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4 .) <pe ffarine.Mecord. Journal doTotcd to* Commerce Navigation and Solcnco, Published Weekly «!T,EVEI,AJjn, OHIO Office Hoi-171 Bnpsrlor and 130 Bank Btreoti Boom?' TERMNi' $200 per Annum. 1NVAIUI11.Y IN ADVANCE. AOZHTB AflE WASTED IN EVEBT POET ADVKRTINIMl 11ATF.N. ■ Ton contB nor lino Mild Xtnipnriol measurement. Twelve lines of Nonparicl sot solid mnVo ono Incn, ' Twenty cents per lino (or refuting notices, solid nilnlon moastlri'inrnt. Artiolcs, lettors uiid queries on nil subjoins nro soil cited. WTho Keillor nsMnnos no responsibility (or the opinions of-corrcspondents. ' * To insure notice, contributors trrust glvo nnmo nnd adilrcHs, nu<l wrltp oti one side n( tlio paper only. - THE MAMS II ItECOHI) lini an Agent In every port on tho Lakes and Uivcrs, and will consequently clrcu- nte mor6 or Jets In all of tbpm. As a mcillum for 1 advertising It bus no superior, as it circulates among n lass of people tlint can lie roacbed in no otbor way* ---- _ — floor, 150x50, Isdevotoil to the manufacture of trtftlloot, tree and pot labpls,' warehouse trucks, baggage barrows, ate, and emerging therefrom we And ourselves directly In the rear ol tho N. Y. cT& II. 11. It. freight de¬ pot; which Is a groat convenience to the linn In shipping. We have endeavored, without trespassing too much upon Mine and spttceto l^ll'l) ii concise description of this, one of the leading block concerns of the world. An-, other of Its peculiarities which "will com mend Itself to Ihc reader is.'lhnt every de¬ partment Is unller the control of'injexperi¬ enced loroman, who, In turn, (ilrMJii)tabic to the superintendent. This >jS»iu Wits adopted tiller careful consideration, and doubtless has been largely Instrumental lit raising the quality of their goods lo Its pres¬ ent high standatil. Their goods.are Hilly covered by their registered IPrftte ninik "An¬ chor Brand," anil parlies will serve,their best Interests, we are sure, by purchasing this brand. ' THE MANUFACTURERS OP THER¬ MOMETERS AND BAROMETERS, . AT OSWEGO, N. Y. Wo clip the following very graphic de¬ scription of those \yorks from an eastern exchange. I-If thoreailof will'forgot forthe. moment his surroundings, ami Imagine him- scll with Mr. Pool and our reporter, wo will endeavor tqglvo a comprehensive descrip¬ tion (if tho Oswego Thermometer' Works, .j-Walnut, butternut, cherry, iiiahogoiiy *iuur] other woods are extensively 'used, itii'f no purchase Is made 6f less than 100,000 feet, 'of which about bovoii carloads Are used each nionlh. .At the corncF of EttBt Second mill Cayuga sheets may lie found PooKa wood1- •nor In which Mr! Fool eunilueta tho business Is duo to lita long practical ex,p6rlcnoo nnd woll known reputation for honorallo dpnl- Ing, which will tend to bring It still inoro Into prominence. REMOVAL. Owing to the "March of improvement" in this our great and growing city, we are com pellet) to remove from our old quarters to tho Bretanal Block at the entrance of the Viaduct. No. 2 South Water St. whioh is directly under the Office of'tho Merchtintile Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Our Offices will be nearer to the docks and very handy for vcssolmen, whom we shall be pleased to see at any time. The Block in which we are now .situated will be torn down and a fine new building erected in Its place. A J&faPLETE ESTABLISHMENT. Stopping on our homeward trip at Lock poit, N. Y., we called at the office of the Pcnfield Block Company ami were show n through their extensive works here situated. Their' anchor brjrhd blocks are already ho well known that we shall oonfllio our ac¬ count of what wo biiw mom to describing their works and tho different processes of manufacture. The blacksmith shopv the first place visit¬ ed, 1b a now 40x80 frame structure sttunled at a convenient distance IrotnUie main build¬ ing and abounding In all the modern appli¬ ances lor producing this important part of tholr Mocks In a workmanlikelind economi¬ cal manner. It is under the control of a competent foreman, and gives employment to about llfteen workmen.' Huro, also, we noticed a number of nnuboTrxln process of manufacture, which, we may add, hi a re- ■ cent addition to their Hue; anil while thoy do nottiliilin to make anchors cheaper than . others they do claim to make them hotter. Their main factory proper Is an Imposing