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6 THE1 MARINE RECORD. CU10AGO AS Al'OBT. Looklnir back, the growth of Chicago's lnjie coiiiniurut' Indued, snenm inafflcnl. A tit] the shipping Interests olnlni thitt the shipping first discovered tluittlie site win n good one nml then luld the founiliulon mid aoon mnde Crilcngo, nml U now, nnd hIwiijw )vlll bo, her greiitu'nt Boitree of prosperity;" thnt "\l wns not until yeiirn nfler the ships nnd Inko commerco'lnul miide Chlciigoiind Miirtcd her In the true, thrifty gro" tli tlmtthe nillroiids eiiino strutflilng Out mill' flniilly bwniiiB n help." It Is generally cluliiied.tlint "the mil- rondsmiide CIiIciiro," but tin seen, the ves¬ sel people contest the lin|toitniit olnlni, nnd 'though (lie peilod tn which the grunt VVeo't orii'niotropolln linfl grown lit comparatively n brief one, the Vessel people, In ptoot of white tliev urge, pnlut lit the lucl tlnit ships ciuna hore belnre ndlloiids were thought of, nnd thnt their coming nnd going nmtlu this trail- •ing point, Jiild soon n tlourshliig town nnd port. Till! MIST SHIPS 110 AKHIVK. The first cmft to nrrlve nt Chlcngo was the sL'hoiuier Uenernl Tracy, n vessel ninety tons burden, built at betrolt 'somewhere about I lie year. 1800. She nailed from Do- troltfor Chluiigo in July. 1803, having on board a company of soldiers under obimiinnd of Colonel Sweinlnger. On the passage*he called at fit. Joseph, and othclr points. Chl¬ cngo at lliis-perloil liad only one « hitc man's dwelling, that of an Indian trader. The "Tracy In 1809' was wrecked on Fort Erie reef, opposite Btillnlo, at which thno she wa.8. owned by I'orter, Barton <fc Co., of Black Rock, N. Y. Sail vesmds begun to ply to Cliicago in 1830. In the month ol Apill, In that year the schooner Detroit, Captain Kobinson, cleared from Cirynhoga (now Cleveland) for Chicago with the following' cargo, viz: Ninety-one barrels ol Hour, 101 barrels of whisky, sixty-nine barrels pork, fifty-one barrels dried trull, twenty-four barrels elder, arid sixteen barrels of beef. "The tlrst steamboaVto arrive at Chicago wns the Sheldon Thonipsor,Captain Auguas- tua Walker, with troops lor General Scott's iiriny, engaged in the Black Hawk war. She'nrrlvid otl Chicago June J."). 1832. The Thomson wns 242 tons burden, low pressure, and had three masts. Simultaneously, there arrived also five vessels laden n itli supplies for eald army. These More: The schooner Detroit—Captain, Harry -Wliltnkeri-miite-jT-MT-l»uHdy^-erewT-B^I!V Davidson, Vincent Uiduell, Harry Green, and John Chubb (colored.) ' • Schooner Mnrlnei—Captain, Harp John¬ son; mute John Sims. Schooner White Pigeon—Captain, Nor¬ man Patterson; mate, John Shouks. Schooner United States—Captain, T.'J. TIiub; mate, Lester II. Cotton; Kulleit Wng- Btafl' was pilot. Schooner Mar-hal Ney—Cnjvnln. Juhn Stewart; mate, D. Druillnrd. Of the above named, Captain Whltaker now resides In DetroJU-V. Bidwell resides In Callloruia, anil John Sim' at or near Cleveland. The others are all deceased, but linv"-l'enii wpll Itiinwn In ilhimgo-uml-iiliiiijr the lake-, being Ideutilied with marine nnd and cuunnerclai Interests. FIIIST CIIAIT '10 KNIKII 1IIK IIIVEll. (yiiptaln Leonard C. Hiiguiiln, Of Chicago, now 70 yoars ol age, thinks his was the li:>t crall'to enter Chicago cieek. [As seen above, vo-Belsantved oil Chicago—iind lauded their cargoes—long belole he dill.) Caplain llu- guulusay«: "I am an old lake eaplain and Milled the Hi ml vessel, a yacht named the