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< ■'<! (*< ".'_ I.( tejm. P3S.-2S 0. t OTED,JO cTO IVTM E R C E," E NJ g\n EER'i IN G AND' SCIENC E 1WF VOL. V. NO. 52. CLEVELAND O., DECEMBER 27rd883 * , ■ ■ — K 00 Put AXKOU 8IN0L1 Copim t Cum AROUM) THE LAKES. ouioiao, Sftatal to th* Martiu JUcord Cuptnln E. B WIlKnmn, mnrlno dlvor nnd wrecker, paid Chicago a visit on Thurtdhy Inst. Hla solioonor, the F. H Wllllume, ta Inld up nt Manltonoo nnd the worthy onp- taln hna hnd n very successful aeneon nt wreoklnfr in the StrnlM. I Tho tug Alplyi, of the Cljlcngo Dredging nnjl Pock CompnnVi jvlll do the work nt-the orlb for the city authorities this wlrltor, her contrnct of $400 to keep her rendy when re- ~ qulro"d"nna $4 per hour when ut work, hnv- lng been nccepted ' B. F. Davison, of 282 south Water street, has completed n splendid picture'of the Morlnette Bnrge Lino Conipnny's tug J. C. Perrltt nnd her tow of livaof the oompsny's barges, Tho picture is excellently done and Is pronounced n great aucces4 by Captain J. C. Perrltt, the company's superintendent, whom the tug was named after, and by all others who have seen It. At the Vessel Owners' drydock the * Ichoonei J, B. Boeder will have a new keel r box, new keolsona, three atreaki otplank-au each aide of, bilges, new frames nnd oeUIng nnd calking; the schooner 0. A. King got new hatch eg/"!)'"™ 'in' pl-nKtliear Jflio aolfooner North Star, Captain Jllee, dfilcU arrived here last week lumber laden Worn rentwnter, Is lying at the market with her jargo still on board The scow Restless, wlileli arrived on the sunie day, Is also at the market loaded with himber Captain Casey, ol l\w Bteaipslilp Chain plain, returned to Chicago on Monday from Manitowoc. The Clinuiplain lias been laid up there and will get a Ihmoiigh rebuild at Rand So Burger's shipyard during the «In¬ ter The enow and bad weather during the past week lias prevented thetn from moving to unload. At tho Chicago drydock tliJ schooner Nowsboy la lnjpr a thorough rebuild; the Reindeer foriiew (rallies fore and alt rrtid new celling, schooner William Jones is hnv lug her celling calked; schooner J B Wll- I burls getting her celling calked, schooner Colonel Ellsworth Is receiving now knight- heads and some new plank In hor bow. At Mlllei Brothers' drydock the schooner Q S Hazard Is getting a new forefoot, new l udder stock, some now plank loruard and her butts calked, the tug Alpha Is getting a new shoe and ruddei, tugs Admiral and \V L Kwing are in for calking and new Iron¬ ing, schooner II C Richards having had ropali s completed, went out on Monday, the scow Moses Gage, after having a thorough rebuild, went out of dock on Friday last DK-ritoiT. Special to th« Marine Record The recent and latest cold snap hns pretv ty elleciinilly closed natlgiitlon at all points, the finale of tho occasion occurring on Thurs¬ day last, Dcconiber 20th. It rarely occurs that navigation winds up earlier than the last month of the year. There have been in¬ stances, however, when it has taken place during the middle or latter part of Novem¬ ber, as was theoaso In 1842, whon the sea¬ son closed on the 18th of that mouth. The following schedule presents tho opening and closing of navigation as appears from tho records ^ 187.1 Oponoil April 28, closed December SV 1871 Opened April IS, closed December 28. 1875 Opened Maj 12, closed Decemhei 1. J 1870 Opened May 0,"closod December 11. 1877 Opened April 17; closed December 31. 1878 Oponed March 13; oloscd December 31. 1870 Opened April 24; closed December 20. 1880 Oponed April 8; closed December 3, 1881 Opined May 3; olosed December 81. 1882 Oponed March 20; olosed Decembor 7. 