'■^-a*- VOL. VI. NO. 14. CLEVELAND. O.. APRIL 3,1884 M 00 Fm Arhuw StstiLi Coniia h Cant - &MWM) TRE MRUS. CLEVELAND. Captain C. Benson has sold the echnonor G. G. Hill to Cleveland parties. Considera¬ tion $350. The little schooner Adventure has gone to the Wands, chartered for the season for stone from the Islands to Huron.' The tugs American Engle and Dread- naught are being fitted out, preparatory to another campaign. They will be ready next week. Mr. Carroll, of Union City, Fenn., who Is the inventor of a patent log for "keeping ship's distances and leeway, Is placing one on Captain Wilson's new steamei, which will be launched on the 15th. The merits of this log will be fully tested.* The schooner George Sherman will leave to-day for Lorain in tow of the Maiy Vir¬ ginia, whoro she will load coal for Walker- ville. The Mary Virginia will also tow the barge Johnson to Vermilion. Tho tuj? Ethol J., of Fatrport, Captain Averlll, which'came to obtain her papers Monday, has returned to engage In the fishing trade. She Is of flue linos and carries a patent engine bul)t at PainesvlUe, trom which great things are expected. The B. K. Hawley, Captain WIlliamB, ar- rived from Lorain with the-Coin ad Eeld In tow, freighted with cordwood. The Hawley has returned to Lorain to attend to her fish Ing nets. It is understood that tho tug men will ask for higher wages on tho opening of tie sea¬ son, bnaing the demand on the continuous hours of labor they are compelled to pcrr form. Captain Bradley has chartered his vesfels to carry 50,000 tons of coal Horn Ashtabula to Fort Arthur at $1.15 per ton, This Is on a contract of the-^foughlogheny Coal Com¬ pany with the Canada Pacific Ball way Com¬ pany. The Cleveland & Detroit Steam Navigation Line contemplates making a regular Satur¬ day matinee excursion during the months of July and August. 'I ho company also Intends to make a regular trip each week, prqbably on Thursdays, to Put In Bay. Mooie & Bartow have made the following appointments loi their cialt tho coming sea¬ son Fairbanks, Captain Hugh Hastings .larvls Loid, Captain Dick Nevlll; Tutllo, Captain S. Young; bmlth Moore, Captain bmith Moore. The lighter T. Hendrlckson Is being fitted tip to go Into the sand trade, for which she will bo ready by mxt Monday, tjhu has received on board a new engine and boiler, made by Manning of this city and a Syracuse wrecking pump. She will be commanded by Captain J. F. Brown. W, E. Russell, President or the National Association of the Murine Engineers, who was in the city last week paid a visit to association No. 2 of Cleveland, whoro he delivered an address on (he alien law, which was listened to with much Interest. Captain Iia Mansfield of Loiaiiit who Is manager of O. Young & Co 's coal docks at Amherstburg, has gone to take cluirget>l tho business. Tho company keeps best quality of coal and Is on hand at all hours to fur¬ nish stenmers. Tho new docks will be completed as soon iib possible Marine authorities annouueo that on the opening of navigation the light heretofore Bhown from the hop tower at Genoseo llght- stotlop, entrance to Charlottb harbor, Lako Ontario, New York, will bo exhibited trom the wooden-fiainod structure recently erected on tho outer end of tho went pier. The characteristics of the light lemaln un¬ changed. The barge II. P. Baldwin is on Smith's drydock receiving necessary repairs. Tho schooner Southwest has been sold by Messrs. H. J. Webb & Co,, to Thomas Ax- worthy for the sum of $5,000. She will be run by the purchaser in tho coal trade be¬ tween this pert and Detroit. The City of Detroit on the passage yester¬ day, leaving Detroit at 10:30 o'clock and ar¬ riving here at (! :15, experienced no trouble trom Ice. She will tuko on merchandise and start on her return at 0 o'clock this evening. In tho case of Frederick Bgtson against the tug John Martin, In which a decree was rendered in the United States Dlstriot Court for tho libelant tor $85.42 on tho ]0th ot March last, on motion of the respondent tho court has set aside the decree, good cause having been khown therefor. A decree has been rendered lor tho libel¬ ant In the iuse In the United States