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VOL. VI. NO. 37. - CLEVELAND. 0., SEPTEMBER 11,1884 A FIRE TUG NEEDED. The fact that the Toledo flm engine was placed on a scow iind made to play on ihe treat (Ire Sunday night domonstinted the necessity ot ii.flre tug for this city, and It should be the first consideration of the city council to provltte one for the protection of pioperty along the riverfront. Our icllunce on the river lor water in case of fire Is a dan gerous one ftr the reason that the land en¬ gines cannot secure and hold available posi¬ tions from'which to do effective woik. How much more uvnllable would be a tire tug, such ns Is omptuyed in Chicago to assist In quenching flres in the neighborliood of the river. A tug for this purpose should be built of noii'Combustible material, and should have plenty ot room below decks for the accommo¬ dation of the crew, who should be ready for July lit all hours, and with her pumps below decks she could take her place lu closo prox- ImUy ton tire and hold it until the last spark was extinguished. If she had the necessary speed she could be idled upon to get to a Qrc quite as soon as one of the hoise steamers, always haying Btenm up, the ex¬ pense of which would! be a trifling consid¬ eration. In construction she should be pos¬ sessed Of Hues that would enable hoi to turn rapidly; she should be provided with n sharp 'Iron bow, which would not only be useful la this respect, but would enable her to keep, the river open-in wiuter, protect the bridges $2.00 Pzx Axxuv SuidLi Conm r> cuts nual cost of engines, horses, necesBaryap pnrntup, feed, etc. Such a tug would not ro- |>quire more men lor offeetivo handling than 1 liny one of our steam englnoB and would be tenfold more sen Iccable in the occasion of a ilrc on the river and flats than the land en¬ gines, ns she would be able to turn a w hole broadside of water on the fire from her pumps, not'only that, but piovlded with grappling irons, she could be made ii.com- nleto hook ilnd ladder company, as she could pull any burning hbuse or lumber pllq Into the river it neccssory. We can but urge up¬ on the authorities to consider this question and give the business Interests along the river the protection which a tug of this kind would certnlnlv nllord, as soon as possible, < —Cleveland Leadei. to propel ty ownors from floods wiiioh are sure to occur at that period. In estiuiatlng-| the cost of such a tug the council will llnd that It will uot reach the sum necessary to buy real estate, build an expensive engine houeo, procure engines hoises, apparatus, ' teed, etc.,' and would nut require any moie men tor effective woik, and lu the occasion ofa tire along the'ihVi would be ten-fold more serviceable than would be a land en- glno, us she would, be able tp turn a u llolo broadside of water on the Are, and if re¬ quired, pull down, mIiIi her grappling lions, an ontirebuilding. Ii would be well It the i ilty authorities would consider this ques¬ tion and take imuiedluie action tow aid pio- vldlng Cleveland with a tire tug of this d«. •crlptlon.—Cleveland Ileialil. We heartily Indorse the ahove extracts and tnke the literty of myiug upon the city fathers of Clevelana the'lmmedlale adoption of the measures advocated therein, it is wejl known that all cities of importance are pos¬ sessed of this auxiliary water aid to the land fire steiitnersnnd as fh6 great dallies saj,the requirement of Cleveland for like protection was very imperative on the occasion of the great Are on tho flats, whereby thous¬ ands of dollais worth of i roperty was de stroyed beyond ajiy chance of rccoverv. The and prevent the great animal spring losses Lpeoullar course of the Cuyahoga river on the ......■'*" -"""- '-■" fl™"° .....'"'■ "" way to the lake would rendci nn iron tug, Buch as has been outlined In the above ex¬ tracts, available In case ot (Ire In the river region for maujtt-JQJJjBs, antl„«oc only this, but she could be made solf-sustalnlng^TilT times, as she could engage in legitimate5 bus¬ iness on the river, under the direction ofa competent harbor master. In regnid to the annual cost of the proposed lire tug, the owners of tho lumber yards, illicit owners, J mill owners, and others owning property along the river, would eagerly take upon themselves the bin den of the support of this onferpilse, after flist cost had been borne by the city, thelcby securing to the city at nominal expense, the aid of tills valuable addition to her lire department. While ly¬ ing at tier dock our flro tug could be con¬ nected with the lire 'alarm system the same as tho engine houses are, and could lespoud to an alarm of lire with quite us nfucli aluc rlty as can tho land engines. EvVwrBing considered, wo think the city ol Cleveland could jiot cnier into any improvement that wouliKbe more popular, that would innre_ satisfaction to the great mnloilly ol our citizens, 01 a mailer that wo/ild prove mote valuable to the good ol Ihe I hole tit} than that of placing upon ( uyahoga ilvei a lire Uig of capacity sufficient to loico her way tluough Ice anil put out a fire, however alarming and dangerous In extent, on the banks of the liver, dBDWM) TEE LtiRES, CLEVhLAND. The Iron tug Dexter, of Ashtabula, ar¬ rived a( this port on Monday and went on to Smith's drydnck to hnve her bottom cleaned and repaired. The schooner Danlol E. Bailey came Into poit with a portion of her muintopmnet gone. It was cnrrled nwny while coming up Lake Michigan recently. Some Toledo parties wrote to Local In¬ spector Fltzputiltk this week to ascertain tbe best time made by the side wheel steam er Western Metropolis, which we record as follow s: Time from Buflulo to Toledo 13J, hours; time from Buffalo jn t'lovolaud, Inn tee. The ect long and T. Fit/- No need of this great city Is more linpcia tlvily demanded .than that ot a Hie tug; an Iron lire tug that could be placed in u posi¬ tion for eflecflve work ut a momeut's notice, and thus be able at all times 10 light the de¬ structive flames thataieevei liable to bUecp along our liver front. Alter the great tire in Chicago, which Is still freth In ihe minds ol Cleveland as well as Chicago citizens, provis¬ ions weio made which placed on the river in dial city two or more tiigsol this description, «lile,h have shown themselves Invaluable on luaii} occasions, and II this city hud been provided with a lire tug undoi good muiiugc- aient at the lime of thegieul Hie ol Sunday night there Is no doubt but that much valu- ablc pioperty could have been saved from destruction The city authorities cannot do tatter than to adopt a measure ot this soil '"r ihe protection of propel ty,uud In so doing n lion comhlistlule tug should be the first unslderatlon. Such a tug should contain •ulflilcnt room below decks for the accouuno nation of the llremen, who should always he <"> hand and ready for duty; Bho should also be provided with pumps below decks so that "ley could beoporaled In close proximity to Hie lire, at the same time protecting thomen ivlio operated them. She should be possessed j" 'lie necessary speed to got to a tiro In time ■ «> render Immediate service, and If ouoaslnn '"(Hired, to remove property from docks Mien exposed to the danger of being con¬ fined She should be.1)1)111 on linos that would enable her to turn easily. To this end bir forolont should bo well rounded up, and "m should bo glviin a shmp bov., which would enable her to bo ol sorvlco In keoplng be river open In tho wlntei, thereby saving <> the city the expense annually Inclined lu in spring of chartering a tug to protect "ri'lgos and prevent i.amages to properly ^ners by the annua) floods and the running' °"< of the Id. The cost ol such a tug would iruuably not equal the cost of real estate on nine hours and Ave Western Metropolis wns had a powerful beam engine, patrick was chief ehglneer. The iron tug Record,' launched some time ago at the Globe Iron Shipyard, and fully slescrlBed by us at tho time, Is having her boiler and machinery put In, and It is thought sfie will be ready to have steam up early next week. A movement Is on foot to put her in the towing business between Bay City and Buffalo or Tonawandu. lu the meantime we tlUnklt would bo wisdom on the part of the official-, of Cleveland to secure this magnificent tng for the city flro department ami for breaking IcolrYFFie ilvuft ns «,ho is especially adapted to that purpose, being built entirely of Iron, even to the di/fllts and pilot house. As* an ice breaker she"cJpu)d not have been better adapted, us her well rounded up bows would cause her to run up on tho Ice and break It through by her owli weight. Not only this. It Is acknowledged by all that the. Iron vessels A new fog bell is to be placed at Point Iroquois. The tug^ Fnnny Tuthlll took on a new wheel Tuesday. The sthoonci Rising Star was sold at Uni¬ ted States Marshal's sale|at Green Bay on Saturday. The custom house on the river was ojosed on Tuosday, tho funeral of Secretary Folger having tnkcu place on that day. The fact that we have been deprived of our usual Urydock report by tho vacancy of the dock all week, must be encouraging to j vessel owners and masters. N _ It Is said that Captain James Davidson of Bay Clly, will at once commence budding ' another mammoth barge, to be the consort of the monster steambarge Australasia. Captains GonrgoMcKay, John Mooro and Guylcs have been appointed to confer with the'Unlted States engineers this afternoon at ,1 o'clock, in regard to breakwater im¬ provement Colonels Wilson and McFurland, United States engineers, will puike no report on the breakwater question until they return to Washington. They will take all suggestions that may be oflered and submit