1883 Oponed April 25, closed Decotnber 30. Navigation, In •the general sense ol the term, Is considered as open when there Ib an unobstructed thoroughfare beTtyeen Buffalo and all points westward. Tho^-jespeotlvo routes lending to Lake MicAlgnii^Lnke Su¬ perior and the terminus of Lake Erie nre de¬ layed beyond all others. The month of April usually finds the Straits of Maoklnaw clear as well as-tho Sault river. During the year 1801 Buffalo was Icebound until June 1st, and In 1811 until June 4. The winter of 1845 was in a manner free to boats until the commencement of business In the fol¬ lowing spi Ing, The steamer United States, H. Whltnker, master, performed one trip during each moot)), which Is the only In- stance-ot the kind on reoord, presumably for the reason that the experiment was never attempted; and under any and all circum¬ stances It la a, foolhardy undertaking. The steamer In process of conltinotion at the Detroit Dfydook Iran rntmnnnmri'ilb* bound, and her lines show oft to n good ad- vantage. Hhols thfl sixty-seventh v< ssel that has been plucod on the stocks at this ynrtl since the commencement of operations by tho present company which datei back to 1858 The barge Merrlmac is In one of the companies' docks, and Ib having forward cabins placed on her besides othor repairs. At their dock in Sprlngwells they have also another stcainor In frame, which Is ot the same dimensions as thu one at Ihe upper yard. Both of thcuo stcnmcis will be com¬ pleted and ready fot buBlncsB on tho alien¬ ing of navigation In the spring. In point of strength and In quality of material they w 111 have no superior on tho lakes or elsewhere, which may be considered as big talk, but I know what I am talking about. Tho barge Middlesex has taken on board foi winter storage 40,000 bushels of choice wheat, and other vessels are being filled up In like man¬ ner. The cold Biinp during the past ten days tilled the Detiolt river with floating Ice from Lake bt. Clair, but now that pond has frozen over the river Is again clear and will' piuba- bly remain so until spring To-day the steamer Excelsioi n nde a trip to Wyandotte and letinned. Notably the Inst disaster ol the season took plnceJJJ the Straits, the steamer Algoinah's damages are stated to be about fU.OOO. Thu schooner Mary A. Ilnl- tmrt, lost on Lake Siipctlor, was built at Sandusky In 1850. and was eighty-two tons burden. The tug George II. Parker, which waa seized early In tho fall h} the collector ot customs at Windsor, has been released and her flub remitted. Soon afterward she was taken to Algoune, where she will bo re¬ built during the winter, 'jWdnuiagc by Hie to the tug Balizc, at Detroit a few days since |b placed at $2,500,and to the tug Glad¬ iator nt about $300. Tho schooner J. N. Car¬ ter, ashore neat Godetlch, Lake Huron, has become a total loss. The large railroad steamer built and launched at Wyandotte a few days since was brought to this city and Is now at tho Detroit Dtydock Co.'a yard lor completion—such as cabins and other outside wuik roii i iimiun Special lo ihe Marine /t% onf, Mitigation maj he coiuliU'rcd over for the Benson hero. Tho propellers Argyle, E M Foster, Kincardine, tugs Sliklwlt Silver, Spray, sehoonora Mnry Grover, Morrison nnd Belle Mitchell nre all duo hero on their last trips, nnd will lay up on arrival. The worst disaster thnt hns ever ocourrod on the north shore of I,nkq Superior, happened on the evening of the 13th Inst, seven rolloa off the cast ertd of St. Ignace Island, when the schooner Marv Hulburt, of Mnrquettej In tow of the propeller Kincardine, and bound for Mlohlplcoton/lvcr with a'general cargo, foundered with hor crew of five men and fif¬ teen railway nrtiles who took passage on her at Sliver Islet. The schooner wqs 28 years old, wns built in Marquette, nnd was about 150 tons burden. The pekson baa been a Yerjrbaagr-ane since the opening of navigation. There have been 100,000 tons of coal received here since the 1st of August, mostly from Ohio port*) about 50,000 tous of steel rails from Buffalo; 10,000,000 feet of lumber from Georgian Bay ports, besides the Bentty line of steamers from Simla, the Canada Transit Line from Colllugwood, tbn Owen Sound steamship line from Owen Sound, all ot which have had all the freight they could earry both wnya.