District Court of Frai|cls M. White against John Gerlach for the sum of (24 73. The action was brought to recover $110, the balance claimed to bo duo us wages while libelant was acting as cook aboard the schooner John E. Gilmore from March 18,1882, to January 26,1883. DETROIT. Special (o (he Marine Record. Dcthoit, April 1. On Thursday morning tho 3d Inst, you will havo lying at your dock the steamer City of Detroit, her first voyage of tho sea¬ son, "that Is, should nothing unforeseen transpire in the meantime, as arrangements to that end have been can led out by the agency hero. This will bo two weeks earlier than last year, »Irieh was on the 17th, the sleameis travel tiny the entire season without loss ol Ufa or accident. On Saturday last, at 3 p. m , the launch of the new steamer which has been hi process of construction during the winter at the bpilngw ell's ajjlpyard In this city, took place and was, In every respect, a complete success. Thero was ojfali attendance of spectators inn! the weal hi i was all that could he wished loi Mie was chilstened the J. W. Averell, and without spreading bcloreyour readers a tedious outline as to the kI/c nt her Iraraes, how far they lire apait, beanie the usual phantasmagoria given ihioughout a whole column, I will simply state she Is a J staunch builtcralt'answering to the tallow"} ing dimensions: Length of keel, Ml feet, breadth of beam, 37 Icet; depth, 1U^ feet, and will measure, according to the old ton¬ nage, 1,668 tons, and her eost, when com¬ pleted, will not ba tnr from $70,000, Those figures will, of course, vary some from the correct ones, yet they will not bo far out of the way. Mr. Edward T. Peck has had tho entire supcrvlsteH In building this lino vessel, and thoro can bo no question that tho work has been most faithfully carried out. On Monday she was towod to tho Detroit drydock to receive her boilers and machin¬ ery and for final completion. The Averell bears a strong resemblance to the Walter L, Frost, built last year by the Detroit Dry- dock Co., and will ply on tho same route with that steamor, viz., Chicago and Ogdcn's- burg. ( Thoro will be live steamers running this season hi connection with Ward's lino to Lake Superior, airanged with the tollowlng appointments: Propeller Osceola, Captain M. ll. Murch; propeller Samuel F. Hoilge, Captain Joseph.P. Cottroll; propeller To¬ ledo, Captain W. H. Campnn; propeller St. Paul, Captain Sid Scott, and Northerner, Captain A. M. Shcphard. The steamship J. W. Fnrwell will be sallod by Captain A. A, Cox, the consort barge J. H. Butler, Cap¬ tain Geo. Folllns; barge Shawnee, Captain D. Cadotte, and J. Godfrey, Captain Harry Rose. Candler Bros? lino has been arranged as follows; SteaniBhlp Chnuncy Ilurlbut, Cap¬ tain P. Bassett; engineer, I. Bassett. Sieam- er Mineral Enck, Captain n Mercuro; en¬ gineer. J. Eddy. Schooner Senator, Cap¬ tain Cluis. Anderson, baige Sam Bolton, Captain J. Lemay. Tl|e Inter Lake Transportation Compa¬ ny's boats are officered as follows Steamer is J. Macy, Captain M. W. Gotham; engl neer, Charles Ecllfi. Schooner John Buit, Captain James E, Gotham, schooner I»h- pemIng, not yet piovlded for. Michigan Navigation Co.—Steamer Thos. W. Palmer, Captain fraul: Bayless, schoon¬ er Ogarlta, Captain Geo. Lindsay; schooner E. L. Coyne, Captain John Bourkland. N. W. T. 0o.—bteamer Minneapolis, Captain James'Fraecr; steamer Forest City, Captain C. H. Bassett, steamer B. J. Hack- ctt, Captain C. C. Allen; Win. McGregor, Captain James Sanders; schooner H. IT. Brown, not provided for. A. Chcsebrough's vessels will be sailed as follows: Propeller Pacific, Captain C. L. Wilson, schooner Canton, Captain H. Bcr liti, tug O. Wilcox, Captain David Glrarcllno. Ohio Central Barge Oo.