structure built of Lockport sandstone, nnd being situated on a hillside, has the pecul¬ iarity of being accessible w ith a horse and wagon to all Its four stories. The ground lloor, 80x60, Is occupied as a machine shop, where ihcdrilllng and polishing of their iron sheaves and other Iron wotk Is doim, also for the niiuiulactitre ol their- Impiovud wrought Iron blocks. They hold patents for round¬ ing out the shells of these to biiv(i rope, and on account of this ami some other original ideas their goods are generally prefertcd to the English or other makes. The second lloor, 100x50, Is occupied by the shippers and woodworkers, and It Is hero, perhaps, thai the most ingenuity Is noticeable, In the Bpe- ' plal machinery tor sawing out, shaping and rounding tho shells, making dead eyes, sheaves, etc., which It would bo difficult for any one but tho Inventor lo describe. Pass¬ ing upward lo iho third lloor, ]U0x50, we wore shown first tho manulactiire of their all steel roller bushings for llgnutnvlla) and Iron sheaves; also their self-liibrlclitlng phos¬ phor bronze bushings, which aro a coinpara- , • lively uewjjilng, They were Just making aomo of tlio latter to go Into tome very largo -blocks for partlea In- Montevideo, Uruguay, which aro to have capacity for lifts of twenty tuns. Their main stock room Is also on this lloor and presents a suprlslng array of rope strapped and Insldo Iron strapped blocks, snatch blocks, blocks for rope" straps, vtf ought iron blocks, sheaves, bushings, dead eyes, and oilier llgnumvliro work, placing them in enviable shape for supplying their customers promptly, Tho fourth and last 1 MOSHER & DUNHAM DISSOLVE. It is rnmoieil in iiiiirlne circles that an Im¬ portant transfer of vessel and tug ptopcrty hits been miiile. For years past/, J. S, Dun¬ ham, of Chicago, nnd Alfred Mosticr of West Troy, N. Y., have been partners Inthe tug and vessel busincsf and have owned some of the finest property of this kind on thp lakes. Mx. Mother is a millionaire lirnibennan, dealing 111 lumber, J^mber, etc., nt Hay City, Mich., where he owns mills. Ilia operations arc on the largest scale. He ships and rafts to Tonawnndn, N. Y., and markets through¬ out the East. I|avlug grown very wenlhty, it is understood llia't he Concluded lo retire from the lug and vessel Interest. Ho hits been ill Chicago for two or three days, ani the iindcrs{aiiding Is that this visit was for no other purpose than lo settle up the de¬ tails of the sale of his half of the Interest. In the Dunham & Moshcr Heels to Mr. IJun- linin, who Is now sole owner. The vessels and tugs tire as follows: Schooners—Wells Burt, 750 tonsT/l'onsnu- kee, 555 toiiB; Lottie Wolf, 334 tons; A. Moalier, 300 tons; Moses Gage, 225 tons; F. -rJ. King (cannier), 280t«iis.. Tugs—51. Mo¬ shcr, A. Miller,Hobble Dui|liam,Uncle Sam, Dunham & Mosher were partners In all these except tho schooner Moses Gage, rap- tain Harry Cliauuon owned u half Interest in the Gage and Mi. Dunham hits also bought that half, and Is now sole owner of the fleet, the value ol which Is about *140,000. The vessels are in tlio grain, coal, and lumber trades, and the tugs tow herein Chicago harbor, where Mosher & Dunham are pio¬ neers as tttginen. Mr. Dunliamlius worked for and been a partner with Mr. Moalier twenty-eight years, certainly a.long time. Mr. Dunham started In here at Chicago as engineer of the tug A, B. Ward, Still In existence but re¬ built, the Ward then being owned by Mr. Moshcr. Now and then, at that time, Mf. working csiabllahmetll, devoted to the mail ul'aettiru of the barometer cases. The lum¬ ber ls.titken lit the rough toh planing ma¬ chine, from llienci' lb a cut-oil' saw, where It Is cut lo the proper length, and from, there] It goes to a lip m\v to bo cut Into strips, Simpers with knives ievolv<ng~5,000 revo- lions- per minute are iheifuscd -to cut the grooves in the edges of the strips, and on I the same table another knlk) chisels the slot for ihe reception of the plate. From the simper the work passes to'a planer where the knives ate making 7,000 revolutions pur 4nlnutc, and the wood is qulckjy finished al- ug machines ulckly I Burlnr, Mosher used lo not as captain of the tug, MrTDuiiham U also a wealthy man now, as Indicated, and possesses much ol her pioperty beside Ills tugs and vessels. Dining the panic in 1857 Mosher & Dunham took tugs South. Theieyvns nothing