THE MARINE RECORD. £11$ (Marine Record, Kniert'd a((Mnlliitf to'tln- lawn of iho United Stale* nlllio PohI OJlltcjit ('tu\rlunij nrt MfiiufiUlniwi iHutler, . robllntiud wu'Kly nt N«*. CU'Vi'luiii] 2 Sotitli Vntcr atroet, Olilo. L A. POMEROY, Editor and Proprietor. --------------------------:-------------1-----------------------------------------u TKItM.S OF SI IIHCHU'TION': Ono year, po-dage pnid.............................$2.00 Six months, postage paid ...;............................ 1.00 Invariably In advente* > ■aho M'AlllNEjltlXOHli can bo found lor »alo a{ tho "following places; ,' j No. 2 bouth Water street, Cleveland. Jose pit Gray, No. 284 south Water atrcot, Cliicago. 1). MoMustors X Co., Surnla, Ontario, Win. Godloy, Eacnnuba, Michigan. J. H. Somi'rvllle, Mlinlateo, Michigan. Articles, letters unci qqertes on all subjocts are solid* tedi AVTha Ldllor. assumes no responsibility tor the opinions of correspondents. To Insure notlco, contributors must give nuuie and addraas, and wrlte.oti one side of the paper out) Jght In regard to the mutter, nuO furnlfliii.Europo, on account of ourslow n;ul expen tlio ncoesBsry fntitB from his store house owalve transport from the fields of production undent marine history, which would give the credit to vthoni it belongs, the outcrprls- Ingyankeo skippers* We were right In our opinion, mid direct the intention of our readers to the Detroit letter in another column. 3 IS MOUTH WATER CIIK'AtlO. BRAiyCH OFFICE, NTREKT, ----------^------------:—.-------------- ADVERTISING RATES. Ten cents ]>er Hoe, nonpareil measuretnent, orS1.20 per Inch, each Insertion; lour v, eeks $4 00, with a liberal discount on orders amounting to 840.00 or over The Mlssl-sippi i Ivor convention met in Washington on. Tuesday, Governor W. D. Washburn, of Mlimesuta, presiding. He spoke at length on tlio impoitalice of lin- proving the Misi>isi>ippl river. Tmk marl e hospital service wants it thoi- ough ln»peclion of nil tlie ports on tlie Gull ol Mexico and in South anil Central America heloie ihc summer mmitlxvln order to as¬ certain tli«>lrHiinltniy condition, with a view ol prelecting Iho pert-, of the United Slates, \— The United States boatd of sleamboal In- spcetiits ha- adopted n rule prohibiting all persons ixcept olllcers, from cnteilng Hie pilot liouso ol n steamboat which Is under way. An amendment lias been piiiposetT prescribing the number of llfebeats to be carried. A i.r.tTKH from the British Covetiiment was olllchilly .delivered, to the diieutora of tlie Suez Canal Company nt their monthly meeting recently, which approves the cor vention of .De Lesseps with the Biitlsh steninsliip owners. No mention Istuadeof monopoly iu the leileraud De Lessepsasked I lie sliaieliulders to lalify tile agreement. A UKiniNO «f the Ohio river impiovemuut committee was held in Washington on Tues¬ day, Get rge II. T'liurslon, of Pennsylvania, presiding, John Klikpalrick, of Ohio, seeie- tary. A couiinitlce was appointed lo appear before Congress anil uige the lininedlute completion of ihe woil, ol luipioveinent at the Davis Inland dam, the cost ol which is estimated at $75,000. s " Tin: annual nuuihei ol the United Slates OtlleLul Postal (Julde contains two complete lists ol the postulllees In the I'tilted Slates, (each showing the money otilet iillliclu lull-faced t\ pi'}, nmi all iiites-tuy [plonnu lion nl'iout Hie mails, etc. Cloth, $1.50; pa per, $1.00. (Per year, chilli $2.01); papci, $1.50.) Houghton, Mllllln A Co., Huston, ptiblishcis by authority of the poslolllcc de- partition!. Subscriptions may be sent through Cleveland postolllcc. • II Is conceded lo he a (act that no people have the liilieieut desire to possess a small plat ol gioitud, which they may deslgtrtiie as their own, us haw the Americans. Bi|t In their ell'orts In the construction of the roBldonce In order lo make u » lionicsteiid, they commit" the faults ol extravagance In the arrangement of the apartments and adornments. The Hi in ol I'alllsor, Palllser & Co., Bridgeport Ctuin., archllecs, make a specialty of plans and detail diuwlngs, espe¬ cially lor those who hate lliesphltot iinter- piUe, In book Iiuiii and at a rate that places It within the reach or all. In publishing Iheainele last week lelatite to Hie ltoyaj William, a Canadian eiall, be¬ ing the llrst to cross ilie Aliunde under Bteam w'o held the theory Ihai our Detioit oqrrpipondenrtvould set ihe press and