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4 THE MARINE RECORD. d= $he$farine§ecordt PabUariad Kvery Trmnsd*? at 144 »nrierlor Street, [Leaden- Building.) f A. POMEROY, Eilitor and Proprietor. TURKS OF SUDSCIUTTiONr Ooo year, postage paid........ Six Uonllii, postage paid... ..12.40 ... 1.00 Iararieblf in adTinee. Subscriptions will be oontlnued until ordered stop¬ ped bj a wrlttan order, or at the publication offlct' The MAItlNE RECORD can be found (or ula by the following nowa dealers CLEVELAND, OHIO-0 F Bowman, corner ef Pearl and Dotrolt, struts. I . CHICAGO, IU..-JdsoDb Gray, No. 0 West Randolph atreot, L BUFFALO, N. Y.-C. Itobmor, Michigan etreet Swing Bridge. , 8ARNIA, ONT.T-D. M. McM««t«r* Co. EcCANABA, WCH,-WMiam Godlej. MANISTEE, MICH -J.^:. SomerTlllo. Arllclci, letter* add queries on all subjects are ioIici< ted, , ADVERTISING BATES. Ten cents per line, nonpareil measurement, or 11.20 per inch, each Insertion; lour weeks ft.00; wl|h a liberal discount on orders amounting; to W0.O0 or over. All chocks and drafts, should be drawn to theorder of A. A. ronioroy. Entered at the Post Office at Cleroland as second- class mall matter. , ' CLEVELAND, OHIO, THURSDAY, JULY SI, 1884, THE NEED OF HARBOR POLICE. The frequent report" of pillage and ma¬ licious deitructlon of property, which come to our knowledge from day to, day from dlf-~ lerent porn, demonstrates the fact tbatn sys¬ tem of harbor police,should be organized. It was only last week that depredations of this nature occurred at Chicago harbor, a ^ number of wharf rats or vagabonds having destroyed the foresail of the schooner West¬ chester after having slept In It. These seemingly petty acw^t' depredation and thieving cause vesfeVtr/astera very much de¬ lay and expense, for a day, or ittnay be for •two or Ihree days, added to_tlie tiinb~ooif sumed In'making a trip may cost hundreds of dollars,.'heslde which gum the actual dam- ..ige dwindles into insignificance. All ports, -both small and large, should be proteoted b) an efficient body of police. In plying their trade thieves do hot neglect the small porti>, where, with more security against capture, they can commit great depredation. These petty thieves naturallv seek the poorly lighted localities for tiieir operations, along the docks and among theshlpping. What is the tense In having^ dozen stalwart police¬ men patrollng the'most populous and best •lighted sections of a city, where thieves are snirce and detection easy, and leave the lo¬ calities where thieves congregate almost tin protected. Allowing that vessels have pri¬ vate watchmen on duty to proteot property, which has become a necessity through the neglect of the .municipal authorities to give them any security, do not merchants also have their 'own police to a large extent; which places both classes of^pioperty on much the same fooling In thednatter, the case remnlns the same. Nejthej^ciin rightfully be left to guard theti own property entirely for the reason that they wish to make them¬ selves more secure nt their on n expense, l'here should be one or more steam launcho* In each harbor for patrol work In addition to any land patrolmen and other watchmen Hint might be on duty In the neighborhood, and vesselmen should unite In muking tills need known to the authorities and demand"] that It be acted upon, especially as the cost would be comparatively slight. A RIVER UNDER THE LAKE. Were we disposed to credit the theory of sortie Scientist, whose name is unlortunately - not given In the account which we find, an «ay solution could be found for the rise and fall of the water In the chain of lakes, the occasional tidal waves that occur, and some other unexplained antics of the wafers. This scientist notes one fact, the continuous Ull from Lake Superior to Lake Ontario, which-has the comparatively small Detroit river for Its only outlet, and because he-thinks that stream can not transport the ■immeniotoodies of water forced upon it from .above, Invents n phenomenon to get clear of date line. the dllllciiltv. The amount of wator flowing through Detroit river bolng Insufllolont in reprosont all that passes that point fcom below, he thlnkrtherc must be n sub¬ terranean river trom Luke Huron to Lake Ontario, flowing