VOL. V. NO. 36. CLEVELAND, O, SEPTEMBER 6, 1883. sim ViAi amiuii 8inoi,»'Copim 6 Cnn. THE MAID O^TIIK" MIST. vestment, with escape for ihe luiat wlint ntl The Intiil s vim of Captain Webb In llm"^ the "nil by the eutarnut and nt thu nib. whirlpool rapids of thu Niagara river has awakened fresh Interest In the ttnuiilliioug current. Thete have been cranks innum/i-.- ablo who have threatened, io emulate the bravo English swimmer, but no far nil have "petered out," to use a homely phrase. None hnvo hud the courage necessary to put their intentions Into execution. An event of real interest to occur September Oth will bo the pnsaaRO of a new Maid of the Mist through the rapids, the object being to repeat the ' sight afforded when the old Maid of the Mint mndo her perilous pannage June 20th, 1850. The no" boat Is to be 05x12 feet, ami ex- temaU&wlll be us near as nosslblo an exact counterpart of the old steamer. There being no necessity for engines and boiler these will be replaced by ballast. The rudder will bo lashed so as to send the buat right Into the rapids, and no human being will be.nl lowed aboard. President I'orter, of the vil¬ lage ot Niagara Falls, 1s one ol the prime movers of the enterprise, nnd he wants It distinctly understood it Is not a money-mak¬ ing scheme. Since the trip of the Maid of the Mist Is to be repeated, Interest Is revived in the origi¬ nal passage. A complete narrative of the voyage, though It was ol short duration, has never been given* A garbled account, com¬ piled by Bomebody at the falls who has long slnoe been forgotten, whs published In n pamphlet n» a ijajqb-pcnny addition to a sort of museum. In this reliable paper the year was wrongly muted and the names ot the ventinc-omo men who went Ihimigh the rapids were Incorrectly given. A story oflhe trip «» given by the only survivor who is now living, Is, iindci Ihe circum¬ stances, very interesting. PeWItt (.:. Mc- Murtry Is the only one nl the three who was aboard ihe Muldol the Mint on that occasion who Is alive now, and your correspondent was tortnnale enough to tlml him at the/City • .Hotol, where heio Is emplojed as a clerk, this morning Mr. MoMuttrj in n native ol Borne, N. Y • bill has passed most of his Hie at Niagara- He'" Htty-seven jenrs old, tall and lean. His beard is giey and grizzled, and his countenance Is open, manly anil honoBt. He 1" » modest, nulling man, and soldoiu caies to relate his expeiiences on ihe day in question wliicli, lie says, lie will al¬ ways lemeinbcr. Mr. MoMurtry's naruitive was as Inllovvs: •'It was June 20th, 1850, that we made out trip. The Maid of the Mist was used as a pleasure bunt, taking parties from the lower landing-place to vai lous points of lntereal<- ineliidlng ihe American and Ihe Iloraehne FbIIb on ihe Canadian side. She was about 150 feet long over all. and had III feet beam. She was a slde-wheelor, with new anil pow¬ erful engines, s'l'he engines were high pros- sure anil, we usually curled fiom 125 to 180 pounds of steam, but on Ibis trip the ball was set to blow oil at 228 pounds." •'How did you happen to make the tlip?" was linked. "It was nnido to evade Ihe payment ol a iriorlgaue held by Judge.Addiiiglon, ot Bui fjilo. His son iind Jillss l> Kmiest, a beau. tWui girl, «ern vlcllins ot the ratal act. As I rcmeiiibei, It was In 1844. They were on' Luna Island. Ho held her out over the w li¬ ter anil said lhat he was going to thiow hei In, She slipped 11mil his grasp, iliopped Into thu current and went over the hills, lie Mem Willi her having Jumped In to navu her. The bodies wne recovered. Uul lhat Is not about tho ninilgnge, and it had nnthlllg to do »ith our tilp 'I hem were two Miuusof the Mist, and In 1850 Ihe Hist one was pronounced un¬ safe, ill-mantled, and turned adrift In tho current to go to pieces on the first rock she struck, .lames \V, Buchanan, of Toronto, had lust moved to Suspension Bridge, was posBeS't'd of considerable means, and thought It would la) a good Idea to build a new Maid of the Mist. The boat whb largo and ohib- oratelv planned. Mr. Buuhunnn's money gave lint wheu she was ready to receive her machinery. He wanted to use tho old Maid's engine and holler, but Joel Robinson, who )m3 b.....tscleqleil to act as her captain, would