public MVEliS AND IIA$BpiiS. We have received through the courtesy of- L. Cooper Overman, major of engineers, U. S. A., in chargo of thlsdislrlot, appendix K- [v.i of tho annual report of the chlet of en¬ gineers for the llscal year ondeu June 80, 1883, which contains a very comprehensive statement of tlie special surveys of rivers Anil harbors, called for by act of Congress of August 2, 1882. We have heretofore (hade more or less copious extrjicts from the repoi't as telegraphed from Washington sotuoliine since. Among t|io Improvements on Lake Erie west of Aslitajinln, the engineer rec¬ ommends the completion of a channel through Mauilieo Biry-to tho lake nt Toledo, two hundred feet w ideand sixteen feet deep, $80,000 being deemed nectary for the work, after v hlch $30,000 a year will be Biifllclent to keep It-dn the required condition. At Port Clinton the commerce, present or pro¬ spective, will scarcely jnsllfy a larger ex¬ penditure, the engineer thinks, than that necessary to keep the harbor nt Its present status. An Increased channel depth of six¬ teen feet In low water Is recommended for Sandusky City harbor. It Is probable that the project of keeping n channel one hun¬ dred feet wide and nine feet deep through Sandiisky river, fimn Fremont to the lake, u distance of-seventeen inile«, will be for the present kept Iu view. The somewhat dilap¬ idated Inn bor of Huron will be rep died and $10,000 Is asked for [hi- purpose. Vermillion linrbor will be dredged and repaired. The piers at Black Klver-will be renewed. At Cleveland harbor at,the close of the fiscal year the only workiu piogiess wastlje dredging o/ the bar between the end of the pitfts, caused by the February freshet of last year. Four thousand cubic yards bad been removed and ten tftousnnd were to be re¬ moved nt the close of the llscitl year, which will give seventeen feet of water at that point. Pining the coming season It was pAposed to build 500 feet of foundation, to sink 1130 linear feet of-ci ibwork and com¬ plete 1,850 linear leet of supeislruetuic, all ol ■which has been accomplished, and,which complete* tho htko arm ol the breakwater. The eastern plerVill he extended 1,100 feet, a spur 11)0 feet long, running at right angles witli the 'lake arm, about 200 leet from lis eastern extremity, to bieak the. force of the current which tolls along the breakwater during westeily and noriliwest- eily gales, .will bttaninsti tided. When all Is ddni, as now piejecled, iho report of tho engineer explicitly slates. It will bo a harbor of relugo about tine mile long, and will oiler an "aicufoi luuhoHuje ol 180 acies, the depth In HO news ol which will be from seventeen to twenty-nine leei." It Is to cost altogether $^1,200,000. All bin f 11)0,000 ol tills sum has burn expended ami "tie littler sum is asked lit. '1 lie it pon mentions sevet al localities ai being wtiithy ol linpiovenjetit hut not public ncccbsit). O'ne ol lliese Is lite chan¬ nel known as the old river lied, It ailing fiom 1'ie ( ujahuga ilvei lo the hailioi of luluge. ■JllJi IIIJXXKI'IX VAXAL. The advocates ol the Hennepin canal had a conlerence at Washington last Week with the committee on tall ways and canals. It Is said thuy Micceedcd In cunt lining the com¬ mittee tit (lit) national necessity ot Lite ptti- jecl ami that they w Tit all vote for lt,<,ttltli the possible exception til Sir. Tinner,, of Kentucky. The advocates ol thoi scheme wrttiMjiobtly from Chicago. The buiden o( tnelfargumenls was the necessity (or cheap, transportation for the cereals of tho Not tlt- west to (prelgn markets, They all claimed -that the canal would do lot the West what the Kile has done for the East, regulato and sensibly decrease the rales on railroads. They agreed unanimously on the theory that the tlow of tialllc would be tj-om the North¬ west thiotigh iho Hennepin canal and the lakes to the eastern sciilitiaitl. In hunting for iheoiles toghe a national coloring to the scheme the gentlemen did not hisltnle to go to far tllsianl eouiililcs, especlallj to Russia anil ihe I'nsl Indies, |'Those lamb," It wns s.ihk ".ue study bteouiiug ll e vleltialei'S of to tho lako'potts and from the lake ports to tlio seaboard, and the United Stales can olify irnilntnln lis aseotrdeiicy by building tho Hennepin eiinnl." One man quoted Irom a lottot to the New York Tribune, saying that the rullroatl rates rose and fell regularly ns the EVhreanal opened nnd closed, and held thaUhe^Hi'nnepIn would linvo tho siyne ef¬ fect upon tlio railroads West. Anolhor, in pointing out tho advantagos to the North¬ west, said that In the one article of anthra¬ cite conl the cost of transportation would.bo leduced (tl.50 per ton,.thus making a saving of throe million dollars annually. But those arguments aro cfl'ecttmlly dwarfed by the discovery of one genius, that n movement Is on loot iq Winnipeg to place a lin'e of grain carry nig .vessels on tho Hudson Bay. route, thus making ic possible to plnce the wheat prodtictof Manltuba In Liverpool ut less cost of transportation than the wheat pro¬ duct of this country. 