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± r' ghe$arine§ecord, A Journal lUvotwl to Commerce, N»»l»»llon »n* ' ticlcuce, . l»ublT»lictt Wwldy .' iiv ALANSON WILCOX, Editor * Proprietor, J CfcEVEIANIt, OHIO. Offloo Mo. 8, South Water Stroot- TERMftl . . S2 00 per Annum. 1NVA4UAIII.Y, IK ADyAHCK. iOBHTS ABB WA5TED IN B7EEY pOBT- " • AiWEifcrimson^.i'iSi. __ Ton"cel\li por lino Mild >'oi)|>ilrIul memuromont. twolvo Unci of Noiinnrlcl not solid niako one Incli. Twenty'coiiu jwr lino for romllng notices, jolld minion •nieniurt-iucnt. -*■ Artlclen, K'ttors mid queries, on oil mibJocU ore solid- ted. •TTho Editor in>umoj no responsibility for-tho opinions or,corren|)uiidL>ntii. To Insure liotli-o, contributors must glvo nuroo nnd adilross, null write'on olio side of tlio paper only. tTIlE HARINB RECOKI) luis on Agent In ovory port on the Lukes nnd Hirers, nnd will eonsoquontly clrcu- lato moro or le«s In oil of them. Asn medium for advortltlng It tins no superior, ns It circulates among a class, of people Unit am bo rotiehed In no oilier wny- EDITOMAL XOTES. Emoene Allen, collector ol customs al Ludlngtnn, Midi., corrects it report us to the depth of water in tlinfrlwrbor, and snyB It Is thirteen feet gooO. - *£>■• Heiiman Winter and Frank S,' Munton: have jointly invented and patented n very useful Improvement In power windlasses, In¬ tended to remedy some of the difficulties whloh have heretofore existed from want of a single unyielding bed, common to engine and wlndlasB. . On the 0 of June there wore 2,000,000 buBhels of grain In store at Milwaukee, nnd several qf the elevators were crowded, but It was Impossible to get cargoes for vessels, nnd several of the grain curriers are going Into the oil anil lumber trade, which will have a tendency to cut rules on these freights. Ludlngton rates were cut by the grain enr- ' Tiers going Into the lumber trade at this port, Rkmkts from Washington say .bids for now steel cruisers will be opened at the Na¬ vy Department July 2. Secretary Chand¬ ler lias given notice that the maximum nmounts which the Navy Department will Day for the construction of these vessels are ns follows: For four thousand-Ion-ship Chicago, $1,248,000; for three thousand-ton Bltips Boston and Atlanta. ♦78:1,500 each; for dispatch boat, not yet named, 330,000, nnd no bids In excess of these figures will be considered. In Chicago the tugs are charged with vio¬ lating the oity'ordlnniieo ngalust smoke nui¬ sance ami lite owners ore cited to appear befoie JtiMiicii Hummer in the South Divis¬ ion Police' Court .lime IS. There is some talk anion;; ihe tug owners of making a test case lor the United Status Court and obtain- lug nil Injtint'llou on tile city until It is de elded, bill the probability Is that the tugs will comply with the law.by burning hard cual, It belnj! pretty generally conceded that none of the so-calUd smoke congumoih really do away with the soft coal smoke. As this Isuostlior 20 percent, may be milled to the towing rates. Ir has been staled several times recently In the column of the Maiunu Rkcoiid tliiu ^ sailing,vessels on the lakes me becoming less Important as steam craft are multiplied. On the ocean, l|Owover, according to the Mari¬ time Heporter, sidling vessels huld' their place. American shipbuilding yards are busy, ' ninny of them hat lug large sized saillng'ves- sols on the stocks, It Is stated by those who should know 'hut Bulling ships for long voy¬ age trades have paid well, nnd the Indica¬ tions are that the Balling vessel Is not yet prepared to retire permanently from the ocean. It will bo suld of course that this Is the Inst effort ot n dying Industry, but the Industry Is tuklng time ovor the operation and evidently Intends to prolong Itself for tome time, Thb Chicago. Inter-ocean describe* tbe new propeller City of St. Joseph, of Graham & Morton's,lino, whioh arrived In. Chicago on her maiden trip. She Is medium dlmoii along, nhd Is n handy business boat. Her model Is good, the Is strongly built.nnoVwell finished and thoroughly