not listen to the proposition. Tho owner ac¬ cordingly bought new machinery, to buy which he borrowed $7,000 from Judge Ad- •Jlngton. Tho Judge considered It a safe In. by the whli I pool rapids. At first nui'lianan kept up the payments of Intel est, bin Mindly loiind tlml the, boat was likelv Io ruin him entirely. Some Toronto parties wanted a pleasiun boat to run between PresenM anil Kingston and they ollered Buchanan (25,000 lor the Maid "I the Mist, provided she was delivered at Queeuslowu, at tlie mouth of Ihe Nlagnia river ou die Canada side. Rob- Inson said to mo after explaining tlie situa¬ tion; 'If we run this boat tinough it'Wllt- be worth $500 to mc> and $100 apiece to you and Jones.' Jones was the engineer and I was the IIreman. We concluded to run the risk. ■ "On cm) day selected Robinson was lushed to Ihe wheulhouso and Jones and 1 weul be¬ low Into the Hrcholtl. The hutches were battened down seuuiely, and hawser was cast oil. We were blowing oil'steam at 228 pounds. The distance fiom our landing to the dock at Qtieeiistowu was Just Hyi! miles, one mile of which was the whiilpnolWieut Wo made ihe^iaip^fu seven and ihieo-qnur- ler.mlnirrPsTtwo minutes only being spent lu tw tvuphis. When westiuck the flrsi rapid our boat leaped downwaid pel Imps thirty lee\. Then, with gieally increased impetus, she was hurled clear out of the wa¬ ter. Tliiough ihe henvv glass portholes at limes, together .with the different working of the machinery, 1 could tell wneu. we were hi or out of the water. .Down would go the boat until It seemed as If she would never stop, when suddenly alio would light hersell and with a bound, which seemed almost hu¬ man, the boat would leap nut ot )ho water. The current runs fortv-llve miles an hour and the waves are twenty feet high, Going through such a tumuli ol water ho- quickly you can Imagine how we weiu tossed about in ihchold. Jones and I were almost killed by the) quickly succeed! ig shocks. T'lere wns/l|aruly lime to catch my brejith between each concussion. Eveiy moment I expected the hull would be bulled onto some shuip- polnted lock, which would cleave her In twain and leave us at Ihe mercy of the rap ids, to be beaten to death by the gieat wines. Our course was In the center ol the stream, as near as We could make It. The water there was sixty leet higher than on the sides ol the stream. The bottom ot the river Is deeper 111 the center, and the torrent lion ► In a son ol cylindrical lorm, as near as I can Judge. "Suddenly the keel lightly giounded on a rock. The current struck hur tideways; She swung around and shot down the stream. It was at Ihe entrance to the wjililpool. When I got out of tlie hold at Queeuslowu the wa ler was waist high, the boat had been so rai ketl and wrenched In her passage On (lie start I had no fear, bflt the sensation ut¬ ter we got Into the tapids was so fearful that I would havo given worlds to get ashore. Hall I been able to maku the land after the III si two plunges made by the Maid nil the money In the whole United States would not have tempted me to go on buuid again. I believe that nothing short ot an-Interposi¬ tion ol Providence saved our lives. Robin- sou and Jonei, bj the way, died soon allot the trip, and 1 am now the only living man who has been tliiough the lapids. "Kioto my experience I do not bellevo that It Is possible tor another man to go through lliete alive, certainly not as Captain Webb tiled to do It. I do not believe In the icae- lloiiaiy theory nl Di. Palmei, but 1 think that the waves would beat the life out ol any ■nun who got within tliclr powci."—tiutalu J irucs. ' Mr. William. Whltoly, of Housatonlo, Mass., has recenCy secured n patent for a safety top for elevators. A frame passes across the top and down tho sides of tho carriage, and connected with It by cams and links, and partially suppotted by a weight and cord.jp that tho descent of tho carriage within thu fratne will apply the earns and stop ' the downward movement when It Is desired. Upon the bolls that con¬ nect the cam links with tho top of tho car¬ riage are placed rubber blocks, to relievo the Jar when the descent ot tho carriage Is •topped by the cams. IRON SHIPBUILDING IN MAINE. It it considered as essential to