undeVroath Lake Erlo and emptying Into Lake Ontario.;, These upper lakes have no outlet, at least for the quantity of wnler that conies down, unless by this mystorloua stream. The only, reason ho gives for this belief, outside of the apparent neceislt), 1b Ihat all the 8t, Lnwrenoe fifties are' taken In every one of the lakes but Lake Erie, and they aro not In the latter becauso thoy follow the course of the subterranoan stream to entor the waters of the upper hikes. This theory supposes that Ht. Law¬ rence fish having once reached tho upper lakes can not como down lulo Lnko Erie, and mukcB a fatal stabal the very life of-the Idea. Beside the natural Downward (low of wntart'iin, by computation, be very well ta¬ ken tare of by ihe rivers that connect the lakes, to say nothing of the quantity con¬ sumed by evaporation. . .---------------- ^ *■ mLls of lading. Bills of ludlug Imv'o by uustom,of the law | merchant become a sort of negotiable or quasi negotiable instruments. That Is In the hands of a purchaser or bona Jlde holder for value they represent the property described In the bills. This being tho case both skip¬ pers and carriers should understand the various qualities, rlguts, and obligations pertaining to such bills. The master by signing such bill promises to deliver the goods mentioned to A or his assigns. II A indorse this bill to any person [ClmlanA—Continued from lit Page.] At tho Globe drydock since our Ian report the barge Robert Qaskln, mi old timer and formerly a fore-and-after was In' having some leaks slopped and her but* calked. As she went Into drjdook alio was libeled by the United States marshal! on some <oW olalms brought by Upson & Walton and Mr, Radollff, which the captain, promptly settled and Ino vessel released. Tho scow K. Bailey bad her lot torn thoioughly calked, and the steam yacht Tempest received a new wheel and shoe. The tug S. S. Stone tviiB In yesterday to have her shaft straightened, which was bent ujp the river by striking a log. The Wocokon, whose centerboard was jammed up In the box had It cleared. Aleak eatiBod by a bolt hold In her topsldea and two feet under water when loaded, was found In 'tho Richard VVIuglow and stopped, The, bargo Transport, Captain Qlnss, was In Inst night to have some looks stopped and some calking, DETROIT. Spteltl It (As Marine Heard. July 20—The tug Ballzo arrived In De¬ troit on Friday from Buffalo, having towed a raft from Georgian Buy to Buffalo tn a trllle lens than thirteen days. The raft con¬ tained 1,700,000 feet, and during the time tho Ballze was towing It she encountered some very rough weather. This Is said to be tho best time made tills season. . With the calm weather that has prevailed for several' days past, It la not expected thcro will be inuoh of a dovejopmentin the"line of marine news. Steamers and .vessels arrive and depart, yet when asked'for an Item of or in blank the person to whom it is Indorsed Interest the invariable response la, "There is or who Is the holder becomes his assignee-, .nothing afloat from the Straits to the Round anA »F.K n«A...ljn nf thn .n„n,nM ItMnn,.. «««,! 1 A I" PllrflAra Ifnill Itfltr /iff* ' IvIlAra Itnma lira and the pr6mlse of the master beoomes good j to said assignee and the property in the goods vests In him. This liidorsment transfers the property In the goods but not the right upon the contract itsolf and the hidorsercan¬ not maintain an notion In his own name tor the dellvory-of the phodB nor lor damages for their, non delivery.'/A mere memorandum of shipment w 111 not have the effeot of a bill of lading, neither will the delivery of the bill oUmluig without liidorsmont trniisfer the property in ihe good shipped, nor vt111 liidorsment without delivery. The consignor of goods Is given, by law a right of stoppage In Iramltn in certain cases, as the bankruptcy of tho consignee. This right may sometimes be effected by the bill of lading. ' As the property may pnss constructively Into the possess8on of the consignee so they may be transfered by him -before delivery by liidorsment of the bill of lading. Thus the consignors right of stoppage, fn transitu may be defeated provided the party to whom the bill of lading Is indorsed and delivered gives a valuuble consideration lor