Westwaid Ilo, that ever entered the port ol Chicago. ItviiUiin August, 1833, I, with two brotheiB, Jud^o Peter D. Hiiguiiln and Captain Ilham lliigiinlii, Milled from Os¬ wego, N. Y„ having llie unlimited credit of two banks. We were nearly three months on the passage, leaving Oswego In June, milking viiiIoiib stops on llie way, and arriv¬ ing in Chicago the latter part of August. We had in go ashoro nnd hire-eight yoke of ,callie to haul the yacht over the bar at the uioiilh ol ihu river:-There were then, in¬ cluding llie garrison ol For! Dearborn, but 3J0 inhabitants," All the six brothers Hiigunln had prac tlonfkuowludgo of navigation. The West¬ ward 11" remained on Lake Michigan anil sailed between Chicago and St. Joseph and otbei'ports. The Hon. John Wentwortli says: "Gen¬ eral John McNeil, uue of the heroes in the ban hi of l.undy's Lnne, commniided the fort when Mr. MeKee came to Chlcngo, booh attei his arrl\al a sailing vessel called the Hem I lew, undertook to enter the mouth of tile river, ran ashore, nnd was beached In the sand. They tried to cut heroin, but she .went tn pieces; About a year thereafter the first vessel entered the harbor nnd anchored opposite llie fort. It was the United Slates revenue cutter Fnirp'ny. When we speak of the first vtwrTcnmlnif to Chicago there Is always a contusion between the vessels tlmt - anchored outside and I he vessels I hat net ually came up Into th(i river. It is ehilmi'd thnt 1 the Falrplay was the first one to enter tlio river." Mr. K. Hue), now residing In Clinton County, Iowa, -near Lvons, uged 75, claims thnt he wns pilot and imiigmor on the schooner Aurora,Cnplalu Titn*, nhlchcame to Chicago In 1821, but he leases the ques¬ tion unsettled as to whether or not he cnnio up Into the river. ' \ < A MBMOlUltLE RVKNT, One of the histories of Chlcngo snya "July 12,1834, nn ovent occurred of n commercial character which should render It tnomornlile, and doserves to bo recorded. On that day the first commercial vessel arrived that ever pusBcd the piers Into the Clileago.rlvqr—the Arcndne, Captain Pickering." • — • This vessel wns the Illinois'. Cuptnln Pick¬ ering wns the commander. VAIIIOUB 1'IItST FACTS. , In n book provided by the Chlcngo Histor¬ ical Soolety it Is written of Captain Peter F. Flood, who wns born In Klldnre, county. Irelnnd, September 10, 18HJTnniong oThcr things that lie left Irelnnd when quite young, landing nt Quebec, located at Illicit, N. Y., but siiiled fioni Oswego on the small schoon¬ er Llewellyn, In April, 1835, arriving in Chlcngo In the month ol June ensuing. lie was muster of n vessel at the ago of twenty-, one yonrs, nnd lin's sailed the lakes forty yenra. He says the flrst'vesicl built In Chi¬ cago was In 1835, and culled the JHiry, The next one,, he says, wusu ciiunlboat culled the Phillips. Another authority says the first vessel launched In Chicago wns the Clarissa, In May, I8.SC. The III nt stcnn'ibont fuel furnished by Clii¬ cago was In 1832, when Caplain Walker, ot the steamer Sheldon Tuompson, bought an old log cabin and took It on board for Tils re¬ turn passage down the lake.' The lirst rock for the harbor piers was furnished hy John IC. Boyer. [The first cargo of wheal from Lake Michi¬ gan was lnndeu at Grand river in 1834 by the brig John Klnzle, Captain Hubert C. Brlston. The cargo was 2,000 busliels,] - -" The first storehouse for grain, etc., was R. C. Bristol's "old red warehouse,1.' loomed on the main river, south side, near the forks. I'he lirst