for them lo do lieie, and they made money iiotith During the whole twenty-olgbt years that Mr. Dunham bus been connected with Mr Mosher there has never been the least tin- ■pleusnutness—w hlch Is saying a great deal— nnd the dissolution ol partnership is under pleasant and agreeable circumstances. The old pnrtueis ate sluing friends as tjiey al¬ ways have been. i Mr. Dunham has managed tho vessel and tug Interests ol the now dissolved firm for years, and the fact that ho becomes sole owner will not bring about any changes among the commanders ox any one connect¬ ed with the various craft. Mr. Mosher met many old tlmo friends In marine circles here who wore pleased to see him. All regret that ho is retiring from the vessel interest but congratulate film on his groat prosperity.—Inter Ocean. —--------------M ^ -------- At Chicago, the deadlock between tho shippers and vesselmen was practically suiidoniid on Monday by the oarrlors giving In to the shippers and accepting their terms. In order to carry their point t|ie shippers have resorted to almost every stratagem con¬ ceivable, and have even kept their grain stored'ln elevators at an expense of thousands of dollars every ten days. Although there were vessels lying in tho river here aggregat¬ ing 1,000,000 bushels capacity, Vessels were chartered at Milwaukee, Grand Ilavou, She¬ boygan, ami other ports at rates which they stated wero below those demanded by Chi¬ cago vessel owners. most as smooth as glass, and mortisers are also used to Mulsh the work, and the block Is then ripped, two cases being made at one time. All the machinery Is of Hje very best, mid does Its wnrrk with the greatest accuracy. Returning to the main building, we begin and follow the ther¬ mometer through the. various stages of pro¬ gression. In one department the wooden cases we have seen made are tilled and var¬ nished, and then taken to the finishing mom. We next .give our attention to the brass plates, on which may be fouTimiie gradua¬ tion marks, The brass Is purchased In long sheets, and cut to the proper size with steam shears. A graduating machine then cuts the scale and letters with one movement. These machines are very complicated and Ingenious, thc'capacltp of each being sixly dozen plates per day. They arc Ihen cov¬ ered with black cement, which Is afterwards scraped and scoured oil', thus leaving the maiks and the figures black after tho plates are polished! TJte poslshing is done with finely ground quartz, and then the plates uie silvered. From here we go into the glass bjowing department, whole skilled glass- blowcis are making'the-'storm gjass and thermometer tubes, the fornlet of which are to be filled w itli Jhe sensitive combination of | chemicals, so susceptible to any changes In Its atmospheilc surroundings, and the com¬ position of which is a secret. A very Inter¬ esting operation Is the making of tho glass tubes which contain Ihc mercury. They arc first cut to the proper length and then, by the aid of a gas flame, under heavy' pressure and a small rubber bulb as a bellows, the ball is formed mi the cud uf the tube mid af- llierward lllled with mercury or spirit. Tho «Ir Is driven out of the tubes by heating the ball until the mercury bolls which causes It lo overflow,1 thus dispelling the air, alter which they are inverted In Jars of mercury or spirit. The adjustments arc made by careful comparisons with the standard llicr- momclei' both being Inserted1 jiybasins ol water or lee.—all icmoriiturotjjfliiis being obtained. The tin cases' also "bronze and fancy motul, ate tumlc and japaunod In the building— in laot everything, even to the most minute unities, are made by Ml. Pool's workmen. The packing room showed that orders are received from overy part of the civilized world, goods being shipped to all parts of tho United £lates and foreign commies. The business is rapidly Increas¬ ing, particularly the" demand for Pool's signal Bowtvc barometer, which is a must wonderlitl Invention, and an article of great merit, which should bu In every house. It will lorlell weather changes with absolute certainly, and Is worth Ally times more than the small price asked for It. At this establish¬ ment are mtule hydrometers and oilier solentltlc Instruments, which are'in demand wherever known. Also the wonderful In¬ vention known as Pool's signal service barometer, a combined barometer and ther¬ mometer, whose. .