on Hope Island, near Colllngwood, Is ready for ujt, Tho light will bo found ol great sorvlco to Chicago vessels running to Midland. The light will boa revolve!. , { ESOANADA. 'Sptetal to tho Marine {txorit . The Cora, of the Chicago yacht fleet, ar rlvod hero on Sunday, lu tow ol the Oscar Townseml, on route to Cleveland. Sho has been purchased by R. II, Rhodes, of Clove- land. The Chicago club loses a flno boat. Tho Booth, In a rilcent run over from St. Martin's Island, made a record of 10 miles an hour. The yacht builders of Bristol, Ches¬ ter and WMmin^ton, In the East, who have been strujETTiig for years to make 17 miles, could get anew points from her bulldor by coming westi^^.*-^ Whin next the United Suites has medals to distribute as a reward for the saving of life Captain Bartley and his men might be considered. Since they have been employed In tho waters of Little Buy de Noquette (Hey have saved the lives of sevetileen persons, The latest occurrence of l he kind happened during the paBt week. The schooner Delaware wus being towed to her berth at the ore dock, stern foremost, and witli anchor under her forefoot, us usual, when her boat, which had bum lowered,got fouled across her stern und capsized, throw¬ ing tho man In it Into the ivatci. He could lint swim and quick work was necessary to save 11,1 in, but lie was saved by. Captain Burt- ley anil his crow. The schooner X. Muller sailed on Tues¬ day with a cuigo of telegraph poles for Chi¬ cago. Michael Sullivan, a deck hand, fell over¬ board frrtm the Oscar Townseml, oi\> Tues¬ day, and striking something linder the wa¬ ter, received quite a scalp wound. He was patched up by Dr. Gelzer, and sailed with the ship. The schooner Louise has tuken Into Buf¬ falo about 100 tons of ore taken from the wreck of the W. H Vauderblll, which was lost off Long Point last September, while bound from tills port to Bufiulo. • Total shipments to date, l,83f$34 tons, of which 1,084,008 tons were handled at Esca- nabu und 757,506 tons at the other ports, Marquette, L'A.i>e und St. Ignace< E. G. . ntiFftrio. A dlsputch wus recciVed by Messrs. Cros¬ by & Gunning from JI. Buckley, at Penin¬ sula Harbor, stating that the Canadian schooner W. R. Tuvlor was sunk in fourteen feet of water, and that he hud abandoned hor to the underwriters. She was loaded with steel rails for the Canadian Pacific at Poit Arthur. Tugs and steam pumps huve been sent to hor The W. R. Taylor measures 322 tons, was built at Mnryaburg In 1877, hulls from Plcton und Is owned by Alice Buckley. The boom in grain freights continues. The rule at this port Is to get whatever up- freight Is ofterlug, or If none Is ready to go out light The receipts reported on the Dth were about 000,000 bushels, most of which was wheat. There Is very little coal for shipping, but as the mines are working this week the supply Is commencing to come lu, and there (s an unusual amount reported coming up by boat. Coal freights are steady itt fornioi quotations All of Lake Michigan vessels oflered were engaged, but most of them will experience some delay lu getting their cargoes. Quito a number of vessels (rom Toledo and Detroit were In port i oi.u>o. . '1 he steamer Mussusuugu has abandoned the excursion business at this part for the present season, and returned to Detroit. Tho propeller Morning Star Is fitting, out for the fish trade, and expects to sail foi Doiels Point next Thursday, aftoi her first cargo. Judge Duiilap, of Toledo, has constructed the model of a boat Invented by him to com¬ pete for tho $ 10,000 pl/eoffered by the Cana¬ dian government for a boat which can be propelled tluough the WcllAnd canal with¬ out washing the banks. It Is run, by paddles arranged to revolve underneath) the bQat. POUT HURON. i Tho propeller Kusota arrived with the schooner Scot In In tow, the latter having been damaged by going ashoie recently at Agate Harboi, Lake Superior, wheiesho was going to load ore for lower lake pouts/ While making a landing a squall camo up and the schooner dragged her anchoi and went on the locks. She was pulled oft by the Ka sola, which also had a hard time to keep ot) the beach itt the same place. 