regular tug In Chlcngo wns In 1847. Sho was called the. Kossuth, and wns a side wheeler. Captain J. W. Hall, of De¬ troit, one of the best authorities on the his¬ tory of "lake navigation, wns sidling then, mid continued for years afterwatd." Tile Kossuth towed his vessel into Chicago creek in 1847.; MAKING THK HAltBOIt. The work of improving the Cliicago har¬ bor was commenced by the United Stales Government in 1833. Previous to till; the Chicago river mnde a sharp bend southward, near the present depot of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, and lindltsoullet Into the 1n1nrttr|ly"hnlfTrmtle~froiii the oendTlenvIng botween llie river nnd the Ink) a long sand bar above water formed by the action ol the northeasterly gales. The work of improve¬ ment was commenced by giving llie river n slralgH outlet by a cut through this bur nnd by constructing n pier on the north bnuk. The direction of this pier was east by south, nnd Its length wns about a thousand feet, beginning neiirlj nt tire then shore line. A pier" wns also constructed on the south side of the river running parallel to the pier above mentioned, Xhj'ough which, nt n later dale, cuts were made by the Illinois Central Railroad CouJpauy. forming ship basins in collection with the oilier Improvements. In 1637 the-nerttrriiei' mi» extended ■lOO-fecT; and its din ell mi changed to about east bj north. This change, however, proved un¬ favorable, as a sand bar soon formed In the channel south of the east end of the pier. Tills suggested a return to the direction given to the lirst part of the pier, and In the construction the change was made grailu; nil) bj building the pier in a curve to which the preceding pier- would be a tangent, mid ending in the diiectiou desired. This work was done in '838 mid lS40,nnd In 1852 a pier head was built at the ou'or extremity, lobe used as a foundation for a lighthouse. The lighthouse, however, was constiucletl on piles at a point about fllty feet farther north. The depth of watei Into the haiborat thnt time was about eight feet. The vessels were of small dimensions, and this was sulllcieiil lor the largest. UltKAI' ANIMIAI'H) UIIOW'III. It was not until 1848 that Chicago assumed mil importance at all as a port. Since that time—within thirty-live years—the growth has been rapid enough anil gleal enough to astonish the whole world. And the vast commerce ol Chicago to-day does not yet ■com lo be lully known or npprcciatvil even on the Aitieiicnli senboaid. Statistic* are given liirllieralong in this levlew,"however, which will convince the Atlantic seaporls mid llie seaports of the world [Jmt Chlcngo. on Lake Michigan, is now one of the gieil- est ports anywhere. All the statistics given me official and will bear the elosest scrutiny. Kven In 18-18—the Board of Trade was oi- ganlzed In that yeai—butcumpaintlvely leu vessels arrived and cleared at Chicago, Sea- sou after season, however, this lake trading increated'rnpldly. "l.OOMlNa UP," AB WAS THOllQIlT THEN. hi" 1854 Chicago wns considered quite n pTfit, mid great boasts ueroniadeol the "im¬ mense t) llllilllle." of grain received mid' shipped lieiu The shipments tor a series of jenM lioin and Including 1854 were aslol- lows: 13..I II i,0'7 .Flour . Wlie.it, Corn Oius . Il»i.,......... Barley.. 1 147,811 ll,S2 ,U 1 3,'j:il,U87 IboJ. 8,2118,1.V) 7.5i;,flzS l,SHS„,3t "MM IBM. 2l"G,3»» 8,384 ,U0 II l.'JIU>» l,0M,oJT "i'iini1 JSM^ I 1858. 269,648 470,102 9,846,062 8,850.257 ll.cl4.OI5 7,720,204 SUCiVs I,5I», 89 ..... 