cqulppouC Hot steam power Is good. She Iiiib full length cnblns, nnd Is designed for the' pas- aongor and freight, traffic, Tho City of St. '^odeph'i on the lido ljotwcon 'Chlongo'iiiftl St. Sosoph and' Boiiton Hnrbdr rtili a wnnt nnd'will dnjoy n large pntftnage, Qralmm iv^lfcfltoirnic fair toward their patrons, and hnvo built up a name mill fame that will prove-lnstlng. The new .craft. I?. nj-Tcdlt, to builders nnd owners alike, and wo wish her n long nnd lucky career. From this time forwttrd she will mako regular trips. Tills census roport relating to tho glnss In¬ terest In tills country, will booh be published. It contains,tho most Information on-this Biihjcctof. any work ever published. Tho statistical pnrt oCilie report gives tho number of ostnbllshmotus In the Unltod States, their chtsslllcntlon'^nlB. manufactories of plato gliiBs, window glni)} glassware, and green" bottfo glass, the number of furnaces, nutn bor of employes,-wnges paid, materials usod| ■ftst ol materials, quantity of product, etc. The statistics of the glass Industry In Europe nre mod for comparison. The technlc'nl part of the roport covers the quality of glnss manufactured; how the material! used In the process are mnde; n general description of tho procoss of manufacture; the cliurac- ter-of native materials for making glass ns compared with the materials from other countries, etc. The glaBS inonngrnph iilso contains the blstorv ot its manufacture from the earliest times In Egypt down to the year 1880. It£~manufacture In every nation of the old world hits been carefully traced nnd n moBt Interesting chnpter written about It. The history of the Industry In Western Pennsylvania, Irom the time of .William l'eiin, hni/iilso been carefully traced. It seoms that somo ships have recently been lo'st by overloading, It U to be hoped that this Is not n common practice A Lon¬ don Nautical Magazine, when the lending marine secretary of the Board of Trade was Its editor, said: "The Board of Trade have no^iiwer to prevent an overladen ship from proceeding to sen if alio is seaworthy In oth¬ er respects. Section 10, Merchant Shipping Act, 1871. Seamen/|iny refuso to go to sen in an overloaded slop (see Becllon 7)." This Is* really a refreshing legal and official decis¬ ion. A ship may be a good one—tlgh', staunch and strong—and calculated to enriy> 1,000 tons In perfect safety, yfit the CrWii officers have no legal right to stop her from loading suy 2,000 tons on hoard, which any one connected with ships knows to be a dan gonitis quantity In comparison to her'oupne- ity mill Btrength. The sailor may refuse to go on her, but so long up the underwriter tlfljis not Object, ibu Board of Trade will net Interfere. Why? Because It would or might lessen the profits of the owner, who, II Ills ship makes the voyage In safety earns a ii huge amount of. freight; and if lost, the iiuderwrly;r pays hliu more for her than she Is worth, lind the shipbuilder secures anoth. er contract; so, all hands round, except the drowned sailor are satisfied. both the voxels to try their merits. .The C, E. Wytnah took the lend. and- maintained It all tho -vay. In. fact, when tho morning onmo tho D. Mitov could only bo seen with the n(d of n glass, nnd wo arrived atMusko- gon'aomotlnio boforo tlio Mncy got to Grand Hnvon. Wo left Muskegon ojnFrJd_ay oven. Ing. about 0 p. m., In company Wth.'tho BChoonor Flcotwlng, nnd shortly afterwards saw tlio D, Miitsy oll'Grnnd Hnvon; nbbtit 12 miles to wind ward. Wo had n sternly breeze nil night nnd made our way to Chicago with onr biiII« clo^e hauled, nnd got In nenrlv two hours abend of tho Fl.eotwlnp! anil .the D. Mncy. Cnptnln A. Smith la determined that tho Charles E. Wyman shall hold.her own •Hgnlnstnny vessel on tho lakes. ta.CIJ.ICAGO'S MAY « OMMERCE. Ina roeopt Issue of the Times is given a report showing the nrrlvnls nnd clenrnnces nt'Uio, several ports'In tlio Chicago district for tho Month of May. I8M, discriminating as to kind, number nnd tonnage, unci also between American nnd BiitlBh veBBels en¬ gaged In the foreign trade. The report tines' not show uny nctual Increase In the number of 0veBsels over .the nttmbor for tho same month hiBt yenr, but there is a largo In¬ crease shown In tho lonnnge. This Increases the nctual carrying capacity nLour hike ma¬ rine nbout 10 per cent.