them to the War Department. Mr. Craig, the well-known shipbuilder at Trenton, is building a marine railway at that Tpluqe. Vessels 200^feet 'omz caip^ hjuhjd out on tliejallU'SyTand it hftno intention of the constructor to make It tho most cotnpleto affair on the lakes. A sailor nnmed Benjamin Ellis was assault¬ ed last evening by foot-pads, who were hent on robbery. One of them struck Ellis a se¬ vere blow on the head, which, rendered him iusenslblol He recovered, hoWever, and re-* ceived medical aid at tho hands of Dr. NO IT I'E TO MA KIN EKS. Notice Is hereby given that on and niter Seplembei 25,1881, u Axed red light of the fourth ordot will be shown from the light¬ house recently erccred at Harbor Point, Lit¬ tle Traverse Bay, Michigan. The appara¬ tus lights the entire horizon, and tho fnoal plane Is foriy-one feet above the lake. The light should bo seen, In clear weather, from the deck of a vessol ten feet above the lake, twelyonnd n hulf stnluto udles. The struc¬ ture Is a squnru led brick towel, with red brick dwelling ultached, the lautei n Is paint¬ ed white The approximate position of the lighthouse, as taken fiom tho lakesurvev chin ts, Is as follows: Latitude, 450 25\ 07« north; longitude, 81° 68*06" west. Mag- nolle bearings and distances from pinmliieut objects arc as follows: Beaver Island light¬ house, W. N. W„ thiity.one statnte miles; South Fox lighthouse, W. three-eighths S., miles; Grand ,. v-..T.,„i»™.............„ — . forty-two statuto miles; Grand Traverse *ueh to bultd un englno house together lighthouse. 8\Y\ by W., three-fourths W^ ""» Ihe building, to say nothing of the an- thirty-one statute tulles. tint] as ■« homo enterprise Blioujd lecelve the business that tho city will bo compelled to place at an early day. The yacht Cora, recently purchased by Mi Rhodes in Chicago, is lying Inside the breakwater, this city, under charge of Cap. tahi Geo Dlsbrow.' Tho Cora was built In New Haven, Conn, In 187J at n cost of (10,- 000,. fqr Mi. Baikei of Detroit, who was give Itfrow lied seveial lenrs since. In 1870 she paillclpalcd lnaicgii>tu at Cleveland and was capsized when ueai the crib. She hat. not been here since then, but her name Is a familial one among lucal yachtmen. She Is slxt) feet In length overall, eighteen feel beam, and about ten feet deep In the hold. She carries a single spar sixty feet in bight, w it Ii a thirty-foot tojiuiast. Her boom Is Illty-six leet in length and gait thlrt}-two leet. One pui tlculail) notficablo feature Is the enormous spread ot canvas she can tint) when lu inch g trim. The cabin is commo¬ dious and will accommodate twolve persons ft is handsomely trimmed with a solid black walnut nnd tastefully fitted out, On each side ure two bunks and rockers that can he used as such. Porwuul are two staterooms six by eight leet, with double bcitlis and toilet facilities. Fnithei loiwnrd is n small Ion castle for a crew of three men. The entire boat Is lilted out in tho most lux.ni ions manlier, with every convenience for an ex. tended cruise. Captain Georgo Dlsbrow, her master bus sailed her for four years, and will remain with her at Mr. Rhodes' re¬ quest. Hols acrack snlloi, hns sailed am) won many a race on Luke Michigan and elsewhere. turned out bj this Cleveland-Arm are equal Chance and was taken to the marine hospl- If not superior to any built In the country, till. , The Vessel Owners' Association met at 1J o'clock this forenoon at the Board of Trade rooms to consider the breakwater matter. vaml It Is probnble they will appoint a com¬ mittee to meet the engineers liulie after¬ noon. A potltion will be piesented and higgcly signed, asking the go\ornmont to make the necessary improvements in tho ap pioach to St. Mar)'s canal, noted In tho R>coiti) last week-. Now that the vessol owners and others have an opportuulljpo be heard, they should oppose strenuously any ntteinpt to extend docks and slips over five hundred feot Into | tho breakwatei. We grant that doekroom to tho extent of Ave hundred feot (loop along the shore lino would Improve the present ba-dn, but the loss of one thousand feet woufd render It ninth less valuable as a har¬ bor of refuge than It now Is. The recent great Are at this port, wherein millions of leet of lumber shingles, and lath were conainied, Is having its effect on lum» bcr freights and mnny of the barges that heretofore waited for art up cargo of coal will now return light In order to transport as much lumber as possible to restock tho Cleveland market. Luinbur freights aro quoted as follows East Saglu iw to Iliiflalo, $175, East Saginaw to Ohio, $1.50, Hay City to IluAalo, $1.50; Baj City to Ohio, - $1.23. hlNCSlON. ' Poiwardeis hero are laying up many of their barges, tho prospocts being so but). U is said that at the present time not a bushel of guiln Is oil nuto from the West for this port.