'It Is statod that Eng¬ lish capitalists are ready not only to provide a fleet but to build a railroad from the me¬ tropolis of Manitoba to Churchill, the chief poi't on the Hudson 'Bay. In order to float this" the additional discovery Is made Unit the Hudson Bay is open and navigable all the year, and not most of the time n trozen sea, as has been lgnornntly supposed. The Englishmen, it is asserted, are going to de¬ termine the practicability of this route this very season, anil it Is obviously ihe duty of Congress to speedily build the Hennepin canal In order to divert them fiom lids pur¬ pose. Whether it is built or not the Hen¬ nepin canal scheme is certain to bo the means of developing to a wonderful extent Iho in¬ genuity ol the American for Inventing pre-' poeteroiis arguments In Its favni. CUYAHOGA FUKNACE CO. VS. B.K. WINBI.OW. Extracts from petition and at Biver In the Court ol Common Pleas, of Cuyahoga Co., State of Ohio. Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Co., plalnlifis, Kline Jfc Itigersoll, attorneys, vs. Ruins K. Wltislow, defeudaul, Kauney ft Gdulder, attorneys. The plalnlill's say that on the 3d of Janu¬ ary, 1880, they entered Into an agreement with defendant, who hail then, under con¬ tract, in course of construction, the hull of a vessel hereinafter referred lo, wlieieby plain¬ tiffs agreetl lo construct, anil furulxli for de¬ fendant certain machinery, viz.: One coin- pound vertical direct-acting steam engine, boilers and other machinery complete, set up on boartl Ihe hull ol a ceitaiu vessel then on the stocks, said engine and boilers to be llnisbcd and completed and ready for s'eirtn "fy the 1st of July, 1880,. for which plalnlill's were to receive $33,350 In various Install¬ ments, all of which werofreceived except the last two Installments of $.1,100, due December 1,1880. and $5,330 due November, 1, 1881, with Interest at 7 per cent, fiom Julv 1,188(1, which defendant lefused to pay. The pialu- tlll's 6ity that the work was fully ct mpleted by the 8th of July, and would have been by the 1st had It not been for the (Way ren- deied necessary'on account of new const ruc¬ tion of pa t of said wink by iho tnisiing, wrenching anil breakage oT said machinery In the laiinchlng of said vessel, which was without the lanll of the plaliitlu", anil for wl Icli damage anil lepalislhctcof they weie in nt| way accountable; ami also delaya-ln the eoiiiplelion ol parts ol Mic wootl and car¬ penter work of said vessel, which pruventctj plalnlill's Irom completing the work. Defendant has refused to pay the two last Installments ami avers that the ma'liinery was so badly constructed and placed upon said vessel that what with the inconvenience loss jiuil expense Iticuired lor hIioiiiiIoiis, etc., ho lias bustalbcd $15,000 damages In consequence thereof nnd claims-that amount for damages. . COPV OF VKIIDICT. January Term, 188-1, to wit Feb. 4,1881. State of Ohio, Cuyolitiga County, ss. Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Co., plaimllls, V8 It, K. Wlnslow, defendant. Wo, the jury In this case, being duly Im¬ paneled anil sworn, tlo lltiil that there Is due ' to tho pkdntltls on [he claim sot forth In the petition, the sum ol $10,-121.20, and that there Is due lo the-defendant on the counter claim set forth iu Ins ansu-cr ihc sum ol $3,000. We, ihereloie, tlo lliul lor the plaUi- lllls ami iismh. ihe tlainaites al $7 -124.211, J, S. Tti ni.N,Foreman. THE INVESTIGATION. The .Board of Inspectors,of steam veetols Tuesday morning bognn an' Investigation of the Wrecking of the Blciimahlp,City of Cnluin. bus. The disaster Was attended vMth tho loss of ninety-seven lives. Captain Wright, • In his Btatemo'nt, said: '-Tlio second mnto, Air. Harding, wns on duty from Bostonuntll , the