—Steamer lion Chief, Captain D. B. Mlllen, Iron Duke, Captain Thomas Honoi; Iron Age, Captain Geoigo Miner, W.T.Gravet, Captain Frank [ Danger, schooner Iron Cllfi, Captain Win. Mlllen, Iron Slate,Captain Georgebtotphin, Geo. W. Adams, Captain Geo. Manning, David Dows, no master jet. There Is no end to appointments of a mi¬ nor degree which, In due time, will recolvo atlentlom The propeller City of New Baltimore, fi nin Marine City, arrlvid here- on hei first ll Ip ot the teason '1 hni&tlay lai-t, and is im^w making legular trips on alternate days Ti stciiuicis on the Detroit and Sandusky roikt """• will commence plying next week, I i^ter—. The propellitL-Gazelle, owned here, has been chartered to ply as an excursion boat to and Irom Chicago. " Tjie steiunhargo Menlmiic, which hereto¬ fore has been a towbarge, will on the open¬ ing of navigation leave for Lako Michigan, to ply between Chicago and Ksciinabn In tho ore trade. Morgan & Rico on Saturday sohl the steamtmrge Henry Howard to B. Hoose and John Miner for (0,000. Captain Miner w 111 sail her, while Captain Hooso will look up business on shore. A gentleman just ariivod from the Straits says that notwithstanding all reports to tho contrary, tho ice Is solid as over, and mi Monday, when ho left, It wus snowing, while tho steamer Algoniah was trying to effect a landing. Captain Henderson, with his vessel, tho schooner Smith & Post, contemplates sail¬ ing for Alpena some day this week to obtain a cargo of lumber for Detroit. TUire and mdWy can both bo saved by abandoning tlio undertaking for the present At least, as It la donbtli'l If oven a steamer could reach as'far as Point an Barques, In consequence of large fields of Ice, yet thero Is nothing like perse¬ verance in some things at least. Ice In con¬ siderable quantities has been passing hero from Lake Huron for a week past, at times sufficient to Impede the movement of boats crossing the river. The tug John Martin, on routo from Maiden, v-as stuck in the ice for three hours. Tho many friends of Captain George B. Dickson, Inspector ol hulls at Bufialn, were saddened to learn nt his untimely Jeath on Monday, aftei an illness of only tffreedays, at the age of 53 For sometime ho was in command of steamers plying to lakes Su¬ perior and Michigan, latterly the propeller China. Murphy Bros, have made the following appointments: Tug Ballze, Captain W. II. Hutchinson; W. A. Moore, Captain Thos. D. Quinlan; Gladiator, Captain C. M. Swart- wood , A. J. bmlth) Captain George McCul- lotigh; Kate Williams, Captain W. Moore; Kate Mollatt, Captain Ben Mosherj Charles Kellogg, Captain J. M. Johnson; Michigan, Captain John'Tobln; sc'iooner II. Bissel, Captain It-H.Songhurst, schoonor H. W. Johnson, Captain W. Johnson. Tho propeller Patsnio Is having, her boil¬ ers thoroughly overhauled, beside other re¬ pairs. " > The steamer Idlnwlld, it Is stated, will commeni o plying between Detroit and Port Huron on Monday next. The lighthouses at the head ol Belle Isle and on Windmill Point aie In full blast for the season. ID is Intimated that the steamer ^Evening Star will ply between Detiolt and Toledo this season C. W. Gauthler, of this eitj', Is having a tug built ut Wallaueburg, Out., loi fishing purposes. The crib for * new lighthouse at Mor¬ gan Point Is being constructed above Mai¬ den and loriy men aie enmlyed in the work. It is for the guidance of vessels entoring tho Detiolt river and will bo in readiness In thiee weeks. The lightship which has been stationed thero will be placed on Colchester pl'f. I The steamei ( J Naite nihol line on ,N Monday fiom Inledo, the lust tilp tins soa- Wltli the aid of dwmnilto |ho Al¬ goniah wis eiuiblul to reich Mackinaw Monihu evening, lorclug through |cu two and tluce tut thick. Captain Venn, of the barge LI|||P May, Is vory III with rheumatic fever. dinners uio as follows4uhooncr Wayno, wheat to Bullalo, Be, also Middlesex and Geo! M. Case, same rates; propeller J. PrWgeoni Jr., 4>^c; stoambargo Annio Smith anil schooner J. C. King at io. The above rates Include winter storage of 2c. J, w. II Ml. ClhMKNH. Special jo (he Marine Jlecorit, Tho stcambargo built by Messrs. Chaptnn & Lncroyx was successfully launched oil the 2(ltu of Match, boarlng tho name of (iiy of Mt. Clemons. Ilerdlmensions are: Length overall, 110 reet; keel, 100 loot; beam, _>,t feet; deptli of hold, 7 /pet. Her keel I* 11 and slater kolson 12 Inches^ double. frames w llh five Inch celling, odge-bblted with r>',f Iron twenty Inches apart. Hor planking Is -'A Inches thick; Oeck boam, 0x8 Her cab- [ Continued on #A page7\