THE MARINE RECORD Gardonor, also one (or the barge Q, Kelly. The barge Troy has had two new masts ,nd all the T. & 9. T. Go's. bargos-H*ve re- celved a goneral overhauling. . The stonmbarge D. Leuty, Captnln Prlnglc, coaled up and went to Port Huron on Tues¬ day to go on the Wolverlno drydock. \V. B. Morley& Co, shipbuilders; are building the largest Stoambarge ever built at this port. She Is 250 feet In length over all, 38 feet beam and 21 feet depth of hold, and will'wry 1>8()0 tonp' 81l° wl"'ber extrtt strong built, will have five main and assistant kelsons 13xl8_ each, floor timbers 21 inches, frame 21 Inoh'centors, cejllng 0 holies, bllgo kelsons Wnohes,-ouuido plank 4 Inches; 0 gnrboard strokes 0 Inches, main deck frames ^ffix8, lodging knees «nd hanging knees to every boam; upper deck fiante 0x8 Inch with hanging khecs, and sho will be diagonally Iron strapped. Sho will have six hatchways 8x9 and v, 111 carry-four mists. The Detroit Dry.dock Engine Works will build her engine and boiler. , TOLEDO. Tho tug'kooney has been purchased for $1,600 of the McUort estate, by MesBrs. L. S.' Sullivan and W. J. Leuven. who will put it In shape for the season's business. Steamboat Inspectors will bo here on Fri¬ day to Inspect'several of the steam emit. CROSS VILLAGE. Special to the Marine Uncord The lake at this point Is filled with solid ice as far the eye can renoh. Jt was reported that the smoke of a steamer was seen at the head of Beaver.Island on the 0th. L. J. Bovee has raised his dock torty Inches this winter, replanked It, and driven about fifty new fender piles. This 1b one of the best and most substantial private docks on Lake Michigan. Osptaln John Wogley, who Ib considered to be one of the ablest dock builders In the country, superintended _the —repairs. MANISTEE. '■ Navigation is open here and vessels are making dally trips. The vessels are taking shingles nnd lumber, while the steamboats are taking salt principally. The Flint and Pero Marquette boats are running Into this port. The boat» and vessels make things^ lively at this point. EAST TAttAB. The propeller Arundel airived from Bay City on the ICtli. the llrst ol the seubon. E8CANA1U. The Ice, which went out of tho bay Tues- da} nigh/, still holds in tho Ijiner harbor, but the steamers could reach the docks eas¬ ily. Wind northwest, cold, MILWAUKEE. bhlppers are offering $1 for single trip on ore from Escunaba to Ohio ports, and $1.16 on three or more trips. As the steumbarge G.P. Heath wartmrklng Grand Haven In the heavy sea the mate, Leonurd Armen, was knocked overboard and drowned. He leaves a family. A local agent to-day-received ndvlces from Smith & Davis, of Buffalo, saying that there was no truth In the report that there was a cut In hull Insurance rutee, and a pre¬ mium would be paid any one who could prove that there had been. The Btcambargo Lewis Pahlon, Irom this port has reached Thompson, on the north shore of Lake Michigan, the tlrst boat of the season. DULUTH. There Is much activity in mailne circles and all crait In the harbor aro getting ready lor the opening. The finest card of the season among ves¬ sel brokers Ib Captain A. MoDougall's pic¬ ture of Puluth. There Is more water In tho harbor now than there was last spring at tills lime. J. T. Robo, long and favorably known as the agent ot the Colllngwood line, will be the agent at this port for the Europe. « LOHALN. SpKialiolh4 Marina Jtmrd. . , Captains Bally and Roof, of the Cleveland custom house, arrived here to measure the new iteanibasge W. P. Thew, built by H. B. Root, a description ofwhlch yon gave in the Record on the 17thof March, the barge being launched on tho 25th of March. ERIE. *e»W to the Marine Jtecord, The party that bought the land light pro¬ perty from the Government went to Wash¬ ington tome two weeks ago and signed a contract to sell It bsck to the Government fur $4,000. He paid two years ago for* It at auction |2,800. fflu lens and lamp that was taken out of tho tower was sent to the Government lamp »hop at Statcn Island, N. Y., and