such transfer. Tho bill of lading should contain tho names 01 the consignor, the consignee and the cnrrler, and be Bigned by the carrier or Ills agent. It should also contain an enumeration and brief description of the goods, also the terms of (ho contract entered* Into by' said- purlieu. At .common law a commor carrier was .responsible for the carriage and delivery of the goods and that responsibility extended to all losses except those sustained by act of God or public enemies. Interesting questions have arisen as to how far this common law obligation of Insurance can be limited by the bill of lulling and the authorities are some¬ what at variance upon this point. This much can bo said with certainty. The limitations upon such liability must be reasonable and must bo assented to by the shipper actually or constructively. A limitation of a.11 liability even far negligence will be disregarded from [public policy even though assonted to bj the consignor. . _________ ■The correspondent of the Marine Record is a .little off. He says: "July 0th the tug William I. Proctor took a party of gentle¬ men from Sjracuse, Montreal, and Ogdens- burg, from Cape Vincent to BrockvTlle lo fUty minutes and returned In lorty-flve min¬ utes, a distance of twelve miles eaoh way." —Clayton Inieytnitnt. The correspondent did not say tl)at the tug W. L' Proctor took the Syracuse and Montrenl gentlemen from CnpoTflSicent, but from Ogdensburg to Brockvllle, .which, as near as we can get at It, Is about twelve miles, making about one mile In four min¬ utes, and which Is good time. In fact Cape Vincent was not mentioned except in the | O!" Rumors from nfar off,' where Items are much'toarcer, get In sight from exohanges, such as missing vessels, went ashore, etc., yet even these, In due course of time, pass away In thin air, bottomed by no truthful facts. Well, let us take a view of the sur¬ roundings hereabout, which, upon close ex¬ amination, astonishes any one alive to what Is going on. We are inlormed by some of our contemporaries here that a sco whas ar¬ rived with a load of sand, and thvirce she was towed out of the way, or perhaps to some other douk} thatya tug Is somewhere on the lakes towing either vessels or ratts, though not cortain which; also that Some vessel, ks appears from clearance reports, Is expected to arrive In due course of time at her destination, Detroit or elsewhere. Now these are Important/ notes, as under¬ stood by the wiseacres of marlnoat this dull¬ est of lake ports, tho-City of the Straits. Save us, good Lord, from all such slosh. The destruction to the shipping and the great loss ot life which line occurred In Georgian Bay within the past few years, and the Increasing commerce to that region, has' called the attention of the Canadian government to the necessity of a survey of those waters. The first chnit was prepared by Lleuler.antJJiiytield In 1821, since which It has never been revised nor Improved up¬ on, and asldo Iroin tecentdlscoverles of new shoals and rocks, there was no Improve¬ ment to be made In Bayfield's chart. Lieu¬ tenant Bayfield, who died half a century ago, was a man of Intelligence and a ripe scholar. Georgian Bay Is nearly as large as Lake Ontario. It Is 140 miles}n length, 55 in width buuYSOO'feet In depth, with an area of 5,000 square inlleB. It has numerous Islands, the greatest of which Is the Groat Manltoulln or Sacred Island, and runs par¬ allel to almost the whole of the northern coast and Is a continuous mass of barren rocks. The work of this new survey will be under the supervision of Commodore Boul- ton, of the rbyul navy, and beyond a doubt It will be most thoroughly prosecuted. The expedition has already commenced opera¬ tions, and ere the season closes will be well advanced, commencing at the Isle of Genes. The steamer L. Sbfckalunl and the sohoon- er D, O. Fnrt have been delayed here for twelve days awaiting charter, but with no offers until yesterday, when the former was taken for grain to Montreal at Cc, and the latter to Buffalo at l%o, the cargoeB, In both Instances, being wheat. The new steambargo Rboda Emily, noted In my last, Is so far completed as to take her departure some time tlifs week. She will present a fine appearance and Is highly I spoken