ihi" suecens nfan Iron shipbuilding vard lhat it be located in close proximity io lion and coal producing dlstiicts.' This Is an article of faith which people strengthen by tepeated discussions of ihe subject. The success ot the Clyde yards Is largely attributed to this fad. The seat of thu Iron shipbuilding Industry In Ibis mutiny Is (lei la red to be mi the Delnwaie. That place has the desired advantages and by iuleieuce it would bu loollsh to seek to establish the iuilusliy elswhere. This theory, or fact as many maintain, like hos s ol iHhei'M based upon the sttength of ceitalu great advantages they possess, need not be accepted wlihthecei talutv oln mathematical demoustiatloii. All such are sub|ect to certain conditions, which in|eet an element ol uneeijalnty into the nlheiwlsu assured position. Accotdi|ig to this theory the fnrlliei away American Iron shipjnrds ate limn III'- Delaware the le»s likely ate ll.ey to succeed, and by implication they who put money into such veuliitus are ex unfiles of the l tile thai a fool and his mtmiy ale soon pulled. But we llml Ihe tide upon which this Ibeotv is based broken dally and In nearly all bianclusol mnnulactoie. Why, tliereloie, shnihil shipbuilding he an e\,j, coptlim i I,et us answei one qucs" asklng another. It is an exception! Ad¬ vantages belonging,!*) nearness "I taw ma terlal arc great, but they do not covei cvuiy- llilug necessary. Some shipbuilders In Maine me ovlifcrntly oflh.it belief, for they Inrvctnilecl In thai Stale (which is ccitaltil) a gieat distance fiom ll e Dcluwuic) an iron shipbuilding jiinl. Tlun have accepted the facltb.it ibe wooden ship will »oon cost almost as much to build as the nun one, aml'they want to he In u position to supply the hitler kind ol vessels. Thu mulct taking Is expei linen I d of lourse and has been com¬ menced In a comparatively small wiy. Bc- lleveis in Hie theory above set loitb will niilut illy predict the Iniluie of lids enter- pi be Wu do not believe thai theii pteilietion will come tine. And even ll it should Hie lalluics ol this Hist attempt would not by any means establish Ibe pioposltion thai other attempts In the same, uelghliorminil will alsu bu lailuies. Ilcic Is an entigetie, Intelligently directed iillempt lo establish an Industry In a new neighborhood, mi Iu¬ ilusliy to take the place ol ope that Is de¬ caying and an Indusliy which, If successful will give prolltahle employment to a large uUuui-oliiiei.lumlc8 and hi ol mateilal belli III to a largo pinl ol the country. Il should filhci be encouraged and hiippotiod thiiii coldly regaided as an cxpci uncut, Ihe lulluie of which will provu Ihe soundness, ot ali tliooiy. This yuiil is liii.iltd ,it Bath, the veiy hurt ol the wooden shipbuilding In- dustij Fortun"toly It Is in tlm hands lif men who am not easily discouiagcd and who ate sanguine ot ruccess with Ibis i o v depauuio. Men like lioss, lionets, -si wall, Suwvct, Hyde, Piickaid, men who have done good work In shipbuilding, incsiippmi- lug this Iron shipbuilding enteiptlse 1 lie works already establlslud havebieu kept busy, ptlueipallj with engine bulldii ^Jtud woik ol a similar ihaiaitei But JudgTtin' by what has alieady been uecoiilpllslu d, ov ptescul ImlicaMousuiid Itomatiual piotnises of support, the munugeis ol (be enleipii-e thltlk lhat an lion ship) aril can be win kid successfully by them The\ haw1 tlie coinage ot ibeh convictions and tin te sieins no good reason, taking eveiy thing Into eon- sldi ration, win lliey sliould not establish a vurd ou a sound busls, 1' Is to be hoped tit least lhat (Ills new yard vv,lll be i ailed upon lor bids tor any new Iron sailing ships oi auxiliary steam vessels that may boordeied. A few contracts of this kind w ill soon cstab- llnli.tlie fact as to whether tho undertaking Is'ltfhe a permanency, which we nopo will be the case lor thu sake of the shipping In¬ dustry of the country.