the lantern material to Buffalo. E. P. C. FRANKFORT. Special u> the Sfartni Jlttord. The scow .Nellie Church arrived yesterday from Sheboygan Wis., being the first sail arrivnl at Frankfort for 1884. i Sho departed last night with a cargo ot hardwood lumber, laden at Cranes mill. The schooners Mlshlcott, Wcscott, and Graham Bros, are expected In a fow days. The propeller L. A. Cummlhgs Is In port bound for Traverse Bay and Charlevoix, but north of Point Betsy it is'one vast field of lco nnd sho cannot get through. Hence she lays here Ice bound. This ^wlrm wenther Ismovlng the Ice at rapid rate but still I will stick to my predic¬ tion that tho Straits of Mackinaw will not pass a craft through until May 4th. The tug Hhnrley Butler yesterday was presented n beautiful set of colors. A fine presentation speech was made, after which all orijoyod nn excursion en the. new ernft. All the saw mills here started up, but the bliiBt furnaceB are Idle nnd no prospect of starting up. ^ C. B. ALGOJfAC. Special It Iht Marint Record. Captain Calvin Currie has fitted out the tug R. W. Currie nnd will use her, In ad¬ dition to doing towing over the St. Clair Flats, as a supply boat, and will be prepared to supply nil necessnry/provisions to vessels passing'up and down St. Clair river. The fine schooner Nelson Bloom,' owned by Captains James P. Harrow, J. B. Lozen and William Baker, Is being fitted out. Cap¬ tain Gilbert Townsend wlllsall her. The propeller Plymouth, owned by the same parties, is being rebuilt by E. Dubrau shipbuilder, under Captain J. P., Harrow's superintendence. She will have new frames (ore and lift, new kelsons, topaldeB, deck frames nnd deck, and will be planked, up to the tail. She will be 210 leet keel, 34 feet beam and 10 feet hold, nnd will come out as a three mast schooner at n cost of nbout$20,- 000. She will be for sale when completed-. "The barge Lady Franklin, Captnln Bennett, will have another must put In her. Captnln J. Phelps will sail the barge William Case. Sho lias had her topslilcs calked ceilings wedged and a through over¬ hauling. Peter Rowc, ship builder, Is lehulldlng the tug Parker loi A. Smith & Son. The barge II. C. Potter, Captain J. B. Mitchell, is gottlng her topsides calked. She Ifol go on tho drydftckjit Port Huron for bottom calking. ST. IONACE. A cold rain fell on Tuesday, with the wind Iresh Irom the noitheust. The Ice Is packed In here 60lld ngaln. The Algomah had n difllculty in crossing, nnd hud her rudder disabled in mld-strnlts. The pnssen- gers went to Mackinaw City on the Ice. The- tug Sn'ugntuck Is fitted out>to go to the Algomuh's assistance. C1IEBOYOAN. The vf nter extends to Point au Sauble. The Ice has njrfved, closing up tho Algomah's channel at the crossing. Bonts enn now make this harbor from below, but a passage ol the Straits will not be ready for somb time yet, as the Ice between Suilclcna nnd Me- Gulphln's Point remains unbioken. Wind east, gale; raining hurd. WINIMOlt. Special Correspondence Marine Record The following passed Inspection at Wind- sor lecently As cnptuiits, H.Jellroy, J. Vori, I). S. Webster, F. McIIuud, C. R. •Gluss, J. A. Tobln, N. Stark, J Weston, J. II. Glass, W. Forbes, J. B. Forrest, J. Bur¬ nett, M. J. Fleming, George D. Home, J. Foster, Henry Mitchell, John Wilkinson, James B. Zunesa. Passed.us mates; M. Cos- sidy, J. Burnett, John Foster, J. Carney, A. Curtlss. Passed as-capiains at Amherstburg: Jhs. Topln, 'li. McGo» an, John C. Burns, Thos F. Hayes, Win. King, James Lufrnmbolec, F. B. Hnqkett; at Wallaceburg, Captain W. D. McCren, W. S. McLean; at Chatham, Captains Louis Shebona, Ozla Barrett, J. Caddorott, J. Kousk, A. Corrett, J. X. Tay¬ lor, J. J. Craig, Wm. Allen, Wm Aiken, W. Walker, S. M. Amour.T. Hngen, J. A. Mar- att, P. Cassldy, D. F. Cook, G. W. Shaw. ST. CLAIR. Special to the Marint Muori. ' Simon Langell, shipbuilder, Is getting well ahead with the very fine stenmbargo ho Is building for Woods, Perry & < o., Cleveland, She Is 200 feet In length over all, 33^ feet beam nnd 12J£ foot dopth of hold, and will.'carry throo mifsts. Horforo and aft compound engine, 24 and 44 by 80, and steel boiler, 10x10, were built by tho Globe Iron Works, Cleveland. nmLslio has been supplied with the Providence patent stenm capBtnn wlndlnsses, new style, manu¬ factured by the American Ship Windlass Company, Providence, R. I. Captnln Hen¬ ry Fish will command her, and Stephen Miller, <formerly»*f the Ogemaw, wilt be first engineer. J i ' The burges-KcepBnke, Shiawassee nnd C. H. Weeks are having some repairs and fix ing up reudy for work.