of by experts In naval architecture. | Tho tug Noah I*. Spiague, which has been so unfortunato during her career and. sunk on Wednesday laat, near Point Au peiefl will no doubt be given up for all tlnle. Tho series of disasters which she has passed through, If published, would prove of more Interest than a dime novel, and now that she has gone without the further sacrifice of' life It would be well to let her be. Her worst disaster was on tho Detroit river In 1857, commanded at that time by Captain Jas. F. Snow, while passing down ths Da. trolt river, opposite the city, or nearly so* Bhe exploded and sent from time Into eter¬ nity, njue persons, beside damaging the out¬ fit of the vessel In tow. Captain W. H. Heed, of the barge St. Jo- seph, disappeared from this port somewhat mysteriously a <ow bights since, leaving, as Is stated, some unpaid bills toorewand else, where. At this writing 1 'confess that I am I unable to Inform you anythlngof his whore- 'about, and notwithstanding the papers have handled him roughly, I do not choose tofol- low their examples for the present, at least, 'There |s one branch of, business at Detroit which Is beyond a precedent, that of the pat¬ ronage of excursion steamers on the De¬ troit and St. Clair rivers, dally, Sundays not excepted. On the last Sabbath there were not loss than-12,000 persona who left the city In some direction or other, and on each -Week day It is almost of a Hire character. There is an unusual scarcity of freights at this port, and It Is presumably for this rea¬ son that but few vessels arrive and depart, a falling off from last year of not less than thirty per cent. Slnco the departure of the wrecking steamer International for Lake Superior there has been no tidings aa to-her aucceis In raising the sunken steamers there. A dispatch arrived here from the Sault Ste. Marie last evening announcing the loss of the propeller J. M. Osborne off White Fish Bay, on Sunday last,- by collision with the Canadian steamship Alberta. The lo¬ cality la on the main thoroughfare of steam- firs plying on Lake Superior. Ths Oiborn has gone- down jn deep water jnd, with • her cargpTwIlfbe a loliil loss. l{ow It would seem as though It was about time there wss a change of command of this much vaunted steamer, the "Royal'Mall" Alberta,'of Can¬ ada. On this, her .first season, she ha*' met with accidents on three occasions, and the aggregate damages will not vary one tarthlng less than 1100,000. Of course 1 do not place myself as Judge as to where the' blame rests In all these mishaps, but if they are correctly roported, and I believe thotn correct In the-main, the Alberta is on tho* wrong side of the ledger each and every lime. Captain Anderson I know but little or, but it Is time he should "rise to-explain." • The steambarge May Richards stranded at the mouth of the Detroit river on Friday in a fog, but got off without outside aid. ;j. W. H. K8C4NABA. Sjteotal to ths Marine Jtocrrf. The handsome steambarge Calumet, was here for a enrgo on Monday. She'sa daudy, and no mistake. ' < It took just sixteen hours to load 40,000 feet of lumber, that being the amount carried by the schooner Imperial. Good work for meh who are not professional aimers, but the vessel waa tied up for a_few hours lust Saturday by legal process to Secure railway freight on the lumber.- Matters were soon arranged, and the vessel was released. On Saturday morning last, 'about t»o o'clock It became necessary to shift the position of the steambarge Lelaml, which • wbs loading on ore dook' and the crew was called for that purpose. One of the men, Potcr Bloomer, of Elk Rapids, Mich., hasten¬ ing along the dock to hit place, stepped Into an open hatch and fell lfead foremost to the hold striking upon the ore. He was taken up insensible and died In two hours. The coriner held an Inquest, and/a verdict was rendered In accordance wlth/he faots. The body was taken to Elk Rapids for burial. Mr. Bloomer" was 25 years old and un¬ married. TheKasota took out 2,080 tons of ore on Friday, a big cargo. It put her down lo 15 feet 8, a draught likely to make her trouble Injlie rivers. Statements of Iron ore ahlpped- from the port of Escanaba for thd seaaon up to and lnbludlng July 23,701,801 tons. E- O. ■i