7,609 I7.IIKI1 lM.lttO BtorohottBCB) in Chicago was 4,005,000 btieli- •ols. The quantity of coal received here by Inko that season was 70,571 ton»( lumber, 278,943,000 feet; wood, 87,074 cords. THE FLKKTB IN 1858-60. The total number of vessels on the entire chain of hikes was then 1,458. Of tlicie, 748, or more than half the whole number, piled (onnd from Chicago. About toe largest sail vessel coming here then measured 400 tons. In 1850 the tonnage of the lakes' was as follows ■ Americanoralt—Number, 1,108; tonnage, 32S,irSG; value, 10.811,209. Canadian craft—Number,-313; tonnage, 00,003; value, $2,305,200. . COMI'AIIK THE FIOUnKS. Below are given tho receipts and-ship¬ ments of afinie ol the leading products and commodities In Chicago the past season, (1883.) A comparison of those flgurei with those above w 111 indicate clearly the growth of Chicago's lake commerce slpce 1854: Lnmbor rcootv«n, font ............................1,710,180,000 shlnglci rocotvod, No.................................1,114,617,00 Lntta. received, No.....................„»......... 82,Wl,0Ofl [irnlu shlppoil, ha..................................... 08,00 ,607 Flour shipped, lunula............................. 778,528 Flpxaoed ■hlppeU, bu............................... 1,024,597 Timothy Mod shipped, Uu........................ 252,11s Colli received, tons...........................,....... 0II),78i Iron orertcoival,»tona...................™. . 64,680 Pig Iron received loin............................ 22,210 Sail received In «nck» .......................... 62,88.1 Sail received la barrels.................... 175,449 Suit received In bulk, lojin........................ 14,724 I'ork shipped, barrels........................ 60,008 Lanl shipped, tlori'cj............................... '77,707 Beet ihtppcd, barrels............................... 0,872 The several lines ol' propellers from Buf¬ falo ami oilier lower lake ports brought up several thousand tons of merchandise, but nu re'eori Is kept. The number.of vessels nrrlvlng nnirclenr- ing nt Chicago during the past season was' 20,027. TIIB FORT'S SHOWING. The following table showlng-the arrivals and clearances of vessels In Chlcngo lor n Bfirles of years—since 18(11—speaks for l(se)f. Cliicago mnde a great stride In 1802, nnd, with tew exceptional seasons, has steadily gained ever since: .—Arrivals.— ,—ClQaraoceii,----- Year. No. Tonnage, No. Tonnago. 1862....,............... 7,417 1,031,002 7,270 1,916,864 1868.................. 8,078 2,172 611 8.4S7 2,181,221 1864.................8,938 2,171,800 8,224 1,106,004 186S...............,...10,112 2,100,859 10,087 2,092,270 1881..................11,084 2,288,627 11,115 .2,881,529 1807..................12.230 2888,879 12,140 2612,670 1868.-...................18rH4—2,084,8M—!»#«----8,018,812 1870.... 1871.... 1872..... 1S!0 ... 1871 ... 1876 .„ 1870.... 1877 .. 1878 . 1879 .. 1880. 1881 . . 1882. ....13,780 .....11,789 . .,.12,230 ...il2,824 - . .11,858 ......111,827 „. 10 488 .... 9,021 ...10,233 ..10 490 .. ..11,859 .....18 218 .13,020 ... 10,351 8,128,410 18,872 8,049,205 12,438 8,098,101 12,312 3,169,752 12,681 3,225,911 11,870 3105,633 10,720 8,122,004 10,607 3,089,072 9,728 3,284,332 10,284 8,008,584 10,494 8,887,095 12,014 4,1110,969 13,3112 4'688,658 12,957 8.149,940 a'oss-.tm 3,08J,135 8,017,790 8,838,803 8,184,078 8,157,051 8,078,204 8,311,088 3,831,139 8,870.300 4,687,382 4,228,889 4,849 880 13,0-'0. 