[ They will form the to\v of the stoambnrgc Snllna. The Bteiimhurge Lonjell, fnptaln C. H. Weatcott, litis had her engine and boiler overhauled and repaired, also Some repairs to her hull. She will tow the Alice Rich¬ ards, St, Clair and Montnoller. The Mont- pelior tins been purchased recently by Cap¬ tain Scott and W. Brake, of Marine City fioin the Michigan Barge Line Co., of Grand Haven, and she will be biought from Lake Michigan as soon as possible and converted Into a barge by having her mnste cut down. ASHTABULA IIARBOR. Special to iht Marine Record. " Vessel men are showing the activity In-, cldent to the opening of navigation. Much repair work and Improvement has been made along the docks during the paat Sew weeks, and the channel to tire lake has been properly dredged nnd straightened, and the harbor will accommodate the largest vessels without trouble. Morris Klngaley, of Buffajo, assistant chief engineer of the corpsliavlng In charge the government work between Clevoland and Buffalo, is Inspecting the work on the west pier.------- The tug Red Cloud, Captain Geo. Fields, Is being prepared foi the season's work. STURGEON BAY.- The flrBt schooner nrrlvnl wns the Scovlll. She londed with wood nt Wohltmnnn's pier, The Escanuba Iron Port Is authority for the statement that the steamer Corona will bo placed on the route between Manitowoc, Escnnnba nnd Mnnlstlquo the ensuing sen< son, making two round trips per week. From tills It would nppenr- that the Good, rich Co, has finally concluded to abandon the Manitowoc and Sturgeon, Bay route. Captnln Alfred Taylor states that there is a possibility that tho tine stenm yacht A. Booth will be placed on tho route between this port and Menominee the coming season. The stenmbnrge Burroughs arrived this, Wednesday, morning Irom Milwaukee, nnd tlie schooners Boovlllo and Dunham both cleured for the snme port, loaded with sea¬ soned wood. The first vessel to arrive nt Horn's Pier this season was the J. M. Prime, followed by the schooner Ruclne soon afterward. paptain Armstrong Is here from Ahnapee to take command of the schooner Peorlu again. The steainbarge Smith will load lumber for G. O. Spear ns soon as some slight re¬ pairs can be made. There are about one million feet plied In the yard about the Spear mill, and this will be curried to mar¬ ket us fast as pohslblo by the Smith am) schooners Peoria ami Westchester, ns soon us the latter can bo 11 1.1' out. Shipping from Jacksonport nnd Bailey's Harbor has commenced for the season, sov< cral clearances Horn those ports being i oted. —Advocate. KINGSTON. There « 111 bo alx steamers leaving Plcton daily this BeaBon for the varltus bay ports. The stenmbnrge Belle Wilton Is being fit¬ ted out at Plcton for the Georgian Bay and Lake Superior trade. , Tho schooner O.M. Bond, Captnln W. J. Vincent, now nt Morrlstpwn, will go to Os- wego for repairs as soon as the Ice pormlts This season the wrccxlng company will not do towing in tile harbor. It will be done by .Captains John and Thomas Don nelly. The promenade deck on the now steamer St. Lnwrence is' completed nnd canvassed, the bulwarks en, cabin enclosed, wheel house frames up, rudder shipped, deck cnlked, nnd plnnklng nil on but one or two ► strokes. .