1'ho damage to the Scotia Is confined In her bottom planks and she will be docked for repairs. , DDI.UTH. gjiectal to tho Marino Record. . Ninety per cent of the wheat received, here in ono day recently graded No. 1 hord. It is'expected to come In at tho rate of 80,000 bushels per day until the close of navigation, crops having been exceptionally good In Northern Minnesota and Dakota. Daniel McGllvaiv, fireman on. the tug Paige, was drowned opposite New London,. near Duluth, on the 2d Inst. The tug was engaged lu picking up logs and MoUllvary ventured out on them without sufficient ex¬ perience, y J. F. Rose, agent o( tho propellor Oooau, Informs us that this steamer will, during tho rest of the feasou, resume her old route be¬ tween Duluth and Mlchlplcoten, The annual trouble with dock laborers Is being experienced tit this time, on Wednes¬ day, September 3, and the war still continues'. The schooner Scotia went ashore at Two Harbors, where she, was to have taken a car- £<i ol ore. She was got of easily, but liad sustained such Injuries that sho was obliged to leave light lor Detroit, I'lie mime of the new lowu site south of Duluth on the Wisconsin shore of St. Tom's Bay, has been changed from South Duluth to Pajton, aftei H. M. Payton, anoldclti- zen ol Duluth w ho has property at the Point' The propellei J. L. Hurd, that run on the rocks at Detour and sank, was leaded with outs and merchandise lor Duluth. The schooner Buttle, in tow of the tug Wllllums, collided with the propeller T\e- mont last Wednesday, smashing her own headgear and breaking lu the bulwarks of the propeller. High winds made the schoon¬ er unmanageable for her tow. Freight lutes are picking up. The rate on wheat to Buffalo Is 23.i to J cents per bushel; on Iron ore to Ohio ports, $1,10 per ton. The shipments of silt er and oopper ore lire increasing every day. The Wullula un¬ loaded coal at South Duluth and Is loading 000 tons of silver ore valued at over $100,000, besides 40,000 bushels ot wheat. B • FAST TAAIAS. Captain Booth, who superintends the in¬ terest" of Mr. Morse, of Terry, N. Y., and who has been lumbering here extonSively tho past two seasons, arrived heie 'with a ship curpentei and an engineer tor the v»r- poseof fitting out the Maud Fish, which was used for towing logs across 1'awas I ake this past season,and will, when ready, take her to Buffalo, and perhaps to Albany, unless sold sooner. Mr. Morso will not liaic use for her next season, as he has concluded not to lumber heie this winter. ' The office of the storm signal obseru-r Is now; located at the corner ot Newman and State streets, MILW AfJKEK. The wrecking-tug Leviathan, with the wrecked propeller F. L. Hurd, arrived liom Dtnoui on tho Sill, and tiro Hurd was docked. She is In bad shape and about 10,000 bushels of dnmaged coin remains in her hold. The police aitj protecting the non-union crew of the sjioouor Aldiu Cobb, of I Icvc- land, which ai rived liuro. About 50,000 bushels of grain are reci noil at Milwaukee dull) und-there is some inqui¬ ry for vessels, but no great amount will be shipped until October. Contractor Starke Is preparing to i nm- mence work on the harbor ol refuge <<\icu- slon. The work Is not to be completed nniil late next year. I'hegovernnieat adveiilxed tor bids loi building 000 feet and Mr. Stai ko'H bid, which was the lowest, was only $01,(11)0, so that about 800 feet can be built w Ith the appropriation of $35,000 made by Congio»s SAIOA1UCK. The schooner White Cloud Is lu ordinaly In this port. The now steaiuh irge J. C Suit cleared tor Grajid Haven tor inspection, from wheuie she goes to Muskegon In the lumber tiudo between this port and Miohlgun Cltj. The steumei Douglus made tho round trip between hero and Chicago lu a little less thun eighteen hours, Including time ro un¬ load hei freight. The steamer A. B.'lutlm, which cmiled 0,300 baskets on hor hist trip, made the round-trip ill-twenty-cine houi-, but had auothei port to make. '1 hei e are two boats dully to Chicago and Grand Huvcu now, and one up the river, all in iho tiult- trade. Captain Britluiu talks of building .mother binge this wlntei. J

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