~*TnV WVsteriP^iSprpss Lrnb from Montreal, also did a large'buslnees This lino Is composed of (our ptopellers trading to Lnkc Snpcrior nnd Ave to Lake Michigan ports, and Is expected to eventually develop Into tho best paying steamboat line in (.ann¬ ua In addition to the above boats there are already In.winter quarters hero tho propel¬ lers Acadia and Georgian, schooner Mid¬ land Rover, tugs 1 hrec Friends, Salty Jaok and Champion HIDINOrON Sjiecial to the VririH* Record Tho two F & P. M steamers, and the City of Ludlngton of the Goodrich line, are running from here to Milwaukee once a week. Lake Michigan was visited by a violent east wind and snow storm last hatnrdnj night audSuuda), Hie Wisconsin, from Ginnd Haven, wasdilvcn down the lake lo Washington Island -Stinr No i\\i\t, 20 hum - out. The City of Ludlngtoii made Milwau¬ kee Sunday at 10 a in , after having demol¬ ished! ho took stovo and all movable liirni- tuie The stcanibarge Marshall T Butlers, from Ludlngtoii to Mllwaukco with lumber lost her l udder and part ot her dec^load She came to anchor and tugs towed hi i into Milwaukee Monday evening m. LOUI8 I he harbor boat did not go to the relief o, the yacht Rambler, around below the ilty, as reporteJ, tho trip being consldcicd too hazardous. It has been asccttaliicd however, that tho Rambler and the accompanying tug Illinois are in no danger of being cut don n by Ice, as they are out of the channel, and the peoplo aboard can get ashore with¬ out danger If tlioy desire. wiMtirra The steamer Kincardine, In trjlng to force hot way through the Ice at Jiukflsh Bav, had « bole stove in her bow, Illbd rapidly, nnd sunk. Her stern lies in twenty foot ol water, at-tho entrance to Jacktlsli Hay. She cannot be raised tills whiter. No cargo nor lives -lost. It was the Klniaidlue Unit hud the schooner Mmy Ann lliilb,urt In tow when the latter foiindired with her crew ol twenty linn 'I lie Klnuiulliie miasiues 11)1 tons She was bojlt lit l'oit Dalhoiisle In 1871 by Andrcwp, and ls.owned by Jones, ofGoderlcb. As indicated,* she Isn Canadian bottom. Her rating was Bl, and she was valued at about $11,000. jvaukeoon. Tho sohoonor Capllla, owing to Inclement weather preventing the unloading of her cargo, Iras not yet been rescued from tho beach. She will In all'prnbablllty bo saved, as no serious damage has so far been dis¬ covered, HUKFALO. Th« owners of the barge H J. Mills have libeled her cargo of lumber for $1,330, being the nmount cjnlnicd for demurrngo nnd genernl nvernge expenses. Mt% John L. Wl'llams, Secretary of the Western Transportation Company, states that the rumor thnt S. D. Caldwell, now mnnnger of the Red Line, is to become manager of the Western Transportation Company is false. Mr John Allen, Jr., Its President and present manager is a large stockholder and hna no idea of resigning' Mr. Lamay, owner ol the barge S. D Hungerford, which lias been raliBlng the past three weeks, received a dispatch that she waa-wrttckeil on Ihe- South Manitoulln Island. The crew nre safe. ST IdNACn 'Ihe transfer ferry Algotnnh, ashorej&t this place, Is still on The tug Charles West Is nt work on her nnd the tug' Sntigatuck Is lilted out and will be ready in the morning. Sl\e lays on a rocky bottom and Is cxiwsed talfenstcrly winds. She had (he transfer In tow w hen she struck, 'and the loaded cars wek> thrown Into the lake Total lost, $>;- 000 She Is a large ferry>toj)mer, lilted up especial!) for hard weather and Ice bho measures 300 tons She \)as built at Detroit by the Detroit Diydock Company in 1881. She Is owned by the Mackinaw Transporta¬ tion Compan}. The ciew of thestenmer Slbeiin pasted down through this plnic Monday from the SuiltSto Mnile About 10,000 buifliels of the Siberia's cargo of wheat are damaged, and will be sold '1 be stiambaice Tecuijiscli, Canadian, Is ashore near the hiuilt Mil." Al KM The schooner Porlei In chanoTcd for 50,- 1)00 bushels of wheat to lluflalo I he Green Hay tug Henij Marshall has lici n seized on aclalm ol loseph Dennis fot if.'.OQO A scow owned b) Dennis broke mil lit from the Murahall on Green Day and was lost , 1'OHI now AN. Of the schooner I llrgeiald and VanHer- 1)11 r, which went ashore near hero somo time ago, nothing remains abovi the water. The Siberia Is standing It well, and unless heavy leu does bar damage she may still bo got oil In thu spiiug SAM) UfACII, Navigation tl"»ed hero last Mindaj the steamer M D Wood being the last boat to arrive here 'Ihe llslilng tugsSci Wing, Wayne, Isabelle, and Gcoigc L Klahci v\ 111 winter here, and fish if possible ihe harbor Is free of Ice. During the season just o'oscd 1,110 cmft of all classes, with an aggregate tonnage of ,121,02(1 tons, eiiteicd this lotrbnr lor slithci IASI UWAS. I lie little Bi hoonei Di mociat draggid in- ilior and pill il on tin lie about Knfei 1 dock In bad shape 1 he new -aie ashore at limns Bay.