(tower of detection and fortelllng changes In the wheathcr Is some¬ thing marvelous. A very large number of hands receive steady oniployemontand good wages, which adds much to the general prosperity of the city. The successful man- PECUMAR SALVAGE CLAIMS AT • NEW. ORLEANS. It is but a short tljnc ago that -Now Or- • leatiB'suceSeded In stnitip'hlg out a vllo coy- j 1'splracy whjoh was fast bringing lior Into • disrepute in coinnieivial circles. We aljude to tile organized attempts at arson on vessels' loading cotton there, It was hoped then that tlio port, would, not bu troubled again .with anything that savored of such an outrageous system uf plundering. But now the mor: chanls'lhe'ii; have to contemplate an attempt lo impose upon their commerce that, while it docs not come within tho category of tho arson class, Is none the less a decided Injury to New Orleans. If successful it will almost negative attempts at making New Orleans a free port. This new plan of living at the expense of the commerce of llie port comes . In the guise of salvage claims' It involves no danger and little expense to the so-called salvors and the only measure uf their claim Is the greutest probable-amount that llioy can secure Mom the vessel. A case In point Is llntt of the Fietich steamer' Dtipuy de Lome which caught lire at New Orleans lately. The master of the'steamer declined assistance Irom.Uigs to extinguish the flames, but one insisted upon throwing wa¬ ter upon the steamer, and for that unneces¬ sary ami unasked work, Juts brought In a claim lor salvage and libelled the steamer. Tho New Orleans Tlmes-Pctnocrat describes the case us follows: "The case on which the libels against the Dupuy de Lome are found¬ ed is, as far as.we can learn, as follows: The captain, believing that he could extinguish the Humes .done, declined all assistance Irom the lire department, and especially from the tugs, in order to escapo tlio very heavy claims which he knew the latter would put in for salvage. Despite his protests these tugs thronged around his vessel proffering theii assistance'. In vain ho declined It; In vain ho warned them off. One, bolder than the rest, against his protests and notwith¬ standing his orders, pumped some watefoyi Ihe steamer's side in order to oxilngdlsrra Hi e In her hold. There, was no way of got- tiug rid of this nuisance unress the captain hail decided to treat tile tug as a pirate luid had opened lire on it; and the Dupuy de Lome Ihorforo had to submit to the liiJIg- ulty of having It pump a little water on her side all day long. In return for which the captain and owners of the Dupuy de Lome received notice, tlio other day, ot a suit of libel against them tor salvage, in which they 'were advised that their vessel would be sold in order to satisfy the claims of this Impertinent little tug." As (he Times-Dem¬ ocrat Bays "lids is an outrage that It Is diffi¬ cult to speak ol without tisiug very strong language." It Is certainly an otitrago which the merchants of New Orleans cannot pennt lo pass unnoticed. That port has now reached a.petlod In her career when it must treat all burdens, heavy charges and extor- iIuiib wltli a sitong hand. It can attraut'a large commerce with generous treatment, or It can drive It away by allowing It to be pi eyed upon. Every piotecllou possible should |)u given to Vessels which visit there and unoh outrages us lids last attempt to make a'salvage claim should be made Impos¬ sible. To ihe credit of the merchants bo It" said, they ae.ed energetically and Justly when the chief causes of Ihe numerous fires on cotton vessels Was suspected. They should do the same In this salvage claim case. They should not permit their port to be the scene of such base attempts and they should give every assistance not only In fighting this case, but in securing measures to pre¬ vent a recurrence of such claims. The plans of Mr/Jauios JJ. Ends for a new and extensive artificial harbor at Vera Cruz have been for some time before the engineer¬ ing world, nnd the "ork was com mended last autumn. The natural harbor Is exposedlo gales from the northwest, and is often made very dangerous durli-g storms, The plan of Captain Ends provides for a qtilto harbor with deep water nnd suitable lights for guidance of shipping. Tho cost of .the above works Is reckoned at about ten millions of dollars. ^ J A