—a very handsome showing. The class ol vessels built during the past your were as nrule lnrger nnd bet¬ ter equipped than.the avcrago of any pro¬ ceeding yenr. These vessels are gradually taking the place of the smaller vessels, whlcli, ns thi-y become unfit for the "grain carrying Bccvlce gb Into tho lumber trade. As fast as the "Id lumber boats are worn out better ones take tlielr places, as witness ihe Increased number of fine steambarges now engaged In the lumber trade. Thus rt will be seen that t lie character of the vessels 'which compure our hike .navy is-steadily Improving. Gradually hut surely the .old boats are being replaced by new ones of larger capacity, nnd the sail craft nre giving way to the speedier nnd surer Btenmboiits Kind. flteani.. Snll...... A!tniVA'.S AT rOUT OP CHICAGO. ^Number. ......................."■„... 470 . AT SOCTH I'llCAUO. Stcnui.., Sail..... AT MIClltOAS cm. SlL'um.. Sul I 24 24 Tonnago. 24S,8U 124.W0 073,814 11,737 11.164 Sleuul ball...... llhCAl'ITULATIO I'OR IU3TU1CT. ............................... SIS .................................... OHO ToUll.........:........... .-................ 1.452 KNOAOBD IN FOIIKION TllAUa. A inerlcnli .vessels.............................. 4 llrltisli vessels Tolnl., 9 Steum.. hull . . Sleaill' Snll ..... Steam Sail ... Total... H.KA1UNCES FllOM 1'OIIT OK-CHICAGO. 493 , 015 . 1,413 SOUTH LIUCAOO. 10 88 FllOM MKIUOAN UTt. Kl'.AriTl'LAT10> SUaiu . Salt . . Total.. American vessels . Urltisli vcssuls....... Tolul . \A TUIP TO MUSKEGON. Through the kindness and courtesy of Caplulii Alexander Smith,ot the fine schoon¬ er Charles h, W'ymau, our correspondent enjoyed a very nice trip from Chicago to Muskegon and back. He'says Iho Charles E, Wyinaii IS one of Ihe best In inber schoon¬ ers on the lakes, and as goutf a vessel as ever Balled, well manned, victualed and found and iisVujutqrtablu and almost as speedy as a yiicht. She is 130 feel length of keel, 30 feet breadth of beam and 0 feet depth ol hold, carries three masts which are of groat proportions anil jumbles her to carry a vory largo amount of canvas. She was built liy Duncan Robertson, of Grand Iliivch, last year (or C. E, Wymnn/also of fhnt place, and Is a vessel ol which her builder, owner nnd captain may well feol proud. We start¬ ed from Chicago as soon as the bridge ordi¬ nance would alio" us on Wednesday even¬ ing, starting fiom Mason's wharf in tow of lliotug'E..r, Ferry, and got off the water hiorlod of last yenr. works crib at 801. in. Tho scliodnor.DuvId Mncy bolng Jujst astern of us, bound for Grand-Haven, nil sails wore tit once set'ou 24 23 run uumticT ............ 632 !H13 ....................;........1.41)5 . KNOAIIKI) IN MIIUUIIN 111.V1IK. ' 3,022 3.5U3 204,100 1311,259 403,423 1,232 2,103 "2(10,414 219,004 470,418 10,722 18,390 3,024 8,708 871,01)11 2J3,4»9 S.4J9 2,098 , NEW.WEIXANDCXNALt The Chicago Inter'Oconn follows Cnptnln John Koltli throifgh t,|je,now Wellard cnnnl to "Kingston with tho sohoonors Halsted, Homer and J. B. Gardner. Ho. roports tlio • waters In Port Colborno nndl?ort Dnlliottsle ns ample* for tlio deopest draught vessels— 10>i to 17 l'?et In both liarhnrs and tho Same' at tho clovntofs. No dolay need occur. Over tho aqueduct tho 'water IslwolVe feet. It took sixteen liotirB while moving to go through. Tho locks aro large and cpmnio- .1II0116—275 -teet bntweeii the gates, 45 feet wlile and 12)tf to 18 feet doep. Arriving «t Port Dnlhouslc, ouch vessel's lighterage wits, nwultluir, her iiud wns sent aboard In 11 very short time. Aa to tlio cosu- of lightering, lie gives tarifi' rates, which In¬ cludes tidilng out, transporting and putting back Into vessel. \TI10 caqnl charges are as . fgllows: Tolls on enrgo cnrrledthrougli In vessel, 20 cents per ton ol 2,000 lbs.; -2^' cent's on register fbmiugc of vessel; towing from Port Colborno to Port Dnlhousle. 