__<—' CHICAGO, Tho schooner J. W. Brown, lying In Arnold's slip, sunk on the 12th. Sho lies partly on her Bide nnd completely sub¬ merged. The owners suspect foul piny and will thoroughly Investigate the matter. Tho Brown Ib one o( tho oldoBt vessels on the Inkep, nnd It hns often been wondorod how she wanthercd tho storms she has been out In. Tho fact that her maBtor Is one of tho best navigators probably explains port of It, but tire old craft must have been launched un¬ der a lucky pluntt/or her luck la great. Last fall. In gales'ln whieh great staunch crnft went down with all hands, the Brown lived nnd niiule good weather nnd would couio Into the harbor without the loss of n bonrd Irom her deck load of lumber.. She measures 105 tons, was built In 1847, nnd is owned by • Peterson, of Chlengo. Peace to her ashes. Site has In her time earned several fortunes. Nothing is being done toward raising her. The schooner' Reindeer and Rising Star wont Into drydock at the Chicago Company's yard yesterday. The steambnrgo Markham collided with the'Iron railroad bridge at Sixteenth street, doing herself some damage and knocking the bridge oft Its center wheels. The Super¬ intendent of bridges was on the scene, and a force of men wero nt work. The cost of re¬ pairs will be quite heavy. It was asserted that the city would hold the steamer re¬ sponsible. The officers of tho latter claim they are in no way to blame for the accident. During the winter sail vessels anQ steam¬ ers in winter quarters have been moved about the harbor In all sorts of shapes and places—across corners, and so on. The win¬ ter Is over, now and the feBtive Bteambarges are scooting -up and down through our crooked creek, and It would bo a bright Idea for owners nnd musters of large ornttnnd nil craft not fitted out to get them Into safe positions. If this In not speedily done the.ro will be numerous costly collisions, The propeller Lawrence cleared on Taes- day foi Cheboygan, and Bailed fully pre¬ pared to force a passage of the Straits. A meeting ot vessel owners, Irrespective of membership of the Chicago Vessel Owners' Association wns .held Tuesday night to con¬ sider the question of Bull vessel insurance. Tho unanimous feeling was that tho disci lm- Inntiou attempted by the insurance combi¬ nation should not be toloruted, and that tho exorbitant rates should also be fought. Tho lollowlng was adopted. Jttsolvut, That tho vessel owners of Chi¬ cago will not suhii)lt to the outrageous terms and the criminal and outrageous discrimina¬ tion attempted by the Insurance combina¬ tion, and that rutlici than submit wo will send our vessels out without Insurance, Jletolvcd, That we attend the meeting of the Chlengo Vessel Owneis' Association to¬ morrow (Wednesday) and work for united, action. As Indicated, the Vessel Owners' Associa¬ tion hold n meeting Wednesday afternoon In tho arbitration rooms of the. Board of Trade. It Is understood that tho committee on sail vessel insurlmco has been Invited to "con- fei with the Continental Insurance Compa¬ ny when they nro rendi to place n laigo line of hull Insurance." Luke freights urc vory dull, and the In¬ quiry for vessel room IbO light. Entes are nominal at I cents for coin and I1,, for wheat to Ilultulo. The ves'ol owners' committee decided to nsk Insurance companies for a concession from present rntuB. Most agents nro asking fl on grain cargoes to Buffalo, but the ves¬ sel owners expect a (10-cont riite. Captnln Charles Roach, of the J. II. Dun¬ ham's wrecking line, lelt Chicago je&torduy by rnll to tnke it look at the schnonor Regu¬ lator, ashore, near St. -Joseph, with n vlow to rescuing her. ' * POINT MARULEILEAD. Tne life snvlng station here Is now n full pay establishment, with the following offi¬ cers and crow: Captain, L, M. Clemens; assistant, Wlnslow Grlesler; surfmen, Jo¬ seph Pokey, Daniel Grlcsier, Myion Clem¬ ens, James Flt/gerald, James Clemens and Jerry Tracy. Captain Clemens now re¬ ceives $700 per nniium, and the other men fOO per month. The station la being en¬ larged apd when the work Is finished will bo 53x22 feet, with an addition In which Is kept a wagon for tho use of the crew In transporting boats and material to and from the dock. The station will soon receive oro of supeilnteudent Dobbin's celebrated bouts.