4,904,990 THK VLKKTS OF TO DAY. There ai e lleets of craft on the hikes now measuring over 2,000 tons each, custom house measurement, nnd which carry nt n «htglg=5irgo--t>OHI--a,000 to H.OOQ-toirs-o? Ill 1858 the capacity of gialn elevators (or irelghi. Most ol these cralt ply two and from Chicago. Some of them take out 110,- 000 bushels of'coin or 140,000 bushels of, oats al a single cargo. There is n depth of 18 to 20 leet ot water In the hnibor, and It is nil needed for the monster ciatt which come mid go. The American hike shipping Is estimated now at a value ol $150,000,000, and a largo hair ol it "trades" to Chicago, bringing in coal, Iron, salt, mer¬ chandise, etc., and taking away cargoes ol grain, elc. The history of Chloago as a port Is the history of lake navigation generally. Cliicago needed large vessels. They were built nnd the General Government tins im¬ proved the whole liiko-water route, so thnt they might ply up nnd down the lakes. As a result the cost of transportation has- been Immensely reduced, tnstead of vessels ot 200 to 400 tons incasureuieutaiid a rale ol 22 rents to 21 cents per bushel on coin to Buf¬ falo, the craft now measuies 1,600 and 2,500 tons, and llie rale is 3 cents to 5 cents.' Sail vessels are fnsl disappearing, transportation being now cm lied on by monster stenui- harge8 and lows mid by regular lines ot Irelghi steameis on the lakes. Passenger inline has fallen nil greatly the public Seem¬ ing to prefer to navel by rail. DOCKAQK AND Q1IAIN KLRVATOUS, Cliicago harbor lias lifty-oiio miles of dockage, and possesses tho largest grain ele¬ vators In llie wolld. In all there are twenty- IIve elevators, and their total capacity lor llie storage of grain is 24,025,000 bushels. To tow vessels in and out of the hai bnr and transfer lliem about, It lequhes the service of sixty-five steam tugs. CIUCAGO, OHKATKIt THAN THK gBAPORTS A comparison of olllclal figures obtained froln llie Treas'uiy Department, discovered some lime ago tliiilngiealeriiiiiuber 01 ves¬ sels nriivc.il mid cleared nt Chicago mil Ing a yeai than al tlid port ol New York. The publication caused general surprise, and there were nniliue numerous skeptics. Ii Is a fact, nevertheless, and fresh olllclal fig¬ ures just obtained make the showing better than ever, lor Chicago. [It must be icmcuihercd. too. Unit Chicago Is closed by lee lor Ihiue or lour months, while the M-iipoi is ha\ e alaihe year around.) ,—llilev Ocean. , FOR SALE, AT THE s, HECONO HAND TUBULAR BOILFIt, 44 Inches di. •meter, 43 tubes 3 lnchoa diameter and 12 foot long, attain arum 80 inches dUmotfr, 40 lnchoa high; front grates, fitting* and brooohlnga; g< od order. , SECOND HANDMAItlNK BOILER., In good order. Shell, 7-18 Inch Iron plain: dlnmotor. Ofect 8 Indies: length, 18 feet; 120 tubes 4 fnt'hoa In dlamoler, 11 feel i inches long, threo flues 18 lnchoa illumoler: <wo fluoi 14 lnchoa dlnmotor, two flu«> II) 1-2 Inches diameter; flro boi, 0 foot font,, 4 foolhlgli; iteam cblmrior, 7 foot high. SECOND HAND MARINE BOILER four foot wide,. 