20 cents per ton register; harbor towing.In and out, additional, but reasonable. , The new Wetland canal, when comploicd, will be all It was Intended'for, and tho Wei- land Hallway will alwnvB be its necessary to Its success us any portion of It. Superin¬ tendent Ellis, of the cnnul; President M>ir- rll, of the Welland Ruilwuy, and thelr'em- ploycs I cannot speak too highly of, being courteous anil obliging in every particular. "When -the new acqu'educt Is ttfilsheJ, will that Increase the trade of the canal ?" "Undoubtedly, as It will' Increase the depth of water 8 or 10 Inches, which would allow tho vessels referred to to pnss through without lightering, saving thereby nbout $150 ench wny. or $300 on the trip, an Item to be considered justJiow; on eight trips during tliu senson It wohld leave a net gain of $2,400, now paid out. ' The receipts of tiou and ciml for ilnnnoulli of May were us follows (tons): Iron oro ... PlK Iron.... Tolol ,... Antlmiclto.... bituminous.. ... 4,050 ....0.2J3 97,080 20,121 ' Totnl..............................■'...................:-----124.107 ' The opal receipts for tho same month lust year wore only 08,021 tons, a gain ihlt year of 54,480 tons. WIT. The amount of salt received was 40,900 barrels mid 300 tons In bulk. This Is about the amount received for the corresponding The recelptsotiflinber at Chicago June I), were 12,000,000 feut. From my stand point the Canadian gov¬ ernment controls the situation of cbeiij) transportation, and will, It Is expected exei- cIbc her ppwer In the near future. It Is said that the new Wollund canal cost, in round numbers, $12,000,000. Add to this the pu'ir chase of the Welland Railroad, $2,000,000, the amount estimated by the engineer of tlie cnnnl to deepen It to fourteen feet, nnd It Is evident that this depth would be useless to meet the requlrenicntsof vessels a few years hence, or even now, whereiirt tho ruilwuy. If Incorporated into the canal system, would answer now and for all time to come. This being done, abolish the tolls. Make free ea- - mils bo that a vessel can lighter what is re¬ quired free of cost and .pass on. If once froe, Canada has ihe advantage of supporting but seventy miles of canal against 345 miles of Kile canal. The former can pass at 10 teet (willi llgh'etlug) cargoes of about 100,000 bii-hels to the 1 itiers 8,000. At present freights are 2 cents from Butl'ulo to Chicago and 1 cents to Kingston. Take lor example a steamer ol UO^OOO bushels capacity, light¬ ens 20,000 bushels (which Is a lair propor¬ tion) at 1 'J cents, $300; tolls 011 lO.OIJIi bushels, $224; i.ittd, $351, whlcli Iim-icii-l. the cost of lruutpni'lntloii nearly 1 cent pi r bushel, or in other woids, 3 coins to Kings¬ ton. Add to this 2 cents Kingston chargci. and freight from Kingston to Montreal. It . can be delivered In Montreal (or 5 cents against 01, cunts from Cblcngoto Norf Y01 k via Eile canal, and Monilreal Is 2-10 mil „ nearer Liverpool than New York, whlcli (infill to enable Montreal to taktreare of tliu ocean trade. •■Willi (reu Canadian canals, Oswego should regain tier Inruier trade, or al least a shine of the Btillulo Untie. Freight Is now '4 of a cent less to Oswego than to Kingston, and with 1 cent per bushel less (present ca mil charges) would leave a,3.; copts freight to Oswego, add with 100 miles of Erie canal against 316 miles from Buffalo, Its geograph¬ ical position should offset' the extra ?, „f „ eelit by lake In excess of Bull'al'o. It l« sale le say that If Chicago and Montreal were' transposed more grain would go via the St. Lawrence and less via the Erie canal, but us transposition; has not taken place Chicago ' will quietly look on and ship by tho oheup- est route." " ■ A St. lguace eore'spoudant says the steam¬ er Algomah Is to be docked' in u few days to ■be sheathed with steel so as to be able to wrestle with the Ice ut tlio straits of Mackinac next-winter. *