—.lfmidnii Wcj/ntir". The largest furry-boat In the world is said to bo tho ^olano, built to run on San Fran¬ cisco harbor for the Central Paclllc Railroad, The Solano Is described as a vessel of 3.510 tons, ami of tho following dimensions: Leugth of main deck, "104 feet 8 Inches; of hull, 406 feet 2 Inches; width over all, 110 foot; width bctwoeu wheel cnslngs, 04 feet; height amidships, 18 feet 0 inches; Height nt ends, 15 feel 0 Inches; draught when' liiiideil, 0 leet 0 inches. Thu bnar lias four lines or lulls, and, inwhey extend fiom end to end tlieie Is so indent accmninndiitlon for fnrtv-elglit freight cars or twentv-lour pas¬ senger uurs with locomotive nbd tender. The bout Is chlelly used for passenger ser¬ vice, IreiglKs being tnk,cn bv llio o|d route and tialisferreil at o-ikbind. NIAGARA'S CATARACT. The following tinllling story Is lelnled In a letier lately found, bearing dale October 2, 1818: At about sundown 'last evening a man was can led ovei tile lulls. Who he was Is not known. From 1iis iminageincnt ol llie sailbnal In which he came clown Ihe river, I think he was not wojl acquainted vvltli the cuircnt ol I lie rapids. Ilisdress and appearance Indicated respectability,and tillei he got Into the. lapids Ids suit posses- , >lon was exiraoidlnarv. Ills h.ial wn> a very good one—decked over on ihe bow, and 1 should think would cany three or Ioniums. Fiom whni I leuni ol a sailboat hnvlngbeen seen- below Black Rock, coining down, I think it was liniu thei-uoi Bullalo. N/i other than a pel son unacquainted with - u em rent abovu the mpKls.vvmild venture so near them. I was on the lieall ol (ioat Island .when I dlscnvered-HnfTruiil—thcK near hall n mile from below the loolof Navv Isliitul and uearlv two miles abovu the lulls. Thenv^eiueil l» be two In Hie bout, It vva» cliiectetl ti'ivard* the American slimc—the wind blowing from tho slime, and me sail wass'llll standing. Being well acquainted with the liver I regarded Hie position ol tho btutas exiraoLiliuaiy and hazardous, and wan hid it with lu.tuisc anxl.-tv. .Sunn 1 dlscovciid Ihe moiiou of an oar, an I from thu changing dlreitloii of l he boat, conclud¬ ed It had but one Willie cuiwnnllv Rp- jt(oiiclilug nearer. Ibe lapids I could discover il was gaining thu Auieilciiu slioie, and by the lime It had got near Ihe Hist lull in Ihe lipids about half a mile above Goat Island, It was dheclly above the Island There it tinned up Ihe river and lor some time the wind kept It neaily stallouaii The only hope seemed lo he to ctunu dlicc'ly to Goat Island, and, whetlu r I should run half u mile to give an alarm or remain to assist. In case Ibe boat attempted to make the Is land was a point of palulul doubt. Bui soon Ihu bo'it was again tin tied toward the American slime Then It was certain that It must go down ihe American rapids. 1 I no tortile bildgc. i ailed a man at the toll- gate, and we tan in ihu main biidge In lime to seu the boat just as it got lo the Hrsi large fall III the rapid-. Then I saw but one man —lie standing at the stern with his oar .i banging Hie comae of il|u boat (down Ihu em lent and as It plunged over he sat down. 1 was astounded lo sec Ihe boatilse with the masi anil sail standing, and Ibe man again eieel directing the boat lowald Ibe shine As ' e"111111'lo the ue\t and lo t'nc b suei i filing I all be sal down, and tin u would lire and |>lv Ids oai In ill.' Inn i mediate uit- i< i>l■ htlll Ibeie was hope that he wi'ail I lomene.u enough to the pier to jump, but in n moment it was gone Aucjthei thought heinlghl lump upon the rock neat the. biidge. Inn the iiitien dashed lilm hum ll under the hildge, bteiiklng the.must. Again he rn~e nn the opposite side, Taking Ids oai and pointing his boat ton urd the main shore be i tied ' Had 1 belter jump 11 om Ibe boat r" Wc lould notausuei fin eilhei seemed sure destine linn Within a lew lods ol the lulls Ihe boat stunk a nick, mined ovi'i and lodged He appealed lo ctawl from under It, and swam Willi thu our In his bund till he went over tho precipice Without thu power to render assistance—for half an hour watch¬ ing a strong until struggling with every pervo for lite, )ot doomed with almost tho certainty ol destiny to an immediate death, silll hoping wltl/.every eflort fin deliverance —caused an Intensity of excitement I pray God novel again to experience. At nn auction ip Montreal a Hag calleil by juuitlciil men a "blue Pelor;' fluttered, from tho window. This flag is aBhlpslgnal for departure, and its display where thi> auctioneer was Bhoutlng 'Going, going I" had a sort of approprlateuess. * SESSt itiwftift