01-2 feet long, 6 foot high, alxty-four t 1-2 Inch tubea 80 Inohoa long, out iron breeding, good aa now. SEC 'ND HAND MARINE 'ENOINEi daubledirect- acting 8x8 Inch cylinder, thaft nnd wheel for yacht or- tug; good as now._______ N. C. PETERSON^ Boat Builder, H.EASUItlt nOATS AND SA1MNO AND StKAU YACHTS, tawi. noATS, spook CARS, stSkhikii WIIKKLS, BTO. 385 Atwater St., Near Riopelle, DernoiT, MICH. Vesselmen SHOULD HAVE OUR MARINE LAW BOOK, Containing all polmi of MTARINE LAW.si do- tormlned by the United Statea Courb -ON- Ownera, Chartora, Il«irlitry, -oUnie Seamen, ' FrclRhU, Towage, ColITalona, Knroljrrjenti, Qonoral, Arera««, Common Cnrrlora, Dullei of Ssamen, Hait«ra A Ownora, Bill ofr,M(lln«r, Wnirea, 40. Tho Tolumn la handaomely bound tn stiff Board cotera, slid line Engllah cloth binding. Booii of thi» kind generally coil iJ.oo, but wo will .end It to any SS!SS'r!?t*s,'I,*id'for'.lli00' or "'"• the MARINE" REXMRD for one year, bolh lor only «3.00. Addreaa Mauhik Rioobd. Cloveland <i. Mil. B'QROKAH, Proprietors The Madison, (FOnMKRLY REVnmt notJSE) - Detroit, Mich. Mom Centrally Located. Street curs pass tho door every few minutes to Depots nnd nil parts of the City. Three niHiiite's walk to I, S &, m S, D & M, and Wnlmsh DoiiptA. E«t«i tlBO. to »8.00 per d«y. disk asp, iinpim. Without Medicine. A Valuable DUcovny/or tuppli/lna Magncttm lo the llu' manSyilcm. Electricity ajid Nagnelttm utlllud at never before for Heating the Sick. THE MAGNETON APPIANCE CO.'S Magnetic Kidney Belt FOR MEN IS WARRANTED TO CDREH?Swvi?rduiS without modliinoi—pain in tiir oack, hips, hkadon I.IU1I8, KKI1VOU8 DttllII.ITy,I,UlinAIIO, OKMHIAI, UKOIL- 1TV, I1I1BCMATI8M, PAIIAI.Y8I9, NKUIIALOIA, BCIATICA, DISKASKSOP TIIK KIDNlEYa, HI-INAI. IHHKASKS, TOUP1D livkii, Oout, Soininal EnilMioim, ImpotoiiCT, Asthma, Uoart Uliiiuno, Dyajienalu, Oonatlpa- tloni KryalpoliM, IniHireiitliin, llurnlu or Run- turp, Outarrli, I'llea, Epilepsy, Dumb Ariib, iSto. Whon any d"blllly of Iho OENEHATIVE OR¬ GANS occura, Loat Vitality, tuck or Norvo Furoe and vlicor, WuatliiK Weukneaa, and all those Dli- innnnofu pornonal nutiiro. from wliatevorcsUBO, the cantliiuuuB atroaiu of Mugnutlum .punnt'iiilng through iho |iai la. mum rosluro tnein lo » healthy, ocllon. I horo la no uilHtuko uIkiui thin nppllnncc. T(1 TUP T UTIIP? ■ " y°» un"flt'oteii witu lU.lllD ilAUlDO,—I umo Hook, Wenkneaa yon are nflllatefl wttli -,-.,--„-.—-.--.-.-■ --«>• Book, Weakneaa oftliotlplno, PallliiKortlie Wiinil), Leiioorrhosn, Chronic Inlliumnntloii and Vlroruvtlon of the Womb, Inoldontal llemorrliagii or Flooding1, Painful, Suppranatid and Irre.<\iliir Monatrua- tlun, HnrrenueBB, and Clmniro (>f Lite, thla la the Ileal Appliance jtnd Curative Agonl Uilown. lor all furm» of Female DlnioulUesliii.uniur- immed by anything betore Invoute I, bolh oi a ijuratlro agiinl nnd na h a.urco of power uud vltnllaatlon. Price of cllhnr Bolt wall Magnetic luaoloa, »I0, wot by express (J.O. I'., and eaamlnalou allowed, or by mull on locelptof price. In ordering hond inoasare ol waist, and alio of shoe, ItomlUnnce ran bo made In currency, sent In letter at our risk. 1'heM'gnotoii'Uurmohlsjireudupted to all ages, are worn on r the umtor clothing, nut next to the body like the many Oalvunlo and Klectrlc llumbun advertised so extensively, and should be laken off atulghl. They hold their POWER rXlKliVEB, and are worn at all seasons ot the j oar. • H*?d.!lPff"'"! H'l'l?'iw U»l»"ure In Medical tre >t- ment Wlthont Medicine," with thousands of ustl. mentals. •* < THE MAtlNET iN APPUANCE CO,, M18 State Street, Clilcairu, III. NOTK —Sei«d one dolUr hi |,ohIii^o ^taiups or curi i u- cy.ln 1. tier nt our ilsk, with sis,, ofshoi usually worn, and try oil) Mugnellu Insoles, uii'l ho convlnco i of the iKiwer reading In ipir uiher Magnnile Appliances, l'oslllvely no cold fuel when ihoy are worn, ormoooy rofund d. Boat washing and general laun¬ dry in a few hours. CLEVELAND STEAM LAUNDRY, 33 St. Clair Street. Telephone 118.