ship reached Nauslck, n run of fourteen hours. I did not leave the deck myself, ex¬ cept to got supper, from tlio tlmo we loft Boston until Hearing Tarpaulin Cove,' nt ahotit'2 a. m., when 1 went to thy room. I wns sitting on tlio lloor.of my room with my back against tho healer.and my head-In the' pilpt house, when I heard, tho call to 'port.' I tprnng up nnd cried, 'Hard n port,' think¬ ing we wero runningdew'n n, vessel. I could not Bee n vessel, but saw a buoy two apd one-iinll points off tho port bow, ono hundred yards distant. The, vessel struck within twenty seconds after. The vessel soon listed, and the wnter wns . up to niy armpits. I went into the cabin and told the passengers lo put on the life preservers. Within five minutes -nfte'r the ship struck I know slio was lost. I cannot toll any reason why the ship struck' where she did. A higher power- will have to de¬ termine that. I do not know where the blame should rest. Gay Head light amounts, to notblilg unless at a distance; ihe bright lights confuse when close; Boston light has run many pilots ashore becauao of its being bo bright. The boats were cleat cd away with axes as last as possible; I.dont know any¬ thing nbout the u'ler bonis; I was forward: In a time like that the Crew was demoralized. We had a boat drill every time on reaching ' Savannah. Iiatl no moans of making sfgnais; - It required all our strongth to hold on to the rigging." Second Assistant Engineer Collins testi¬ fied : "I saw the main hatches burst off before I took to I lie rjgglni;. The sea was breaking over the ves«el. The hutches were forced up . appatently •from the force below the decks. Did not attempt to clear away any boats after the ship went on her beam ends, and I dou'r think anyone could have moved on deck from torn aid to aft. 1 was stationed ' at boat No. 4, of wliicli'ltje chief engineer had command. I did not make any utletnnt to get boat No. 4 cleared away, and did not see anv attempt made. The last boat drill was, a mouth .ago In Savannah. I never helped In the drill myself. Some of the boatsjn ereJintiglng-by-tJtcklcli oii-tlie-port side, and some swinging from one davit." IRON MAKKI'T KEPORT. Cleveland, February 0. The,Improvement which marked tlio close of last week continues, and pi ices tiro some¬ what stiller, although some concission is made lo large buj ers lor cash. We quote. ClIAltCOAL I'lO IUON. No. 1 lako Superiorchurcoul................823 00(325 00 No. 2 Luke bltiierlor churcoul.....,...... 23 O0§25 00 Nos. 3 and i Lake bupurloi........'.........23 OOmM 00 Nos, Bund 0 Ijiku tinpoilor ..... 23 Ooffe W Nos 1, 2, S, 4, 6, b-llsbury ................... 35 00087 00 Southern charcoal ............ t....i.... 28 00(i}33 1)0 JiejJortctl by L. 1. llar^r k Co, Cinctiiwll. While Ihuie has been no change In the unukel since mil las' lenoit so far as pi icon, ate concct t.til, yet tlicic Is ii liruiiicss which Jias not been renlUcd lor the past year. Tho general outlook is one ol gica< satisfaction. Sales for the past Week will exceed thoseof the week holme, and lull linn koi pi Ices live • been lealizcd Intj'uliies continue iiiiinciotlB and loi large amounts, anil pilnclpally for gray forge grade. The demand for solt open silvery Iron is much greater than tho production, tbeiefoic the price forlhlsgrido continues l.lgher In proportion than for iQiiudry grades. The liu naces generally tako in the situation and have .taken a stand against any lurlher decline In prices; thoy are also adverse to selling for any extended deliveries. We quote iib prlcoa cuiront. vouNPiir. Hanging Itock Churcoul No. 1...:.............{22 £0 U> 123 SO Hanging Itock Charcuol No. 2 .... 21 25 " 22 25 SIroug Neutral Coko No. 1.................. IS 50 " 10 IK) " " No. 3<................... 17 60" 18 00 American Scotch, No 1........................11) 00 to 19 60 GiiKY ynicflK, Nputral Coke.........................................J10 76 to 817 25 ColdBhort.............. ........................ 10 25" 10 75 CAll WUk-KL AND kMLLHAM.U. Huiigtug llock, alrlctly cold blast........ 8 27 76 " " wuriil blast.................. 2-100 "2460 Lake Suporlor "Vulcan" all gudos.......... 24 00 "25 00 Southern Cur Wheel alrlctly culd blaat... 2060 " 2750 Tlio murine engineers, of Port Huron, met Iu Jas. II. Fll/.geiaid's olllco tin Ttifsday < teuiiig, iHul oiganlzcira branch of the ongl- iieiSrs jiBsocialloii, witli eight charter inein- i hers.